RUM DAY
DAY 2 - HOLY MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY THAT WE RECEIVE THE VIRTUE OF FAITH!
GOD'S WORD
HEROES' WORDS
MEDITATION
PRAY A ROSARY
- Rosary of the Day: Glorious Mysteries
- Traditional 54 Day Rotation: Sorrowful Mysteries
Luke, Chapter 9, Verse 44-45
44
“Pay attention to what I am telling you. The Son of Man is to be handed over to
men.” 45 But they did not understand this
saying; its meaning was hidden from them so that they should not understand it,
and they were AFRAID to ask him about
this saying.
The
apostles were so caught up with the glory of Christ and their own dreams of
power that they dared not look at the truth.
We often prefer to live in fantasy rather than face
the present and see what is really going on.
We like the apostles must “Pay Attention.” We must be
mindful of others and support them where we can.
We must check in with others, exercise forgiveness and
engage in service to others. (first to our families, charity begins at
home-there should be no orphans in your family).
Amoris Lætitia[1]
Looking to Jesus: The Vocation of the Family-Jesus
restores and fulfills God’s plan (61-65)
Contrary
to those who rejected marriage as evil, the New Testament teaches that
“everything created by God is good and nothing is to be rejected.” Marriage is
“a gift” from the Lord. At the same time, precisely because of this positive
understanding, the New Testament strongly emphasizes the need to safeguard
God’s gift: “Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed
be undefiled.” This divine gift includes sexuality: “Do not refuse one
another.”
God’s
original plan for man and woman, reaffirmed the indissoluble union between
them, even stating that ‘it was for your hardness of heart that Moses allowed you
to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so’ (Mt 19:8). The
indissolubility of marriage – ‘what God has joined together, let no man put
asunder’ (Mt 19:6) – should not be viewed as a ‘yoke’ imposed on humanity, but
as a ‘gift’ granted to those who are joined in marriage… God’s indulgent love
always accompanies our human journey; through grace, it heals and transforms
hardened hearts, leading them back to the beginning through the way of the
cross.
Through
his Church, Christ bestows on marriage and the family the grace necessary to
bear witness to the love of God and to live the life of communion. The Gospel
of the family spans the history of the world, from the creation of man and
woman in the image and likeness of God (cf. Gen 1:26-27), to the fulfillment of
the mystery of the covenant in Christ at the end of time with the marriage of
the Lamb (cf. Rev 19:9).”
He
began his public ministry with the miracle at the wedding feast of Cana (cf. Jn
2:1-11). In this way he demonstrated the true meaning of mercy, which entails
the restoration of the covenant (cf. John Paul II, Dives in Misericordia, 4).
We need to enter into the mystery of Jesus’ birth, into that “yes” given by
Mary to the message of the angel, when the Word was conceived in her womb. We
need to contemplate the joy of the shepherds before the manger. We need to
contemplate the religious expectation of Zechariah and his joy at the birth of
John the Baptist. We then need to peer into those thirty long years when Jesus
earned his keep by the work of his hands, reciting the traditional prayers and
expressions of his people’s faith and coming to know that ancestral faith until
he made it bear fruit in the mystery of the Kingdom. This is the mystery of
Christmas and the secret of Nazareth, exuding the beauty of family life!
Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost[2]
Daily
dying to our sins and rising to new life in Christ.
AT
the Introit of the Mass, with the priest, pray God for brotherly love, and for
protection against enemies, within and without. God, in His holy place; God,
Who maketh men of one mind to dwell in a house, He shall give power and
strength to His people. Let God arise, and let His enemies be scattered; and
let them that hate Him flee before His face (Ps. Ixvii.).
Prayer. almighty and everlasting God, Who
in the abundance of Thy mercy dost exceed the desires and deserts of Thy
suppliants, pour forth Thy mercy upon us, that Thou mayest forgive what our
conscience fears, and grant what our prayer does not presume to ask.
EPISTLE,
i. Cor. xv. 1-10.
