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umblepie: June 2015
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Thursday, 4 June 2015. Songs of Praise' - King David version. King David and musicians, with zither, celesti, andreal. Ack Introduction - 'The Psalms, a New Translation'. The problem of justice, pain and death. (Ps 48). Hear this, all you peoples,. Give heed, all who dwell in the world,. Men both low and high,. Rich and poor alike. My lips will speak words of wisdom,. My heart is full of insight. I will turn my mind to a parable,. With the harp I will solve my problem. Why should I fear in evil days.
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whitesmokeahoy: March 2014
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Monday, 17 March 2014. Lord it is good for us to be here'. This post is taken from the writing of Rev. James McNally, who in his book ‘Make Way for Mary’, explores the Gospels of the Sundays of the year, emphasising the role of Mary in guiding us along the path to her divine Son. Transfiguration of Christ' (1520) by Gerard David (Flemish). And good it was that the apostles were granted this singular and blessed favour. They were yet to face the treachery and storm of Jerusalem; they were to see their...
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whitesmokeahoy: July 2014
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Tuesday, 22 July 2014. Caryll Houselander (1901-1954) - three short poems. Three short poems by the English Catholic writer, artist, and mystic, Caryll Houselander (1901-1954). The Parish First Communion. In the church,. There is a smell of flowers,. There are white veils,. And the banners and the vestments are white. Why are there tears. In the eyes of the grown-up people? Children receiving 1st Holy Communion at Bethlehem. The fragrance of Christ’s first coming? Or the stainless hearts. We are moving s...
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umblepie: April 2015
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Friday, 3 April 2015. Dear Prime Minister . Dear Prime Minister,. Whilst your public relations adviser has been doing a very efficient job, and I concede that you have a certain political charisma noticeably absent from other Party leaders, I regret that I will not be voting for your party in the forthcoming elections, for the following reasons:-. The most recent example of this unjust and enforced bureaucracy, is the closure of Durham Free School. I object strongly to my money being given to this profit...
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Same Old Same Old.. | Catholic and Loving it!
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147;You must not abandon the ship in a storm because you cannot control the winds. What you cannot turn to good, you must at least make as little bad as you can.. St Thomas More (Utopia). What do Catholics Believe? Same Old Same Old. Blogged by James on 1st June 2015. GK Chesterton writing almost a decade ago. GK Chesterton, Illustrated London News of July 9, 1921. I used to say "Fight them! But now I can only say pray for them. This Item Tagged With:. You may also be interested in. Only in the air.
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umblepie: November 2014
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Sunday, 2 November 2014. Pope Pius IX - years 1863-1869. 'Miracle' of St Agnes Basilica, and 'The Mortara affair'. In September 1864 the French and Italian governments concluded a secret agreement to deal with the Roman question, an agreement which precluded Pope Pius IX, the principal party concerned. What is the purpose of these clandestine meetings and this oath that is so strictly required of initiates, who commit themselves never to reveal anything about these matters? In 1866 Prussia and Italy alli...
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umblepie: December 2014
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Monday, 29 December 2014. Pope Pius IX - 1st Vatican Council 1869/70 - 'Dei Filius' and 'Pastor Aeternus' (Papal Infallibility). Apologies for the delay in preparing this post, my reasons (excuses) being the complexity of the subject (to me, at least initially) combined with Christmas commitments. As regards the former, I can honestly say that I have learnt a lot when preparing this post - but it has taken me awhile, and as regards the latter, best wishes for a happy and blessed New Year. The Council hel...
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whitesmokeahoy: December 2014
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Wednesday, 10 December 2014. Bab Ballads' by W.S.Gilbert - not all light and joy. Sir William Schwenck Gilbert. 18 November 1836 – 29 May 1911) was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for the fourteen comic operas (known as the Savoy. Operas) produced in collaboration with the composer Sir Arthur Sullivan. The most famous of these include H.M.S.Pinafore,. And one of the most frequently performed works in the history of musical theatre, The Mikado. Well, hardly ever! 8217;, w...
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whitesmokeahoy: February 2015
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Wednesday, 11 February 2015. Memories - 1940's London - Caryll Houselander. Afternoon in Westminster Cathedral'. 8216;In the cathedral. Through ages and ages of men,. The people come and go. They sorrow, but One endures,. They falter, but One is strong,. They pass, but One remains,. They change, but One is unchanging. Christ is there,. In a corner behind a lamp,. He is in the world,. As a man’s heart in his breast,. Until a lover,. Lays her head on the piteous ribs,. Of the cage of bone,. Of our own life.
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whitesmokeahoy: 'O my God, teach me to love Thee in Time and Eternity' - Bishop Richard Challoner (1691-1781)
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Sunday, 26 July 2015. O my God, teach me to love Thee in Time and Eternity' - Bishop Richard Challoner (1691-1781). Through the services of the Rev John Gother, chaplain to the Catholic Howard family, Richard Challoner was sent at the age of 14 years to the English College, Douai, in Flanders, where he was to spend the next twenty-five years, with but one brief visit to England during that time. Now ordained and with the additional responsibility of 'Prefect of Studies'. Qualities that were to be continu...
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