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Thursday, May 27, 2021

Auxilium Christianorum - Praying for Persecuted Priests Monday, May 24 is the Feast of Mary Mother of the Church. It is also the Feast of Mary Help of Christians (Auxilium Christianorum). Please consider joining this Auxilium Christianorum family to pray daily for our holy and courageous persecuted priests. The Church teaches us that it is divided into the Church Triumphant (which includes the members of the Church in heaven), the Church Suffering (this includes the members of the Church in purgatory), and the Church Militant (this refers to those members of the Church who are alive in this world). Because we are part of the Church Militant, we are in a spiritual warfare and this spiritual warfare requires that we recognize, as Saint Paul teaches us "For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood; but against principalities and powers, against the rulers of the world of this darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in the high places." ( Ephesians 6:12 ) The me

Saturday, April 27, 2024

Saints, Feast, Family - Traditions passed down with Cooking, Crafting, & Caring - April 27 Saint of the day: Saint Zita Patron Saint of Domestic Workers, Maids, Servants Saturday of the Fourth Week of Easter Job, Chapter 21, