"[A] man . . .the other day pointed out that I was never bored. I hadn’t thought of that before, but it’s true: I’m never bored. I’m appalled, horrified, angered, but never bored. The world appears to me so infinite in its variety that many lifetimes could not exhaust its interest. So long as you can still be surprised, you have something to be thankful for."
-Theodore Dalrymple
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Rules to Live By Dept
There is no need to cite further examples, when it is more elegant to put this in the form of a general rule, which can be stated as follows: Whenever a public person, whether in politics or in the media, introduces a statement with a phrase using the word fact ( as in "The fact is," "The fact of the matter is," or "Face or accept the fact that"), the statement that follows will very likely be an entirely subjective opinion. More simply put, Fact = Fancy.
-Thomas Fleming, in the March 2013 number of Chronicles
After far too many hours trolling (in the good sense) the web, I am about Poped out. It occurs to me that the new Holy Father is who he is and is going to do what he's going to do whether I can predict it or not. And he's unlikely to ask my opinion in any event.
So I decided to look for a good version of the reel JB Milne that shows the first couple's turn and cast on bars 9-12. I found one, but this wasn't it; on this one you can't really see clearly how anyone's doing the pas de basque turn. But I liked the music and the general energy and enjoyment going on. Don't know who the band is but they seem to be enjoying themselves, too.
There's one more SCD video that must needs appear on The Inn but I've got to locate it again. In the meantime, some nice border piping by a lassie named Shonagh Duncan playing Steal Away, Kalabakan, and Sleepy Maggie. My own border pipes arrived a few weeks ago, but in between miserable health and Santa Ana winds (it dries out the air and bellows-blown pipe reeds don't get enough moisture to tune properly) I haven't had much chance to get very proficient with them.
Forty-eight hours after Summorum Pontificum, then Card. Bergoglio arranged Holy Mass in the traditional Roman Rite.
He quotes an article which appeared at the time in an Argentine publication. You can find it here.
It is, alas for us anglophones, solamente in Español but pretty easy to work out the gist of it (especially for us Californians, who should be used to figuring out simple Spanish by now).
Holy Souls Hermitage -- (this report does not seem to be accurate although it is being repeated. No directory of traditional Masses lists any in Argentina. One report lists a house of the Institute of the Good Shepherd in the new pope's former archdiocese. The webpage of the Institute lists no such foundation.)
Rorate Cæli -- not optimistic at all. There are a few posts; you can scroll down. The one from the journalist from Buenos Aires we can only hope is. . .exaggerated.
Just received an extensive letter from Robert Moynihan full of information on the new pope. As of this writing it isn't up on his website yet but it should be shortly. Check here.
Oremus pro beatissimo Papa nostro Francisco
Dominus conservet eum, et vivificet eum, et beatum
faciat eum in terra, et non tradat eum in animam inimicorum eius.
Let us pray for our Holy Father Francis
The Lord preserve him and give him life, that he may be blessed
upon earth; and may he not be delivered up to the will of his enemies.
. . . so for the most part I just link without comment. But sometimes you have to risk it.
I've been following the papal retirement story as much as I can bear to. The secular press is, well, wrong. To put a kindly word on it. The Catholic commentary contains a tremendous amount of pious drivel. (No, I won't cite you to any. It may be twaddle, but so far as I can tell, harmless twaddle.) Some commentary is just bizarre. Some quite good. Robert Moynihan's series of reflections have been informative and balanced.
But Hilary White's piece in LifeSiteNews pierces the heart. This is a beautiful piece of writing you shouldn't miss. Do click on the link. It's quite moving. She puts you in the square at Castelgandolfo on the day itself.
(I put more up here in this space originally. I re-read what I wrote. Hmmm. I may have overdone it. I tend to gush (especially at one in the morning) when I really like something. It's still true, mind, but it was a bit florid. Even for me.)
The feast of St David, bishop and confessor, the national patron of Wales . . . was yesterday.
Oh, dear. Mea culpa. I had my citations ready and then on the day got distracted. But it's not too late for a bowl of potato leek soup or to pray a collect in honour of St David.
Almighty God, who dist call Thy servant David to be a faithful and wise steward of Thy mysteries for the people of Wales: in Thy mercy, grant that, following his purity of life and zeal for the gospel of Christ, and assisted by his prayers, we may with him receive the crown of everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to Whom with Thee and the Holy Ghost be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen.
O Mary, God's own Mother,
Pray for our native land;
And ye, O Saints and Angels,
Around the throne who stand;
Pray for our darkened country,
That faith may live again,
That Jesus in His Sacrament
At last supreme may reign!
DECEMBER
Month of the Advent of Our Lord Jesus Christ
"Watch ye, for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cock-crowing, or in the morning: lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping."
St. Mark xiii, 35, 36
SAINTS OF DECEMBER
September 24 FEAST OF OUR LADY OF WALSINGHAM
Patroness of the Ordinariate of the Chair of St Peter
O God, Who, through the mystery of the Word made flesh, didst in Thy mercy sanctify the house of the Blessed Virgin Mary: do Thou grant that we may keep aloof from the tabernacle of sinners, and become worthy indwellers of Thy house; through Jesus Christ Thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Health Advisory
In the event of an inadvertent overdose of Vatican news,click here and follow directions.
