I thought it might be useful to just outline again what we do here for new readers who have joined us over the past few days. This is my blog so I get to set the agenda. Sometimes we talk …

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Yesterday the Ordinariate officially got underway with the three defecting bishops being ordained priests in the Roman Catholic church. Vincent Nichols’ sermon was actually quite interesting. Forget the fuss over the Ordinariate being dedicated to Mary (of Walsingham no less …

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I want to pick up some of the observations made last week on the Boston Gay marriage and try to move the conversation forward. In particular, I want to return to the issues of a coherent theology of marriage that …

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My thanks to Charlene Smith of the Episcopal Divinity School in the US who has supplied me with a copy of the liturgy used last Saturday for the marriage service in Boston Cathedral. You can download the service yourself here …

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Pure genius from Maggi Dawn. In each of the O Antiphons there has been the plea to God: Come… Does God answer our prayers? Look backwards at them in reverse order: O Emmanuel O Rex O Oriens O Clavis O …

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