Page 16 - St. Joseph Messenger October 2020

atrocities: shockingly bad or vicious acts,
objects, or situations

bedrock: a solid basis or foundation

commissioned: delegated; gave power to
G
contemplative: of or relating to a religious
L order devoted to prayer and penance

deter: to turn aside, discourage, or prevent
O from acting
The Battle of Lepanto has been memori-
S fanciful: marked by fancy or unrestrained alized in many ways. One of these is the
imagination rather than by reason and
experience poem written by G.K. Chesterton, a con-
S vert to the Catholic faith and a prolific
mantra: a mystical formula of invocation; writer and apologist.
A an incantation

mystic: a person who practices the extraordi- The video above is a moving recitation of
R nary prayer of contemplation and union with Chesterton’s Battle of Lepanto. You can
God see in its words his devotion and faith to
Y the Church. I hope you take the time to
occupation: the holding and control of an listen to this heartfelt poem and to inves-
area by a foreign military force tigate a little further the life of the man

prefaced: went before; introduced who wrote it.

smuggle: to introduce something secretly
Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary,
tenure: the act, right, manner, or term of
holding office pray for us.

Answers to activities from pages 12-13:

What Did You Read?

1.St. John of the Cross; 2. Catholic Holy League;
3. Catechism of the Catholic Church; 4. Purificator;
5. Wadowice; 6. Paul VI; 7. Brabantinus; 8. John
Paul II; 9.Ciborium; 10. St. Joseph

Complete the Story

Byzantine; Malta; Cyprus; pray the Rosary;
victorious