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The Artist’s Canvas

In the Parable of the Sower (Mark iv.3-20), the seed is the Word of God and the various places where it can fall represent the attitude of those listening or not listening. There seems to be another element, the types … Continue reading

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I’m Spiritual but not Religious

I’m Spiritual but not Religious. This is one of the most hackneyed self-descriptions we hear from many of our contemporaries. Most of us who are attached to churches as clergy or laity would say that it is impossible to be … Continue reading

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Received into the Anglican Catholic Church

I have been quiet for a few days here on the blog, but not without reason. The news is already out in different places on the Web about my reception into the Anglican Catholic Church (Original Province), Diocese of the … Continue reading

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Fools for Christ

Is this an image of the Church? This moving image shows a person who appears to be a strict-observance Franciscan praying in St Peter’s Square before the white smoke appeared. The western Church had St Francis of Assisi himself. One … Continue reading

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New Counter Reformation

That has been a theme of the Abbé de Nantes and Catholic Counter Reformation in the 21st century for years and decades. Look at the sixteenth century. There were not only popes putting people in dungeons and torture chambers. There … Continue reading

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Morning After Round-up

I’m still reeling even though I went nowhere when most of the TAC either crumbled or went by bits and pieces into the Ordinariates. What transpired is that anyone who has an interest in liturgy, Anglican or pre-Pauline Roman, is … Continue reading

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Trajectory of History

Pope Francis is already being described as an “anti-Ratzinger”, which is probably based on a serious misunderstanding of Pope Emeritus Benedict. We do obviously have to come to terms with the possibility that the Church is no longer the question … Continue reading

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Ecclesial Prophecies

Much has been made of sayings and writings by Benedict XVI and men like Cardinal Christoph von Schönborn, Archbishop of Vienna in Austria. I had the latter as one of my professors at Fribourg. He normally taught dogmatic theology in … Continue reading

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Interesting Blog

Someone with the initials JV recently commented on one of my posts and said: You certainly have a keen sense of what is at issue, for the the future of the Roman Church. Sadly, most RCs are blinded to such … Continue reading

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Sede Vacante 2013

A few days ago, I reminisced about the vacancy of the papal see in Sede Vacante 2005. How does it seem this time? After the death of John Paul II, when I was already far from being in that Church as … Continue reading

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