Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Shrove Tuesday
FEAST HOLY FACE-St. Catherine De Ricci-RAK-Radio
Judith, Chapter 2,
Verse 28
FEAR
and dread of him fell upon all the inhabitants of the coastland, upon those in
Sidon and Tyre, and those who dwelt in Sur and Ocina, and the
inhabitants of Jamnia. Those in Azotus and Ascalon also feared him greatly.
The
people of Israel by ignoring the elephant in the room which was Nebuchadnezzar
and thus wounding his ego along with all the people West of Syria are now a
target and they are afraid; very afraid.
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Nebuchadnezzar’s
siege of Jerusalem will succeed.
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Nebuchadnezzar
declares his intention of taking revenge on the whole world (Sounds like the
God man from N. Korea)
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Nebuchadnezzar
is represented by his general in chief, Holofernes; Yahwah by the holy woman
Judith.
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Holofernes
army is 120,000 troops and 12,000 cavalry.
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Fear
extends to the whole earth.
Shrove
Tuesday[1]
Shrove Tuesday occurs the first
Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. It officially ends the season of Epiphany and is
the vigil for the start of Lent. Traditionally viewed as a day of repentance,
Shrove Tuesday has become the last day for celebration and feasting before the
period of fasting required during the Lenten season. The name "Shrove
Tuesday" is derived from the word "shrive", which means to
confess and receive absolution. The name denotes a period of cleansing, wherein
a person brings their lusts and appetites under subjection through abstention
and self-sacrifice.
The concept behind this practice is
found in 1 Corinthians 9:27, where the Apostle Paul states: "I buffet my
body and make it my slave..." Ironically, Shrove Tuesday has evolved into
a day of frivolity and indulgence, during which people participate in as much
pleasure and self-gratification as they can before Lent begins. Shrove Tuesday
originated during the Middle Ages. As in contemporary times, food items like
meats, fats, eggs, milk, and fish were regarded as restricted during Lent. To
keep such food from being wasted, many families would have big feasts on Shrove
Tuesday in order to consume those items that would inevitably become spoiled
during the next forty days.
The English tradition of eating
pancakes on Shrove Tuesday came about as a way to use as much milk, fats, and
eggs as possible before Ash Wednesday began. In France, the consumption of all
fats and fatty foods on this day coined the name "Fat Tuesday" or Mardi
Gras. Originally beginning on Sunday, Shrove Tuesday was a three-day
celebration that culminated in large feasts on Tuesday night. By the beginning
of the 20th century, however, the event was restricted to the Tuesday
observance. Carnival became associated with Shrove Tuesday, in part from
the Spring Equinox celebrations that were practiced by the Romans and the
ancient tribes of Europe. The word "carnival" comes from the Latin carnem
levare, meaning "to take away the flesh".
However, in the New Orleans and Rio
de Janiero celebrations, public revelry and carousing have become the tradition
for Carnival around the world. It was mostly as a result of the Carnival
celebrations that the Church restricted the observance to a single day. Shrove
Tuesday has a variety of customs that have derived from different regions
around Europe and the Americas. As previously mentioned, England began the
tradition of serving pancakes, and for this reason the day is known as
"Pancake Day". In addition, there are the annual Pancake Day Races,
where contestants dress in aprons and scarves and race down a course flipping a
pancake in a frying pan or skillet. In Eastern Europe, the Carnival
celebrations include boisterous processions where people in large masks parade
around and play jokes on bystanders. The masks are often caricatures of
individuals from traditional folklore. Men and women will dress as one another
and engage in gendered mimicry. The day is filled with eating, drinking,
fortune telling, and practical jokes.
Perhaps the most prominent customs
are the balls and pageants in New Orleans and Rio de Janiero. Like Eastern
European celebrations, participants wear masks and costumes, many of which are
quite flamboyant and elaborate. Rio has a parade of multi-colored feathers,
which include hundreds of dancers dressed in costumes decked with feathers, all
dancing the samba. In New Orleans, Mardi Gras includes a variety of parades
featuring grand floats and giant effigies of eccentric characters. There is
much eating, drinking, and dancing, as well as practical jokes and humorous
street plays. For many Protestant believers, Shrove Tuesday holds no particular
significance. For Catholics and Anglicans, however, the day is still observed
with confession and absolution, in addition to modest feasting and rejoicing.
Shrove
Tuesday[2]
Here
are a few suggestions to help you celebrate the final day before Lent.
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Today
is Fat Tuesday, or Mardi Gras! Try some of the traditional recipes linked here.
