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Choral Evensong
It is remarkable that Choral Evensong has survived as a weekly broadcast by BBC Radio for a hundred years. It is all the more remarkable since Evensong as a Sunday evening service had begun a rapid decline over fifty years … Continue reading
St John Henry Newman 9 October 2026
God knows me and calls me by my name.…God has created me to do Him some definite service;He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another.I have my mission—I never may know it in this … Continue reading
‘Are you priest or parson?’
Fifty years ago on Parson Cross, a large housing estate on the outskirts of Sheffield, we did a lot of funerals. And we visited the family in their home before the funeral. On this occasion the husband was ‘C of … Continue reading
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Spiritual Conference
Last night our Ordinariate Group met as usual for its fortnightly meeting. This group (we meet on-line) is a godsend for those of us isolated for various reasons from the mainstream of the UK Ordinariate. Last night’s talk by Fr … Continue reading
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Red cassocks
Some of you will remember the scuffle some years ago, when scarlet cassocks were declared to be the privilege of Chaplains to the Monarch here in the UK – and choirs of the Chapels Royal/ This caused a certain amount … Continue reading
St Mary at the Cross
Sing we, too, of Mary’s sorrows, Of the sword that pierced her through, When beneath the cross of Jesus She his weight of suffering knew, Looked upon her Son and Saviour Reigning high and Calvary’s tree, Saw the price of … Continue reading
Holy Cross Day
This was Love’s great deed that death should die, when Life itself was slain upon the tree Antiphon from 2nd Vespers of the Feast
Death – and the Christian hope
I found this on the internet – written by James Hastings, an early 20th century Scottish Presbyterian minister , and I think it bears reading … 1. There is nothing more marvellous in the history of Christianity than the change … Continue reading
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That elusive Anglican Patrimony
One of my colleagues, a cradle Catholic and a Diocesan priest, challenged me recently to say what exactly is this Anglican Patrimony which we in the Ordinariate are supposed to bring with us as a gift to the whole Church. … Continue reading
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