Subj : February 27th - St. Ann Line, Martyr To : All From : rich Date : Wed Feb 26 2020 08:14:07 From: rich February 27th - St. Ann Line, Martyr Also known as Anne Higham Anne Lyne Memorial 27 February 25 October=C2 as one of the=C2 Forty Martyrs of England and Wales Persecution of Christians and Catholics is not confined in history to the R= oman period. There have been persecutions and discriminations all throughou= t history. In many parts of the world today, Christians and Catholics are b= eing murdered for their faith. In some instances, it is because they speak = out against the existing regime or ruler, in other cases, they are massacre= d simply because they are Christians.=C2 From 1570 to 1791 all Roman Catholic were compelled by the state/crown of E= ngland to attend the protestant services of the Church of England. If they = did not they were charged with 'recusancy' which usually led to imprisonmen= t, exile or death -the word comes from an act of disobeying the lawful/stat= e authority=C2 Saint Anne was the daughter of a very strongly protestant Essex man named W= illiam Heigham. He disowned his son and daughter when they joined the Catho= lic Church. At age nineteen she married another convert, named Roger Line.= =C2 The young couple was soon separated when Roger was arrested for recusancy. = Roger chose exile and travelled abroad to Flanders. Anne remained in Englan= d. Roger died soon after, in 1594.=C2 With her husband's death, Anne had no-one left dependent upon her, and coul= d follow God's calling. Though ill herself, she began to care for her fello= w Catholics being abused by the Anglican Church and Parliament. She went fi= rst to the city of Braddox to the house of a Mrs. Wiseman, but Mrs. Wiseman= was captured and put to death for aiding priests. Saint Anne then travelle= d to London. There she managed a house as a haven and safe house for priest= s. The founder of the house, a Fr. Gerard was imprisoned in the Tower of Lo= ndon. When he escaped and returned to his house, he cast suspicion upon Sai= nt Anne.=C2 She was forced to flee and hide. When she founded a new house it was discov= ered as well. A third house was established to shelter priests and other Ca= tholics. A large number of Catholics assembled on Candlemas Day (Feb 2nd) f= or Mass. The gathering was noticed by the neighbours, who notified the auth= orities about the house.=C2 A priest, a Fr Francis Page SJ, had just vested for Mass when the soldiers = attempted to break in. He hid as they broke through the doors. Though he es= caped, the vessels and arrangements for Mass were found. Those remaining we= re obviously guilty andwere arrested, Saint Anne among them.=C2 She was brought before the lord chief justice at Old Bailey to be tried. Wh= en asked what her plea would be, she retorted, "My lords, nothing grieves m= e more but that I could not receive a thousand more (priests)..." Saint Ann= e Line was eventually convicted of recusancy. The sole evidence was having = an altar in the house. Shewas imprisoned in Newgate prison but remained unm= oved and unbroken by her imprisonment, Even when brought to the gallows she= knelt in prayer.=C2 With Saint Anne Line that day were Father Roger Filcock SJ, her confessor, = and Bl. Father Mark Barkworth. Saint Anne Line is one of the Forty Martyrs = of England and Wales, crowned in glory by suffering and dying for Christ an= d His Faith.=C2 Saint Quote: Him we adore who hung upon the cross. Him we confess to be God, and the Son= of God begotten, not made, co-essential with the Father, by whose deity we= believe this whole world is created, preserved, and governed. -- Saint Hipparchus of Samosata Bible Quote: "For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in = your spirit, which are God's." =C2 (1 Corinthians 6:20) <><><><> The Grace of Thy Love By Blessed John Henry Newman (1801-1890) O My God, strengthen me with Thy strength, console me with Thy everlasting peace, soothe me with the beauty of Thy countenance, enlighten me with Thy uncreated holiness. Bathe me in Thyself and give me to drink, as far as mortal man may ask, of the rivers of grace which flow from the Father and the Son, the grace of Thy consubstantial, co-eternal Love. Amen --- NewsGate v1.0 gamma 2 * Origin: News Gate @ Net396 -Huntsville, AL - USA (1:396/4) .