Our Fathers chained in prisons dark,
Were still in heart and conscience free.
http://mulier-fortis.blogspot.com/2008/07/bishops-contemplate-bit-of-blogger.html
May they carry on in spite of dungeon, fire and sword!
( Before anyone gets upset, this post is by way of a little mild humour and is in no way intended to cast any nasturtiums on the Catholic Bishops of England and Wales.)
(BTW most new hymnals seem to omit the verse I quoted above, I wonder why?)
4 comments:
Apparently, Hound, 'they' think we aren't up for the bit about:
'How sweet would be their children's fate,
if they, like them, could die for thee.'
What I find equally annoying is the alteration of the next verse:
'Faith of our Fathers, Mary's prayers
shall win our country back to thee;
and through the truth that comes from God
England shall then indeed be free.'
Modern hymnals substitute 'our land' for 'England', presumably because a reminder of the sacrifice of the English martyrs is too in-yer-face for our ecumenical times.
Ummm... why would you want to smother their Lordships in flowers?
;-)
I was only playing around with the phrase "casting aspertions", I did not want anyone to think I was equating their good Lordships with the creatures being battled by the saints in the two paintings.
Pattif:
or else they simply want to sell their hymnal in Scotland, Ireland and elsewhere.
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