Tuesday in the Octave of the
Assumption
RUM
DAY
Deuteronomy, Chapter
32, Verse 26-27
26 I said: I will make
an end of them and blot out their name from human memory, 27
had I not FEARED the provocation by the enemy, that their foes might
misunderstand, and say, “Our own hand won the victory; the LORD had nothing to
do with any of it.”
George Haydock's
Catholic Bible Commentary[1]
·
Men. Hebrew, "I said I will disperse
or exterminate them." Samaritan, "my fury shall consume
them." We may translate, "I had resolved to destroy them; (Ver. 27.)
But," &c., (Calmet) or Protestants, "I said I would scatter them
into corners, and would.... were it not that I feared the wrath of the
enemy," &c. --- Where are they? in the mouth of God, shews an
utter destruction, so that no vestiges of them remain. Their memory is
perished. (Haydock) --- God sometimes defers punishing the sinner for just
reasons. (Worthington)
·
Wrath. The enemies of the Israelites
wished nothing more than their destruction. If therefore God had gratified this
desire, by punishing his people as they deserved, the enemy would have
presently insinuated that He had not been able to drive them out, or that
(Haydock) he was fickle, &c. --- Mighty. (excelsa;)
"lifted up." This expression shews the pride and insolence of those
who make use of it, as if they despised God and all his laws. Procopius
mentions this wicked inscription, to be still seen at Rome, "I lift up my
hands to (or against) God, who destroyed me, though innocent, in the 20th year
of my age." Pos. Procius, (Calmet) who seems to have been a woman, quæ
vixi, &c. (Haydock)
Rum
Day[2]
“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.
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
II. Why a
Sacrament of Reconciliation after Baptism?
1425 "YOU were washed, you were sanctified, you were
justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our
God." One must appreciate the magnitude of the gift God has given us
in the sacraments of Christian initiation in order to grasp the degree to which
sin is excluded for him who has "put on Christ." But the apostle
John also says: "If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the
truth is not in us." and the Lord himself taught us to pray:
"Forgive us our trespasses," linking our forgiveness of one
another's offenses to the forgiveness of our sins that God will grant us.
1426 Conversion to Christ, the new birth of Baptism, the gift
of the Holy Spirit and the Body and Blood of Christ received as food have made
us "holy and without blemish," just as the Church herself, the Bride
of Christ, is "holy and without blemish." Nevertheless the new
life received in Christian initiation has not abolished the frailty and
weakness of human nature, nor the inclination to sin that tradition calls
concupiscence, which remains in the baptized such that with the help of the
grace of Christ they may prove themselves in the struggle of Christian
life. This is the struggle of conversion directed toward holiness and
eternal life to which the Lord never ceases to call us.
Daily
Devotions
· 30 DAY TRIBUTE TO MARY 2nd ROSE: Paul VI the Rosary is a Mini Bible
o
30
Days of Women and Herbs – Frauendreissiger – Nr. 2 Horehound (Marrubium vulgaris or rafanum)
·
Unite in the work of the Porters of St. Joseph by joining them
in fasting: For
the Poor and Suffering
·
Religion
in the Home for Preschool: August
·
Litany of the Most Precious
Blood of Jesus
·
Offering to
the sacred heart of Jesus
·
Go to MASS
·
Rosary
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