During Advent I am going to be posting daily #GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory
Day 1: "Christians are like secular humanists in hoping for perfect human fulfillment"
Day 1: "Christians are like secular humanists in hoping for perfect human fulfillment"
During Advent I am going to be posting a photo a day, taken in my parishes, which reminds me of the presence of God in our midst. #GlimpsesOfGlory
Day 1: Christus Rex above the altar at St Peter's. "Lift up your heads and see your redemption is near at hand."
Day 1: Christus Rex above the altar at St Peter's. "Lift up your heads and see your redemption is near at hand."
December 1, 2024 at 4:14 PM
During Advent I am going to be posting daily #GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory
Day 1: "Christians are like secular humanists in hoping for perfect human fulfillment"
Day 1: "Christians are like secular humanists in hoping for perfect human fulfillment"
Day 4: "Hope's assurance is to be realised, made real, through works of love & service"
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory
The stunning new rose window in Notre Dame Cathedral is revealed.
December 4, 2024 at 2:34 PM
Day 4: "Hope's assurance is to be realised, made real, through works of love & service"
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory
Day 2: "Christian hope is the intention of the Kingdom as one's end"
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December 2, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Day 2: "Christian hope is the intention of the Kingdom as one's end"
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Day 3: "In & of themselves, human acts could not realise the Kingdom, but hope counts on God for the fruitfulness of the actions it motivates...Still, there is a place for acts of hope."
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory
A lethal new outbreak is quietly making its way across the world.
At first, it’s invisible, like a seed in the dark.
But soon, it grows uncontrollably, spreading silently until it’s everywhere.
People fall ill, with no escape. Hope fades as the world goes quiet.
#H5N1
At first, it’s invisible, like a seed in the dark.
But soon, it grows uncontrollably, spreading silently until it’s everywhere.
People fall ill, with no escape. Hope fades as the world goes quiet.
#H5N1
December 3, 2024 at 1:57 PM
Day 3: "In & of themselves, human acts could not realise the Kingdom, but hope counts on God for the fruitfulness of the actions it motivates...Still, there is a place for acts of hope."
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory
Christmas Blessings, especially to #CV #CRPS #MEcfs & #LongCovid folks, & anyone else who is ill or alone.
"Love requires those with greater power to use it, not for domination, but to serve others more effectively"
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory #Love #JoinIn
What's your favourite Christmas Carol?
"Love requires those with greater power to use it, not for domination, but to serve others more effectively"
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory #Love #JoinIn
What's your favourite Christmas Carol?
Libera - O Holy Night
YouTube video by Libera Official
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December 25, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Christmas Blessings, especially to #CV #CRPS #MEcfs & #LongCovid folks, & anyone else who is ill or alone.
"Love requires those with greater power to use it, not for domination, but to serve others more effectively"
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory #Love #JoinIn
What's your favourite Christmas Carol?
"Love requires those with greater power to use it, not for domination, but to serve others more effectively"
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory #Love #JoinIn
What's your favourite Christmas Carol?
Day 11: "Among the bad reasons for believing are social conformity for the sake of temporal advantages & prospect of hell as arbitrary punishment [1] exposes faith to shifting social pressures [2] breeds legalistic minimalism in the docile & rebellion in the spirited"
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory
True Colors - Camden Voices (self-isolation/virtual choir cover)
YouTube video by Camden Voices
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December 11, 2024 at 11:35 AM
Day 11: "Among the bad reasons for believing are social conformity for the sake of temporal advantages & prospect of hell as arbitrary punishment [1] exposes faith to shifting social pressures [2] breeds legalistic minimalism in the docile & rebellion in the spirited"
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory
Day 5: "Motivated by their faith & hope, Christians apply themselves to promoting a more just society: they fight hunger, deprivation & disease; they are concerned about what happens to migrants, prisoners & outcasts"
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory
Long Covid more than twice as likely for people from deprived areas
Major study led by Oxford University puts a figure on the degree of long Covid inequality experienced by the most and least deprived members of the UK population
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December 5, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Day 5: "Motivated by their faith & hope, Christians apply themselves to promoting a more just society: they fight hunger, deprivation & disease; they are concerned about what happens to migrants, prisoners & outcasts"
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory
Day 24: "Christians should pray earnestly & persistently for peace, & should perfect their prayers with penitential works, especially works of mercy, which directly contribute in some small way to reconciliation & peace"
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory #Advent #Peace
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory #Advent #Peace
Prince of Peace (Official Music Video) | Celtic Worship
YouTube video by Celtic Worship
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December 24, 2024 at 11:37 AM
Day 24: "Christians should pray earnestly & persistently for peace, & should perfect their prayers with penitential works, especially works of mercy, which directly contribute in some small way to reconciliation & peace"
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory #Advent #Peace
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory #Advent #Peace
Day 23: "Peace is the communion that should be realised within any community of persons, ultimately among all humankind, & of humankind itself with God. The obstacles to this communion are already existing evil & continuing injustice."
