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Tag Archives: Reflections
Interesting Observations
For some time now, we have been treated by John Bruce of Los Angeles to a long season on the Ordinariates. It would seem to me that he loves doing down anything that is not under the mainstream bureaucracy or … Continue reading
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Tagged Continuing Anglicanism, Ecclesiology, New Goliards, Reflections, Roman Catholicism, Romanticism
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Growth and Respectability
Fr Jonathan Munn of our Diocese often writes very thoughtful articles on his blog. A few days ago, he wrote St Benedict’s Priory 2015: Growing pains and taking pains to grow. We are all concerned for the future of our … Continue reading
You are not machines!
So many times, I have listened to this speech by Charlie Chaplin at the end of The Great Dictator, the parody of Hitler he made in 1940. For the first time, in the light of what I wrote yesterday, the … Continue reading
Repairing Engines and Inner Peace
At last, I have begun to fulfil my intention of January 2013 to read the famous philosophical novel Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. I had obviously understood very little before acquiring the book and beginning to read it. Last … Continue reading
Taking Positions
I have been away for the weekend, notably being at our Council of Advice meeting in London. Despite the strike in the port of Calais, I planned an alternative route thanks to my ferry company allowing passengers onto ships at … Continue reading
Christian Communities
Another fine reflection with Desperation. The bottom line seems to be what we do to create an alternative lifestyle so that Christianity can survive in our life. What alternative can we offer to secular society? The most “intensive” kind of … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian culture, New Goliards, Pastoral matters, Reflections
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Orthodoxy and Catholicism
Not intending to stir up old embers for the Blowout department, this is a fine article – Distinctions between Orthodoxy and Catholicism. Many of us Anglicans joke cynically about the “two one true churches”. I really am far beyond having … Continue reading
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Tagged Ecclesiology, Reflections, Roman Catholicism, Western Rite Orthodoxy
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British Christianity in the Hole…
I read Damien Thompson’s articles a lot less frequently these days, but here’s one doing the rounds – 2067: the end of British Christianity. I link here to the illustration in the article showing a large English cathedral with only … Continue reading
Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive
William Wordsworth wrote these words at the beginning of the French Revolution: Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive But to be young was very heaven! As the heads fell during the Terror, he wrote: Domestic carnage, now … Continue reading
Let Nothing You Dismay
Fr Michael Gollop runs the blog Let Nothing You Dismay. This poignant title is quoted from the popular Christmas carol God rest ye merry gentlemen. He heads the blog with this message: This, then is our desert: to live facing … Continue reading
The Blue Flower 