Best Places In Ohio To See The Eclipse
The best places to see the total solar eclipse in Ohio
are marked on the map above, with red being the best,
followed by orange and then yellow.
The Total Solar Eclipse in Ohio will be on April 8, 2024, from approximately 3:08 PM (totality may last up to several minutes starting at approximately 3:10 PM). Click here to see the zones of the Ohio Solar Eclipse.
According to greatamericaneclipse.com, most Ohioans may expect to see the total eclipse last up to several minutes, beginning around 3:10 PM. The range of the eclipse’s totality spans over 110 miles. The area for best viewing is from the western edge of the state from Defiance to Hamilton to the northern edge of the state in Toledo and over to the Eastern edge of the state in the northern Youngstown area.
The longest time for Ohio’s solar eclipse totality is expected from Greenville to Avon Lake, spanning 3 minutes and 52 seconds to 3 minutes and 58 seconds. Other cities in the longer ranges of totality include Wapakoneta, Marion, Celina, Sidney, Lima, Sandusky, Tiffin, Norwalk, Bellefontaine, Troy, etc.
The moon’s total eclipse of the sun is one of the greatest shows in nature. Be sure to secure proper eclipse eyewear well ahead of time for safe viewing. Also, beware, since the range for the total eclipse spans much of Ohio, eclipse day cloud cover may force mass traffic to areas of Ohio where the eclipse may be best seen as the weather reveals itself on eclipse day.
Easter Sunday
2 Maccabees, Chapter 7, Verse 29
People
of virtue are often a stumbling block for the rich and the powerful yet know
that they, the rich and the powerful, are only the physical workers of the
devil and his cohort, while we are the children of God. Take courage therefore
and wrap yourself in the virtues our Lord may give you. For some are martyrs
and some are priests and religious and some are holy hermits, and some are holy
spouses and parents. In Maccabees the progressives now push for the abolition
of Judaism. Today we also realize the same push from the progressive tools of
the devil. Will there ever come a time when in our society virtuous people are
treated like the mother with her seven martyred sons. We report—you decide!
Martyrdom of a mother and Her Seven Sons[1]
HANNAH AND HER SEVEN SONS, a story told in II Maccabees, Chapter 7, of seven brothers who were seized along with their mother by Antiochus IV Epiphanes, presumably shortly after the beginning of the religious persecutions in 167/166 B.C.E., and commanded to prove their obedience to the king by partaking of swine's flesh. The brothers defiantly refused to do so. Encouraged in their resolve by their mother, they were executed after being put to frightful tortures. When the mother was appealed to by the king to spare the youngest child's life by prevailing upon him to comply, she urged the child instead to follow in the path of his brothers, and she herself died shortly thereafter.
ON KEEPING
THE LORD'S DAY HOLY[2]
CHAPTER II
DIES CHRISTI
The Day of the Risen Lord
and of the Gift
of the Holy Spirit
An indispensable day!
30. It is clear then why, even in our
own difficult times, the identity of this day must be protected and above all
must be lived in all its depth. An Eastern writer of the beginning of the third
century recounts that as early as then the faithful in every region were
keeping Sunday holy on a regular basis. What began as a spontaneous practice
later became a juridically sanctioned norm. The Lord's Day has structured the
history of the Church through two thousand years: how could we think that it
will not continue to shape her future? The pressures of today can make it
harder to fulfil the Sunday obligation; and, with a mother's sensitivity, the
Church looks to the circumstances of each of her children. In particular, she
feels herself called to a new catechetical and pastoral commitment, in order to
ensure that, in the normal course of life, none of her children are deprived of
the rich outpouring of grace which the celebration of the Lord's Day brings. It
was in this spirit that the Second Vatican Council, making a pronouncement on
the possibility of reforming the Church calendar to match different civil
calendars, declared that the Church "is prepared to accept only those
arrangements which preserve a week of seven days with a Sunday". Given its
many meanings and aspects, and its link to the very foundations of the faith,
the celebration of the Christian Sunday remains, on the threshold of the Third
Millennium, an indispensable element of our Christian identity.
Easter Sunday[3]
WHAT is the feast of
Easter?
The celebration of the day on which
Jesus Christ, according to the predictions both of Himself and the prophets, by
His almighty power, reunited His body and soul, and arose alive from the grave.
Why is Easter Sunday
sometimes called Pasch or Passover?
