The obituary notice of Luciane MURFITT

New Heavens and a New Earth

"For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth, and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind."

Isaiah 65:17 (ESV)

1st January

That Your Days May Be Blessed

"What shall I ask of the year that is dawning?
What shall I hope as I face the new day?
What shall I ask on the very first morning?
What shall I wish, and for what should I pray?

Ask for an eye that is open to beauty.
Ask for a faith that no bludgeon can break.
Ask for the patience to do every duty —
with a good humour that nothing can shake.

Now at this time of the year's new beginning.
Pray for these gifts. They outweigh all the rest.
For without these there is naught worth the winning.
Ask for these things that your days may be blessed."

"Patience Strong's Thoughts for Every Day"
pub. by Bounty Books 2014
ISBN: 978-0-753727-53-9

An Vugeledh ha'n Eledh

"8. Hag yth esa bugeledh y'n pow na, trigys y'n goenyow ow koelyas dre nos dhe witha aga flokk.
9. Hag ott, el an Arloedh a sevis a-dheragdha, ha golowder an Arloedh a splannas a-dro dhedha, hag own bras a's teva.
10. Ha'n el a leveris dhedha, 'Na berthewgh own, rag ott, my a dhre dhywgh nowodhow da a lowena veur hag a vydh rag oll an bobel,
11. bos genys ragowgh hedhyw yn sita Davydh Selwyas, neb yw Krist an Arloedh.
12. Ha hemm yw an tokyn dhywgh: hwi a gyv baban maylys yn lystennow hag a'y wrowedh yn presep.'
13. Ha distowgh yth esa gans an el routh veur a'n lu nevek ow kormel Dyw, hag ow leverel,
14. 'Gordhyans y'n ughelder dhe Dhyw
hag y'n bys kres dhe dus y volonjedh da.' "

Luk 2:8-14

Tidings of Great Joy

"8. And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
9. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
10. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all the people.
11. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
12. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
13. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
14. Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men."

Luke 2:8-14 (KJV)

"How we behave toward cats here below determines our place in heaven."

— quote by Robert Heinlein

The same author also said — "There ain't no such thing as a free lunch," and "Never underestimate the power of human stupidity."

Luciane loved a wise quote!

1st December

"Far away the Winter seemed,
a thought I could not entertain —
when the roses threaded garlands
through the hedges in the lane....
But now it's come I'm well content,
for knowing that it must be so —
I seek again the quiet joys
of home and hearth and firelight glow."

"Patience Strong's Thoughts for Every Day"
pub. by Bounty Books 2014
ISBN: 978-0-753727-53-9

Armistice Day

"And all the time boys were being born or growing up in the parish, expecting to follow the plough all their lives, or, at most, do a little mild soldiering or go to work in a town. Gallipoli? Kut? Vimy Ridge? Ypres? What did they know of such places? But they were to know them, and when the time came they did not flinch. Eleven out of that tiny community never came back. A brass plate on the wall of the church immediately over the old end house seat is engraved with their names. A double column, five names long, then, last and alone, the name of Edmund."

Extract from "Lark Rise to Candleford"
by
Flora Thompson