Ellis to Glenstal
Ellis to Glenstal
Details
- Monastery
- Glenstal Abbey, Murroe
- Subject
- Monastery, Monks, Religious Life
- Creator
- Glenstal Abbey
- Place
- Murroe, Limerick, Cashel Diocese, Diocese of Cashel
- Language
- English
- Priors
- Bernard o Dea, Bernard O' Dea
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Extracted Mentions
People, places, and terms identified via handwriting recognition and named entity recognition.
Places
- Wellington(1)
- Ellis(1)
Terms
Sample passages
- I was overjoyed when I read in your cable the very word of Our Divine Lord Himself — 'veni' — and I must confess that I could not help putting myself in the Apostle's place — salva…
- my intentions to them, they had long
- since as long as man is man, he is
Full Transcript (OCR, 4 pages)
Machine-generated OCR transcript. Handwritten material may contain recognition errors.
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'Goorang' 42 Roxburgh St., Wellington, N.J. 2023-06-09/632 19/iv/35. To the Prior of Glenstal. Very Reverend Father, I was overjoyed when I read in your cable the very word of Our Divine Lord Himself — 'veni' — and I must confess that I could not help putting myself in the Apostle's place — salva trumilitate — when Our Divine traster drew him to His Heart by His irresistable invitation, "veni, sequere me." I last no time therefore, in setting about answering His call. First I had to leave the Seminary to arrange for my passage. Here I found a distressing cause for delay. All the ships are very heavily doorless dwing to the King of England's Judice celebrations, and the earliest accommodation
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" available is on the Italian ship "Esquilino" sailing from Sydney on July 7th. Happily for me, my mother and sister will be travelling on the same ship; before I had made known my intentions to them, they had long since intended, unknown to me, to go abroad. I recall an incident in the life of my jealously emulated here Saint Augustine when he deceived his mother who wished to accompany him to Reme. I welcomed my mother's decision to travel on the same ship, since as long as man is man, he is exposed to the same dangers as those which Augustine was heir to. The Rector and my Spiritual Director both emphasized that one would be feelish to pass through to Ireland without obtaining the blessing of the Holy Father and visiting London for this would be my last opportunity. Archbishop O'Shea also very kindly promised to give
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"ii" we a letter to the Cardinal Present of Propaganda for an audience with His Holiness. In view of this fact, my Director suggested that the best thing for me to do would be to write to you when I am meaning Ireland to let you know accurately when I should be due there. The earliest I can arrive there is the middle of August. In the meantime, Father, I hope to be able to continue to live according to the rule of the Seminary until I presume to Embrace the Holy Rule of Saint Benedict, under which I yearn to unite myself completely and perpetually to God. Is it not justice itself and reasonable that I should open all the finite love of which I am capable, in return for His infinite love, manifested not only by this desire for union, which He has given me, but also manifested by His providing
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iv me with the means to attain this end in that way in which He has called me! I would also like to thank you, Father, first for your much- needed prayers for me, and also for your beautiful letter in reply to my application for admission. May I presume to add my constant prayer to yours for the promotion of the Kingdom of God upon Earth, that is, for the Spiritual and temporal welfare of the Community at Glenstal of which I aspire to become a worthy member. Yours sincerely Stead Ellis