tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post1771376330361790595..comments2023-12-16T16:17:43.886+00:00Comments on Fr Ray Blake's Blog: London GalleryFr Ray Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-88892998361106680342010-09-20T20:31:58.550+01:002010-09-20T20:31:58.550+01:00"I persuaded a women to abandon her "Wom..."I persuaded a women to abandon her "Women priests" placard."<br /><br />Father, SNAP - when we were on the tube (my daughter (24), her step-sister(13) and I(60)) a fellow from Middlesborough diocese got on with a Tshirt saying "women priests now!" but the obviously disinterested looks he got from us must have made him change his mind because he took off the Tshirt:Depsilonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17785182500278281351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-66464948406684228602010-09-19T18:29:17.814+01:002010-09-19T18:29:17.814+01:00I normally treat anons as spam - thanks for the in...I normally treat anons as spam - thanks for the info.Fr Ray Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-52006985843266342162010-09-19T15:39:22.564+01:002010-09-19T15:39:22.564+01:00"Upon this Rock..." banner blocking the ..."Upon this Rock..." banner blocking the Protestant posters was from St Thomas More, Swiss Cottage. A great bunch of young people! A picture also appeared in Saturday's Telegraph. Thanks for your photo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-15752572649298905362010-09-18T22:23:54.143+01:002010-09-18T22:23:54.143+01:00Habits, Dominicans and Redemptorist but not many c...Habits, Dominicans and Redemptorist but not many cassocks, I wore suit, except of course bishops!Fr Ray Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-18565216828696312042010-09-18T22:04:50.870+01:002010-09-18T22:04:50.870+01:00Thanks for the man in the street eye view, Father....Thanks for the man in the street eye view, Father. Glad you were able to turn out for the il papa.<br /><br />What burns me up is that the lead story on aol headline reads: "Thousands turn out to protest pope." Pack of liars, and it's amazing how they get away with it.gemoftheoceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05521207668262592414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-46652841130593568632010-09-18T21:26:02.616+01:002010-09-18T21:26:02.616+01:00Not too difficult, she wasn't that much attach...Not too difficult, she wasn't that much attached to the placard, I made friends with her and just asked her to get rid of it.<br /><br />I think with the PTS around she felt sorry for the Pope and didn't want to add to his grief. Besides young women around her gave it a stare of dislike.Fr Ray Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-69739622165767015962010-09-18T20:59:35.830+01:002010-09-18T20:59:35.830+01:00About that delivering a woman of her uhappy placar...About that delivering a woman of her uhappy placard, may I inquire <i>how did you do it?</i>some guy on the streethttp://epistle-null.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-80226667138997102972010-09-18T17:08:07.241+01:002010-09-18T17:08:07.241+01:00I read your SMM blog regularly, but I had never re...I read your SMM blog regularly, but I had never realised what a wonderfully feisty old b******d you were 'til today.<br />And yes, it is so true - most radical Prods are more fun than radical secularists. Cheers, and God Bless You.tubbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07272003035464034763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-36637463548362453752010-09-18T15:05:37.299+01:002010-09-18T15:05:37.299+01:00That was us with the Matthew 16:18 banner Fr.
On ...That was us with the Matthew 16:18 banner Fr.<br /><br />On Lambeth bridge initially and then after the Pope passed us, off to the WAbbey where we sang the Salve Regina and the Pater :)<br /><br />Hope the Pope saw it!justinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-10803916218894376812010-09-18T14:49:26.647+01:002010-09-18T14:49:26.647+01:00Sorry to come back to you but you must be wonderin...Sorry to come back to you but you must be wondering how I could watch part of the Mass at Westminster if EWTN was not showing it. I watched it on my computer on www.thepapalvisit.org.uk/webcast<br />I have just tuned in again and simply had to come back to you.<br />I watched Fr. Brown of the Westminster Archdiocese talking about himself. I know him! Yes! We were at Lisbon together. I recognised him immediately. He spoke about his conversion from Anglicanism and the fact that his eyesight was lost due to an hereditary disease. The English College prayed a Novena together for his Ordination and on the 8th day of the Novena, word came from the Vatican that he could be ordained even though he was blind.<br />He then went on to say that he spent 35 years at Westminster Cathedral where he heard confessions, counselled people, said Mass by the help of a tape recorder playing in his ear, etc..<br />What a joy to see him and hear him! After all these years too!<br />I never expected that!<br />John Rayner,<br />ex Lisbonian Seminarian (1957-1959)JARayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18138004129894177863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-68830699096990716952010-09-18T14:36:00.247+01:002010-09-18T14:36:00.247+01:00Thanks for the pictures and commentary Father - ju...Thanks for the pictures and commentary Father - just great!umblepiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13455889107917179909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-20253613217372676722010-09-18T14:31:33.266+01:002010-09-18T14:31:33.266+01:00Fantastic photos. Thank you.Fantastic photos. Thank you.Vincenzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15204262882202051257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-38292147148762392992010-09-18T14:23:10.185+01:002010-09-18T14:23:10.185+01:00As one who could not be there but would have loved...As one who could not be there but would have loved to have been, I thank you for this background. I truly am grateful. I did manage to tune in to the start of the Mass at Westminster but had to leave long before it really got underway because I was on my way out to Mass here in Western Australia. EWTN has served us very badly. I kept on looking on EWTN but got nothing at all about the Papal visit. Clearly EWTN thinks that Western Australia is not interested even in replays of what has gone on when you are 7 hours ahead of us. For us, the 10 am Mass at Westminster began at 5 pm and we clearly could have watched it all if we were not going out.JARayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18138004129894177863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-74456298581922591472010-09-18T13:57:31.542+01:002010-09-18T13:57:31.542+01:00Thank you for the pics and comments giving me a sm...Thank you for the pics and comments giving me a small insight "from the street" so to speak. May much fruit come from this encounter. St. Thomas Moore pray for us.Andreas Meszaroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08427763145710882785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-26775131080463629432010-09-18T13:44:01.172+01:002010-09-18T13:44:01.172+01:00Love the photos, as these make the visit more acce...Love the photos, as these make the visit more accessible for those of us who cannot be there. Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-7530003679464799422010-09-18T10:16:50.830+01:002010-09-18T10:16:50.830+01:00Great to bump into you and Lawrence yesterday, Fat...Great to bump into you and Lawrence yesterday, Father.leutgebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15566408268292424147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-19513896313716433422010-09-18T08:54:00.158+01:002010-09-18T08:54:00.158+01:00Great pictures - and I spotted an old friend. He&...Great pictures - and I spotted an old friend. He's in the Protestant Truth Society picture in jacket and tie. He's also the one ranting Scripture at you - he has regular similar fits on facebook too!<br /><br />Years ago he and I believed pretty much the same thing. He went one direction, I went the other. Much to each other's dismay.<br /><br />Very sad. Prayer please.<br /><br />Anyway, thanks again for the pictures from those of us who can't be there. I look forward greatly to today and the mass from the Cathedral which was one of my favourite places long before becoming Catholic.<br /><br />AshleyAsteroidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05750602226223307782noreply@blogger.com