Tag Archives: Liturgy

Nihil operi Dei praeponatur

Posted on Wednesday, 11 November, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Nothing is to be preferred to the Work of God. These are words of wisdom from the holy Rule of St Benedict. The Work of God, the Opus Dei, is not a Roman Catholic order of dour-faced priests but the … Continue reading →

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Sarum Calendar 2016

Posted on Thursday, 29 October, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I would like to remind readers that current Sarum calendars are available on Dr William Renwick’s site. Like the various Roman rite ordos available, they enable us to get everything right for Mass and Office in terms of precedence and … Continue reading →

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More liturgical matters

Posted on Friday, 16 October, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Again, I go into a subject from which there is little to conclude definitively. I do so because there have been a few exchanges between one blog and another. The real issue I read in these various posts is one … Continue reading →

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Mass of the Five Wounds

Posted on Monday, 12 October, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I had a comment asking for the English text of the Votive Mass of the Five Wounds, featuring in the Sarum missal and the fine translation by Canon Warren. It is a very beautiful devotion, paralleling devotion to the Sacred … Continue reading →

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Book published

Posted on Monday, 12 October, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The T&T Clark Companion to Liturgy is now published. It contains a condensed version of my university work on the Roman rite of Mass from the Council of Trent and Pope Pius V. Chapter 6: The Roman Missal of the … Continue reading →

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Series on the Sarum Use

Posted on Thursday, 1 October, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This is little more than a heads-up on a series of articles on the Sarum Use by Rad Trad, the first of which is The Sarum Rite I: A Brief History. The historical view is important, but I notice the … Continue reading →

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Sarum Reconstructionism

Posted on Monday, 14 September, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This is interesting – A “Sarum Use” church plant and why it wouldn’t work. In the perspective of “all-or-nothing” in which he presents it, he is probably right. If however the Sarum Use were celebrated in the same spirit as some … Continue reading →

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When the Salt loses its Savour…

Posted on Friday, 11 September, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

These are the words that came into my mind as I read A Brief (Very Brief) History of Practical Liturgics by JV. He published an unfinished, or rather in-concluded, posting. I would probably have felt the same had I written … Continue reading →

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Sarum Movement?

Posted on Saturday, 22 August, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The person running Rad Trad has promised a series: New Series: The Whole Sarum. This will be something to keep an eye on. This blog has on many occasions shown sympathy to other local traditions like diocesan rites and uses … Continue reading →

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Renaissance Cathedral

Posted on Thursday, 20 August, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I found this one on Facebook (click on the image to get full size), and the person who posted didn’t say where it was. He describes the painting as “Paul Vredeman de Vries, 1612, Interior of a Gothic Cathedral, now … Continue reading →

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