Tag Archives: Mystery of Evil

Post-Truth

Posted on Saturday, 6 May, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

What is truth? – asked Pontius Pilate. From when I was a small boy, I vividly remember my father coming into my bedroom asking me whether I had been reading after lights-out time. I lied and said “no”. My father … Continue reading →

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The Stripping of the Altars

Posted on Thursday, 13 April, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

As the liturgy of Maundy Thursday instructed me to strip and wash the altars of my chapel, the thought came into mind of the title of a famous book by the historian Dr Eamon Duffy. His subject was the English … Continue reading →

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A Reflection for Holy Week

Posted on Monday, 10 April, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Doing my rounds this morning, I came across this article The Virtue of Despair. I immediately identified with the reflection of the nihilist philosopher Nietzsche: Out of such abysses, from such severe sickness one returns newborn, having shed one’s skin, … Continue reading →

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Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?

Posted on Monday, 30 January, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Here is a very poignant article by Fr Ray Blake in England – My God, my God why have you forsaken me? When I was in Rome (1985-86) at the Nepomucene College, there was a priest who had been tortured … Continue reading →

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Sturm und Drang

Posted on Friday, 20 January, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Only a day or so ago, I mentioned the dark prophecies of Our Lady of Fatima, La Salette and other places, and now I find Here at the End of All Things. The article is headed with an image that … Continue reading →

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The Lord of the World

Posted on Tuesday, 13 December, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Using the title of that famous book by Robert Hugh Benson, I give the link to Globalism Is “Demonic,” Theologians Say. I find it difficult to give an independent opinion on the threat of globalism, except that it makes me … Continue reading →

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Bloody Hell!

Posted on Tuesday, 6 December, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have greatly appreciated the new posting of my brother in the priesthood Fr Jonathan Munn who has written The Eternity of the Other Place. I had a short discussion with him on Facebook, which inspired his article. We seemed … Continue reading →

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A glimmer of hope?

Posted on Saturday, 29 October, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I do my best to keep the hysteria at bay faced with the American election, the French equivalent next year and Brexit. Conspiracy theorists and fundamentalist Christians love to produce videos telling us that the end is nigh due to … Continue reading →

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Totalitarianism via Corporate Management

Posted on Sunday, 16 October, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I don’t have a lot of experience of the corporate world. I work for it by translating stuff from French into English, and I sup with the Devil with the very long spoon of the internet and e-mail. Occasionally, an … Continue reading →

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When the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

Posted on Saturday, 3 September, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I find many good souls discussing these questions about God and the way the world is changing. One such is a parish priest in France with whom I am spending several days to repair the organ in his church. His … Continue reading →

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