Day Two
If
you or someone you know is suffering from participation in abortion,
confidential, compassionate help is available. Visit hopeafterabortion.org.
Intercession: May each person suffering from
participation in abortion find forgiveness, hope, and healing in Christ.
Prayers: Our
Father, 3 Hail Marys, Glory Be
Reflection: Countless children’s
lives have been ended by abortion, and countless parents and family members
suffer guilt, grief, and regret—often in silence. Yet God’s greatest desire is
to forgive. No matter how far we have each strayed from His side, He says to us,
“Don’t be afraid. Draw close to my heart.” Be assured that it is never too late
to seek God's forgiveness in the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
Consider the parable of the Prodigal Son.
After repenting of sinning against his father, he returns from far away to seek
forgiveness and work as a servant. But his father sees him approaching, runs to
warmly embrace him, and hosts a banquet to celebrate his return. So, too, does
God welcome all His children who come to Him in the Sacrament of Reconciliation
with contrite hearts, no matter how serious the sin. Let us turn confidently to
Our Lord, Who is love and mercy.
Acts of Reparation (Choose one.)
▪
Abstain
from meat today.
▪
Pray
the Chaplet of Divine Mercy for today’s intention (usccb.org/divine-mercy-chaplet).
▪
Offer
some other sacrifice, prayer, or act of penance that you feel called to do for
today’s intention.
One
Step Further: If a friend
confided in you that she had an abortion, would you be able to listen and
respond in a way that brings her closer to forgiveness and healing? Learn how
in “How to Talk to a Friend Who’s Had an Abortion” (usccb.org/friend-had-abortion).
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SAINT ANTHONY OF THE DESERT
Psalm 78, Verse 53
He led them on secure and UNAFRAID, while the sea enveloped their enemies.
Even in the day God was kind to rebellious Israel. This psalm is a recital of history to show that past generations did not respond to God’s gracious deeds and were punished by God making the gift into a punishment. Will Israel fail to appreciate God’s act—the choosing of Zion and of David? The tripartite introduction invites Israel to learn the lessons hidden in its traditions each section ends with the mention of God’s acts. There are two distinct narratives of approximately equal length: the wilderness events and the movement from Egypt to Canaan. The structure of both is parallel: gracious act, rebellion, divine punishment, God’s readiness to forgive and begin anew. While the Psalm has been thought to reflect the reunification program of either King Hezekiah (late eighth century) or King Josiah (late seventh century) in that the Northern Kingdom (Ephraim, Joseph) is especially invited to accept Zion and the Davidic king, a postexilic setting is also possible. Notable is the inclusion of the David-Zion tradition into the history of Israel recounted in the sources of the Pentateuch.[1]
A Prayer before Mass[2]
Almighty and everlasting God,
behold I come to the Sacrament of Thine only-begotten Son, our Lord
Jesus Christ: I come
as one infirm to the physician of life, as one unclean to the fountain of
mercy, as one blind to the light of everlasting brightness, as one poor and
needy to the Lord of heaven and
earth. Therefore I implore the abundance of Thy measureless bounty that Thou
wouldst vouchsafe to heal my infirmity, wash my uncleanness, enlighten my
blindness, enrich my poverty and
clothe my nakedness, that I may receive the Bread of Angels, the King of kings,
the Lord of
lords, with such reverence and humility, with such sorrow and devotion, with
such purity and faith, with such purpose and intention as
may be profitable to my soul's salvation. Grant unto me, I pray, the grace of
receiving not only the Sacrament of our Lord's Body and Blood, but also
the grace and
power of the Sacrament. O most gracious God, grant me so to receive the Body of
Thine only-begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, which
He took from the Virgin Mary, as to merit to
be incorporated into His mystical Body, and to be numbered amongst His members.
O most loving Father, give me grace to
behold forever Thy beloved Son with His face at last unveiled, whom I now purpose
to receive under the sacramental veil here below. Amen.
Catholic Recipe: Saint Antony of
the Desert Soup[3]
Saint
Antony, called the Great, lived in Egypt between A.D. 251 and 356. At age 18,
the gospel text "If you wish to be perfect, go and sell all that you have
and then follow me" so moved him that he left everything behind and
retired to an inaccessible place in the wilderness where he dedicated his life
to God in manual work and continual prayer. In his old age, he imparted wisdom
to his disciples and encouraged them to lead a monastic life. Because he was
the first Christian to retire to a monastic life, he is considered to be the
first monk and also the father of all monks. His feast is celebrated on January
17. Try this simple, healthy recipe in honor of Saint Antony the hermit.
INGREDIENTS
3
tablespoons oil of choice
1 cup
barley
1 carrot,
finely grated
2 leeks,
sliced
1 bay leaf
1/3 cup
fresh parsley, minced
Salt to
taste
7 cups
water
1 bouillon
cube, if desired
Chopped
mushrooms, if desired
DIRECTIONS
1.
Heat the oil in a soup pot and add the barley, stirring continuously for one
minute. Immediately add the carrot, leeks, bay leaf, parsley, salt, and water.
