As Cardinal Mercier said : "When prudence is everywhere, courage is nowhere."                                                                                  From Cardinal Sarah : "In order to avoid hearing God's music, we have chosen to use all the devices of this world. But heaven's instruments will not stop playing just because some people are deaf."                                                                                              Saint John-Paul II wrote: "The fact that one can die for the faith shows that other demands of the faith can also be met."                                                 Cardinal Müller says, “For the real danger to today’s humanity is the greenhouse gases of sin and the global warming of unbelief and the decay of morality when no one knows and teaches the difference between good and evil.”                                                  St Catherine of Siena said, “We've had enough exhortations to be silent. Cry out with a thousand tongues - I see the world is rotten because of silence.”                                                  Chesterton said, “The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried.”                                                Brethren, Wake up!

REQUIEM MASS FOR THE GRAND PRIOR

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Our chaplain, Fr David Irwin, celebrated a Requiem Mass for the month's mind of the late Grand Prior on Thursday evening in the Lady Chapel at Spanish Place, attended by members of the Order and Companions, especially those who had been unable to attend the funeral.  The Chancellor, H E Fra' Duncan Gallie, was in attendance.  The music of the Mass was sung by a schola of Companions of the Order (to one of whom we are indebted for the photograph above) which was led by Count de Evora, the former honorary Master of the Music to the Grand Priory.

Following the Mass there was an opportunity to venerate the relic of Blessed Adrian Fortescue, whose feast fell the next day; a tertiary relic from the Book of Hours of our Patron currently in the care of the Grand Master.  As with so many Reformation martyrs, there are no primary relics of Blessed Adrian.

A reception was then held in the Rectory dining-room, by kind permission of the Rector, Fr Christopher Colven.

Requiem aeternam dona ei Domine, et lux perpetua luceat ei.
Requiescat in pace.

Beate Hadriane Fortescue, ora pro eo.

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Posted on Friday, July 08, 2011
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