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The Hours of Catherine de’ Medici, Queen of France - After I did a post on Tuesday about the book of hours of King Henry II of France (born 1519; reigned 1547-59), reader Steven Hensley noted in the combox th...
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Time and Christianity - From *Catholic Exchange*: In *Confessions*, Augustine provided a model of *personal time *that provides each person with a model of the individual exper...16 hours ago
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Smoke Without Fire? - Taking up smoking is very bad for teenagers' health. As would be conscripting them into wars with Russia, China, Iran, and so forth. Laugh out loud at anyo...21 hours ago
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Towards a Global War? Ducunt fata volentem, nolentem trahunt - by Roberto de Mattei - Corrispondenza RomanaApril 17, 2024As missiles and drones ply the skies from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean, the concern of Western diplomacies seems t...1 day ago
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ROME 24/4– Day 28: bad news and good news - “When,” you ask, “did the sun rise in Rome today? I respond: “06:24.” “And when will it set?” “19:56. “Did you hear the Ave Maria Bell last night at 20:15...1 day ago
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More relics from the battlefield at Culloden - Today is the 278th anniversary of the battle of Culloden in 1746. The battlefield near Inverness quite often makes the news, and often due to perceived t...2 days ago
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Mansini on the development of doctrine - My review of Guy Mansini’s excellent new book *The Development of Dogma: A Systematic Account *appears in the May 2024 issue of *First Things*.
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Third Sunday of Eatertide - The Feast of St Bernadette falls this Tuesday *3rd Sunday of Easter 14th April. Year B. Mass at 8.30amMass at 10am * A reminder that our final First Ho...
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Preview: "Christian Reverence" on the Son Rise Morning Show - I'll start a new series with the Son Rise Morning Show Monday, April 15 (Tax Day!) with one of Saint John Henry Newman's *Parochial and Plain Sermons*, "C...
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A history of popesplaining - Although the word "popesplain" is of very recent origin (it has not yet reached the Oxford English Dictionary), popesplaining as an activity has been aroun...
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καλλιόπη - This multi-colored jumble of 'helium' balloons looked to both Janet and me as something that should be in a circus, hence the name Calliope. Left-over st...
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"The Stations of the Cross' by Caryll Houselander. - Sincere apologies for the long delay in posting on this blogsite 'whitesmokeahoy', I hope to post more frequently in the future. You may well say that yo...3 weeks ago
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Things Fell Apart - In recent months I was able to listen to some of the episodes in the second series of Jon Ronson's Radio 4 broadcasts/podcasts *Things Fell Apart*. I hav...3 weeks ago
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Easter Triduum services in London - 2024 - *St Bede's Clapham Park* *Palm Sunday (24th March)* 11 am Latin Sung Mass (no 12.30 pm Mass) *Wednesday (27th March)* 7pm Tenebrae *Maundy Thursday (...3 weeks ago
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Italian prosecutors to bring charges against Becciu’s brother - The Pillar reports: Public prosecutors in Sardinia are set to bring charges against the brother of Cardinal Angelo Becciu, after completing an investig...
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40 Days to Give So Others Might Live This Lent - We are called Pray, Fast and Give Alms in Lent. This year, the money you save in Lent could help us to offer women the help they need to keep their babie...2 months ago
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Arthurian Republicanism: The Holy Roman Empire - Suscipient autem regnum sancti Dei altissimi, et obtinebunt regnum usque in saeculum, et saeculum saeculorum. (Daniel 7:18) What happened on Christmas Day ...2 months ago
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Pre-1910 Calendar for Week Beginning 24 December - *Announcement of the Indulgence, the Holyday and the Feast of Devotion* +24 *Sunday* Fourth Sunday of Advent, second class. Vigil of the Nativity. Mass o...
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For those who've gone before - Today being the feast of All Souls, or The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed, as my missal has it, it's time to revisit my annual post where I rem...5 months ago
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Spanish Q&A Session – Oct. 24 - Join the CMAA… …for a question and answer session completely in Spanish on October 24. This is open to all with free admission – not members only, so pleas...6 months ago
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CORONATION PRAYER - In celebration of the Coronation of King Charles III, copies of these leaflets were recently distributed in our churches. As well as a message from Card...
