tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14436214353076810282024-03-05T12:14:12.482+00:00Sub Umbra Alarum SuarumHe that dwelleth in the aid of the Most High, shall abide under the protection of the God of Jacob.
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(Ps 90)Matthaeushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815585698653447027noreply@blogger.comBlogger347125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443621435307681028.post-31246905595468970772016-12-06T06:30:00.003+00:002016-12-06T06:30:33.198+00:00St. Nicholas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have recently heard the news of the murder this morning of Fr. Jaques Hamel in St. Etienne du Rouvray in Normandy.<br />
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I see that other bloggers have already posted on the subject, notably Fr's. <a href="http://wdtprs.com/blog/2016/07/two-attackers-take-hostages-in-french-church-slit-priests-throat/">John Zuhlsdorf</a> and <a href="http://marymagdalen.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/pere-jaques-hamel.html">Ray Blake </a>.<br />
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Fr. Hamel was killed by two attackers, allegedly claiming affiliation to so-called 'Daesh' or 'ISIS' while he was in the act of saying morning Mass. A fuller account can be read <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36892785">here</a>.<br />
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One obvious thought is the parallel with Blessed Oscar Romero, who was also murdered while celebrating Mass.<br />
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I would suggest that is genuine Martyrdom, given that Fr. Hamel was actively witnessing to the Faith by the very act of offering the Holy Sacrifice (or having the intention to do so imminently - I am not sure to what extent the Mass had progressed when the attack took place). Perhaps if there is a reader with a fuller understanding of the theology of martyrdom, they could confirm whether this is indeed the case.<br />
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I would echo the final comment of <a href="http://marymagdalen.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/pere-jaques-hamel.html">Fr. Blake's post</a>:<br />
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and add an invocation for the prayers of Our Blessed Lady:<br />
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<b><i>Requiem aeternum dona ei, Domine,</i></b><b><i>Et lux perpetual luceat ei:</i></b><b><i>Requiescat in pace,</i></b><b><i>Amen</i></b></h3>
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Matthaeushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815585698653447027noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443621435307681028.post-23901148337765410792016-07-10T21:27:00.001+01:002016-07-10T21:27:14.157+01:00Lovely Thing<div style="text-align: center;">
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Yesterday I visited the hospital where I was recently treated, in order to properly thank the ward staff who looked after me, and leave a card and gift of some sweeties for them.<br />
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It was also an opportunity to look round the hospital properly, visit the chapel to say a prayer of thanksgiving for my ongoing recovery and so forth.<br />
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The hospital corridors are decorated with several displays of artwork, and among them, a small collection of poems written by staff and others associated with the hospital. I was quite taken by one in particular, which I think was a beautiful thing. I am reproducing it below, as the photo of it I took on my 'phone is not the clearest. As it was on public display, I trust the author will not mind me posting it here.<br />
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Unborn Child</h3>
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What would you say to an unborn child?</div>
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Explain the world surrounding them</div>
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The deepest blue oceans wide</div>
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The purest white clouds up high</div>
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How night becomes a brand new day</div>
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When sunshine chases it away</div>
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How love must triumph over all</div>
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And hatred left behind to die</div>
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So we can live our lives in full</div>
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Without the fear of sin and lie</div>
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This unborn child will join the world</div>
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With peace in heart and love to give</div>
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With hatred shielded from their mind</div>
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Until they grow and start to live</div>
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Very nice to see these sentiments expressed in an NHS hospital, although I sadly suspect that not all unborn children who enter there do not get the chance to 'join the world' - please pray for all expectant mothers, especially those who are led or pressured to destroy the new lives they are carrying.</div>
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St Catherine of Sienna, patroness of expectant mothers, pray for us</h3>
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I heard this hymn (which I assume is of Anglican patrimony) recently when watching 'Songs of Praise' while in hospital. When going through a time of difficulty and suffering, the words are inspirational, reminding us that we are not Christians in order to have a comfortable, easy time, but often need to follow the tough, challenging road through life in order for our souls to grow and develop. After all, we were baptised into Christ's Passion and death in order that we might hopefully share His Resurrection, and sometimes it is necessary to walk with Him on the road to Calvary.<br />