It is from the Latin Pascha, and
the Hebrew Phase, meaning “the passing over” because the destroyer of the
firstborn in Egypt passed over the houses of the Israelites who had sprinkled
the transom and posts of the door with the blood of the paschal lamb and
because the Jews were in that same night delivered from bondage, passing over
through the Red Sea into the land of promise. Now we Christians are by the
death and resurrection of Christ redeemed and passed over to the freedom of the
children of God, so we call the day of His resurrection Pasch or Passover.
How should we observe
the feast of Easter?
We observe the feast in such manner
as to confirm our faith in Jesus Christ and in His Church, and to pass over
from the death of sin to the new life of grace.
What is the meaning
of Alleluia, so often repeated at Eastertime?
“Alleluia”
means “Praise God.” In the Introit of the Mass of the day the Church introduces
Jesus Christ as risen, addressing His heavenly Father as follows “I rose up and
am still with Thee, alleluia; Thou hast laid Thy hand upon Me, alleluia. Lord,
thou hast proved me, and know me; Thou hast known my sitting down and my rising
up.”
Prayer.
O God, who this day didst open to
us the approach to eternity by Thy only Son victorious over death, prosper by
Thy grace our vows, which Thou dost anticipate by Thy inspirations.
EPISTLE, i. Cor. v.
7, 8.
Brethren:
Purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new paste, as you are unleavened.
For Christ, our Pasch, is sacrificed. Therefore, let us feast, not with the old
leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened
bread of sincerity and truth.
Explanation.
The Apostle selected the leaven as
a type of the moral depravity from which the Christian community and every
individual Christian should be free. Let us, therefore, purge out the old
leaven of sin by true penance, that we may receive our Paschal Lamb, Jesus, in
the Most Holy Eucharist with a pure heart.
GOSPEL. Mark xvi.
1-7.
At that time: Mary Magdalen and Mary the mother of James and Salome bought sweet spices, that coming they might anoint Jesus. And very early in the morning, the first day of the week, they came to the sepulcher, the sun being now risen. And they said one to another: Who shall roll us back the stone from the door of the sepulcher?
And looking, they
saw the stone rolled back: for it was very great. And entering into the
sepulcher, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed with a white
robe: and they were astonished. Who saith to them: Be not affrighted: you seek
Jesus of Nazareth, Who was crucified: He is risen, He is not here: behold the
place where they laid Him. But go, tell His disciples and Peter that He goeth
before you into Galilee: there you shall see Him, as He told you.
Why did the holy women desire to
anoint the body of Jesus with sweet spices?
The
women wanted to anoint Jesus’ body out of love for him. This love God rewarded
by sending to them an angel, who rolled back the great stone from before the
mouth of the sepulcher, comforted them, and convinced them that Christ was
really raised from the dead. From this we learn that God always consoles those
who seek Him. The angel sent the holy women to the disciples to console them
for Christ’s death, and in order that they might make known His resurrection to
the world. St. Peter was specially named not only because he was the head of
the apostles, but because he was sadder and more dispirited than the others on
account of his denial of Our Savior.
How did Our Savior prove that He
was really risen from the dead?
Our
Lord proved Himself risen by showing Himself first to the holy women, then to
His disciples, and finally to five hundred persons at once. His disciples not
only saw Him, but ate and drank with Him, not once only, but repeatedly, and
for forty days.
It
was through combat and inexpressible sufferings that Our Savior gained victory.
So also, with us we gain heaven only by labor, combat, and sufferings shall we
win the crown of eternal life; though redeemed by Christ from the servitude of
Satan and sin, we shall not be able to enter the kingdom of Christ unless,
after His example and by His grace, we fight till the end against the flesh,
the devil, and the world; for only he that perseveres to the end shall receive
the crown (n. Tim. ii. 5).
Easter Calendar[4]
Read: Easter does not just last for a
day! Take time to read about the span of the Easter season today.
Reflect: Take extra time with the readings
today practicing lectio divina. . . .
Pray: O God, who on this day, through
your Only Begotten Son, have conquered death and unlocked for us the path to
eternity, grant, we pray, that we who keep the solemnity of the Lord's
Resurrection may, through the renewal brought by your Spirit, rise up in the
light of life. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns
with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
(Collect,
Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord, Mass During the Day, Roman Missal, Third Edition, International
Commission on English Liturgy)
Act: Christ is Risen! Spread the Good
News!
