Cymru. In Welsh By Uncle Monty.

Cymru’s Sant John Roberts.
I mewn Cymraeg At Ewythr Monty.
In Welsh By Uncle Monty.
Fotos a graffigau ny Alex Albion.
Photos & Graphics By Alex Albion.
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YN MARCIO 'R 400TH BEN-BLWYDD CHAN 'R
FERTHYRDOD CHAN SEINTIA IOAN
ROBERTS CHAN GWRYMIAU.
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Mynach urdd sant bened, offeiriad a merthyr Ganed
Sant John Roberts ger Trawsfynydd, Sir Feirionnydd
ym 1575, cymerodd ei lwon yn Abbaty’r Bneddictcitiaid
yn Saint Martinyng Nghompostella yn Sbaen ac, yn
ddiweddarach fe sefydlodd a daeth yn brior cyntaf
Mynachdy Sant Gregor, Douai.
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Daeth i Loeegr sawl gwaith fel cenhadwr ond fe’i daliwyd
am y tro olaf yn ei wisg Offeren yn 1610. Datganodd yn
Nhyburn ei fod yn dysgu’r un ffydd ag yr oedd A wstin,
Apostal y Saeson, yn ei dysgu. Bu farw gyda’r Hybarch
Thomas Somers, offeiriad seciwlar:
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Gorymdaith achos Seintia Ioan Roberts.
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O Riw Goch yn stŵr i gyd,
ac yn llanc ifanc hefyd,
aeth hyd lonydd datguddiad
ar lôn cryn bellter o’i wlad.
Ei nef oedd dioddefaint
a’i wlad oedd safiad y saint.
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YR EMYN
Arglwydd, gad im dawl orffwys
Dan gysgodau’r palmwydd clyd
Lle eistedd pererinion
Ar eu ffordd i’r nefol fyd,
Lle’r adroddant dy ffyddlondeb
Iddynt yn yr anial cras
Nes anghofio’u cyfyngderau
Wrth foliannu nerth dy ras.
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tr. Elfed Howell Elvet Lewis, 1860-1953.
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GWEDDÏAU
darllennydd Y Tra Barchedig Barry Morgan,
Archesgob Cymru.
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Dduw nefol gweddïwn yn wylaidd a chyda diolch
am dy saint a’th ferthyron, yn enwdid Sant John
Roberts. Dysg ni i werthfawrogi’r aberthau mawr a
wnaethant er ein lles a’n budd ni. Cynorthwya ni i
beidio cymryd petthau’n ganiataol ond i ddangos ein
diolch nid yn unig trwy air ond trwy weithredu gyda
daioni a chyfiawnder yn ein bywydau. Dysg ni hefyd
i fod yn barod i aberthu er mwyn eraill.
Trwy Grist ein Harglwydd.
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darllennydd y Gwir Barchedig Edwin Regan,
Esgob Wrecsam.
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O Dduw, bydded i ni dyfu’n raddol pob dydd yn ein
dealltwriaeth ohonot Ti ac o’r byd hwn yr ydym yn

rhan ohono. Bydded i ni hefyd ddod i ddeall ein

humain a thyfu i fod yn bobi sydd yn haeddu’t cariad

a’r deynas ne ‘rwyt Ti’n eu cynnig i ni. Dangos y llwybr

fydd yn ein harwain i weithredu mewn heddwch a

chyfiawnder er gwaethaf pob rhwystr.
Trwy Grist in Harglwydd.
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'n glerigol Chynrychiolwyr chan

'r Russian 'n Uniongred Eglwys.

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CERDDORIAETH
Cofia’n gwlad, Benllywydd tirion,
dy gyfiawnder fyddo’i grym
cadw hi rhag llid gelynion,
rhag ei beiau’n fwy na dim:
rhag pod brad, nefol Dad,
taena d’adain dros ein gwlad.
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Rhidol leuan Mair, 1822-77.
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CYFLWUNIAD I’R ARCHESGOBION
gan blant ysgolion Sul Llundain.
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BENDITH
Y Tra Barchedig Rowan Douglas Williams
Archesgob Caergaint.
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Tangnefedd Duw,
sydd uwchlaw pob deall,
a gadwo eich calonnau a’ch
meddyliau yng ngwybodaeth a chariad Duw,
a’i Fab lesu Grist ein Harglwydd:
a benedith Duw Hollalluog,
y Tad, y Mab a’r Ysbryd Glan.
a fo yn eich plith ac a drigo gyda
chwi yn wastad.

darllnnydd y Gwir Barchedig Dominic Walker,

Esgob Monmouth y Ewythr Monty.

