COLUMBUS DAY
Psalm 118, verse 4-6
4 Let those who fear the LORD
say, his mercy endures forever. 5
In danger I called on the LORD;
the LORD
answered me and set me free. 6The LORD is with me; I am not afraid; what can mortals do against me?
When
can we say, “His mercy endures forever!” It is when we have received it and
given it away. Everybody needs to forgive somebody.
Forgiveness
will unleash a power in your life that is underrated and often ignored. It is
underrated mainly because it is underused. We fail to capture the power of
forgiveness because we are afraid of it, because we have grown comfortable in
our familiar wounds, or because we are sinfully stubborn. But the power is
there waiting for us.[1]
Allen
R. Hunt outlines there are three parts to forgiveness: 1) Receiving
Forgiveness which involves experiencing God and forgiving yourself. 2) Deciding
to Forgive. 3) Sharing Forgiveness.
Aaron
Was
the older brother of Moses and the first Priest of the covenant with the
Israels who followed Moses.
1541 The liturgy of the Church, however, sees in the priesthood
of Aaron and the service of the Levites, as in the institution of the seventy
elders, a prefiguring of the ordained ministry of the New Covenant. Thus in the
Latin Rite the Church prays in the consecratory preface of the ordination of
bishops:
God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, . . . by
your gracious word you have established the plan of your Church. From the
beginning, you chose the descendants of Abraham to be your holy nation. You
established rulers and priests and did not leave your sanctuary without
ministers to serve you. . . .
1542 At the ordination of priests, the Church prays:
Lord, holy Father, . . . when you had appointed
high priests to rule your people, you chose other men next to them in rank and
dignity to be with them and to help them in their task. . . . you
extended the spirit of Moses to seventy wise men. . . . You shared
among the sons of Aaron the fullness of their father's power.
1546 Christ,
high priest and unique mediator, has made of the Church "a kingdom,
priests for his God and Father." The whole community of believers is, as
such, priestly. The faithful exercise their baptismal priesthood through their
participation, each according to his own vocation, in Christ's mission as
priest, prophet, and king. Through the sacraments of Baptism and Confirmation
the faithful are "consecrated to be . . . a holy priesthood."
Columbus Day Facts & Quotes
·
Colorado
was the first state to officially recognize and celebrate Columbus Day in 1906.
·
Christopher
Columbus' first settlement on Hispaniola Island was called Villa de Navidad
(Christmas Town)
·
In
1971, the official holiday was moved to the second Monday in October in order
to give workers in the US a long weekend. This was part of the Uniform Monday
Holiday Act.
·
Only
those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. - Robert F. Kennedy
·
You
can never cross the ocean
unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore. - Christopher Columbus
Columbus Day Top Events and Things to Do
·
Attend
a Columbus Day Parade. The parade in New York City is one of the largest.
·
Eat
some good Italian food.
·
Watch
a parade.
·
Visit
the Library of Congress's online exhibit 1492: An Ongoing Voyage.
·
Host
a scavenger hunt for the neighborhood kids and let them become Explorers for
the afternoon.
Thanks to the efforts of Father Michael J.
McGivney, assistant pastor of St. Mary’s Church in New Haven and some of his
parishioners, the Connecticut state legislature on March 29, 1882, officially
chartered the Knights of Columbus as a fraternal benefit society. The Order is
still true to its founding principles of charity, unity and fraternity. The
Knights was formed to render financial aid to members and their families.
Mutual aid and assistance are offered to sick, disabled and needy members and
their families. Social and intellectual fellowship is promoted among members
and their families through educational, charitable, religious, social welfare,
war relief and public relief works. The history of the Order shows how the
foresight of Father Michael J. McGivney, whose cause for sainthood is being
investigated by the Vatican, brought about what has become the world's foremost
Catholic fraternal benefit society. The Order has helped families obtain
economic security and stability through its life insurance, annuity and
long-term care programs, and has contributed time and energy worldwide to
service in communities. The Knights of Columbus has grown from several members
in one council to 15,342 councils and 1.9 million members throughout the
United States, Canada, the Philippines, Mexico, Poland, the Dominican Republic,
Puerto Rico, Panama, the Bahamas, the Virgin Islands, Cuba, Guatemala, Guam,
Saipan, Lithuania, Ukraine, and South Korea.
Daily Devotions/Prayers
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