When eggs were among the foods that were forbidden by the Church during Lent,
people would use them up on Fat Tuesday by mixing up large quantities of
pancakes or doughnuts (also known as fastnachts).
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Read
Maria von Trapp's explanation of the traditions associated with Carnival, or
Fat Tuesday here.
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Sing
this American favorite, Turkey in the Straw, with your children as part of
your Mardi Gras celebrations.
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Discuss
Jesus' Gospel teaching for today, He who would be first must be last,
with your children and ask them how they can put others in the family before
themselves. Keep it simple and practical — setting the table, washing the
dishes, folding laundry, watching the littler ones, doing homework right away.
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What
does it mean to become a child spiritually, that we may enter Heaven and be
received by Christ Himself? We can learn much from St. Therese of the Child
Jesus about spiritual childhood. Begin reading her Story of a
Soul.
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Read
Fr. William Saunder's article, Shrove Tuesday and Shrovetide, from the Catholic Culture
Library.
Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day) Top Events and Things to
Do[3]
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Eat
pancakes! Catholics and other Christians use Shrove Tuesday to get rid of all
sugar, fats and eggs in the house by making pancakes, which not only reduces
waste but also temptation.
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Decide
what you will sacrifice for Lent. If you are not Christian or don’t observe
Lent, then consider refraining from a habit such as smoking, eating junk food
or buying fast food.
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Participate
in a Pancake Competition. Every year since 1950, women from the county of
Liberal, Kansas compete against women from Olney, Buckinghamshire, England.
Dressed in aprons and holding pancakes in frying pans, women compete against
one another in this great trans-Atlantic Pancake Race.
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Attend
a Mardi Gras festival and parade. Here are some recommendations:
1) Mardi Gras, New Orleans
2) St. Louis Mardi Gras, St. Louis, Missouri
3) Pensacola Mardi Gras, Pensacola, Florida
4) Galveston Mardi Gras, Houston, Texas
5) Mobile Mardi Gras, Mobile, Alabama
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Try
a twist on traditional maple syrup pancakes. Here are some suggestions:
1) Mint Chocolate Chip Pancakes made with mint extract and chocolate chips. Add
a few drops of green color for a burst of color.
2) Red velvet pancakes with cream cheese frosting. Add cocoa powder and red
food coloring to the pancake batter.
3) Caramel banana pancakes made by layering pancakes with caramel and topping
with sliced bananas
4) Blueberry peach cobbler pancakes made by layering pancakes with peach jam
and topping with fresh blueberries.
Forty Hours' Devotion[4]
Since the Shrovetide
celebrations became prone to excess and scandal, Pope Benedict XIV instituted
in 1748 the Forty Hours of Carnival,
especially in those areas prone to such reveling. During this devotion the
Blessed Sacrament is exposed during the day and Benediction held in the
evening.
Mardi Gras[5]
Mardi Gras marks the end
of the Carnival season, a period observed by many Roman Catholics that starts
at Epiphany on January 6 and ends on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday (Mardi
Gras). Since Mardi Gras is the last day before lent (a solemn period observed
by prayer, repentance, fasting, and moderation), it is often associated with
lavish Carnival-like celebrations.
Mardi Gras Facts
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Some
families eat a festive King Cake on Mardi Gras. Although it is traditionally
served on Epiphany, many cultures, especially the people of Louisiana, savor
the sweet cake the night before Ash Wednesday. Mardi Gras cakes are often
decorated with a toy baby to represent the baby Jesus.
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Although
the holiday is rooted in the Christian calendar, not many churches observe it
with a worship service. Most observances include festive parties, balls, and
parades.
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Green,
gold, and purple are the official colors of Mardi Gras, and they all have roots
in Christianity. Green represents faith, while purple symbolizes justice. Gold
stands for power.
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Mardi
Gras is not celebrated as an official church holiday, but is celebrated because
the following day starts Lent, a 40-day period of preparation and penitence
before Easter. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, so Mardi Gras, French
for "Fat Tuesday", is often the last day that people may indulge
before beginning dietary restrictions. In Roman Catholic tradition, the
faithful refrain from eating meat during Lent except on Sundays. Fish is
acceptable in some Latin American countries.
Mardi Gras Top Events and Things to
Do
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Attend
the largest Mardi Gras celebration, in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Make
your own King cake and serve it to your family and friends.
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Wear
purple, green, and gold beads to celebrate the day.
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Attend
a local Mardi Gras event. Many local communities organize street fairs and
celebrations for this day.
