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Communion in the Hand
Responding to The Red Herring of Communion in the Hand, Fr Robert Hart has written something interesting on Facebook: Normally I avoid these specifically Roman Catholic problems, inasmuch as my own position is perfectly clear for all to read. But, … Continue reading
When the boats are laid up…
What do we sailors talk about when our boats are laid up for the winter? Good use of Facebook can make it so different. I put out a New Year greeting showing the photo of John Wesley and I side … Continue reading
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Desiderata
I found this on my longhair forum, so full of wisdom: Desiderata Max Ehrmann, writer and lawyer (1872-1945) Go placidly amid the noise and the haste and rememeber what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without … Continue reading
Leavened Bread and the Blessed Sacrament
Patricius has written Elevations… which is interesting when you get to know its author a little. He loves making conservative readers bristle by his rhetoric! I have always used standard unleavened wafers that you buy ready made and keep in … Continue reading
Food for thought
Hat tip to John Beeler in his latest round-up. In particular, he quotes a blog posting – Post rationalism. I have often lain awake thinking about these things, and there is nothing we can do about the society in which … Continue reading
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Answer with love…
I found this on Facebook from our Metropolitan Archbishop Mark Haverland. He quoted it from Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Karamazov Brothers. It was not long ago that this theme of responding to everything with love came up in a conversation with my … Continue reading
More on pronunciation…
Is received pronunciation such a good idea? It is a while since I wrote Speech and Pronunciation and the subject also appeals to John Beeler. That tends to be the way I talk, and I brought many a smile to … Continue reading
Use of Sarum on Facebook
Use of Sarum Facebook is an incredibly complex and popular piece of internet, and I have always found most of it to be complete drivel. I suppose many of its users spend their lives making “friends” and “liking” this or … Continue reading
Route du Calva
Route du Calva on Facebook (French and English) * * * This is intended for sailing enthusiasts who live in England and would like to come to a gathering in France. I have devised a project for a cruise along … Continue reading
Christmas Greetings to all Readers
I send my Christmas greetings to all who read this blog. For those of us who have celebrated Advent and meditated on the great Prophecies of the Messiah, it is a moment of quiet, of forgetting the barrage of commercial … Continue reading
The Blue Flower 