DAY 54 - OUR LADY OF VICTORY, PRAY FOR US
NO CROSS, NO CROWN!
PRAY A ROSARY
- Rosary of the Day: Sorrowful Mysteries
- Traditional 54 Day Rotation: Glorious Mysteries
R. Give me strength against your enemies.
January 2021
Creeks, rivers, and other forms of moving water, including ice, manifest the flow of life itself. A gurgling stream or rushing river, even in midwinter's rest, is the sign that new life is coming forth, even when it is not yet perceptible in a snow-covered landscape. Our life in Christ begins through the saving water of Baptism; since this is so, we have an obligation to protect and save the water. Water pollution is widespread, denying safe drinking water to millions of people.
Overview of January[1]
The month of January is dedicated to the Holy Name of Jesus, which is celebrated on January 3. The first twelve days of January fall during the liturgical season known as Christmas which is represented by the liturgical color white — the color of light, a symbol of joy, purity and innocence (absolute or restored). The remaining days of January are the beginning of Ordinary Time, which is represented by the liturgical color green. This symbol of hope is the color of the sprouting seed and arouses in the faithful the hope of reaping the eternal harvest of heaven, especially the hope of a glorious resurrection. It is used in the offices and Masses of Ordinary Time.
In the first part of January, we continue to rejoice and celebrate Christ's coming at Bethlehem and in our hearts. We have the wonderful feasts of Mary, Mother of God, where we honor Mary's highest title, and then we follow the Magi to the crib as they bring their gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh on Epiphany. Finally, we reach the culmination of this season with the Baptism of Our Lord by St. John the Baptist. With a touch of sadness, we take down our decorations and enter into the liturgical period known as Ordinary Time where we will devote ourselves to the mystery of Christ in its entirety.
The opening days of January may be cold and nature bleak, but the domestic church still glows warm with the peace and joy of Christmas. We dedicate the New Year to Mary on the January 1st Solemnity honoring her as Mother of God; and on January 7, the Solemnity of Epiphany, we rejoice with her, as her Son is adored by the three Wise Men.
Herald John, who ushered in the Advent season, is present once again to close Christmastide on the feast of the Baptism of Our Lord (The First Luminous Mystery), and to open the Season of Ordinary Time. He points to Jesus, the Lamb of God who unites time and eternity in the Eucharistic Sacrifice, and even January’s diminishing darkness seems to echo St. John’s prayer: “He must increase, and I must decrease.”
In this liturgical season the Church eagerly follows Our Lord as he gathers his apostles and announces his mission. At Cana’s wedding feast (The Second Luminous Mystery) he performs his first public miracle at the request of his Mother, and his disciples saw his glory and believed in him.
We, his present-day disciples pray for a like faith as we contemplate the eternal wedding feast of the Lamb and the unique role of the Blessed Mother in the plan of salvation. May we wholeheartedly obey her words of counsel: “Do whatever he tells you.”
Introduction to Genesis[2]
Genesis is the first book of the Pentateuch (Genesis,
Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy), the first section of the Jewish and
the Christian Scriptures. Its title in English, “Genesis,” comes from the Greek
literally, “the book of the generation (genesis) of the heavens and earth.”
The book has two major sections—the creation and expansion
of the human race, and the story of Abraham and his descendants. The first
section deals with God and the nations, and the second deals with God and a
particular nation, Israel.
The Composition of the Book.
The Book of Genesis was written for a Jewish audience that
had suffered the effects of the exile and was now largely living outside of
Palestine. The text highlighted themes of vital concern to this audience:
·
God intends that every nation have posterity and
land.
·
The ancestors of Israel are models for their
descendants who also live-in hope rather than in full possession of what has been
promised.
·
The ancient covenant with God is eternal,
remaining valid even when the human party has been unfaithful.
Genesis 1–11.