Paschaltide[5]
This is the day the Lord hath made;
let us be glad and rejoice therein. - Ps. 117.24
With
this antiphon, the Church proclaims Easter Sunday the greatest day of the year.
For the Christian believer every day is, of course, a celebration of Jesus
Christ's resurrection from the dead, as is every Mass. Yet daily rejoicing
pales in comparison to that of the Sunday Mass, since Sunday is the day that
the resurrection took place, the "eighth" day of the week signifying
a new creation and a new life. And these Sundays of the year, in turn, are
dwarfed by Easter, the Feast of Feasts celebrated in the newness of the vernal
moon and in the rebirth of springtime. Easter is the Christian day par
excellence.
The
commemoration of our Lord's physical resurrection from the dead provides not
only the crucial resolution to the Passion story, but to several liturgical
themes stretching back over the past two months.
·
Easter
ends the seventy days of Babylonian exile begun on Septuagesima Sunday by restoring the Temple that was destroyed on Good
Friday, i.e. the body of Jesus Christ.
·
It
ends the forty days of wandering in the desert begun on Ash Wednesday by giving us the Promised Land of eternal life.
·
It
ends the fourteen days of concealment and confusion during Passiontide
by revealing the divinity of Jesus Christ and the meaning of His cryptic
prophecies.
·
It
ends the seven days of Holy Week
by converting our sorrow over the crucifixion into our jubilance about the
resurrection.
·
And
it ends the three days of awesome mystery explored during the sacred Triduum by
celebrating the central mystery of our faith: life born from death, ultimate
good from unspeakable evil. It is for this reason that all the things that had
been instituted at one point or another during the past penitential seasons
(the purple vestments or the veiled images) are dramatically removed, while all
the things that had been successively suppressed (the Alleluia, the Gloria in
excelsis, several Gloria Patri's, or the bells) are dramatically restored.
The
Easter season (or Paschaltide, as it is traditionally known) is not an
undifferentiated block of joy but one that consists of several distinct stages.
The first is the Easter Octave, lasting from Easter Sunday to the former "Low"
Sunday which is now Divine Mercy Sunday. These eight days comprise a prolonged
rejoicing in our Savior's victory over death and in the eternal life given to
the newly baptized converts. In fact, Christian initiates used to receive a
white robe upon their baptism on Holy Saturday night and would wear it for the
rest of the week. They would take off these symbols of their new life on the
following Sunday, which in Latin is called Dominica in albis depositis as a
result of this practice. (The English name, Low Sunday, was used as a contrast
to the high mark of Easter). For centuries the first Sunday after Easter was
also the day when children would receive their first Holy Communion, often with
their father and mother kneeling beside them. So meaningful was this event that
in Europe it was referred to as the "most beautiful day of life."
(Significantly, both customs are encapsulated in Low Sunday's stational church,
the basilica of St. Pancras (see Station Days):
St. Pancras, a twelve-year-old martyr, is the patron saint of children and
neophytes).
Paschaltide Customs
The Easter Kiss and Greeting.
The day that the risen Christ
appeared to His apostles, breathed the Spirit on them, and wished them peace is
the day that Christians greet each other with special fraternal affection.
Early Latin Christians embraced each other on Easter with the greeting, Surrexit
Dominus vere ("The Lord is truly risen"). The appropriate
response is Deo gratias ("Thanks be to God"). Greek
Christians, on the other hand, say, Christos aneste ("Christ is
risen"), to which is answered, Alethos aneste ("Truly He is
risen"). The mutual kiss and embrace last throughout the Easter Octave.
Blessings.
There was a time in both the
Eastern and Western churches that no one would dream of eating unblessed food
on Easter. Priests would either visit families on Holy Saturday night and bless
the spread made ready for the following day, or they would bless the food
brought to church after the Easter Sunday Mass. The old Roman ritual attests to
this tradition by its title for Food Blessings: Benedictiones Esculentorum,
Praesertim in Pascha - "The Blessings of Edibles, especially for
Easter".
New
Clothes & the Easter Parade.
