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Our Morning Offering – 27 September – Faithful Cross! Above All Other

Our Morning Offering – 27 September – Faithful Cross! Above All Other

Our Morning Offering – 27 September – “The Month of the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Holy Cross Faithful Cross! Above All OtherBy St Venantius Fortunatus (c 530 – c 609) Faithful Cross! above all other,one and only noble tree!None in foliage, none in blossom,none in fruit thy peer may be;sweetest wood and sweetest iron,sweetest weight is hung on thee. Bend thy boughs, O…

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Our Morning Offering – 14 December – The God Whom Earth and Sea and Sky

Our Morning Offering – 14 December – The God Whom Earth and Sea and Sky

Our Morning Offering – 14 December – Tuesday of the Third Week of Advent and , the Memorial of St Venantius Fortunatus (c 530 – c 609) The God Whom Earth and Sea and SkyFor Mary, The Mother of GodFor the Annunciation, Advent and ChristmasBy St Venantius Fortunatus (c 530 – c 609) The God whom earth and sea and skyAdore and praise and magnify,Whose might they claim, whose love they tell,In…

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Our Morning Offering – 11 February – Queen on Whose Starry Brow Doth Rest

Our Morning Offering – 11 February – Queen on Whose Starry Brow Doth Rest

Our Morning Offering – 11 February – The Memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes Queen on Whose Starry Brow Doth RestSt Venantius Fortunatus (c 530-c 609)Translation by Monsignor Ronald A Knox (1888 – 1957) Queen, on whose starry brow doth restThe crown of perfect maidenhood,The God who made thee, from thy brestDrew, for our sakes, His earthly food. The grace that sinful Eve denied,With thy…