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Tag Archives: Spirituality
A reflection on Lent
Thinking about Lent now that it is over, I return to a favourite quote by Oscar Wilde as he suffered his incarceration in the 1890’s: Reformations in morals are as meaningless and vulgar as Reformations in theology. But while to … Continue reading
Death
This is Holy Week, during which we meditate about human wickedness and perversity in the minds of official religious clerics, regardless of the faith they claim. We contemplate the death of Christ, and throughout Lent, we have considered our own … Continue reading
Quomodo sedet sola civitas plena populo
Quomodo sedet sola civitas plena populo; facta est quasi vidua domina gentium; princeps provinciarum facta est sub tributo. “How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! How is she become as a widow! She that was great … Continue reading
Humility
In Christian spirituality, humility is one of those almost taboo subjects – if you think you’re humble, you’re not humble. It would seem that you can really get tied in knots thinking about it! I have found this psychological and … Continue reading
Religionless Christianity
This is a theme that emerged from an exchange of comments with Stephen K. A search on Google brings up quite a few articles related to Dietrich Bonhöffer. This one is an example – Bonhoeffer’s Religionless Christianity. What does the … Continue reading
The Rite of Spring
Fr Jonathan Munn has just written Springing into the English Lent or Lenting into the English Spring? I don’t think we need to be too hard on the old Pagan feasts, since I often mention the “two Old Testaments” – … Continue reading
Quo vadis?
“Whither goest thou?” – or in modern English – Where are you going? It is a question we have to ask of ourselves. We can be interested in all sorts of things, but where is it going? What does it … Continue reading
Lenten Array
My chapel is about to go into Lenten Array in readiness for Ash Wednesday. One of last year’s palms will be burned in my back yard to make the ashes for my wife and I. These are the outward signs. … Continue reading
Libenter suffertis insipientens : cum sitis ipsi sapientes.
For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise. I read this amazing Epistle of St Paul this morning at Mass of Sexagesima Sunday. In this piece of writing, Paul shows his complete break with conventions and all the … Continue reading
As we enter Septuagesimatide
I saw something a short while ago on Fr Stephen Smuts’ blog, and I have been waylaid by irksome things like work. He quoted some maxims of spiritual life from Living In A Strange Land, Fr Stephen’s blog, Glory to God For … Continue reading
The Blue Flower 