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Easter Greetings

Posted on Saturday, 20 April, 2019 by

I wish all my readers a happy Easter full of the joy and hope that comes from the risen Lord. Should any of us have the slightest doubt, let us remember that there is no otherwise explicable way an image … Continue reading →

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Viollet le Duc

Posted on Friday, 19 April, 2019 by

If there is a subject for the Blue Flower, it is that of the great Romantic French architect Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (1814 – 1879). I encourage you to watch this video, which is in French: Gothic restorations of the nineteenth … Continue reading →

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Sepulto Domino

Posted on Friday, 19 April, 2019 by

In the Use of Sarum, we don’t use an altar of repose. The second two hosts of Maundy Thursday are simply put into the hanging pyx. On Good Friday, after the Liturgy of the Presanctified, the third host is put … Continue reading →

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Notre Dame de Paris

Posted on Tuesday, 16 April, 2019 by

It was about the time when the fire alarm was given when I saw something on Facebook. News from mainstream sources was still rare, and only the roof over the crossing was ablaze. The fire brigade was there very quickly. … Continue reading →

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As Holy Week approaches

Posted on Saturday, 13 April, 2019 by

It has been nearly three weeks since I wrote anything. The smoggy air seems to have cleared a little as has my anxiety over the political situation in England. I probably understand things a lot better as I see the … Continue reading →

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Mit brennender Sorge

Posted on Sunday, 24 March, 2019 by

This is to replace an earlier posting which unintentionally caused offence and bad feelings among people I greatly esteem. The title is the German expression Pope Pius XI used to say “with burning concern” as he faced the situation in … Continue reading →

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Perpetuum Mobile

Posted on Saturday, 16 March, 2019 by

When I lived in London, I rented a room at the East End Mission in Commercial Road. I could get to the London College of Furniture at the other end of that very long street in London’s East End on … Continue reading →

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