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A prayer for Remembrance Sunday

Some ten years ago Dr Antonia Lynn and I put together a little booklet for the Novena of Prayer under the title ‘Called to be holy’. We composed the prayers using the Collect form. Archbishop Cranmer was very skilful in … Continue reading

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… and finally!

To conclude this series some observations on matters related to the celebration and presentation of the liturgy. Reservation of the Blessed Sacrament In mediaeval England the Blessed Sacrament was reserved in a pyx, suspended over the High Altar of the … Continue reading

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THE PRESENT OPPORTUNITY part 4

THE SETTING The Mass was photographed in the church of the Holy Trinity, Dorchester, Dorset.  This small Gothic Revival Church, built in the 19th century to the designs of Benjamin Ferry, was originally a parish church of the Church of … Continue reading

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THE PRESENT OPPORTUNITY part 3

The deacon goes to the foot of the altar steps, bows to the altar and ascends to the centre. The Celebrant remains seated at the sedilia. The clerk moves the Missal to its position left of the corporal and the … Continue reading

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THE PRESENT OPPORTUNITY Part 2

THE LITURGY OF THE WORD The Celebrant and Deacon turn to the right and go to the sedilia. The Deacon assists the Celebrant to sit (useful with heavy and full vestments) and then sits himself.  They listen attentively to the … Continue reading

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THE PRESENT OPPORTUNITY

A PRESENTATION IN PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE MASS CELEBRATED ACCORDING TO DIVINE WORSHIP – THE MISSAL OF THE ORDINARIATES With the creation of the Ordinariates for receiving Anglicans into the full communion of the Catholic Church, together with the publication of … Continue reading

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A new Pope

V A coach is crossing t he Pennines between Yorkshire and Lancashire. It’s magnificent countryside in the north of England, but quite lonely. Suddenly the coach stops, the driver climbs out, vaults the stone wall into a field and heads … Continue reading

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The Ordinariate – eight years on from that article …

While clearing out in preparation for my move back to the UK later this year, I came across an article in the Catholic Herald, written in August 2016 by Damian Thompson entitled ‘The Ordinariate Mk II.’ It seems to me … Continue reading

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Synodality and the General Synod

Catholics of the Ordinariate (i.e. former Anglicans) may be forgiven for their nervousness about the process of Synodality which is being encouraged by Pope Francis. The actions of the General Synod of the Church of England in the 1990’s and … Continue reading

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Language and translation

Just after writing my last post I came across this ‘Translator’s note’ at the beginning of a 1954 edition of ‘Introduction to the Devout Life’ by St François de Sales. Fr Michael Day, an Oratorian, writes: The present translation into … Continue reading

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