Feast of the Holy Face[6]
Jesus Wants His Holy Face
to be More Honored
Why do you think Jesus
miraculously printed His Body on the holy shroud on Easter Morning? Jesus
Himself gave the answer to Sister Pierina on the First Friday of Lent in 1936:
"I firmly wish
that My Face reflecting the intimate pains of My Soul, the suffering and love
of My Heart, be more honored! Whoever gazes upon Me, already consoles
Me"...
Principal reasons why we
must honor the Holy Face of Jesus
Jesus asked it of Sister Pierina on the
First Friday of Lent, as we read above. This reason should be enough but for
those Thomases who still doubt, there are more. Thirty-Three Popes have spoken in favor of The Holy
Shroud. Here are the statements of a few of them: Leo XIII declared enthusiastically that this
photograph of The Holy Shroud with its undeniable revelation of the true
likeness of Christ was a providential event and "a means well-adapted in
our time to stimulate everywhere a revival of the religious spirit." St. Pius X referred to the
photograph as the "true image of The Holy Shroud" and declared it can
be a very effective aid in meditating on the Passion and Death of our Divine
Savior.
St. Pius X expressed the
desire that this image be published and seen around the world and venerated in
every Christian family. He recommended it to all bishops and priests and gave a special blessing
to all who propagate the image and
devotion to Jesus Christ pictured on the Holy Shroud.
Why do we so rarely see
the picture of The Holy Face of Jesus in Catholic churches, religious orders
and Catholic homes? Why are so many Catholics not more devoted to The Holy Face
of Jesus? Why?
Because
there is a plot of silence! Demons do not like The Holy Face of Jesus and are
doing everything to stop the devotion to The Holy Face of Jesus.
How
can we not fall in love with Jesus seeing His Holy Face?
Catholic
churches, religious families, Catholic families have nice human pictures of
Jesus. Why not have the miraculous Holy Face of Jesus given to us on Easter
Morning by the risen Jesus, just as St. Pius X recommended?
When I have to choose
between a picture made by a man or by Jesus, the choice is easy for me. I have
The Holy Face of Jesus in my office, in my living room, in my room, in my
Bible, in my Breviary, in my many books. The result: I am always walking in the
presence of Jesus, thinking, loving, adoring and speaking of Jesus. Then it is
also impossible not to live in the presence of the Immaculate Heart of Mary,
Jesus' Mother and ours.
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St. Pius X expressed the desire
that the image of The Holy Shroud of Jesus be seen around the world and
venerated in every Christian family. When Catholics will see The Holy
Face of Jesus in their churches and hear their priests preaching St. Pius X's
call to devotion to The Holy Face of Jesus, then the devotion to The Holy Face
will be spread all over the world like the devotion to the Sacred Heart of
Jesus. If you want to please a father, speak nicely of his son and publish his
picture everywhere. If you want to please God the Father, speak
nicely of Jesus, and publish and show The Holy Face of Jesus everywhere. Believe
me, doing so is a special way to have the Heavenly Father shower on you and
your family graces and blessings so abundantly that you will be obliged to say:
Heavenly Father, please stop, because my heart will burst with joy and
happiness.
·
Pius XII asked the faithful to spread
knowledge and veneration of so great and sacred a relic. On the occasion of the
golden jubilee of Sister Celine Martin, sister of Saint Theresa of the Child
Jesus of The Holy Face (her full religious name!), he sent her his photograph
and the one of The Holy Face of Jesus! He was truly a pope with faith and
without fear of the truth.
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John XXIII, on seeing the relic,
said, "This can only be
the Lord's doing... There we see the finger of God."
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Paul VI added these words: "The
Holy Face of Jesus printed on The Holy Shroud of Turin appeared to us so true,
so profound, so human and divine, that we admired and loved it like no other
image..."
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John Paul I has been named "The Pope
of The Holy Shroud."
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John Paul II said "The Holy Shroud is
the most splendid relic of the Passion and Resurrection [of Our Lord Jesus
Christ]. People say: `Who will make us see happiness? Raise the light of Thy
Face over us!' We become what we contemplate... Why don't we contemplate the
Icon of Icons: The Holy Face of Jesus!" Instead of icons made by man, let
us venerate the greatest icon of all: The Holy Face of Jesus!
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Saint Peter Chrysologus, Father of
the Church, tells us: "A love that desires to see God may
not have reasonableness on its side, but it is the evidence of filial love. It
gave Moses the temerity to say: 'If I have found favor in Thine eyes, show me Thy face'. It
inspired the psalmist to make the same prayer: 'Show me Thy Face'. Even
the pagans made their images for this purpose; they wanted to see what they
mistakenly revered."
