Tag Archives: Liturgical Year

The Mother of All the Faithful

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Fr. Sam Edwards

Note:  Some of what follows may be familiar, since part of the sermon borrows from my article, "Getting Right with Mary," posted elsewhere on this blog. — SLE+ * * * Sermon for the Feast of Saint Mary the Virgin … Continue reading →

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Peter's Chains and Ours

Posted on August 1, 2010 by Fr. Sam Edwards

Today is the Feast of Saint Peter’s Chains, and the consideration of the passage from the Acts of the Apostles appointed to be read for it, extended to the end of the account, occasioned insights that, while I seriously doubt … Continue reading →

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Sarum Triduum

Posted on April 2, 2010 by Fr. Anthony Chadwick

Here are some of Fr. Sean Finnegan's posts from his blog, Valle Adurni, from last year on Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday in the Use of Salisbury, or Sarum. Sarum Maundy Thursday Sarum Good Friday Sarum Holy Saturday … Continue reading →

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Sarum Good Friday

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Fr. Anthony Chadwick

If you wish to use this text, simply copy and paste it into Microsoft Publisher or any other DTP programme and make it into a little booklet. * * * After None, let the Priest go to the Altar, in … Continue reading →

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Sarum Maundy Thursday

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Fr. Anthony Chadwick

I have not included the rite for the Maundy, which is separate from the Mass. I have also not included the Ordinary of Mass (viz. prayers at the foot of the altar, etc.) before the Offertory. This is the Pearson … Continue reading →

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Lenten Array Revisited and Passiontide Veiling

Posted on March 21, 2010 by Fr. Anthony Chadwick

We have already written articles on The Anglo-Catholic about Lenten Array in the English Use, and here are the links: Lenten Array Percy Dearmer on the Lenten Array For those following Roman usage, in which the crosses and statues are … Continue reading →

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Active Engagement

Posted on February 20, 2010 by Fr. William "Doc" Holiday

Given the primary subject matter of The Anglo-Catholic, presenting the endeavors toward reestablishment of communion between faithful Anglicans and Mother Church, it is quite easy to get caught up in the theoretical, abstract, and esoteric elements of ecclesiology.  These discussions … Continue reading →

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Soloviev on the Three Temptations

Posted on February 17, 2010 by Fr. Anthony Chadwick

I offer you this meditation for next Sunday’s Gospel from Vladimir Soliviev, God, Man and the Church, Cambridge 1937, pp. 123-127. Indeed, we clergy have to be constantly on our guard, particularly in regard to the temptation of power and … Continue reading →

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Ash Wednesday Service from the Use of Sarum

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Fr. Anthony Chadwick

If you wish to use this service order, you can copy and paste it into the publishing application of your choice. This service order is reproduced from the Warren translation (1911) of the Sarum Missal. * * * After Sext, … Continue reading →

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Percy Dearmer on the Lenten Array

Posted on February 12, 2010 by Christian Campbell

As a follow-up to Fr. Chadwick's recent post on the Lenten Array, here are a couple of extracts from Percy Dearmer's The Parson's Handbook. * * * From The Parson's Handbook (Sixth Edition), pp. 511-514: Lent.—The Lenten array should be … Continue reading →

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Carnival

Posted on February 12, 2010 by Fr. Anthony Chadwick

Some of you might be participating in a carnival somewhere near where you live, that last fling of merriment before getting serious for Lent. The Carnival is an old tradition in many countries, particularly flamboyant in Brazil, much of the … Continue reading →

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Lenten Array

Posted on February 12, 2010 by Fr. Anthony Chadwick

Lenten Array is the characteristic veiling of the altars and statues of churches following the English Use, which follows medieval north European precedent. The purple you see in many churches is a Roman Catholic custom which was only followed universally … Continue reading →

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Septuagesima

Posted on January 31, 2010 by Fr. Anthony Chadwick

Note: This article is inspired to some extent by a chapter in Dom Guéranger’s Liturgical Year, which is too lengthy to reproduce here. Also see this fine article in the New Liturgical Movement. Septuagesima is a brief period of two … Continue reading →

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Rex divine, Rector regum

Posted on January 30, 2010 by Christian Campbell

Heavenly King, of Kings the Pastor, Giv'r of laws, of justice master, Ruling all by Thy behest, Unto Thee to-day we render Praise for him, to memory tender, Charles our King, of kings the best. Traitors shedding blood like water … Continue reading →

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Full Homely Divinity

Posted on January 29, 2010 by Fr. Anthony Chadwick

I am quite surprised that this site – Full Homely Divinity – hasn't been mentioned here. It concentrates on the old folk traditions of English parish religion and spirituality, both in medieval English Catholicism and its survival in post-Reformation Anglicanism. … Continue reading →

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