St. Matthew. The gospel of the glory of God is Matthew's.

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Saint Matthew, apostle

 Wednesday, 21 September 2011 7:48

Matthew Was an Accomplished scribe, well versed in the law of God. With all His heart he Studied the law of the Lord, with Whose help he Lived as he Taught. The gospel of the glory of God is Matthew's. With all His heart he Studied the law of the Lord, with Whose help he Lived as he Taught.   (Responsory, Office of Readings)

The first reading from the New Testament for the feast of the Apostle Saint Matthew is stunningly beautiful St. Paul's letter to the Ephesians is a truly a love letter to the Church and this selection fittingly captures what it means clustering to be an apostle of the Lord. Consider ....

"I, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of your vocation. Bear with one Reviews another charitably, in full selflessness, gentleness and patience. Do all you can to preserve the unity of the Spirit by the peace That Binds you together. There is one Body, one Spirit, just as You Were all called Expired into one and the same hope When You Were called. There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and one God who is Father of all, over all, through all and within all.

Each one of us, HOWEVER, has-beens Given His Own share of grace, Given as Christ allotted it. It was Said That Would he:

When he Ascended to the height, he captured Prisoners,

he gave gifts to men.

When it says, 'he Ascended', what can it mean if not that he Descended right down to the lower regions of the earth? The one Who rose Higher Than all the heavens to fill all things is none --other than the one Who Descended. And to Some, His gift Was That They shoulds be apostles; to Some, prophets; to Some, evangelists; to Some, pastors and teachers; n que la saints together make a unity in the work of the service, building up the body of Christ. In this way we are all to come to unity in our faith and in our knowledge of the Son of God, We Become up to the perfect Man, fully mature with the fullness of Christ himself.

Then we `shall not be children any longer, or tossed one way and Reviews another and the carried along by every wind of doctrine, at the mercy of all the tricks men play and Their cleverness in Practising deceit. If we live by the truth and in love, we `shall grow in all ways into Christ, who is the head by Whom the whole body is fitted and joined together, every seal Adding icts own strength, For Each separate share to Work selon icts function. So the body grows up to Itself It has built up, in love. (Ephesians 4: 1-16)    

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Sunday 25th. Saint Aelred – his writings combine mystical and speculative theology.

Monastic Lectionary of the Divine Office, 

See St. Aelred Night Office.

    

Night Office by Aelred of Rievaulx

SUNDAY  TWENTY-FIFTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME

First Reading   Isaiah 6:1-13

Responsorv     Is 6:5; Lk 5:8

Woe is me! I am doomed; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell among a people of unclean lips, + and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of Hosts.

V. Simon Peter fell down at Jesus' knees saying: Leave me Lord, for I am a sinful man. + And my eyes ...

Second Reading      From a sermon by Aelred of Rievaulx

In the year of King Uzziah's death I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the whole earth filled with his glory. 0 longed for time, time of divine favour, time all holy people yearn for when they make the daily petition: Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

The whole earth was full of his glory. I see this earth I tread upon, I feel the burden of this earthly body: both mean toil and sighs for me; upon both rest the wrath of God rather than his glory. The prince of this world still holds sway over the rebellious; every day he confronts believers, and there is scarcely one among God's holy people who does not experience his assaults. Yet the whole earth is full of his glory.

I know that this earth I tread upon will be delivered from its enslavement to decay, and that there will be a new earth and a new heaven, and he who sits upon the throne will say: See, I am making all things new. Even my earthly body will be filled with the glory of the Lord. At present the earth yields thorns and thistles for me, since Adam's crime brought a curse upon it. My body is weak and languid, lazy and burdensome, subject to strong passions and prone to grave illnesses. But why are you cast down, my soul; why groan within me? The whole earth will be filled with his glory.

But when will this be? Undoubtedly, when the Lord takes his seat upon his throne, high and exalted, and refashions our lowly bodies to be like his own glorious body; when that glory which was revealed in the body of the Lord at his transfiguration on the mountain shines forth in our earthly bodies, now risen from the dead and endowed with immortality. Then a new song will be sung and cries of gladness and joy will be heard in the tents of the righteous, for winter is past, the rains are over and gone, and flowers have appeared in the countryside.

