Monday Night at the Movies
Otto Preminger, The Cardinal, 1963
QUEENSHIP
OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples
were, for FEAR of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said
to them, “Peace be with you.”
Life
begins at the end of our comfort zone. Do you live in fear of failure or are
you locking the doors of your heart to new opportunities? When you let in the
spirit of Christ you open yourself to empowerment.
The Law
of Empowerment[1]
The
job of leadership is to lead with the intent to work yourself out of a job. Imagine what would happen if our politicos
did this! This is what Jesus did. After Christ gave His Peace to the
apostles he breathed on them to receive the power of the Holy Spirit and thus
empowered them to live the supernatural life. We in turn by the power of the
successors of the apostles are heirs to this. Christ wants us to be change
agents to bring about the Kingdom. How can we begin? What steps can we take to
mentor and empower others?
1.
Pray
for conviction and vision.
2.
Select
a person or group from your sphere of influence to mentor.
3.
Meet
and discuss expectations and goals.
4.
Cast
a vision to them for spiritual reproduction.
5.
Ask
for commitment.
6.
Determine
what tools or resources you will use together.
7.
Prepare
yourself and set goals for each meeting.
8.
Meet
regularly for a set time.
9.
Discuss
and apply the truths you learn together.
10. Invest yourself in the person, the
process, and the purpose.
11. Help them find a potential person
to mentor.
12. Evaluate and launch them to try the
process themselves.
Queenship
of the Blessed Virgin Mary[2]
On the 11th of October 1954, Pope Pius XII
established the Feast of the Queenship of Mary to be celebrated throughout the
world, and commanded that on that day each year, the world should renew its
consecration to her. In the future the Feast came to be celebrated on 22nd of
August. On the day of her Assumption, Mary our Mother was solemnly crowned by
Christ and received by the whole court of Heaven as Queen. What Christ has done
in Heaven and the Church has done on our behalf we should now do individually,
that is, we should recognize Mary's Queenship, enthrone her in our homes,
consecrate ourselves to her and, by this means, establish in our lives the
reign of Mary Immaculate Queen of the Universe.
How to Enthrone
Mary Immaculate Queen in Your Home and
Consecrate Your Family to Her a
statue or picture may
be blessed; If convenient, ask a priest to perform the ceremony, otherwise the
head of the family can do it. Prepare
her altar with flowers and candles, giving her an honored place in your home
where all will see her and often pray to her. Recite
together kneeling:
Act
of Contrition; 3 Hail Mary’s; 3 Gloria’s; 3 times the invocation: Mary Immaculate Queen: Triumph and Reign. followed by
the
Act of Consecration
O Mary Immaculate Queen, glorious Queen of the Universe, most powerful Virgin,
merciful Mother of a merciful God and refuge of sinners, we consecrate
ourselves to thy Royal and Immaculate Heart.
It is through thee that Jesus Christ our King has come into the world to save
it. It is also through thee that He is to reign over the world.
In order to obtain this great benefit for ourselves and all mankind, we come to
thy feet to consecrate to thee our persons, our lives, all that we are, all
that we have, all that we love. Keep us, enlighten us, dispose of us, reign
over us.
May all hearts and all homes willingly proclaim thee as their Immaculate Queen.
Prayer
O Mary Immaculate Queen, look down upon this distressed and suffering world.
Thou knowest our misery and our weakness. O Thou who art our Mother, saving us
in the hour of peril, have compassion on us in these days of great and heavy
trial.
Jesus has confided to thee the treasure of His Grace, and through Thee He wills
to grant us pardon and mercy. In these hours of anguish, therefore, thy
children come to Thee as their hope.
We recognize thy Queenship and ardently desire thy triumph. We need a Mother
and a Mother's Heart. Thou art for us the luminous dawn which dissipates our
darkness and points out the way to life. In thy clemency obtain for us the
courage and the confidence of which we have such need.
Most Holy and Adorable Trinity, Thou Who didst crown with glory in Heaven the
Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Savior, grant that all her children on earth
may acknowledge her as their Sovereign Queen, that all hearts, homes, and
nations may recognize her rights as Mother and as Queen. Amen.
MARY IMMACULATE QUEEN
Triumph and Reign!
Imprimi potest:
+ Michael Epus Galviensis, 4 June 1966
Catechism
of the Catholic Church
PART TWO: THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY
SECTION TWO-THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH
Article 4-THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND
RECONCILIATION
VIII. The
Minister of This Sacrament
1461 Since Christ entrusted to his apostles the ministry of
reconciliation, bishops who are their successors, and priests, the
bishops' collaborators, continue to exercise this ministry. Indeed bishops and
priests, by virtue of the sacrament of Holy Orders, have the power to forgive
all sins "in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Spirit."
1462 Forgiveness of sins brings reconciliation with God, but
also with the Church. Since ancient times the bishop, visible head of a
particular Church, has thus rightfully been considered to be the one who
principally has the power and ministry of reconciliation: he is the moderator
of the penitential discipline. Priests, his collaborators, exercise it to
the extent that they have received the commission either from their bishop (or
religious superior) or the Pope, according to the law of the Church.
1463 Certain particularly grave sins incur excommunication, the
most severe ecclesiastical penalty, which impedes the reception of the
sacraments and the exercise of certain ecclesiastical acts, and for which
absolution consequently cannot be granted, according to canon law, except by
the Pope, the bishop of the place or priests authorized by them. In danger
of death any priest, even if deprived of faculties for hearing confessions, can
absolve from every sin and excommunication.
1464 Priests must encourage the faithful to come to the
sacrament of Penance and must make themselves available to celebrate this
sacrament each time Christians reasonably ask for it.
1465 When he celebrates the sacrament of Penance, the priest is
fulfilling the ministry of the Good Shepherd who seeks the lost sheep, of the
Good Samaritan who binds up wounds, of the Father who awaits the prodigal son
and welcomes him on his return, and of the just and impartial judge whose
judgment is both just and merciful. the priest is the sign and the instrument
of God's merciful love for the sinner.
1466 The confessor is not the master of God's forgiveness, but
its servant. the minister of this sacrament should unite himself to the
intention and charity of Christ. He should have a proven knowledge of
Christian behavior, experience of human affairs, respect and sensitivity toward
the one who has fallen; he must love the truth, be faithful to the Magisterium
of the Church, and lead the penitent with patience toward healing and full
maturity. He must pray and do penance for his penitent, entrusting him to the
Lord's mercy.
1467 Given the delicacy and greatness of this ministry and the
respect due to persons, the Church declares that every priest who hears
confessions is bound under very severe penalties to keep absolute secrecy
regarding the sins that his penitents have confessed to him. He can make no use
of knowledge that confession gives him about penitents' lives. This
secret, which admits of no exceptions, is called the "sacramental
seal," because what the penitent has made known to the priest remains
"sealed" by the sacrament.
Daily
Devotions
·
30 DAY TRIBUTE TO MARY 8th ROSE: Mary's
Visitation Gives Charity
o 30
Days of Women and Herbs – Frauendreissiger
·
Unite in the work of the Porters of St. Joseph by joining them
in fasting: Increase
of Vocations to the Holy Priesthood.
· Eat waffles
and Pray for the assistance of the Angels
·
Religion
in the Home for Preschool: August
·
Litany of the Most Precious
Blood of Jesus
·
Offering to
the sacred heart of Jesus
· Monday: Litany of
Humility
·
Rosary
[1] John Maxwell, The Maxwell
Leadership Bible.
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