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royalty-nobility · 5 days ago
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George, 5th Lord Seton (About 1531 - 1585) and his Family
Artist: Frans Pourbus the Elder (Netherlandish, 1545-1581)
Date: 1572
Medium: Oil on panel
Collection: National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
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George Seton is shown here surrounded by his four sons and his daughter. He was a Catholic and a loyal supporter of Mary Queen of Scots, whom he helped to escape from Holyrood Palace after the murder of David Rizzio. Seton was also involved in Mary’s flight from Lochleven Castle, where she had been imprisoned. Following Mary’s escape, Seton acted as her ambassador to the Duke of Alva in the Spanish Netherlands, and it was during this posting in 1572 that this portrait was painted. The figures each have their initials and age inscribed beside them, although it is not certain if these were added by Pourbus or by another hand at a later date.
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incomingalbatross · 1 year ago
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Traditional feast days within the Twelve Days of Christmas:
December 25: Christmas Day, the Nativity!
December 26: St. Stephen the first martyr
December 27: St. John the Evangelist
December 28: The Holy Innocents, murdered by Herod
December 29: St. Thomas a Becket and David
December 30: The Feast of the Holy Family (traditionally celebrated on the Sunday within the Octave, but on this day if there is no such Sunday)
December 31: St. Sylvester I, pope during the reign of Constantine and the Council of Nicaea
January 1: Octave-Day of the Nativity, traditionally the Feast of the Circumcision (and now of Mary, Mother of God)
January 2: Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus
January 3: Traditionally no particular saint (that I can find)
January 4: Traditionally no particular saint (now St. Elizabeth Ann Seton)
January 5: St. Telesphorus (second-century pope and martyr) and St. Edward the Confessor (King of England 1042-1066)
January 6: Epiphany! Feast of the Coming of the Magi, the Baptism of Our Lord, and the Wedding at Cana
(An eagle-eyed observer may note that there are thirteen days on this list. Opinions differ slightly as to whether the Twelve Days begin on the 26th or end on the 5th, but I don't think it matters terribly.)
(Also I probably missed some feast days.)
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catie-does-things · 3 months ago
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Litany of American Saints
(Updated 2024)
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.
Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, hear us.
God, the Father of heaven, have mercy on us. God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us. God the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us. Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us.
Our Lady of Guadalupe, pray for us.
Saint Isaac Jogues, pray for us. Saint René Goupil, pray for us. Saint Jean de Lalande, pray for us. All you holy North American Martyrs, pray for us.
Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, pray for us. Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, pray for us. Saint John Neumann, pray for us. Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne, pray for us. Saint Katharine Drexel, pray for us. Saint Mother Théodore Guérin, pray for us. Saint Damien de Veuster of Molokai, pray for us. Saint Marianne Cope of Molokai, pray for us. Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, pray for us. Saint Junípero Serra, pray for us.
Blessed Eduardo Farre, pray for us. Blessed Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, pray for us. Blessed Diego Luis de San Vitores, pray for us. Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, pray for us. Blessed Lucas Tristany, pray for us. Blessed Carlos Manuel Rodriguez Santiago, pray for us. Blessed Michael McGivney, pray for us. Blessed Sister Miriam Teresa, pray for us. Blessed Stanley Rother, pray for us. Blessed Solanus Casey, pray for us. Blessed Leo William Miller, pray for us.
Venerable Antonio of Jesus, pray for us. Venerable Nelson Baker, pray for us. Venerable Frederic Baraga, pray for us. Venerable Cornelia Connelly, pray for us. Venerable Henriette DeLille, pray for us. Venerable Teresa Demjanovich, pray for us. Venerable Maria Kaupas, pray for us. Venerable Mary Theresa Dudzik, pray for us. Venerable Samuel Charles Mazzuchelli, pray for us. Venerable Mary Angeline Teresa McCrory, pray for us. Venerable Fulton J. Sheen, pray for us. Venerable Pierre Toussaint, pray for us. Venerable Félix Varela, pray for us. Venerable Augustus Tolton, pray for us. Venerable Rafael Cordero Molina, pray for us. Venerable Aloysius Schwarz, pray for us. Venerable Alphonse Gallegos, pray for us. Venerable Patrick Peyton, pray for us. Venerable Norbert McAuliffe, pray for us. Venerable Eusebio Kino, pray for us. Venerable Mary Elizabeth Lange, pray for us. Venerable Rose Hawthorne, pray for us.
Lord, be merciful. Lord, save your people. From all evil, Lord, save your people. From all sin, Lord, save your people. From your wrath, Lord, save your people. From injustice, Lord, save your people. From oppression, Lord, save your people. From hatred and intolerance, Lord, save your people. From anger and ill-will, Lord, save your people. From violence and bloodshed, Lord, save your people. From indifference to suffering, Lord, save your people.  From all the snares of the devil, Lord, save your people. By the mystery of your holy Incarnation, Lord, save your people. By your Coming, Lord, save your people. By your Birth, Lord, save your people. By your Baptism and holy fasting, Lord, save your people. By your Cross and Passion, Lord, save your people. By your Death and Burial, Lord save your people. By your holy Resurrection, Lord, save your people. By your wonderful Ascension, Lord, save your people. By the coming of the Holy Spirit, Lord, save your people. On the day of judgment, Lord, save your people.
Be merciful to us sinners, Lord, hear our prayer. That you will spare us, Lord, hear our prayer. That you will pardon us, Lord, hear our prayer. That it may please you to bring us to true penance, Lord, hear our prayer. Guide and protect your Holy Church, Lord, hear our prayer. Preserve in holiness the Pope and all the clergy, Lord, hear our prayer. Humble the enemies of the Church, Lord, hear our prayer. Give peace and unity to the whole Christian people, Lord, hear our prayer. Guide all those who serve us in civil government, Lord, hear our prayer. Protect all those who serve in our armed forces, Lord, hear our prayer. Grant eternal rest to all those who have died in defense of liberty, Lord, hear our prayer. Give courage to those who stand for justice, Lord, hear our prayer. Strengthen and preserve us in your holy service, Lord, hear our prayer. Deliver our souls from eternal damnation, Lord, hear our prayer. Grant eternal rest to all the faithful departed, Lord, hear our prayer. That it may please you to hear and heed us, Jesus, Son of the Living God, Lord, hear our prayer.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord! Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Lord! Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
Christ, hear us. Lord Jesus, hear our prayer. Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us.
