{"id":26898,"date":"2021-01-20T07:00:36","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T06:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/?p=26898"},"modified":"2021-01-17T17:00:10","modified_gmt":"2021-01-17T16:00:10","slug":"wednesday-reflection-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wednesday-reflection-27\/","title":{"rendered":"WEDNESDAY REFLECTION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Mid-week Reflection<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>20<sup>th<\/sup> January 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Today is the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Week of Ordinary time and the memorial of Pope Saint Fabian and Saint Sebastian.\u00a0 Fabian was martyred in 250 AD in the persecution of the Emperor Decius and Sebastian in 287 AD during the persecution of Diocletian.\u00a0 When last week\u2019s meditation was written, it would have seemed incredible that this week we would be mourning the loss of two Scottish bishops who died within a day of each other. \u00a0A priest in the Diocese of Dunkeld talking to me about the deaths of Archbishop Tartaglia and Bishop Logan told me an imaginary tale about the death of Otto Von Hapsburg.\u00a0 The story was that when he died and went to the gates of heaven, St Peter, from within, asked, \u201cWho are you?\u201d\u00a0 Otto answered I am Otto, son of the emperor Charles the First and the last\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_heirs_to_the_Austrian_throne\">Crown Prince<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Austria-Hungary\">Austria-Hungary<\/a>\u00a0Empire. St Peter said, \u201cWe do not know you.\u201d\u00a0 Otto then said, \u201cI am Archduke Otto of Austria and a Royal Prince of Hungary, Bohemia, and Croatia. \u201cWe do not know you.\u201d\u00a0 Then he said, \u201cI am Otto, a sinner.\u201d Peter opened the doors and said, \u201cCome in, you are righteous and you welcome!\u201d\u00a0 The scribes in the days when Jesus walked upon the earth, considered themselves righteous.\u00a0 But Jesus turns the popular notions of who is righteous and who is a sinner on their heads.\u00a0 Jesus does not shun the company of sinners.\u00a0 Rather, he keeps their company giving them the opportunity to recognise who they truly are and the chance to change their lives.\u00a0 Our lives.\u00a0 Archbishop Tartaglia and Bishop Logan, who had greatness thrust upon them in this life, will go before the throne, not because of the high office they held, but simply because they kept company with Jesus.\u00a0 They were in His presence.\u00a0 They spent time with him in prayer and most especially in their celebrations of the Sacrifice of the Holy Mass. That is what makes one righteous.<\/p>\n<p>For the the repose of the souls of Archbishop Tartaglia and Bishop Logan:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Let us pray.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lord Jesus, our Redeemer,<\/p>\n<p>you willingly gave yourself up to death so that all people might be saved and pass from death into a new life. Listen to our prayers, look with love on us who mourn and pray for Archbishop Tartaglia and Bishop Logan.\u00a0 Lord Jesus, holy and compassionate, forgive their sins. By dying you opened the gates of life for those who believe in you. Do not let our brothers be parted from you, but by your glorious power give them light, joy and peace in heaven where you live for ever and ever.<\/p>\n<p><strong> Amen.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Monsignor Monaghan<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mid-week Reflection 20th January 2021 Today is the 2nd Week of Ordinary time and the memorial of Pope Saint Fabian and Saint Sebastian.\u00a0 Fabian was martyred in 250 AD in the persecution<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wednesday-reflection-27\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2931,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2931"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26898"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26899,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26898\/revisions\/26899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}