Most people are familiar with the
old-fashioned images of ladies bedecked in crisp new bonnets and dapper escorts
during the annual Easter parade. What at first blush appears to be no more than
a spectacle of vanity, however, is a combination of two deeply religious
practices. The first is the custom of wearing new clothes for
Easter. This stems from the ancient practice of newly baptized Christians
wearing a white garment from the moment of their baptism during the Easter
Vigil until the following week. The rest of the faithful eventually followed
suit by wearing something new to symbolize the new life brought by the death
and resurrection of Christ. Hence an old Irish saying: "For Christmas,
food and drink; for Easter, new clothes." There was even a superstition
that bad luck would come to those who could afford new clothes for Easter but
did not buy them. The second practice is the Easter walk, in
which the faithful (mostly couples) would march through town and country as a
part of a religious procession. A crucifix or the Paschal candle would often
lead the way, and the entourage would make several stops in order to pray or
sing hymns. The rest of the time would be spent in light banter. This custom
became secularized after the Reformation and thus became the "Easter
parade" so popular before the 1960s.
Easter
Eggs.
Two kinds of activities (besides
eating) surround this famous feature of Paschal celebration. The first is the decoration
of the egg, a custom that goes back to the first centuries of
Christianity. Colored dyes are the easiest way this is done, though different
customs from various cultures sometimes determine which colors are used. The
Chaldean, Syrian, and Greek Christians, for example, give each other scarlet
eggs in honor of the most precious blood of Christ. Other nations, such as the
Ukrainians and Russians, are famous for their beautiful and ornate egg
decorations. Egg games are also a familiar part of Easter merriment.
Most Americans are familiar with the custom of Easter egg hunts,
but there are other forms as well. Egg-pecking is a game
popular in Europe and the Middle East (not to mention the White House lawn),
where hard-boiled eggs are rolled against each other on the lawn or down a
hill; the egg left uncracked at the end is proclaimed the "victory
egg."
The Dancing Sun.
There is an old legend that the sun
dances for joy or makes three cheerful jumps on Easter morning. In England and
Ireland families would place a pan of water in the east window to watch the
dancing rays mirrored on it. Other "sun" customs involve some kind of
public gathering at sunrise. Greeting the daybreak with cannons, gunfire,
choirs, or band music was once very popular, as was holding a prayer service,
followed by a procession to the church where Mass would be offered.
"Sacred" Theater.
According to some scholars the
beautiful sequence Victimae Paschali Laudes sung during the Easter Mass
in the traditional Roman rite is the inspiration for the development of medieval religious drama.
The poem's dialogic structure, with its question and answer format, became the
foundation on which more lines were added until a separate play was formed.
This play, in turn, inspired the composition of the other medieval
"mystery" plays held on Christmas, Epiphany, Corpus Christi, and so
on. Solemn vespers and benediction were a traditional part of every Sunday
afternoon in many parishes, but especially so on Easter. Perhaps one reason for
this was the medieval custom of Easter
fables where, prior to the service, the priest would regale the
congregation with amusing anecdotes and whimsical yarns. This served as a sort
of antidote to the many sad or stern Lenten sermons of the previous weeks.
The entire Octave of Easter
constitutes an extended exultation in Christ's victory over death. Obviously,
the two most important days of this Octave are the two Sundays. As mentioned
elsewhere, Low Sunday was once the day that the neophytes took off their
white robes and resumed their lives in the daily world, and it was also the
traditional time for children to receive Holy Communion. Other days of the
Octave, however, also had distinctive customs of their own.
·
Easter
Monday was
reserved as a special day for rest and relaxation. Its most distinctive feature
is the Emmaus walk, a leisurely constitution inspired by the Gospel
of the day (Luke 24.13-35). This can take the form of a stroll through field or
forest or, as in French Canada, a visit to one's grandparents.
·
Games
of mischief dating to pre-Christian times also take place on Easter
Monday and Tuesday. Chief among them is drenching customs,
where boys surprise girls with buckets of water, and vice versa, or switching
customs, where switches are gently used on each other.
·
Easter
Thursday in Slavic
countries, on the other hand, was reserved for remembering departed loved ones.
Mass that day would be offered for the deceased of the parish.
·
Finally,
Easter
Friday was a favorite day for pilgrimages in many parts of
Europe. Large groups would take rather long processions to a shrine or church,
where Mass would be offered.
Divine Mercy Novena[6]
Third Day - Today Bring Me All Devout and Faithful Souls.