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. 
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scotianostra · 26 days ago
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On this day in 1707, 110 members of the then Scottish Parliament sold their souls and voted for the Union of the Scottish and English Parliaments.
The picture is Parliament Square, as it looked back then and , where the vote took place and meeting place of the Parliament from 1639–1707.
As Rabbie Burns later wrote......
Fareweel to a’ our Scottish fame,
Fareweel our ancient glory;
Fareweel ev'n to the Scottish name,
Sae fam’d in martial story.
Now Sark rins over Solway sands,
An’ Tweed rins to the ocean,
To mark where England’s province stands-
Such a parcel of rogues in a nation!
The following men are listed as being paid for their vote by the English, note, not all voted for the Union and some votes are unknown. The money in todays worth may be a wee bit out of date as this is from a post on my blog from 2012.
1 ~ Lord Anstruther, Sir William Anstruther was paid 300 pounds to vote “yes” on The Act of Union 1707. He voted yes. The 300 pounds received is today worth around 42,000 pounds.
2 ~ The Duke of Athol, James Murry was allegedly paid 1,000 pounds to vote yes for The Act of Union in 1707, but today’s listings show he voted “NO”.
3 ~ Earl of Balcarres – Cohn Lindsay is said to have been paid 500 pounds for his vote “yes” in 1707, vote on The Act of Union. This would be worth about 70,000 pounds in today’s money. He did vote yes.
4 ~ Lord Banff – George Ogilvy was paid to vote yes on The Act of the Union. He did vote yes.
5 ~ Mr. John Campbell was paid 200 pounds to vote yes. This amount today is worth about 30,000 pounds. He voted yes.
6 ~ Patrick Coultrain Provost of Wigton was paid 25 pounds. Roughly 4,000 pounds today to vote yes. Not sure of his vote.
7 ~ Lord Cesnock now Polwarth received 50 pounds, today this would be about 7,000 pounds. Not sure of his vote.
8 ~ The Earl of Cromarty – Sir George MacKenzie is said to have been paid 300 pounds for his “yes” vote on The Act of Union. He voted “yes”. The 300 pounds would be worth roughly 42,000 pounds today.
9 ~ Major Cunningham of Eckatt allegedly received 100 pounds, today worth around 14,000 pounds for his “yes” vote. Not sure of his vote, yes or no.
10 ~ The Earl of Dunmoor, William Murray is said to have been paid 200 pounds for his “yes” vote on The Act of Union. He did vote “yes”. 200 pounds today is worth about 28,000 pounds.
11 ~ The Earl of Eglington, Alexander Seton Montgomerie is reputed to have been paid 200 pounds for his “yes” vote. He did vote yes.
12 ~ The Lord Elibank, Alexander Murray is said to have been paid 50 pounds for his “yes” vote on The Act of Union. He did vote yes. To that 50 pounds would be worth about 7500 pounds.
13 ~ The Earl of Findlator, James Ogilvy was supposed to have been paid 100 pounds or about 14,000 pounds in today’s money to vote yes on The Act of Union. He voted yes.
14 ~ Lord Forbes, William Forbes is reputed to have been paid 50 pounds for his “yes” vote. He did vote yes.
15 ~ The Earl of Forfar, Archibald Douglas said to have been paid 100 pounds for his “yes” vote. He did vote yes.
16 ~ Lord Fraser, Charles Fraser said to have been paid 100 pounds for his “yes” vote on The Act of Union. He did vote yes. That 100 pounds would be worth about 14,000 pounds today.
17 ~ The Earl of Glencaird, William Cunningham is said to have been paid 100 pounds for his “yes” vote on The Act of Union, but it is shown he voted NO.
18 ~ Lord Preston Hall, reputedly paid 200 pounds for his “yes” vote to The Act of Union. Not sure of his vote, but the 200 pounds would be worth about 28,000 pounds today.
19 ~ The Earl of Kintore, Sir John Keith was allegedly paid 200 pounds for his “yes” vote on The Act of Union. He did vote yes.
20 ~ The Earl of Marchmont, Patrick Hume is said to have been paid 1,104 pounds for his “yes” vote. Today this would be around 154,000 pounds. He did vote yes to the union.
21 ~ Sir Kenneth Mackenzie, said to have been paid 100 pounds for his “yes” vote. He did vote yes for The Act of Union.
22 ~ The Duke of Montrose, James Graham, reputedly paid 200 pounds to vote yes on The Act of Union. He did vote yes.
23 ~ John Muir, Provost of Ayr, was to receive 100 pounds for his “yes” vote on The Act of Union. He did vote yes.
24 ~` Lord Ormiston, John Cockburn, reputedly paid 200 pounds for his “yes” vote. He did vote yes.
25 ~ The Duke of Roxburgh, John Ker was said to have been paid 500 pounds for his “yes” vote on The Act of Union. This would be worth around 70,000 pounds today. He did vote yes.
26 ~ The Earl of Seafield, James Ogilvy, said to have been paid 490 pounds for his “yes” vote. He voted yes.
27 ~ Sir William Sharp, reportedly paid 300 pounds for a “yes” vote on The Act of Union. This would be worth about 42,000 pounds today. Not sure how he voted, but a John Sharp of Hoddam voted NO.
28 ~ Mr. Stewart of Castle Stewart, this was William Stewart, was to be paid 300 pounds for his “yes” vote. He did vote yes to the union. The 300 pounds is worth about 42,000 pounds in today’s money.
29 ~ Marquis of Tweedale, John Hay, reputedly paid 1,000 pounds for his “yes” vote to the Union. He did vote yes to The Act of Union. The 1,000 pounds would be worth about 140,000 pounds today.
30 ~ Mr. Alexander Wedderburn was to receive 75 pounds for his “yes” votes. Not sure if he voted yes or no. 75 pounds today would be worth around 11,000 pounds.
31 ~ The Duke of Queensberry, James Douglas, reportedly was to receive 12, 325 pounds. This would be worth about 2,000,000 pounds today.
