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More Voyages of Sophia
We returned to Normandy from our three weeks holiday at Fouras in the Charente Maritime. We were located in a sheltered bay between the Ile d’Oléran, the mainland and the Ile de Re to the north, today linked to La … Continue reading
Wherefore unsatisfied soul? and Whither O mocking life?
An article by the young English blogger Patricius – Assumption thoughts… – brings me to think of one of my favourite pieces of poetry by Walt Whitman: Down from the gardens of Asia descending radiating, Adam and Eve appear, then … Continue reading
Anglican Liturgy and Monastic Spirituality
Deborah Gyapong has published an excellent article quoting some private correspondence she was allowed to reproduce if the author’s identity was kept confidential. On the Anglican tradition’s monastic approach to spirituality. What is distinctive about monastic liturgy as opposed to what … Continue reading
TTAC website
The website of the The Traditional Anglican Church – UK seems to have been taken down. Have any of our English readers any information about any new official site as was promised some months ago? * * * I have … Continue reading
Blessed are the poor in spirit
What an amazing story as I looked at Young Fogey’s blog! I have nothing to add, but draw your attention to the very antithesis of the “prosperity gospel” and “you are worth your success / money / whatever”. Catholic but … Continue reading
Positive and Negative Thinking
I think I have begun to identify a problem of understanding between my way of writing and some of my readers – that is the sacrosanct dogma of “being positive”. I am not an American, but deeply a European. We … Continue reading
Sarum Use in the Ordinariates
On a Rorate Caeli post, NLM: “The Potentialities of the English Missal for the Ordinariate and the Roman Rite” there appeared an interesting comment: Actually the only thing that can give the Anglican Ordinariate any long-term prospects is the Sarum … Continue reading
A fresh point of view
I received this message from a priest who was studying in Rome whilst I was in first year philosophy in 1985-86. It would be improper to reveal the identity of this priest, but he has wonderful suggestions here. Comments would … Continue reading
Update about Archbishop Falk
I received this as a circular e-mail from Dr William Tighe, and have no reason to believe it is confidential: I am sad and sick at heart about these matters: http://www.theanglocatholic.com/2012/07/more-ordinariate-disappointment/#comment-69015 http://www.theanglocatholic.com/2012/07/archbishop-falk-will-not-be-joining-ordinariate/ and angry, too, if truth be told. I … Continue reading
Mysterium Iniquitatis – the Aurora Massacre
Over the last few days, I have been reading the news about a horrible massacre that occurred in a cinema at Aurora in Colorado. The cinema was featuring the newest Batman film and a young man opened fire with weapons … Continue reading
The Blue Flower 