The Elven Languages of Middle-Earth
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From *The Fantasy Review*:
In Tolkien’s works, the elves are depicted as an ancient and sophisticated
race, with their own unique languages and cultures...
Significantly Diminished?
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Presented with a broad field of candidates, between one quarter and one
third of the SNP's few remaining members decided not to vote in what
amounted to th...
The Perils of Art History
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These days academics in the humanities are vulnerable to assault on so many
fronts for not being “woke” and attuned to the latest political
sensibilities....
AI-generated image of Pope Francis goes viral
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The Internet went wild today (this is standard journalist-speak for a "a
few people we know sent it to us along with some naughty pictures") over a
strange...
Putnam on reason, reductionism, and relativism
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Naturalism holds that what is real is what can be accounted for in terms
acceptable to science. More or less the orthodoxy in contemporary
intellectual ...
2023 National Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage
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Members of the group, which included three priests, on the steps of Saint
Matthews Cathedral at the conclusion of the walk today. The event may
become bian...
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Saints' Calendar: Fifth Week of Lent
26.3.23 Bl. Maddalena Caterina Morano
27.3.23 Bl. Francesco FaΓ di Bruno
28.3.23 St. Cyril the Deacon
29.3.23 Bl. Joh...
Fifth Sunday of Lent
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*Sunday 26th March.*
*Fifth Sunday of Lent. Year A.*
*Mass at 8.30am & 10am. *
*Refreshments served after both Masses *
*in the Pope John Paul Room.*
*...
Pre-1910 Calendar for Week Beginning 26 March
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The Easter Indulgence is announced
+ 26 *PASSION SUNDAY*, semidouble. Second prayers for the Church or Pope.
*Violet*.
*Hexham and Newcastle* The Octave...
Saint Gabriel
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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...
Val
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WW2 Japanese Navy Aichi D3A 'Val.' Last picture with a recently-done
Dauntless. Both 1/48 Hasegawa kits. I liked the graphic impact of the Val
decals so mu...
Historic Churches of Detroit Bus Tour
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Pre-Colloquium Event | June 19, 10am – 2pm | Detroit Alex Begin, a
knowledgeable Catholic Detroit native, and host of EWTNs Extraordinary
Faith, will take ...
The Ecumenism of the Saints
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“When you are assembled, and my spirit is present, with the power of our
Lord Jesus, you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the
flesh,...
The Pope Who Won't Be Buried
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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 ...
A War on Reality (4)
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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...
Pre-1910 Calendar for 2023
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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...
What's happening on the blog?
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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 ...
Brexits misslyckande
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Brexits misslyckande ska inte vara en varning mot Swexit. Strax efter
Brexit 2020 kom Corona-inlΓ₯sningen vilken visade sig senare onΓΆdig men
ekonomin blev ...
Pro-Life Mass
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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...
My favourite bigot
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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...
Last Post
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*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...
Biggar, but far from better
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A frustrating article in The Irish Times by Nigel Biggar has driven me back
to my files and something I'd written about three, three-and-a-half years
ago; ...
FREE BOOK
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In December 2020, Pope Francis announced that the year, from 8th December
2020 to 8th December 2021, would be dedicated to St Joseph.
Cardinal Herbert Vau...
Progress...
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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 ...
Visit the new “Pause for Faith” YouTube channel
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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 ...
The Lord’s descent into the underworld
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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 ...
Railway Stuff
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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 ...
My Blog and Planned Parenthood
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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...
Death of Supertradmum
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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...
Ida Chooses Love
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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 ...
Patron Saints for Struggling Souls
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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...
The Chaste Fatherhood of the Priest
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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...
International declaration on sacred music
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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...
Ad Orientem... Please?
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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...
Reconciliation rumours
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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 ...
Three thoughts
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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 ...
Music List for 3rd Sunday in Lent
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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...
Archives and Forum
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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...
Goodbye and God Bless
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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...
That Letter - Update
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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...
What I did in the summer… Hospital Chaplaincy
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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...
REQUIEM MASS FOR RICHARD COLLINS
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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
F...
El Camino con Padre Joe y SeΓ±or McSorley
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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 ...
Weekend Roundup
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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...
Congratulations
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...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...
Dom Prosper Gueranger on Our Lady's Expectation:
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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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