Please keep me in your prayers today as I head up to Oxford to begin my postgraduate studies. I am really excited about the move but a little nervous at the same time.
Be assured of my prayers for all my readers.
Benedicite.
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Thank you with all my heart - for keeping all of us in your prayers.
I continue to keep you lifted, as well, And - i continue to read about your adventures -
love & love,
-g-
Praying and wishing you well, CWA!
Lucky you! How fortunate you are to be able to study in such a beautiful place.
With prayers and all good wishes.
Prayers offered for your intentions, and will be offered again!
Enjoy the city of dreaming spires!
Just came across your blog and thought I would say hello it's nice to see another young Catholic blogger out there.
Oxford is such a wonderful place!! The Oxford Oratory is a great church to worship in. Father Daniel is a splendid priest. Enjoy.
Great to see your nice and very informative blog. Rest assured of our prayers with you my brother in faith.
I'm confused by much of this. Oxford was the centre of the Oxford Movement, a movement to invigorate the catholic element of the Church. Initiated by Keble in 1833 it was intended to revive some formality/ceremonial aspects which had been allowed to lapse over the 3-odd centuries since the reforming of the Church. During the course of that movement some of the dramatis personae involved, viz. Manning, Newman, Faber et al moved to another branch of the catholic church, the Roman one, and the impression I get is that that is the one you are focussing on. The catholic church consists of three main branches: Anglican, Orthodox & Roman. I came to know of your site via a Youtube posting of Let all Mortal Flesh keep Silence to an arrangement of Picardy. I would point out that that is very much representative of the Anglican branch. Catholic means universal and it would be helpful for people like me if your blog could give at least the impression of being more inclusive.
Anonymous:
I do not know where you get this idea that the Anglicans, Orthodox and Romans are three branches of the catholic Church. I think the term Roman is erroneous and prefer to use the term Latin. The Catholic Church and the Orthodox Churches are true particular churches with valid orders but neither accept the validity of orders in the Anglican Communion.
I question your questioning of my inclusivity with regard to the term Catholic. I have throughout this blog always treated the Orthodox Churches a true churches and have also spoken fondly of the Jewish people with whom I have some involvement by way of Jewish-Catholic dialogue.
Non-(Roman) Catholics will use the term C/catholic in different ways but you ought to appreciate that I am a (Latin) Catholic in communion with the Bishop of Rome and thus use the term Catholic as used by those churches in communion with him.
God bless.
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