The seven-day creation account tells of a God whose mere
word creates a beautiful universe in which human beings are an integral and
important part. The plot has been borrowed from creation-flood stories attested
in Mesopotamian literature of the second and early first millennia. In the
Mesopotamian creation-flood stories, the gods created the human race as slaves
whose task it was to manage the universe for them—giving them food, clothing,
and honor in temple ceremonies. In an unforeseen development, however, the
human race grew so numerous and noisy that the gods could not sleep. Deeply
angered, the gods decided to destroy the race by a universal flood. One man and
his family, however, secretly warned of the flood by his patron god, built a
boat and survived. Soon regretting their impetuous decision, the gods created a
revised version of humankind. The new race was created mortal so they would
never again grow numerous and bother the gods. The authors of Genesis adapted
the creation-flood story in accord with their views of God and humanity. For
example, they attributed the fault to human sin rather than to divine miscalculation
and had God reaffirm without change the original creation. In the biblical
version God is just, powerful, and not needy.
How should modern readers interpret the creation-flood story?
The stories are neither history nor myth. “Myth” is an
unsuitable term, for it has several different meanings and connotes untruth in
popular English. “History” is equally misleading, for it suggests that the
events actually took place. The best term is creation-flood story. Ancient Near
Eastern thinkers did not have our methods of exploring serious questions.
Instead, they used narratives for issues that we would call philosophical and
theological. They added and subtracted narrative details and varied the plot as
they sought meaning in the ancient stories. Their stories reveal a privileged
time, when divine decisions were made that determined the future of the human
race. The origin of something was thought to explain its present meaning, e.g.,
how God acts with justice and generosity, why human beings are rebellious, the
nature of sexual attraction and marriage, why there are many peoples and
languages. Though the stories may initially strike us as primitive and naive,
they are in fact told with skill, compression, and subtlety. They provide
profound answers to perennial questions about God and human beings.
Genesis 11–50.
One Jewish tradition suggests that God, having been rebuffed
in the attempt to forge a relationship with the nations, decided to concentrate
on one nation in the hope that it would eventually bring in all the nations.
The migration of Abraham’s family is part of the general movement of the human
race to take possession of their lands. Abraham, however, must come into
possession of his land in a manner different from the nations, for he will not
immediately possess it nor will he have descendants in the manner of the
nations, for he is old and his wife is childless. Abraham and Sarah have to
live with their God in trust and obedience until at last Isaac is born to them
and they manage to buy a sliver of the land. Abraham’s humanity and faith offer
a wonderful example to the exilic generation.
The historicity of the ancestral stories has been much
discussed. Scholars have traditionally dated them sometime in the first half of
the second millennium, though a few regard them as late (sixth or fifth century
B.C.) and purely fictional. There is unfortunately no direct extra-biblical
evidence confirming (or disproving) the stories. The ancestral stories have
affinities, however, to late second-millennium stories of childless ancestors,
and their proper names fit linguistic patterns attested in the second
millennium. Given the lack of decisive evidence, it is reasonable to accept the
Bible’s own chronology that the patriarchs were the ancestors of Israel and
that they lived well before the exodus that is generally dated in the
thirteenth century.
Jacob and his twelve sons.
The stories are united by a geographical frame: Jacob lives
in Canaan until his theft of the right of the firstborn from his brother Esau
forces him to flee to Paddan-Aram (alternately Aram-Naharaim). There his uncle
Laban tricks him as he earlier tricked his brother. But Jacob is blessed with
wealth and sons. He returns to Canaan to receive the final blessing, land, and
on the way is reconciled with his brother Esau. As the sons have reached the
number of twelve, the patriarch can be given the name Israel. The blessings
given to Abraham are reaffirmed to Isaac and to Jacob.