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Please pray for me, and more so, pray for all those on the world who are going through much greater tribulation and suffering that that which I experienced during my recent illness.<br />
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<b>Father, for the sake of Christ's sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us, and on the whole world.</b><br />
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<b><br /></b>Matthaeushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815585698653447027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443621435307681028.post-59618029993607474312016-07-03T10:58:00.000+01:002016-07-03T11:01:14.549+01:00Land of Our Birth - Rudyard Kipling<div style="text-align: center;">
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Following the Brexit vote, we have seen a rise of nastiness in some quarters, with racial and xenophobic abuse on the increase.<br />
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In response to this, I would draw your attention to this delightful old poem by Rudyard Kipling. Also sometimes known as 'The Children's Song', it is largely written in the form of a prayer, from the viewpoint of the young, and, I imagine, was probably once commonly recited in school assemblies and similar. I believe the poem was written a little before WW1, and so the fourth stanza is poignant in the light of the events of the Somme battle, of which we are currently commemorating the centenary.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Land of our Birth, we pledge to thee</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Oh, help Thy children when they call;</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">That they may build from age to age</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">An undefiled heritage.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Teach us to bear the yoke in youth,</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">With steadfastness and careful truth;</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">That, in our time, Thy Grace may give</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Truth whereby the Nations live.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Teach us to rule ourselves alway,</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Controlled and cleanly night and day;</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">That we may bring, if need arise,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">No maimed or worthless sacrifice.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Teach us to look in all our ends</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">On Thee for judge, and not our friends;</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">That we, with Thee, may walk uncowed</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">By fear or favour of the crowd.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Teach us the Strength that cannot seek,</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">By deed or thought, to hurt the weak;</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">That, under Thee, we may possess</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Man's strength to comfort man's distress.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Teach us Delight in simple things,</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And Mirth that has no bitter springs;</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Forgiveness free of evil done,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And Love to all men 'neath the sun! *</span></div>
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<i style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px !important; line-height: 23px !important;"><i style="font-family: inherit;">Land of our Birth, our faith, our pride,</i></i></div>
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<i style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px !important; line-height: 23px !important;"><i style="font-family: inherit;">For whose dear sake our fathers died;</i></i></div>
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<i style="font-family: inherit;">Oh, Motherland, we pledge to thee</i></div>
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<i style="font-family: inherit;">Head, heart and hand through the years to be!</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><br />
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Matthaeushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815585698653447027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443621435307681028.post-63536928373609315702016-07-01T16:20:00.000+01:002016-07-01T16:20:13.781+01:00Precious Blood<div style="text-align: center;">
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I have just noted from <a href="http://zephyrinus-zephyrinus.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/feast-of-most-precious-blood-of-our.html">Zephirinus' post</a> that today is the Feast of the Most Precious Blood of Our Blessed Lord. Having myself just posted in connection with the remebrance of the dead of the Somme, I can't help but notice the bitter irony that a century ago this day saw perhaps the greatest bloodshed in history.<br /><br />Reframing that irony, however, leads to the thought that so many young men that day followed the pattern of Our Lord's death, walking forth, yes in fear and trepidation, but boldly, into inevitable oblivion. Let us pray for their souls, that, while their actions were perhaps not entirely motivated by the Faith, and so not an automatic source of the crown of marttyrdom, they were fighting in the cause of right and freedom. May their Purgatory be short (if, indeed, it is not already long over), and may they be with our Saviour in Paradise.Matthaeushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815585698653447027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443621435307681028.post-49660415776701612542016-07-01T16:05:00.001+01:002016-07-01T16:05:08.437+01:00Remembering the Somme<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:<br />Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.<br />At the going down of the sun and in the morning<br />We will remember them.</span></h3>
