Friday 19 October 2012

Martyrs N. America.Luke 12:7. Even the hairs of your head have all been counted. Do not be afraid. You are worth more than many sparrows.




SAINTS ISAAC JOGUES
& JOHN DE BRÉBEUF
PRIESTS
&  THEIR COMPANIONS
MARTYRS
(1642-1649)
        Theses eight men were Jesuit missionaries in North America in the 17th century, put to death, after fearful torture by members of the Iroquois and Huron tribes. 




Liturgy Martyrs, Sts. John de Brebeauf and Isaac Jogues, martyrs,   
The Response this morning sang, “Our life, like a bird, has escaped from the snare of the fowler.”
It was a chilly, dreigh day, and a bird was chirping and gave joy
The discovery of the Online of the KNOX Bible now gives us the direct quotation below.


BibleGateway.com

    http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms+123&version=KNOX

Psalms 123 (Knox Bible) Psalm 123 (124)

(A song of ascents. Of David.)

If the Lord had not been on our side, Israel may boast, 
if the Lord had not been on our side when human foes assailed us, 
it seemed as if they must have swallowed us up alive, so fierce their anger threatened us. 
It seemed as if the tide must have sucked us down, the torrent closed above us; 
closed above us the waters that ran so high. 
Blessed be the Lord, who has not let us fall a prey to those ravening mouths! 
Safe, like a bird rescued from the fowler’s snare; the snare is broken and we are safe! 
Such help is ours, the Lord’s help, that made heaven and earth.


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