Incline unto my aid, O God;
O Lord, make haste to help me.
Deus, in adjutorium meum intende;
Domine, ad adjuvandum me festina.
(Ps. 69:2)
TO ALL AND SUNDRY
WHOM THESE PRESENTS DO
OR MAY CONCERN
We, Robin Orr Blair, Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order, Writer to Her Majesty's Signet, Lord Lyon King of Arms, send Greeting: Whereas The Very Reverend Gregory Wilson Rae Sim, Vicar General, and the Very Reverend Anthony Michael Seeber, Rector, having by Petition unto Us of date 8 June 2001 for and on behalf of THE TRADITIONAL CONGREGATION OF THE MOST HOLY REDEEMER, having Monastery at the Most Holy Redeemer on Golgotha, Papa Stronsay, Orkney, Shewn; THAT the said religious body has the seat of its Corporate Body at the Monastery of the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, Warden Manor, Eastchurch in the County of Kent; THAT the said Religious Congregation, adhering to the Roman Missal codified by Pope St. Pius V in the Bull Quo Primum given of date 14 July 1570, live a combination of the monastic and missionary vocation and bind themselves by perpetual vows of Poverty, Chastity, Obedience and Perseverance in the Congregation until Death following the Rule codified by St. Alphonsus Liguori and approved by Pope Benedict XIV in form of brief, Ad Pastoralis, given of date 25 February 1749; THAT by Disposition of date 27 May 1999 The Traditional Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer was infeft in All and Whole the Island of Papa Stronsay, which island by its name and history is one of Scotland's Holy Isles; which as of this date is the world's most northerly early Christian monastery ever found; on which island a Christian Monastic Foundation was established prior to the 9th century; THAT on Papa Stronsay the shoreline outcrop Ronald's Geo recalls the assassination in December 1046 of Norway's Earl Rognvald II Brusason, Jarl of Orkney and on which Island the Earl's Knowle tumulus marks the grave of Scotland's Sir Patrick Spens who suffered shipwreck in the service of the Crown in the year 1281; AND the Petitioners having prayed that there might be granted unto them for and on behalf of the said The Traditional Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer such Ensigns Armorial as might be found suitable and according to the Laws of Arms Know Ye Therefore that We have Devised, and Do by These Presents ASSIGN, RATIFY and CONFIRM unto the Petitioners for and on behalf of the said The Traditional Congregation of The Most Holy Redeemer the following Ensigns Armorial, as depicted upon the margin hereof, and matriculated of even date with These Presents upon the 3rd page of the 84th Volume of Our Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland; VIDELICET :- Or, the Cross of Papa Stronsay, Gules, on a chief Azure an eight point star of the First, and in an Escrol below the shield this Motto "DESERTVM IN PELAGO INSRANSMEABILI"; by demonstration of which Ensigns Armorial the said The Traditional Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer is, amongst all Nobles and in all Places of Honour to be taken, numbered, accounted and received as a Society Noble in the Noblesse of Scotland; In Testimony Whereof We have Subscribed These Presents and the Seal of Our Office is affixed hereto at Edinburgh, this 8th day of February in the 51st year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lady Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and of Her Other Realms and Terrirories Queen, (Seal) Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, and in the year of Our Lord Two Thousand and Two.
Robin O. Blair
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19 comments:
Thank you Father for the wonderful start to a New Year and may God bless us all and grant us His peace and joy through the intercession of the Holy Mother of God.
Dear Father Michael Mary
That was so nice of you to make this wish in person. As usual I enjoyed your wise words. I wish you all over in Papa Stronsay a Happy and Holy New Year from here in Christchurch
God Bless
Lenore
Father, thank you for your words. Are you a Kiwi?
Thank you very much Fr. Michael Mary; a blessed New Year to you and all the Sons too! I wish all could see this message for the coming year. Prayers for your parents, and for full canonical status within the Church (with His Lordship Gilbert I am sure it will be very soon!). I'll be making my discernment visit in about a month from now; and so it is my own joy, and hope, to beg God that this year I may enter into religious life with the Sons and be a servant in the house of the Lord.
Let God's will be done this year in all things!
Wishing you a blessed Sunday, Father.
Thank you for this, Father!
A blessed New Year to you and the monks; God bless you all!
Many thanks Father. Wishing you and all the'Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer' a happy and blessed New Year.
Fr. Michael Mary,
Thank you for this wonderful New Year's message. I'm sharing it with a friend who needs it and I hope that many are blessed by it.
Wishing you a Happy and Holy New Year!
David
Thank you Father. May the Lord Bless you all, and all you do for Him.
Happy New Year.
Tom
Dear Fathers and Brothers,
Happy New Years to all of you.
Mr. Esteban, my little prayers will be with you as you go through the discernment process.
thank you, dear Fr Michael Mary. Just what I needed to hear in these uncertain times for us.
Avila303
Inkstain, I am humbled; thank you for your prayers, I need them! I will pray for you too!
Thank you Father, how important it is that you can use the web to teach us in the faith. Just think Father, that the prayer that you have encouraged us to say is now printed off and pinned up at home next to the Papa Stronsay calendar!
Dearest Fr. Michael,
Have you received my supplications on your "hour of departure" post and elsewhere?
A response would be very much appreciated!
A happy & blessed new years to you.
Dear Reverend Father, Thank you very much. May God be kind to you this year and answer your Prayers.
Dear Rev. Fr. Michael Mary, F.SS.R.
Your Happy New Year's video has been a very special gift, I have really appreciated it !
And most of all I was pleased to see you are well.
Thanks of all, Reverend Father
Humbly Yours
A.B.
This was lovely, Father!
God bless and a very blessed New Year for all of you as well!!
I was juuust about to write you an email and ask, "Father, what was the beginning of that prayer?" ... and at that precise moment my eyes focused on the prayer typed below your video haha! That was a close call!
God bless!!
Grateful thanks
Father Michael Mary and to the Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer for your Blessed New Years wish, much appreciated here in Westport New Zealand.
Praying for you.
Tim and Sue
Dear Ben
I replied to 'hour of departure'. If you simply write an email via the contact or send directly to: contact at the-sons dot org I could communicate with you.
Devotedly
Fr Michael Mary, F.SS.R.
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