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gilliandersons · 2 months ago
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2024 in gifs ♡
post your favourite and most popular post from each month this year (it’s okay to skip months)
thank you @elssbethtascioni for tagging me 💗
JANUARY favorite + most popular: pretty woman MARCH favorite + most popular: kate hep as tracy lord APRIL favorite + most popular: kayabeth holding hands MAY favorite: elsbeth's rainbow sweater + kayabeth most popular: deborah & kathy vance JUNE favorite: martha & karen most popular: derry girls JULY favorite: the children's hour most popular: kate hep as linda seton AUGUST favorite + most popular: gena rowlands in opening night SEPTEMBER favorite + most popular: agatha harkness' hands!!! OCTOBER favorite: agathario + silver springs (and this one thank you jac schaeffer) most popular: agatha harkness brujapedia NOVEMBER favorite: agatha & nicky most popular: agathario & nicky tagging (no pressure): @mrgaretcarter @thislotuseater @joanbeauvoir @trueloveistreacherous @zoirohs @ngatwa
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history-of-fashion · 2 years ago
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1625 Adam de Colone - George Seton, 8th Lord Seton and 3rd Earl of Winton with his sons, George, Lord Seton and Alexander, 1st Viscount Kingston
(Scottish National Portrait Gallery)
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four2andnew · 4 months ago
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I need more info about A Rose in Winter, what is it about??
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I don't get to gush about A Rose in Winter enough - mostly because I'm even slower at putting out updates for it than I am at Ginny Weasley is a Slut - but that's beside the point.
This WIP is my baby. It's loosely based on the novel of the same name by Kathleen E Woodiwiss, an old 80s bodice-ripper romance novel, that frankly, started my love of the arranged/forced marriage trope.
The Original Novel -
Set in the 1790s, the heroine, Erienne, is quite literally auctioned off for marriage to pay off the debts of her alcoholic father and gambling-addict brother. She is awarded to the fearsome Lord Saxton, a wealthy lord who covers himself with a cloak & mask at all times to cover his horrid scaring from the fire that destroyed his family manor and the rest of his family. The story follows Erienne learning to overcome her fear of her new husband's appearance and learning (and falling in love with) the "man behind the mask." Throughout the story, Erienne is plagued by Christopher Seton, a man she finds exceedingly attractive but also exceedingly annoying, who she unfortunately must interact with on a regular basis, because as it turns out, Christopher is Lord Saxton's cousin. There's some political maneuvering, murder mysteries, and hidden identities along the way that just make this one of my favorite "old" books.
My Version -
Obviously, I've made some changes. I've split the difference in the timelines (1790s vs 1990s) and set mine in the 1890s. Ginny isn't auctioned off to pay for debts of terrible people, but rather a series of unfortunate events put the Weasley Family in a terrible financial position that kind of encourages Bill to put a call out for someone to come get this woman. Harry Potter is a titled lord returning to the country with his godfather, Sirius, and godbrother, Leo (our Christopher Seton in this case), after spending his childhood in the Americas, where Sirius took him after Voldemort offed James & Lily instead of going after Peter. Upon Harry's return, he pays the Weasley family a hefty bride-price for Ginny's hand, and the two marry without ever meeting each other. Instead of land/title grabs, the murder mysteries & political shenanigans will revolve around resurgent Death Eater activity.
I think I have it marked as 5 total chapters, but I can already tell you it's really gonna be more like 7. You can read the first two chapters here (must have an AO3 account to read).
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coochiequeens · 9 months ago
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An older article but worth sharing in light of an overrated white man who thinks his opinion means something because he's good at sports
By Kate Stringer March 25, 2018
March is National Women’s History Month. In recognition, The 74 is sharing stories of remarkable women who transformed U.S. education.
A self-described young, stuttering child, Joe Biden credits a group of women for building his confidence and giving him 12 years of education that would lead him to become vice president of the United States. “You have no idea of the impact that you have on others,” Biden told a group of Catholic nuns on a social justice tour of the United States in 2014.
Biden is just one of millions of Americans, many of them underprivileged, educated in Catholic schools, a system that would have been impossible if not for the generations of dedicated religious female educators. Working for very low wages, these women changed lives, moving large immigrant communities into the middle class and — though too often given short shrift by the male-dominated Catholic Church — opened doors to higher education for women.
“Teaching is a critical part of the sisters’ mission of education because we believe, in short, that education can save the world,” said Sister Teresa Maya, president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious. “It empowers people, it broadens horizons, it deepens values, it engages conversation between faith and culture.”
Catholic schooling in the U.S. dates back as far as the early 1600s, as priests and nuns arrived in the colonies and established schools, orphanages, and hospitals. John Carroll — elected the first U.S. bishop in 1789 — pushed for religious schools to educate American Catholic children living in a predominantly Protestant country. As priests and brothers began creating schools for boys, it was left to the nuns to teach girls.
Elizabeth Ann Seton, recognized in the Catholic Church as the first native-born U.S. saint, started the Sisters of Charity, an order that opened separate parochial schools for families of poor and wealthy girls, in the early 1800s. Some consider these the first Catholic parochial schools in the U.S.
By the middle of the century, Catholics from Ireland, Italy, and Poland began immigrating to the United States and swelling the ranks of local churches, and in the early 1900s, bishops called for every parish to educate its children — a response to widespread anti-Catholic sentiment, a need to help Americanize the new arrivals, and a desire for an alternative to public schools where children prayed the Protestant version of the Lord’s Prayer and read the King James version of the Bible.
Most of this work was carried out by the nuns, who took vows of poverty and could teach children for very low wages.
“Without the nuns, you could not have had the parochial school system that this country has had,” said Maggie McGuinness, professor of religion at La Salle University.
Catholic schools were also invaluable in alleviating overcrowded public schools as populations surged in major cities, and giving immigrants a boost up the economic ladder, said Ann Marie Ryan, associate professor of education at Loyola University Chicago.
“(The nuns) moved entire groups of people into the middle class, which is a substantial feat in and of itself,” she said.
