One of the twelve
Bartholomew the Apostle
From
the village of Cana
On
the Sea of Galilee
Witness
of the ascension
Who spread the Gospels
Far
and wide
After
converting Polymius
The
King of Armenia
He
was put to death
By
the Kings brother
Martyred
on the cross
In
Albanopolis in Armenia
Feast
Day August 24th
Master of the universe
Great architect of nature
Builder of the galaxies
Every
facet and feature
Don’t
listen to our silence
Most
benevolent creator
And
think us unworthy
Don’t
condemn us like a traitor
We
are misguided only
That
is just our nature
We
will turn to you again
For
man is a fickle creature
God didn’t say
You must circumcise your children
God didn’t say
You can have ten wives
God didn’t say
You mustn’t use a condom
God didn’t say
You must pray five times a day
God didn’t say
My priests cant marry
God didn’t say
Woman must be covered at all times
God didn’t say
You cannot divorce
God didn’t say
Divorcees cannot remarry in church
God didn’t say
You must remove your shoes in my house
God didn’t say
You must kill the infidel
God didn’t say
There is only one church
God didn’t say
You must ritually wash your feet
Man said these things
These rules were made by men
Dorothy spinster of this parish
With
her sister, taught Sunday school
For
over fifty years
Both
good Methodists and good Christians
Their
lives dedicated to the church
To
ensure the future of their church
Dorothy
left a large bequest to the church
The
church sought to honor a good woman
And
dedicated in her name
A
room within the church
For
ever to be named after her
Could Jesus have been Italian?
Maybe, as he reputedly
used olive oil
He did have wine with all
His meals
And he
did talk with His hands after all
One of the twelve
Thaddeus
the apostle
Also
known as Jude
Witness
of the ascension
Who
then spread the Gospels
Far
and wide
Was
Martyred in Beirut
In
the Roman province of Syria
Feast
Day June 19th
“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.