Most
Merciful Jesus, from the treasury of Your mercy, You impart Your graces in the
great abundance to each and all. Receive us into the abode of Your Most
Compassionate Heart and never let us escape from It. We beg this of You by that
most wondrous love for the heavenly Father with which Your Heart burns so
fiercely.
Eternal
Father turn Your Merciful gaze upon faithful souls, as upon the inheritance of
Your Son. For the sake of His Sorrowful Passion, grant them Your blessing and
surround them with Your constant protection. Thus, may they never fail in love
or lost the treasure of the holy faith, but rather, with all the hosts of
Angels and Saints, may they glorify Your boundless mercy for endless ages.
Amen.
Novena for the Poor
Souls[7]
O Mother most
merciful, pray for the souls in Purgatory!
PRAYER OF ST.
GERTRUDE THE GREAT O Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Most Precious Blood of
Thy Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the Masses said throughout the world
today, for all the holy souls in Purgatory and for sinners everywhere— for
sinners in the Universal Church, for those in my own home and for those within
my family. Amen.
PRAYER FOR THE
DYING O Most Merciful Jesus, lover of souls, I pray Thee, by the agony of Thy
most Sacred Heart, and by the sorrows of Thine Immaculate Mother, to wash in
Thy Most Precious Blood the sinners of the whole world who are now in their
agony and who will die today. Heart of Jesus, once in agony, have mercy on the
dying! Amen.
ON EVERY DAY OF
THE NOVENA V. O Lord, hear my prayer; R. And let my cry come unto Thee. O God,
the Creator and Redeemer of all the faithful, grant unto the souls of Thy
servants and handmaids the remission of all their sins, that through our devout
supplications they may obtain the pardon they have always desired, Who livest
and reignest world without end. Amen.
SUNDAY O Lord
God Almighty, I beseech Thee by the Precious Blood which Thy divine Son Jesus
shed in the Garden, deliver the souls in Purgatory, and especially that one
which is the most forsaken of all, and bring it into Thy glory, where it may
praise and bless Thee forever. Amen. Our Father. Hail Mary. Glory Be.
Rene
Descartes[8]
born March 31,
1596
Rene Descartes (1596-1650), founder
of Analytical Geometry and Modern Philosophy
In the beginning of his Meditations (1641) Descartes wrote:
“I have
always been of the opinion that the two questions respecting God and the Soul
were the chief of those that ought to be determined by help of Philosophy
rather than of Theology; for although to us, the faithful, it be sufficient to
hold as matters of faith, that the human soul does not perish with the body,
and that God exists, it yet assuredly seems impossible ever to persuade
infidels of the reality of any religion, or almost even any moral virtue,
unless, first of all, those two things be proved to them by natural reason. And
since in this life there are frequently greater rewards held out to vice than
to virtue, few would prefer the right to the useful, if they were restrained
neither by the fear of God nor the expectation of another life.” (Descartes
1901).
“It is
absolutely true that we must believe in God, because it is also taught by the
Holy Scriptures. On the other hand, we must believe in the Sacred Scriptures
because they come from God.” (Descartes 1950, Letter of Dedication).
“And thus, I very clearly see that the certitude and truth of all science depends on the knowledge alone of the true God, insomuch that, before I knew him, I could have no perfect knowledge of any other thing. And now that I know him, I possess the means of acquiring a perfect knowledge respecting innumerable matters, as well relative to God himself and other intellectual objects as to corporeal nature.” (Descartes 1901, Meditation V).
Catechism
of the Catholic Church
PART THREE: LIFE IN CHRIST
SECTION TWO-THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
CHAPTER
TWO-YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF
Article 8-THE EIGHTH COMMANDMENT
IN BRIEF
2504
"You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor" (Ex 20:16).
Christ's disciples have "put on the new man, created after the likeness of
God in true righteousness and holiness" (Eph 4:24).
2505
Truth or truthfulness is the virtue which consists in showing oneself true in
deeds and truthful in words, and guarding against duplicity, dissimulation, and
hypocrisy.
2506 The
Christian is not to "be ashamed of testifying to our Lord" (2 Tim
1:8) in deed and word. Martyrdom is the supreme witness given to the truth of
the faith.
2507
Respect for the reputation and honor of persons forbids all detraction and
calumny in word or attitude.
2508
Lying consists in saying what is false with the intention of deceiving the
neighbor who has the right to the truth.