It is in order that we may realize the nature of this transfor­mation that our bodies are now subject to death, or, rather, are actually dead. As the Apostle says, The body is dead because of sin. So the body is dead; it is defiled, sick, base-born, mortal. But it will be filled with the glory of the Lord, who will give life to the dead, purify the defiled, heal the sick, exalt the base-born, and immortalize the mortal. And if such is the future felicity of the body, what, I ask, will be that of the spirit?

The cause of our joy will be the vision of the Creator in his creatures, the love of the Creator in his own being, and the praise of our Creator in both. His train filled the temple, says Isaiah. What temple? Scripture says: God's temple is holy, and you are that temple. Now although our bodies are God's temple, nevertheless, because our souls control our bodies, our souls are God's temple in a special way. This is the temple in which during the present life we offer God the sacrifice of a humbled, contrite heart which he does not spurn. This is the temple in which, when the corruptible life of the body is over, and we have been carried to the kingdom of eternal glory where God will wipe away every tear from our eyes, we shall offer God a sacrifice of praise. As he himself says through the Prophet: A sacrifice of praise honours me. Now, in the meantime, Lord, may our sacrifice of contrition placate you, so that, when you sit upon your throne, high and exalted, our sacrifice of praise may honour you.

Responsory 1 Jn 3:2; Col 3:4

We know that when Christ appears we shall be like him, + for we shall see him as he is.

V. When Christ appears, you also will appear with him in glory. + For we shall..

HE and i, Gabrielle Bossis 1945 'joyous ascension'

In the Sunday of  20 September 2015 recalling from the Diary date of Gabrielle.

 'consciousness by the route of the joyous ascension'

Sunday, 20 September 2045

Sponsa Verbi

He and I, Gabrielle Bossis 1945

September 20 -  Le Fresne church.
Feeling utterly empty,
I was a little frightened at the thought
of what I was going to write.  

 "Why be worried, since I am the one who is dictating? Do you think you would have been able to put down anything all by yourself? My poor little child, you must be sure of Me in you. Perhaps you do not seek often enough to live within My aura  -  the aura of the Lover, the Mighty One. Yes, that's what I am: this joy."

Friends had come a long way to enjoy the moonlight
as they dined on the terrace.

"During these two hours of poetry that seemed to pass so quickly, it was I who led your conversation to the life beyond time.

Don't ever be afraid of pronouncing My Name. Am I not the greatest of friends? You call Me your most beautiful Love, and you are right. Then let Me look after everything in your short life. It will not go for ever since the end of does come. So cherish Me as a miser does his gold. How this would increase your charm, and through that very charm, your influence. It is I who go from you to others. I love to find channels. "

"Lord, make me a faithful and ready channel. " 

 "Examine yourself often. See if you play the part I have assigned to you with regard to others. I mean, the role of giving Me to others. "

"Lord, it is always very imperfect. " 

 "But you don't know. You don't know what goes on inside the one to whom you are talking. Can you see a soul? Can you see My grace? Oh, don't stop in your working - drive for Me. One day you will see the result. Be the faithful little servant who works all the better because she has secret converse with her most loving Master.
His is not a love like any on earth.
It's a love of flame and of fire. Then don't be amazed to feel your faculties alight, and to find that after this converse
you have risen to a higher plane of consciousness by the route of the joyous ascension. "

Therese Little Flower -
Big Sun Flower (Br. Seamus garden)

                                                         

  

SCO - Catholic Youth Service Scotland (CYSS)

BY DANIEL HARKINS | SEPTEMBER 18 |  0 COMMENTS     PRINT

Young Catholics enjoy Spirit-filled pilgrimage to Nunraw

Around 160 young people from across Scotland where joined by priests and religious last Sunday as they took part in a national youth pilgrimage to Nunraw Abbey in East Lothian.

The event, organised by Catholic Youth Service Scotland (CYSS), follows on from last year’s pilgrimage to Dunfermline Abbey, and like last year the weather stayed clear throughout the day.

The pilgrims gathered at the start of their journey in St Mary’s Church in Haddington, where they prayed the Angelus, before moving to the pre-reformation St Mary’s Parish, where they were joined by the Church of Scotland minister as they prayed for Christian unity and for the journey ahead.

