tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post1183262318801743550..comments2024-03-29T01:24:45.251+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: Modern Anglican LiturgyFr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-9042044544728169372020-04-05T06:12:13.179+01:002020-04-05T06:12:13.179+01:00For a taste of what it was like to be in the Anglo...For a taste of what it was like to be in the AngloCatholic wing of the CofE back in the day, there is the delightful memoir of Fr Colin Stephenson, "Merrily On High." It is a hoot. Fr Stephenson grew up CofE, embraced AngloCatholicism in his school days, was a parish priest, Naval chaplain, then the Warden of the Anglican Shrine at Walsingham. His memoir is just delightful and, Lo! it Father Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341682385500940879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-26802992828800564482020-04-02T10:55:49.165+01:002020-04-02T10:55:49.165+01:00The stories about the C of E which come out of Fr....The stories about the C of E which come out of Fr. Hunwicke and everyone else on this blog are always so enjoyable. Is there some sort of book containing a lighthearted prosopography of the C of E in the 20th century, or even just a bumper book of anecdotes/memoirs, which those of us who are either too young or too distant to hear these stories ourselves can turn to? (It's not gossip if it&#Sprouting Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13158776272303192025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-66159318062967423752020-04-02T01:21:48.415+01:002020-04-02T01:21:48.415+01:00Father you've outdone yourself and all of you....Father you've outdone yourself and all of you. Thanks for making my day a jolly one.<br />Paul-A. Hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11625698481730141561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-84384161359599367582020-04-01T13:28:50.656+01:002020-04-01T13:28:50.656+01:00Almighty God, whose Son Jesus Christ showed his co...Almighty God, whose Son Jesus Christ showed his compassion to the Samaritan woman at the well by his humorous rebuke of her lifestyle, we render thanks to thee for the inestimable gift of ribaldry and japes, especially the erudition of thy servant John Hunwicke. Grant that, through the intercession of All Fools, we may never take ourselves too seriously, but be ever eager to discern those who Colin Spinkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06187466247865796371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-17776221649640841292020-04-01T11:55:30.981+01:002020-04-01T11:55:30.981+01:00Congratulations, Father, on brightening a gloomy 1...Congratulations, Father, on brightening a gloomy 1st of April! The collect reminded me of Fr Cyril Tomkinson, once vicar of All Saints, Margaret Street, who composed the following collect about the rather self-important 'spiritual adviser' John Briscoe:<br />"O God who hast given unto thy servant John Briscoe a proud look and a high stomach, mercifully grant that as we have been Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04264379572686048595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-13977920748245890122020-04-01T11:46:55.259+01:002020-04-01T11:46:55.259+01:00I'm aware that April Fools day has been cancel...I'm aware that April Fools day has been cancelled this year. <br /><br />But that is not how I know this is NOT A JOKE !william arthurshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16447813388196156894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-49317942523262237152020-04-01T11:20:54.505+01:002020-04-01T11:20:54.505+01:00Ho ho! And with thy spirit.Ho ho! And with thy spirit.Josephus Muris Saliensishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10888638147153175697noreply@blogger.com