Where the body is buried, 3

 Another one of my history videos, just me sharing a story that has been passed down to me, so it may not be lost.

 

 

 

Prayer request

 In your charity, please pray for my great nephew and his parents.  He's about 18 month old.  We just received word that he has been diagnosed with what his grandmother calls a 'life changing metabolic disorder.'  I know nothing more than that at this time.

Parental musings

https://youtube.com/shorts/gM6pzejC98U?si=WU2hDfv1D3qKLKSw

VOCES8: O Nata Lux by Thomas Tallis

Some music for today.

Some history for today.

Today (July 12) is the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne.  Sort of.  The opposing sides also had two opposing calendars, the Irish Catholics the Gregorian and the British Protestants the Julian, so the anniversary could also be said to be July 1st.

William of Orange came out on top of the battle, and Seamus Acaca would flee and end his days in exile.  In the years following the battle, Irish Protestants would wear Orange in commemoration of their victory.  This habit would lead in the late 1700's to the creation of the Orange Lodge.  The Lodge would spread to all corners of the Empire, but took a very special hold in what is now Ontario, and in particular the city of Toronto, where the Lodge would never pass up a change to remind the Catholics just who was in charge here.

Doors to heaven

In this video I take a break from discussing history to instead discuss some religious iconography, specifically why Catholic Churches often have a bull, a lion, an angel, and an eagle depicted and why placement matters.

A forgotten memorial

A short video I shot about an old, slowly disintegrating memorial in Toronto raised in honour of the men who fought the Battle of Limeridge in 1866 and raised by the longstanding nemesis of Catholics in Toronto, the Orange Lodge.