Wednesday, September 6, 2023
DAY 23 - MARY, CAUSE OF OUR JOY, PRAY THAT WE RECEIVE THE FRUIT OF GENTLENESS!
GOD’S WORD
“Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” (Matthew 11:29)
“Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience.” (Colossians 3:12)
HEROES’ WORDS
“Nothing appeases an enraged elephant so much as the sight of a little lamb.” -St. Francis de Sales
“When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.” -St. Francis de Sales
“He who can preserve gentleness amid pains, and peace amid worry multitude of affairs, is almost perfect.” -St. Francis de Sales
MEDITATION
Fruit of Gentleness: Mildness is gentle disposition and behavior. A perfection of love which tempers justice by avoiding unnecessary actions that might provoke anger or resentment. (Fr. John Hardon, Modern Catholic Dictionary)
PRAYERS FOR TRADITIONAL 54 DAY NOVENA
THE SORROWFUL MYSTERIES OF THE HOLY ROSARY
Prayer before the recitation: Sign of the cross. Hail Mary.
In petition (first 27 days): Hail, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, my Mother Mary, hail! At thy feet I humbly kneel to offer thee a Crown of Roses, blood red roses to remind thee of the passion of thy divine Son, with Whom thou didst so fully partake of its bitterness, each rose recalling to thee a holy mystery, each 10 bound together with my petition for a particular grace. O Holy Queen, dispenser of God’s graces, and Mother of all who invoke thee! Thou canst not look upon my gift and fail to see its binding. As thou receivest my gift, so wilt thou receive my petition; from thy bounty thou wilt give me the favor I so earnestly and trustingly seek. I despair of nothing that I ask of thee. Show thyself my Mother!
In thanksgiving (last 27 days): Hail, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, my Mother Mary, hail! At thy feet I gratefully kneel to offer thee a Crown of Roses blood red roses to remind thee of the passion of thy divine Son, with Whom thou didst so fully partake of its bitterness each rose recalling to thee a holy mystery; each ten bound together with my petition for a particular grace. O Holy Queen, dispenser of God’s graces, and Mother of all who invoke thee! Thou canst not look upon my gift and fail to see its binding. As thou receivest my gift, so wilt thou receive my thanksgiving; from thy bounty thou hast given me the favor I so earnestly and trustingly sought. I despaired not of what I asked of thee, and thou hast truly shown thyself my Mother.
Say: The Apostles’ Creed, Our Father, 3 Hail Marys, Glory Be.
The Agony in the Garden – Our Father, 10 Hail Marys, Glory Be.
Concluding Prayer: I bind these blood red roses with a petition for the virtue of resignation to the will of God and humbly lay this bouquet at thy feet.
The Scourging at the Pillar – Our Father, 10 Hail Marys, Glory Be.
Concluding Prayer: I bind these blood red roses with a petition for the virtue of mortification and humbly lay this bouquet at thy feet.
The Crowning with Thorns – Our Father, 10 Hail Marys, Glory Be.
Concluding Prayer: I bind these blood red roses with a petition for the virtue of humility and humbly lay this bouquet at thy feet.
The Carrying of the Cross – Our Father, 10 Hail Marys, Glory Be.
Concluding Prayer: I bind these blood red roses with a petition for the virtue of patience in adversity and humbly lay this bouquet at thy feet.
The Crucifixion – Our Father, 10 Hail Marys, Glory Be.
Concluding Prayer: I bind these blood red roses with a petition for the virtue of love of our enemies and humbly lay this bouquet at thy feet.
Say: The Hail Holy Queen.
Spiritual Communion: My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen.
In petition (first 27 days): Sweet Mother Mary, I offer thee this spiritual communion to bind my bouquets in a wreath to place upon thy brow. O my Mother! Look with favor upon my gift, and in thy love obtain for me (specify request, see below). Hail Mary …
In thanksgiving (last 27 days): Sweet Mother Mary, I offer thee this Spiritual Communion to bind my bouquets in a wreath to place upon thy brow in thanksgiving for (specify request, see below) which thou in thy love hast obtained for me. Hail, Mary, etc.
PETITION: May our Church and our country find hope as we unite at the foot of the cross. (Please add your own petitions to this powerful novena)
All of the daily Novena Prayers and Reflections are found in this book: 54 Day Basic Training in Holiness
All of the daily Novena Prayers and Reflections are also posted at usgraceforce.com
You can join the United State Grace Force Facebook group HERE, to receive the reflections each day.
Spanish language Novena prayers and reflections are available at https://rosarycoasttocoast.
Those who would like to pray with others via The Telephone Rosary, call 1-951-799-9866 daily at 6 pm Eastern.
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You are welcomed to join Fr. Richard Heilman as he prays the rosary "over our country" at sunrise from a lookout tower atop Blue Mounds State Park:
First Wednesday
NO PROCASTINATION Day
The
earlier governors, my predecessors, had laid a heavy
burden on the people, taking from them each day forty silver shekels for their
food; then, too, their attendants oppressed the people. But I, because I FEARED God, did not do this.