The last cycle of ancestor stories is about Jacob’s son Joseph. The Joseph stories are sophisticated in theme, deftly plotted, and show keen interest in the psychology of the characters. Jacob’s favoring of Joseph, the son of his beloved wife Rachel, provokes his brothers to kill him. Joseph escapes death through the intercession of Reuben, the eldest, and of Judah, but is sold into slavery in Egypt. Judah undergoes experiences similar to Joseph’s. Joseph, endowed by God with wisdom, becomes second only to Pharaoh in Egypt. From that powerful position, he encounters his unsuspecting brothers who have come to Egypt because of the famine, and tests them to see if they have repented. Joseph learns that they have given up their hatred because of their love for Israel, their father. Judah, who seems to have inherited the mantle of the failed oldest brother Reuben, expresses the brothers’ new and profound appreciation of their father and Joseph. At the end of Genesis, the entire family of Jacob/Israel is in Egypt, which prepares for the events in the Book of Exodus.
JANUARY 1 First Friday
MARY, MOTHER OF GOD-NEW YEARS DAY
Genesis, Chapter 3,
verse 8-10:
8 When they heard the sound of the LORD God walking about in the garden at the breezy time of the day, the man and his wife hid themselves from the LORD God among the trees of the garden. 9 The LORD God then called to the man and asked him: Where are you? 10 He answered, “I heard you in the garden; but I was AFRAID, because I was naked, so I hid.”
The Law of Influence[3]
Eve had no leadership role; no title yet she
had influence. Everyone regardless of their roles is important and
generates influence either positive or negative. Eve demonstrated the impact of
negative influence. Although God commissioned Adam as her spiritual leader, Eve
usurped the role of Adam, who followed his wife rather than God and together
they led humankind into sin.
First
Friday[4]
Mary Alacoque, a nun of the Order of the Visitation, at Parayle-Monial, France; one day, when, according to her custom during the octave of Corpus Christi, she was deeply engaged in devotions before the Blessed Sacrament, the divine Savior appeared to her, showed her His Heart burning with love, and said: “Behold this Heart, which has so loved men that it has spared nothing, even to exhausting and consuming itself, in order to testify its love. In return I receive from the greater part only ingratitude, by their irreverence and sacrilege, and by the coldness and contempt they have for Me in this sacrament of love. And what is most painful to Me is that they are hearts consecrated to Me. It is for this reason I ask thee that the first Friday after the octave of Corpus Christi be appropriated to a special feast to honor My Heart by communicating on that day and making reparation for the indignity that it has received. And I promise that My Heart shall dilate to pour out abundantly the influences of its love on all that will render it this honor or procure its being rendered.”
The Supreme Lover[5]
The Goodness of God means that God
gives us what we need for our perfection, not what we want for our pleasure and
sometimes for our destruction. As a sculptor, He sometimes applies the chisel
to the marble of our imperfect selves and knocks off huge chunks of selfishness
that His image may better stand revealed. Like a musician, whenever He finds
the strings too loose on the violin of our personality, He tightens them even
though it hurts, that we may better reveal our hidden harmonies. As the Supreme
Lover of our soul, He does care how we act and think and speak. What father
does not want to be proud of his son?
If the father speaks with authority
now and then to his son, it is not because he is a dictator, but because he
wants him to be a worthy son. Not even progressive parents, who deny discipline
and restraint, are indifferent to the progress of their children. So long as there
is love, there is necessarily a desire for the perfecting of the beloved. That
is precisely the way God's goodness manifests itself to us. God really loves us
and, because He loves us, He is not disinterested. He no more wants you to be
unhappy than your own parents want you to be unhappy. God made you not for His
happiness, but for yours, and to ask God to be satisfied with most of us as we
really are, is to ask that God cease to love. — Archbishop
Fulton J. Sheen
Solemnity of Mary
For Catholics, today is a holy day of obligation to honor Mary the Mother of God the second Eve: who is the first example of courage. Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus. (Luke 1:30-31)
On my 2006 visit to Israel my wife and I visited and had Mass on the Mount of the Beatitudes. I remember our Priests were a little miffed with the little sister who worked there. She was upset with us because it was a warm day and some in our group had taken off their sweaters and their arms were exposed. She was focused on the rules, as Christ pointed out to the Pharisees who were focused on the outside of the cup being clean rather than the inside being clean. Similarly, the beatitudes of our Lord seek to not do away with the rules (10 commandments) but points at our inner dispositions. I think Church of the Beatitudes which an octagon (eight sided) is best represents how me should seek to best conform our hearts and our dispositions to be more like that of Christ. On the floor of the Church of the Beatitudes are eight mosaics with words in Latin. They reflect the dispositions of our Lord which we are to emulate.