After a visit to the Chapel of the Three Kings within St Mary’s, the young pilgrims, from six of the eight dioceses in Scotland, walked seven miles to the Cistercian Abbey of Sancta Maria at Nunraw. Along the way they took questions from the odd passer-by, receiving a positive response to their efforts.

Archbishop Leo Cushley of St Andrews and Edinburgh led the pilgrimage from the front and was joined by parish priests and religious brothers and sisters in conversing with the youngsters as they processed through villages and country roads.

The pilgrimage had been organised around the theme of the Year of Consecrated Life, which Pope Francis in 2014 established to draw attention to vocations and other forms of consecrated living.

Amongst those represented on the day were the Jesuit community from Edinburgh and Dominican Sisters of St Cecilia from Elgin. Pilgrim groups from a number of parishes took part including from St Augustine’s in Coatbridge, St Edward’s in Airdrie, St Teresa’s in Craigmillar, and St Maria Goretti in Cranhill, Glasgow.

“It was a lovely occasion,” the Archbishop said. “The weather was absolutely perfect. The rain stayed away. The sun came out often. It was a beautiful day for walking through East Lothian.”

The archbishop was keen that the young people learn from the advice given them by Abbot Emeritus Raymond Jaconelli of Nunraw who told of the need for periods of silent prayer in life in order to let God speak.

“Continue to listen for the voice of the Lord both today and throughout your life,” the archbishop said in his homily. “Especially to find time to be quiet, to be silent and to listen again for the voice of Jesus.”

Elizabeth Millar from CYSS said the whole day was great and thanked Abbot Mark Caira for his hospitality.

—daniel@sconews.co.uk

—Pic: Paul McSherry

—This story ran in full in the September 18 edition print of the SCO, available in parishes.

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Photos: Anne Marie...

 

Fr. Stephen cycling to Santiago de Compostela , Way of St. James,

 Nunraw Guest welcomed Fr. Stephen from Colorado. 

He began his Pilgrimage at Wick at the North of Scotland cycling on the Way of St. James, Santiago de Compostela.

He makes his Station at Nunraw Abbey overnight.

He offered his Mass , concelebrating with the community.

With an early start off he was to stop in Newcastle.

We feel in spirit with Fr. Stephen's pilgrimage all the way ...

 Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church

Rev Stephen A, Siebert-Foley

1311 3^rd St

Greeley, COLORADO  80631

(970) 353-1747

 Interesting - Rosinante-Quixote

Cervantes name of the donkey.

I ask if Fr. Stephen cycling to Santiago de Compostela , Way of St. James,
might name Rosinante the bike.

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Bicycle to Compostello - Fr Stephen.
Later the photos at Nunraw pilgrim.
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From: Jack Miles (milesjack shaw.ca)
Subject: Quixote

It may be of interest to note that both Miguel de Cervantes and William Shakespeare died on the same day, April 23, 1616. Two of the most well-known, talented authors from those medieval years to die the same day is a coincidence that most authors would not dream of!

Jack Miles, North Vancouver, Canada

Stephen asked for the Abbot's blessing  setting off.

I asked Stephen's name of the bicycle.
Not called so, I suggested the name Rosinante.
see below.

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The Magic of Words

Sep 13, 2015

This week’s theme
Characters from Don Quixote who became words

This week’s words

quixote

sancho

rosinante

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From: Jack Miles (milesjack shaw.ca)
Subject: Quixote

It may be of interest to note that both Miguel de Cervantes and William Shakespeare died on the same day, April 23, 1616. Two of the most well-known, talented authors from those medieval years to die the same day is a coincidence that most authors would not dream of!

Jack Miles, North Vancouver, Canada

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From: Andrew Pressburger (andpress sympatico.ca)
Subject: Quixote

The Don may have dreamed the impossible dream and tilted into windmills, but he was nobody’s fool. This is what he has to say on the delicate subject of self-satisfied authors’ bias: “It is natural to fathers and mothers not to think their own children ugly; and this error is nowhere so common as in the offspring of the mind.”

Andrew Pressburger, Toronto, Canada

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From: SarahRose Werner (swerner nbnet.nb.ca)
Subject: Hah! After many years, I am justified (by your alternate pronunciation of Quixote)

I was about nine or ten when my mother used the expression “tilting at windmills” in conversation. Then she asked me if I knew where the phrase came from. I replied proudly, “Yes, it’s from Don Quixote!”