[“On the barque of Peter, those with queasy stomachs should keep clear of the engine room.” -Msgr Ronald Knox]
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St Thomas Becket, Archbishop & Martyr
Ant. This Saint hath striven for the law of God even unto death,
and hath not feared for the swords of the ungodly; for he hath been
founded upon a firm Rock.
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The men of the East may spell the stars,
And times and triumphs mark,
But the men signed of the cross of Christ
Go gaily in the dark.
The men of the East may search the scrolls,
For sure fates and fame,
But the men that drink the blood of God
Go singing to their shame.
+ + + + + + +
But you and all the kind of Christ
Are ignorant and brave,
And you shall have wars you hardly win
And souls you hardly save.
I tell you naught for your comfort
Yea, naught for your desire,
Save that the sky grows darker yet
And the sea rises higher.
Night shall be thrice night over you,
And heaven an iron cope.
Do you have joy without a cause,
Yea, faith without a hope?
from The Ballad of the White Horse
-G. K. Chesterton
The Anglican Ordinariates in the Catholic Church
The Anglican Ordinariate in the Catholic Church has now been established in North America for over ten years. For several years prior this space on the left-hand column of The Inn has been dedicated to the Pastoral Provision, or "Anglican Use", parishes and supporting websites. These parishes and societies were in union with Rome and were under the jurisdiction of their local Roman Rite bishops. But as of 1 January 2012 Pope Benedict XVI has provided that Catholic parishes and communities in the Anglican tradition will have their own Ordinary and their own diocesan-like structure to gather round. (The Pastoral Provision structure still exists as of this writing - 8/12/2022 - but includes only one parish so far as I can tell.) The Ordinariate of the Chair of St Peter - the official title of the North American Ordinariate - also includes parishes in Canada. There is also an Anglican Ordinariate in England and Scotland - the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham - and one for Australia, New Zealand and perhaps elsewhere called the Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross. The following are a selection of links to further explore the Catholic Anglican patrimony. And, yes, I realize I am very naughty for continually referring to it/them as "Anglican" Ordinariate(s). Apparently the Powers that Be prefer some other term that I cannot bring to mind at the moment. But hereabouts we have called it Anglican Ordinariate since day one or even before that. And as those of you who frequent these premises already know, I don't change easily.
The following are a selection of links to further explore the Catholic Anglican patrimony.
O Holy Ghost the Lord, Who on Pentecost gavest the Church the gift of tongues that Christ might be known, loved, and served by peoples of divers nations and customs: watch over the Anglo-Catholic heritage within Thy Church, we pray Thee, that, led by Thy guidance and strengthened by Thy grace, that heritage may find such favour in Thy sight that its people may increase both in holiness and number, and so show forth Thy glory; Who livest and reignest with the Father and the Son, ever one God world without end. Amen.
The best tea in the world? Haven't tried them all. But, so far, yes.
. . .which I find enjoyable. It would be very
rash of you to infer that I agree with everything
in each of them. Even rasher to assume that they
all agree with me. And, yes, some of these folks haven't posted
in a long time . . . years, in fact. Call it nostalgia if you like
but I intend to keep the links up. Maybe they'll post again some
day; I miss them.
LITURGICAL REGENERATION
One might infer from this selection of links that I believe
"Liturgical Regeneration" is going to come principally, if not
exclusively, from a restoration of the traditional Roman Rite.
Such an inference would be largely correct. However, see also
the Anglican Ordinariate links above.
Reform of the Reform
I don't hold much hope for this movement; the internal contradictions seem insurmountable. I wish them well and no one will be happier than I if they succeed; but no one will be more surprised either.
Give them a look anyway; they have many interesting things to say. Adoremus Society Latin Liturgy Association Association for Latin Liturgy [UK]
E-Mail:
High praise, recipes, & sources for
good reeds may be addressed to:
thesixbells AT verizon DOT net
(after, of course, you close up the
spaces, change the "AT" to an "@" and
the "DOT" to a "." Spambots delendi sunt.)
(If this looks new to you, you are quite right; the
old Tavernkeeper address is no more.)
An address for complaints may possibly
be added at some point. In the fullness of time.
Le cunamh Dé. Deo volente.
Should you, in fact, decide to drop me a note,
it is entirely possible that I may decide to publish
it unless you tell me not to. And even if you tell
me not to, things do get in something of a muddle here;
in a fit of absentmindedness, I might publish it anyway.
So discretion is always advisable.
10/01/2021 - Oh, bother. I give up. This used to happen automatically but I've has to do it manually for years.
No more. If anyone needs this, I'm sorry but I'm running out of room and I have already run out of patience.
About Me
Name:John
Location:Hunkering down in the Ordinariate here in the lower-left-hand corner of the continental 48 and meditating on how everything has deteriorated since yesteryear. Well, synthetic drone reeds are better. But nothing else.
