Day 11-Let Freedom Ring: Freedom from Lust
Let Freedom Ring: Freedom from Lust
At a word from You, the devil and his minions flee in terror.
You are the source of all truth. You are the source of all strength.
By the power of Your Cross and Resurrection, we beseech You, O Lord
To extend Your saving arm and to send Your holy angels
To defend us as we do battle with Satan and his demonic forces.
Exorcise, we pray, that which oppresses Your Bride, The Church,
So that within ourselves, our families, our parishes, our dioceses, and our nation
We may turn fully back to You in all fidelity and trust.
Lord, we know if You will it, it will be done.
Give us the perseverance for this mission, we pray.
Amen.
St. Joseph ... pray for us
St. Michael the Archangel ... pray for us
(the patron of your parish) ... pray for us
(your confirmation saint) ... pray for us
"The leading lights of our age often claim to champion the rights of women, and in certain respects the claim is legitimate. At the same time, however, our age has clearly not sought to protect and foster the sacred dignity of women. On the contrary, society would have us remove our wedding garment, divest ourselves of Christ, and put on the "old man" and make ample provision for the flesh. Men are practically encouraged to treat women as mere objects of pleasure, and women are encouraged to seek this degrading form of attention and accept it as normal and compatible with their dignity."
"God's glorious creation began with things such as dirt, then vegetation, then animals, etc. ... it just kept getting better and better. God then created His great love interest ... His adopted children ... human beings. Yet man was created only second to last. Woman is the crescendo ... the last and greatest of all of God's creation! More than a beautiful sunset or starry night or any cascading waterfalls or picturesque mountain range ... God has created nothing more beautiful, more loving, more tender-hearted, more nurturing. That is why women are perfectly positioned to be wife and mother. And, because women are the pinnacle of all God's creations, they too, like the Blessed Mother, should be esteemed as sacred. They have been given the special role of being the tabernacle of God's next love interest."
We have allowed the temptation of the devil to move our hearts to lust and sins of the flesh.
We have allowed the desire to deaden our hearts to You and Your will for our lives.
We have been too easily led by the accepted morals of the world that has given us supposed permission to indulge the flesh.
In our weakness, we have allowed the ancient foe to advance.
We turn to You Lord, in our sorrow and guilt, and beg Your forgiveness for our lack of resolve to put on the new man and curb our base desires to indulge the flesh.
We beg for the grace of Your goodness to build up within us the strength and endurance You exhibited on the Cross.
We know, Lord, if You will it, it will be done.
Trusting in You, we offer our prayer to You who live and reign forever.
Amen
In Your power and goodness, You created all things.
You set a path for us to walk on and a way to an eternal relationship.
By the strength of Your arm and Word of Your mouth
Cast from Your Holy Church every fearful deceit of the Devil
Drive from us manifestations of the demonic that oppress us and beckon us to lust and sins of the flesh.
Still the lying tongue of the devil and his forces so that we may act freely and faithfully to Your will.
Send Your holy angels to cast out all influence that the demonic entities in charge of lust have planted in Your church.
Free us, our families, our parish, our diocese, and our country from all trickery and deceit perpetrated by the Devil and his hellish legions.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, hear us.
Christ graciously hear us
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.
God the Holy Spirit, etc.
Holy Trinity, One God,
Heart of Jesus, Son of the Eternal Father,
Heart of Jesus, formed in the womb of the Virgin Mother by the Holy Ghost,
Heart of Jesus, united substantially with the word of God,
Heart of Jesus, of infinite majesty,
Heart of Jesus, holy temple of God,
Heart of Jesus, tabernacle of the Most High,
Heart of Jesus, house of God and gate of heaven,
Heart of Jesus, glowing furnace of charity,
Heart of Jesus, vessel of justice and love,
Heart of Jesus, full of goodness and love,
Heart of Jesus, abyss of all virtues,
Heart of Jesus, most worthy of all praise,
Heart of Jesus, king and center of all hearts,
Heart of Jesus, in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge,
Heart of Jesus, in whom dwelleth all the fullness of the Divinity,
Heart of Jesus, in whom the Father is well pleased,
Heart of Jesus, we have all received,
Heart of Jesus, desire of the everlasting hills,
Heart of Jesus, patient and rich in mercy,
Heart of Jesus, rich to all who invoke Thee,
Heart of Jesus, fount of life and holiness,
Heart of Jesus, propitiation for our sins,
Heart of Jesus, saturated with revilings,
Heart of Jesus, crushed for our iniquities,
Heart of Jesus, made obedient unto death,
Heart of Jesus, pierced with a lance,
Heart of Jesus, source of all consolation,
Heart of Jesus, our life and resurrection, .
