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Esoteric Christianity
For many years, I have accepted that there is an esoteric or “gnostic” * element of Christianity. Like anything, esoterism can be taken to excesses and balance is lost. There have to be two opposing forces like a sailing boat … Continue reading
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Damage Control
Two things are quite significant today: the subject of my previous posting, namely the TAC in Australia and an interview granted by Bishop Fellay of the SSPX – Fellay speaks on the SSPX General Chapter. Can the previous status quo … Continue reading
Australian TAC ad clerum
HT to Fr Stephen Smuts – Anglican Catholic Church in Australia (TAC) Ad Clerum. This effort of bringing the Australian Anglican Catholic Church (TAC) out of “crisis mode” and into a new way forward is most commendable. As a priest of … Continue reading
New Goliards gets more of a sense of purpose
New Goliards has been neglected of late, and I had considered incorporating all the material into this blog and closing down the other to make life simpler. I decided to wait and think things over. I have thus written a new … Continue reading
Thanks, but No Thanks
Thanks, but no thanks… These words express something very familiar in the old and now defunct issue of the Ordinariates for former Anglicans. Those who went to the Ordinariates, either out of desire or conviction that it was their duty, … Continue reading
Dog Days
The Dog Days are upon us. Normally, the weather is at its hottest at this time of year. In the north of France and England, the wet weather seems to be set in for July and perhaps August too. I … Continue reading
Women Bishops and General Synod
I have been reading the odd articles here and there about the decision yesterday of the General Synod of the Church of England to put off the final decision to go ahead with women bishops until November 2012. It was … Continue reading
More sailing reflections
This morning, I was musing about what it must be like to single-hand a thirty-foot yacht, to sail the boat on the open sea with no crew other than oneself and modern mechanical aids like the auto pilot. Many people … Continue reading
Monastic spirituality in parishes
Doing my daily rounds of the blogs (perhaps when I should be in prayer), I came across On Silence and Sundays. It is a frequent observation that there doesn’t seem to be the slightest trace of spiritual life in most parishes, … Continue reading
Happy Independence Day
I wish my American readers a happy Independence Day. May your great nation be truly free!
The Blue Flower 