1. Charitas (a heart that burns with love of God and
benevolence toward others)
2. Prvdentia (forethought or prudence. Those who are Prudent
are far from indecisive, for their bold decisions bear no streaks of doubt.
Prudence disposes us to have a true care and concern for the health and
wellbeing of others)
3. Lavs
Tibi Christi (Praise God in
all that we do)
4. Temperantia (Temperance is a spirit of moderation and personal
restraint; to keep ourselves in balance physically, mentally, spiritually and
emotionally)
5. Fides (Faith in God; to trust Him; to give
yourself as He gave Himself)
6. Fortitvdo (fortitude and courage. We must have
the courage to allow Christ to increase in us)
7. Spes (Hope. We must hope in the good news
of Christ and trust ourselves in the church as we would a ship upon the waters)
8.
Ivstitia (Justice. Christ compels us to
not ignore others, to understand others, not to rationalize and/or justify our
questionable acts, do right even at risk of ourselves, and to pray for others.
Solemnity
of Mary, Mother of God - Day Eight of Christmas[6]
Although
New Year's Day is not celebrated by the Church, this day has been observed as a
holy day of obligation since early times due to the Solemnity of Mary, Mother
of God. Each family and country have different traditional foods to eat on New
Year's Day, with lentils being the main superstition: ill luck befalling those
who do not eat lentils at the beginning of the year.
New
Year's is a day of traditional hospitality, visiting and good cheer, mostly
with a secular view, but there is no reason that this day, too, could not be
sanctified in Christ.
·
Day Eight activity (New Year's Day Party)
·
Day Eight recipe (New Year's Pretzel)
8th day of Christmas The Eight Maids a milking is a sign for the eight beatitudes.
Today would be a good day to reflect on them.
- Blessed
are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
- Blessed
are the meek: for they shall possess the land.
- Blessed
are they that mourn for they shall be comforted.
- Blessed
are they that hunger and thirst after justice: for they shall have their
fill.
- Blessed
are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
- Blessed
are the clean of heart: they shall see God.
- Blessed
are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
- Blessed
are they that suffer persecution for justice' sake: for theirs is the
kingdom of heaven.
Feast of the Circumcision[7]
The Feast of the
Circumcision combines and celebrates many things. On the one hand, the feast
celebrates the Octave of the Nativity and the Motherhood of the Blessed Virgin
Mary (partially because the pope celebrated Mass in St. Mary Major on this
day). On the other hand, it commemorates the Circumcision of our Lord which,
though a cause of joy, is the cause of a more subdued kind of joy because it
involves the shedding of our Lord's blood. There is also a tradition in the
Roman church of penitence as a counterpoint to the pagan reveling of the day (a
counterpoint which is necessary as much today as it was then). The Church
delicately balances all of these elements in a single feast to God.
· As mentioned above, it is traditional in France for adults to exchange gifts on this day. This custom is known as les étrennes.
· Today, on the day in which St. Joseph circumcised our Lord (thereby consecrating him for God's holy service), was the festival for subdeacons
New
Year’s Day and the Feast of the Circumcision of our Lord.[8]
WHY do we call this New Year’s Day? Because the civil year begins on this day, as the ecclesiastical does on the first Sunday in Advent.
