HOLY WEEK

 

Holy Week

Is the last week of Lent

Which precedes Easter

Starting on Lazarus Saturday

It includes Palm Sunday

Maundy Thursday

And Good Friday

And ends on Holy Saturday

LAZARUS SATURDAY

 

Lazarus Saturday

Is the day preceding

Palm Sunday

Which celebrates the raising

Of Lazarus of Bethany

A day of joy and triumph

Which begins Holy Week

AS A BOY I ASKED GOD FOR A BIKE ONE DAY

As a boy I asked God for a bike one day,

But I knew God didn’t work that way

So I decided to steal a bike and then

I asked God for forgiveness instead

NO MORE THAN YOU CAN HANDLE

There is a famous quote about God 

Not giving you more than you can handle 

Well there are times that I just wish

He didn't have quite so much faith in me

LET GOD IN

 

Let God within your heart

Fill the void of darkness

Fill it with love and joy

Let his love envelope your being

Let him bring light

Where darkness once dwelt

Let him bring love

Where hate once ruled

Let him bring happiness

Where sadness held dominion

THE FOURTEEN HOLY HELPERS - VITUS

 

The Fourteen Holy Helpers are a group of saints venerated together in Roman Catholicism because their intercession was believed to be particularly effective against various diseases.

This group of "helpers in need" originated in 14th century Rhineland, due largely as a result of the epidemic that grew to become the Black Death, but their veneration spread almost as quickly as the plague.

 

Saint Vitus was a Christian saint from Sicily who died as a martyr during the persecution of Christians by co-ruling Roman Emperors Diocletian and Maximian in 303.

In the Middle Ages, people by dancing before his statue and became known as "Saint Vitus Dance" which was later given to a neurological disorder.

Saint Vitus is the patron saint of actors, comedians, dancers, and epileptics. He is also said to protect against lightning strikes, animal attacks and oversleeping, and is the patron saint of a number of towns and cities

Saint Vitus's Day is celebrated on June 15th.

ALL-TIME CLASSIC MOVIE FAVOURITES – THE INN OF THE SIXTH HAPPINESS (1958)

 

“The Inn Of Sixth Happiness” is based on the novel by Alan Burgess and directed by Mark Robson, and is a film essentially about faith, but more importantly it’s about having faith and putting that faith to a practical use that will help others.

All her life Englishwoman Gladys Aylward (Ingrid Bergman) knew that China was the place where she belonged, and that God wanted her to be there.

Gladys was a domestic servant and was bluntly told that she was not qualified to be sent there as a missionary, so she worked hard to earn the money to send herself to a poor, remote village where elderly Missionary Jeannie Lawson (Athene Seyler) was turning the Mission  into an Inn.

Gladys slowly adapts to life at the Mission but when Lawson dies after a fall, Gladys finds herself in charge with only the Missions’ servant, Yang (Peter Chong), to support her.

Over time she makes a success of the Inn and even gains the confidence of the Mandarin of Yang Cheng (Robert Donat), the common people and even a representative of the Government, Capt. Lin Nan (Curt Jurgens), but when the Japanese invade China, she and local man Li  (Burt Kwouk) set off to escort 100 orphaned children to safety.

Richard Wattis, Ronald Squire and Moultrie Kelsall also feature in this thoroughly enjoyable film which everyone can enjoy.