Still, anti-Catholic sentiment proved pervasive. As Catholic groups tried to obtain public funding for their schools in the late 1800s, states began passing Blaine amendments, which restricted state legislatures from using funds for religious schools. Today, 37 states have these laws.
Oregon even instituted a law, backed by the Ku Klux Klan, that prohibited students from attending Catholic school. The U.S. Supreme Court struck this down in Pierce vs. The Society of Sisters in 1925.
As the sisters fought for their students’ rights to be educated in Catholic schools, they also found themselves fighting against the church patriarchy for their own pursuit of higher education. As Ryan wrote, “The Catholic Church’s hierarchy in the USA was worried about the movement toward increased independence for women in this era.” To fill a need for higher education among Catholic-educated girls, more nuns began seeking Ph.D.s so they could lead Catholic colleges for women. But this pursuit of independence didn’t sit well with their governing bishops, and they pushed back.
For example, in the 1930s and ��40s, the archdiocesan board of Chicago mandated that nuns could not travel outside a convent or school without being accompanied by another woman, and even went so far as to tell the president of a neighboring college that nuns should not show up to their classes without a female companion. They were also not to go outside after sunset.
Mission statements of all-girls Catholic schools reflected the sisters’ challenge of balancing what the church considered the natural role of women with many young women’s desires for independence, Ryan wrote. When the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary established Mundelein College in 1930 in Chicago, they crafted goals that showed these dual perspectives: “(Mundelein education is) practical, preparing the student for successful achievement in the economic world,” but also “conservative, holding fast to the time-honored traditions that go to the fashioning of charming and gracious womanhood.”
“(The nuns) highlighted and equally lauded their graduates’ choices to marry, seek employment, enter a religious community, or attend college,” Ryan wrote.
In her research, Ryan found Catholic high school yearbooks that revealed what this opportunity meant to young women. At Chicago’s Catholic Mercy High School in 1927, the students published quotes from Tennyson’s poem The Princess: “Here might we learn whatever men are taught…knowledge is now no more a fountain sealed.” Sixty percent of Mercy’s graduates around this time attended college (nationally, female enrollment in higher education was 44 percent).
At a time when women were barred from many universities, nuns became their advocates. Catholic sisters established 150 religious colleges for women in the United States, starting in the late 1800s. Before coeducation of men and women became the norm, more women were earning degrees from Catholic colleges than those run by other religious groups, according to The Boston Globe. And the nuns’ own pursuit of higher education broke glass ceilings: The first woman to obtain a Ph.D. in computer science was a nun: Sister Mary Kenneth Keller, in 1965.
“They were role models,” McGuinness said. “If you went to Trinity University in D.C. in 1897 and had teachers who had doctorates, maybe you think, ‘I could do that, too.’”
Maya certainly experienced that when an older nun, Sister Rosa Maria Icaza, told her what she had to go through to earn her doctorate from Catholic University. Because enrollment was limited to men, the nun had to sit outside the classroom, near the door, rather than inside with her male classmates. “I thought, ‘Thanks to a woman like this, I could get a Ph.D.,’” Maya said.
Today, however, the number of religious leaders in the Catholic Church is declining, including nuns. From 1965 to 2017, the number of sisters decreased from 179,000 to 45,000, according to the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate. And even in the face of this decline, the women who join the religious life are still finding themselves under fire from within their own church. As recently as 2012, American nuns were accused by the Vatican for being radical feminists.
The loss of nuns as a teaching force is one reason running Catholic schools is more financially challenging than ever before, Maya said. Catholic school enrollment peaked in the 1960s and has dropped significantly since then. In 1965, about 5 million children attended Catholic elementary and secondary schools. In 2017, enrollment was just under 2 million. The number of Catholic schools was cut in half, from 11,000 to 6,000, during that same time period.
Catholic schools today have been experimenting with different business models to survive, from the Cristo Rey schools that utilize student work study to help pay for tuition to Philadelphia Catholic schools that have been using tax-credit scholarships and voucher programs to pay tuition for poor families.
And their students no longer come primarily from their local church — many see Catholic schools as a better alternative to poor-performing urban schools. “In many major cities, Catholic schools are a parent’s best hope for both Catholic and non-Catholic kids,” McGuinness said.
Maya said she is proud of the work Catholic schools are continuing to do to reach the children who need it most.
“The sisters were always teaching the populations in the margins,” Maya said. Without these women, “I don’t think the U.S. Catholic education system would exist the way we know it.”
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Those who have secured spots on the bracket (3 or more submissions);
Elizabeth Bennett & Fitzwilliam Darcy from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Enjolras & Grantaire from Le Misérables by Victor Hugo
Victor Frankenstein & Henry Clerval from Frankenstein by Mary Shelly
Faustus & Mephistopheles from Dr Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
Ishmael & Queequeg from Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
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Anne Elliot & Frederick Wentworth from Persuasion by Jane Austen
Emma Woodhouse & George Knightley from Emma by Jane Austen
Maurice & Alec from Maurice by EM Forster
Margaret & Thornton from North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
Holden Caufield & Stradletter from The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
Charlie & Patrick from The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Gene Forrester & Finny from A Separate Peace by John Knowles
Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn from the works of Mark Twain
John Yossarian & the Chaplain from Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Jane Eyre & Helen Burns from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Lionel Verney & Adrian Windsor from The Last Man by Mary Shelly
Eugenie Danglars & Louise d'Armilly from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
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Hamlet & Horatio from Hamlet by William Shakespeare
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Phileas Fogg & Passepartout from Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne
Huckleberry Finn & Jim from the works of Mark Twain
Sherlock Holmes & John Watson from Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Lord & Lady Macbeth from Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Beatrice & Benedick from Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
Gilgamesh & Enkidu from The Epic of Gilgamesh
Heathcliff & Catherine Earnshaw from Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Mr. Collins & Elizabeth Bennett from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Victor Frankenstein & Adam ('the creation') from Frankenstein by Mary Shelly
Dorian Gray & Lord Henry from The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Rodion Raskolnikov & Mitya Razumikhin from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern from Hamlet by William Shakespeare
First Mate Starbuck & Captain Ahab from Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
Charles Bingley & Fitzwilliam Darcy from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Jane Eyre & Mr. Rochester from Jane Eyre by Emily Brontë
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Victor Frankenstein & Robert Walton from Frankenstein by Mary Shelly
Mary Catherine Blackwood & Constance Blackwood from We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Benvolio & Mercutio from Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
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Ajax & Ajax from The Illiad
Jack & Ralph from The Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Telemachus & Theoclymenus from The Odyssey
Jo & Laurie from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Elinor Dashwood & Edward Farrars from Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Charles Bingley & Jane Bennett from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Jo, Amy, Meg, & Beth from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Jack Seward & Abraham van Helsing from Dracula by Bram Stoker
Henry Jekyll & Edward Hyde from The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
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Earl of Montararat & Earl Tolloler from Iolanthe
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Guy Montag & Professor Faber from Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Nick Carraway & Jay Gatsby from The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Napoleon & Squealer from Animal Farm by George Orwell
Antonio & Sebastian from Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
Antonio & Sebastian from The Tempest by William Shakespeare
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ettawritesnstudies · 1 year ago
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12. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
The first person born in the US to become a saint! Founder of the parochial school system! Champion of girl's education!