What ought we to do on this day? We must dedicate the New Year to the service of God, in order that, assisted by His grace, we may both begin and end it to His honor, and our own sanctification.
Why do we wish each other a happy New Year? To renew love and harmony, and to fulfil an obligation of charity by wishes for each other’s happiness and prosperity.
What feast does the Church celebrate on this day? The circumcision of Christ, at which He received the name of Jesus. “But when the fulness of time was come, God sent His Son, made of a woman, made under the law, that He might redeem them that were under the law (Gal. iv. 4, 5).
Aspiration.
O my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, I thank Thee for having to-day shed Thy blood for the first time for me. Grant me, I beseech Thee, the grace of mortifying, circumcising for Thy love, my eyes, ears, lips, hands, feet, and all my sensual appetites, that I may not see, hear, speak, touch, wish, or do any evil. Amen.
Prayer.
O God, Who by the fruitful virginity of the blessed Mary hast given to mankind the rewards of eternal salvation, grant, we beseech Thee, that we may experience her intercession for us, through whom we have received the Author of life, Our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen
GOSPEL. Luke ii. 21.
At that time: After eight days were accomplished that the child should be circumcised: His name was called JESUS, which was called by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.
Why
was Christ circumcised the eighth day of His birth?
1. So that by fulfilling the Jewish law, He might
teach us patience and obedience to the law of God, and to His holy Church.
2. To show His infinite love to us in the very first days of His life. Who gave Him the name of Jesus? God Himself gave it to Him, Who came to save the world and sanctify us, for Jesus means Savior. It is, therefore, that holy and powerful name, whereby alone we can be saved (Acts iv. 12).
What
power has this name?
A divine power: for in this name the apostles cast out devils and cured the sick (Mark xvi. 17, 18), as, for instance, the lame man who lay at the gate of the temple (Acts iii. 2-6). Through this name we receive from God whatever is helpful towards our salvation (John xiv. 13). It is well, therefore, to call on this holy name in adversities, in doubts, and in great temptations, particularly such as are hostile to purity. Even when we are so unhappy as to fall into sin, the remembrance of this holy name may bring us back to virtue, for it is as oil which en lightens, nourishes, and heals (Canticles i. 2, 3).
How must we speak this holy name, that its virtue may be felt?
With the greatest devotion and veneration, and with unbounded confidence; for, as St. Paul says, “in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those who are in heaven, on earth, and under the earth” (Phil. ii. 10). How sinful, therefore, is it in some to speak this name almost at every word, frivolously and disrespectfully; a habit which, in this country particularly, is so widely and fatally prevalent.
Prayer for New Year’s Day.
O Almighty God, now that we have lived to see another year, we thank Thy goodness and Thy incomprehensible mercy, that, from the moment of our birth, we have escaped so many dangers which have threatened our health and life. Would that we had never abused the precious time of our life to sin ! but, alas ! it is done, and we therefore pray Thee, through Thy Son, and through the precious blood He this day shed in His circumcision, to look, not upon the multitude of our sins, but upon Thy infinite mercy; we promise to be henceforth pious, just, and virtuous; strengthen us in our weakness ; increase in us faith, hope, and charity; keep us, by Thy powerful grace, from all sin, dangers, temptations, and adversities of soul and body; enable us, we beseech Thee, to offer up to Thee, from this day henceforth till the hour of our death, all our senses, thoughts, words, and deeds ; to subject them all to Thy holy will ; to op pose successfully every evil habit, and to practice every virtue. Grant, O Father, that we, living and dying in Thy only true faith, may enjoy in Thy kingdom, where one day is better than a thousand upon earth, an everlasting New Year of eternal happiness, and that we may praise Thee with all Thy angels and saints, forever and ever. Amen.
New
Year's Day[9]
New Year's Day marks the start of a new year on the Gregorian calendar. The Gregorian calendar was first introduced by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582 and began to be used in Britain and its colonies in 1751. It is a solar calendar which maintains synchrony with the tropical year. This holiday is celebrated every year on January 1st.
