tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post6465376426134240148..comments2024-03-29T01:24:45.251+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: How to pray Holy SaturdayFr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-4635778483960234992021-04-08T01:42:04.895+01:002021-04-08T01:42:04.895+01:00The idea of the seven churches comes from the seve...The idea of the seven churches comes from the seven Stational churches in Rome (if I remember right, the ones the Pope said Mass at during Holy Week). There is (was?) an indulgence for visiting all seven in one day. It makes sense to turn that idea into an Altar-of-Repose tour... which we also do here in St. Louis, MO.Agnes Reginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08117370558367559716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-8635098836253495842021-04-06T10:46:00.847+01:002021-04-06T10:46:00.847+01:00The tradition of visiting seven churches was commo...The tradition of visiting seven churches was common practice in Dublin when I was growing up in the sixties. It was carried out throughout the year, as there were lots of churches both north and south of the river.Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12890981636475425768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-34246793337410774162021-04-03T16:35:52.101+01:002021-04-03T16:35:52.101+01:00From martin hartley
O/T but I hope you will allow...From martin hartley<br /><br />O/T but I hope you will allow fr John<br /><br />The police broke up the good friday liturgy at a polish catholic church in Balham s london. Where is the denunciation from Cardinal Nichols? Or is it now burning incense to Caesar more important than following the catholic worship of the ages<br /><br />Fm Martin Hartley <br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14662659199566991019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-86764806994882799232021-04-03T14:35:27.260+01:002021-04-03T14:35:27.260+01:00@Farmer's boy: It seems that the tradition of ...@Farmer's boy: It seems that the tradition of visiting seven churches was started by Saint Philip Neri around 1553. He and a few friends would gather before dawn and set out on their "Seven Churches Walk". These pilgrimages were designed to be a counterpoint to the raucous behavior of Carnival. Wikipedia has an entire article on the subject:<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/frjustinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10109539584303934489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-66840371961009717972021-04-03T13:14:00.126+01:002021-04-03T13:14:00.126+01:00We had (have?) the same action here in Canada. I...We had (have?) the same action here in Canada. I knew not a few who would make every attempt to visit 7 churches today and pray for the souls in Purgatory.It was easy to find 7 churches so distanced in Ottawa in those days and public transit was in good fashion unlike today.<br />We did not know of this Holy Saturday devotion back in my farm days.Of course churches then were few and very far Pontiacprincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14441740023646585710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-33928442975928176962021-04-03T12:02:17.324+01:002021-04-03T12:02:17.324+01:00to Farmer's Boy
Beirut, Lebanon, has plenty o...to Farmer's Boy<br /><br />Beirut, Lebanon, has plenty of churches, people were visiting them Thursday, even though officially discouraged from it.Martin McDermott, sjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13178374408013979156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-22776355153929176952021-04-03T11:55:36.010+01:002021-04-03T11:55:36.010+01:00You remind me, Father, if one of the saddest chang...You remind me, Father, if one of the saddest changes I have seen in Oxford: the disappearance of Thornton's.<br /><br />Wishing you a blessed Easter.PMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06144651697262763099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-21616027611863536472021-04-03T09:42:10.335+01:002021-04-03T09:42:10.335+01:00A very old lady friend of mine R.I.P. talked about...A very old lady friend of mine R.I.P. talked about this practice with enthusiasm, her husband had been a pupil at the Oratory school (early 1920s) and perhaps got the idea from there - didn't St Philip Neri teach people to do this ? I can remember trying to do this devotion in Paris in 1981 with little success - almost all the churches had closed. I think that many churches now start the Shaun Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00884286568978407343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-25174700297648508802021-04-02T19:34:23.874+01:002021-04-02T19:34:23.874+01:00Off topic, but I wonder if anyone has an answer. W...Off topic, but I wonder if anyone has an answer. When I was a boy in London suburbs my parents and I used to have a devotion of 'the 7 churches', when we visited 7 churches to pray before the beautifully decorated altars of repose. This would only be possible if one had a car and lived in an area with plenty of churches. Was this a general devotion, unique to London area, encouraged by Farmer's boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10617758580644095560noreply@blogger.com