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An Easter Day Ramble

Posted on Sunday, 12 April, 2020 by

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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