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<i>Requiem aeternum dona eis, Domine,</i></div>
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<i>Et lux perpetua luceat eis:</i></div>
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<i>Requiescant in pace. Amen.</i></div>
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Matthaeushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815585698653447027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443621435307681028.post-84255222648787729942016-06-30T19:17:00.000+01:002016-06-30T19:17:11.185+01:00Who is She that stands triumphant?<div style="text-align: center;">
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I believe I have posted on this old hymn in the past, but its words seem very apt at the present time - especially the final verse.<br />
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Although it is a bit out of fashion among many of today's Catholics to celebrate the glories of the Church, I think there is a place for a bit of good old triumphalism, if only to remind us of the great good the Church does, which has sadly often been overlooked in recent times with the media focus on scandals and failings of some of her clergy and Orders.<br />
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Let's take a few moments to recall that Our Mother the Church does stand and overlook the wild uproar as empires rise and sink like billows.<br />
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<br />Matthaeushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815585698653447027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443621435307681028.post-8633873599765117132016-06-29T14:18:00.002+01:002016-06-29T14:18:27.883+01:00Recovering<div style="text-align: center;">
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Any readers of this blog that I still have may have been wondering where I have got to.<br />
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I have recently been through quite a significant period of illness, including some time in hospital, and am now convalescing at home.<br />
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I would like to extend my thanks and good wishes to the various friends and acquaintances with whom I have, directly or indirectly been in contact, and thank them for their support and prayers. I will, of course, also remember them in my prayers - that's the great thing about the Catholic Church: we're all in this together!<br />
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I would also like to thank the hospital chaplains who have supported me, prayed for me, and provided me with the Sacraments during my illness, and would ask readers to pray for them and the great work they do.<br />
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Finally, Thanks be to God that I am hopefully on the mend, and thanks to Our Lady and the Saints for their intercessions on my behalf.<br />
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Deo Gratias!Matthaeushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815585698653447027noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443621435307681028.post-86970348454423161542016-03-27T11:23:00.001+01:002016-03-27T11:23:07.273+01:00Gaudium Paschale<div class="irc_mutc" style="text-align: center;">
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Wishing all my readers a Happy and Blessed Easter</h3>
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May the intercession of St. Patrick, who once brought the Faith to Ireland, restore that country as the powerhouse of Catholicism she once was; and, as by legend, he drove out the snakes, by his prayers drive out the influences of Satan that have sullied the Irish Church, that she may again be pure and holy, and an ark of salvation for the nation.</div>
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<br />Matthaeushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815585698653447027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443621435307681028.post-83684964117311648112016-01-07T07:32:00.003+00:002016-01-07T07:32:32.962+00:00Thoughts on St. Anthony<div class="irc_mutc" style="text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://mulier-fortis.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/miracles-are-where-you-look-for-them.html">A recent post by Mac of Mulier Fortis </a>concerning finding a lost ring has started a thread of comments about my old friend, St. Anthony of Padua.<br />
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This, coupled with having just heard on the News a trailer for a documentary about loneliness and depression put me in mind of St. Anthony's Brief, about which I have posted in the past, but is worth recalling.<br />
