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!

INTERNATIONAL BUY A PRIEST A BEER DAY

O most esteemed, charitable and generous Reader!

Today is "International Buy a Priest a Beer Day". Much salutary information may be found on the website of "The Catholic Gentleman" HERE.

As this is rather short notice, and this Feast is of an hospitaller rather than purely doctrinal nature, the Grand Priory of England of the Order of Malta feels itself entitled to establish an Octave, applicable to the entire English-speaking world within the Order, its Members, Companions and Associates.

We are deeply indebted for this liturgical intelligence to a Companion of Malta who may one day be a beneficiary of this Feast.

Go out and do your hospitaller duty!

Please note the photograph is from some time ago, from when some of us were, indeed, very young, and modern priests may nowadays quite properly, as may girls, be offered pints.

St Hopswald of Aleyard, opn!

UPDATE - A kindly Knight has volunteered the following photograph - pour encourager les autres.  And enlarge to see what he is drinking!



Posted on Sunday, September 20, 2020
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