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St. Elizabeth Ann Bayley was born in NYC to parents who were part of the Church of England and taught her the first lessons in charity and social ministry. She had a rough home life, losing two mothers - one to childbirth and the other to a messy divorce, but she was well educated and ended up marrying a wealthy buisnessman. They had five children together before their shipping company went bankrupt during the war of 1812 and her husband died of tuberculous. As a widow, she started a girls school, but soon after became Catholic, and a lot of her students withdrew. Facing money problems and a decaying social life, she accepted an invitation from Sulpician monks to move to Emmitsburg Maryland with her family, and found the first Catholic seminary in the united states. While she was living there, she also established St. Joseph's Academy for young girls, and a new convent called the Sisters of Charity, which founded hospitals as far west as Cincinnati. She was involved in education until she died, and her charitable work helped shape early America and touched the lives of countless students!
31. St. Thomas Moore
We all clown on King Henry the Eighth for being so horny and egotistical he splintered the church to divorce and murder five wives before finally kicking the bucket, but there's a lot more to the backstory than his own buffoonery.
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St. Thomas Moore was the Lord High Chancellor under the king, as well as an accomplished scholar, philosopher, and good father who gave his daughters the same classical educations as his sons, which was uncommon at that time. This even set an example for other noble families. He refused to support King Henry when he decided to break from the Church, and wrote extensively against the protestant reformation, and his clash with the king eventually ended him in the Tower of London, and eventually his beheading as a martyr. His final statement was that he was "The king's good servant, but God's first." He's now the patron saint of lawyers, and there's a catholic society dedicated to him!
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Mary Queen of Scots
Mary's ladies in waiting were all also called Mary. They were Mary Fleming, Mary Seton, Marie Pieris, who had been maid-of-honour to Marie of Guise, Mary Beaton, and Mary Livingston, daughter of Mary Stuart's guardian, Lord Livingston.
10 things you might not know about Mary, Queen of Scots:
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4th January >> Mass Readings (USA)
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton 
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4th January.
4th January
(Liturgical Colour: White: B (2))
(Readings for the feria (Thursday))
(There is a choice today between the readings for the ferial day (Thursday) and those for the memorial. The ferial readings are recommended unless pastoral reasons suggest otherwise)
First Reading 1 John 3:7-10 Those who are begotten by God commit no sin.
Children, let no one deceive you. The person who acts in righteousness is righteous, just as he is righteous. Whoever sins belongs to the Devil, because the Devil has sinned from the beginning. Indeed, the Son of God was revealed to destroy the works of the Devil. No one who is begotten by God commits sin, because God’s seed remains in him; he cannot sin because he is begotten by God. In this way, the children of God and the children of the Devil are made plain; no one who fails to act in righteousness belongs to God, nor anyone who does not love his brother.
The Word of the Lord
R/ Thanks be to God.
Responsorial Psalm Psalm 98:1, 7-8, 9
R/ All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.
Sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done wondrous deeds; His right hand has won victory for him, his holy arm.
R/ All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.
Let the sea and what fills it resound, the world and those who dwell in it; Let the rivers clap their hands, the mountains shout with them for joy before the LORD.
R/ All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.
The LORD comes; he comes to rule the earth; He will rule the world with justice and the peoples with equity.
R/ All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.
Gospel Acclamation Hebrews 1:1-2
Alleluia, alleluia. In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets: in these last days, he has spoken to us through the Son. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel John 1:35-42 We have found the Messiah.
John was standing with two of his disciples, and as he watched Jesus walk by, he said, “Behold, the Lamb of God.” The two disciples heard what he said and followed Jesus. Jesus turned and saw them following him and said to them, “What are you looking for?” They said to him, “Rabbi” (which translated means Teacher), “where are you staying?” He said to them, “Come, and you will see.” So they went and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. It was about four in the afternoon. Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard John and followed Jesus. He first found his own brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah,” which is translated Christ. Then he brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of John; you will be called Cephas,” which is translated Peter.
The Gospel of the Lord
R/ Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
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Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton 
(Liturgical Colour: White: B (2))
(Readings for the memorial)
(There is a choice today between the readings for the ferial day (Thursday) and those for the memorial. The ferial readings are recommended unless pastoral reasons suggest otherwise)
Either:
First Reading Deuteronomy 10:8-9 The Lord himself is our heritage.
Moses summoned all of Israel and said to them: “At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to be in attendance before the LORD and minister to him, and to give blessings in his name, as they have done to this day. For this reason, Levi has no share in the heritage with his brothers; the LORD himself is his heritage, as the LORD, your God, has told him.”
The Word of the Lord
R/ Thanks be to God.
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First reading 1 Kings 19:4-9a, 11-15a Go outside and stand on the mountain before the Lord.
