Sorry to have been silent for a couple of days. Fr Z came across a post called "Bloggers in Blackfen" which, he said, sounded like a murder mystery. Well, I have not been murdered even a little bit.Fr Z has been staying with me for a couple of days. He preached an excellent sermon at the High Mass in Blackfen yesterday. (You can read a copy of the sermon on his blog: Sermon for 14 September at Blackfen. There are photos over at traditionalcatholic.org.uk. (Direct link to the Blackfen High Mass page). The above is just one example from over 100 photos.
After toasting the Holy Father in some very good company, we made our way across London in the rush hour to attend in choir at the High Mass at the London Oratory. There are photos of that too at traditionalcatholic.org.uk.
Fr Z has some gizmo that enables him to connect to his DVD recorder at the Sabine Farm and order it to record the High Mass on EWTN so we also got to view some of that too.
Normal posting will be resumed as soon as possible! In what might be considered a peculiarly unfortunate technical disaster, the internet connection here at Blackfen has not played along very well over the past couple of days and only one of us can connect to the internet at any given time. We are still friends, though!
6 comments:
HEY ! No fair... where's my link??
;-D
"the internet connection here at Blackfen has not played along very well over the past couple of days and only one of us can connect to the internet at any given time. We are still friends, though!"
Sharing your internet connection is now the modern equivalent of giving your last ciggie to a friend. ditto:
"Want to know who your real friends are? Ask them to help you move house...."
Fr Z has some gizmo that enables him to connect to his DVD recorder at the Sabine Farm and order it to record the High Mass on EWTN so we also got to view some of that too.
Not fair! I hope EWTN considers putting out a recording of it (I mean on a DVD for example).
Re blogging/blogger, is yours all in German and the comments email broken?
Impressive! I couldn't hear the Tridentine Mass in my area, but I enjoyed seeing the beautiful photos. Thanks!
Dear Father Tim, As one of your "virtual parishioners", I would like to thank you for organising the High Mass at Blackfen on Friday - at once a celebration of the Exaltation Of the Cross, touched with wonder and majesty, a Thanksgiving for the gift of Pope Benedict and his Motu Proprio, and a lifting up of hearts for the hard work of renewal still ahead.
Many thanks too to the ladies of the Union of Catholic Mothers who supplied a most excellent lunch.
A wonderful and memorable day.
Many thanks to Father Tim for this most fascinating post.
A historic day indeed.
And many thanks to Vernon Quaintance for his marvellous photos of the Solemn Mass at Blackfen.
Together with the text of the sermon by Fr. Z. it is almost as good as being there.
I must say someone with a real sense of perspective and a fine eye for detail has made a superb job of transforming the altar.
I would say : why not leave it like that ?
It is ideal for a celebrating "ad orientem" in either form of the Roman rite.
What a hectic day Father Tim and Father Z must have had.
A reception after Mass.
And a dash up to London and then across town to attend the Solemn Mass at the Brompton Oratory.
(I wonder what Fr. Z. thinks of the transport system in this country.)
I don't where Father gets the strength to continue blogging.
But I'm very glad you did put up this post.
It means a very great deal to those of us who could not be there.
Thank you very much.
God bless you.
God bless Pope Benedict.
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