“This day makes glad, my Lord, kings, priests, and prophets; for upon this day all of their sayings were fulfilled in action.” (Hymn on the Nativity, 1.1) With this verse, […]
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Month: September 2020
J.H. Newman, “The Tamworth Reading Room,” (review, second and final part)
The real issue which St JHN addressed in “The Tamworth Reading Room” was, what education is needed to lift and improve ordinary people? What areas should be on the agenda […]
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Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
Introit (Psalm 118 : 137, 124) Thou art just, O Lord, and Thy judgment is right; deal with Thy servant according to Thy mercy. Psalm. Blessed are the undefiled in […]
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The Feasts of St John the Beloved
We celebrate the Feast of St John the Beloved twice each year, on 8 May and on 26 September. It is right to have two feasts, for he was both […]
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The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Introit Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I have cried to Thee all the day; for Thou, O Lord, art sweet and mild, and plenteous in mercy to all […]
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J.H. Newman, “The Tamworth Reading Room,” Review (Part I)
“The Tamworth Reading Room,” pp.254-305 in Discussions and Arguments on Various Subjects, edited with an introduction and notes by Gerard Tracey and James Tolhurst, Birmingham Oratory Millennium Edition, 2004. The […]
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Propers of the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Fifteenth Sunday of Pentecost Introit Incline Thine ear, O Lord, to me and hear me: save Thy servant, O my God, that trusteth in Thee: have mercy on me, O […]
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Review, “The Organic Development of the Liturgy”
Review of The Organic Development of the Liturgy, Alcuin Reid, 2nd edition, Ignatius Press, San Francisco, 2005 (311 pages, plus appendices, bibliography, and index) This is an estimable volume, with […]
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Review of Taylor Marshall “The Eternal City”
The Eternal City, Taylor Marshall, St John Press, Dallas, 2012 (196 pages, two appendices, bibliography and index) This is the third and final volume in the series The Origins of […]
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