Music from the court of Queen Mary I of England

O Valiant Hearts

O valiant hearts who to your glory came
Through dust of conflict and through battle flame;
Tranquil you lie, your knightly virtue proved,
Your memory hallowed in the land you loved.

Proudly you gathered, rank on rank, to war
As who had heard Gods message from afar;
All you had hoped for, all you had, you gave,
To save mankind—yourselves you scorned to save.

Splendid you passed, the great surrender made;
Into the light that nevermore shall fade;
Deep your contentment in that blest abode,
Who wait the last clear trumpet call of God.

Long years ago, as earth lay dark and still,
Rose a loud cry upon a lonely hill,
While in the frailty of our human clay,
Christ, our Redeemer, passed the self same way.

Still stands His Cross from that dread hour to this,
Like some bright star above the dark abyss;
Still, through the veil, the Victors pitying eyes
Look down to bless our lesser Calvaries.

These were His servants, in His steps they trod,
Following through death the martyred Son of God:
Victor, He rose; victorious too shall rise
They who have drunk His cup of sacrifice.

O risen Lord, O Shepherd of our dead,
Whose cross has bought them and Whose staff has led,
In glorious hope their proud and sorrowing land
Commits her children to Thy gracious hand.

Head of the Protestant Church in Germany- soon to be retired.

Priest invites all to his own funeral Mass

Zu wenig Kirchgänger: Pfarrer lädt Schäfchen zu seinem Begräbnis ein

Too few churchgoers: Parish priest invites flock to his own funeral.

In April, an Italian priest in the earthquake-devastated Abruzzi area of Tempera has posted placards, announcing his death and the funeral. Thus the minister wants to move the faithful to attend the show.

"I wanted to shake people out of their sleep. The Catholic community should keep together, until the earthquake-damaged church is restored," said the priest, Giovanni Gatto.

Since fewer and fewer people visited Mass, Father Gatto decided on his unorthodox initiative. "I wanted to attract the attention of the community and warn of the danger that the community breaks up after the earthquake," said the priest, according to Italian media on Tuesday.

More and more priests in Italy have to deal with the problem of empty churches. A Northern Italian priest last year went on hunger strike for three days to protest against his empty church. To bring people closer to the faith, the Roman priest Paolo Lojudice has begun to celebrate Sunday Mass in a large shopping center on the outskirts of the Eternal City.

The Ugly Vestment War

Latin Mass in St Peter's Basilica today!

The Mass of the priest allegedly the new Linz Auxilliary

He is not a liturgical expert.   Cathcon was sleeping earlier this week when I put up a picture of the Mass without making a link to the Linz Saga.

Glorious videos on how to say the Latin Mass

First and many more besides

Complete with chapel- amazing house for sale in South of France

This dream home desperately in need of Catholic ownership to keep the chapel open and the presbytery in a good state of repair.  email me gillibrand@belgacom.net  or telephone 0032 2503 4200 if you are interested- 552000 euro.  Joint ownership also possible depending on others interested.

The main (oldest and nicest) part of the house is two storey with kitchen, dining room and drawing room on the ground floor and two bedrooms and two bathrooms on the first floor. There are two wings (making a three sided front courtyard). Each wing is made up of three rooms and a bathroom. There are many sets of French doors in the house so that both wings could be made self-contained.

The layout- NB garage is now a bedroom

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Institute of Christ the King have a permanent presence in Toulouse.

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Is this the new Auxilliary Bishop in Linz?

Reports have been flying around but there have been firm denials that Father Gmeiner now has been given the poisoned chalice.

Bishop Williamson faces fine of 12000 euros

More soon.

Cardinal Re's power constrained

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Vatican City, 17.10.2009 (KAP) Curial Cardinal Antonio Canizares Llovera and the Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura, Archbishop Raymond Leo Burke appointed new members of the Congregation for Bishops by the Pope, the Vatican announced on Saturday. Both are thus under the direction of Cardinal Prefect Giovanni Battista Re responsible for the care of over 4,800 bishops, especially as far as personnel decisions are concerned.

Canizares was appointed in December last year from leading the Archdiocese of Toledo, Spain to be head of the Roman Congregation for Divine Worship. The U.S. jurist Burke, formerly Archbishop of Saint Louis, has been from June 2008 Prefect of the Vatican's highest appeals court, the Apostolic Signatura.