Category Archives: Religion and related subjects

Items which relate to religious subject matter…

The Kansas Twister – Kim Davis; the Pope & Same-sex Marriage
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 Why the truth is often stranger than fiction…   There is sometimes more to a story than meets the eye. In history context is always king and in that spirit I offer up this review of recent events. Pope Francis … Continue reading

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Lady Day – the Eve of Eve’s recall

  Lady Day – the Eve of Eve’s recall This night can’t hold or keep the angel lights Who come the dawn, must peep about the Sun As skylarks rise to sing with seraphim To Him made man today; a … Continue reading

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Reported speech – Pope Francis – what he said and what he didn’t say….
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Popes speaking….. The papacy has a long history of speaking its mind and saying things which do not meet with much favour. It can defend itself. it does not need me to argue its case. It could pay for a … Continue reading

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From Je suis to J’accuse in one short week
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Murder most foul in Paris Ghost : Murder most foul, as in the best it is; But this most foul, strange and unnatural. Hamlet: Haste me to know’t that I with wings as swift as meditation….may sweep to my revenge. Shakespeare seems a … Continue reading

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Ember days from my 18th century French Antiphonal
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Ember Days – Times for quiet reflection and for solace the so called “ember days” were observed as days of fast and abstinence four times each year…. .”Fasting days and Emberings be, Lent, Whitsun, Holyrood, and Lucie.”  Thus being kept … Continue reading

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A second coming-out: Part II – from here to eternity
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A second coming -out Part II – from here to eternity Wilde’s iconic Lady Bracknell disapproved of argument of all kinds on the grounds they were always vulgar and often convincing. She, therefore, would never have approved of admitting religion … Continue reading

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Part I. A second coming-out – or perhaps Confiteor; Confessio; Credo
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Part I – I confess…. I confess I am unsure why I am writing this. It doesn’t seem a good idea. It doesn’t seem a good idea at all. I fear I lack words to explain myself. Perhaps if I … Continue reading

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Part II. What really happened in Holy Week?

Part II: reaching that point beyond belief….. The Background: The events of that first Holy Week fall into three broad sections in the surviving narratives; the betrayal and Last Supper; the arrest, and trials; the execution, (royal) burial and finally … Continue reading

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A few poor lines reflecting on Transubstantiation –
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On Transubstantiation: O wonderful,  simple bread may be plainly so much more than simply bread to me; Grapes cut off branches of the Living Vine delight me with sweet distillate Divine. O wonderful, this feast of bread and wine fulfills … Continue reading

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Flos de radice – a lovely little Advent carol from Germany (15th Century)
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As a consequence of the New Liturgical movement newsletter I came across this lovely little carol I’d never heard of before. It has that peculiar innocence that is so evocative of the medieval mind. It quite catches the mood of … Continue reading

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