4 Thought

Hello

I like to watch 4Though. Everyone always has an interesting point to make, but at the end of the day, it's down to the individual themselves to make a decision. There are enough options for everyone in the world. I just hope we all make the right decisions to suit the needs of our relatively short lives on this earth, allowing us passage for eternal life in the next.





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A Hymn I Like, But Not Sure Of The Title

Below, is a hymn that I heard at church this week, but unfortunately they don't put the titles of hymns on the sheets. I really like it, and totally feel a spiritual connection to God whenever I hear it. 

If anyone looking at this blog knows the title could you please let me know somehow? 

Much appreciated, ABx =) 

Verse 1
Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart;
naught be all else to me, save that thou art.
Thou my best thought, in the day and the night,
waking or sleeping, thy presence my light.

Verse 2
Be thou my wisdom, be thou my true word;
I ever with thee, and thou with me, Lord;
Thou my great Father, and I thy true son;
Thou in me dwelling, and I with thee one.

Verse 3
Be thou my breast-plate, my sword for the fight;
Be thou my armour, and be thou my might;
Thou my soul's shelter, and thou my high tower: 
Raise thou me heavenward, O Power of my power.

Verse 4
Riches I heed not, nor man's empty praise, 
Thou mine inheritance, through all my days;
Thou and thou only, the first in my heart,
High King of Heaven, my treasure thou art.

Verse 5
High King of Heaven, when battle is done,
Grant Heavens's joy to me, O bright heaven's sun!
Christ of my own heart, whatever befall, 
Still be my vision, O Ruler of all.

How Great Thou Art

This is a song that is usually played at funerals which I go to, especially when it’s an older member from the black community. What I have noticed is that older members of the funeral, tend to sing certain hymns (such as Amazing Grace) without musical instruments at the graveside, and in perfect harmony, which sounds really nice. I will miss that so much when their generation has gone. Unfortunately my generation, and even my mum's generation do not sing like that anymore. So yep, I will definitely miss that when they are gone =(

I think this is a really good hymn to have as part of my Faith Memo as it means quite a lot to me, and it has a tremendous influence on my faith.

For some reason, during times of death, I feel that my faith becomes stronger. Do you find that you feel this too? 

How Great Thou Art

Verse 1

O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder,

consider all the worlds thy hand has made.

I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder,

thy power throughout, the universe displayed.

Chorus

Then sings my soul, my Saviour God; to thee,

how great though art, how great thou art!

Then sings my soul, my Saviour God; to thee,

how great though art, how great thou art!

Verse 2

And when I think that God, his Son not sparing,

sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in

that on the cross, my burden gladly bearing,

he bled and died to take away my sin.

Chorus

Verse3

When Christ shall come with shout of acclamation

and take me home, what joy shall fill my heart;

When I shall bow, in humble adoration,

and there proclaim; my God how great Thou Art!

Chorus

If this hymn has any emotional or faithful connection to you, please feel free to leave me a comment about your attachment with the hymn. ABx 

Hail Mary

For my first Faith Memo post I would like to start with the Hail Mary, as this is a part of the Catholic church that I always struggle with, as, it is a prayer that is not written down, it is memorised, and I always forget to memorise it. So to hgelp me out, and maybe anyone else who decides to go to a catholic services without knowing the Hail Mary off by heart.….Here it is:

Hail Mary 

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you,blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus.Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners,now and at the hour of our death.
Amen.

My First Blog Entry

I have been brought up within the Church of England, but when I got married a few years ago, I started going to Catholic services a lot more, as my husband is Catholic.  There are many similarities and differences between the two, but as most people know The Church of England does take many of it’s idea from the roman Catholic Church.  Maybe one day I will discuss how The Church of England broke away from the Catholic church many hundreds of years ago; but I’ll save that for another day.