Make America Holy Again!
I have given them the glory you gave me,
so that they may be one, as we are one,
I in them and you in me,
that they may be brought to perfection as one,
that the world may know that you sent me,
and that you loved them even as you loved me.
Father, they are your gift to me.
Do you and I have the courage to say there is a price we will not pay, there is a point beyond which evil must not advance?Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid.Well, you and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We'll preserve for our children this the last best hope of man on earth, or we'll sentence them to take the last step into a thousand years of darkness. We're at war with the most dangerous enemy that has ever faced mankind in his long climb from the swamp to the stars. And it's been said, if we lose this war, and in so doing, lose this great way of freedom of ours, history will record with the greatest astonishment that those that had the most to lose did the least to prevent it from happening. Well, I think it's high time now that we ask ourselves if we still even know the freedoms that were intended for us by our founding fathers. Every generation of Americans needs to know that freedom exists, not to do what you like, but having the right to do what you ought, and that is the freedom that I wish for you. Set yourselves apart from this corrupt generation. Be Saints. You weren't made to fit in, you were born to stand out.
Let's Get Strong & United and Let's
MAKE AMERICA HOLY AGAIN!
| Fr. Richard Heilman's Sermon for Thursday May 20, 2021 |
O Lord Jesus Christ Who, before ascending into heaven did promise to send the Holy Spirit to finish Your work in the souls of Your Apostles and Disciples, deign to grant the same Holy Spirit to me that He may perfect in my soul, the work of Your grace and Your love. Grant me the Spirit of Wisdom that I may despise the perishable things of this world and aspire only after the things that are eternal, the Spirit of Understanding to enlighten my mind with the light of Your divine truth, the Spirit on Counsel that I may ever choose the surest way of pleasing God and gaining heaven, the Spirit of Fortitude that I may bear my cross with You and that I may overcome with courage all the obstacles that oppose my salvation, the Spirit of Knowledge that I may know God and know myself and grow perfect in the science of the Saints, the Spirit of Piety that I may find the service of God sweet and amiable, and the Spirit of Fear that I may be filled with a loving reverence towards God and may dread in any way to displease Him. Mark me, dear Lord with the sign of Your true disciples, and animate me in all things with Your Spirit. Amen.
Bishop Olmsted to lead Eucharistic Procession in Downtown Phoenix
Thursday of the Seventh Week of
Easter
1 Samuel, Chapter 20, Verse 21
I
will then send my attendant to recover the arrows. If in fact I say to him,
‘Look, the arrow is this side of you; pick it up,’ come, for you are safe. As
the Lord lives, there will be nothing to FEAR.
"The
sages characterized the relationship between Jonathan and David in the
following Mishnah: “Whenever love depends on some selfish end, when the end
passes away, the love passes away; but if it does not depend on some selfish
end, it will never pass away. Which love depended on a selfish end? This was
the love of Amnon and Tamar. And which did not depend on a selfish end? This
was the love of David and Jonathan. (Avot 5:15)" Rabbi Shimon ben Tzemach
Duran (Spain, North Africa 14th-15th century) delineated the significance of
this mishnah: “Anyone who establishes a friendship for access to power, money,
or sexual relations; when these ends are not attainable, the friendship
ceases…love that is not dependent on selfish ends is true love of the other
person since there is no intended end.” (Magen Avot – abridged and adapted
translation)[1]
Apostolic Exhortation[2]
Veneremur
Cernui – Down in Adoration Falling
of The Most Reverend Thomas J. Olmsted, Bishop of
Phoenix,
to Priests, Deacons, Religious and the Lay Faithful of the Diocese of Phoenix
on the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist
My beloved Brothers and
Sisters in Christ,
7. Like the People of Israel, we too
are heading into difficult waters. Today we find ourselves in a crisis; many
anxieties, uncertainties and doubts assail us from every side. As I said in my
pastoral letter “O
Sacred Feast,” the Church at large is experiencing a grave crisis of
faith in the Eucharist. This crisis has inflicted additional significant
implications for authentic Christian discipleship; namely, abysmal Mass
attendance, declining vocations to marriage, priesthood, and religious life,
waning Catholic influence in society. As a nation we are experiencing a torrent
of assaults upon the truth. The Gospel message has been watered down or
replaced with ambiguous worldly values. Many Christians have abandoned Christ
and His Gospel and turned to a secular culture for meaning that it cannot
provide and to satiate a hunger that it can never satisfy.
8. In such troubled waters, our
greatest anchor in these storms is Christ Himself, found in the Holy Eucharist.
Though the instruction of Joshua was intended for the People of Israel facing
formidable enemies as they crossed into the Promised Land, his words remain
crucial for us: “Follow the Ark of the Lord, for we have never been this way
before”.
9. As God’s People today, we are also
on a journey to a promised inheritance, a journey also filled with dangers,
challenges, and suffering. We do not have a column of cloud by day nor a pillar
of fire by night reminding us of God’s presence ever guiding and protecting us
as He did for the People of Israel. We do not have the Ark of the Covenant in
our midst. Instead, we have not something but Someone much greater! Someone
greater than the Ark who goes before us and is always with us. We have Jesus
Christ truly present in the Eucharist to guide, comfort, and strengthen us. In
times like these, echoing the instruction of Joshua, we must fix our gaze on
the Lord and draw near to Him more than ever in the Eucharist. The more the
Lord in the Eucharist is our central focus, the more surely, He will bring us
through these dark and turbulent waters. On this day when we commemorate the
Institution of the Eucharist, I as your shepherd implore each of you to seek
out Jesus in the Eucharist to be strengthened and renewed in your faith.
“Very truly, I tell you, unless
you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in
you. Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will
raise them up on the last day; for my flesh is true food and my blood is true
drink.”
To be continued…
Go Gourmet in Miami[3]
May 20-23
Hosted
by Food Network and the Cooking Channel, the South Beach
Wine & Food Festival
(SOBEFEST) is a five-day, star-studded event showcasing the world’s most
renowned wine and spirits, chefs and culinary personalities from Alton Brown to
Action Bronson. A tent city on the beach known as the Grand Tasting Village is
filled with hundreds of wineries, restaurants, and spirits makers giving away
samples and providing culinary demonstrations. If you want to hob-knob with
some of the renowned chefs, tickets are available for special dinners, parties,
and seminars that take place all over Miami.
Daily Devotions
·
do
a personal eucharistic stations of the cross.
·
Offering to
the sacred heart of Jesus
·
Rosary
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