Elijah went a day’s journey into the desert, until he came to a broom tree and sat beneath it. He prayed for death saying: “This is enough, O LORD! Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.” He lay down and fell asleep under the broom tree, but then an angel touched him and ordered him to get up and eat. He looked and there at his head was a hearth cake and a jug of water. After he ate and drank, he lay down again, but the angel of the LORD came back a second time, touched him, and ordered, “Get up and eat, else the journey will be too long for you!” He got up, ate, and drank; then strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights to the mountain of God, Horeb. There he came to a cave, where he took shelter. Then the LORD said to him, “Go outside and stand on the mountain before the LORD; the LORD will be passing by.” A strong and heavy wind was rending the mountains and crushing rocks before the LORD— but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake– but the LORD was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake there was fire– but the LORD was not in the fire. After the fire there was a tiny whispering sound. When he heard this, Elijah hid his face in his cloak and went and stood at the entrance of the cave. A voice said to him, “Elijah, why are you here?” He replied, “I have been most zealous for the LORD, the God of hosts. But the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to the sword. I alone am left, and they seek to take my life.” The LORD said to him, “Go, take the road back to the desert near Damascus.”
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First reading 1 Kings 19:16b, 19-21 Elisha left and followed Elijah.
The LORD said to Elijah: “You shall anoint Elisha, son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah, as prophet to succeed you.” Elijah set out and came upon Elisha, son of Shaphat, as he was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen; he was following the twelfth. Elijah went over to him and threw his cloak over him. Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please, let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, and I will follow you.” Elijah answered, “Go back! Have I done anything to you?” Elisha left him and, taking the yoke of oxen, slaughtered them; he used the plowing equipment for fuel to boil their flesh, and gave it to his people to eat. Then he left and followed Elijah as his attendant.
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Responsorial Psalm Psalm 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6
Blessed are they who hope in the Lord. or Blessed are they who delight in the law of the Lord. or The just will flourish like the palm tree in the garden of the Lord.
Blessed the man who follows not the counsel of the wicked Nor walks in the way of sinners, nor sits in the company of the insolent, But delights in the law of the LORD and meditates on his law day and night.
Blessed are they who hope in the Lord. or Blessed are they who delight in the law of the Lord. or The just will flourish like the palm tree in the garden of the Lord.
He is like a tree planted near running water, That yields its fruit in due season, and whose leaves never fade. Whatever he does, prospers.
Blessed are they who hope in the Lord. or Blessed are they who delight in the law of the Lord. or The just will flourish like the palm tree in the garden of the Lord.
Not so, the wicked, not so; they are like chaff which the wind drives away. For the LORD watches over the way of the just, but the way of the wicked vanishes.
Blessed are they who hope in the Lord. or Blessed are they who delight in the law of the Lord. or The just will flourish like the palm tree in the garden of the Lord.
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Responsorial Psalm Psalm 15:2-3a, 3bc-4ab, 5
The just one shall live on your holy mountain, O Lord.
He who walks blamelessly and does justice; who thinks the truth in his heart and slanders not with his tongue.
The just one shall live on your holy mountain, O Lord.
Who harms not his fellow man, nor takes up a reproach against his neighbor; By whom the reprobate is despised, while he honors those who fear the LORD.
The just one shall live on your holy mountain, O Lord.
Who lends not his money at usury and accepts no bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be disturbed.
The just one shall live on your holy mountain, O Lord.
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Responsorial Psalm Psalm 16:1-2ab and 5, 7-8, 11
You are my inheritance, O Lord.
Keep me, O God, for in you I take refuge; I say to the LORD, “My Lord are you.” O LORD, my allotted portion and my cup, you it is who hold fast my lot.
You are my inheritance, O Lord.
I bless the LORD who counsels me; even in the night my heart exhorts me. I set the LORD ever before me; with him at my right hand I shall not be disturbed.
You are my inheritance, O Lord.
You will show me the path to life, fullness of joys in your presence, the delights at your right hand forever.
You are my inheritance, O Lord.
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Responsorial Psalm Psalm 23:1-3, 4, 5, 6
The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. In verdant pastures he gives me repose; Beside restful waters he leads me; he refreshes my soul. He guides me on right paths for his name’s sake.
The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
Even though I walk in the dark valley I fear no evil; for you are at my side With your rod and your staff that give me courage.
The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
You spread the table before me in the sight of my foes; You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
Only goodness and kindness follow me all the days of my life; And I shall dwell in the house of the LORD for years to come.
The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
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Responsorial Psalm Psalm 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11
I will bless the Lord at all times. or Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.
I will bless the LORD at all times; his praise shall be ever in my mouth. Let my soul glory in the LORD; the lowly will hear and be glad.
I will bless the Lord at all times. or Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.
Glorify the LORD with me, let us together extol his name. I sought the LORD, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.
I will bless the Lord at all times. or Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.
Look to him that you may be radiant with joy, and your faces may not blush with shame. When the poor one called out, the LORD heard, and from all his distress he saved him.
I will bless the Lord at all times. or Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.
The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them. Taste and see how good the LORD is; blessed the man who takes refuge in him.
I will bless the Lord at all times. or Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.
Fear the LORD, you his holy ones, for nought is lacking to those who fear him. The great grow poor and hungry; but those who seek the LORD want for no good thing.
I will bless the Lord at all times. or Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.
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Responsorial Psalm Psalm 103:1bc-2, 3-4, 8-9, 13-14, 17-18a
O bless the Lord, my soul!
Bless the LORD, O my soul; and all my being, bless his holy name. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits.
O bless the Lord, my soul!
He pardons all your iniquities, he heals all your ills, He redeems your life from destruction, he crowns you with kindness and compassion.
O bless the Lord, my soul!
Merciful and gracious is the LORD, slow to anger and abounding in kindness. He will not always chide, nor does he keep his wrath forever.
O bless the Lord, my soul!
As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him, For he knows how we are formed; he remembers that we are dust.
O bless the Lord, my soul!
But the kindness of the LORD is from eternity to eternity toward those who fear him, And his justice toward his children’s children among those who keep his covenant.
O bless the Lord, my soul!
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Responsorial Psalm Psalm 112:1-2, 3-4, 5-7a, 7b-8, 9
Blessed the man who fears the Lord. or Alleluia.
Blessed the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in his commands. His posterity shall be mighty upon the earth; the upright generation shall be blessed.
Blessed the man who fears the Lord. or Alleluia.
Wealth and riches shall be in his house; his generosity shall endure forever. Light shines through the darkness for the upright; he is gracious and merciful and just.