I
make known unto you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also
you have received, and wherein you stand, by which also you are saved: if you
hold fast after what manner I preached unto you, unless you have believed in
vain. For I delivered unto you first of all, that which I also received: how
that Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures: and that He was
buried, and that He rose again the third day, according to the Scriptures: and
that He was seen by Cephas, and after that by the eleven. Then was He seen by
more than five hundred brethren at once, of whom many remain until this
present, and some are fallen asleep. After that He was seen by James, then by
all the apostles: and last of all, He was seen also by me as by one born out of
due time. For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an
apostle, because I persecuted the Church of God. But by the grace of God I am
what I am: and His grace in me hath not been void.
Explanation. This epistle teaches us that as
the holy apostle Paul was not elated with vanity by the revelations he had
received from God, but rather felt himself unworthy of them, ascribing it to
God’s grace that he was what he was, even so the truly humble man thinks little
of himself, is willing to be despised by others, and gives glory to God alone.
Such humility is a most difficult lesson to our sensual nature. But are we not
sinners, and far greater sinners, than St. Paul was? and shall we then esteem
ourselves highly? And granting that we have not to reproach ourselves with any
great sins, and have even done much good, is it not presumption and robbery to
claim for ourselves what belongs to grace? Let us learn, therefore, to be
humble, and to count ourselves always unprofitable servants.
Aspiration. O most humble Savior, banish from
my heart the spirit of pride, and impart to me the most necessary grace of
humility. Give me grace to know that, of myself, I can do nothing that is
pleasing to Thee, that all my sufficiency for good comes from Thee, and that
Thou workest in us both to will and to accomplish (n. Cor. iii. 5; Phil. ii.
13).
GOSPEL Mark vii 31-37
At that
time, Jesus, going out of the coasts of Tyre, came by Sidon to the Sea of
Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. And they bring to Him
one deaf and dumb: and they besought Him that He would lay His hand upon him. And
taking him from the multitude apart, He put His fingers into his ears, and
spitting, He touched his tongue: and looking up to heaven, He groaned, and said
to him: Ephpheta, which is, Be thou opened. And immediately his ears were opened,
and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spokeright. And He charged them
that they should tell no man. But the more He charged them, so much the more a
great deal did they publish it: and so much the more did they wonder, saying:
He hath done all things well; He hath made both the deaf to hear, and the dumb
to speak.
Who among Christians are like the
deaf and dumb of this gospel? Those who are deaf to the voice of God, and
dumb in prayer, in the praise of God, in the defense of religion, and of the good
name of their neighbor, and in confessing their sins.
Why did Christ take the deaf and dumb man
aside? Because He did not seek the praise of men, and at the sametime was
loath to provoke too soon the hatred of His enemies.
Why did Jesus put His fingers into
the ears of the deaf and dumb, and spitting, touched his tongue? To show this unfortunate person by
signs that it was He Who freed him from his bodily evils, and that the healing
power was not the consequence of secretly given remedies but proceeded
immediately from Himself.
Why did Jesus look up to heaven and
groan?
1. To show that He acted not as
mere man, but that He had received all power from His eternal Father.
2. That He might thereby awaken and
animate the deaf and dumb man to confidence in His power and belief in His
divine mission. Learn hence to practice the beautiful virtue of compassion for others
sufferings, and to acknowledge that every good gift is from above.
Why did Christ charge them that
they should tell no man?
That we might learn not to seek the praise of men for our good deeds. Let us
learn to make known the works of God to His glory; for He is continually
working before our eyes everyday so many wonders, in order that we may praise
His benignity and omnipotence.
Aspiration: O Jesus,
great physician of souls, open mine ears to attend to Thy holy will; loosen my
tongue to proclaim and praise forever Thy love and goodness.
