tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post5013210030533095870..comments2023-12-16T16:17:43.886+00:00Comments on Fr Ray Blake's Blog: On Reading Railway StationFr Ray Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-88588631448398592882009-08-30T13:05:17.339+01:002009-08-30T13:05:17.339+01:00As Blessed Dominic met his rather sad end on or ne...As Blessed Dominic met his rather sad end on or near Reading Station he would be an excellent patron for Railway lovers like myself.Michael Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00568515640292864739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-47096782531208730842009-08-27T11:03:24.252+01:002009-08-27T11:03:24.252+01:00Yes Fr Gregory mentioned at Mass last night about ...Yes Fr Gregory mentioned at Mass last night about Reading..Jackie Parkes MJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16693505024823229152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-76409782105593310942009-08-26T21:32:48.393+01:002009-08-26T21:32:48.393+01:00At least Father Barbieri wasn't stuffed and mo...At least Father Barbieri wasn't stuffed and mounted on Reading station, unlike the Airedale dog "Laddie" I used to see in a glass case when travelling via Wimbledon during my student days.<br /><br />When alive, the dog was used to collect money from passengers for railway charities as his master led him through the train.<br /><br />Laddie also used to collect some leftover meat and bones from my father's kitchen car.Michael Petekhttp://www.crownofdavid.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-34049266942605801692009-08-26T19:37:48.895+01:002009-08-26T19:37:48.895+01:00Forgive me, Father for a small correction: he did ...Forgive me, Father for a small correction: he did indeed suffer mightily from Pangbourne and then on Reading station, but died in a nearby hotel to where he was carried.<br />I have long had a devotion to him: something that stays with me was that he could not be admitted to studies for the clerical state without some knowledge of Latin. This was impossible in the state he was born, and he claimed after that our Lady had taught him; certainly he managed to acquire Latin without any obvious means of study. His biographer was reluctantly forced to conclude that the knowledge was simply infused through prayer.<br />I recall with joy celebrating Mass in the little church he built at Stone in Staffordshire, not long after I was ordained.Pastor in Montehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05949810648656544072noreply@blogger.com