Blessed the man who fears the Lord. or Alleluia.
Well for the man who is gracious and lends, who conducts his affairs with justice; He shall never be moved; the just one shall be in everlasting remembrance.
Blessed the man who fears the Lord. or Alleluia.
An evil report he shall not fear; his heart is firm, trusting in the LORD. His heart is steadfast; he shall not fear till he looks down upon his foes.
Blessed the man who fears the Lord. or Alleluia.
Lavishly he gives to the poor, his generosity shall endure forever; his horn shall be exalted in glory.
Blessed the man who fears the Lord. or Alleluia.
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Responsorial Psalm Psalm 128:1-2, 3, 4-5
Blessed are those who fear the Lord.
Blessed are you who fear the LORD, who walk in his ways! For you shall eat the fruit of your handiwork; blessed shall you be, and favored.
Blessed are those who fear the Lord.
Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine in the recesses of your home; Your children like olive plants around your table.
Blessed are those who fear the Lord.
Behold, thus is the man blessed who fears the LORD. The LORD bless you from Zion: may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life.
Blessed are those who fear the Lord.
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Responsorial Psalm Psalm 131:1bcde, 2, 3
In you, Lord, I have found my peace.
O LORD, my heart is not proud, nor are my eyes haughty; I busy not myself with great things, nor with things too sublime for me.
In you, Lord, I have found my peace.
Nay rather, I have stilled and quieted my soul like a weaned child. Like a weaned child on its mother’s lap, so is my soul within me.
In you, Lord, I have found my peace.
O Israel, hope in the LORD, both now and forever.
In you, Lord, I have found my peace.
Gospel Acclamation Matthew 5:3
Alleluia, alleluia. Blessed are the poor in spirit; for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven. Alleluia, alleluia.
Or: Matthew 5:6
Alleluia, alleluia. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied. Alleluia, alleluia.
Or: Matthew 5:8
Alleluia, alleluia. Blessed are the clean of heart, for they will see God. Alleluia, alleluia.
Or: See Matthew 11:25
Alleluia, alleluia. Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth; you have revealed to little ones the mysteries of the Kingdom. Alleluia, alleluia.
Or: Matthew 11:28
Alleluia, alleluia. Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest, says the Lord. Alleluia, alleluia.
Or: Matthew 23:11, 12b
Alleluia, alleluia. The greatest among you must be your servant. Whoever humbles himself will be exalted. Alleluia, alleluia.
Or: Luke 21:36
Alleluia, alleluia. Be vigilant at all times and pray that you may have the strength to stand before the Son of Man. Alleluia, alleluia.
Or: John 8:12
Alleluia, alleluia. I am the light of the world, says the Lord; whoever follows me will have the light of life. Alleluia, alleluia.
Or: John 8:31b-32
Alleluia, alleluia. If you remain in my word, you will truly be my disciples, and you will know the truth, says the Lord. Alleluia, alleluia.
Or: John 13:34
Alleluia, alleluia. I give you a new commandment: love one another as I have loved you. Alleluia, alleluia.
Or: John 14:23
Alleluia, alleluia. Whoever loves me will keep my word and my Father will love him and we will come to him. Alleluia, alleluia.
Or: John 15:4a, 5b
Alleluia, alleluia. Remain in me, as I remain in you, says the Lord; whoever remains in me will bear much fruit. Alleluia, alleluia.
Or: John 15:9b, 5b
Alleluia, alleluia. Remain in my love, says the Lord; whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit. Alleluia, alleluia.
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Gospel Matthew 19:3-12 For the sake of the Kingdom of heaven.
Some Pharisees approached Jesus and tested him, saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause whatever?” He said in reply, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator made them male and female and said, For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, man must not separate.” They said to him, “Then why did Moses command that the man give the woman a bill of divorce and dismiss her?” He said to them, “Because of the hardness of your hearts Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. I say to you, whoever divorces his wife (unless the marriage is unlawful) and marries another commits adultery.” His disciples said to him, “If that is the case of a man with his wife, it is better not to marry.” He answered, “Not all can accept this word, but only those to whom that is granted. Some are incapable of marriage because they were born so; some, because they were made so by others; some, because they have renounced marriage for the sake of the Kingdom of heaven. Whoever can accept this ought to accept it.”
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Gospel Mark 10:17-30 Go, sell what you have, and give to the poor; then come, follow me.
As Jesus was setting out on a journey, a man ran up, knelt down before him, and asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus answered him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments: You shall not kill; you shall not commit adultery; you shall not steal; you shall not bear false witness; you shall not defraud; honor your father and your mother.” He replied and said to him, “Teacher, all of these I have observed from my youth.” Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said to him, “You are lacking in one thing. Go, sell what you have, and give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.” At that statement his face fell, and he went away sad, for he had many possessions. Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the Kingdom of God!” The disciples were amazed at his words. So Jesus again said to them in reply, “Children, how hard it is to enter the Kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for one who is rich to enter the Kingdom of God.” They were exceedingly astonished and said among themselves, “Then who can be saved?” Jesus looked at them and said, “For men it is impossible, but not for God. All things are possible for God.” Peter began to say to him, “We have given up everything and followed you.” Jesus said, “Amen, I say to you, there is no one who has given up house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for my sake and for the sake of the Gospel who will not receive a hundred times more now in this present age: houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and eternal life in the age to come.”
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Gospel Mark 10:17-27 Go, sell what you have and give to the poor; then come, follow me.
As Jesus was setting out on a journey, a man ran up, knelt down before him, and asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus answered him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments: You shall not kill; you shall not commit adultery; you shall not steal; you shall not bear false witness; you shall not defraud; honor your father and your mother.” He replied and said to him, “Teacher, all of these I have observed from my youth.” Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said to him, “You are lacking in one thing. Go, sell what you have, and give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.” At that statement his face fell, and he went away sad, for he had many possessions. Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the Kingdom of God!” The disciples were amazed at his words. So Jesus again said to them in reply, “Children, how hard it is to enter the Kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for one who is rich to enter the Kingdom of God.” They were exceedingly astonished and said among themselves, “Then who can be saved?” Jesus looked at them and said, “For men it is impossible, but not for God. All things are possible for God.”