Total Consecration
to St. Joseph-Day 28[3]
On Day 28 Father Calloway
relays that St. Joseph was not only a comfort to his family; he was in fact a
comfort to his neighbors for Jewish law required:
“You shall love your neighbor as yourself”
appears in the Bible for the first time in Leviticus 19:18. In Hebrew, “v’ahavta
l’re’akha kamokha“ (v’a-HAHV-tah l’RAY’ah-KHA Kah-MOE-kha). The verse
ends with, “Ani Adonai” (Ah-NEE Ah-doe-NYE, actually Ani יהוה). It is as
if God signs His signature to the command to love one’s neighbor as oneself, to
give it special emphasis. We
are to do to others as we would wish them to do to us.[4]
Lord,
have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.
God,
the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us.
God
the Son, Redeemer of the world, Have mercy on us.
God
the Holy Spirit have mercy on us.
Holy
Trinity, One God, have mercy on us.
Holy
Mary, pray for us.
Saint
Joseph, Pray for Us.
Noble
offspring of David, Pray for Us.
Light
of Patriarchs, Pray for Us.
Spouse
of the Mother of God, Pray for Us.
Chaste
Guardian of the Virgin, Pray for Us.
Foster
Father of the Son of God, Pray for Us.
Zealous
Defender of Christ, Pray for Us.
Head
of the Holy family, Pray for Us.
Joseph
Most Just, Pray for Us.
Joseph
Most Chaste, Pray for Us
Joseph Most Prudent, Pray for Us.
Joseph Most Courageous, Pray for Us.
Joseph Most Obedient, Pray for Us.
Joseph Most Faithful, Pray for Us.
Mirror of Patience, Pray for Us.
Lover of Poverty, Pray for Us.
Model of Workmen, Pray for Us.
Glory of Domestic Life, Pray for Us.
Guardian of Virgins, Pray for Us.
Pillar of Families, Pray for us.
Comfort of the Afflicted, Pray for Us.
Joseph still cares for his neighbor of which you are one.
· Saint Joseph will comfort you in difficult times.
Joseph wants you to know that neither he nor God will ever abandon you. From the Torah Joseph knew:
·
Exodus 15: 1-3
Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song
to the LORD: I will sing to the LORD, for he is gloriously triumphant; horse and
chariot he has cast into the sea. My strength and my refuge is the LORD and he has become my savior. This is my
God, I praise him; the God of my father, I extol him. The LORD is a warrior; LORD
is his name!
·
Deuteronomy 31:6
Be
strong and steadfast; have no fear or dread of them, for it is the LORD, your
God, who marches with you; he will never fail you or forsake you.
·
Joshua 1:9
I
command you: be strong and steadfast! Do not fear nor be dismayed, for the
LORD, your God, is with you wherever you go.
·
Nehemiah 8:10
He
continued: “Go, eat rich foods and drink sweet drinks, and allot portions to
those who had nothing prepared; for today is holy to our LORD. Do not be
saddened this day, for rejoicing in the LORD is your strength!”
·
Habakkuk 3:19
GOD,
my Lord, is my strength; he makes my feet swift as those of deer and enables me
to tread upon the heights.
·
Psalm 9:10-11
LORD
is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. Those who
know your name trust in you; you never forsake those who seek you, LORD.
·
Psalm 27:1-3
The LORD
is my light and my salvation; whom should, I fear? The LORD is my life’s
refuge; of whom should I be afraid? When evildoers come at me to devour my
flesh, these my enemies and foes themselves stumble and fall. Though an army
encamp against me, my heart does not fear; Though war be waged against me, even
then do I trust.
Pious Union of St. Joseph[5]
Joseph was a person of hope. He trusted in God, even in
times of uncertainty and suffering, and he has been consoled by the presence of
Jesus, the Son of God and his foster son, and Mary, his wife, and Mother of Our
Lord. He shared his life, feelings, his whole being with them; they were the
source of his strength, faith and courage. Jesus and Mary were with St. Joseph
at the hour of his death.
Saint Louis Guanella, priest (1842 – 1915), was deeply
devoted to St. Joseph and expressed an unconditional trust in his intercession.
Under the protection of Pope St. Pius X, who sponsored his
project, Fr. Guanella began in 1909 to build a church in Rome, named for St.
Joseph and dedicated on March 19, 1912. Today it is a Minor Basilica.
