the breastplate of righteousness John Mueller offers a practical guide to the heraldry of Anglican clergy ith baited breath heraldic enthusiasts across the world were waiting not to hear who the new pontiff would be, but what arms he would [...]
MURILLO AND JUSTIN DE NEVE The Art of Friendship Dulwich Picture Gallery Until 19 May Admission £10, concessions available THE BRIDE AND THE BACHELORS Duchamp with Cage, Cunningham, Rauschenberg and Johns Barbican Centre Until 9 June Admission £12, concessions available [...]
Sisson is dead He looked out over the ferrous rocks, The tributaries like sorrow descending, Trailing off into the far end of the afternoon. He would reject such personalisation. There are no moods, sensations, similes, But this husk of bread, [...]
long with ND de Rocamadour, one of the very oldest Vierges Noires is ND de Bon Espoir (Our Lady of Good Hope) in the church of ND de Dijon (1: Côte-d’Or), much venerated and credited with saving the city from [...]
Mark A. Wuonola on the anniversary of the finding of the body of King Charles I The first of April 2013 marked the Bicentennial of the Finding of the Incorrupt Body of Saint Charles. The Prince Regent, later King George [...]
The Bishop of Richborough on the Saint’s legacy of Christian faithfulness ‘When Edward Confessor ruled over the land The Faverches’ Manor stood here close at hand.’ Some days, especially in the late autumn, the early morning mist lingers in Stiffkey’s [...]
Nicolas Stebbing exhorts us to remember the wonderful things God has done for us People who know us well in the Community of the Resurrection know that we complain a lot. Like all English people we complain about the weather. [...]
Digby Anderson on the oft-denounced virtues of humility and submission, and authority What were the virtues of Our Lord Jesus Christ? We must know what they were for we are bound to embrace and exhibit the virtues we find in [...]
George Austin views the St John Passion in a new light Since I retired my Good Friday devotion is to listen at home to one of Bach’s Passions and this year’s was the St John, my favourite. Every year the [...]
Bishop Peter Ramsden on his visit to England to attend the enthronement of the new Archbishop of Canterbury The temperature was 33°C when I left Port Moresby and –2°C on arrival at Heathrow. I was in England to represent the [...]