Heart of Jesus, our peace and reconciliation,
Heart of Jesus, victim for our sins,
Heart of Jesus, salvation of those who hope in Thee,
Heart of Jesus, hope of those who die in Thee,
Heart of Jesus, delight of all saints,
Spare us, oh Lord.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
Christ graciously spare us.
Lamb of God who takest away the sins of the world,
Have mercy on us.
Make our hearts like unto Thine.
Almighty and everlasting God, look upon the Heart of Thy well-beloved Son and upon the acts of praise and satisfaction which He renders unto Thee in the name of sinners; and do Thou, in Thy great goodness, grant pardon to them who seek Thy mercy, in the name of the same Thy Son, Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with Thee, world without end. Amen.
NATIONAL HOT DOG DAY
Matthew,
Chapter 10, verse 26
“Therefore,
do not be AFRAID of them. Nothing is concealed that will not be
revealed, nor secret that will not be known.
Christ’s message here is to have courage under persecution. Yes, if they killed Christ what will they do to us. Look at what is going on with COVID 19, politics, BLM and a church that is NON-ESSENTIAL, but Christ reassures us to do not be afraid. In Acts 8:1-8 we see that there was a severe persecution of the followers of Christ in Jerusalem promulgated by Saul, who by the grace of God was converted and became the apostle to the gentiles Paul. We must not give up hope and we must pray for our persecutors; perhaps Christ will send us another Paul.
Therefore, do not be
afraid, for everyone who believes in the Son has eternal life, and Christ has
told us the He will raise us on the last day. (John 6:40)
Pope Francis asks us to
pray that our brothers and sisters who are being persecuted may feel the
consoling presence of the Risen Lord. Though physically distant from us, they
are spiritually close. Suffering because they are Christians, they have a
special place in the Heart of Jesus, and, if we are united to that Heart, they
will have a special place in our hearts as well.
Pope Francis believes
persecution should bring Christians of all denominations together. “The blood
of Jesus,” he said, “poured out by many Christian martyrs in various parts of
the world, calls us and compels us towards the goal of unity. For persecutors,
we are not divided. We are one in their eyes! For persecutors we are
Christians! This is the ecumenism of blood that we experience today.”
May our prayerful
solidarity with persecuted Christians help them know they are not alone nor
abandoned. May it help to bring us together as the One Body of Christ.[1]
For as the heavens are high above
the earth, so surpassing is his kindness toward those who fear him. As far as
the east is from the west, so far has he put our transgressions from us.
Love endures
Today is my 16th wedding anniversary. On the marriage of my oldest son his little brother was asked to say something at the reception. Vincent got up (he is 6’6”) and while all eyes were on him stated, “First Chris called Kate and there was the telephone ring: then there was a bond establish and the trust ring began: then after some time came the engagement ring: and naturally followed the wedding ring: but Chris I have to warn you that after today there is one more ring; for now, begins the suffer ring. Pope Francis tells us about “Love” in marriage.
Amoris Lætitia[2] Love in Marriage (89-94)
Love grows from the path
of fidelity and mutual self-giving and thus encourages the growth,
strengthening and deepening of conjugal and family love. Indeed, the grace of
the sacrament of marriage is intended before all else “to perfect the couple’s
love.” Love is experienced and nurtured in the daily life of couples and their
children. Daily love strives to accomplish what Paul describes in his letter to
the Corinthians. “Love is patient, love is kind; love is not jealous or
boastful; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it
is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong but rejoices in the
right. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures
all things” (1 Cor 13:4-7). Love is patient which is expressed in the quality
of one who does not act on impulse and avoids giving offense. We find this
quality in the God of the Covenant, who calls us to imitate him also within the
life of the family. God’s “patience”, shown in his mercy towards sinners, is a
sign of his real power. Being patient does not mean letting ourselves be
constantly mistreated, tolerating physical aggression or allowing other people
to use us. Unless we cultivate an understanding and patience of others; we will
always find excuses for responding angrily. We will end up incapable of living
together, antisocial, unable to control our impulses, and our families will
become battlegrounds. Patience takes root when I recognize that other people
also have a right to live in this world, just as they are. Love is always at
the service of others. Paul wants to make it clear that “patience” is not a
completely passive attitude, but one accompanied by activity, by a dynamic and
creative interaction with others. The word indicates that love benefits and
helps others. For this reason, it is translated as “kind”; love is ever ready
to be of assistance. Love is more than a mere feeling. Rather, it should be
understood along the lines of the Hebrew verb “to love”; it is “to do good” for
the other.
