Nunraw New Abbey history of construction 126 from an Album

Nunraw - An Album

Archiving the 'pictures' awakens vivid awareness the sense of daunting in the task of the so called  DIY of the New Abbey. The 'Do It Yourselves' monastery lived the joy of monks and countless helpers in kind and work and, support and enthusiasm.
Monastic prayer primed the spark for every next activity.
The living spirit filled our hearts in the amazing grace of collaborations in building a 'house of God'..
And here, the old story is proof that each 'gem' of picture is worth a million words! 

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             An Album compiled of photographs of moving scenes of the course of building a new monastery at Sancta Maria Abbey, Nunraw, Scotland, 1946-2012.        

COMMENT: Nunraw - An Album

COMMENT: Nunraw- An AlbumHi, William,

Thank you for appreciative comment.

This is patient of archiving the history.

Opening up the 'pictures' an awareness of the daunting task comes to heart the amazing grace of collaborations in building a monastery.

The living spirit of monks and countless helpers, support and enthusiasm, spread beyond Nunraw monastery.

At the moment, every picture is a gem that needs a frame.

Others added here.

.... yours

Donald

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From: William W. ...

To: Donald. ...
Sent: Tuesday, 17 April 2012, 9:26
Subject: Re Nunraw Album

Dear Father Donald,

 

Thank you so much for copying your work on the album to me - what wonderful memories these photos will bring back to you. For me, it is a delight to be able to 'picture' those early days, enriching my appreciation of the life of the Brethren. I think the photo that captures the 'scene' for me is 38m hoeing turnips. Years I should have loved to have witnessed!

 

.. . .  in Our Lord, 

William.  

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Nunraw - An Album

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From: Anne Marie ...
To: Donald Nunraw ....
Sent: Monday, 16 April 2012, 23:11
Subject: Re: Nunraw - An Album

The photographs are great.  Well done.  They all look very happy.

Sent from my iPad

Anne Marie

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From: Donald ....
To: Anne Marie ....
Sent: Monday, 16 April 2012, 17:57
Subject: An Album

end to begin  Abbey Construction history.

Now working back for the end of the photos to 'Paint-in' labels - the first few.

 Attached via Blog.

Donald

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMMENT Night Office Second Reading

Second Reading

From the Jerusalem Catecheses
(Cat 22, Mystagogica 4, 1. 3-6: PG 33, 1098-1106)
I loved the Second Reading.
But it was refered to as the Jerusalem Catecheses.
Now I find it more correctly sourced in St. Cyril of Jerusalem at this Website Link:
 www.therealpresence.org  

The Early Christians Believed in the Real Presence

"So then, brethren, stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught by us, either by word of mouth or by letter." (2 Thes. 2:15) "And what you have heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also." (2 Tim. 2:2)

Icon of an Early Christian Father

The Bible	The Didache	St. Clement of Rome
St. Ignatius of Antioch	St. Justin Martyr	St. Irenaeus of Lyons
St. Clement of Alexandria	St. Cyprian of Carthage	Aphraates the Persian Sage
Serapion	St. Ephraim	St. Athanasius
St. Cyril of Jerusalem	St. Hilary of Poiters	St. Basil the Great
St. Epiphanius of Salamis	St. Gregory of Nazianz	St. Gregory of Nyssa
St. John Chrysostom	St. Ambrose of Milan	Egeria
Aurelius Prudentius Clemens	St. Jerome	Apostolic Constitutions
St. Cyril of Alexandria	St. Augustine	Marcarius the Magnesian
St. Leo I	St. Caesar of Arles	St. Fulgene of Ruspe

   ST. CYRIL OF JERUSALEM  (Alt)

St. Cyril served as Bishop of Jerusalem in the years 348-378 A.D.,

"`I have received of the Lord that which I also delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus, the same night in which He was betrayed, took bread, etc. [1 Cor. 11:23]'. This teaching of the Blessed Paul is alone sufficient to give you a full assurance concerning those Divine Mysteries, which when ye are vouchsafed, ye are of (the same body) [Eph 3:6] and blood with Christ. For he has just distinctly said, (That our Lord Jesus Christ the same night in which He was betrayed, took bread, and when He had given thanks He brake it, and said, Take, eat, this is My Body: and having taken the cup and given thanks, He said, Take, drink, this is My Blood.) [1 Cor. 2:23-25] Since then He Himself has declared and said of the Bread, (This is My Body), who shall dare to doubt any longer? And since He has affirmed and said, (This is My Blood), who shall ever hesitate, saying, that it is not His blood?  

Compline at Nunraw -YouTube

Dear Anne Maria and Andy,
We were delighted with your visit, 
and thrilled to hear the recording of the Liturgy of Compline and Salve Regina..
In this Easter Week we had the occasion of a full voice choir of Guests at the Office.
Thank you for sending the YouTube production on your iPad. 
It will feature it in the Blogspot.
Yours ... 
Donald.

---- Forwarded Message -----
From: Anne Marie . . .
To: Donald Nunraw . . .
Sent: Friday, 13 April 2012, 16:15
Subject: Compline At Nunraw

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JD9QPIO45Y&feature=youtube_gdata_player


Sent from my iPad

 

Compline At Nunraw

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50th International Eucharistic Congress - http://www.iec2012.i

 Night Office Second Reading

13 April 2012 Year 11

OCTAVE OF EASTER  Friday,

Second Reading

From the Jerusalem Catecheses
(Cat 22, Mystagogica 4, 1. 3-6: PG 33, 1098-1106)

In this reading the author expresses clearly his belief in the real presence of our Lord in the Eucharist. He is the first theologian to attribute this presence to an actual change in the substance of the elements of bread and wine.

On the night he was betrayed our Lord Jesus Christ took bread and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples and said: "Take, eat: this is my body." He took the cup, gave thanks and said:

"Take, drink: this is my blood." Since Christ himself has declared the bread to be his body, who can have any further doubt? Since he himself has said quite categorically, This is my blood, who would dare to question it and say that it is not his blood.?

Therefore it is with complete assurance that we receive the bread and wine as the body and blood of Christ His body is given to us under the symbol of bread. and his blood is given to us under the symbol of wine, in order to make us by receiving them one body and one blood with him. Having his body and blood in our members, we become bearers of Christ and sharers, as Saint Peter says, in the divine nature.

Once when speaking to the Jews Christ said: Unless you eat my flesh and drink my blood you shall have no life in you. This so horrified them that they left him Not understanding his words in a spiritual way, they thought the Savior wished them to practice cannibalism.

Under the old covenant there was showbread, but it came to an end with the old dispensation to which it belonged. Under the new covenant there is bread from heaven and the cup of salvation These sanctify both soul and body, the bread being adapted to the sanctification of the body, the Word to the sanctification of the soul.

Do not, then, regard the eucharistic elements as ordinary bread and wine: they are in fact the body and blood of the Lord, as he himself has declared. Whatever your senses may tell you, be strong in faith.

You have been taught and you are firmly convinced that what looks and tastes like bread and wine is not bread and wine but the body and the blood of Christ You know also how Oavid referred to this long ago when he sang: Bread strengthens the heart and makes the face glow with the oil of gladness. Strengthen your heart, then, by receiving this bread as spiritual bread. and bring joy to the face of your souL

May purity of conscience remove the veil from the face of your soul so that by contemplating the glory of the Lord, as in a mirror, you may be transformed from glory to glory in Christ Jesus our Lord. To him be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Responsory

Luke 22:19; Exodus 12:27

Jesus took bread. gave thanks, and broke it Then he gave it to his disciples and said:

This is my body which is given for you. - Do this in memory of me, alleluia.

When your children ask: What does this ritual mean? Say to them: This is the sacrifice of the Lord's Passover. - Do this in memory of me, alleluia.

50th International Eucharistic
Congress

~ Dublin 2012 ~