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Gospel Luke 9:57-62 I will follow you wherever you go.
As Jesus and his disciples were proceeding on their journey, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” Jesus answered him, “Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head.” And to another he said, “Follow me.” But he replied, “Lord, let me go first and bury my father.” But he answered him, “Let the dead bury their dead. But you, go and proclaim the Kingdom of God.” And another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say farewell to my family at home.” Jesus said to him, “No one who sets a hand to the plow and looks to what was left behind is fit for the Kingdom of God.”
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Gospel Luke 12:32-34 Your Father is pleased to give you the Kingdom.
Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not be afraid any longer, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the Kingdom. Sell your belongings and give alms. Provide money bags for yourselves that do not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven that no thief can reach nor moth destroy. For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.”
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Gospel Luke 14:25-33 Everyone of you who does not renounce all his possessions cannot be my disciple.
Great crowds were traveling with Jesus, and he turned and addressed them, “If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. Which of you wishing to construct a tower does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if there is enough for its completion? Otherwise, after laying the foundation and finding himself unable to finish the work the onlookers should laugh at him and say, ‘This one began to build but did not have the resources to finish.’ Or what king marching into battle would not first sit down and decide whether with ten thousand troops he can successfully oppose another king advancing upon him with twenty thousand troops? But if not, while he is still far away, he will send a delegation to ask for peace terms. In the same way, everyone of you who does not renounce all his possessions cannot be my disciple.”
The Gospel of the Lord
R/ Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
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Le Tournoi des Dames - Round One
A poll tournament of some of my favorite female characters from literature, because why not. Links to round one polls to be added.
American Lit Match Up:
Hester Prynne (The Scarlet Letter)
Scarlett O'Hara (Gone With the Wind)
Winner: Hester Prynne
Brit Lit Match Up:
Jane Eyre (Jane Eyre)
Emily Fox-Seton (The Making of a Marchioness)
Winner: Jane Eyre
Euro Lit Match Up:
Kristin Lavransdatter (Kristin Lavransdatter)
Fantine (Les Misérables)
Winner: Fantine
Theater Match Up:
Princess Turandot (Turandot)
Lady Macbeth (Macbeth)
Winner: Lady Macbeth
Sword Lady Match Up:
Eowyn (The Lord of the Rings)
Judith (The Bible)
Winner: Eowyn
Stop Shipping Us with the Freaks Who Tried to Kill Our Husbands Match Up:
Mina Harker (Dracula)
Christine Daaé (The Phantom of the Opera)
Winner: Mina Harker
Children's Lit Match Up:
Jill Pole (The Chronicles of Narnia)
Mary Lennox (The Secret Garden)
Winner: Jill Pole
YA Lit Match Up:
Jude Duarte (The Folk of the Air)
Attolia Irene (The Queen's Thief)
Winner: Attolia Irene
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January 8th 1586 saw the death of the statesman George Seton, long time ally of the Scottish royal family.
History is a wee bit vague on the year, but the day given is 8th January 1585, or 1586 George Lord Seton died.
The Setons were the descendants of King Charles I of France and came over to the British Isles during the Norman conquest in 1066, they married into the Canmore family who featured in my post earlier on Alexander I. King Malcolm Canmore who gifted lands to the family…….
“gaif to the predecessour and forebear of my Lord Seytoun the surename of Seytoun… appearandlie be ressoun that the gentilman… possessit the landis of Seytoun for the tyme… thay landis ar callit Seytoun for ane grit caus, becaus thay ly hard upon the Sey cost and the Toun thairof is neir to the Sey.”
It would be a connection that would last for centuries. One of oor George’s ancestors, Christopher Seton was Robert the Bruce’s brother-in-law and supporter. He is believed to have saved Bruce’s life at the Battle of Methven in 1306, but was captured after the battle and then brutally executed by the English.
George Seton, who was Lord Provost of Edinburgh when he was appointed by the Scottish Parliament to attend the negotiations and subsequent marriage of Mary Queen of Scots with the Dauphin of France on 17th December 1557. He went on to became one of Mary, Queen of Scot’s most loyal subjects, indeed the Seton family were all loyal to the Queen his half-sister Mary Seton was one of THE four Mary’s. Seton had also fought for Mary’s mother Mary of Guise during the Siege of Leith in 1560. He also held the office of Master of the Household to Mary Queen of Scots. In 1568 he was exiled in the Low Countries after Mary Queen of Scots was defeated at the Battle of Langside, but gained favour again in 1583 when he was appointed ambassador to France.
There are contradictions all over the place when I was reading up on this, Wiki have his death as February 1586 and call him the 7th Lord Seton, Burke’s Peerage say January, who I have gone with. The confusion about whether he was 5th or 7th Lord seems to be that he was the fifth one called George, but I may be wrong. Either way this man dodged death a few times and his story would make a great film.
George Seton is buried at the beautiful Seton Collegiate Church in East Lothian along with many of the Setons, including his Grandfather, another George, who fell like many other members of our nobility at Flodden field in September 1513.
Read more about the Setons at the link below, but his wiki page is also worth a read.
http://www2.thesetonfamily.com:8080/.../History_of_the...
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i'm gonna have difficulty with this because unpopular opinions require other people to have opinions on them. and so much of the stuff i read is like, paperback gothic romance novels or latin american lit or weird shit i found in the back of the library. nobody's got popular opinions about anya seton in the year of our lord 2023, y'know? hm. i guess a decent one is that i prefer my cousin rachel to rebecca, out of du maurier's works? rebecca is a masterpiece of course but something about my cousin rachel sticks with me far more resolutely than rebecca does. jamaica inn is wonderfully atmospheric, but unfortunately the like, twenty pages of mary talking to the revealed villain at the end wound up being a more compelling dynamic to me than the horse thief. such is life.
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Daily Mass: We share our faith in Christ with one another. Catholic Inspiration
Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko on Pexels.com Both John the Baptist and Andrew reveal who Jesus is as they lead others to encounter the Lord. Mass Readings – January 4 before Epiphany (#207) *************** Catholic Inspiration Archives St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, pray for us!
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