Having said something about Chesterton, in the first part of this review, it is time to turn to the book. It is arranged in nine chapters with a conclusion: first, […]
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The First Sunday of Lent (plus notes on Good Sleep, pt 1)
The First Sunday of Lent Introit He shall cry to me, and I will hear him: I will deliver him, and I will glorify him: I will fill him with […]
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The Sunday of the Leper is the first full Sunday of Lent in the Maronite calendar. Fr Badwi states: “This icon of the Healing of the Leper, like the following […]
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Aidan Nichols, G.K. Chesterton, Theologian, Darton, Longman and Todd, London (209 pp. bibliography but no index) This is the first part of a multi-part series. I am going to first […]
Read moreQuinquagesima Sunday, and Notes on Fasting
Introit Be unto me a God, a Protector, and a house of refuge, to save me: for You are my strength and my refuge: and for Your Name’s sake You […]
Read more“A Time to Keep Silence,” by Patrick Leigh Fermor
A Time to Keep Silence, Patrick Leigh Fermor, Queen Anne Press, 1953 (reprinted with additions, Penguin, 1982) This is Fermor’s account of his visit to two monasteries, and one burial […]
Read moreThe Mystery of Lent
God called us into being. He spoke, and we were. God is life. God is the fullness of life. He is perfect life; complete, endless, and good, He shares His […]
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Introit Arise, why do you sleep, O Lord? arise, and cast us not off to the end. Why do you turn your face away, and forget our trouble? Our belly […]
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Cana Sunday is the entrance to Lent, but the first day of Lent is Ash Monday. It commemorates the first sign performed by the Lord, as passed on by St John: On […]
Read moreFairbairn, The Typology of Scripture
In 1845, Patrick Fairbairn, Professor of Divinity at the Free Church College, Glasgow, published a massive two-volume work, The Typology of Scripture Viewed in Connection with the Whole Series of […]
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