tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33970956.post4752408438672730755..comments2024-03-19T15:26:26.055+00:00Comments on auntie joanna writes: Cofton Park, near Birmingham ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33970956.post-1206723960561796352010-09-26T15:23:34.096+01:002010-09-26T15:23:34.096+01:00My sister & I in Bronxville NY will forever tr...My sister & I in Bronxville NY will forever treasure your Sept. 20 column, "The Moment Everything Changed." You enrich our lives with your EWTN appearances, books, and daily blogs. If only you could have joined me 09/23, the Eve of Our Lady of Walsingham, at the dedication of the shrine to Blessed John Henry Newman at the Church of Our Saviour, NYC, conducted by Rev. George W. Rutler [EWTN colleague and former Anglican}. Most hymns were those written by Newman for this Evensong & Dedication; the choir sang and reminded me, too, of what we all hope we shall hear in Heaven one day. The homily was so Fr. Rutler: eloquent, elegant, and to the point. What would any of us do without a Fr. Rutler to celebrate the Eucharist, and a Joanna Bogle to make sense of it all? Nancy & Sheila Waters USANancy C. Watershttp://cutley@optonline.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33970956.post-80558587274341360712010-09-24T10:40:05.601+01:002010-09-24T10:40:05.601+01:00No mac in my pilgrim pack! Truly an amazing experi...No mac in my pilgrim pack! Truly an amazing experience, we arrived at 4.30am, and got very soggy, the singing was glorious and the sense of peace that we came away with has stayed with me all week, hard to articulate how wonderful was, it was lovely in that waiting time to get to know fellow parishoners better, those faces that you see every week in Mass but never get the opportunity to say more than a brief "Hello" to, my most vivid memory, the signer working with the deaf and blind priest,Lesleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33970956.post-61341136900382513762010-09-21T19:30:56.730+01:002010-09-21T19:30:56.730+01:00It was daunting to start with wandering across the...It was daunting to start with wandering across the park in the semi darkness and light rain at 5:30 am, and wondering how we could survive until 10, but everyone was so welcoming and the event was so well organised. The choir and music was superb.<br /><br />I thought the Mass was excellent, reverent and a good balance between English and Latin.<br /><br />A wonderful day! Perfect! I do hope the Holy Father now knows the love we have for him in these Islands.<br /><br />Ad multos annos, Papa!johnfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16233791349837340770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33970956.post-87881394023116002212010-09-21T15:01:03.580+01:002010-09-21T15:01:03.580+01:00We certainly got them in our packs at Hyde Park - ...We certainly got them in our packs at Hyde Park - and I found mine most useful. I've got a spare one, too,unused, from a friend's pack - you can have it as a souvenir if you like!<br /><br />AuntieJoanna Boglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00657573606200891390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33970956.post-37366825129976552572010-09-21T14:54:48.034+01:002010-09-21T14:54:48.034+01:00The Mass was truly wonderful, as was the atmospher...The Mass was truly wonderful, as was the atmosphere, with the outpouring of love for the Holy Father.<br /><br />But we didn't get macs in our Pilgrim Packs!!Deliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383433319373651830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33970956.post-3445800851602850642010-09-21T01:42:32.723+01:002010-09-21T01:42:32.723+01:00What impacted me most about the Mass at Cofton Par...What impacted me most about the Mass at Cofton Park was the singing afterwards: 'Love Divine, all loves excelling' and 'For all the saints'- these are great hymns and people were singing them feeling. Obviously you were too, Joanna! They are very powerful, emotional and moving. <br />It made me wonder if the Pope had actually ever heard these hymns before (they are 'Protestant'). I notice he closed his eyes during 'Be still for the presence of the Lord', which is probably in their class - in a 20th century way. It's a truly beautiful song and I bet the whole atmosphere was magical while it was being sung.<br />I hope I'm not being irreverent if I suggest that it was all a very British sound. Apparently British crowds have impacted foreign football players with their singing - which is unusual in Europe - and so I wondered if this sort of singing was unusual for Benedict XVI and may have moved him all the more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com