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ARGLWYDD / LORD DAFYDD ELIS THOMAS
Llywydd Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru.

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THOMAS BURNS
darllennydd y Gwir Bachedig, Esgob Mynyw.
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STUART KALE
Y tenor byd-enwog o Gastell-nedd.
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ANDY JOHN
darllennydd y Gwir Bachedig, Esgob Bangor.
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DAFYDD IWAN
Un o gantorion gwerrin amlycaf Cymru.
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GUTO HARRI
Cyn brif ohebydd qwleidyddol y BBC.
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ALWENA ROBERTS.

Un o osodwyr Cerdd

Dant mwyaf adnabyddus Cymru.
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darllennydd y Gwir Barchedig Gregory

Cameron, Esgob Sant Asaph.

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Notes in English on the 400th Welsh
Anniversary (1610-2010) of the Martyrdom

of Saint John Roberts of Wales.
By Uncle Monty.
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As for Bishop Gregory Cameron (shown above) of

St. Asaph, I wish we could have spent alittle more

time talking about his Welsh bishopic right up there in

lovely North-East Wales at Denbighshire that touches

on Gwynedd, Powys, and Flintshire. I did also note his

quarter-page announcement in The Church Times, on

the same day that we first met, to fill four vacant clerical
posts at his Diocese of St. Asaph. I hope such applicants

have some speaking knowledge of Welsh at least, aside

from having “Enthusiasm for and openness to Welsh

culture," as a stated advantage by Bishop Cameron

himself for "those seeking such exciting posts.”

Indeed!
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I have purposely presented the above lead article

in Welsh to show my deep and abiding respect
for all things Welsh and for her wonderful native

people that I deeply admire without question.
And if by chance I have erred in my Welsh,
please correct any written mistakes I have made
by emailing me at earlofgwynedd@online.ie.
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It was then with great pleasure for me to attend

by invitation the 400th Welsh Anniversay of the
Martyrdom of Saint John Roberts of Wales. For
many, it is St. David, the patron saint of Wales,

who is remembered best on March 1st of each

year. Too few folks know about John Roberts,

who was a Welsh Protestant who then became

Catholic and was later burned at the stakes at

Tyburn where he was drawn and quartered.

How barbaric!!!
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In North Wales he was beloved at where he was

born at Trawsfynydd, in then Merionethshire,
in about 1575. He was only about age 35 when
he suffered Catholic martyrdom for his faith. I
went to summer holiday camp for eight years at
Dolgellau (and at where my grandma was born)
and at Aberllefenni that’s not far from where

the Welsh saint is best known to the good and
thrifty people of North Wales. Sadly, he is

little known beyond the astounding senic
surrounding of the Snowdonia magnificence
and even less known in some other parts of
Cymru. But even so, John Roberts is still

thankfully not entirely forgotten inside

Wales after 400 long years! Such then is

well worthy of the ecumenical celebration

in his saintly name, I so think and so did

many others from all over Wales.
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At the celebration, it was also a sheer pleasure

to chat once again with His Grace, the Archbishop

of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, and to have

him present among the many distinquished per-

sons assembled at the Ecumenical Service, which

saw perhaps a 1,000 people or so in attendance

including my humble self!
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Dr. Rowan Williams speaks fluent Welsh as a

native son of Wales that he is and he was also the

Archbishop of Wales before he was translated to

the Anglican See of Canterbury. He is also the first

native Welshman to head the World Wide Anglican

Communion. And so if John Roberts became

Catholic, then Rowan Williams became Anglican

from his family's Welsh Presbyterian origins.

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It was also a pleasure to see and chat yet again
with the Most Rev’d Vincent Nichols, (shown in

the above lead image with me) who is the
Archbishop of Westminster and head of the
Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales.
He was the Principal Celebrant at the rathering
for the unusual service to Saint John Roberts.

