Tag Archives: Easter

Sarabande for the Morning of Easter

Posted on Sunday, 4 April, 2021 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

One of the glories of Herbert Howells to wish all my readers a happy Easter. I will shortly be going to my chapel to restore the Blessed Sacrament to its place in the hanging pyx above the altar from where … Continue reading →

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An Easter Day Ramble

Posted on Sunday, 12 April, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have put this little talk on my Romantic Christianity book. I finish with IX of the Spiritual Songs by Novalis on the Resurrection – in German and then in George McDonald’s beautiful English translation.

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Happy Easter

Posted on Sunday, 12 April, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I would like to send my Easter greetings to my Bishop, my fellow clergy, the faithful of our Church and all men and women of good will. This is an extract from the oratorio Christus by Franz Liszt. I was … Continue reading →

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Easter Greetings

Posted on Saturday, 20 April, 2019 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

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 →

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Paschalia Gaudia

Posted on Sunday, 1 April, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I wish my readers a happy and glorious Easter. This photo was taken this morning after Mass and tidying up from undoing the Easter Sepulchre just before Mass. Unlike the Roman rite, the Use of Sarum puts the third host … Continue reading →

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He is risen, Alleluya!

Posted on Sunday, 16 April, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I wish all my readers a happy Easter, after presumably having celebrated the various ceremonies of Holy Week and the Triduum. There is always a lot to do, between the Maundy Thursday Mass and the stripping and washing of the … Continue reading →

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This joyful Eastertide

Posted on Sunday, 1 May, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

On this feast of St Philip and St James and the fifth Sunday after Easter in our calendar, I convey my Paschal greetings to those using the Julian Calendar on this day of Easter. Many forget that England used the … Continue reading →

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Happy Easter!

Posted on Tuesday, 29 March, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I sought a representation that would be original and striking. Here the wounds of the crucifixion of Christ are clearly seen. The glorified body of Christ is completely bloodless. He is shaking off the burial bandages and is in a … Continue reading →

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Mysterium Paschale

Posted on Sunday, 5 April, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I would like to wish all my readers a glorious Easter full of the joy of this emerging spring (at least those of us in the northern hemisphere) and faith in the victory of life over death that this mystery … Continue reading →

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La Risurrezione di Cristo

Posted on Saturday, 19 April, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Yesterday, I sang the praises of that great Italian musician and churchman Don Lorenzo Perosi. As we enter the Promised Land flowing with milk and honey, one of the Old Testament figures of the Transitus Domini, I present you one … Continue reading →

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