Feast of All Saints
November
Travel and Events[1]
Deer Hunting Season
Notorious to some,
delectably yummy to others, deer-hunting season begins with a bang -- sorry,
Bambi -- come November. That’s because the month is prime deer-mating season:
Male bucks are often so distracted by the urge to mate they may not detect the
sound of Grandpa Earl’s carbine locking and loading off in the distance. Head
to states like Kentucky, New Hampshire and Minnesota for the HUNT.
Grand Canyon (Arizona)
Take advantage of
off-season travel to popular landmarks such as the Grand Canyon. the 1.2-million-acre park sees half
its summer crowds. Enjoy cooler temperatures (in the 70s), as well as the
deepening colors of aspen, oak and birch trees that adorn this national
treasure.
October
29-November 2, The Day
of the Dead
Families decorate the
graves of loved ONES THROUGHOUT Mexico as part of this annual national holiday.
A blend of pre-Columbian and Catholic traditions, Day of the Dead may sound
notoriously spooky to outsiders. But to those who celebrate it, the day offers
a way to reflect and share in treasured memories of loved ones through acts of
commemoration, including making altars.
The Marigold Mural Project
Sat Oct 29th 11:00am - Wed Nov 2nd
5:00pm
336 AZ-179, Sedona, AZ 86336,
USA
November 4th & 5th Breeders' Cup
Wondering where to travel
in November? Start by taking in two days of action-packed thoroughbred horse
races. The annual Breeders’ Cup World Championship kicks off this month at Keeneland
racetrack, Lexington, Kentucky. Better grab your tickets fast, though;
attendance is usually much higher than other stake races in North America.
Turf Paradise will offer live local racing on Friday to
coincide with the Breeders’ Cup Simulcast. On Saturday, in addition to live
racing, Turf is also offering all day buffets allowing fans to watch the
Breeders’ Cup races in style while taking in a day of live and local
horseracing.
November 6 NYC
Marathon
Lace up your sneakers for
the New York City Marathon. More than 50,000 people compete in the world’s
largest marathon. Cheer on the participants as they race through the city’s
five boroughs and head to the finish line if you’re not competing in the
26-mile run.
November 9-13 San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival
Notoriously
passionate wine and food lovers descend on Southern California each November
for the region’s largest festival of its kind. How notorious are we talking?
Well, let’s just say any festival that lures some of the best national chefs,
local culinary stars, and celebrated winemakers and brewmasters means serious
gastronomic pleasure is in order
November 18-30 The
Rockettes Christmas
Let’s go girls! Those sky-high kicks, those naughty smiles -- oh, it certainly wouldn’t be a notoriously fun November without the Rockettes. During the holiday season, the legendary dance company kicks it into high gear with five shows a day, seven days a week. See the grand show unfold in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, presented at Radio City Music Hall..
November 24-Macy's
Thanksgiving Day Parade
Head to the Big Apple for
Macy’s annual Thanksgiving Day Parade. The three-hour event starts at 9 a.m.
Thanksgiving Day, but better come early (and wear warm clothes); crowds start
arriving hours earlier to stake out a spot. If a 5 a.m. wakeup call’s not your
thing, these NYC Hotels offer great views of the parade’s
lineup of floats, clowns and more.
November 25-Black Friday
America at its finest,
folks. Yes, you too can trample over terrified cashiers in pursuit of a bargain
HD TV. If you prefer something a little more orderly this Black Friday, head to
some of America’s best shopping malls. Our top pick: Mall of
America, home to more than 180 retailers. Bring your ID and some good walking
shoes. PLUS, better remember where you parked!
Iceman’s Calendar
·
November 1st MASS Feast of All
Saints
o
Start 54-day Rosary
US Grace Force (11/1-12/24)
·
November 2nd MASS Feast
of All Souls
·
November 3rd MASS Saint
Hubert
·
November 4th MASS
First Friday
·
November 5th MASS First
Saturday
·
November 6th Twenty
second Sunday after Pentecost
·
November 8th Election
Day
o
Start 33-day Rededication
to St. Joseph (11/8-12/10)
·
November 11th St.
Martin
·
November 13th Twenty
third Sunday after Pentecost
·
October 18th Feast
of St. Luke
· November
20th Twenty-fourth
Sunday after Pentecost
·
November 21st Feast
of the Presentation of Virgin Mary
·
November 24th Thanksgiving
Day
NOVEMBER 1 Tuesday
ALL
SAINTS
Matthew, Chapter 5, Verse 9
Blessed are the PEACEmakers, for
they will be called children of God.
