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Category Archives: Religion and related subjects
12th Night – a season ends and a New Year begins
Twelfth Night – reflections of meanings lost and found I have found myself here at the end of this Christmas season much sooner than I expected… ….It is, perhaps sadly, one of Time’s neatest tricks that as we age time … Continue reading
Advent Carol Calendar Day 4 – there’s no Rose of such vertu
A carol for the 4th day of Advent This is a carol from the early fifteenth century. It probably is based on an earlier carol and given the text may well be from a french song. The use of the … Continue reading
Ember Days & the “Benedicite”
Ember Days Ember Days – those who have heard of this term will probably not understand what they refer to beyond perhaps being a colloquial reference to the less good times in one’s life. They were traditionally days of … Continue reading
English Saints and Myths of the Sceptred Isle
England’s Protomartyr. Albanum egregium fecunda Britannia profert (Lo! fruitful Britain vaunts great Alban’s name.) (Carmina, VII, iii, 155).. England thinks of itself as dedicated to St George who famously slew a dragon. It is the red cross of St George which lies over … Continue reading
Pope Francis gives St Joseph his place
News hot from Vatican…… Pope Francis has made a small change to the Roman missal by inserting the name of St Joseph into all of the canons or anaphora used in the Mass. This follows the precedent set by Pope … Continue reading
Anno Domini 1963 – a year of grace?
1963 : A Year to remember and a Year to forget “If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. For, in the final analysis, our most basic common link is … Continue reading
News from the Home Front & on the Home Front
Battles lost; battles joined; battles won. I’ve no idea why I choose military metaphors for this post other than for the very obvious reason that I’ve long been a lost cause. The last few weeks I’ve been struggling with … Continue reading
Mass Observations: Stephen Gardiner & the Eucharist
Bishop Stephen Gardiner & the Reformation: The doctrine of the Mass Once the regular clergy and chantry priests were stripped of office and from the clerical estate; once images, statues, rood screens and side-altars were stripped from the churches; the … Continue reading
Wily Winchester – the original thinking of Bishop Stephen Gardiner
Defining terms: Gardiner’s Theology of the Supremacy De Vere Obedentia is much more than a clever piece of rhetoric – although there is plenty of rhetorical argument contained therein. It was written between 1534 and 1535 and was published in … Continue reading