MIGUEL PRO-ESPRESSO DAY
Psalm 119, Verse 38
For your servant, fulfill your promise
made to those who fear you.
This Psalm, the longest by far in the Psalter, praises
God for giving such splendid laws and instruction for people to live by. The
psalm glorifies and thanks God for the Torah, prays for protection from sinners
enraged by others’ fidelity to the law, laments the cost of obedience, delights
in the law’s consolations, begs for wisdom to understand the precepts, and asks
for the rewards of keeping them. The Psalm is fascinated with God’s word directing
and guiding human life. The poem is an acrostic; its twenty-two stanzas (of
eight verses each) are in the order of the Hebrew alphabet. Each of the eight
verses within a stanza begins with the same letter. Each verse contains one
word for “instruction.” The translation here given attempts to translate each
Hebrew word for “instruction” with the same English word. There are, however,
nine words for “instruction,” not eight, so the principle of a different word
for “instruction” in each verse cannot be maintained with perfect consistency.
The nine words for “instruction” in the translation are: law, statute,
commandment, precept, testimony, word, judgment, way, and promise.[1]
Miguel Pro was born January 13, 1891, at Guadalupe Zacatecas, Mexico. From his childhood, high spirits and happiness were the most outstanding characteristics of his personality. The loving and devoted son of a mining engineer and a pious and charitable mother, Miguel had a special affinity for the working classes which he retained all his life. At 20, he became a Jesuit novice and shortly thereafter was exiled because of the Mexican revolution. He traveled to the United States, Spain, Nicaragua and Belgium, where he was ordained in 1925. Father Pro suffered greatly from a severe stomach problem and when, after several operations his health did not improve, in 1926 his superiors allowed him to return to Mexico in spite of the religious persecution in the country. The churches were closed and priests were in hiding. Father Pro spent the rest of his life in a secret ministry to the sturdy Mexican Catholics. In addition to fulfilling their spiritual needs, he also carried out the works of mercy by assisting the poor of Mexico City with their temporal needs. He adopted many disguises to carry out his secret ministry. In all that he did, he remained filled with the joy of serving Christ, his King, and obedient to his superiors. Falsely accused in a bombing attempt on the President-elect, Pro became a wanted man. He was betrayed to the police and sentenced to death without the benefit of any legal process. On the day of his death, Father Pro forgave his executioners, prayed, bravely refused the blindfold, and died proclaiming "Viva Cristo Rey!" (Long Live Christ the King).
Things to Do:
- Watch this
short Catholic News Agency You Tube video of Fr.
Miguel Pro.
- Read more
about visiting the shrine in Mexico
Espresso Day[3] The voodoo priest
and all his powders were as nothing compared to espresso, cappuccino, and
mocha, which are stronger than all the religions of the world combined, and
perhaps stronger than the human soul itself. Mark
Helprin
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Rich
and powerful, espresso is a nitro-boost to your day and a go-to for coffee
drinkers looking for a way to get through those long hard days and nights. It
is a refinement of coffee, distilled down to its most potent elements and
delivered in special cups that should have a warning label that reads “High
Vibration and Caffeine Jitters Ahead”. Espresso day celebrates the history of
this delicious and powerful solution to an otherwise dreary day.
History Of Espresso Day
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In
Turin, in 1884 an incredible new innovation was developed that would change the
way work would be done for all of history. No more would tired laborers have to
rely on pure willpower to get them through the day or lean on the watered-down
attempt at caffeination that was normal coffee and tea. Instead, thanks to the
innovative methods of Angelo Moriondo coffee had seen a new age of
enlightenment, as his new machine found a way to separately control the passing
of steam and water through the coffee. This innovation made it possible to
extract the fullest possible potential from the humble coffee bean.
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Espresso
Day was created to honor this invention and the wonderful man who made it all
possible. True, the machine has undergone multiple upgrades and innovations
since then, with homemade espresso machines now being available, and the latte
is now one of the most popular methods of imbibing this drink. From Turin,
Italy this beverage spread throughout the world, earning a place of prominence
in Europe, the USA, and eventually the world at large.
How To Celebrate Espresso Day
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Celebrating
Espresso Day is as simple as skipping on down to your local caffenation
station, be it a Starbucks, Tim Horton’s, or whatever your local flavor of
coffee shop is. Order yourself the strongest drink on the menu, a triple-shot
espresso if they have them, and raise a small ceramic glass of high-powered
octane the those in attendance. Toast Angelo Moriondo and his works, and let
all who will listen know that it is he who drives the modern worker and
increases production. Then stop on the way home and buy yourself your own
personal espresso machine, because weekends need coffee too.
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