Tag Archives: Spirituality

A Reflection on Louis-Claude de Saint Martin

Posted on Friday, 10 April, 2020 by

From Louis-Claude de Saint Martin’s L’Homme de Désir, Chant 177: Qui frappe à la porte sainte ? Un homme de paix, un homme de désir. Cet homme de paix, cet homme de désir, a-t-il vaincu ses ennemis ? Who is … Continue reading →

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Spiritual Conference for the Triduum

Posted on Wednesday, 8 April, 2020 by

Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

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A Meditation of the Stations of the Cross for Passiontide 2020

Posted on Tuesday, 31 March, 2020 by

This is a tremendous uplift for us all, from our Bishop’s chapel:

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Our Church’s outreach in these uncertain times

Posted on Monday, 30 March, 2020 by

Fr Jonathan Munn has come up with an excellent initiative on our Diocesan website: Material for use during the COVID 19 epidemic There are recordings of Mass from private chapels, including our Bishop who preached a lovely sermon yesterday. My … Continue reading →

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One or Two Ideas…

Posted on Sunday, 15 March, 2020 by

As I celebrated Mass this morning, as always sine populo, I was aware of a great feeling of gratitude to be at Mass and receiving the Sacrament. Here in France, Italy and elsewhere, there can be no public Mass. We … Continue reading →

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Ecclesial Cosmopolitanism

Posted on Monday, 28 October, 2019 by

The older I grow, the more I see a convergence of issues and thoughts. I began to read an article by Pauline Kleingeld, who wrote another work on Novalis and his puzzling fragment Die Christenheit oder Europa. This article is … Continue reading →

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Science and Faith, a Warning

Posted on Saturday, 21 September, 2019 by

I have been haunted all day by the article Darwinism Is Dead, Now What? Towards A Rational Spirituality. We seem to have a compare-and-contrast exercise between materialistic atheism – Dawkins style – and the kinds of Christianity we sometimes encounter … Continue reading →

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