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory #Advent #Peace
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory #Advent #Peace
Dona nobis pacem - Stand with Ukraine! (Six de Chœur)
YouTube video by Six de Chœur
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December 23, 2024 at 11:23 AM
Day 23: "Peace is the communion that should be realised within any community of persons, ultimately among all humankind, & of humankind itself with God. The obstacles to this communion are already existing evil & continuing injustice."
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory #Advent #Peace
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory #Advent #Peace
Day 22: "As long as this world remains sinful, peace will be imperfect & fragile...Peace is not the mere absence of conflict, it is the tranquillity of order...it requires the prior good of order, justice, the harmony of things."
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory #Advent #Peace
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory #Advent #Peace
Libera - Happy Xmas (War Is Over): John Lennon Cover
YouTube video by Libera Official
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December 22, 2024 at 4:54 PM
Day 22: "As long as this world remains sinful, peace will be imperfect & fragile...Peace is not the mere absence of conflict, it is the tranquillity of order...it requires the prior good of order, justice, the harmony of things."
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory #Advent #Peace
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory #Advent #Peace
Day 20: "Affectionate feelings towards human friends are appropriate & so are feelings of love & joy toward God. But feelings are not directly within one's power...one cannot help experiencing feelings of anger & even hatred. Love is in what one wills, chooses & does"
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory
'Empty Chairs At Empty Tables' from 'Les Miserables' (Cormac Thompson Cover) Charity single
YouTube video by Cormac Thompson
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December 20, 2024 at 1:42 PM
Day 20: "Affectionate feelings towards human friends are appropriate & so are feelings of love & joy toward God. But feelings are not directly within one's power...one cannot help experiencing feelings of anger & even hatred. Love is in what one wills, chooses & does"
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory
Day 19: "The experience of preparing for and receiving communion will increase hope and joy for anyone who pays attention to what he or she is doing. Happy are those who are called to his supper."
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory #Advent #Joy
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory #Advent #Joy
Enya - O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Lyric Video)
YouTube video by enyatv
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December 19, 2024 at 10:57 AM
Day 19: "The experience of preparing for and receiving communion will increase hope and joy for anyone who pays attention to what he or she is doing. Happy are those who are called to his supper."
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory #Advent #Joy
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory #Advent #Joy
Day 18: "Beginning with the Lord's prayer, the Communion rite goes on to ask God to protect us from all anxiety, as we wait in joyful hope for the coming of our saviour & to grant us the peace & unity of the Kingdom"
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpseOfGlory #Advent #Joy
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpseOfGlory #Advent #Joy
Gustavo Dudamel - Notre-Dame de Paris Reopening - Hallelujah (Vianney)
YouTube video by Gustavo Dudamel
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December 18, 2024 at 10:51 AM
Day 18: "Beginning with the Lord's prayer, the Communion rite goes on to ask God to protect us from all anxiety, as we wait in joyful hope for the coming of our saviour & to grant us the peace & unity of the Kingdom"
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpseOfGlory #Advent #Joy
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpseOfGlory #Advent #Joy
Day 17: "Only individuals believe & hope in God, & love him & one another. But we complete one another in various forms of society & are fulfilled by work & culture. Indeed we cannot live without the natural world, in which humankind dwells as in a womb"
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory
FOR THE BEAUTY OF THE EARTH (John Rutter) by SJPS Chamber Choir & Christmas Concert Choir
YouTube video by Benedict JC LO
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December 17, 2024 at 2:04 PM
Day 17: "Only individuals believe & hope in God, & love him & one another. But we complete one another in various forms of society & are fulfilled by work & culture. Indeed we cannot live without the natural world, in which humankind dwells as in a womb"
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory
Day 16: "Hope must be nurtured until its liveliness bears fruit in an anticipation of heavenly fulfillment enabling one to rejoice amidst suffering."