Mass of the Holy Face
The
feast of
The Holy Face is always on Shrove
Tuesday, the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. Pius XII confirmed that
feast on April 17, 1958 and gave the Mass of The Holy Face of Jesus for all
dioceses and religious orders who ask for the Indult from Rome in order to
celebrate it. Papal documents like this can be forgotten unless priests preach
on them often. I hope the devotion and Mass to the Holy Face will become as
popular as the feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. Priests who go to
the Basilica of St. John, in
Turin, Italy, can
celebrate the Mass of The Holy Face on
the very altar above which is a silver box that contains The Holy Shroud on which is imprinted
the Holy Face of Jesus. There they can incense the Holy Shroud
itself. I myself celebrated the Mass of The Holy Face and incensed The Holy
Shroud three times, in three separate visits with my pilgrims. Great Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus and
of The Holy Face, one of the greatest saints of our modern
time, Patroness of Missions with St. Francis Xavier, was also one of the
greatest apostles of the Holy Face. Let us all be apostles of the Holy Face of
Jesus. Let us speak up and write on the Holy Face. Let us stop doubting like
St. Thomas, but believe, venerate, and distribute copies and show the world the
Holy Face of Jesus. I think, and I really hope that one day the Holy Face of
Jesus will be seen in all Catholic churches. The Holy Face of Jesus is already
in many Catholic cathedrals and churches in Montréal, Quebec City and
elsewhere.
What should Catholics
think and do about the devotion to the Holy Face?
Why
not have a nice, large, beautiful Holy Face picture in your living room, your
bedroom, in your Bible, Breviary and in your spiritual books? Like St. Paul,
you will be thinking and talking only of Jesus.
To encourage the faithful
to honor the Holy Face of Jesus, Jesus made wonderful promises, just as He did
with the twelve promises for those who practice the devotion to His Sacred
Heart.
Eight promises of
Our Lord to those devoted to His Holy Face
1. I will grant them
contrition so perfect that their very sins shall be changed in My sight into
jewels of precious gold.
2. None of these persons
shall ever be separated from Me.
3. In offering My Face to
My Father they will appease His anger and they will purchase as with celestial
coin pardon for poor sinners.
4. I will open My Mouth to
plead with My Father to grant all the petitions that they will present to Me.
5. I will illuminate them
with My light, I will consume them with My love, I will render them fruitful in
good works.
6. They will, as the pious
Veronica, wipe My adorable Face outraged by sin, and I will imprint My Divine
Features in their souls.
7. At their death, I will
renew in them the image of God effaced by sin.
8. By resemblance to My
Face, they will shine more than many others in eternal life and the brilliancy
of My Face will fill them with joy.
These priceless promises
are drawn from the works of St. Gertrude, of St. Mechtilde and from the
writings of Sister Maria de Saint-Pierre, a Carmelite, who died at Tours, in
the odor of sanctity.
Family
Consecration to the Holy Face of Jesus
O Lord
Jesus, we believe most firmly in Thee, we love Thee. Thou art the Eternal Son
of God and the Son Incarnate of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Thou art the Lord and
Absolute Ruler of all creation. We acknowledge Thee, therefore, as the
Universal Sovereign of all creatures. Thou art the Lord and Supreme Ruler of
all mankind, and we, in acknowledging this, Thy dominion, consecrate ourselves
to Thee now and forever. Loving Jesus, we place our family under the protection
of Thy Holy Face, and of Thy Virgin Mother, Mary most sorrowful. We promise to
be faithful to Thee for the rest of our lives and to observe with fidelity Thy
Holy Commandments. We will never deny before men, Thee and Thy Divine rights
over us and all mankind. Grant us the grace to never sin again; nevertheless,
should we fail, O Divine Savior, have mercy on us and restore us to Thy grace.
Radiate Thy Divine Countenance upon us and bless us now and forever. Embrace us
at the hour of death in Thy Kingdom for all eternity, through the intercession
of Thy Blessed Mother, of all thy Saints who behold Thee in Heaven, and the
just who glorify Thee on earth, O Jesus, be mindful of us forever and never
forsake us; protect our family. O Mother of Sorrows, by the eternal glory which
thou dost enjoy in Heaven, through the merits of thy bitter anguish in the
Sacred Passion of thy Beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, obtain for us the
grace that the Precious Blood shed by Jesus for the redemption of our souls, be
not shed for us in vain. We love thee, O Mary. Embrace us and bless us, O
Mother. Protect us in life and in death. Amen.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy
Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without
end. Amen.
