Posted on 11/01/2018 5:44:59 PM PDT by marshmallow
Dublin, Ireland, Oct 30, 2018 / 12:53 pm (CNA).- Irish voters supported overwhelmingly last week a daily broadcast of the “Angelus Bells” on national broadcasting network RTE.
In a centuries-old custom, Church bells have rung daily across Europe at noon and 6 p.m., reminding Catholics to pause in schools, in farm fields, in offices, and in their homes, to pray the Angelus, a short prayer remembering the Annunciation and the Incarnation of Jesus Christ, and asking for the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Since 1962, Angelus bells have been broadcast on RTE daily- a minute-long video with images of men and women at prayer or quiet reflection, as bells peal in the background is played at 6 p.m., before the evening news. The Angelus bells are also broadcast daily on RTE radio at noon and 6 p.m.
RTE asked Irish voters about the daily television broadcast during exit polls it conducted amid the country’s Oct. 26 presidential election. 68 percent of respondents said they would keep the Angelus broadcast. 21 percent would stop it, and 11 percent declined to comment, RTE reported.
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The same voters who voted for abortion? Forgive me while I barf.
L: The Angel of the Lord declared onto Mary,
Angel-1R: and she was conceived of the Holy Spirit.
Hail Mary, full of grace.
Our Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb,
Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,
now and at the hour of our death.
Amen.…
L: Behold the handmaid of the Lord,
R: be it done onto me according to Thy word.
Hail Mary, full of grace.
Our Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb,
Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,
now and at the hour of our death.
Amen.
L: The word was made flesh,
R: and He dwelt among us.
Hail Mary, full of grace.
Our Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb,
Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,
now and at the hour of our death.
Amen.
L: Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God,
R: that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray: Pour forth we beseech Thee O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts; that we, to whom the incarnation of Christ Thy Son was made known by the message of an Angel, may by His passion and cross be brought to the glory of His resurrection; through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
My mother listens to RTE Radio 1 on the TuneIn app on her Smart TV; whenever she hears the Angelus bells (at 7 am and 1 pm Eastern time), she gets angry because she can’t help but be reminded of how far left Irish society has gone so quickly.
They like their traditions to be meaningless and utterly innocuous. Good for tourism, I suppose.
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