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Tag Archives: Spirituality
Monastic silence
I made an allusion to silence in my previous posting, and I would like to qualify this badly understood word. It figures with a high profile in the Rule of Saint Benedict: Let us act in conformity with that saying … Continue reading
The Spirit of the Sea
Preparing my address for the blessing of a yacht has provoked me to research a little into the way the sea builds the spiritual life of those who are called. The prayer for the blessing of a boat mentions two … Continue reading
For the First of May
I offer you this lovely and unashamedly baroque representation of the Holy Family. I found it on Rorate Caeli – I acknowledge sources. Where they got it from, I have no idea. In the Sarum Missal, we celebrate the Feast … Continue reading
A model of priestly life and vocation
Fr Jerome Lloyd has posted an article with the title Our Vocation. The conception is familiar to anyone who has come into contact with the Oratory of St Philip Neri. The Oratorian idea is taken and adapted to a situation … Continue reading
Absolute ordinations
Yesterday, I wrote about the question of a priest saying Mass on his own – whether it is because he considers the Mass as some kind of private magical prayer, or because he wants to participate in the communion of … Continue reading
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Tagged Independent / Old Catholicism, New Goliards, Spirituality, Theology
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Mass without a congregation
In my ‘previous incarnation’ as a contributor on the Anglo-Catholic blog, I wrote an article about the debated question of whether a priest should refrain from celebrating Mass if there are no faithful attending. There is a doctoral thesis on … Continue reading
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Tagged Ecclesiastical discipline, Monastic life, New Goliards, Pastoral matters, Spirituality, Theology
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A reflection on priesthood
In my own reflections on the priesthood and the many questions I have had to ask myself from a spiritual angle, I came across The maturing of Thomas Merton’s views on priesthood on a “liberal” forum. The fact that many … Continue reading
Secession, Accommodation or Witness?
Posting from the old English Catholic blog. * * * There is a striking article in New Directions – An Anglo-Catholic future by John D. Alexander and Phoebe Pettingell. To this posting I have given the three keywords these authors … Continue reading
The Annunciation of Our Lady
I link here to a sermon by Canon Arthur Middleton, a distinguished Anglican priest and academic of Durham University. I recently had the great privilege of meeting him. The Feast, this year, is transferred because of the fifth Sunday of … Continue reading
Passion Sunday
In many churches, the statues and crosses are veiled in violet as from Passion Sunday, or the fifth Sunday of Lent. My chapel goes into Lenten Array just before Ash Wednesday and the images are veiled in off-white trimmed with … Continue reading
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The Blue Flower 