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Since lay people, like all Christ’s faithful, are deputed to the apostolate by baptism and confirmation, they are bound by the general obligation and they have the right, whether as individuals or in associations, to strive so that the divine … Continue reading →

Please pray for ANTHONY WATKINS & SCOTT ANDERSON to be ordained to the priesthood today, October 19th 2013 by the Archbishop of Southwark, the Most Revd Peter Smith at the Church of the Most Precious Blood, Borough for the service … Continue reading →

Over the years as an Anglican  I waited for the publication of each new round of services. I took part in anguished discussions with fellow Anglo-Catholics as to how to make the best of these new rites. I read (and occasionally … Continue reading →

  Soon after my aunt introduced me to Anglo-Catholicism she showed me its humour. I remember gales of laughter coming from her bedroom as she sat up reading ‘The Towers of Trebizond’ by Rose McCaulay. The book begins with the immortal … Continue reading →

In August I wrote a post suggesting that the use of language to hide rather than to communicate was growing. This morning’s ‘Today’ programme on Radio reinforces my point. Without a trace of irony, the presenter Evan Davis introduced an … Continue reading →

The annual trip to London was much looked forward to by us teenage servers. It was organised by the Guild of the Servants of the Sanctuary, and involved servers, wives, children and several clergy piling into a coach and heading … Continue reading →

In  the late 1960’s, early 70’s, Renewal in the Holy Spirit arrived among us in the UK.  It had come from the United States, and not from the Pentecostals (and certainly not from the liberals) but from Anglo-Catholic Episcopalians.  For … Continue reading →

During this past year  I have re-read much of my collection of the detective fiction of P D James, Ruth Rendell – and of course, Agatha Christie, from whom I borrow the title  of this post. In this first year of a … Continue reading →

Somebody remarked recently that we talk more and more and communicate less and less. The saying of Jesus, “Let your yes be yes and your no be no” (Matthew 5:37) seems forgotten in the torrent of words which people use. Earlier … Continue reading →