tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37512247.post1057941814079226624..comments2023-12-24T11:20:38.708+00:00Comments on The Muniment Room: Free Cardiac MoTTtonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185875893212146794noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37512247.post-55999630239675202162011-02-01T10:55:03.424+00:002011-02-01T10:55:03.424+00:00When he was consecrated bishop, for the See of Por...When he was consecrated bishop, for the See of Portsmouth, +Derek inherited the Virtue-Cahill Library, which contained more than precious books. I remember the <i>ex libris</i> of that collection read:<br /><br /><i> The Founders of this Library earnestly request their Successors in the See of Portsmouth to preserve intact....</i> It breaks my heart to think of this. Not for nothing was the latin form of his name (Theodericus) that of a barbarian king rather than a saint.<br /><br />He sold it to pay for gutting the sanctuary and choir of the cathedral, and for a fibreglass illuminated "cloud" over his new altar in the transept.<br /><br />Cold fish as he seemed to be, in fact he was very good at conveying warmth to individuals, with an apparent memory for faces. He had exemplary qualities as secretary to the Archbishop in Westminster. RIP.B flathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17611595580578224726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37512247.post-70545430725548602282011-01-31T20:32:20.368+00:002011-01-31T20:32:20.368+00:00She's getting there, slowly, but will never ge...She's getting there, slowly, but will never get full use back, and will remember this winter every winter to come. Still, much better than all other alternatives bar one.Ttonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185875893212146794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37512247.post-34576754984296100362011-01-31T10:41:33.584+00:002011-01-31T10:41:33.584+00:00I hope your wife's on the mend, Ttony.I hope your wife's on the mend, Ttony.Anagnostishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03706938507885553293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37512247.post-47326114151892727572011-01-30T21:28:12.335+00:002011-01-30T21:28:12.335+00:00As a small altar boy on the sanctuary I once had t...As a small altar boy on the sanctuary I once had the distinction of treading on the then Mgr Worlock's toes. He was not best pleased.<br />It was a moment i look back on with pride!Richard Collinshttp://linenonthehedgerow.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37512247.post-53263195923044936622011-01-30T21:19:41.311+00:002011-01-30T21:19:41.311+00:00I'll stick to taking Mgr Ronald Knox to hospit...I'll stick to taking Mgr Ronald Knox to hospital waiting rooms, I value my failing sanity.<br /><br />What always strikes me about those dark days is how the "reformers" relied on the blind obedience to the clerical caste of the laity to push ahead with their plan; a thing they claimed to despise. It is also one of the best examples of Marxist "hegemony" you can find.Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15120333351409730480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37512247.post-32436972735737588132011-01-30T20:58:26.423+00:002011-01-30T20:58:26.423+00:00And religious houses had a 'Purgatory' to ...And religious houses had a 'Purgatory' to house those libri prohibiti in.... Suppressing the Index was not a decision I would have taken.<br /><br />Cf George Weigel at First Things http://bit.ly/glbpFW; an essay on Card. Joseph Bernardin, who was perhaps the the US equivalent of Abp W.Marchttp://www.mysteriousthing.netnoreply@blogger.com