National Day of Prayer for the African American and African Family
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Sojourner Truth-Nelson Mandela-Oseola McCarty-Wilma Rudolph-Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Sojourner Truth-Nelson Mandela-Oseola McCarty-Wilma Rudolph-Martin Luther King, Jr.
An evil report he shall not fear; his heart is firm, trusting in the LORD.
Leviticus, Chapter
19, verse 14
You shall not insult the deaf, or put a stumbling block in front of the
blind, but you shall fear your God. I
am the LORD.
Be like your Heavenly
Father; God is not a bully. Christ was often confronted by the bullies of his
time. When the Pharisees heard that he
had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of
them [a scholar of the law] tested him by asking, “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” He
said to him, “You shall love the Lord,
your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. The second is
like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. The whole law and
the prophets depend on these two commandments.” (Mt. 22:34-40)
The modern world
attempts to bully the faithful in abandoning their relationship with the Lord.
Saint Pope Pius X was a pope, who resisted the bullying of the modern world by
establishing an oath against modernism[1].
The crux of this oath has five main points:
1.
I profess that God is the origin and end of all
things.
2.
I accept and acknowledge the external proofs of
revelation, that is, divine acts and especially miracles and prophecies as the
surest signs of the divine origin of the Christian religion.
3.
I believe with equally firm faith that the
Church, the guardian and teacher of the revealed word, was personally instituted
by the real and historical Christ.
4.
I sincerely hold that the doctrine of faith was
handed down to us from the apostles through the orthodox Fathers in exactly the
same meaning and always in the same purport.
5.
I hold with certainty and sincerely confess
that faith is not a blind sentiment of religion welling up from the depths of
the subconscious under the impulse of the heart and the motion of a will
trained to morality; but faith is a genuine assent of the intellect to truth.
Salt of the Earth[2]
Christ himself calls his true followers the "salt of the earth."
and the "light of the world." These are titles of honor, surely, and
of the greatest distinction. Christ is putting his true follower on almost a
level with himself. He was the light of the world; he was the salt of the
earth. He it was who gave men the knowledge of the true nature of God, as shown
by the Incarnation. He it was who gave this life its flavor, who gave this life
its meaning, its preservation. By his death and resurrection he took away the
sting of death, and removed its eternal corruption, by the guarantee and
promise of a resurrection to an eternal life. This every Christian knows, and
this knowledge every Christian helps to bring to those who are ignorant of it,
if he lives his life daily and sincerely. The Christian, who does this, is
really another Christ; he is continuing his work of salvation during his years
on earth. He is the salt, of the earth and the light of the world. How many of
us, can truly say that these honorable titles, which Christ gives to his
followers, are given to us? In true humility, we can all say that we are far
from worthy of any such honorable titles. Yet in all sincerity too, many if not
the majority among us, are doing their little bit of Christ's work, in
cultivating their own small comer of his vineyard. Those parents, who teach the
Christian way of life to their children by word, and especially by example, are
spreading the Christian faith. The workmen, whether in office or factory, which
shows that they are Christians by their honesty, charity for their fellowmen,
their respect for God, and the things of God, in their speech, are spreading
their Christian faith. All those who show moderation in their personal
expenditures, and donate some of their savings to help their brothers, their
fellow men who are in need, these are true disciples of Christ and are
cooperating with him in bringing God's children back to their Father who is in
heaven. Unlike the salt that has lost its flavor, and the light that is kept
under the bushel, the Christian who has thus behaved can change his attitude,
provided he is aided by God's grace which is never refused. He can become once
more what he ought to be--a life-preserver for his neighbor. Life on earth is
short. The demands of our Christian life may not always be easy, but we know
that if we live up to them, we are other Christs. We are continuing his great
work by our own good example to our neighbor, and we are giving glory to God,
and are earning for ourselves the eternal light of heaven. Excerpted from The Sunday Readings by Fr. Kevin O'Sullivan, O.F.M.
Super Bowl[3]
The Super Bowl is the season final championship game of National Football
League (NFL) in the United States of America. The matchup for this game
is the winning teams of the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American
Football Conference (AFC). Super Bowl 1 was held in February of 1967. The
2016 game was Super Bowl 50. The Super Bowl is one of the most watched
television events in the United States. Nielsen Media Research, in had over
114.4 million viewers in 2015. It is held on the first Sunday in
February.
Super
Bowl Facts
·
The 2017 Super Bowl is at NRG Stadium in
Houston, Texas, on February 5th. It is the 3rd time that Houston will be
the host of the Super Bowl.
·
In 2015, the price of a 30 second commercial
during the Super Bowl, was over $4.5 million dollars.
·
Super Bowl Sunday is the second biggest eating
day of the year - after Thanksgiving. According the National Chicken
Council, in 2015 a total of 1.25 million chicken wings were eaten during the
game.
·
The winner receives the Vince Lombardi Trophy.
Vince Lombardi was the coach for the Green Bay Packers who won the first
two Super Bowls back-to-back.
·
The record for the most points scored by a
single team during a Super Bowl, is held by San Francisco. San Francisco
scored a total of 55 points against Denver in Super Bowl XXIV.
Super
Bowl Top Events and Things to Do
·
Attend the Super Bowl. You can purchase
second-hand tickets through various online marketplaces. According to Seat
Geek, the average price for a ticket in 2015 was $2,670.
·
Have a Super Bowl party with friends and family.
·
Organize or purchase boxes in a football pool.
A football pool is a table that contains all of the score combinations
based on the last digit of each team’s score. The score numbers are drawn
at random after all boxes are assigned. Because of this, the odds of
winning are the same regardless of each participant’s knowledge of the game.
·
Watch the Super Bowl commercials.
Commercials for the big game are the most expensive on TV and for many,
more entertaining than the game.
·
Make guacamole. This is the quintessential
(and healthy!) super bowl dip.
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