Living the Beatitudes will make
us makers of peace.[2]
But Jesus built his entire Gospel
message on peace, and nowhere in his words or deeds did he even hint that war
was the way of achieving it. Indeed, peace is the stuff of the four Gospels: a constant
theme of the New Testament and the goal of two thousand years of Christian
vision and witness.
One of the great witnesses to peace in
our Catholic tradition is St Francis of Assisi. While many people associate St
Francis with nature, not as many know the story of his voyage and witness to
the Muslim world as a peacemaker. It was the time of the Fifth Crusade, shortly
after a Crusader victory at the port city of Damietta—modern Dumyat—on the Nile
Delta. Francis, who opposed all killing no matter what the cause, sought the
blessing of the cardinal who was chaplain to the Crusader forces to go and
preach the Gospel to the sultan. The cardinal told him that the Muslims
understood only weapons and that the one useful thing a Christian could do was
to kill them. At last, the cardinal stood aside, certain that Francis and
Illuminato, the brother traveling with him, were being led to die as martyrs.
The two left the Crusader encampment singing the psalm, ‘The Lord is my
shepherd’.
For a month, Francis and the sultan
met daily. Though neither converted the other, the sultan had such warmth for
his guests that he not only spared their lives but gave them a passport
allowing them to visit Christian holy places under Muslim control and the two
(Francis and Malik-al-Kamil, the Sultan) parted as brothers.
We too are called to be witnesses to
peace in our daily lives. For in many ways, we are living in ‘war’. Often, we
can be at ‘war’ with ourselves, at ‘war’ with others, especially when we
‘crusade’ against people and see them as rivals and enemies.
A life of peace and nonviolence,
however, means daily trying to make peace with ourselves and to cultivate an
interior ‘nonviolence’. We all need to take the inner journey with the saints
and mystics. Then we discover that if we sit every day in quiet meditation and
do something as simple as reading the Beatitudes of Jesus, a certain healing
happens. A spring of peace wells up within us.
Our mission as peacemakers then
follows. Among the things that Christ did not say in the Sermon on the Mount
is, ‘Blessed are those who prefer peace, wish for peace, await peace, love
peace, or praise peace’. He blesses the makers of peace. He requires an active
rather than a passive role.
There is no way to peace. Peace is the
way!
Feast of All Saints[3]
2177 The
Sunday celebration of the Lord's Day and his Eucharist is at the heart of the
Church's life. "Sunday is the day on which the paschal mystery is
celebrated in light of the apostolic tradition and is to be observed as the
foremost holy day of obligation in the universal Church."
"Also, to be observed are the day of
the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Epiphany, the Ascension of Christ,
the feast of the Body and Blood of Christi, the feast of Mary the Mother of
God, her Immaculate Conception, her Assumption, the feast of Saint Joseph, the
feast of the Apostles Saints Peter and Paul, and the feast of All Saints."
WHY has the Church appointed this
feast?
1.
To honor God in His saints, in whom He has shown Himself so wonderful, and to
thank Him, as the author of all sanctity, for the benefits He has bestowed upon
them.
2.
To put us in lively remembrance of the communion of saints; that is, of all
true children of the Church, whether they belong to the Church militant on
earth, to the Church suffering in purgatory, or to the Church triumphant in
heaven; but more particularly to cause us to consider, with earnestness, the
communion of the saints in heaven with us, who are yet combating on earth.
3.
To encourage us to strive for the like sanctity with them, and to teach us that
it is by no means impossible; for if thousands of men could become saints, why
should not we, who can do all things through Him Who strengthens us, and has
sent the Holy Ghost for our sanctification?
4.
To pay honor to those saints to whom no particular day in the year is
dedicated.
5.
That, in consideration of so many intercessors, God may grant us perfect reconciliation,
may give us a share in their merits, and may grant us the grace of one day
sharing in their joy in heaven.
By whom was this feast instituted?
By Pope Boniface IV., who, in the
year 610, appropriated the Pantheon (that is, the temple of all gods) to the
divine ser vice of Christians, dedicated it to the Blessed Virgin and all
saints, and commanded this feast in honor of all saints to be celebrated at
Rome every year. Gregory IV., in the year 840, extended this feast to the whole
Church, and transferred it to the 1st of November.
