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Attend Mass by Live Streaming
Those who wish to attend Mass at home by live streaming may do so: Fraternity of St Peter St Eugene, Paris, France – via their YouTube channel and Facebook page. Mass every weekday at 7:00 pm local time (6 pm in the UK). … Continue reading
Mass sine populo
There is quite a lot of discussion going on in various Facebook groups about what priests can do when the civil authority has forbidden all gatherings of people because of the present epidemic of coronavirus. Several years ago, I wrote … Continue reading
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Tagged Canon Law, Life and death, Liturgy, Mass without people, Quarantine, Solitude
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Why are the Churches closed?!!!!!
Fr Jonathan Munn has written a touching reflection on his blog Pestilence and Penitence. As with our social life, people are indignant about being told to shut themselves in. There are still people in the streets in some places gathering, … Continue reading
Teach us Delight in Simple Things
We in France have just had a stricter order to stay at home for fifteen days, which is something we are doing anyway apart from essential errands like buying something from the chemist’s shop. If we are wise, we have … Continue reading
One or Two Ideas…
As I celebrated Mass this morning, as always sine populo, I was aware of a great feeling of gratitude to be at Mass and receiving the Sacrament. Here in France, Italy and elsewhere, there can be no public Mass. We … Continue reading
In Time of Epidemic
The announcement is made and France goes into Stage 3 of the anti-epidemic plan as of this night. Only food shops, pharmacies, banks, tobacconists and petrol stations can stay open. All other public places are shut. We are asked to … Continue reading
Reilly’s Romantic Religion
I have just begun to read R.J. Reilly’s Romantic Religion which is certain to make something I wrote with a similar title pale into insignificance. However, when I wrote Romantic Christianity, I was unaware of the existence of Reilly’s book. … Continue reading
Romantic and Patristic Liturgy in Louis Bouyer
The work of Louis Bouyer (1913-2004) was a unique contribution to French ressourcement theology. A convert from Lutheranism and a French Oratorian, he followed John-Henry Newman in many ways, inspired by Newman’s patristic approach rather than a slavish conversion to … Continue reading
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Tagged Liturgy, Medieval Catholicism, Pastoral matters, Philosophy, Romanticism, Sarum, Theology
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Transitus Domini
I would like to share with you a blog version of a seminar I prepared when I was up at Fribourg. This is a subject that is highly appropriate for Lent as well as Holy Week and Easter. At the … Continue reading
Traditional Anglican Church in Britain
I have just received an e-mail from Fr Michael Gray of the Traditional Anglican Church in Britain, containing the following: We have been trying to make a fresh start on a web site since the previous one was corrupted. The … Continue reading
The Blue Flower 