Tag Archives: War and Peace

Beauty for Ashes

Posted on Monday, 6 December, 2021 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

As I prepared to say Mass today of the Feast of St Nicholas of Myra, three little words came into my mind and filled all my thoughts – Beauty for ashes. They come from Isaiah 61. The Spirit of the … Continue reading →

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Weltschmerz

Posted on Thursday, 12 August, 2021 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have just watched this video from the psychologist Richard Grannon I warn you that there is a lot of swearing and not too many kind words about God or religion. I look behind the front and try to understand … Continue reading →

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Freedom and Tyranny

Posted on Friday, 27 November, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I find this lecture very powerful in the effort to affirm our individual freedom as opposed to being the property of the totalitarian state or other group of dominant dogs. I recommend listening to it with attention. An essential condition … Continue reading →

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Identity and Diversity

Posted on Tuesday, 14 July, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I wrote the article Diversity and Inclusion yesterday and it was normal to receive some criticism from a fairly nationalist point of view disillusioned with the double standards of anti-non-white racism and anti-white racism. That is about the only way … Continue reading →

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Diversity and Inclusion

Posted on Sunday, 12 July, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

“Diversity and inclusion” have become buzz words and they mean different things to different people. The most obvious meaning of diversity seems to be acceptance that different persons, cultures, races, personalities, etc. have equal right to favourable consideration in society. … Continue reading →

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Miserere mei, Deus

Posted on Friday, 24 January, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

On this 75th anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camps. Have mercy upon me, O God, after thy great goodness: according to the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences. Wash me throughly from my wickedness: and cleanse … Continue reading →

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Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité

Posted on Thursday, 14 November, 2019 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

As I sat through the ceremony of reception today at the Préfecture of Rouen of myself and about fifty other new French citizens, I listened to the recorded propaganda message with the ears of a philosopher. The essential theme was … Continue reading →

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Abusus non tollit usum

Posted on Tuesday, 12 November, 2019 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

There is a story, perhaps untrue, about a public building that had all its fire extinguishers removed because it was esteemed that few people knew how to use them properly. It’s obviously better for the building to burn down and … Continue reading →

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In Flanders Fields

Posted on Saturday, 9 November, 2019 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This poem of John McCrae is well known and taught to children in schools. He wrote from the point of those who were killed in the Great War. It reflects a view of war that remained too romantic and early … Continue reading →

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Ecclesial Cosmopolitanism

Posted on Monday, 28 October, 2019 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

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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