Prayer.
O Almighty God, Who hast granted us
to venerate in one solemnity the merits of all Thy saints, we beseech Thee
that, as our intercessors are multiplied, Thou wouldst bestow upon us the
desired abundance of mercy. Amen.
EPISTLE. Apoc. vii. 2-12.
In those days: Behold I John saw
another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, having the sign of the
living God : and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was
given to hurt the earth and the sea, saying : Hurt not the earth, nor the sea,
nor the trees, till we sign the servants of our God in their foreheads. And I
heard the number of them that were signed, an hundred forty-four thousand were
signed, of every tribe of the children of Israel. Of the tribe of Juda, were
twelve thousand signed. Of the tribe of Ruben, twelve thousand signed. Of the
tribe of Gad, twelve thousand signed. Of the tribe of Aser, twelve thousand
signed. Of the tribe of Nephthali, twelve thousand signed. Of the tribe of
Manasses, twelve thousand signed. Of the tribe of Simeon, twelve thousand
signed. Of the tribe of Levi, twelve thousand signed. Of the tribe of Issachar,
twelve thousand signed. Of the tribe of Zabulon, twelve thousand signed. Of the
tribe of Joseph, twelve thousand signed. Of the tribe of Benjamin, twelve
thousand signed. After this, I saw a great multitude, which no man could
number, of all nations, and tribes, and peoples, and tongues : standing before
the throne, and in sight of the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in
their hands : and they cried with a loud voice, saying: Salvation to our God,
Who sitteth upon the throne, and to the Lamb. And all the angels stood round
about the throne, and the ancients, and the four living creatures: and they
fell down before the throne upon their faces, and adored God, saying: Amen.
Benediction, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, honor, and power, and
strength to our God forever and ever. Amen.
GOSPEL. Matt. v. 1-12.
At that time: Jesus seeing the multitudes, went up into a mountain, and when He was set down, His disciples came unto Him. And opening His mouth, He taught them, saying: 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: for 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. Blessed are ye when they shall revile you, and persecute you, and speak all that is evil against you, untruly, for My sake; be glad and rejoice, for your reward is very great in heaven. This gospel is read to-day because it is by practicing what it contains that the saints have gained the eternal kingdom.
Explanation of the Eight Beatitudes
I. “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” (Deadly sin to avoid: Gluttony) The poor in spirit are:
o those who, like the apostles, readily forsake all earthly things, and for Christ’s sake become poor.
o Those who, happening to lose their property by misfortune or injustice, suffer the loss patiently, in resignation to the will of God.
o Those who, like Jesus, are content with their poor and humble position, seek no higher or happier one, and would rather suffer want than enrich themselves by unlawful acts, by fraud or theft.
o The rich and noble who set not their hearts upon the riches and greatness of the world; but who use their riches and influence to relieve the misery of the needy and oppressed.
o Finally, the truly humble, who, convinced of their weakness, their helplessness and misery, think lowly of themselves, and regard themselves but as beggars, who are always in need of the grace of God. To all these, therefore, in whose hearts the world has no place, there is assured, as their inheritance, the kingdom of heaven; here the kingdom of grace there the kingdom of glory.
II. “Blessed
are the meek, for they shall possess the land.” (Deadly sin to avoid:
Pride) That man is meek who does not murmur against God for sending afflictions
upon him, who is not angry at men who do him injury, but who rather suppresses
impatience, anger, envy, and revenge, nay, who seeks to recompense the evil
done him by his neighbor with good. Such a one is greater than he who takes by
storm fortified cities; he possesses an unfailing fountain of peace, quiet, and
cheerfulness; by his meekness prevails over the most hostile minds, is by such
means truly a ruler upon earth, and will one day, for his portion, obtain heaven,
the land of the living, there to enjoy eternal peace.
III. “Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted,” (Deadly sin to avoid: Envy) By them that mourn we are not to understand such as grieve and lament over a death, a misfortune, a loss of worldly goods, or the like; but those who are grieved that God should be in so many ways offended by themselves and by others that His Church should be so heavily oppressed, and thereby so many souls lost that have been redeemed with the precious blood of Christ. The only evil really to be grieved for is sin, and the tears shed on account of sin are the only tears that are profitable, for they shall be recompensed with everlasting joy.