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Ultimate net zero lunacy? - The ultimate net zero lunacy is probably de-carbonising and trying to electrify the entire railway system. In the first place, the railways in total are n...11 months ago
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Saint Gabriel - The angels call for our veneration and awe as part of God’s creation. Part of the destructive modernism of the 1970s included advice to Catholic school t...
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The Pope Who Won't Be Buried - It has been a long time since I have put finger to keyboard to write about our holy Catholic Faith, something I regret, but which I put largely down to ...
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A War on Reality (4) - I concluded my previous post in this series by writing* that is why I have called this series of posts A War on Reality, for it is the Devil's war. And I...1 year ago
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Pre-1910 Calendar for 2023 - I have published before a series of blogposts illustrating what the week in church would have looked like to the Catholic in the pew if the liturgical ch...1 year ago
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What's happening on the blog? - It has struck me that, unless I update the blog now, anyone coming to it out of the ether will encounter a post some two years old and think that I ...1 year ago
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Stoke in Barcelona - Graffitti seen in Pasaje Montserrat De Andrés, near Plaça d'Espanya, Barcelona 19 February 2016.
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Pro-Life Mass - We are delighted to let you know our Monthly Pro-Life Mass will go ahead this month on the usual 3rd Wednesday of the month and we will also continue to ha...2 years ago
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AND FOR MORE ON THE CATHOLIC YOUNG WRITER AWARD... - ....read here. It's a project initiated by The Keys, the Catholic Writers' Guild of England and Wales, under the Guild's then Master, Antony Tyler CB...2 years ago
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My favourite bigot - A quick post to warm-up the blogging fingers: it's time to start writing again. While all has been quiet on this blog there have been some excellent ne...
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Last Post - *Sorry for my long absence, I am writing to say that this will be my last post. Google have forced my hand. They have been asking for my date of birth...
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Progress... - Photos of the clips below... (in case you're squeamish!) I really want to thank all of you for your prayers. The surgery on my first knee took place as ...
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Praying with chant - Beautifully and practically, Stephanie Mann writes on praying with Gregorian chant. The post Praying with chant appeared first on Chant Café.3 years ago
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Visit the new “Pause for Faith” YouTube channel - If you have enjoyed Bridges and Tangents over the last few years, please visit the new Pause for Faith YouTube channel, for live streaming with Fr Stephen ...4 years ago
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The Lord’s descent into the underworld - At Matins/the Office of Readings on Holy Saturday the Church gives us this 'ancient homily', I find it incredibly moving, it is about Holy Saturday, about ...4 years ago
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Northern Ireland bishops must not back unethical compromise making church complicit in radical abortion regime - *The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has called on the bishops of Northern Ireland not to back an unethical compromise which makes t...
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Railway Stuff - The Bantry Line To Baltimore and Schull To Clonakilty and Courtmacksharry To Kinsale Mallow to Fermoy Michelstown to Fermoy Cork to Youghal and Cobh Cork ...
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My Blog and Planned Parenthood - As readers of this blog will know, my main blog and website is now here. I have kept this blog open because it provides a platform to speak to a wider audi...4 years ago
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Death of Supertradmum - Dear Supertradmum, author of the blog Etheldreda's Place, died yesterday. The news was tweeted by Fr Finigan. Please pray for her soul, and for the comfort...4 years ago
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Ida Chooses Love - The film Ida, directed and co-written by Pawel Pawlikowski, was released in 2014 to huge critical acclaim. Shot in black and white under an austere Polish ...4 years ago
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Patron Saints for Struggling Souls - If you doubt the work of God in your life, seek a Patron Saint whose life’s struggles resonate with your own. Look for perseverance over piety, and then st...5 years ago
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The Chaste Fatherhood of the Priest - I happened to be in small talk with a parishioner after Mass on Sunday. The question of hearing confessions in a school that was not only in another paris...
