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Swallows & Amazons for Grown-ups
Two years have passed since the last Semaine du Golfe. It gets better every time (every two years) as more people bring their boats and the organisational logistics people become more experienced. This year, it is from the 27th May … Continue reading
Easter Greetings
I wish all my readers a happy Easter full of the joy and hope that comes from the risen Lord. Should any of us have the slightest doubt, let us remember that there is no otherwise explicable way an image … Continue reading
Viollet le Duc
If there is a subject for the Blue Flower, it is that of the great Romantic French architect Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (1814 – 1879). I encourage you to watch this video, which is in French: Gothic restorations of the nineteenth … Continue reading
Sepulto Domino
In the Use of Sarum, we don’t use an altar of repose. The second two hosts of Maundy Thursday are simply put into the hanging pyx. On Good Friday, after the Liturgy of the Presanctified, the third host is put … Continue reading
Notre Dame de Paris
It was about the time when the fire alarm was given when I saw something on Facebook. News from mainstream sources was still rare, and only the roof over the crossing was ablaze. The fire brigade was there very quickly. … Continue reading
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Tagged France, Notre Dame de Paris, Prayer intentions, Reflections
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As Holy Week approaches
It has been nearly three weeks since I wrote anything. The smoggy air seems to have cleared a little as has my anxiety over the political situation in England. I probably understand things a lot better as I see the … Continue reading
Mit brennender Sorge
This is to replace an earlier posting which unintentionally caused offence and bad feelings among people I greatly esteem. The title is the German expression Pope Pius XI used to say “with burning concern” as he faced the situation in … Continue reading
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Perpetuum Mobile
When I lived in London, I rented a room at the East End Mission in Commercial Road. I could get to the London College of Furniture at the other end of that very long street in London’s East End on … Continue reading
Casino Brexit
There are speculations about next week’s votes in Parliament. Here is a text I found on a Facebook group. Reported Developments The Financial Times and other outlets are reporting: (1) The vote on the Withdrawal Bill next Tuesday will almost … Continue reading
Christian publishing during the Occupation
After my last posting, one of my faithful commenters (David Llewellyn Dodds) jogged my mind, and I mentioned in my comment replying to his I am presently reading Alan Jacobs, The Year of Our Lord 1943. Christian Humanism in an … Continue reading
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Tagged Moral questions, Mystery of Evil, Philosophy, War and Peace
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