Iceman and the Face[7]
Here is an excerpt from my book on my South Pole
adventure and my experience with the Holy Face of Christ.
“I thought about my experiences in Barbados, West
Indies where I had a friendly relationship with a Jesuit Priest on the Island.
I was stationed in Barbados after “A-School;” just prior to my assignment with
MCB 71. It was luck or maybe providence that I got my first assignment to
Barbados, West Indies. At the end of “A School”, I ended up having the
highest-grade average-probably because I studied and drank less than the others
drank. The Chief had six orders for Vietnam and one set of orders for Barbados.
I was given the orders to Barbados.
It was while I was in Barbados that I was
examining my Catholic Faith and was considering a faith change because I was
also involved with a non-Catholic Pentecostal religious group and because my
Father had not practiced the Catholic Faith. I was at a point where I had to
decide to be a Catholic or not. I was praying about it and one night I had a
horrid dream where a horribly disfigured face appeared in white on a dark
background. I woke up in a sweat.
The Devil and
Temptations[8]
There are many and varied
ways in which sin and evil are presented to us in an attractive way.
In the Home--Seeking God's Presence
·
Although you are not a priest, as a
baptized Catholic you have a power that you do not realize. St. Paul, in his
letter, told the Ephesians this truth (Eph. 1:19): "How very great is his
power that works in us is the same as the mighty strength which He used when He
raised Christ from death and seated Him at his right side in the heavenly
world. " Think about that for a while! The power of prayer is greater than
we know.
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Although we do not have the power of an
ordained priest, we can ask God to protect and bless our homes. It is good for
us to keep blessed water in our homes and use it frequently. If we wish to ask
God's blessing on our own homes, we can say a simple prayer of blessing and
then sprinkle holy water in each room. Such a prayer of blessing could be
something like the following:
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"Heavenly Father, we ask your blessing
upon our home. In the name of your Son Jesus we ask to be delivered from sin
and all evil influence. Protect us from sickness, accidents, theft and all
domestic tragedies. We place our home under the Lordship of Jesus and
consecrate ourselves to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. May all who live here
receive your blessing of peace and love."
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An "Our Father" and "Hail
Mary" could also be recited.
·
The consecration of the family and the home
to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is another beautiful Catholic custom. We need to
have a crucifix and pictures of the Sacred Heart and Our Blessed Lady in our
homes. We want home to be a sacred place.
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There needs to be a place in the home where
the members of the family come together to pray. In some Mexican families the
custom of having a little altar with pictures or statues, not only of Jesus,
Mary and the saints, but also pictures of members of the family is observed. It
reminds us to pray for them.
St. Catherine de Ricci[9]in 1971 feast day was changed to Feb. 4
St. Catherine
experienced the stigmata every Thursday and Friday and thus accompanied Jesus
in His Passion. Despite Catherine's extraordinary interior life, she continued
to serve the monastery in many capacities including prioress for 36 years. The
Canticle of the Passion was revealed to Catherine immediately after her first
great ecstasy of the Passion. Our Lady desired Catherine to spread it as a form
of prayer and contemplation pleasing to Our Lord.
The Canticle is
chanted in some Dominican monasteries on the Fridays of Lent.
Lament of Christ
X
My
friends and My neighbors have drawn near and stood against Me.
X
I
was delivered up and came not forth; My eyes languished through poverty.
X
And
my sweat became as drops of blood, trickling down and upon the ground.
X
For
many dogs have encompassed Me the council of the malignant hath besieged Me.
X
I
have given My body to the strikers and My cheeks to them that plucked them.
X
I
have not turned away My face from them that rebuked Me and spit upon Me.
X
For
I am ready for scourges, and My sorrow is continually before Me.
X
The
soldiers, plaiting a crown of thorns, placed it upon My head.
X
They
have dug My hands and feet; they have numbered all My bones.
X
And
they gave Me gall for My food; and in My thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.
X
All
they that saw Me laughed Me to scorn; they have spoken with lips and wagged
their heads.
X
They
have looked and stared upon Me; they parted My garments among them and upon My
vesture they cast lots.
X
Into
Thy hands I commend My spirit; Thou has redeemed me, O God of truth.
X
Be
mindful, O Lord, of Thy servants, when Thou shalt come into Thy kingdom.
X
And
Jesus having cried out with a loud voice gave up the ghost.
