Tuesday of the Second Week of Easter
HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY
Whom did you dread and FEAR, that you told lies, and me you did not remember nor take to
heart? Am I to keep silent and conceal, while you show no FEAR of me?
Christ
is calling us to ignore the lies of the world and those who are too cool to repent.
Our Gods love is so strong that he will no longer allow us to continue in
our sinfulness. He wants and demands we get with the program. “This
is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe
in the gospel.” (Mark 1:15)
Bishop
Fulton Sheen stated in one of his weekly addresses in February 1999 entitled
"Truth - Forgotten Ideal":
Submission is one
of the deepest needs of the human heart. After a century and a half of false
liberalism, in which it was denied that anything is true, and that it makes no
difference what you believe, the world reacted to totalitarianism. It grew
tired of its freedom, just as children in progressive schools grow tired of
their license to do whatever they please. Freedom fatigues those who want to
shirk responsibility. Then it is they look for some false god into whose hands
they can throw themselves, so they will never have to think or make decisions
for themselves. Nazism, Fascism, and Communism came into being during the
twentieth century, as a reaction against false liberalism.
Yom
HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day)[1]
The Holocaust Remembrance Day, (Yom Hashoah, Hebrew: יום השואה), seeks to commemorate the Holocaust, a systematic and state-planned program to murder millions of Jews and other minority groups in Europe. This program of mass killing was run by the German Nazis in the 1930s and 40s during the Second World War, where Jews and minorities were brought into concentration camps and murdered at the hands of Nazi officials. This observance seeks to remember and honor the victims of the Holocaust, including six million Jews and thousands of Russians gypsies, homosexuals, disabled persons and other minorities.
Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance
Day) Facts
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Yom
Hashoah is an Israeli Festival, as opposed to an ancient Jewish festival. Yom
Hashoah was inaugurated sixty-five years ago in 1953. It was instituted by the
Israeli Prime Minister David Ben Gurion and the President Isaac (Yitzchak) Ben
Zvi. The Ancient fast of the Tenth of Tevet (December) is the day on
which the siege of Jerusalem commenced, prior to the destruction of the Holy
Temple. Many Jews commemorate the Holocaust on this day.
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In
Israel, on the Eve of Yom Hashoah, a siren is sounded, followed by an official
memorial service headed by the Prime Minister, President, Army Officials and
Holocaust survivors. The service includes speeches, Kaddish and El Maleh
Rahamim (memorial prayers) and the Hatikvah (Israel National Anthem). Another
siren is heard in the morning, followed by various memorial services.
Yom HaShoah Top Events and Things
to Do
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Many
communities read a list of those who perished in the camps and Ghettos.
One way to commemorate the Holocaust is to browse the names in the Yad Vashem
(Israel's Memorial to the Holocaust) names Database.
·
Watch
the mini-series Holocaust starring Meryl Streep. It depicts
the story of a Jewish family's struggle to survive the Nazis.
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Attend
a local memorial service. Tip: find one in your community by doing an
internet search for Yom Hashoah.
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Watch
a movie about the Holocaust. Some popular picks: Schindler's List
(1993), Auschwitz (2011), The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008),
Life is Beautiful (1997) and The Pianist (2002).
Novena for the Poor
Souls[2]
O Mother most
merciful, pray for the souls in Purgatory!
PRAYER OF ST.
GERTRUDE THE GREAT O Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Most Precious Blood of
Thy Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the Masses said throughout the world today,
for all the holy souls in Purgatory and for sinners everywhere— for sinners in
the Universal Church, for those in my own home and for those within my family.
Amen.
PRAYER FOR THE
DYING O Most Merciful Jesus, lover of souls, I pray Thee, by the agony of Thy
most Sacred Heart, and by the sorrows of Thine Immaculate Mother, to wash in
Thy Most Precious Blood the sinners of the whole world who are now in their
agony and who will die today. Heart of Jesus, once in agony, have mercy on the
dying! Amen.
ON EVERY DAY OF
THE NOVENA V. O Lord, hear my prayer; R. And let my cry come unto Thee. O God,
the Creator and Redeemer of all the faithful, grant unto the souls of Thy
servants and handmaids the remission of all their sins, that through our devout
supplications they may obtain the pardon they have always desired, Who livest
and reignest world without end. Amen.
TUESDAY O Lord
God Almighty, I beseech Thee by the Precious Blood of Thy divine Son Jesus that
was shed in His bitter crowning with thorns, deliver the souls in Purgatory,
and among them all, particularly that soul which is in the greatest need of our
prayers, in order that it may not long be delayed in praising Thee in Thy glory
and blessing Thee forever. Amen. Our Father. Hail Mary. Glory Be.
Daily
Devotions
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Today is also TEA day; drink some
and read Bill O’Reilly’s book: “killing
the SS” and do a reflection on the 10
commandments.
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