A
person that fears God does not oppress
or take advantage of those dependent on them. Evil or power-hungry people love
to get cash cows. In our country the best cash cows are the addicted and many
of these users and abusers do so through legal means. Alcohol, Cigarettes, high
fructose corn syrup, mortgages, taxes are all legal. Then there is the illegal
even more deadly, prescription drugs, marijuana, heroin; you name it. Then if
that wasn’t enough there is porn and the internet. Whew…then there is congress
and the education system!
Cheating. Cybersexting. Hazing, Drug abuse. Murder[1]
Scanning the headlines of
the latest scandals in America’s schools, it’s quite clear that the problem is
not that there’s too much God in students’ lives. The problem is that there
isn’t nearly enough of Him. With the malfunction of moral seatbelts and the
erosion of moral guardrails, too many kids have turned to a pantheon of false
gods, crutches and palliatives. They’re obsessed with “Slender Man” and
“Vampire Diaries.” Alex from Target’s hair and Rihanna’s tattoos. Overpriced
basketball sneakers and underdressed reality stars. Choking games and YouTube
games. Gossip and hookups. Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat. It’s all about
selfies over self-control, blurred lines over bright lines. In a metastatic
youth culture of soullessness and rootlessness, the idea of high school teens
voluntarily using their free time to pray and sing hymns is not just a breath
of fresh air. It’s salvation. But leave it to secularists run amok to punish
faithful young followers of Christ. Last week, the Alliance Defending Freedom
filed a religious freedom lawsuit against Pine Creek High School here in my
adopted hometown of Colorado Springs. Chase Windebank, a senior at the district
20 school, had been convening an informal prayer group for the past three years
“in a quiet area to sing Christian religious songs, pray, and to discuss issues
of the day from a religious perspective.”
Windebank and his friends
weren’t disrupting classroom time. They shared their Christian faith during an
open period earned by high-achieving students. Other kids used the time to play
on their phones, eat snacks, get fresh air outside, or schedule meetings for a
wide variety of both official and unofficial school clubs. A Pine Creek choir
teacher had given permission to Windebank and his fellow worshipers to meet in
an empty music practice room. No complaints ever ensued from other students or
faculty. For three years, the group encountered no problems, according to ADF’s
complaint. But in late September, Windebank was summoned to the assistant
principal’s office and ordered to stop praying because of “the separation of
church and state.” The school singled out the young man of faith’s harmless
activities and banned members of his group from discussing current issues of
the day from a religious perspective during an open period in an unobtrusive meeting
place. It defies common sense that in conservative-leaning Colorado Springs,
home to a vibrant faith community and leading evangelical organizations,
students would be reprimanded and deprived of basic constitutional rights. As a
letter from local parents to the school district decried: “To what benefit does
it serve a school to limit the ability for a student to pray with their
friends, fellowship with their friends, or discuss daily events from a
Christian perspective? It is obvious that School District 20 is taking a
freedom FROM religion perspective, not a freedom OF religion perspective.” Think
about it: If the high-schoolers gathered in the cafeteria to listen to Billboard
magazine’s No. 1 pop hit “Habits (Stay High)” — “You’re gone and I gotta stay
high/ all the time/ to keep you off my mind” — school officials would have no
issue. If they lounged in a courtyard to joke about the latest girl-fight
videos or off-color joke memes posted on Vine, no problem. If they discussed
the latest “Walking Dead” episode or napped in the library? All good. But
singing “Amazing Grace” and studying scripture? This subversion must be
stopped!
How did we get here? And
in Colorado Springs, of all places — not Berkeley or Boulder or Boston? Blame
cowardice, ignorance and politically correct bureaucrats pledging allegiance to
one nation, under godlessness, without religious liberty, and the occult of
extreme secularism for all. Pray for our
Nation.
Fight Procrastination Day[2]
“I never put off till tomorrow what I can possibly do — the day after.” ― Oscar Wilde
Procrastination can really be the bane of our existence,
with another day coming around the corner, there’s no real reason that we can’t
put it off till tomorrow is there? Of course not, and tomorrow has another
tomorrow, so let’s do it again! It is by this way of thinking that absolutely
nothing gets done, and we know good and well that procrastination is us out to
get ourselves. But what can we do? Fight Procrastination Day reminds us that
it’s up to us to beat this monster, and only we can decide to get up and get
done today what was supposed to be done.
History of Fight Procrastination Day
Fight Procrastination Day tells us to get up in arms and
start battling the age-old beast that is “putting things off”. There are a
million techniques to battle it, but procrastination is decidedly an epic level
raid monster, and sometimes it seems like a concerted effort of us and our most
efficient friends is the only thing that will put it down. The fight against
procrastination has been going on a long time, and there have been some really
creative methods created to fight it, all to varying success. What kind of
crazy techniques? How about Victor Hugo and James Riley choosing to write naked
so it wasn’t a simple matter to head out to drink with the boys at the local
pub? Not necessarily a universally practical method, but it definitely has its
high points. Then there are modern versions that are truly remarkable, programs
that you download onto your computer that act as a filter according to the
rules you set up… Ya know, like if you work at home and want to use it to
control your behavior during work hours?
