tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9048575444859487507.post1609572350328377178..comments2023-09-12T10:10:57.773-04:00Comments on thinking-out-loud: An Expanded Calendar of CommemorationsRev. Rick Stuckwischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10664716292792101540noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9048575444859487507.post-39450959263286742872014-01-30T09:06:58.494-05:002014-01-30T09:06:58.494-05:00Thanks for your kind encouragement, feedback, and ...Thanks for your kind encouragement, feedback, and good suggestions, Eleanor. I'll add these names to the list of other possibilities, and I'll take those into consideration as I modify my work.<br /><br />I sure do appreciate the input you've given me, both here and now and in the past. Many thanks!Rev. Rick Stuckwischhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664716292792101540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9048575444859487507.post-25840593445144087382014-01-29T18:34:33.335-05:002014-01-29T18:34:33.335-05:00Dear pastor,
Finally I've thought of two peop...Dear pastor,<br /><br />Finally I've thought of two people who might make the cut:<br /><br />Beatus Edward Powell, martyred same day as Robert Barnes. Martyred for opposing the divorce and Henry's self-styling as head of the church of England.<br /><br />Saint Scholastica--Benedict's sister. 'Nuff said. Commemorated Feb. 10, but that crowds Silas. But she is so cool, so maybe she could share with Benedict since she prayed for his ministry?<br /><br />Anyway. Again: Fantastic list. And I thank God for your contribution to the Church in this creation. I just have a personal affection for Powell because he taught at Eton before his martyrdom and Scholastica because she (like Macrina) was one of those wise women whose prayers strengthened their brothers' hands to build the church.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9048575444859487507.post-70844628476465888752013-12-24T13:41:28.718-05:002013-12-24T13:41:28.718-05:00That is a great suggetion, Dalas. I will definite...That is a great suggetion, Dalas. I will definitely keep Saint Emmilia of Caesarea in mind as I undertake further revisions and refinements. I love the Cappadocian fathers, and give thanks for their contribution, and so also for those fathers and mothers from whom they received the Word of Christ in the first place! I have also been eager to include faithful women from a variety of stations in life, so as to provide godly Christian examples for Christian women in our own day and age.<br /><br />Merry Christmas to you and yours.Rev. Rick Stuckwischhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664716292792101540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9048575444859487507.post-30628985145565604962013-12-23T10:44:36.137-05:002013-12-23T10:44:36.137-05:00I would really love to see Saint Emmilia of Caesar...I would really love to see Saint Emmilia of Caesarea on the list. The wife of Saint Basil the Elder and mother of ten children, five of whom are commemorated saints, including Macrina, Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa.Dalashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00139289890410409587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9048575444859487507.post-68544990442535806062013-12-22T14:09:40.711-05:002013-12-22T14:09:40.711-05:00Thank you for your comments, Pr. Gernander. I'...Thank you for your comments, Pr. Gernander. I'm sorry to be slow in responding! Things have been cranking up over the past week, already, in view of the coming Christmas Tide.<br /><br />You've hit the nail on the head in pointing out that "the list could be endless." Well, almost endless, in any case: "A great crowd that no man could number, from every tribe, tongue, and nation!" Christ be praised.<br /><br />You've identified some truly worthwhile folks, and I appreciate that. I'll have to look into John Rogers, as that is a new name to me. Thanks for the suggestion! Justus Jonas is included on the 10th of October. Bach is included on the 28th of July. I thought about Handle, but did not manage to include him; hand't thought of Mendelssohn, but he'd also be a worthwhile person to remember.<br /><br />The challenge is twofold: On the one hand, attempting to determine and to exercise the appropriate criteria of selection; and on the other hand, trying to weigh the numerous possibilities against one another, in order to make choices. Among the factors that "helped" to make those kinds of decisions for me were the traditional dates on which the saints have been remembered; which I tried to preserve and follow, as much as possible. There's some flexibility in that regard, especially because the East and West have not always used the same dates of commemoration for the same individuals. Anyway, the consequence is that, in some months, I've included people who would not have "made the cut" in some of the other months, where the "competition" was more fierce!<br /><br />I should say, too, that I'm not necessarily well acquainted, yet, with all of these fathers and mothers, sisters and brothers in Christ, who have gone before us; far less am I any kind of expert in all of them. Some of them I'm already very well familiar with. Others I've included because of the traditional attestation of the church, or because of reputation, and at this point I look forward to learning more about them, and learning from them and their example, as time permits.Rev. Rick Stuckwischhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664716292792101540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9048575444859487507.post-32462253134740544602013-12-20T14:39:09.723-05:002013-12-20T14:39:09.723-05:00I would like to put in a plug for John Rogers, mar...I would like to put in a plug for John Rogers, martyr, confessor and translator. He was the first of Bloody Mary's martyrs, a Lutheran pastor, a co-worker of Tyndale and the man who preserved Tyndale's work after Tyndale's martyrdom. I also think Tyndale should be separated from Coverdale, because of his martyrdom. Perhaps Tyndale and Rogers together as martyrs and Coverdale separate from them as a translator. I also think it would be good to find places for the Electors John and John Frederick (did I miss them?), Justus Jonas, Lazarus Spengler, Elisabeth Cruciger, and Lady Argula von Grumbach. Were Bach and Handel on the list? Mendelssohn? I know the list could be endless. Thank you, Pastor Jerry GernanderAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11124043128049895155noreply@blogger.com