IV. “Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice, for they shall have their fill.” (Deadly sin to avoid: Sloth) Hunger and thirst denote the most ardent longing after those virtues which constitute Christian perfection, such as humility, meekness, the love of God and of our neighbor, penance. Whoever longs for these virtues as the hungry man does for food and drink and prays to God for them with perseverance and earnestness, shall have his fill; that is, he shall be enriched with them, and one day shall be satisfied with eternal happiness.
V. “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.” (Deadly sin to avoid: Greed) The merciful here spoken of are:
o Those
who willingly for give the injuries done to them.
o Those who have compassion on their poor neighbors, and, according to their ability, sustain them by alms. These shall obtain mercy; that is, God will forgive them their sins and endow them abundantly with the goods of this world and of the world to come. Thus, God deals with us as we deal with others.
VI. “Blessed are the clean of heart, for they shall see God.” (Deadly sin to avoid: Lust) The clean of heart are those who preserve with care the innocence with which they are invested at holy Baptism, or seek to regain it, when lost, by penance; those who keep their hearts and consciences unspotted from all sinful thoughts, particularly from all unchaste thoughts, desires, words, and acts, and who endeavor in all things to have a pure intention directed to God alone. They shall see God, that is, they shall know Him even here upon earth, for as the eye that is to see must be clean, so only souls that are pure and unstained can behold God. But further, our knowledge is like our hearts; the purer the heart the clearer and greater is the knowledge of God. But in the world above they shall see, know, and possess Him as He is. What blessedness! Strive, therefore, to keep your heart clean.
VII. “Blessed are the peace-makers, for they shall be called the children of God.” (Deadly sin to avoid: Anger) By peacemakers we are to understand those who have peace with themselves, that is, a quiet conscience, and who endeavor to maintain peace among others, or to restore it when broken. Such are called the children of God, because they follow God, Who is a God of peace, and who even gave His only Son to reconcile the world with Him, and to bring down upon earth that peace which the world itself could not give.
VIII. “Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” (Deadly sin to avoid: Worldly Fear) Hereby all those are declared blessed who, on account of the true faith, of virtue, of the fear of God, of purity, are persecuted, calumniated, and even put to death, and who bear all this with Christian patience and constancy, nay, with joy. Thus, have the saints done, and thereby they have gained the heavenly crown. Do we desire to be crowned with them; we must also suffer with them. And in truth, if we would apply ourselves zealously to virtue, occasions will not be wanting to us, for all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
Prayer.
How lovely, O God, are Thy
tabernacles! My soul longeth and fainteth for Thy courts, O living God, Who art
the crown and reward of the saints, and repayest their sufferings and sorrows
in this world with eternal joy. How blessed are all they who, in this life,
have served Thee faithfully! They behold Thee and the Lamb of God face to face;
they bear Thy name on their foreheads, and reign with Thee forever. We
therefore beseech Thee, O God, through their intercession, to grant us Thy
grace to serve Thee after their example, in sanctity and justice; to follow
them in poverty, humility, meekness, repentance, in ardent longing for all
virtues, in peace-making and patience, and one day, like them, to share in the
joys of heaven. Amen.
THE
VENERATION OF THE SAINTS.
WHAT is it to venerate
the saints?
To
venerate the saints is to show veneration, love, and confidence towards these
friends of God and coheirs with Christ who, out of love for Him, have gone
through the fight, are now honored by Him (Ps. cxxxviii. 17), and reign with
Him in eternal happiness.
Does
not the veneration of the saints infringe upon the honor due to God?
No;
it is rather a confirmation of it, since it refers only to God, and, in the
saints, honors only Him.
Are
we permitted, then, to venerate the saints?
Yes,
and not only permitted, but it is good and useful to do so if we would honor
God.
Is
it also lawful to venerate the relics of the saints that is, their bones, and
articles that belonged to them?
Without
doubt it is. This, indeed, has been the unbroken practice, both under the Old
Law and the New, from the earliest times; and God has sanctioned it by the most
remark able miracles. Thus, He brought a dead man to life by the bones of
Eliseus (iv. Kings xiii. 21). The woman troubled with an issue of blood was
made whole by barely touching the garments of Christ (Matt. ix. 22; Mark v. 29;
Luke viii. 47). By the shadow of St. Peter (Acts v. 15), and the handkerchiefs
and aprons of St. Paul (Acts xix. 12), different diseases were cured, and evil
spirits expelled.
