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Jesus our Life – part one

Michael McFarland Campbell

O Jesus, life of my soul, make me rise each day to a new life of charity and fervor. In the Mass of today [Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost] there is a dominant thought, so often repeated in the liturgy and so clear to our hearts: Jesus is our life. Whatever goo there is in us is the fruit of his grace, by which we we remain steadfast in good (Collect) and live in the Spirit (Ep); by His Grace we rise from sin (Gosp), and eating His flesh, we nourish His life within us (Communion). Without Jesus we would abide … Continue reading Jesus our Life – part one

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Christian bookshop lumps AIDS with Death and Suicide

Michael McFarland Campbell

AIDS / DEATH / SUICIDE

Back in March I was pleased that the Faith Mission Shop in Queen Street, Belfast had removed Chick Tracts from sale given the homophobic views expressed in them. Yesterday I was disappointed with Faith Mission.

After my blog post in March I had gone in to see this for myself. Whilst there I asked if there were any books on living with HIV – as there were many on living with cancer. I was pointed to a small section marked ‘ethics’. At this point I saw three words next to each other on a shelf which was immediately below the shelf marked ‘Homosexuality‘. Continue reading “Christian bookshop lumps AIDS with Death and Suicide”

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Four prayers to St Philip: prayer 2 – Bl. John Henry Newman

Michael McFarland Campbell

O my dear and holy Patron, Philip, I put myself into thy hands, and for the love of Jesus, for that love’s sake, which chose thee and made thee a saint, I implore thee to pray for me, that, as He has brought thee to heaven, so in due time He may take me to heaven also. And I ask of thee especially to gain for me to a true devotion such as thou hadst to the Holy Ghost, the Third Person in the Ever-blessed Trinity; that, as He at Pentecost so miraculously filled thy heart with his grace, I … Continue reading Four prayers to St Philip: prayer 2 – Bl. John Henry Newman

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Invocation to St Philip Neri, Confessor

Michael McFarland Campbell

Lowly Saint Philip, make intercession to the immaculate Virgin Mother of God. Húmilis sancte Philíppe, deprecáre immaculátumVírginem ac Dei Genitrícem pro me. from “The Raccolta“ An indulgence of 100 days. A plenary indulgence on the usual conditions, if this invocation is repeated every day for a month. (S. P. Ap., April 7, 1921). (Whilst the laws on Indulgences have been reformed by the Holy See, this is the original indulgence as published in “The Raccolta” thus showing the worth that was placed upon these practices. We may hope that the indulgences be kept.) Continue reading Invocation to St Philip Neri, Confessor

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