Do we Expect Persecution?
Dedication of a memorial plaque to seven Jesuit priests hanged drawn and quartered at Tyburn and interred at S Giles in the Fields A sermon preached in the week of prayer for Christian Unity at Evensong to mark the unveiling of a plaque to commemorate the burial at S Giles in the Fields of seven victims of the "Popish Plot". Bishop Paul McAleenan, Auxiliary Bishop in the Diocese of Westminster was in choir, and the plaque was unveiled by Fr Dominic Robinson SJ, Parish Priest of The Church of the Immaculate Conception Farm Street 1 Cor 1:25 The foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men The Plaque at S Giles Church A little while ago we were having one of those meetings in which we were thinking about the mission action planning of the church over the next few years. Then in the midst of all this strategizing, someone asked simply, Do we expect persecution? A foolish question? But the foolishness of God is wiser than m...