Where The Bishop Is...
In 107 AD, St. Ignatius on his way to martyrdom wrote, "Where the bishop is present, there is the Catholic Church" (Letter To the Smyrnaeans 8:2).
In the small town of Kilfenora in County Clare, the remains of a cathedral built in the 12th century still stand. It was built at the site of a 6th century monastery founded by St. Fachtna. The bishop's likeness was carved from stone and placed in the cathedral about 9oo years ago, a timeless reminder of Ignatius words from the 2nd century.
posted by Russ Rentler, M.D. | 8:33 PM
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Incredible! Fr. Shane was telling us last night at Mass about St Andrews i Scotland and how extremely huge that cathedral was (an aside: of course St Andrew had nothing to do with golf)and how it was the oldest in that country or that area. How I LOVE Holy Mother Church and our Church fathers and our faith! Ain't it grand to be Home and Catholic?!
PAX,
susie
As I walked among the ruins of this ancient Church, Ignatius words kept coming to me when I saw how they honored their bishop and how important to the faithful he must have been.
You haven't lived until you've heard the Our Father sung/prayed in Gaelic! I didn't know the language, but wasn't "lost" in Mass because of the universality of the Church and how the Eucharist is celebrated similarly throughout the world. It gave me chills.
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