Start of Happiness at Work Week
OUR LADY OF LA SALETTE-ST. JANUARIUS
Galatians,
chapter 4, verse 11
I am AFRAID on your account that perhaps I have labored for you in vain.
Have
you ever when you have sinned and failed, asked Christ, please do not let me
suffer the loss of your sacrifice for me. Has your fear been that Christ has labored for you in vain? This is what
Paul was saying to the Galatians; he was crying for them not to throw the
freedom that Christ had earned for them away by living in worldly ways. Our
call is to be in the world but not of the world.
This
is the message of the gospel.
Jesus
said to his disciples:
“You
are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be
seasoned? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled
underfoot. You are the light of the world.
A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and then
put it under a bushel basket; it is set on a lampstand,
where it gives light to all in the house. Just so, your light must shine before
others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your heavenly Father.”
(Mt 5:13-15)
Thank God there is a cure for our failures it is the Sacraments of Confession and the Holy Eucharist; seek use of them today and never stop praying.
On September 19, 1846, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to Maximin Giraud and Melanie Calvat on the mountain of La Salette, France. After thorough investigation the Catholic Church gave approval to the message and secret of La Salette as written by Melanie. The account was published in Lecce on November 15, 1879, with the imprimatur of Bishop Zola of Lecce. Mary's message was much the same as at Fatima, "If my people do not wish to submit themselves, I am forced to let go of the hand of my Son. It is so heavy and weighs me down so much I can no longer keep hold of it." She lamented with tears those who do not keep Sunday holy and who take the name of the Lord in vain. She indicated that if men did not stop offending Our Lord the potato crop would fail. She gave Maximin his secret which he never revealed. She then turned to Melanie and gave her a secret which Melanie revealed 30 years later only to the Holy Father, who gave orders that it was never to be revealed.
St. Januarius[1]
Little is known about St. Januarius. He was Bishop of Benevento in Campania. He died near Naples, about the year 305, martyred under the persecution of Emperor Diocletian. Around the year 400 the relics of St. Januarius were moved to Naples, which honors Januarius as a patron saint. He supposedly protected Naples from a threatened eruption of the volcano Mt. Vesuvius. The "miracle of Januarius" has world-wide fame. At least three times a year—on his feast day, December 16 and the first Sunday of May—the sealed vial with congealed blood of the saint liquifies, froths and bubbles up. This miraculous event has occurred every year, with rare exceptions. Popular tradition holds that the liquefaction is a sign that the year will be preserved from disasters. (In 1939, the beginning of World War II, the blood did not bubble up.)
Things to Do:
·
Find
out more about this "miracle of Januarius", including pictures.
·
Have
an Italian dinner.
·
If
you live close to New York city you can participate in The Feast of San Gennaro celebrated in lower Manhattan.
· Read more about St. Januarius at EWTN.
Catechism
of the Catholic Church
PART TWO: THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY
SECTION TWO-THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH
Article 7-THE SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY
IV.
The Effects of the Sacrament of Matrimony
1638 "From a valid marriage arises a bond between the
spouses which by its very nature is perpetual and exclusive; furthermore, in a
Christian marriage the spouses are strengthened and, as it were, consecrated
for the duties and the dignity of their state by a special sacrament."
The marriage
bond
1639 The consent by which the spouses mutually give and receive
one another is sealed by God himself. From their covenant arises "an
institution, confirmed by the divine law, . . . even in the eyes of
society." The covenant between the spouses is integrated into God's
covenant with man: "Authentic married love is caught up into divine
love."
1640 Thus the marriage bond has been established by God himself
in such a way that a marriage concluded and consummated between baptized
persons can never be dissolved. This bond, which results from the free human
act of the spouses and their consummation of the marriage, is a reality,
henceforth irrevocable, and gives rise to a covenant guaranteed by God's
fidelity. the Church does not have the power to contravene this disposition of
divine wisdom.
The grace of
the sacrament of Matrimony
1641 "By reason of their state in life and of their order,
[Christian spouses] have their own special gifts in the People of God." This
grace proper to the sacrament of Matrimony is intended to perfect the couple's
love and to strengthen their indissoluble unity. By this grace they "help
one another to attain holiness in their married life and in welcoming and
educating their children."
1642 Christ is the source of this grace. "Just as of old
God encountered his people with a covenant of love and fidelity, so our Savior,
the spouse of the Church, now encounters Christian spouses through the
sacrament of Matrimony." Christ dwells with them, gives them the strength
to take up their crosses and so follow him, to rise again after they have
fallen, to forgive one another, to bear one another's burdens, to "be
subject to one another out of reverence for Christ," and to love one
another with supernatural, tender, and fruitful love. In the joys of their love
and family life he gives them here on earth a foretaste of the wedding feast of
the Lamb:
How can I
ever express the happiness of a marriage joined by the Church, strengthened by
an offering, sealed by a blessing, announced by angels, and ratified by the
Father? . . . How wonderful the bond between two believers, now one in hope,
one in desire, one in discipline, one in the same service! They are both
children of one Father and servants of the same Master, undivided in spirit and
flesh, truly two in one flesh. Where the flesh is one, one also is the spirit.
Daily
Devotions
·
Unite in the work of the Porters of St. Joseph by joining them
in fasting: Today's Fast: Conversion
of Sinners
· Eat waffles
and Pray for the assistance of the Angels
·
Religion
in the Home for Preschool: September
·
Litany of the Most Precious
Blood of Jesus
·
Offering to
the sacred heart of Jesus
· Monday: Litany of
Humility
·
Rosary
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