Why
ought we to venerate the relics of the saints?
The
reason is well given by the Council of Trent (Sess. xvi.). They are precious
remains of those bodies which, in their lifetime, were members of Christ and
temples of the Holy Ghost, and which shall one day be raised up and glorified.
THE
INVOCATION OF THE SAINTS.
Is
it lawful to call upon the saints for their intercession?
If
a man may call upon his brothers and sisters for help, and upon pious people
yet living for their prayers to God in his behalf, as God advised the friends
of Job to do (Job xlii. 8), as St. Paul did (i. Thess. v. 25), as non-Catholics
themselves do, why should not a man invoke the intercession of the saints in
the presence of God, who are our brethren?
But
is not the invocation of the saints opposed to trust in God, and to the
mediatorship of Christ?
No;
for we do not address ourselves to the saints in any such sense as we would
address ourselves to God; but, confessing ourselves to be sinners, and unworthy
to appear before God, we betake ourselves to these friends of God and glorified
brethren of ours, that through their intercession, which prevails much before
Him, He may be gracious to us, and bestow upon us His favors. Christ is and
remains our only mediator through Whom we have access to the Father (Eph. ii. 18);
the saints are only intercessors who must pray to God for us through Jesus
Christ.
Do
the saints know of our prayers?
If
the holy angels rejoice over the conversion of the sinner (Luke xv. 10) and
offer up the prayers of the saints as pleasing incense before the face of God
(Apoc. viii. 3), ought not the same privilege be allowed to the saints, as
being the friends of God and of Jesus Christ, and as being partakers of the
same glory as the angels? (John xv. 14, 15.) Did not Onias and Jeremias, after
their death, know of the sad condition of the Jewish people, and zealously pray
for them? (n. Mach. xv. 12, et seq.) God has a thousand ways of making known to
them our prayers.
Praying for the Dead[4]All
Souls Eve
In the Roman liturgical
books, the celebration of All Saints' Day ends in the afternoon. When it is
time for evening Vespers, the office for the Dead is recited in preparation for
All Souls' Day. Those who do not use the breviary have followed the same pattern
as well. Beginning at sunset on All Saints' Day, families gather in one room,
extinguish all lights except the blessed candle that had been saved since
Candlemas Day, and pray for the
souls of their departed loved ones. In Brittany a group of men would
actually go from farm to farm at night, shouting: "Christians awake; pray
to God for the souls of the dead and say the Pater and Ave for
them." The household would reply "Amen" and rise in prayer.
Things to
Do[5]
·
Visiting a cemetery and praying for the dead
during the Octave of All Saints' Day (November 1 through November 8) will gain
a plenary indulgence that can be applied only to the souls in purgatory. On
other days, this work gains a partial indulgence.
·
Spend a little time after Mass thanking God for
all the unnamed saints, some of whom could be our own relatives.
·
Have a special meal and if you have young
children have them dress up like saints and play games.
·
Pray the Litany
of the Saints -- you could make it really special by chanting it ("he
who sings prays twice") and you could read an explanation of this litany,
which is considered the model of all other litanies.
·
From the Catholic Culture library:
o The
Church's Thanksgiving Day by Fr. Joseph Minihan,
o Ideas
for Sanctifying All Saints' Day by Jennifer Gregory Miller,
o Halloween
and All Saints Day by Fr. William Saunders.
Indulgences for All Souls Week
·
An indulgence, applicable only to the Souls in
Purgatory, is granted to the faithful, who devoutly visit a cemetery and pray,
even if only mentally, for the departed. The indulgence is plenary each day
from the first to the eighth of November; on other days of the year it is
partial.
·
A plenary indulgence, applicable only to the
Souls in Purgatory, is granted to the faithful, who on the day dedicated to the
Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed [November 2 {as well as on the
Sunday preceding or following, and on All Saints' Day}] piously visit a church.
In visiting the church, it is required that one Our Father and the Creed be
recited.
·
To acquire a plenary indulgence, it is necessary
also to fulfill the following three conditions: sacramental Confession,
Eucharistic communion, and prayer for the intention of the Holy Father. The
three conditions may be fulfilled several days before or after the performance
of the visit; it is, however, fitting that communion be received and the prayer
for the intention of the Holy Father be said on the same day as the visit.
