Author Archives: Fr Anthony Chadwick

Cruise on the Seine 2020

Posted on Tuesday, 2 June, 2020

I have just been for a two-day cruise on the Seine, from Sunday afternoon to today (Tuesday). I managed to get some pleasant sailing between the long hauls upwind under power. Welcome to my little world outside churchy subjects… Last … Continue reading →

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Whitsun 2020

Posted on Sunday, 31 May, 2020

Whitsun 2020. Mass of Pentecost Sunday according to the Use of Sarum with sung Officium, Sequence and Communion.

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Whitsun Vigil 2020

Posted on Saturday, 30 May, 2020

Here is my Whitsun Vigil according to the Use of Sarum but with the biblical readings in English.

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Informal Conference for Pentecost

Posted on Friday, 29 May, 2020

I have put on this informal conference outside the liturgy, since I will not be preaching at the recorded Vigil or the Mass of Whitsun Day. The theme is habitual with me, the emphasis on the esoteric dimension of Christianity … Continue reading →

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Science or Ideology?

Posted on Sunday, 24 May, 2020

I am quite amazed to see people floundering in the present crisis, as I find myself doing so myself. We are victims of propaganda and half-truths, even to ideologies and discourses that are hardly more sophisticated than those of Goebbels … Continue reading →

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Sunday in the Octave of the Ascension 2020

Posted on Sunday, 24 May, 2020

Here is my Mass and sermon for Sunday in the Octave of the Ascension. As mentioned in my sermon, it was known in some places as Rose Sunday. This is not to be confused with Rosensonntag in the Germanic world, … Continue reading →

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Optimism and Christian Humanism

Posted on Friday, 22 May, 2020

This is not an easy time for either optimism or humanism when considering the depths of depravity to which human nature can plunge (with a thought of Calvin’s complete pessimism and that of Jansenism). I came across a very interesting … Continue reading →

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