The
mercies of the Lord I will sing for all eternity. Surely, He hath borne our
infirmities and carried our sorrows. He was bruised for our sins. All we, like
sheep, have gone astray; everyone hath turned aside into his own way. For the
Lord hath placed upon him the iniquities of us all. Arise, why sleepest Thou, O
Lord? Arise and cast us not off to the end. Behold, God is my Savior, I will
deal confidently, and will not fear.
We beseech Thee, O Lord, help Thy servants whom Thou hast redeemed with Thy
Precious Blood.
V. Have mercy on us, O
benign Jesus. R. Who in Thy clemency didst suffer for us.
Look down, we beseech
Thee, O Lord, on this Thy family for which Our Lord Jesus Christ did not
hesitate to be delivered into the hands of the wicked and suffer the torments
of the Cross.
M
Today
is the day before Valentine’s Day and it is no accident that our secular
brothers and sisters promote International
Condom Day which seeks to promote the use of condoms as a
means of preventing unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections
(STI's) rather than the moderation of the passions. The holiday is also
promoted by the AHF (AIDS Healthcare Foundation) in an effort to reduce the
spread of HIV thru safe sex practices.[10]
RAK-Random Act of Kindness[11]
For those that value
kindness, Random Acts of Kindness Week encourages people out there to be loud
about how easy it is to give to others. This holiday centers around making
kindness a standard for others to follow to make society a better place to live
in.
This week is all about
showing appreciation for those around you, seeing others in need and taking
action, and instilling kindness in today’s youth so the future can look a
little brighter.
History
of Random Acts of Kindness Week
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Officially
started through the Random Acts of Kindness organization, this holiday lets
people give back to others through random acts, whether that be taking a trip
to Africa to feed the poor, show support for cancer patients, or helping
someone on the road fix their flat tires.
·
RAK,
a non-profit organization, located in Denver, Colorado, consists of a small
team that works hard to inspire others. RAK offers resources for those wishing
to participate during the week, including school programs, calendars, videos,
and training materials.
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According
to RAK’s website, the whole week is dedicated to these acts of kindness, while
the highlight of their celebrations occurs on Random Acts of Kindness Day,
which is where all those acts of kindness become louder than ever.
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Those
wishing to take part in the celebration can become activists and educators,
those who lead by example and teach others about kindness, hoping to inspire
others to do the same and make society a better place to live in.
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Becoming
an activist means building trust, focusing their efforts on kindness strategies
and creating environments for growth and nurturing the future of selfless acts.
How
to Celebrate Random Acts of Kindness Week
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If
you’re looking for a great way to participate in this week, RAK has plenty of
resources for you to get started on a journey towards a more humanitarian
lifestyle.
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Read
up on some of the success stories they have to inspire you. Take advantage of
their K-8 curriculum if you’re a teacher at your local school. Volunteer at a
local homeless shelter or food drive in your community.
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Become
a RAK activist by signing up on their website and share your experiences with
giving kindness on social media using the hashtag #RandomActofKindnessWeek.
Encourage your friends and family to give back in their way and inspire others
with acts of kindness.
Donate a grocery store gift card to a store to pay for widows and orphans who don’t have enough money and have to remove items from their ring up; provided they remove the booze first.
World Radio Day[12]
World Radio Day seeks to celebrate the importance of the radio in improving international cooperation, providing access to information and supporting free speech. The day also serves to promote the radio as a means of communication in times of need and emergency. Radios are still the most readily available medium that can disseminate information to reach the widest and most diverse audiences in the shortest amount of time. The idea of World Radio Day was first proposed by Spain's Radio Academy in 2010. The following year, in 2011, UNESCO declared the first World Radio Day. Since then, World Radio Day has been celebrated annually on February 13th, a day chosen to coincide with the anniversary of the United Nations Radio, the UN's international broadcasting service, which was established on February 13th, 1946.
World Radio Day Facts & Quotes
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According to the UN, there are about 44,000
radio stations operating around the globe.
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It is estimated that approximately 75% of homes
in developing nations have access to a radio.
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Radio is the most intimate and socially personal
medium in the world. — Harry Von Zell, radio announcer and actor.
World Radio Day Top Events and Things to Do
·
Learn Morse Code. The radio was originally
invented to pass on Morse code message through radio waves.
·
Watch a movie or documentary that relates to
radios. Our favorites: Generation Radio, Invention of Radio, Good Morning
Vietnam (1987) and Pirate Radio (2009).
·
Learn about some of the issues surrounding
freedom of speech and government control of radios around the world. Read up on
recent problems in Zimbabwe and Somalia regarding government control.
