Tag Archives: Spirituality

Why be a priest?

Posted on Monday, 20 July, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

E-mails have been sent around with a link to Was Philip North right? – five years on. The person running the Ordinariate Expats blog simply asks for opinions. In the exchange of e-mails, it is all taken as an affront to … Continue reading →

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Hymn to the Sea

Posted on Sunday, 12 July, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I found this written by Fr Claude Babarit (left of the group), my skipper at the Naviclerus regatta (priests and seminarians on eight 34-foot yachts) in August 2011. He is a retired priest at Les Sables d’Olonne in the Vendée … Continue reading →

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Title Modification

Posted on Monday, 22 June, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I decided to make a change in the title of this blog to reflect my broader interest in Christian faith in a post-Christian world. I have not lost interest in the liturgy or the Use of Sarum, but I feel … Continue reading →

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Let Nothing You Dismay

Posted on Monday, 1 June, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Fr Michael Gollop runs the blog Let Nothing You Dismay. This poignant title is quoted from the popular Christmas carol God rest ye merry gentlemen. He heads the blog with this message: This, then is our desert: to live facing … Continue reading →

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Interesting Ideas – and their Limitations

Posted on Tuesday, 26 May, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

For the first time in a few weeks, I have found a subject that strikes me as being of interest. There was the Semaine du Golfe when I was totally off-line. The only electricity I was using was a rechargeable … Continue reading →

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Life on a Twelve-Foot Boat

Posted on Monday, 18 May, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I was relating the Semaine du Golfe with Sophie last night, and she pointed the discussion towards the “domestic” aspect of life on a boat rather than descriptions of places to which she could not relate or the technical aspect … Continue reading →

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A Meditation for Holy Week

Posted on Monday, 30 March, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I found a quote from Monsignor Alfred Gilbey (1901-1998). It follows on very nicely from my reflection about ecclesiastical bureaucracy and middle management. Many of us find ourselves in a situation of conflict, namely believing in an ideal (Catholic tradition) … Continue reading →

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Justorum animae

Posted on Saturday, 14 March, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Justorum animae in manu Dei sunt, et non tanget illos tormentum mortis. Visi sunt oculis insipientium mori, illi autem sunt in pace. These are the words that came into my mind as I saw this amazing gravestone on Facebook, and … Continue reading →

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Lenten Asceticism

Posted on Tuesday, 24 February, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

People are free to do what they feel to be best, but we were warned by the Gospel of Ash Wednesday – keep it to yourselves and don’t broadcast that you are being holier than thou! Christ is most categorical … Continue reading →

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Help! I’m in the quicksand!

Posted on Monday, 16 February, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

It must be the most horrible death imaginable! You’re walking on the quicksands around the Mont Saint Michel in France and other estuaries in the world – and your leg disappears into the ooze. As you try to pull it … Continue reading →

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