2.
Cook the soup over low to medium heat, covered, for 40 to 45 minutes, until the
barley is tender. Add more water if needed. For extra taste, add the bouillon
and the mushrooms during the last 20 minutes of simmering. Remove the bay leaf.
Serve hot.
Recipe Source: From a Monastery Kitchen: The Classic
Natural Foods Cookbook by Brother Victor-Antoine d'Avila-Latourrette, Gramercy
Books, 1997
Catechism
of the Catholic Church
PART THREE: LIFE IN CHRIST
SECTION ONE-MAN'S VOCATION LIFE IN THE
SPIRIT
CHAPTER TWO-THE HUMAN
COMMUNION
Article 2-PARTICIPATION IN SOCIAL LIFE
IN BRIEF
1918
"There is no authority except from God, and those authorities that exist
have been instituted by God" (Rom 13:1).
1919
Every human community needs an authority in order to endure and develop.
1920
"The political community and public authority are based on human nature
and therefore . . . belong to an order established by God" (GS 74 # 3).
1921
Authority is exercised legitimately if it is committed to the common good of
society. To attain this it must employ morally acceptable means.
1922 The
diversity of political regimes is legitimate, provided they contribute to the
good of the community.
1923
Political authority must be exercised within the limits of the moral order and
must guarantee the conditions for the exercise of freedom.
1924 The
common good comprises "the sum total of social conditions which allow
people, either as groups or as individuals, to reach their fulfillment more
fully and more easily" (GS 26 1).
1925 The
common good consists of three essential elements: respect for and promotion of
the fundamental rights of the person; prosperity, or the development of the
spiritual and temporal goods of society; the peace and security of the group
and of its members.
1926 The
dignity of the human person requires the pursuit of the common good. Everyone
should be concerned to create and support institutions that improve the
conditions of human life.
1927 It
is the role of the state to defend and promote the common good of civil
society. The common good of the whole human family calls for an organization of
society on the international level.
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.
·
Do the St.
Joseph Universal Man Plan.
·
Devotion to the 7 Joys and Sorrows of St.
Joseph
St. Joseph’s Workshop:[4] The whole Church recognizes St
Joseph as a patron and guardian. For centuries many different features of his
life have caught the attention of believers. He was a man ever faithful to the
mission God gave him. That is why, for many years now, I have liked to address
him affectionately as "our father and lord."
St Joseph really is a
father and lord. He protects those who revere him and accompanies them on their
journey through this life —
just as he protected and accompanied Jesus when he was growing up. As you get
to know him, you discover that the holy patriarch is also a master of the
interior life —
for he teaches us to know Jesus and share our life with him, and to realize
that we are part of God's family. St Joseph can teach us these lessons, because
he is an ordinary man, a family man, a worker who earned his living by manual labor
—
all of which has great significance and is a source of happiness for us.
…I should like to remind you of him, and of what the Gospel says about him. This will help us find out what God is telling us through the simple life of Mary's husband.
Today is the birthday of Benjamin Franklin who was born in 1706[5]
In 1724, on Christmas Eve, a young man aged 18 years old arrived in London from the American colonies. Looking for work, he soon found it with the printers situated in the Lady Chapel. His name was Benjamin Franklin. “I immediately got into work at Palmer's,” he later wrote, “then a famous printing-house in Bartholomew Close, and here I continued near a year.”
Franklin was to spend two years in London. In his autobiography, he relates how his last accommodation was with a landlady who was a Catholic convert:
“My lodging in Little Britain being too remote, I found another in Duke Street, opposite to the Romish chapel. … A widow lady kept the house. … An elderly woman [who] had been bred a Protestant, being a clergyman's daughter, but was converted to the Catholic religion by her husband, whose memory she much revered. … So I remained with her at one shilling and sixpence as long as I stayed in London.”
Also living there at the top of the house was a mysterious figure. Franklin continues:
“In a garret of [the] house there lived a maiden lady of seventy, in the most retired manner, of whom my landlady gave me this account: that she was a Roman Catholic, had been sent abroad when young, and lodged in a nunnery with an intent of becoming a nun; but, the country not agreeing with her, she returned to England, where, there being no nunnery, she had vowed to lead the life of a nun as might be done in those circumstances. Accordingly, she had given all her estate to charitable uses, reserving only twelve pounds a year to live on, and out of this sum she still gave a great deal in charity, living herself on water-gruel only, and using no fire but to boil it. She had lived many years in that garret, being permitted to remain there gratis by successive Catholic tenants of the house below, as they deemed it a blessing to have her there. A priest visited her to confess her every day.
Daily
Devotions/Activities
·
Unite in the work of the Porters of St. Joseph by joining them
in fasting: Today's Fast: Absent
Fathers (Physically & Spiritually)
·
Offering to
the sacred heart of Jesus
·
Plan
winter fun:
o
Soak in hot
springs
o
Hit the snow slopes
o
Ride a
snowmobile
o
Go for a
dog sled ride
o Ride a hot air
balloon
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