Posted on 04/02/2002 4:35:58 PM PST by father_elijah
I have received the joyful news that two of our Freeper family entered the Church at Vigil this last weekend. ventana and roachie received the sacraments, and this is an occasion for great rejoicing by all of the faithful.
I thought it would be good for us to congratulate those who have just entered the Church by posting a welcome, a favorite Catholic quote, a favorite Catholic link, a favorite Scripture, or even a favorite holy card image. Please join me in welcoming ventana and roachie. If there are any others, please let us know so we may all rejoice.
So long Thy power hath blessed me, sure it still
Will lead me on,
O'er moor and fen, o'er crag and torrent, till
The night is gone;
And with the morn those angel faces smile
Which I have loved long since, and lost awhile.
Cardinal Newman
Laetentur Caeli, et exultet Terra...
Welcome to the Church Militant, and the Communion of Saints!
Trebics
The Saturday night vigil was really wonderful. Seven readings! As you know, and a wonderful homily by our priest urging us to not sit back and let what is happening to our church go by without a fight. He said you (meaning the audience) will, more and more, be called upon to be soldiers in the church, soldiers for the sacraments. He urged us to write and let our Bishops and even the Pope know our feelings and thoughts, but not, under any circumstances, sit back do nothing.
I was my husband's sponsor. The congregation was so overwhelmed by the homily and the pageantry of the evening, and, I think, at the fact that the brave seven souls at the foot of the altar, amidst such turmoil within the church, took the step anyway. People were crying; including me. V's wife.
We had 24 newly baptized, or those receiving their First Communion and/or Confirmation at last Saturday's vigil Mass. Hope yours was just as joyful! And from what I heard from the secretary at church yesterday 1200 new Catholics in the Portland Archdiocese!
Glory to God in the highest!
At this year's Vigil there were eight people baptized, about a dozen professions of faith from other denominations, and about a dozen confirmations. Everyone was smiling, but the people being baptized were just glowing with joy. That's when I started sniveling.
O God, the King of saints, we praise and magnify thy holy Name for all thy servants who have finished their course in thy faith and fear; for the Blessed Virgin Mary; for the holy patriarchs, prophets, apostles, and martyrs; and for all other thy righteous servants, known to us and unknown; and we beseech thee that, encouraged by their examples, aided by their prayers, and strengthened by their fellowship, we also may be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light; through the merits of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
That deserves a Pre-Raphaelite angel.
These things I write to you, though I hope to come to you shortly; but if I am delayed, I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness:
God was manifested in the flesh,-- 1 Timothy 3:15-16
Justified in the Spirit,
Seen by angels,
Preached among the Gentiles,
Believed on in the world,
Received up in glory.
Literary Converts:Spiritual Inspiration in an Age of Unbelief
by Joseph Pearce
Tolkien! Great Catholic writer.
Great Catholic artistic imagination.
True gem of mythic Britain.
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