Monday, October 8, 2018

Christopher Columbus Day. October 8th 2018
              Celebrate this Catholic Man
Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII recognizing this Great Catholic son of the Church
Click Link to Read https://www.ewtn.com/library/ENCYC/L13COL.HTM
                       Traditional Latin Mass every Sunday at 11:00 A.M.
                            St. Martha Parish 214 Brainard Rd. Enfield Ct.
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  1. UnknownOctober 13, 2018 at 6:07 AM

    Columbus
    by
    Joaquin Miller

    Behind him lay the gray Azores,
    Behind the Gates of Hercules;
    Before him not the ghost of shores,
    Before him only shoreless seas.
    The good mate said: "Now we must pray,
    For lo! the very stars are gone.
    Brave Admiral, speak, what shall I say?"
    "Why, say, 'Sail on! sail on! and on!' "

    "My men grow mutinous day by day;
    My men grow ghastly wan and weak."
    The stout mate thought of home; a spray
    Of salt wave washed his swarthy cheek.
    "What shall I say, brave Admiral, say,
    If we sight naught but seas at dawn?"
    "Why, you shall say at break of day,
    'Sail on! sail on! and on!' "

    They sailed and sailed, as winds might blow,
    Until at last the blanched mate said:
    "Why, now not even God would know
    Should I and all my men fall dead.
    These very winds forget their way,
    For God from these dead seas is gone.
    Now speak, brave Admiral, speak and say" --
    He said, "Sail on! sail on! and on!"

    They sailed. They sailed. Then spake the mate:
    "This mad sea shows his teeth tonight.
    He curls his lip, he lies in wait,
    With lifted teeth, as if to bite!
    Brave Admiral, say but one good word:
    What shall we do when hope is gone?"
    The words leapt like a leaping sword:
    "Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!"

    Then pale and worn, he kept his deck,
    And peered through darkness. Ah, that night
    Of all dark nights! And then a speck --
    A light! a light! at last a light!
    It grew, a starlit flag unfurled!
    It grew to be Time's burst of dawn.
    He gained a world; he gave that world
    Its grandest lesson: "On! sail on!"

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