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Tag Archives: Reflections
Vocation
I have been in a discussion on the longhair forum, and a poignant message came in: I been getting stressed over growing long hair and so far to me I feel it’s not worth it. I thought of positive and … Continue reading
A reflection on Lent
Thinking about Lent now that it is over, I return to a favourite quote by Oscar Wilde as he suffered his incarceration in the 1890’s: Reformations in morals are as meaningless and vulgar as Reformations in theology. But while to … Continue reading
Beauty and Religion
Hat tip to Deborah Gyapong as she found another article inspiring. So do I. The person in question is particularly interested in the cinema. Indeed, it is frustrating to see a great film only to find that a portrayal of … Continue reading
Meaningless and Vulgar Reformations
Fr Jonathan Munn has done it again! Reform of the reform of the reform of the…. Indeed, every time there is a reformation, there are schisms and protests. I sometimes wonder whether a religion that needs to be reformed did … Continue reading
Evangelisation
It’s quite a mouthful of a word. I found the postings by Deborah Gyapong – Fr Ray Blake writes on evangelization and the article she describes – He asks some important questions about whether people are really serious about evangelizing. There … Continue reading
Schism?
Schism seems like quite a dirty word to beat someone’s head over with. It merely means division or a split. One may have the impression that some Church-of-England Anglicans are / were going by absolutist Roman Catholic ecclesiology for the … Continue reading
Popular and Elite
This morning, Dr William Tighe sent out an e-mail with some links about people who become Orthodox and leave. Leaving the Orthodox Church is a poignant posting, as are several others on this blog that reveal some of the same … Continue reading
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Religionless Christianity
This is a theme that emerged from an exchange of comments with Stephen K. A search on Google brings up quite a few articles related to Dietrich Bonhöffer. This one is an example – Bonhoeffer’s Religionless Christianity. What does the … Continue reading
Liturgical Extremism / Fetishism
Strong words in the title! Seriously, I have been looking at an interesting dialogue between Patricius and Modestinus. Both positions need to be read and understood. If I have understood Patricius correctly, the reforms introduced into the Roman missal under … Continue reading
Quo vadis?
“Whither goest thou?” – or in modern English – Where are you going? It is a question we have to ask of ourselves. We can be interested in all sorts of things, but where is it going? What does it … Continue reading
The Blue Flower 