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The Brief originates from the Story of a 13th. Century Portugese woman who, through depression or demonic influences, was driven to the point of planning suicide by drowning herself in the River Tagus. As she approached the river, she passed a wayside shrine to St. Anthony and there experienced a vision or dream of the Saint, in which he gave her a parchment, saying, <span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">"</span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">'Arise woman, and take this paper, which will free you from the molestations of the Evil One". The parchment was a real, physical object and contained the words shown below:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times;">The woman recovered, and her story spread to the extent that the King heard of it and asked for the Brief, which she gave to him, and which was added to the Crown Jewels of Portugal. Unfortunately, when she no longer had the brief about her person, the woman's mood again fell and old thoughts again troubled her. The King responded by having a copy of the Brief made for her, which was efficacious once she received it. <br /><br />To this day, copies of the Brief are available, either printed on paper or linen, or in the form of medals, and are recommended for use by those who are troubled in mind.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times;">In an era when mental illness, self-harm and suicide are prevalent, especially among the young, it would be good to invoke St. Anthony and encourage devotion to him and the use of his Brief.</span><br />
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<br />Matthaeushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815585698653447027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443621435307681028.post-41059295950909224072015-12-26T08:06:00.001+00:002015-12-26T08:06:06.735+00:00St. Stephen - Protomartyr<div style="text-align: center;">
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St. Stephen, the first deacon and the first martyr of the Christian Church, was stoned to death in Jerusalem on a false charge of blasphemy. Given the current plight of Christians in the Middle East, it is perhaps apt to invoke his prayers for their intentions. <br />
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St. Stephen is also one of my personal Patron Saints.<br />
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Happy Feast.</h3>
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Matthaeushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815585698653447027noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443621435307681028.post-86612540847216219122015-12-18T06:59:00.000+00:002015-12-18T06:59:03.194+00:00Clergy illnessYesterday evening, I received the news that<a href="http://the-hermeneutic-of-continuity.blogspot.co.uk/"> Fr. Tim Finigan of The Hermeneutic of Continuity</a> was in hospital following a minor heart attack. He has subsequently posted on his blog that he is ok but will need to rest for a little while. I would like to wish him a speedy recovery, and assure him that he is in my prayers. <br />
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I f you feel able, I would ask you to remember Fr. Tim in your prayers, and also the Parish Priest of Woolwich, who is currently ill with, I understand, one of the seasonal 'bugs' that are about this time of year, and the Parish Priest of Chislehurst, who has long-term health issues.<br />
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<br />Matthaeushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815585698653447027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443621435307681028.post-12922194847599174022015-11-29T08:44:00.002+00:002015-11-29T08:44:42.265+00:00Advent Begins<div style="text-align: center;">
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Today, the Church's Liturgical Year returns to the start, with the First Sunday of Advent, and we begin the season of preparation for the memorial of Our Lord's Nativity, and the celebration of the mystery of the Incarnation.<br />
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The Anthem <i>Rorate, Caeli </i>enters the Prayer of the Church:<br />
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And the Marian Anthem that concludes the Office changes to the Alma Redemptoris Mater:<br />
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Finally, a little plug for, and thanks to, <a href="http://www.splendoroftruth.com/curtjester/">The Curt Jester</a>, who has again made available his <a href="http://www.splendoroftruth.com/curtjester/2015/11/advent-2015/">Advent Wreath graphic</a>, which you can add to your blog, should you wish. I have already incorporated into my sidebar for the season.<br />
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<i>Dominus Vobiscum</i>.Matthaeushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815585698653447027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443621435307681028.post-78860908133105221982015-11-09T06:55:00.001+00:002015-11-09T06:55:09.615+00:00Dedication of the Archbasilica of Our Saviour (St. John Lateran)<br />
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Matthaeushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815585698653447027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443621435307681028.post-89329255074554499452015-11-08T09:53:00.000+00:002015-11-08T09:54:39.671+00:00Remembrance Day<div class="irc_mutc" style="display: none;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>They shall grow not old, </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>As we that are left grow old:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Age shall not weary them</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Nor the years condemn.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>At the going down of the sun</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>And in the morning</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>We shall remember them.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Requiem aeternum dona eis, Domine,</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Et lux perpetua luceat eis:</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Requiescant in pace.</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Amen.</b></i></span></div>
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Matthaeushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815585698653447027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443621435307681028.post-17854547419427247222015-10-13T06:52:00.000+01:002015-10-13T06:52:01.074+01:00St. Edward the Confessor<div class="irc_mutc" style="text-align: center;">
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St. Edward, pray for us; pray for England.</div>
