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What's in a name?

Homily by Fr. Andrew Burns C.Ss.R on the Feast of Our Mother of Perpetual Succour 27th June 2017 at Bishop Eton Liverpool.

Last night talking to Fr Casey, I told him Fr. Tim has asked me to preach tonight and Fr Casey’s comment was “tell them that she is Our Lady of Perpetual Succour – not Our Mother of Perpetual Help”. Perhaps he would be more insistent here in the presence of Bishop Ralph, because in the diocese of Hallam and of Leeds the title of our Icon has changed again to “Our Mother of Unfailing Help”.

Should we refer to Mary as Our Lady or our Mother?

Our CSsR Ukrainian Martyrs...

We remember these brave and herioc men today on their feast day!

Let us pray for the Church in Ukraine today.

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Prayer in Honour of the Redemptorist Ukrainian Martyrs

O Lord, our God, you call all to believe in you and to follow in your way. We thank you for the grace you gave to Nicholas Charnetsky, Vasyl Velchkovsky, Zenon Kovalyk and Ivan Ziatyk and to all their spiritual companions, such that they were able to pay the ultimate price of faithfulness to you in giving their lives.

We thank you for glorifying them in your heavenly kingdom, that they may be for all of us a shining example of your powerful presence in our lives. We pray that you give us the grace of faithfulness and generosity as we seek you respond to your love. Through their intercession, help us always to stand firm in the Truth and be faithful to you and your commandments.

O Holy Mother of God and our Mother of Perpetual Help, lead us to your Son, Jesus. Give us the courage to follow him always. We place ourselves under your protection.

For all the glory and honour belong to you, Almighty Father, Eternal Son, and Life-giving Spirit, now and for ever and ever. Amen

CSsR Feast of Perpetual Succour 2017...

The Redemptorists of the London Province

wish all their

confreres,

sisters,

families,

friends,

co-workers,

benefactors

and all who know them

a Happy Feast Day!

Our prayers go with you!

Br Royston CSsR & Our Lady of Perpetual Succour...

Thanks to Redemptorist Publications, Alessandro Repetti and Br Royston CSsR

New Apostolic Nuncio - A CSsR Welcome!...

The Redemptorists of the London Province are delighted that

His Execellency, Archbishop Edward Adams

is now the current Apostolic Nuncio here in Great Britain.

Some of our men, particularly our Fr Provincial, Ronald McAinsh CSsR

knew Archbishop Adams when he was the Nuncio in Zimbabwe.

Archbishop Adams is the Titular Bishop of Scala,

the place, above the Amalfi coast in Italy, where the Redemptorists were founded.

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God bless your Ministry, Archbishop Adams!

Reality - Informing, Inspiring, Challenging Today's Catholic...

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REALITY is one of the excellent productions found at

Redemptorist Communications in Dublin,

our fellow partner with

Redemptorist Publications in Chawton, Hampshire.

Have a look at somehting advertised on next month's front cover,

"The beautiful Lady Chapel of St Mary's Clapham."

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Reality is a Redemptorist Publication,

published by the Irish Redemptorists,

Unit A6, Santry Business Park, Swords Road, Dublin 09 X651,

Tel: 00353 (0) 1 4922488

Check out their web page www.redcoms.org

Our Lady of Fatima - 100 years...

13th May 1917 - 13th May 2017

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Saint Francisco and Saint Jacinta

Pray for us

The London contingent at the Madrid Perpetual Succour Conference...

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Eddie Loughton, Fr Ronnie McAinsh CSsR, Maureen Loughton

The Redemptorists from all around Europe gathered in Madrid for a Conference on Our Mother of Perpetual Succour.

Our Province was represented by our friends from Kinnoull, Perth.

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Pray for us.

To Commemorate the Icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help...

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The 150th anniversary of the restoration of the icon of our Mother of Perpetual Help for public veneration will stir up in people many theological, spiritual and personal thoughts.

As a preacher of the Word of God, I often give conferences on the role of our Blessed Lady in our lives. As a Redemptorist, I recall the urging of our founder St. Alphonsus that we should not omit on any mission or retreat, a conference on Mary the mother of Jesus. And of course as a member of the Redemptorist family I have a personal devotion to Our Lady - especially under this title of Perpetual Help. As a member of the Church, I recall chapter 8 of Lumen Gentium, on the role of Mary in the economy of salvation.

It is good to call to mind the debate that took place during the Second Vatican Council prior to the completion of this great document on the Church. Many Council Fathers wanted a separate document on the role of the Virgin Mary in the Church. This was just fourteen years after the solemn declaration of the Assumption of Mary into Heaven by Pope Pius XII on 15th August 1950, and just over ten years after the conclusion of the Marian Year of 1954 which was celebrated throughout the world. So one can see why many of the Council Fathers thought that a separate document was important.

However, the periti, that group of wise and I also believe pastoral men, who were the theologians preparing the documents, together with a sizeable group of bishops, argued differently. They did not wish to downplay the role of Mary. However, they wished to situate her exactly where she belongs: that is, at the heart of the Church. It is for this reason that the final chapter of this great and seminal document of the Council is named: The Role of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, in the Mystery of Christ and the Church.

Of course Mary is not given one specific title in this document. Every local Church, and many Religious Orders and Congregations honour Mary under a title that is meaningful and suitable for them. As we know, St. Alphonsus had his own personal devotion to Mary under the title of our Lady of Good Counsel. And of course his appreciation of her as the Immaculate Conception is at the heart of his Marian doctrine. We also know that at one stage he wanted all Redemptorists to take a vow to defend the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception. However, this was removed from the early outline rule by Rome.