·
The condition of praying for the intention of
the Holy Father is fully satisfied by reciting one Our Father and one Hail
Mary. A plenary indulgence can be acquired only once in the course of the day.
More
things to do[6]
·
Visit the cemetery where your loved ones are
buried and light a candle. This is exactly what the holiday is meant to
celebrate, and it is also very common for people to do on All Souls’ Day.
·
Watch a movie about All Souls’ Day or
Christianity. Some of our favorites are: All Soul’s Day (2005), Passion of the
Christ (2004), and Raising the Undead (2006).
·
Spread awareness on social media by using the
hashtag #AllSoulsDay, #HonourTheDead and #HeavenAwaits.
·
Create an alter in memory of a loved one. This
can be done within your home and typically uses pictures of the person,
candles, flowers and any other sentimental pieces.
·
Prepare a meal in memory of a deceased family
member. In many countries, it is customary to prepare this meal and it is
believed that the dead return to consume the food.
Purgatory[7]
Pope Gregory speaks of a priest of Centumcellæ, now Civita Vecchia, who also went to the warm baths. A man presented himself to serve him in the most menial offices, and for several days waited upon him with the most extreme kindness, and even eagerness. The good priest, thinking that he ought to reward so much attention, came the next day with two loaves of blessed bread, and, after having received the usual assistance of his kind servant, offered him the loaves. The servant, with a sad countenance, replied, “Why, Father, do you offer me this bread? I cannot eat it. I, whom you see, was formerly the master of this place, and, after my death, I was sent back to the condition in which you see me for the expiation of my faults. If you wish to do me good, ah! Offer up for me the Bread of the Eucharist.” At these words he suddenly disappeared, and he, whom the priest had thought to be a man, showed by vanishing that he was but a spirit. For a whole week the good priest devoted himself to works of penance, and each day offered up the Sacred Host in favor of the departed one; then, having returned to the same baths, he no longer found his faithful servant, and concluded that he had been delivered. It seems that Divine Justice sometimes condemns souls to undergo their punishment in the same place where they have committed their sins.
Catechism
of the Catholic Church
PART THREE: LIFE IN CHRIST
SECTION ONE-MAN'S VOCATION LIFE IN THE
SPIRIT
CHAPTER ONE THE DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN
PERSON
Article 8-SIN
II. The
Definition of Sin
1849 Sin is
an offense against reason, truth, and right conscience; it is failure in
genuine love for God and neighbor caused by a perverse attachment to certain
goods. It wounds the nature of man and injures human solidarity. It has been
defined as "an utterance, a deed, or a desire contrary to the eternal
law."
1850 Sin is
an offense against God: "Against you, you alone, have I sinned, and done
that which is evil in your sight." Sin sets itself against God's love
for us and turns our hearts away from it. Like the first sin, it is
disobedience, a revolt against God through the will to become "like
gods," knowing and determining good and evil. Sin is thus "love
of oneself even to contempt of God." In this proud self-exaltation,
sin is diametrically opposed to the obedience of Jesus, which achieves our
salvation.
1851 It is
precisely in the Passion, when the mercy of Christ is about to vanquish it,
that sin most clearly manifests its violence and its many forms: unbelief,
murderous hatred, shunning and mockery by the leaders and the people, Pilate's
cowardice and the cruelty of the soldiers, Judas' betrayal - so bitter to
Jesus, Peter's denial and the disciples' flight. However, at the very hour of
darkness, the hour of the prince of this world, The sacrifice of Christ
secretly becomes the source from which the forgiveness of our sins will pour
forth inexhaustibly.
Daily
Devotions
·
Unite in the work of the Porters of St. Joseph by joining them
in fasting: Today's Fast: End
to Abortion
·
Tonight, would be a good night to renew your
baptismal vows
·
Make
reparations to the Holy Face-Tuesday
Devotion
·
Pray Day 6 of
the Novena for our Pope and Bishops
·
Religion
in the Home for Preschool: November
·
Tuesday: Litany of St. Michael the Archangel
·
Litany of the Most Precious
Blood of Jesus
· Offering to
the sacred heart of Jesus
·
Rosary
[2]https://catholicoutlook.org/blessed-are-the-peacemakers-for-they-will-be-called-children-of-god/
[3]Goffine’s Devout Instructions, 1896.
[7]Schouppe
S.J., Rev. Fr. F. X.. Purgatory Explained (with Supplemental Reading: What Will
Hell Be Like?)
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