Adelaide Anne Procter

 

Above:  The Vatican Flag

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Adelaide Anne Procter (1825-1864), a convert to Roman Catholicism, was a good friend of Charles Dickens and a skilled linguist and poet.  She also dedicated her life to educating the poor, visiting the sick, and sheltering the homeless.  She spend the last fifteen months of her life in great physical pain.  I refer you, O reader, to her hymn, “I Do Not Ask, O Lord,” as a useful meditation, given that fact.

KENNETH RANDOLPH TAYLOR

MAY 6, 2012 COMMON ERA

THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER, YEAR B

THE FEAST OF MIDDLETON STUART BARNWELL, EPISCOPAL BISHOP OF GEORGIA

THE FEAST OF SAINTS EDBERT AND EADFRITH OF LINDISFARNE, ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS

THE FEAST OF SAINTS EDWARD JONES AND ANTHONY MIDDLETON, ROMAN CATHOLIC MARTYRS

THE FEAST OF JEANNETTE RANKIN, UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE

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The Shadows of the Evening Hours:

https://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2012/05/06/the-shadows-of-the-evening-hours/

My God, I Thank Thee:

https://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2012/05/06/my-god-i-thank-thee/

I Do Not Ask, O Lord:

https://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2012/05/06/i-do-not-ask-o-lord/

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