Monday, 8 April 2013

Lady Thatcher

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The news of the death of Lady Thatcher this morning is an event which will clearly not pass without numerous appraisals and assessments o...

The election of Pope Urban VI in 1378

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Today is the 635th anniversary of the election of Bartolomeo Prignano, Archbishop of Bari, as Pope Urban VI in 1378. He was the last non-...
Sunday, 7 April 2013

Divine Mercy Sunday

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Today is Divine Mercy Sunday.  Although I have long been aware of the life of St Faustina and the form of devotion to the Divine Mercy th...
Monday, 1 April 2013

Easter in Oxford

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  The Resurrection  Giovanni Bellini, 1479. Gemaldegalerie in Berlin There is an insightful commentary on the painting here...
Sunday, 31 March 2013

Eight years in peace and full communion

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Today is the eighth anniversary of my reception into full peace and communion with the Church, and I am following my practice from previous...
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He is Risen! Alleluia!

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The Resurrection of Christ   El Greco Image: raindeocampo The Resurrection is an event without precedent or parallel, a...
Thursday, 28 March 2013

Imperial Maundy

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The tradition of the mandatum  was not confined to English kings - it survived as a practice in the Austrian Empire and in Spain during t...
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Royal Maundy in Oxford

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It was pretty typical of my luck that the year that the Queen holds the Royal Maundy service in Christ Church cathedral here in Oxford and ...
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