Novena of St. Ann[3]
Although Saint Anne is not
mentioned in the Bible, she is the holy mother of Mary and grandmother of
Jesus. When we pray the St. Anne Novena, we are asking help from our Blessed
Mother’s mother! Saint Anne’s feast day is on July 26th, so the St. Anne Novena
is traditionally started on July 17th — but you can pray it anytime. Devotion
to St. Anne began early in the history of the Catholic Church. As she was
favored by God to become the mother of the holy Virgin Mary, she is often
invoked as the Patron of mothers as well as for relationships, among other
things.
Daily Prayer to Saint Ann
O glorious St. Ann, you are filled with compassion for those
who invoke you and with love for those who suffer! Heavily burdened with the
weight of my troubles, I cast myself at your feet and humbly beg of you to take
the present intention which I recommend to you in your special care.
Please recommend it to your daughter, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and place it
before the throne of Jesus, so that He may bring it to a happy issue. Continue
to intercede for me until my request is granted. But, above all, obtain for me
the grace one day to see my God face to face, and with you and Mary and all the
saints to praise and bless Him for all eternity. Amen.
Our Father, . . . Hail Mary . . .
O Jesus, Holy Mary, St. Ann, help me now and at the hour of
my death. Good St. Ann, intercede for me.
Dear St. Ann, though I
am but a prodigal child, I appeal to you and place myself under your great
motherly care. Please listen to my prayers and grant my requests. See my
contrite heart and show me your unfailing goodness.
Deign to be my advocate
and recommend me to God’s infinite mercy. Obtain for me forgiveness of my sins
and the strength to begin a new life that will last forever.
Blessed St. Ann, I also
beg of you the grace to love, to serve, and to honor your daughter, the most
holy Virgin Mary. Please recommend me to her and pray to her for me. She
refuses none your requests but welcomes with loving kindness all those for whom
you intercede.
Good Jesus be merciful
to the faithful servants of Your grandmother St. Ann.
National
Hot Dog Day[4]
National Hot Dog Day seeks
to appreciate hotdogs. The National Hot Dog and Sausage Council created
the National Hot Dog Day to honor the all-American hot dog. The first
National Hot Dog Day was held in 1991, where a hot dog luncheon was served on
Capitol Hill. Since then, it has become tradition to serve hot dogs to
Capitol Hill staffers, lawmakers, agency officials and baseball legends.
Frankfurters, which are very similar to hot dogs, originated in Frankfurt,
Germany. In the 1880s, Antonoine Feuchtwanger began to sell hot dogs in
St. Louis, Missouri. Eventually by the 1890s, it is believed that Chris
von der Ahe, a German immigrant who owned the St. Louis Browns, began to sell
hotdogs at baseball games. Since then, hotdogs have been deeply rooted in
American baseball culture. To honor the association between baseball and
hotdogs, the American Meat Institute invites baseball players to attend the
annual hotdog luncheon on Capitol Hill during National Hot Dog Day on July
23rd.
National Hot Dog Day Facts
& Quotes
·
The
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine has stated that hotdogs contain
carcinogenic (cancer
causing) compounds, are high in fat, cholesterol and salt. In fact, a
recent study by the Harvard School of Public Health has
found that a single daily serving of processed meat can increase the risk of
colorectal cancer by 21%. These will kill you quicker than BLM!
·
According
to the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council, the proper etiquette required to
eat a hotdog is finish the hot dog in five bites. In the case of a
foot-long wiener, only seven bites are appropriate.
·
Across
the United States, consumers spent more than $2.5 billion on hot dogs in 2014.
Los Angeles residents consume more hotdogs than any other city. In 2014,
Los Angeles consumed more than 39 million hotdogs.
·
Every
year on July 4th, Nathan's Famous Hot Dogs hosts a hot dog eating contest in
which contestants must consume as many hot dogs as possible in 10 minutes. The
current male record holder ate 69 hot dogs while the female record holder
inhaled 45 hot dogs in only 10 minutes.
·
A
hot dog at the ball game beats a roast beef at the Ritz. - Humphrey Bogart,
Famous 1940s actor.
Daily
Devotions
·
Offering to
the sacred heart of Jesus
·
Practice fidelity to baptismal
vows
·
Rosary
[2]
Pope Francis, Encyclical on Love.
[3]Blessed Sacrament
Fathers, ST. ANN’S SHRINE, Cleveland, Ohio
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