Tag Archives: Spirituality

A Basket of Crabs

Posted on Tuesday, 19 July, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Un panier de crabes doesn’t mean very much in English, but I was appalled on reading The Sacra Liturgia Conference has set the cause of the Reform of the Reform back by 20 years. That may not be a bad … Continue reading →

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First days back home

Posted on Tuesday, 21 June, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

It always takes a while to get back into the routine of being back home after these days of messing about in boats. There was a progression between my three days alone on the Rade de Brest, the Friday passage … Continue reading →

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Butcher’s Shop Devotions

Posted on Saturday, 4 June, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

That is how I have heard the feast of the Sacred Heart spoken about – I think it was in a novel but I can’t remember which one. It might have been Morris West who wrote an almost prophetic novel … Continue reading →

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Cold Shower

Posted on Thursday, 2 June, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Update: See When Christianity is at its best. Does anyone know of such ideal communities? * * * I have had quite a number of reactions on my posting about trying to play the violin as a wind instrument or … Continue reading →

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Shape-shifting Jesus?

Posted on Wednesday, 6 April, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This title may seem provocative or even blasphemous, but reading the Gospel this morning (Quasimodo Wednesday in the Use of Sarum) troubled me profoundly. The passage in question (Mark 16) contains: Now when Jesus was risen early the first day … Continue reading →

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Classical Catholicism

Posted on Sunday, 3 April, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

In the wake of recent reflections about the Roman Catholic traditionalist world, I am brought to offer a few reflections from my point of view as it developed over the years since I left the Institute of Christ the King … Continue reading →

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The Brain of God

Posted on Thursday, 24 March, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

What a provocative title! Surely God does not have a brain any more than he has hands or the other allegorical images we find in the Scripture! We are so used to the material / spiritual divide that we find … Continue reading →

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Ritual Housework!

Posted on Thursday, 24 March, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have seen that a few people have looked at my old site on washing the altars Washing of the Altar on Maundy Thursday. This morning (yes I celebrated the Mass in Coena Domini this morning), I stripped and washed the … Continue reading →

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The Conservative Rhetoric

Posted on Sunday, 6 March, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Perhaps if I didn’t read it, I wouldn’t get steamed up about it… Perhaps this applies as much to me as to the conservatives who are hammering on about abortion, euthanasia, same-sex “marriage”, transsexualism, etc. Going round some of the … Continue reading →

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Apparitions

Posted on Saturday, 5 March, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Rad Trad has just put up a posting on apparitions – Josephology Appendix 1: Apparitions & Visitations. It is often a tiresome subject when people for whom faith, belief and religion are an external mask that affirms their personal agendas. … Continue reading →

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