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International declaration on sacred music - Here at The New Liturgical Movement The list of over 200 signatories, of which I am one, Here Still singing. Today Asperges Mass XVII, Credo I Marian ant...7 years ago
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Cyril of Alexandria: Christ was carried into the temple… - Christ was carried into the temple, being yet a little child at the breast. And the blessed Symeon being endowed with the grace of prophecy, takes Him in h...7 years ago
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Ad Orientem... Please? - Last night we went to Mass in the Extraordinary Form at St Charles in Hull. I am very grateful to Bishop Drainey for allowing this once monthly Mass to con...7 years ago
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Reconciliation rumours - I haven't posted for almost a year, but there has been some speculation that the Society of Such Pious Gents will reconcile with Rome. I therefore thought ...7 years ago
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A Generous and Comprehensive acceptance of the Pope's Response to the Synods on the Family - The blog Rorate Caeli, famous for its, sometimes very strict, conservatism, has posted a very positive and well-written review of the Pope's response to th...8 years ago
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Three thoughts - First thought: whatever this Friday brings, don't lose your peace of soul. Personally, I suspect we can expect the worst. But so what if that happens? The ...8 years ago
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Music List for 3rd Sunday in Lent - INTROIT : Oculi Mei (P.252 Gregorian Missal) MASS XVII GRADUAL : Exsurge Domine (P. 254 Gregorian Missal) – Female voices Tract – I have lifted up my eye...8 years ago
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Archives and Forum - At this point, I have not set up an archives link, as this blog will remain "up". The link to the forum will be on the new blog under "forum" at the top me...
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Goodbye and God Bless - I began this Blog back in 2008 when Religious Discrimination laws were just being introduced in Britain and I have enjoyed using it to explore the developm...8 years ago
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Agen Bola Terpercaya : Pedro's Clause Price has Decreased - Striker Barcelona, yakni Pedro Rodriguez tampaknya tak akan membela 'The Catalans' lagi musim depan. Agen Bola Terpercaya Mania303.net mendapatkan informa...
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That Letter - Update - We now have hundreds of signatures on the letter in support of our priests, thanks to the many bloggers who carried the letter (see here for a list), and m...9 years ago
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In support of our priests, our families and our Church - You may have seen the recent letter from more than 450 priests in support of the Church’s teaching on marriage. We would like to invite you to sign the let...9 years ago
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What I did in the summer… Hospital Chaplaincy - The bread and butter issues in life are what really matter, not so much the added extras. At least, that is what I took from my student placement this su...
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REQUIEM MASS FOR RICHARD COLLINS - A Requiem Mass for Richard Collins will be held on Tuesday 21st October at 12 noon at St David's and St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Dew Street, 9 ...
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El Camino con Padre Joe y Señor McSorley - My dear friend Fr Joseph Lappin and a colleague of his, Mr McSorley a teacher at St Thomas Aquinas High School in Jordanhill, are walking the 500 miles of ...9 years ago
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At last William Oddie has given expression to what many of us feel now about Benedict XVI - See his post at the Catholic Herald site, if you have not yet had the courage to say it.. Thank you Dr Oddie for your honesty. At least I now feel I am not...11 years ago
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Weekend Roundup - Sunday, 31st of March. 2013. At the Birmingham Oratory (EF 1100) the* Mass in E* of Leonce de Saint-Martin. At Brentwood Cathedral (OF 1100) Vierne's *Mess...11 years ago
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Congratulations - ...to the Royal couple HRH Prince William Windsor, and Kate Middleton: Duke & Duchess of Cambridge. And here's hoping that the Lady will be dressed as s...12 years ago
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Happy Easter - SURREXIT DOMINUS VERE! ALLELUIA! We wish you all a happy and blessed Easter. May God be with you.14 years ago
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Dom Prosper Gueranger on Our Lady's Expectation: - This feast, which is now kept not only throughout the whole of Spain but in many other parts of the Catholic world, owes its origin to the bishops of the t...
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