Monthly Archives: February 2015

Sarum Training Session

Having bought a webcam, I have done a training video on the “mechanics” of celebrating the Sarum low Mass. I never feel at ease being filmed and recorded, so I ask you to be forgiving of my hesitations of speech … Continue reading

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Sarum Mass of Thursday in the first week of Lent

I have found some software that enables me to make videos on my laptop computer using the built-in webcam and microphone. Therefore the quality isn’t very good. I will need to plug in an external microphone and a good quality … Continue reading

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Front Page of Royal Yacht Association Magazine

This is a rather nice photo from the latest Royal Yacht Association magazine. The text is to the point and positive: Freedom to Roam Whether it’s pottering up a local estuary or probing a strip of wild coastline, dinghy cruising … Continue reading

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Lenten Asceticism

People are free to do what they feel to be best, but we were warned by the Gospel of Ash Wednesday – keep it to yourselves and don’t broadcast that you are being holier than thou! Christ is most categorical … Continue reading

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Contrasting Notions of Redemption

I have been running this blog for a good long time and I often have to use the search function to find out how many times I have written about a subject. One I have certainly written about is the … Continue reading

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The Three Temptations

On this first Sunday of Lent, I bring my readers another slant on the three Temptations Christ faced in the wilderness, from the mouth of the Inquisitor of Dostoevsky and interpreted by John Gielgud. I make no comment. Just watch … Continue reading

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Boom Tent

Dinghy cruisers are among the most ingenious people in the world – when it comes to using a very small boat as a cruise ship. Over the last couple of days, I have been busy making a boom tent for … Continue reading

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Our Bishop’s Silver Jublilee

Solemn Votive Mass of Christ the Eternal High Priest (According to the Anglican Missal) To Celebrate the Silver Jubilee of Ordination to the Sacred Priesthood of The Right Reverend Damien Mead. 17-02-1990 – 17-02-2015 St Augustine’s Anglican Catholic Church, Best … Continue reading

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Going into Lenten Array

Here are links to what I have already written about Lenten Array and its use in the English and other northern European traditions. It would be pointless to repeat what has been said in those postings and elsewhere on the … Continue reading

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Help! I’m in the quicksand!

It must be the most horrible death imaginable! You’re walking on the quicksands around the Mont Saint Michel in France and other estuaries in the world – and your leg disappears into the ooze. As you try to pull it … Continue reading

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