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Monthly Archives: October 2015
Mass of the Five Wounds
I had a comment asking for the English text of the Votive Mass of the Five Wounds, featuring in the Sarum missal and the fine translation by Canon Warren. It is a very beautiful devotion, paralleling devotion to the Sacred … Continue reading
Book published
The T&T Clark Companion to Liturgy is now published. It contains a condensed version of my university work on the Roman rite of Mass from the Council of Trent and Pope Pius V. Chapter 6: The Roman Missal of the … Continue reading
Anglo-Catholic conspiracies?
The author of More On Anglican Papalism seems to have bitten off a little more than he can chew when attempting a criticism of English Anglo-Papalism. It just doesn’t seem to match what I have experienced in my native country. … Continue reading
Fr Stephen Smuts is back
On 20th September this year, Fr Stephen Smuts of the TAC in South Africa revived his blog: It’s Been a While… There are also some other articles on the blog since then. Fr Smuts is particularly interested in biblical archaeology. He … Continue reading
When the King goes crazy
It happened in England in the late eighteenth century: It would seem that the same thing is happening in Saudi Arabia – Power Grab in Riyadh Likely After Saudi King ‘Hospitalized for Dementia’. I have the impression that historic events … Continue reading
Moderate Terrorists
I jot this down with some trepidation having read the news about Russia doing more harm to ISIS / Daesh in one day than the Americans and British in a year. The latest whingeing and whining from Washington is that … Continue reading
Long haired priests
I hesitated writing about this, as it concerns something so trifling as not to merit much attention. Some people do ask the question, as attested by my stats page – Are priests allowed to have long hair? I suppose I … Continue reading
Series on the Sarum Use
This is little more than a heads-up on a series of articles on the Sarum Use by Rad Trad, the first of which is The Sarum Rite I: A Brief History. The historical view is important, but I notice the … Continue reading
The Blue Flower 