tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911068236939343613.post4113257757720273981..comments2023-08-24T16:41:19.306+01:00Comments on Let nothing you dismay: Happy Independence day!Michael Gollop http://www.blogger.com/profile/00076220518083389674noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2911068236939343613.post-63671770922224899912010-07-05T17:38:35.432+01:002010-07-05T17:38:35.432+01:00Thank you Father. I have always taught my children...Thank you Father. I have always taught my children, and any one who would listen, that the United States is actually only a modified English culture. It would be hard for it not to have been modified as the early colonists found its climate less hospitable than that pearl caste in the silvery sea. My own family came here in 1624 from England (we think from the West counties, perhaps Devon).<br /> Your words are very kind as is the reminded of Kipling's poem. I preached yesterday consciously bringing to mind the lovely hymn, "I vow to thee my country." That hymn marvelously puts forth the duality of patriotism and our Faith. We must remember that the "other country I heard of long ago" is the citizenship that take priority over all other loyalties--so I said to my parish.<br /> So from one whose family hails from that precious land, and who cherishes his English heritage and culture, allow me to say from the depths of my heart to you as well, "God save the Queen."Fr. J. Guy Winfreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16978403559266817219noreply@blogger.com