Tag Archives: Spirituality

Returning to Writing

Posted on Thursday, 4 September, 2025 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

It is a long time since I last wrote on my blog. Perhaps it is a case of writer’s block or any one of those spiritual / psychological conditions that cause us to lose interest in things as our world … Continue reading →

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Mature Christianity

Posted on Thursday, 6 February, 2025 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have had to reflect about the relevance of churches, not only the big institutions like the Roman Catholic Church, the Church of England and the Anglican Communion, and the various national Orthodox churches – but also the various traditionalist … Continue reading →

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C.S. Lewis and Sehnsucht

Posted on Friday, 1 December, 2023 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

An Orthodox priest I know often writes on Facebook and quotes his favourite spiritual authors. One from Elder Saint Nectarios of Aegina: The heart of the unbeliever is no longer full of infinity and is always groaning, seeking and longing, … Continue reading →

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The Night of Advent

Posted on Tuesday, 28 November, 2023 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

We come around once again to this night of Advent as the gloom of winter encircles us who live in the northern hemisphere (it is now the turn of the Aussies to get their boats out and go sailing). For … Continue reading →

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A Third Way

Posted on Saturday, 12 November, 2022 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

It proves very difficult to make any sense of the world, at least as it seems on the media and other internet sources. I live in the country and feel increasingly anxious faced with the prospect of travelling to a … Continue reading →

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For we wrestle not against flesh and blood…

Posted on Sunday, 6 November, 2022 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

It is some time since I last wrote on this blog. Events in the world have had a profound effect on me, like the two world wars had on those who lived in those soul-destroying days. The horrors of the … Continue reading →

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Rewilding Christianity

Posted on Saturday, 8 October, 2022 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

We sometimes hear about “rewilding” areas of land that have been used for agriculture. Their owners, for good or bad, decide that it would be best to plant some trees and let nature do what it wants. There are two … Continue reading →

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Behold the Sea!

Posted on Tuesday, 5 July, 2022 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This blog has suffered neglect over the past few months. The current polemics in the Roman Catholic and other churches do little more than prove the inadequacy of ecclesial institutions and the sinfulness of the most sanctimonious of the men … Continue reading →

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Northern Brittany

Posted on Thursday, 7 April, 2022 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I haven’t done very much on this blog for a long time, since I became preoccupied with the situation in the Ukraine. It is still a worry for us all, out of empathy in people driven out of their homes … Continue reading →

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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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