PATRIOT
DAY
Romans,
Chapter 2, Verse 9-10
9
Yes, affliction and distress will come upon every human being who does evil,
Jew first and then Greek. 10
But there will be glory, honor, and peace
for everyone who does good, Jew first and then Greek.
There
is no impartiality with God. There is nobody who is privileged or exempt from
God’s judgment. We will all account for our individual deeds or misdeeds. Those
who make life style choices contrary to God will earn God’s wrath which
includes sexual immorality[1],
covetousness, maliciousness; envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil mindedness,
whisperings, backbiting, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, disobedient
to parents, undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving and unmerciful.
Great
courage is required in spiritual warfare. Our enemies are terrible in strength
and numerous beyond count. They are ever active, ever alert to work our
destruction. Yet, only one angel of God is able to defeat the devil and all the
demons. God never permits us to be tempted beyond our strength. By God’s grace
we can resist them and advance the work of our sanctification. Know that the
devil fears no person and would destroy us if not for the limits God puts on
him and the protection provided by our guardian angels and the other eight
choirs of angels. Let ourselves be guided by the grace which the precious blood
provides and call upon the intersession of Mary Queen of Heaven. Resist the
devil and he will flee from you. (He will go on to easier pickings like any
criminal) When tempted call upon the Blood of Christ to give you courage and
strength to fight the enemy.
Patriot Day is a day the US remembers the terrorist attacks on
September 11, 2001. This day is commonly referred to as 9-11
(Nine-Eleven). It is believed that 2,977 people died in the attacks.
President George W. Bush proclaimed September 11th Patriot Day in 2002.
Patriot
Day (Sept 11) Facts
·
On
September 11th, US Flags should be flown at half-mast - both on US soil and
abroad.
·
A
moment of silence is held at 8:46 a.m. (EST) across the nation - commemorating
the time the first plane struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center on
September 11, 2001.
·
The
National September 11 Memorial and Museum takes up over half of the destroyed
World Trade Center site. It contains bronze parapets inscribed with the names
of those killed on September 11, 2001 and those killed in the 1993 World Trade
Center attack.
·
Cleaning
up Ground Zero, as the World Trade Center was renamed, took 18 months and 19
days, and was completed in May of 2002.
·
The
Twin Towers of the World Trade Center were once the tallest buildings in the
world and contained enough concrete to build a sidewalk from New York City to
Washington D.C
Top
Events and Things to Do
·
Visit
the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York City.
·
Observe
a moment of silence.
·
Attend
a 9/11 Memorial Service.
·
Share
with a group of children your memories of 9/11 and how the events of the day
forever changed America.
·
Show
support for local police and firemen as a way to honor the emergency personnel
who gave their lives on 9/11.
·
Firemen
on that day climbed 2200 steps in the stairs of the towers to save lives;
perhaps today would be a good day to climb 2200 stair steps and donate one cent
for each step ($22.00) to a 911 fund that supports the widows and orphans.
“The Immaculata alone
has from God the promise of victory over Satan. She seeks souls that will
consecrate themselves entirely to her, that will become in her hands forceful
instruments for the defeat of Satan and the spread of God's kingdom."
10. “So if the Son makes you free, you will be free
indeed.”
-John 8:36
-John 8:36
"Read
these counsels slowly. Pause to meditate on these thoughts. They are things
that I whisper in your ear-confiding them-as a friend, as a brother, as a
father. And they are being heard by God. I won't tell you anything new. I will
only stir your memory, so that some thought will arise and strike you; and so
you will better your life and set out along ways of prayer and of Love. And in
the end you will be a more worthy soul."
55. Virtue without order? Strange virtue!
·
Total Consecration
Day 1
[1] Sexuality is God’s design. He alone can
define the parameters for its use. The Bible is clear that sex was created to
be enjoyed between one man and one woman who are in a covenant marriage until
one of them dies (Matthew 19:6). Sexuality is His sacred wedding gift to human
beings. Any expression of it outside those parameters constitutes abuse of
God’s gift. Abuse is the use of people or things in ways they were not designed
to be used. The Bible calls this sin. Adultery, premarital sex, pornography,
and homosexual relations are all outside God’s design, which makes them, sin.
[2] St. Michael and the Angels, Tan Books,
1983.
[3]
http://www.wincalendar.com/Patriot-Day-911
[6]http://www.escrivaworks.org/book/the_way-point-1.htm
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