How to celebrate Fight Procrastination Day
You celebrate Procrastination Day by getting ready to fight
putting things off all day long. You can do this by starting with precommitment
the night before, you set yourself an alarm, get rid of your distractions, set
up your workspace, and be ready to hit the ground running when you get up. If
you’re trying to make sure you’re ready for work, set your breakfast, coffee,
and towels for the morning shower up the night before. Everything to streamline
your way out the door and prevent you from dawdling.
Catechism of the Catholic
Church
PART TWO: THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN
MYSTERY
SECTION ONE-THE
SACRAMENTAL ECONOMY
CHAPTER ONE THE PASCHAL MYSTERY IN THE AGE OF THE
CHURCH
Article 2-THE PASCHAL MYSTERY IN THE
CHURCH'S SACRAMENTS
IN BRIEF
1131 The
sacraments are efficacious signs of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted
to the Church, by which divine life is dispensed to us. the visible rites by
which the sacraments are celebrated signify and make present the graces proper
to each sacrament. They bear fruit in those who receive them with the required
dispositions.
1132 The
Church celebrates the sacraments as a priestly community structured by the
baptismal priesthood and the priesthood of ordained ministers.
1133 The
Holy Spirit prepares the faithful for the sacraments by the Word of God and the
faith which welcomes that word in well-disposed hearts. Thus the sacraments
strengthen faith and express it.
1134 The
fruit of sacramental life is both personal and ecclesial. For every one of the
faithful an the one hand, this fruit is life for God in Christ Jesus; for the
Church, on the other, it is an increase in charity and in her mission of
witness.
First Wednesday[3]
Our Heavenly Father desires all three hearts of Jesus, Mary and Joseph to be honored. And so along with devotion to Jesus on First Fridays, and to Mary on First Saturdays, Our Father longs for us to add devotion to St. Joseph on each First Wednesday of the month.
"The Sacred Hearts of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph have been chosen by the Most Holy Trinity to bring peace to the world." It is at God's request that "special love and honor be given to them" to help us "imitate" their love and their lives, as well as "offer reparation" for the sins committed against them and their love.
The St. Joseph First Wednesday devotion is:
1. Pray the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary - remembering St. Joseph's love, his life, his role and his sufferings
2. Receive Holy Communion - in union with the love St. Joseph had for Jesus the first time and each time he held him - his son, his God and Savior - in his arms.
In the approved
apparitions of Our Lady of America, St. Joseph revealed:
· "I am the protector of the Church and
the home, as I was the protector of Christ and his mother while I lived upon
earth. Jesus and Mary desire that my pure heart, so long hidden and unknown, be
now honored in a special way.
· Let my children honor my most pure heart in a
special manner on the First Wednesday of the month by reciting the Joyful
Mysteries of the Rosary in memory of my life with Jesus and Mary and the love I
bore them, the sorrow I suffered with them.
· Let them receive Holy Communion in union with
the love with which I received the Savior for the first time and each time I
held Him in my arms.
· Those who honor me in this way will be
consoled by my presence at their death, and I myself will conduct them safely
into the presence of Jesus and Mary."
Every Wednesday is
Dedicated to St. Joseph
The Italian culture has
always had a close association with St. Joseph perhaps you could make
Wednesdays centered around Jesus’s Papa. Plan an Italian dinner of pizza or
spaghetti after attending Mass as most parishes have a Wednesday evening Mass.
You could even do carry out to help restaurants. If you are adventurous, you
could do the Universal Man Plan: St. Joseph style. Make the evening a family
night perhaps it could be a game night. Whatever you do make the day special.
· Devotion to the 7 Joys and Sorrows of St.
Joseph
·
Do Day 11 of the
Consecration to St. Joseph.
·
Do the St.
Joseph Universal Man Plan.
MEDICINAL PLANTS Day 23 HOUSEHOLD PROTECTION-Revealed by Heaven to Luz De María
EUCALYPTUS Scientific name: Eucalyptus Family: Myrtaceae
Purifies
the air and cleans the environment. It has the following property: Purifies the
air and cleans the environment.
The plague is approaching and continue to use the Oil of the Good Samaritan, Eucalyptus leaves inside the homes, burning the leaves when necessary. Saint Michael the Archangel, 12.15.2020
Daily
Devotions
·
30 DAY TRIBUTE TO MARY 23rd ROSE: Resurrection
of Jesus
o
30
Days of Women and Herbs – Frauendreissiger
§
Agrimony
(Agrimonia eupatoria)
· Unite yourself in the work of the Porters of St. Joseph by joining them in fasting: Today's Fast: Authentic Feminism
·
Religion
in the Home for Preschool: September
·
Litany of the Most Precious
Blood of Jesus
·
Offering to
the sacred heart of Jesus
·
Rosary
[3]https://enteringintothemystery.blogspot.com/2018/12/dont-forget-first-wednesday-devotion-to.html
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