Archives for April 2011

Welcomed home

Friday 22 April 2011

The new members of the Catholic Church were pictured before the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Maundy Thursday. Fr Raglan, parish priest at Our Lady of Ransom with S Agnes, is authorised to confirm, so we were privileged to be able to celebrate joining the Church in the local church with those who […]

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Why, What and How?

Wednesday 20 April 2011

There have been many questions asked about the Ordinariate. Here I have attempted to answer some of them: The Anglican Church was unique among the post-reformation churches. It was reformed but also wanted to hold on to the catholic orders of bishops, priests and deacons. Those twin traditions of catholic and reformed have shaped its […]

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A Lenten Reflection

Monday 18 April 2011

As my Lenten journey for 2011 draws to an end and my reception into the Ordinariate begins I have been reflecting on some of the events since Ash Wednesday. It seems like half a lifetime ago that we sat for the first time in St Agnes to have the first of many lessons of instruction […]

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A Tale of two churches

Monday 18 April 2011

Palm Sunday was another key point in our journey. The morning found us again at St Agnes for the mass and then we were back at Christ Church for lunch. Several things hit me — some not for the first time. Firstly, yet again I was grateful for all those people that have been part […]

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Our lives are not our own

Wednesday 6 April 2011

The theme of Christ’s self-giving has been a reoccurring one this Lent. Not surprisingly it turned up again on Friday as our class was on the Mass. It got me thinking about how Christ’s sacrificial love for us, demonstrated on the cross, requires a response. What happens to me when I discover this God who […]

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