New Year's Day Facts
·
Baby
New Year is the most common symbol associated with this holiday. He is a
toddler dressed in a diaper, hat, and sash bearing the numbers of the New Year.
The myth states that he matures into an old man during the course of the
year. On December 31st, he hands his hat and sash to the new Baby New
Year.
·
In
early Roman calendar New Year was celebrated on March 1st. The new celebration
of New Year on January 1st started in Rome in 153 BC. The New Year was moved to
January because it was a month when two newly elected Roman consuls began their
tenure, which reflected the beginning of civil year.
·
In
medieval Europe celebrations of New Year on January 1st were not always
observed. Sometimes it was celebrated on Dec. 25th, March 1st and March 25th
(The Feast of the Annunciation).
· Gregorian calendar came into force in 1582, which replaced the Julian calendar. It was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII. After adoption of Gregorian calendar, January 1st was restored as New Year’s Day.
New Year's Day Top Events and Things to Do
·
Visit
Times Square and watch the ball drop in New York City to celebrate the New
Year.
·
Sing Auld Lang Sine and kiss a loved one at the stroke of midnight.
·
Make
new resolutions for the upcoming year and let go of what happened in the
previous one.
·
Take
advantage of New Year's Eve skiing at a local ski hill near you. Usually, the
hills are less crowded and offer discounts on this holiday.
· New Year – means new trails to hike. Go hiking on a New Year’s Day to make a good start from day one and get motivated.
Polar Bear Swim Day[10]
Mostly canceled due to COVID-may be fun if you can find
it.
Strip down to your bathing suit,
take a few steps over the snow and ice covering the ground, and hurl your body
into ice-cold water. Sound like fun? Well, there are plenty of people who
think it does, and these people get together to this every year! Sometimes it’s
for charity and sometimes it’s just for a challenge, but either way, thousands
of people worldwide take to the icy winter waters every year. These swims are
understandably called “Polar Bear Swims”, and they usually take place in the
sea.
Polar Bear Swims have been
practiced for well over a hundred years in different countries. The first
recorded Polar Bear Swim took place in Boston 1904. In many Canadian
communities, plunging into icy water for a swim is a New Year’s Day
tradition. Vancouver’s annual Polar Bear Swim Club has been active since 1920
and usually has 1,000 to 2,000 registered participants every New Year’s
Day, with a record 2,128 registrants taking part in the Polar Bear Swim in
English Bay in 2000.
It would seem that he Netherlands
have greatly outdone North America, as about 10,000 people have been
diving into the icy cold sea water at Scheveningen, The Netherlands’ main
beach resort town, every year since 1960. In fact, it is estimated that all
over the Netherlands, 30,000 people take part in what they call
“Nieuwjaarsduik” New Year’s dive) each and every year.
New Year’s Day is thought to be the
best day for this kind of swim, because as many participants have noted,
after you’ve done that, no challenge the New Year could bring could possibly
phase you. However, some swimming clubs organize regular winter
sessions. Plungapalooza is the largest polar bear plunge in the United
States, held annually at Sandy Point State Park in Maryland.
The event, that raises funds for
the Special Olympics, has managed to collect millions of dollars. The largest
Plungapalooza to date took place in 2008, with an estimated 12,000 people
participating.
How to
Celebrate Polar Bear Swim Day
·
It’s
actually quite simple: take part! Find out where the nearest Polar Bear Swim
Day will be organized, and sign up. You can help raise money for those who need
it, meet new friends and make some incredible memories! However, you should
keep in mind that human beings don’t have the fat and fur that polar bears
have to protect them from the cold.
·
Enter
the water slowly so it’s not too much of a shock, and be sure to have a towel
and dry clothes ready for as soon as you come out of the water. You should also
warm your body up afterwards from the inside out with a hot drink or bowl of
soup. The Polar Bear Swim is also not right for everyone, as it triggers many
intense bodily reactions—you may start to hyperventilate because of the
inability to take a deep breath for the first 30 seconds or so, and your
heartbeat and blood pressure will probably increase drastically.
