Tag Archives: Sarum

An Opportunity

Posted on Friday, 19 August, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Whilst on holiday by the sea (yes, enjoying the sailing) on the Contentin peninsular, on a nice quiet campsite with a wi-fi connection, I have been reading a number of articles on the theme of liturgical situation in the Roman … Continue reading →

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Pisser dans un Violon

Posted on Wednesday, 1 June, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The French expression conjures up a repugnant image of someone urinating into a violin. An earlier form of the expression conveyed the idea of blowing air into this stringed instrument, something that would not make the violin play music either. … Continue reading →

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Annunciation

Posted on Thursday, 7 April, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

We are at sixes and sevens this year, because the feast of the Annunciation was trumped by Good Friday. When that happens, by Holy Week or the Easter Octave, the Annunciation is transferred to the first available day after the … Continue reading →

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Use of Sarum on Facebook

Posted on Monday, 4 April, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

It was a while ago since I set up the Use of Sarum group on Facebook. It gathered momentum fairly quickly and now it has 346 members including Dr William Renwick who is a university professor in Canada (music) and … Continue reading →

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Quomodo sedet sola Civitas.

Posted on Friday, 25 March, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

How doth the city sit solitary… so goes the lamentation of Jeremiah the Prophet. In the Roman rite (and the Anglican Missal), the Blessed Sacrament is taken to the Altar of Repose on Maundy Thursday, and is consumed at the … Continue reading →

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Candlemas

Posted on Wednesday, 3 February, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I didn’t write it up yesterday, but I blessed the pair of candles for my Lady Altar and celebrated the Mass of the Presentation / Purification. It was all simple because I was on my own. The texts are rather … Continue reading →

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Sarum Calendar 2016

Posted on Thursday, 29 October, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I would like to remind readers that current Sarum calendars are available on Dr William Renwick’s site. Like the various Roman rite ordos available, they enable us to get everything right for Mass and Office in terms of precedence and … Continue reading →

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Mass of the Five Wounds

Posted on Monday, 12 October, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I had a comment asking for the English text of the Votive Mass of the Five Wounds, featuring in the Sarum missal and the fine translation by Canon Warren. It is a very beautiful devotion, paralleling devotion to the Sacred … Continue reading →

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Series on the Sarum Use

Posted on Thursday, 1 October, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This is little more than a heads-up on a series of articles on the Sarum Use by Rad Trad, the first of which is The Sarum Rite I: A Brief History. The historical view is important, but I notice the … Continue reading →

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Sarum Reconstructionism

Posted on Monday, 14 September, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This is interesting – A “Sarum Use” church plant and why it wouldn’t work. In the perspective of “all-or-nothing” in which he presents it, he is probably right. If however the Sarum Use were celebrated in the same spirit as some … Continue reading →

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