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19.01.2022 Our Lady of Sorrows On 15 September we celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows. On 8 September we celebrated the Nativity of Our Lady, and on 14 September we celebrate the Triumph of the Cross. Each of these feast days is related, as Catholic belief is a unity. Mary's presence at the crucifixion of her Son confirms the prophecy of Simeon in the Temple "and a sword shall pierce your heart". Our Lady of Sorrows is highlighted in the medieval poem, the Stabat Mater:... At the Cross her station keeping, stood the mournful Mother weeping, close to Jesus to the last; Through her heart, His sorrow sharing, all His bitter anguish bearing, now at length the sword has passed. Oh how sad and sore distressed was that Mother, highly blest, of the sole-begotten One! Christ above in torment hangs, she beneath beholds the pangs of her dying glorious Son. Is there one who would not weep, whelmed in miseries so deep, Christ's dear Mother to behold? Can the human heart refrain from partaking in her pain, in that Mother's pain untold? Bruised, derided, cursed, defiled, She be beheld her tender Child, All with bloody scurges sent For the sins of His own nation, Saw Him hang in desolation, Till His spirit forth He sent. O you Mother! fount of love! Touch my spirit from above, make my heart with yours accord: Make me feel as you have felt; make my soul to glow and melt with the love of Christ my Lord. Holy Mother, pierce me through, in my heart each wound renew of my Saviour crucified. Let me share with you His pain, who for all our sins was slain, who for me in torments died. Let me mingle tears with you, mourning Him who mourned for me, all the days that I may live: By the Cross with you to stay, there with you to weep and pray, is all I ask of you to give. Virgin of all virgins blest, Listen to my fond request: let me share your grief divine; Let me, to my latest breath, in my body bear the death of that dying Son of yours. Wounded with His every wound, steep my soul till it has swooned, in His very Blood away; Be to me, O Virgin, nigh, lest in flames I burn and die, in His awful Judgment Day. Christ, when you call me hence, be your Mother my defence, be your Cross my victory; While my body here decays, may my soul your goodness praise, Safe in Paradise with You. The Stabat Mater was written in the 13th century by the Franciscan Friar, Jacopone De Todi (1230-1306) or by Pope Innocent III. The title comes from the first line Stabat Mater Dolorosa. There are more than 60 English translations. The Stabat Mater has been set to music by many composers for instance, Palestrina, Verdi, Rossini, Schubert, Dvorak. The Stabat Mater is an illustration of the close connection between western culture and the Blessed Virgin Mary.

15.01.2022 FEAST OF ST THOMAS MORE Monday, 22 June 2020, is the Feast of St Thomas More. Given the coronavirus we bring you on the link below - Mass celebrated by the Society’s Chaplain, Fr Peter Joseph, with the assistance of the Friars of St Francis, Dundas Valley. Not insignificantly, St Thomas More is thought to have been a member of the Third Order of St Francis. The choir is the Capella Sublima directed by Richard Perrignon, Master of Sacred Music St John's College, within the ...Continue reading

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