Perfect End To A Very Fine Jesuit Vocation

" Fr. Andrew Cameron-Mowat, S.J. parish priest at Farm Street church in London, said: "Fr John" Edwards, S.J. was greatly loved by an enormous number of people. His dynamic preaching and his mission work will live long in the memory of all who met him. He brought numerous people into the Church. In my short time so far as parish priest it was a blessing to have his presence at daily Mass in the church, and to receive his frequent words of support and encouragement. He was a remarkable example of a faithful and compassionate priest and a generous companion of Jesus. We will all miss him very much, but rejoice that he is now in the arms of our Blessed Lord. May he rest in peace." A priest for 49 years, and a member of the Jesuit Community at Mount St for 32 years, Fr Edwards was known to be an excellent confessor who was very successful in encouraging people to attend Confession. He was also a devoted advocate of the practice of receiving indulgences. Fr Anthony Symondson, S.J a fellow Jesuit priest and a friend of Fr Edwards, said his death was a "perfect end to a very fine Jesuit vocation"."He said: HE HAD A VERY ATTRACTIVE PERSONALITY IN THE SENSE THAT PEOPLE WARMED TO HIM. MOST OF HIS LIFE, SINCE ABOUT 1972, WAS SPENT TRUDGING AROUND THE COUNTRY IN MISSION, TO LARGE CHURCHES AND SMALL CHURCHES, WELL-KNOWN AND OBSCURE CHURCHES. HIS MISSIONS TOOK A WEEK AND ENDED WITH AN APPEAL, AND HE KNEW HOW SUCCESSFUL HE WAS BY THE BY THE AMOUNT OF MONEY RAISED. HE CONTINUED: "JOHN WAS A HOLY MAN, A WONDERFUL CONFESSOR. HE REGULARLY GAVE HIS CONFESSION, HE PREACHED BRILLIANTLY, AND HE MADE THE FAITH SOMETHING WORTH BELIEVING IN. HE HAD A GREAT EFFECT ON INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE, HE WAS DELIGHTFUL COMPANY AND MOST OF ALL A JESUIT PRIEST." AFTER FR EDWARDS WAS DIAGNOSED WITH LUNG CANCER, FR SYMONDSON SAID THAT HE HAD DESCRIBED IT AS "A GIFT FROM GOD"."LINK (HERE) TO THE FULL PIECE AT THE HERALD

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The Book Of Fallen Angels By Michael Howard

"THIS BOOK CHALLENGES THE CONCEPT THAT THE FALLEN ANGELS, OR 'BEN ELOHIM' FELL FROM GRACE AND BECAME DEMONS, WITH THEIR LEADER AZAZEL OR SHEMYAZA, IDENTIFIED WITH THE REBEL ANGEL LUCIFER, BECOMING, ACCORDING TO THE CHRISTIAN TEXTS, THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS AND SUPREME PRINCIPAL OF EVIL. TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE WHAT ANGELS ARE AND WHAT THEY REPRESENT; THEIR ANCIENT ORIGINS; THE MAJOR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN LUCIFER/LUMIEL AND SATAN AND HOW THE EARLY CHURCH DEMONISED LUMIEL AND THE PAGAN DEITIES OF THE MIDDLE EAST; THE FALLEN ANGELS AND THEIR STELLAR LORE; THE BELIEF THAT THE FALLEN ANGELS ARE THE SAME AS THE FAERIES AND DJINNS OF EUROPEAN AND ARABIAN FOLKLORE; THE UNIVERSAL MYTH OF THE GREAT FLOOD; THE NEPHELIM OR ANAKIM; THE FEMALE CONSORT OF LUCIFER, FREQUENTLY ASSOCIATED IN MYTHOLOGY WITH THE DARK MOON GODDESSES AND SORCERY - LILITH, HECATE, ISHTAR, ASTARTE, ASHERAH, DIANA, THE SHEKINAH AND SOPHIA; THE MYSTICAL SYMBOLISM OF THE ROSE IN OCCULT TRADITION; THE PROCESS OF COSMIC REDEMPTION MANIFESTING AS A SERIES OF INCARNATIONS IN HUMAN FORM; HERETICAL CULTS AND SECRET SOCIETIES THROUGH HISTORY AND IN MODERN TIMES CLAIMING TO FOLLOW LUCIFERIAN BELIEFS INCLUDING THE SETHIANS, THE ESSENES, KNIGHTS TEMPLARS, THE YEZEDI, THE OPHITES, THE MANDEAN, THE ORDER OF THE MORNING STAR AND THE OUR LADY OF ENDOR COVEN AMONGST OTHERS; ARABIC INFLUENCES ON THE MEDIEVAL WITCH CULT; RENAISSANCE ANGELIC MAGIC; THE 'TEACHING ANGELS' OR ARCHANGELS WHO FEATURE PROMINENTLY IN ANGELIC MAGICK - MICHAEL, RAPHAEL, GABRIEL AND TWO APPENDICES ARE INCLUDED WITH INVOCATIONS TO THE LORD LUMIEL."

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