Tag Archives: Sarum

Annunciation

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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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Sarum Movement?

The person running Rad Trad has promised a series: New Series: The Whole Sarum. This will be something to keep an eye on. This blog has on many occasions shown sympathy to other local traditions like diocesan rites and uses … Continue reading

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New Rendering of Dickinson Sarum Missal in Latin

This might be of help – a nice crisp rendering of the Dickinson edition of the Sarum Missal in Latin. It can probably be converted into Word format and printed in the format and page size you want. For those … Continue reading

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