Celebrating the feast of St Thomas More and St John Fisher Rosary Shrine in London. May these holy Martyrs pray for us, and for our leaders.

Happy Father’s Day to all the spiritual fathers out there, especially our priests!
Fr. Cassidy Stinson Fr Matthew P. Schneider, LC Fr. Ryan Hilderbrand Fr. Tom Bombadil Rev. Fr. Carlos Germosen Fr Lawrence Lew, O.P. Fr. Paul ❤️‍🔥 Friar Nick Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP Fr. Ambrose Fr. J. Waugh, CSC Fr. Harrison Ayre 🦚 and so many more

Contralto 🎶 22 June is Sts John Fisher & Thomas More
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Fr Lawrence Lew, O.P. Rosary Shrine Fisher’s instinctive and creative empathy with the symbolic world of early-sixteenth-century Catholicism gives to his work a depth and resonance, and an multitude of points of contact with the simple and unlettered, about which Erasmus wrote much, but understood very little.

Fr Lawrence Lew, O.P. Rosary Shrine “But one by one, they parted company from him, succumbing to the threats of their implacable royal master, renouncing the Pope, the unity of Catholic Europe. That growing isolation was the measure of Fisher’s courage,

Shakespeare in Love won an Oscar but these movies didn't? All the proof some people need there's no justice

'Et tu puer, propheta Altissimi vocaberis: praeibis enim ante faciem Domini parare vias eius'!
And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Most High for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways!
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'Saints John Fisher and Thomas More, Pray for Us! #SaintsoftheDay #OrateProNobis

📷 Stained Glass Window is in Saint Dominic's Priory Church in Newcastle, UK / #LawrenceOP via #Flickr . #Catholic_Priest #CatholicPriestMedia

This past weekend, I had the joy of being part of a summer camp for the fledling English branch of the Cubs and Scouts of Europe Guides et Scouts d'Europe - France. May they grow and flourish because our Catholic youth deserve a Movement like this in England to form them in heroic virtue and Faith!

Fr Lawrence Lew, O.P. Rosary Shrine a measure by which all of his brother bishops proved so notably lacking. Maybe absolute integrity is destined always to fall foul of absolute power.” Eamon Duffy, John Fisher and the spirit of his age. In: Duffy (ed.) Saints, Sacrilege and Sedition.

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Alastair Bruce Fr Lawrence Lew, O.P. Shuropody It’s a terrible condition I also have but thankfully well controlled with medication. Glad you’re better!

'Death reigned over all from Adam to Moses, even though their sin, unlike that of Adam, was not a matter of breaking a law. Adam prefigured the One to come, but the gift itself considerably outweighed the fall.' – Romans 5:14-15, read at Mass today.
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'Saint Romuald, Pray for Us!' #SaintoftheDay #OraProNobis

📷 Saint Romuald Fresco by Fra Angelico in Chapter House of San Marco, Italy / #LawrenceOP / #Flickr . #Catholic_Priest #CatholicPriestMedia

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“The thoughts of His Heart stand from generation to generation: that He might deliver their souls from death and nourish them in times of famine” - from the Introit of the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart.

Painting in Portuguese church in Rome. Photo by Fr Lawrence Lew, O.P.

On this day (22 June) in 1535, the holy Bishop of Rochester and Cardinal Priest of the Holy Roman Church, John Fisher, was martyred at Tower Hill in London. His feast is observed today, alongside St Thomas More.
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Statue from the reredos of St Alban's Cathedral of Saint Alban, protomartyr of England whose feast is today, 20 June. May he pray for the Christians in this country, that we may follow his example of sacrificial love and so witness to the Gospel
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Father V Fr Lawrence Lew, O.P. This painting by a later Gonzaga duke in commemoration seems to be the early source material for his appearance (1650).
Holy cards are rather recent popularized with mass color printing and pulp paper, most are romanticized and portrayed in 18th century style.

On the feast of St Josemaria Escriva, I've been reflecting on today's Gospel ('Do not judge, and you will not be judged') with the wisdom of the Saint's writings here: escrivaworks.org/book/the_way-c…
A happy feast to the members of Opus Dei - UK

The Cultural Tutor Fr Lawrence Lew, O.P. Very beautiful. Sadly I will not be going to see them until Persia has a regime that respects human rights.

Beautiful window of today's St Aloysius Gonzaga receiving Holy Communion for the first time from St Charles Borromeo; a holy priest and bishop, albeit an instrument cause of holiness, can have a profound effect on young people!
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