Tag Archives: Psychology

Exclusivity

Posted on Tuesday, 12 October, 2021 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Exclusivity / inclusivity, these are two buzz words that often determine the relationship between an individual person and a corporate entity like a local or wider church. One of my brother priests has done a YouTube talk on commitment in … Continue reading →

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Mendelssohn Flies Away…

Posted on Sunday, 23 May, 2021 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I wrote the article O for the Wings of a Dove a few months ago at a time when my life was becoming increasingly conflictual. Finally the dove flew away and found its dovecote. In that little article, I reflected on … Continue reading →

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Freedom and Tyranny

Posted on Friday, 27 November, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I find this lecture very powerful in the effort to affirm our individual freedom as opposed to being the property of the totalitarian state or other group of dominant dogs. I recommend listening to it with attention. An essential condition … Continue reading →

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Sturm und Drang

Posted on Monday, 16 November, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

It sometimes happens that I give the same title to two different postings. The last time was in January 2017 when I discussed Christian eschatology. Indeed as we approach Advent I find a number of Catholic and Orthodox bishops discussing … Continue reading →

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Insanae et vanae curae

Posted on Sunday, 18 October, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Insanae et vanae curae invadunt mentes nostras,saepe furore replent corda, privata spe.Quid prodest, O mortalis, conari pro mundanis,si coelos negligas?Sunt fausta tibi cuncta, si Deus est pro te. Frantic and futile anxieties invade our minds; they oftenfill our hearts with … Continue reading →

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Self Reliance

Posted on Friday, 24 April, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This is a theme on which I have already touched in my posting about Transcendentalism which I encountered through Walt Whitman and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Emerson was distinguished through his Self-Reliance. It is a point that is still uppermost in my … Continue reading →

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Apprehending the Transcendent

Posted on Wednesday, 15 January, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

For this posting, I reproduce the title of the video to which I am linking. I myself was unaware of the work of Sir Roger Scruton who passed away only a few days ago. This dialogue reveals many of the … Continue reading →

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Abusus non tollit usum

Posted on Tuesday, 12 November, 2019 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

There is a story, perhaps untrue, about a public building that had all its fire extinguishers removed because it was esteemed that few people knew how to use them properly. It’s obviously better for the building to burn down and … Continue reading →

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La Nausée

Posted on Friday, 25 October, 2019 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Yes, from the very author who wrote “Hell is other people” – L’enfer c’est les autres in his play Huis clos. Jean-Paul Sartre was unfamiliar with the various grotesque parodies of churches and bishops one occasionally sees on the Internet. … Continue reading →

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More on Wooden-Leg French

Posted on Tuesday, 30 October, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I am still in the midst of sorting out paperwork for my French nationality application, and this is something I just hate doing. It revolts me to the tips of my fingers – as the French say – and it … Continue reading →

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