Tag Archives: Monastic life

Sarabites?

Posted on Friday, 5 October, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

What are Sarabites? Are they a species of beetle or fossils of prehistoric animals like trilobites? No, it is a term found in the Rule of St Benedict to denote a type of religious person who is morally reprehensible for … Continue reading →

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Celtic Christianity Revisited

Posted on Sunday, 23 September, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

It was about eight months ago that I wrote the posting Celtic Christianity. I gave a brief historical sketch about this branch of Christianity which is largely lost in the mists of time. Like Eastern Orthodoxy, the Celtic Church was more … Continue reading →

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Anglican Liturgy and Monastic Spirituality

Posted on Wednesday, 15 August, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Deborah Gyapong has published an excellent article quoting some private correspondence she was allowed to reproduce if the author’s identity was kept confidential. On the Anglican tradition’s monastic approach to spirituality. What is distinctive about monastic liturgy as opposed to what … Continue reading →

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Monastic spirituality in parishes

Posted on Thursday, 5 July, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Doing my daily rounds of the blogs (perhaps when I should be in prayer), I came across On Silence and Sundays. It is a frequent observation that there doesn’t seem to be the slightest trace of spiritual life in most parishes, … Continue reading →

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Monastic silence

Posted on Friday, 18 May, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I made an allusion to silence in my previous posting, and I would like to qualify this badly understood word. It figures with a high profile in the Rule of Saint Benedict: Let us act in conformity with that saying … Continue reading →

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Mass without a congregation

Posted on Monday, 23 April, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

In my ‘previous incarnation’ as a contributor on the Anglo-Catholic blog, I wrote an article about the debated question of whether a priest should refrain from celebrating Mass if there are no faithful attending. There is a doctoral thesis on … Continue reading →

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A reflection on priesthood

Posted on Sunday, 22 April, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

In my own reflections on the priesthood and the many questions I have had to ask myself from a spiritual angle, I came across The maturing of Thomas Merton’s views on priesthood on a “liberal” forum. The fact that many … Continue reading →

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