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Monthly Archives: December 2021
O Adonay and O Radix Jesse
I forgot to post yesterday’s O antiphon devotion, so it is here. O Lord and Ruler of the house of Israel, who didst appear to Moses in a burning bush, and didst give him the law on Sinai: Come and … Continue reading
Young Organists
This is Richard McWeigh, an English cathedral musician who is popularising organ music and a simple spirituality on YouTube. We are blessed by modern technology in giving us the Hauptwerk organ, recordings of each note and each stop of a … Continue reading
O Sapientia 2021
I am doing a series of Advents devotions based on the great “O” antiphons from the Sarum Office. O Wisdom, who didst issue out of the mouth of the most High, and dost reach from one end of the world … Continue reading
Flogging made a bad man worse, and broke a good man’s heart
I answered another message about someone’s ideas about a political regime based on Old Testament law as advocated by the Reconstructionist movement. I have just found this video which is heavy going for one who is not used to American … Continue reading
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Christian Integralism and Humanism
This talk was inspired by some correspondence with a person who is wondering about what I would call a fundamentalist and puritan Christian totalitarian theocracy. I give a few elements of my refusal of such a system in favour of … Continue reading
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Archbishop John Hepworth RIP
Of your charity, please pray for the soul of Archbishop John Hepworth who passed away on 1st December 2021 from an illness unrelated to the present pandemic. We should not forget that he was ordained a priest in the Roman … Continue reading
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Beauty for Ashes
As I prepared to say Mass today of the Feast of St Nicholas of Myra, three little words came into my mind and filled all my thoughts – Beauty for ashes. They come from Isaiah 61. The Spirit of the … Continue reading
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Second Sunday of Advent
This is the second of this series of devotions and organ music for the Sundays of Advent J.S. Bach, Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 739 St Paul announces the Messiah of all Jews and Gentiles alike. And there shall … Continue reading
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