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Mary, to whom England was once a dowry, Our Blessed Lady of Walsingham, pray for us.</div>
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Matthaeushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815585698653447027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443621435307681028.post-73154492417022592712015-10-07T07:06:00.002+01:002015-10-07T07:06:09.019+01:00Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary<div class="irc_mutc" style="text-align: center;">
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<em>Regina Sacratissimi Rosarii ora pro nobis,</em></h3>
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Happy Feast!</h3>
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Matthaeushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815585698653447027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443621435307681028.post-3176257074326122002015-09-29T06:57:00.003+01:002015-09-29T06:57:45.191+01:00St. Michael the Archangel<div style="text-align: center;">
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Matthaeushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815585698653447027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443621435307681028.post-30505021377706814102015-09-28T07:10:00.001+01:002015-09-28T07:10:57.337+01:00St. Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, Martyr<div style="text-align: center;">
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Today is the Feast of Good "King" Wenceslaus, in fact a Duke, and now Patron Saint of Bohemia, the City of Prague, and, by extension, the whole Czech Republic. The following biography is taken from <a href="http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=2040">Catholic Online</a>:<br />
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Patron saint of Bohemia, parts of Czech Republic, and duke of Bohemia frorn 924-929. Also called Wenceslas, he was born near Prague and raised by his grandmother, St. Ludmilla, until her murder by his mother, the pagan Drahomira. Wenceslaus's mother assumed the regency over Bohemia about 920 after her husband's death, but her rule was so arbitrary and cruel in Wenceslaus' name that he was compelled on behalf of his subjects to overthrow her and assume power for himself in 924 or 925. A devout Christian, he proved a gifted ruler and a genuine friend of the Church. German missionaries were encouraged, churches were built, and Wenceslaus perhaps took a personal vow of poverty Unfortunately, domestic events proved fatal, for in 929 the German king Heinrich I the Fowler (r. 919-936) invaded Bohemia and forced Wenceslaus to make an act of submission. This defeat, combined with his pro-Christian policies, led a group of non-Christian nobles to conspire against him. On September 28, 919, a group of knights under the leadership of Wenceslaus' brother Boreslav assassinated the saint on the doorstep of a church. Virtually from the moment of his death, Wenceslaus was considered a martyr and venerated as a saint. Miracles were reported at his tomb, and his remains were translated to the church of St. Vitus in Prague which became a major pilgrimage site. The feast has been celebrated at least since 985 in Bohemia, and he is best known from the Christmas carol "Good King Wenceslaus." <br />
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.. So an excuse for an unseasonal carol (and a rather interesting version):<br />
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A happy Feast, especially to any Czech readers that I may have.</h3>
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Matthaeushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815585698653447027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443621435307681028.post-86973409838757507402015-09-25T07:11:00.001+01:002015-09-25T07:11:11.560+01:00More Muslim deaths in Mecca<a data-ved="0CAcQjRxqFQoTCPvT5ojAkcgCFcXWGgod7EgEiQ" href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&ved=0CAcQjRxqFQoTCPvT5ojAkcgCFcXWGgod7EgEiQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rappler.com%2Fworld%2Fregions%2Fasia-pacific%2Findonesia%2Fbahasa%2Fenglishedition%2F107017-wrap-indonesia-hajj-stampede&psig=AFQjCNFPfui8kUjA4iwoTgWwGU33-f6m7g&ust=1443246954077978" id="irc_mil" jsaction="mousedown:irc.rl;keydown:irc.rlk;irc.il;" style="border-image: none; border: 0px currentColor;"><img height="360" id="irc_mi" src="http://assets.rappler.com/612F469A6EA84F6BAE882D2B94A4B421/img/410EFADB6AE2458892059070AB40CDA7/stampede_410EFADB6AE2458892059070AB40CDA7.jpg" style="margin-top: 17px;" width="640" /></a><br />
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Recently, I posted about the tragic deaths of a number of our Muslim brethren in the accident involving a collapsing crane in Mecca at the height of their Hajj pilgrimage, and so it is with even greater sadness that I read yesterday evening of an even greater number of deaths in a mass stampede during another part of the same pilgrimage.<br />
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While I cannot agree with many of the tenets of Islam - to do so would be to deny my own Christian Faith - I do believe that the majority of Muslims are decent people, striving to follow many of the ideals that Christ Himself taught (after all, they regard Him as great prophet), and to find their way to God, or Allah as they would call Him, in the ways that they understand. I therefore pray that Our Lord, in His mercy will grant a way to Heaven to the many innocent souls who lost their bodily lives in Mecca, in the very act of aiming to give Him worship.<br />
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Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord,</h3>
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And let perpetual light shine upon them:</h3>
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May they rest in peace.</h3>
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Amen. </h3>
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