2509 An
offense committed against the truth requires reparation.
2510 The
golden rule helps one discern, in concrete situations, whether or not it would
be appropriate to reveal the truth to someone who asks for it.
2511
"The sacramental seal is inviolable" (CIC, can. 983 # 1).
Professional secrets must be kept. Confidences prejudicial to another are not
to be divulged.
2512
Society has a right to information based on truth, freedom, and justice. One
should practice moderation and discipline in the use of the social
communications media.
2513 The
fine arts, but above all sacred art, "of their nature are directed toward
expressing in some way the infinite beauty of God in works made by human hands.
Their dedication to the increase of God's praise and of his glory is more
complete, the more exclusively they are devoted to turning men's minds devoutly
toward God" (SC 122).
PRAYERS AND TEACHINGS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
The Seven Sacraments[9]
The
English word "sacrament" comes from Latin sacramentum,
which means "mystery" or "rite" in classical Latin
(although it also came to mean an "obligation" or "oath" in
Medieval Latin).
It is related to the Latin adjective sacra ("holy") and verb sacrare
("to devote, consecrate, make holy"). The Latin Vulgate Bible
uses sacramentum 16 times (8x OT; 8x NT) to translate Greek mystērion.
On the
other hand, the Greek word μυστήριον (mystērion, something
"secret" or "hidden"; used 28 times in the NT) is
translated by several different words in the Latin Vulgate Bible:
- mysterium (19 times in the Vulgate NT:
Matt 13:11; Mark 4:11; Luke 8:10; Rom 11:25; 16:25; 1 Cor 2:7; 4:1; 13:2;
14:2; 15:51; Eph 3:4; 6:19; Col 1:26; 2:2; 4:3; 2 Thess 2:7; 1 Tim 3:9;
Rev 10:7; 17:5)
- sacramentum (8 times: Eph 1:9; 3:3, 9;
5:32; Col 1:27; 1 Tim 3:16; Rev 1:20; 17:7)
- testimonium (only once: 1 Cor 2:1)
- All three of these Latin words could be translated
"mystery," but mysterium more often connotes the
invisible or hidden dimensions, while sacramentum more often refers
to the visible or symbolic aspects of a spiritual or
In a sense, Jesus Christ himself can be called
"the mystery of salvation" or "the sacrament of God," since
he, through his incarnation, made visible to us the mystery of the invisible
God.
Similarly, the Church as a whole is sometimes called "the sacrament
of salvation," since it is "the sign and the instrument of the
communion of God and men" (CCC §780;
cf. §§774-776).
The
word "sacrament" most commonly refers to seven
particular rites or rituals performed in and by the Church.
- Many older Catholics will still remember the very
brief definition from the Baltimore Catechism (1941): "A
sacrament is an outward sign instituted by Christ to give grace."
(§304).
- The current official Catechism of the Catholic
Church (1994; 2nd edition 1997), gives a more extended definition:
- "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." (CCC §1131;
see also "Sacrament" in the CCC's Glossary).
- These sacraments are considered "Sacraments of
Christ," "Sacraments of the Church," "Sacraments of
Faith," "Sacraments of Salvation," and "Sacraments of
Eternal Life" (CCC §§1113-1134).
- The seven sacraments can be subdivided into three
sub-groups:
- three "Sacraments of Christian
Initiation" (Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist);
- two "Sacraments of Healing"
(Penance/Reconciliation and Anointing of the Sick);
- two "Sacraments of Vocation"
(Holy Orders/Ordination and Matrimony/Marriage; also referred to as
"Sacraments at the Service of Communion").
Daily
Devotions
·
Today in honor of the
Holy Trinity do the Divine Office giving your day to God. To honor God REST: no
shopping after 6 pm Saturday till Monday. Don’t forget the internet.
·
Unite in the work of the Porters of St. Joseph by joining them
in fasting: Today's Fast: An End to Addictions
·
Litany of the Most Precious
Blood of Jesus
·
Offering to
the sacred heart of Jesus
·
Make
reparations to the Holy Face
·
30
Days with St. Joseph Day 12
APRIL
Lush and
blooming vistas beckon us to take to the road and to explore. As we itch to go
out and travel more in springtime, let us reflect on the mixed blessings.
Interconnected communities and beautiful scenery are often coupled with air
pollution, consumption of scarce petroleum, congestion, excessive mobility, and
noise.