I suspect the presiding archbishop will be named

a new Cardinal during Pope Benedict's Papal

Visit to the UK next month.
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Even more of pleasure for me was to again encounter
Bishop Dominic Walker, OGS, of Monmouth after our
last delightful encounter two years ago at the Saint

Alban Protomartyr Service in which the bishop off-

iciated as the president. Plus, it was good to chat

again with Archbishop Peter David Smith, whose re-

consecration as the new Archbishop of Southwark

I also attended by invitation like so many other

Church and Ecumenical events that I get invited

to attend. I deeply and utterly love everything

to do with The Church and her ordained

and consecrated clergy.
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Of note, too, was the fact that the St. John Roberts

400th Celebration was the first joint Anglican/Catholic

service of its kind ever held in Great Britan to celebrate

the life of a convert saint who was protestant-born and

who then become a Catholic saint! I guess Anglican-

reared and ordained John Henry Newman will be

next, after his upcoming Beautification by Pope

Benedict XVI during his Papal Visit to us in the

UK come this mid-September. It is my hope at

the minimum to cover his Lambeth Palace visit

with ABC Rowan Douglas Williams. A little

German and a little Welsh should go down

neatly with some fine ecumenical wine

at Lambeth! Thinketh me!

The Lord Thinketh Upon Me
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'n uniongred Batriarch Am 'n

Eciwmenaidd Gwasanaeth.

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“Nid oes ysbryd mwy bonheddig wedi dod ymaith
o fryniau geirwon Cymru na mab gwynfydedig

Trawsfynydd. Ef yw gogoniant Cymru.”

T. P. Ellis.
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Diolchiadau i noddwyr dathliadau 400
miwyddian merthyrodd Sant John Roberts:
Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru - Nant y Mynydd
Dŵr Gwynedd - TrawsNewid - Y Cylch Catholig
Cymru Cyfieithu Cyf - Senedd Ewrop
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Prifardd Iwan Llwyd:
“Rhyw Deid yn Dod Miwn.”
At Meic Stephens.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/iwan-llwyd-inspirational-writer-who-popularised-welsh-poetry-2036148.html

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Lowri Gwilym:
Widely admired Welsh television executive.
By Meic Stephens.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/lowri-gwilym-widely-admired-welsh-television-executive-2040069.html

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His Grace,

The 104th Archbishop of Canterbury.

Anglican Vicar Found Guilty of 100’s of Sham Marriages.
A vicar from a sleepy Sussex parish has been found guilty of conducting hundreds of sham marriages. By Jerome Taylor.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/360-weddings-ndash-and-a-prison-sentence-2039078.html

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UK Anglican Panel Rejects Proposal to Cut US Episcopal Church.
By Lillian Kwon.
http://www.christianpost.com/article/20100727/anglican-panel-rejects-proposal-to-cut-episcopal-church/index.html

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Jewish group slams (Ground Zero) mosque.
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1271282
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No Mosque at Ground Zero.
http://www.newt.org/newt-direct/no-mosque-ground-zero

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Florida Church planning to burn Qurans on 9/11. (Since cancelled!)

By Tom Mendelsohn.

http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2010/07/28/a-poignant-way-to-mark-911/.

:: HOLIDAY NOTICE ::

With August now here, I shall be taking a little time off from posting my regular stories and photographs until after both the UK Summer Bank Holiday and America’s Labor Day set for September 6th, 2010. If, however, some major news occurs, I will shall be back to quickly blog!In the meantime, I shall be off to places and events, far and wide, along with encountering old and new friends, and meeting some important and famous people, coupled with my exciting planned visits, here and there, both at home and abroad. Happy Summertime everyone and have a good one! Your’s, UM. Contact John Lenhart, ONLY if you need to contact me urgently: johnlenhart@email2me.net.

Now for some new stories set for mid-September and beyond: Come With Me To Paradise - How The Big Issue Lost 25,000 Quid - Fanny - Nunz & Nazis - Bloody Broken Britain - From Paris To Berlin - Althorp & Afternoon Tea - Arrival of the Pope - What I Was Told About Tom - Inside Lambeth Palace – Welfare Reform Right On - Yet, His Evil Son Still Lives. All these and more future blog stories are set by Uncle Monty and/or by other writers.

Truly, Uncle Monty. +Lammas Day, 2010.

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