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Set up your very own pop-up radio station using
digital online suites tools such as ShoutCheap. Setting up your very own
radio station can be quick, easy and exciting.
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Plan a Radio Day event involving important
issues such as human
rights, freedom of speech and international broadcasting. Let UNESCO
know what you have planned for World Radio Day, and they will put it on their
world map so that others can find you and get involved.
My
family has a history with the radio industry as my grandfather was a pioneer of
the industry having the 22nd radio license in the United States.
HAVERMALES AFFILIATED
WITH GATES/HARRIS 60 YEARS Noel Havermale had the first radio station in
Quincy. When Noel sold out, the WCA W transmitter went to Parker Gates. From
July 26, 1943, until September 4, 1968, Jim Havermale worked here. On September
29, 1979, Joe Havermale retired after being here since September 27, 1944. At
the present time, Bob Havermale is an Electronic Test Technician in the
Transmitter Test Lab. He started working here on July 16, 1979. Bob is the son
of Jim, nephew of Joe, and Noel was his grandfather. Sharing with you, a letter
from Parker Gates to Jim and Joe Havermale at the time of Noel's death in 1956.
Dear Jim and Joe:
March 29, 1956
I
am sending this letter to both of you and tossed a penny to determine whether I
should send it to Jim or Joe and Jim's name came up, so Jim I will appreciate
your passing the letter on to Joe after you have read it. I am writing, of
course, pertaining to the passing of your good father a few days ago and to
express my sincere sympathy in your loss which I feel is not only a generous
one to your immediate family but to the radio industry as a whole. I recall as
a young man having the privilege of sitting in the WCA W studios at 11th &
Maine when your Dad was the first broadcaster in the city of Quincy. Just to
sit in this hallowed ground was quite a privilege. Later, when your Dad decided
to cease broadcasting, I had the WCA W transmitter in my home for a short while
but being more expensive than I could afford at the time, it was considered a
loan and your Dad was most generous in looking at it that way. As a pioneer of
radio broadcasting, he did a great deal to make it easier for those of us who
are now in what has turned out to be quite a big industry and I am sure your
Dad had the pleasure many times in both listening and looking at modern
networks as well as local broadcasting and knowing that he pioneered this great
industry. I sincerely trust that the passing of time will quickly heal your
grief and I am sure that your Dad was well acquainted with the sympathetic
attention which you gave him. Sincerely yours, Parker Gates 1661 Jersey Street
Catechism
of the Catholic Church
PART THREE: LIFE IN CHRIST
SECTION TWO-THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
CHAPTER
ONE-YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR
SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND
Article 1-THE FIRST COMMANDMENT
I. "You Shall Worship the Lord Your God and Him Only
Shall You Serve"
II. "Him Only Shall You Serve"
2095 The theological virtues of
faith, hope, and charity inform and give life to the moral virtues. Thus
charity leads us to render to God what we as creatures owe him in all justice.
The virtue of religion disposes us to have this attitude.
Adoration
2096 Adoration is the first act
of the virtue of religion. To adore God is to acknowledge him as God, as the
Creator and Savior, the Lord and Master of everything that exists, as infinite
and merciful Love. "You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only
shall you serve," says Jesus, citing Deuteronomy.
2097 To adore God is to
acknowledge, in respect and absolute submission, the "nothingness of the
creature" who would not exist but for God. To adore God is to praise and
exalt him and to humble oneself, as Mary did in the Magnificat, confessing with
gratitude that he has done great things and holy is his name. The worship
of the one God sets man free from turning in on himself, from the slavery of
sin and the idolatry of the world.
Prayer
2098 The acts of faith, hope,
and charity enjoined by the first commandment are accomplished in prayer.
Lifting up the mind toward God is an expression of our adoration of God: prayer
of praise and thanksgiving, intercession and petition. Prayer is an indispensable
condition for being able to obey God's commandments. " (We) ought always
to pray and not lose heart."
Sacrifice
2099 It is right to offer
sacrifice to God as a sign of adoration and gratitude, supplication and
communion: "Every action done so as to cling to God in communion of
holiness, and thus achieve blessedness, is a true sacrifice."
2100 Outward sacrifice, to be
genuine, must be the expression of spiritual sacrifice: "The sacrifice
acceptable to God is a broken spirit...." The prophets of the Old
Covenant often denounced sacrifices that were not from the heart or not coupled
with love of neighbor. Jesus recalls the words of the prophet Hosea:
"I desire mercy, and not sacrifice." The only perfect sacrifice
is the one that Christ offered on the cross as a total offering to the Father's
love and for our salvation. By uniting ourselves with his sacrifice we can
make our lives a sacrifice to God.