Alas, I was unaware that Spanish assigns different pronunciations to letters than English does. I pronounced the Don’s name as “QUIX-oat”.

My mother had minored in Spanish in university and worked for the Children’s Aid Society in Spanish Harlem. She started laughing and told me that I made the Don sound like breakfast cereal. I suppose she thought this was funny, but I was embarrassed and angry.

Four decades later, my feelings have been somewhat assuaged by the alternate pronunciation you offered: KWIK-suht. I wasn’t far off after all.

SarahRose Werner, Saint John, Canada

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From: Tom Ryan (ryandenver msn.com)
Subject: Re: A.Word.A.Day--quixote

Great theme this week. Earlier this year I read the entire 940 pages of Don Quixote. Just an amazing literary work. But I also think that there is a broad misconception about this wonderful character. The best description of who Don Quixote really was comes from his own words which I copied while reading the book:

“When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies? Perhaps to be too practical is madness. To surrender dreams -- this may be madness; and madness of all: to see life as it is, and not as it should be.”

Tom Ryan, Littleton, Colorado

Nunraw Abbey - Pilgrimage of the Youth for the 14 September 2015

COMMENTS following Fr. Edmond's teaching on St. John's Gospel

Thanks of Mary's Comments.

Adding William's COMMENTS like Mary T.  

     COMMENTS following Fr. Edmond's teaching on St. John's Gospel                                                                                       .

Fw: The Mystical City of God

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Sent: Sunday, 13 September 2015, 14:43Subject: The Mystical City of God

Dear Father Donald,

What a delight, thank you!       http://www.ecatholic2000.com/agreda/mystical/city.shtml     

Link saved into my favourites along with Gabrielle Bossis and Luisa Piccarreta - such gems that you have placed before me. 

I have noticed a change in my spiritual reading desire, away from direct theology to reflection and inspiration. 

Yes, I will continue inquiry into matters biblical and theological, but am now far more drawn and at ease with mystical reflection and inspiration.

    I hope you had a good Youth event yesterday, Nunraw being a blessing to them, both destination and providing the focal point, the Mass. I imagine you will have had a large gathering for which to cater! 

[Health] Yesterday .............

So it is a joy for me today to have access to the "City of God", and the abridged version will suit me well... a lovely surprise, thank you Father.

With my love in Our Lord,

William

 

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Dearest Donald, (James Aloysius)

Many thanks for your good e-mail just received. ..... 

I had great memories of our holiday pilgrimage to St. Ninian's  Cave (one year many moons ago) when I saw your photo and read the interesting article. I think Mary Pat and Eileen were also with us that day, as I remember when we were driving off  you remarked how well and quickly their car was following us. Happy days.! 

I think the Irish like the Poles love a pilgrimage and sacred places where in fact, they sense a Presence and receive blessings. John Paul  once said  "When you go on pilgrimage on foot, you pray with your feet. Even today such pilgrimages  to very distant Shrines are popular in Poland e.g. from the North of Poland to Krakow in the South. It takes several days and hospitality is offered on the way. One of the Novices told me that before she entered  a group of about 20 from her village went,stayed over a night or two and then took the train back home.   

By the way, I continue to receive so much blessing from "He and I " which you gave me a few years ago. It is truly a treasure. I have just become aware of how many times Jesus offers tips on prayer and am beginning to make a note of them.  What I love is the simplicity, humility and tender love of Jesus.  I love  Gabrielle and also Pica but this latter  is very deep and beyond me at times. 

Your Ecce/ Fiat salutation was perfect as it is very much in line with our spirituality. My first ring at Final  vows had the inscription "Ecce Ancilla Domini". A later ring had "Ecce  Fiat". 

I liked Fr. Edmond's teaching on St. John's Gospel. and have saved it for further perusal in Lent/Easter! as i am still going through your retreat talks which I find excellent..  

I hope you and all the  Brothers are keeping well, including our dear Brendan. 

As ever united in the hearts of Jesus and Mary  

Love and prayers 

Your ... sister, 

Mary fmm  XXX