Where it all began! The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem
Dear Reader,
Thank you for loyally following this humble blog throughout 2009 – with all its changes to WordPress and everything.
Sentire Cum Ecclesia and its author wish you all a happy and blessed Christmas. Stick with us for more fun and ecclesiastical commentary in 2010!
I propose that
1) We replace the absentee monarch of Australia (who is also the Monarch of Great Britain) with an elected Australian monarchy.
2) The elected monarch exactly replaces the current monarch in the current constition.
3) The elected monarch has exactly the same powers, duties and responsibilities as those of the current absentee monarch. All the monarch's functions are carried out by his/her personal representatives (as is currently the case): federally by the Governor General, and in the states by the State Governors.
4) The Governor General and the Governors continue to be selected and appointed as they currently are, that is, by the premier with the approval of the monarch.
5) The monarch is elected to sovereignty over Australia for life, but his/her sovereignty is strictly non-hereditary.
6) The elective body is the "college of electors" comprised of the state governors and federal governor general.
7) The election of the monarch must be a unanimous decision on the part of the college of electors.
Merry Christmas to you and yours, David!
merry Christmas and happy new year to you and your family too David.
David ,
Merry Christmas to Cathy and the girls ,and to all readers of this blog . May you be blessed richly this Christmastide.
“In the beginning was the Word,and the Word was with God and the Word was God”.
David,
A blessed Nativity to you and yours.
I wish you all every blessing this Christmastide! May the Holy Family find a welcome in our hearts and homes this night!
P.S. I only discovered this blog yesterday, Keep up the good work!
Merry Christmas to you too and family, and to all my former mates in the peanut gallery at SCE.
Here is the Collect from the first mass of Christmas, which, so far as I know, we share and is not an object or subject of contention:
O God, Who hast made this most sacred night to shine forth with the brightness of the true Light, grant, we beseech Thee, that, as we have known on earth the mysteries of that Light, we may also come to the fullness of its joys in heaven.
Amen to that, PE!
Christ is born! Glorify Him!
A most blessed Christmas to all.
Merry Christmas!
Happy Christmas to you and yours, David and all others here!