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by a Monk on the Mission

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At the Altar of Repose…

14 April 202214 April 2022 — Posted inChurch life — 3 min read

DOING A STINT at the altar of repose after this evening’s Mass of the Lord’s Supper, I happened to look up and was struck by the play of light and shadow in the by-then softly lit church. In my eyes I beheld an asymmetrical […]

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Maundy Thursday: The Washing of Feet, Priesthood & an Ecumenical Imperative

14 April 2017 — Posted inChurch life — 5 min read

Over at Fr Hunwicke’s Mutual Enrichment, the good Father gives us a salutary refresher course in the real meaning of the washing of feet—what he terms the pedilavium in literal translation, but what we more commonly refer to as the Mandatum, the commandment. Or rather, he offers […]

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