Overview
of April[10]
We continue throughout the entire
month our cry, "Christ is risen, Christ is truly risen."
The Feast of Divine Mercy offers us
the opportunity to begin again as though we were newly baptized. The
unfathomable mercy of God is made manifest today if we but accept His most
gracious offer. Easter is the feast of feasts, the unalloyed joy and gladness
of all Christians. This truly is "the day that the Lord has made."
From Sunday to Sunday, from year to year, the Easters of this earth will lead
us to that blessed day on which Christ has promised that He will come again
with glory to take us with Him into the kingdom of His Father.
The feasts and saints that we will focus on this month — those who have already shared in the rewards of the Resurrection are:
Solemnity of the Annunciation will be celebrated on April 8 since
the 25th falls on Monday of Holy Week. The feast was superseded by the Holy
Week liturgy.
A Time of New Life
April boasts the most solemn and
sublime events of human history: the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus
Christ – the Paschal mystery. Though the way to the Resurrection was the Via
Crucis, the Sacrificial Lamb of God is now and forever Christ our Light,
the Eternal high priest of the New Covenant. And his sorrowful mother, the Stabat
Mater of Good Friday, is now the jubilant Mother of the Regina Caeli.
We the members of Christ’s Mystical
Body exalt in the mystery by which we were redeemed. If in Baptism we were
buried with Christ, so also will we share in his resurrection. By his death we
were reborn; “by his stripes we were healed.” (Is 53:5) Easter, the epicenter
of time, is the event that links time and eternity. It is indeed “the day the
Lord has made; let us be glad and rejoice in it.” (Ps 118:24)
April
is also:[11]
·
Jazz
Appreciation Month
·
Month
of the Military Child
APRIL TIMETABLE
April Travel?[12]
·
Masters Golf Tournament--April
8-14--Tee up for the granddaddy of all golf tournaments. The Masters Tournament kicks
off the first of 4 major championships, with plenty of betting odds. Head to
Augusta, GA!
· Scarborough Renaissance Festival--April 6-May 27th --Travel back to the 16th century at the Scarborough Renaissance Festival. This annual fest in Waxahachie, TX, kicks off the first weekend in April, drawing crowds upwards of 200,000 to view some 200 performances.
·
Coachella--April
12-21--Get your music fill at the annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. The annual
2-weekend, 3-day fest kicks off in Indio, CA, with more than 150 performances.
·
Boston Marathon--April
15--Show your Boston pride and find something for everyone to enjoy. The
annual Boston Marathon kicks
off with a fitness expo featuring more than 200 exhibitors, followed by a 5K
set to draw an estimated 10,000 participants as well as a relay challenge --
all topped by the grand celebration of city spirit.
·
King’s
Day in Amsterdam--April 27--Enjoy a ride
along Amsterdam’s canals, and
don your brightest orange, for the Netherlands’ annual King’s Day. The national
holiday celebrates the Dutch royal house (and current King Willem-Alexander)
with plenty of “orange madness,” in keeping with the Dutch national colors.
·
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival--April
25-May 5--Love jazz? Join fellow music lovers at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Held every year since
1970, the annual Jazz Fest, as it’s called, showcases nearly every music genre,
from blues to R&B, and everything else in between. It’s all performed
across 12 stages during the last weekend in April.
Iceman’s Calendar
·
Apr. 1st-Easter
Monday
·
Apr 2nd Easter
Octave
·
Apr 3rd MASS
First Wednesday
·
Apr 4th Easter
Octave
·
Apr. 5th First
Friday
·
Apr 6th MASS
First Saturday
·
Apr. 7th Divine
Mercy Sunday
·
Apr 8th Feast
of the Annunciation
·
Apr 11th Thursday Feast
·
14th Third
Sunday of Easter
·
18th Thursday Feast
·
Apr 21st Fourth
Sunday of Easter
·
Apr 23rd Feast
of St. George
·
Apr 25th Feast of
St. Mark
·
Apr 28th Fifth Sunday
of Easter
[3] Goffine’s Devout Instructions, 1896.
[4] http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/liturgical-year/lent/april-21.cfm
[6]https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/prayers/view.cfm?id=1032
[7]Schouppe S.J., Rev. Fr. F. X..
Purgatory Explained
[11]https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/2019/04/01/
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