Promises and vows
2101 In many circumstances, the
Christian is called to make promises to God. Baptism and Confirmation,
Matrimony and Holy Orders always entail promises. Out of personal devotion, the
Christian may also promise to God this action, that prayer, this alms-giving,
that pilgrimage, and so forth. Fidelity to promises made to God is a sign of
the respect owed to the divine majesty and of love for a faithful God.
2102 "A vow is a
deliberate and free promise made to God concerning a possible and better good
which must be fulfilled by reason of the virtue of religion," A vow
is an act of devotion in which the Christian dedicates himself to God or promises
him some good work. By fulfilling his vows he renders to God what has been
promised and consecrated to Him. the Acts of the Apostles shows us St. Paul
concerned to fulfill the vows he had made.
2103 The Church recognizes an
exemplary value in the vows to practice the evangelical counsels:
Mother Church rejoices that she
has within herself many men and women who pursue the Savior's self-emptying
more closely and show it forth more clearly, by undertaking poverty with the
freedom of the children of God, and renouncing their own will: they submit
themselves to man for the sake of God, thus going beyond what is of precept in
the matter of perfection, so as to conform themselves more fully to the
obedient Christ.
The Church can, in certain cases and for proportionate reasons, dispense from
vows and promises
The social duty of religion and the right to religious freedom
2104 "All men are bound to
seek the truth, especially in what concerns God and his Church, and to embrace
it and hold on to it as they come to know it." This duty derives from
"the very dignity of the human person." It does not contradict a
"sincere respect" for different religions which frequently
"reflect a ray of that truth which enlightens all men," nor the
requirement of charity, which urges Christians "to treat with love,
prudence and patience those who are in error or ignorance with regard to the
faith."
2105 The duty of offering God
genuine worship concerns man both individually and socially. This is "the
traditional Catholic teaching on the moral duty of individuals and societies
toward the true religion and the one Church of Christ." By constantly
evangelizing men, the Church works toward enabling them "to infuse the
Christian spirit into the mentality and mores, laws and structures of the
communities in which [they] live." The social duty of Christians is
to respect and awaken in each man the love of the true and the good. It
requires them to make known the worship of the one true religion which subsists
in the Catholic and apostolic Church. Christians are called to be the
light of the world. Thus, the Church shows forth the kingship of Christ over
all creation and in particular over human societies.
2106 "Nobody may be forced
to act against his convictions, nor is anyone to be restrained from acting in
accordance with his conscience in religious matters in private or in public,
alone or in association with others, within due limits." This right
is based on the very nature of the human person, whose dignity enables him
freely to assent to the divine truth which transcends the temporal order. For
this reason it "continues to exist even in those who do not live up to
their obligation of seeking the truth and adhering to it."
2107 "If because of the
circumstances of a particular people special civil recognition is given to one
religious community in the constitutional organization of a state, the right of
all citizens and religious communities to religious freedom must be recognized
and respected as well."
2108 The right to religious
liberty is neither a moral license to adhere to error, nor a supposed right to
error, but rather a natural right of the human person to civil liberty,
i.e., immunity, within just limits, from external constraint in religious
matters by political authorities. This natural right ought to be acknowledged
in the juridical order of society in such a way that it constitutes a civil
right.
2109 The right to religious
liberty can of itself be neither unlimited nor limited only by a "public
order" conceived in a positivist or naturalist manner. The "due
limits" which are inherent in it must be determined for each social
situation by political prudence, according to the requirements of the common
good, and ratified by the civil authority in accordance with "legal
principles which are in conformity with the objective moral order."
Daily Devotions
·
Unite in the work of the Porters of St. Joseph by joining them
in fasting: Today's Fast: Victims
of clergy sexual abuse
·
Make
reparations to the Holy Face-Tuesday
Devotion
·
Pray Day 2 of
the Novena for our Pope and Bishops
·
Tuesday:
Litany of St. Michael the Archangel
·
Offering to
the sacred heart of Jesus
·
Make
reparations to the Holy Face
·
Rosary
[2]https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2020-02-25
[3] https://www.wincalendar.com/Shrove-Tuesday
[7]Havermale,
Richard, The Ice is Nice and Chee Chee is Peachy, 2012.
[9]http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/prayers/view.cfm?id=1296
[11]https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/random-acts-of-kindness-week/
[12]https://www.wincalendar.com/World-Radio-Day
From one year ago
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