·
So,
if you have any heart condition or have the tendency to panic, you may be
better off standing on the shore in your nice warm coat, hat and scarf, taking
pictures and laughing at the people running right back out of the water as
quickly as they ran into it. Either way, you will be able to be part of the
fun!
Over time, we as humans have developed a different attitude towards nature and we've forgotten about our inner power. This is the ability of our body to adapt to extreme temperature and survive within our natural environment. The Wim Hof Method is based on this principle.
Because we wear clothes and artificially control the temperatures at home and at work, we've greatly reduced the natural stimulation of our bodies, atrophying the age-old mechanisms related to our survival and basic function. Because these deeper physiological layers are no longer triggered, our bodies are no longer in touch with this inner power. The inner power is a powerful force that can be reawakened by stimulating these physiological processes through the Wim Hof Method.
Start learning the Wim Hof Method today
and start your journey to a happier, healthier and stronger you.
300 Club[12]
The 300 Club is a small number of individuals who have endured a temperature difference of 300° Fahrenheit (166 °C) within a very short time. The group originated at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica, and has since been established in North America. The Ceremonial South Pole, which 300 Club participants must run around. Participants in the Antarctic 300 Club wait for a day when the temperature drops to −100 °F (-73 °C) for more than a few minutes, generally in the winter. They first warm up in a sauna heated to 200 °F (93 °C) for as long as 10 minutes. Then they run naked to the Geographic South Pole, circling it in the −100 °F weather. After this, they usually warm up in the sauna again, often with the aid of alcoholic beverages. The first 300 Club outside of Antarctica was established on January 30, 2019 near Minneapolis, Minnesota during a polar vortex. With an outside temperature of −27 °F (−33 °C), three men heated their backyard sauna to 280 °F (138 °C) and sat inside for 10 minutes. Upon exiting the sauna, they sprinted around a flagpole planted in honor of the South Pole tradition, and took a brief roll in the snow before returning to the sauna. There are several patches made to commemorate the occasion that are entitled to be worn by those who have joined the 300 Club.
250 Club
(except from "The Ice is Nice and Chee Chee is Peachy"
Brillo and I decided to use the day off to
head on over to the South Pole ourselves.
It was about a half a mile away, but it took us a lot longer than we
thought. It was slow trekking the distance
through the loose snow. Along the way,
we passed a railroad sign that some humorous person put up out there. When we got there, our intent was
We ran over to the international marker for
the South Pole with signs to all the different places and flags from many
nations. It was interesting because even
though Brillo was right next to me all I saw was a cloud because his body was
giving off so much steam. When we got to
the international marker, we ran around the pole three times and then headed
back to the sauna. I mean think about it
we just ran around the world naked three times.
“Can you dig it” (70’s slang for Do you understand?)
Brillo and I quickly headed back to the
sauna as we were just beginning to lose our steam.
Daily Devotions
·
Offering to
the sacred heart of Jesus
·
Rosary
[1]https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/overviews/months/01.cfm
[2] https://bible.usccb.org/bible/genesis/0
[3]John Maxwell, The Maxwell Leadership
Bible.
[4]Goffine’s Devout Instructions, 1896.
[5]https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2019-02-07
[6]https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2020-01-01
[7]http://www.holytrinitygerman.org/xmascustoms.html#circumcision
[8]Goffine’s Devout Instructions, 1896. In the General Roman
Calendar, the 1 January feast, which from 1568 to 1960 was called
"The Circumcision of the Lord and the Octave of the Nativity",
is now named the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, and the Octave Day of
the Nativity of the Lord.
[9]https://www.wincalendar.com/New-Years-Day
[10]https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/polar-bear-swim-day/
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