tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post966687902851408819..comments2023-10-18T14:53:28.622+01:00Comments on Forest Murmurs: St Thomas BecketFr Michael Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15320336535138538635noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-34580011101504361292009-01-03T00:08:00.000+00:002009-01-03T00:08:00.000+00:00Mac McLernon that is probably because Canterbury i...Mac McLernon that is probably because Canterbury is in your diocese. Here is the new national calendar: http://www.liturgyoffice.org.uk/Calendar/National/England1.shtml#NovemberFr Michael Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15320336535138538635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-84791267680061558182009-01-02T22:40:00.000+00:002009-01-02T22:40:00.000+00:00Strange. In the Ordo for Southwark (the Ordinary F...Strange. In the Ordo for Southwark (the Ordinary Form, not the EF) the 29th December is still a Feast...Mulier Fortishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01186202810919174492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-88378937174808619472008-12-31T17:17:00.000+00:002008-12-31T17:17:00.000+00:00Thanks and congratulations to PP and his fellow pr...Thanks and congratulations to PP and his fellow priests. Ignoring a directive is a delightful way to 'cock a snook' at authority.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-49351201835433347102008-12-30T23:47:00.000+00:002008-12-30T23:47:00.000+00:00After much protesting from the priests, in our dio...After much protesting from the priests, in our diocesan ordo it has been (re)elevated to a feast! Most of us ignored the change anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-56212557528720797252008-12-30T22:59:00.000+00:002008-12-30T22:59:00.000+00:00St. Thomas is simply not ecumenical enough I would...St. Thomas is simply not ecumenical enough I would imagine, perhaps his memory troubles some peoples consciences.<BR/><BR/>Where is his cultus to defend him against this insult? <BR/><BR/>"Ecce sacerdos magnus, qui in diebus suis placuit Deo. Non est inventus similis illi, qui conservaret legem Excelsi.Volpius Leoniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10273209983337706262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-13682350436072020622008-12-30T22:14:00.000+00:002008-12-30T22:14:00.000+00:00The bishops can do anything they like. What matter...The bishops can do anything they like. What matters is if they get away with it - and they usually do!<BR/>In the normal run of things the figures in authority are obeyed by the majority of, in this case, priests and so the bishops escape any widespread, or reported, criticism. The suppression of a feast is not, however, the worst we might charge them with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-77010765571530113952008-12-30T20:22:00.000+00:002008-12-30T20:22:00.000+00:00Gosh, Father; I didn't know they could lawfully do...Gosh, Father; I didn't know they could <I>lawfully</I> do that!<BR/><BR/>What reasons did they give for it? (None I think could justify it!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com