Tag Archives: Reflections

The Ungodly Dystopia

Posted on Wednesday, 19 January, 2022 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

A friend of mine who is a scientist wrote this on his Facebook: * * * “The Church has degenerated into factional disputation. As Paul VI said it is “engaged in a process of self-destruction.” The Magisterium equates “love” with … Continue reading →

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Be Brave

Posted on Thursday, 13 January, 2022 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I was reading Rob Riemen’s little book Nobility of Spirit last night, which I have already read several times. The book is divided into several narratives to illustrate the main question of the human soul and the real meaning of … Continue reading →

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Christmas 2021

Posted on Sunday, 26 December, 2021 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

My reflection on Christmas is fairly unusual in that I spent this great feast of the Incarnation of the λόγος alone. I was about to say for the first time, but it was also the case when I was living … Continue reading →

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Flogging made a bad man worse, and broke a good man’s heart

Posted on Tuesday, 14 December, 2021 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I answered another message about someone’s ideas about a political regime based on Old Testament law as advocated by the Reconstructionist movement. I have just found this video which is heavy going for one who is not used to American … Continue reading →

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Christian Integralism and Humanism

Posted on Monday, 13 December, 2021 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This talk was inspired by some correspondence with a person who is wondering about what I would call a fundamentalist and puritan Christian totalitarian theocracy. I give a few elements of my refusal of such a system in favour of … Continue reading →

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Beauty for Ashes

Posted on Monday, 6 December, 2021 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

As I prepared to say Mass today of the Feast of St Nicholas of Myra, three little words came into my mind and filled all my thoughts – Beauty for ashes. They come from Isaiah 61. The Spirit of the … Continue reading →

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Second Sunday of Advent

Posted on Friday, 3 December, 2021 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This is the second of this series of devotions and organ music for the Sundays of Advent J.S. Bach, Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 739 St Paul announces the Messiah of all Jews and Gentiles alike. And there shall … Continue reading →

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The Lost Chord

Posted on Tuesday, 30 November, 2021 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

In the early 1990’s a friend in London introduced me to a periodical and a series of cassette tapes intended to reproduce the style of the BBC Home Service of before World War II. I wrote about this stuff long … Continue reading →

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First Sunday of Advent

Posted on Friday, 26 November, 2021 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have been thinking about some kind of outreach since the time I recorded Mass in my old chapel. The events in my life up to and since last April and my move here to the Mayenne affected me very … Continue reading →

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The Sign of Contradiction

Posted on Sunday, 31 October, 2021 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I awoke from a dream this morning in which I was approached by some priests I knew in the 1990’s, all dead now. They suggested that my canonical situation in regard to the Roman Catholic Church could be “sorted out” … Continue reading →

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