Psalm 3, Verse 7
I do not fear, then, thousands of people arrayed
against me on every side.
Psalm
three is an individual lament complaining of enemies who deny that God will
come to the rescue. Despite such taunts the psalmist hopes for God’s protection
even in sleep. The Psalm prays for an end to the enemies’ power to speak
maliciously and closes peacefully with an expression of trust.[1]
November 6 is Saxophone Day, an unofficial holiday that celebrates the woodwind instrument popularly used in jazz, classical music, and military ensembles. The day honors saxophonists and commemorates the birth anniversary of its inventor Adolphe Sax. Born in Belgium in 1814, Sax was an instrument maker and musician who designed and introduced the Saxophone in 1840. It was first adopted for use in military bands and soon became a popular instrument played in a concert band and in chamber music. Chamber music is a type of music played by a group of small instruments - ones that usually can fit into a small room or chamber. Today, the Saxophone is used extensively in jazz and other kinds of dance music and in symphony orchestras around the world.
Many Different Types
How to Celebrate?
·
Are
you a saxophonist? Bring out your instrument and play some music with a band or
solo for your family and friends.
·
Attend
a chamber music, jazz or symphony orchestra concert. Keep an ear out for the
Saxophone notes.
·
If
you have always wanted to learn how to play the Saxophone, today is the day to
get started.
Have a couple of scotch on the rocks and listen to Kenny G.
Father Gerard,
that the custom of having thirty masses said for the dead is also widely spread
in Italy and other Christian countries. These Masses are called the Thirty Masses
of St. Gregory, because the pious custom seems to trace its origin back to this
great Pope. It is thus related in his Dialogues (Book 4, chap. 40): A
Religious, named Justus, had received and kept for himself three gold pieces.
This was a grievous fault against his vow of poverty. He was discovered and
excommunicated. This salutary penalty made him enter into himself, and some
time afterwards he died in true sentiments of repentance. Nevertheless, St.
Gregory, in order to inspire the brethren with a lively horror of the sin of
avarice in a Religious, did not withdraw the sentence of excommunication:
Justus was buried apart from the other monks, and the three pieces of money
were thrown into the grave, whilst the Religious repeated all together the words
of St. Peter to Simon the Magician, Pecunia tua tecum sit in perditionem—“Keep
thy money to perish with thee.” Sometime afterwards, the holy Abbot, judging
that the scandal was sufficiently repaired, and moved with compassion for the
soul of Justus, called the Procurator and said to him sorrowfully, “Ever since
the moment of his death, our brother has been tortured in the flames of
Purgatory; we must through charity
make an effort to deliver him. Go, then, and take care that from this time
forward the Holy Sacrifice is offered for thirty days; let not one morning pass
without the Victim of Salvation being offered up for his release.” The
Procurator obeyed punctually.
Daily Devotions
[1]
http://www.usccb.org/bible/psalms/3
[3]Schouppe S.J., Rev. Fr. F. X.. Purgatory
Explained (with Supplemental Reading: What Will Hell Be Like?)
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