Tag Archives: Ordinariate

Choral Evensong

Posted on 09/10/2026 by Scott Anderson

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 →

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St John Henry Newman 9 October 2026

Posted on 09/10/2026 by Scott Anderson

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 →

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St Mary at the Cross

Posted on 15/09/2026 by Scott Anderson

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 →

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A prayer for Remembrance Sunday

Posted on 10/11/2025 by Scott Anderson

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!

Posted on 24/10/2025 by Scott Anderson

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

Posted on 20/10/2025 by Scott Anderson

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

Posted on 16/10/2025 by Scott Anderson

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

Posted on 13/10/2025 by Scott Anderson

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

Posted on 12/10/2025 by Scott Anderson

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

Posted on 10/05/2025 by Scott Anderson

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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