A Distant Prospect – ISBN 9780987435101

Prayers

Easter Triduum is a good time to seek out God’s will for us: “Oh, to get inside that tabernacle! From my place in the dark body of the chapel I wanted to stretch forward like the branches of a tree in a dark forest struggled towards the light. I wanted […]

Oh, to get inside that tabernacle!

April 19, 2014 in Prayers / Suffering by francis

Lucy and her father speak Irish quite a bit in A Distant Prospect, requiring Annette to study the language in order to write it. Some of the funniest moments in the book see Lucy blurt out something in Irish in mixed company. Here’s an Irish grace before meals: Beannaigh sinne, […]

Beannaigh sinne, a Dhia

November 25, 2012 in Irish / Prayers by francis

Sub tuum Presidium papyrus 250-280 AD — Since many modern readers will be unfamiliar with them, we hope you will find it useful to have several posts and links about this and other prayers and expressions in the book. The Sub tuum praesidium may be the oldest Christian prayer dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, with this Greek […]

Sub tuum praesidium

November 24, 2012 in Prayers by francis