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory
Enya - How Can I Keep From Singing? (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by enyatv
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December 16, 2024 at 2:26 PM
Day 16: "Hope must be nurtured until its liveliness bears fruit in an anticipation of heavenly fulfillment enabling one to rejoice amidst suffering."
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory
Day 15: "Christians whose hope is lively rejoice during this life. Jesus not only promises heavenly joy to those who suffer the consequences of following him, but calls for its anticipation"
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory #Advent
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory #Advent
Gaudete (1581) Anonymous Bremerton WestSound Symphony and Chorale
YouTube video by Almanraeder
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December 15, 2024 at 10:29 AM
Day 15: "Christians whose hope is lively rejoice during this life. Jesus not only promises heavenly joy to those who suffer the consequences of following him, but calls for its anticipation"
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory #Advent
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory #Advent
Day 13: "The divine gift which ensures the gospel's integrity...is not the Bible. Revelation is personal communication, fully realised in being received & remembered, appropriated & lived. It cannot exist apart from the faith of believers."
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory
Bethel music- Goodness of God -Tembalami Live lockdown sessions
YouTube video by Tembalami
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December 13, 2024 at 12:04 PM
Day 13: "The divine gift which ensures the gospel's integrity...is not the Bible. Revelation is personal communication, fully realised in being received & remembered, appropriated & lived. It cannot exist apart from the faith of believers."
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory
Day 12: "Misunderstandings can make it seem that faith is at odds with some other genuine human good - honesty, say, or concern for justice."
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory #advent
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory #advent
Julie Fuchs: LAUDATE DOMINUM at the Reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris
YouTube video by Julie Fuchs
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December 12, 2024 at 7:41 AM
Day 12: "Misunderstandings can make it seem that faith is at odds with some other genuine human good - honesty, say, or concern for justice."
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory #advent
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory #advent
Day 10: "Faith requires Christians to undertake a new way of life, based on love - which fulfills all the commandments...not merely an option for moral goodness, but a personal commitment to God in Jesus, with whom one is joined by membership in his body, the Church."
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory
Suhler Knabenchor singt "Ubi Caritas" im Lockdown
YouTube video by Suhler Knabenchor
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December 10, 2024 at 1:23 PM
Day 10: "Faith requires Christians to undertake a new way of life, based on love - which fulfills all the commandments...not merely an option for moral goodness, but a personal commitment to God in Jesus, with whom one is joined by membership in his body, the Church."
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory
Day 9: "The act of faith is a Christian's fundamental option. Abraham, the model of faith, listens to God, accepts his promises & risks everything to act on them."
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory
The God of Abraham Praise
YouTube video by Hymn of the Week Virtual Choir
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December 9, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Day 9: "The act of faith is a Christian's fundamental option. Abraham, the model of faith, listens to God, accepts his promises & risks everything to act on them."
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory
Day 8: "Faith is God's gift ... faith is the beginning of salvation, indeed it is the foundation and organising principle for the whole of Christian life. Faith provides the content for hope which motivates Christians"
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory
St Peter's College Choir - Wesley, Blessed be the God and Father
YouTube video by St Peter's College, University of Oxford
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December 8, 2024 at 4:49 PM
Day 8: "Faith is God's gift ... faith is the beginning of salvation, indeed it is the foundation and organising principle for the whole of Christian life. Faith provides the content for hope which motivates Christians"
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory
Day 6: "Exactly what, then, is hope? It is the volition (willing) of the ultimate end (goal), the Kingdom & sharing in it, which underlies & motivates the choices shaping Christian life."
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory #adventcalendar
Happy St Nicholas Day 🎅
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory #adventcalendar
Happy St Nicholas Day 🎅
Saint Nicolas: VIII. His piety and marvellous works
YouTube video by Britten Sinfonia - Topic
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December 6, 2024 at 2:32 PM
Day 6: "Exactly what, then, is hope? It is the volition (willing) of the ultimate end (goal), the Kingdom & sharing in it, which underlies & motivates the choices shaping Christian life."
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory #adventcalendar
Happy St Nicholas Day 🎅
#GrisezQuotes #GlimpsesOfGlory #adventcalendar
Happy St Nicholas Day 🎅