Tag Archives: Sarum

Dangerous Sarum

It reminds me of a moment in The Name of the Rose, when Fr William explains to the Abbot the cause of all the skulduggery going on. Books! Forbidden books! Spiritually dangerous books! Two interesting reflections about the Use of … Continue reading

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A Twitch on the Sarum Thread

It is nice to see signs of interest outside my own mind. Liturgical Boutique: Is Sarum Possible? has just appeared on the Rad Trad blog. His reflections sound as weary as my own, seeing that there has been a lot … Continue reading

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The Use of Sarum in the Roman Catholic Church

This link has come up in the comments to previous posts, but it merits being given a higher profile. A Case for the Restoration of the Sarum Rite in the Roman Catholic Church by Bernard Brandt. This acutely intelligent person … Continue reading

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Sarum and Authority

There is an interesting discussion going on at Facebook on the old question of whether Sarum belongs in a museum or whether it still exists as a Catholic rite. It all started off by the question: I once read that … Continue reading

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The Rite of Braga

The Report on the Bragan Rite for the Congregation for Divine Worship – Review is quite harrowing but entirely predictable. I know little about the Rite of Braga, a diocese in Portugal, but it is one of the many diocesan rites … Continue reading

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Sarum Training Session

Having bought a webcam, I have done a training video on the “mechanics” of celebrating the Sarum low Mass. I never feel at ease being filmed and recorded, so I ask you to be forgiving of my hesitations of speech … Continue reading

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Sarum Mass of Thursday in the first week of Lent

I have found some software that enables me to make videos on my laptop computer using the built-in webcam and microphone. Therefore the quality isn’t very good. I will need to plug in an external microphone and a good quality … Continue reading

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Use of Sarum on Facebook

Use of Sarum Facebook is an incredibly complex and popular piece of internet, and I have always found most of it to be complete drivel. I suppose many of its users spend their lives making “friends” and “liking” this or … Continue reading

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New Facebook Group on the Use of Sarum

Facebook, despite its containing a lot of abysmal drivel, is a quick and easy way of discussing with short comments and having something “autonomous” requiring little attention from me. I also found that my Use of Sarum group on Yahoo … Continue reading

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Anglican Missals

I was answering a comment today about the so-called Cowley missal and what I thought of it. Its design seems to form a compromise between the various national Prayer Books, the Roman missal of the early twentieth century and Sarum. … Continue reading

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