Monthly Archives: April 2020

Holy Mass from the Divine Worship Missal (the background)

Posted on 29/04/2020 by Scott Anderson

I imagine that many of us during the confinement will have set ourselves a task or project. I have several, including learning to say the Ordinariate Use of the Mass. Perhaps you are surprised by this, but I … Continue reading →

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Geoffrey Kirk

Posted on 27/04/2020 by Scott Anderson

Yes, I was always a bit scared of Geoffrey. I had no reason to be as he was always attentive and charming. The first real personal contact I had with him happened like this. I had noticed the growing use … Continue reading →

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Shall we learn again to pray for the dead?

Posted on 19/04/2020 by Scott Anderson

In the aftermath of the First World War, with so many young men dead, and their bodies lost for ever in some foreign field, the British learned again to pray for the dead. “Now when the bells for Eucharist Sound … Continue reading →

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Everyone’s entitled to their own opinion – aren’t they?

Posted on 14/04/2020 by Scott Anderson

Poor old Eamonn Holmes! Got it in the neck for some comments on his morning TV show about baseless conspiracy theories which link the coronavirus outbreak to 5G technology. OFCOM received 419 complaints from viewers after he said the media … Continue reading →

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Extended Communion – a new take

Posted on 13/04/2020 by Scott Anderson

I remember the frustration of Anglo-Catholics some years ago when the General Synod decided to tackle the issue of ‘extended Communion’. For the best part of 100 years an increasing number of parishes had been ‘reserving’ the Sacrament, so that … Continue reading →

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Confinement – the French way