Sept. 20: Sts. Andrew Kim Taegong, Paul Chong Hasang, and companions--Korean martyrs [19th c.]

 

"...my salvation will be forever..." [from Isaiah 51: 6]

 

"Spem in Alium", c.1570 by Thomas Tallis [1505-1585]

Spem in alium nunquam habui 

Praeter in te, Deus Israel 

Qui irasceris et propitius eris 

et omnia peccata hominum 

in tribulatione dimittis 

Domine Deus 

Creator caeli et terrae 

respice humilitatem nostram. 

I have never put my hope in any other 

but in You, O God of Israel 

who can show both anger and graciousness, 

and who absolves all the sins 

of suffering man 

Lord God, 

Creator of Heaven and Earth 

be mindful of our lowliness.

"The harvest is plentiful..." [from Luke 10:2]

 

"Iona", c. 2025--marking Holy Cross Day [image: St. Martin's Cross, Isle of Iona, Scotland]

 

"The blood of the martyrs..." [Tertullian--160-240 A.D.]