lørdag 31. januar 2015

Two poems for Saint Brigid of Kildare by Seamus Heaney

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Tomorrow (February 01) is the feast of St Brigid of Kildare, founder and abbess of the monastery of Kildare and one of Ireland's major...
mandag 26. januar 2015

For the Archbishop's Sins - a healing miracle of St Olaf concerning Archbishop Eystein Erlendsson

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Today is the feast of Eystein Erlendsson, archbishop of Nidaros (modern-day Trondheim) from 1161 to 1188. Although he never achieved forma...
fredag 23. januar 2015

The Divided Child - Two poems by Derek Walcott

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Today is the birthday of Derek Walcott, my favourite contemporary poet, and for the occasion I'm posting two of his poems. Walcott wa...
mandag 19. januar 2015

Guthlac and the demons - the importance of liturgy in the Middle Ages

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The legends about St Guthlac of Crowland and his encounters with demons are well-known to medievalists, and in a previous blogpost I drew...
mandag 29. desember 2014

Gerald of Wales and the Irish saints

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  This seems to me a thing to be noticed that just as the men of this country are during this mortal life more prone to anger and revenge ...
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torsdag 25. desember 2014

Mary in the Wood of Thorns - a German folksong for Christmas

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One of my favourite aspects of Christmas is the singing of carols and hymns in commemoration of the birth of Christ, and - perhaps on a...
fredag 12. desember 2014

The Psalter of Quendrada - a miracle of St Kenelm

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Kenelm holding a virginal lily From the Digby Chantry, St Augustine's Church Ramsgate, John Hardman Powell, mid-19th centu...