English Speaking Christians

ENGLISH SPEAKING SAINTS FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL  https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/english-speaking-saints-april-john-william-vondra/ April 1  Sts. Caidoc and Fricor, 7th century. Irish missionaries in northern France. One of their converts was St Ricarius. Their relics are in the parish of Saint-Riquier near Amiens, France. In some lists Fricor is called Adrian.   St. Cellach, 9th century. The abbot of lona, Scotland, and the archbishop of Armagh, Ireland. Also called Ceilach and Keilach, he was the founder of the monastery of Kells.   April 3  St. Richard of Wyche, 1253 A.D. Richard of Wyche, also known as Richard of Chichester, was born at Wyche (Droitwich), Worcestershire, England. He was orphaned when he was quite young. He retrieved the fortunes of the mismanaged estate he inherited when he took it over, and then turned it over to his brother Robert. Richard refused marriage and went to Oxford, where he studied under Grosseteste and met and began a l...

ENGLISH SPEAKING SAINTS FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH March 1  St. David. According to tradition, St. David was the son of King Sant of South Wales and St. Non. He was ordained a priest and later studied under St. Paulinus. Later, he was involved in missionary work and founded a number of monasteries. The monastery he founded at Menevia in Southwestern Wales was noted for extreme asceticism. David and his monks drank neither wine nor beer - only water - while putting in a full day of heavy manual labor and intense study. Around the year 550, David attended a synod at Brevi in Cardiganshire. His contributions at the synod are said to have been the major cause for his election as primate of the Cambrian Church. He was reportedly consecrated archbishop by the patriarch of Jerusalem while on a visit to the Holy Land. He also is said to have invoked a council that ended the last vestiges of Pelagianism. David died at his monastery in Menevia around the year 589, and his cult was approved in 11...

English Historical Fiction Authors: Hangings and Gibbeting : By Donna Scott Death by hanging was used as a form of capital punishment in England as early as the fifth century. Other methods of executio...

 A call for unity and a call for holiness. The Holy Father puts forward a vision of the church which he calls an “inverted pyramid,” with the People of God, the base, above what is normally perceived to be the “apex.” The clergy, bishops, cardinals, and even His Holiness the “servant of servants of God,” himself are all located beneath the People, playing the role of undergirding systems of support for the wider believing faithful, not franchise branch managers, or guardians and dispensers of oligarchical stockpiles of grace. The ministers (from “minus” meaning “less”) do not “lord their power” over the rest of the People, but rather serve them effectively and tirelessly. This is the mark of a truly synodal church, which can both teach and listen.) For I tell you, that unless your justice abound more than that of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Matt 5 20 Douay-Rheims Bible also USCB bible

 “Babel-ing”: bane and blessing by Alicia Burger, Commissioner – Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. And as they migrated from the east, they came upon a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there…. Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves; otherwise we shall be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.” Genesis 11:1-4 Consider Babel: motives, not construction, were the main issue! Was it mainly pride that got in the way of the people? Understanding the event of “Babel” has less to do with knowing what they built than with unveiling their motives—why they built it. Fear was the principal reason: fear of being scattered across the earth; fear of being separated and made to be “different” from one another, forced out of their shared cultural and linguistic commonality. The tower of Babel represents man’s effort to go against God’s purpose and to preserve a unifi...

 LITANY OF INTERCESSION FOR THE CONVERSION OF THE ENGLISH SPEAKING PEOPLE Remember not, O Lord, our Offences, nor those of our Parents; neither take thou Vengeance of our Sins. Lord, have Mercy on us. Christ, have Mercy on us. Lord, have Mercy on us. Jesus, receive our Prayers. Lord Jesus, grant our Petitions, O God the Father, Creator of the World, Have Mercy on the English speaking people. O God the Son, Redeemer of the World, Have Mercy on this land. O God the Holy Ghost, Protector of the World, Have Mercy on .this land. O Sacred Trinity, three Persons and one God, Have Mercy on this land. Holy Mary, Mother of God, Pray for the English speaking people. (repeat) Holy Mary, Queen of Angels, whose powerful Intercession destroys Heresies, Pray for the English speaking people. Holy Mary, Virgin of Virgins, whose eminent Sanctity our Lord hath honoured with so many Miracles,Pray for the English speaking people St. Michael, Prince of the Church, Pray for the English speaking people. St...