When the construction was complete, he confided to St. Pius
X his desire to establish an association of devotees to St. Joseph, who pray
each day for his intercession for the benefit of the suffering and dying. “Your
idea has been inspired by God,” said the Pope. “We ourselves wanted to suggest
it to you. We will be the first to be enrolled in this great Crusade of
prayer.”
Canonically recognized on February 12, 1914, the Pious
Union of St. Joseph for the Salvation of the Dying was declared a “Primary
Confraternity” by Pope St. Pius X. wrote: “We desire to make known how much we
appreciate this most praiseworthy Association and we wish our name to be the
first inscribed among the members of the same, exhorting all our dear Brothers
in the priesthood not to forget the dying each day in the Divine Sacrifice. We,
likewise, exhort all the faithful, and especially Religious, to accustom
themselves to raise up special prayers to God and to St. Joseph in favor of the
dying”
Fr. Guanella felt deeply, “there is a need to live well,
but there is even a greater need to die well. A peaceful death is everything,
especially today when people value only material things and earthly enjoyments,
rejecting eternal values.”
Members of the Pious Union of St Joseph honor St. Joseph on
his Feast Day, March 19th, and every Wednesday. We rely on his
intercession to aid us all as we pass from this world. We pray to him
every day asking for his intercession for the dying while sacrificing and
offering our good works for their benefit.
Membership is without charge. A free-will offering when
enrolling and an annual stipend accomplishes many good works but is not a
requirement of membership. The sole commitment of membership is to pray every
day to St. Joseph for the benefit of the suffering and dying, trusting in his
intercession while praying the short and powerful prayer of the Pious Union.
If you wish to become a member of
the Pious Union of St. Joseph, first search your heart before making a promise
to pray each day to St Joseph for all those who will die that day.
Pray the Litany of St. Joseph.
Rum
Day[6]
“The only way that I could figure
they could improve upon Coca-Cola, one of life’s most delightful elixirs, which
studies prove will heal the sick and occasionally raise the dead, is to put rum
or bourbon in it.” ~ Lewis Grizzard
Rum is a fantastic drink, one that has
served as the stuff of legends for pirates of every walk of life. Rum also
appears in everything from dinners to desserts, with rum balls being one of our
particular favorites. Of course, as the great Lewis Grizzard said, it also is
an amazing mixer, and one of the only ones capable of improving Coca-Cola. So,
we all know that pirates like rum and that rum is an alcoholic beverage but
many of us are less than clear on what, exactly, makes rum RUM. Let’s start
with the basics, shall we? Rum is a distilled alcohol, specifically distilled
from byproducts of sugarcane. Some varieties are made from molasses, others
from sugarcane juice but all rum, when its finished being distilled, is clear.
The color you see in rum is from additives or seasonings and are not in any way
a bad thing. Rum first was created in the Caribbean after it was discovered
that molasses could be fermented into alcohol. Ironically, it was the slaves
who made this discovery, but it was the Colonials who discovered how to distil
it into true rum. So important did rum become in the years to follow that it
played a major role in the political system of the colonies. How? By being
offered as a bribe to those the candidates wished to curry favor with. The
people thus coerced were no fools, however. They would attend multiple hustings
to determine which of their patrons might provide them with the largest
quantity of rum. Thus, it can be fairly said that rum was of such note that it
literally decided elections.
How to Celebrate Rum Day
Yo ho ho matey! The best way to
celebrate Rum Day is to indulge in this most ignoble and distinguished of
drinks. A contradiction? Not at all! Rum has long had a reputation for being
the devil’s drink by dint of the ease of production, the delicious flavor, and
the powerful kick it carried. Rum Day is your opportunity to sample as many
varieties as you like and decide which one will be coming aboard your vessel
for the next pillage.
Daily Devotions
·
Today in honor of the
Holy Trinity do the Divine Office giving your day to God. To honor God REST: no
shopping after SUNSET ON SATURDAY till Monday. Don’t forget the internet.
·
Offering to
the sacred heart of Jesus
·
Rosary
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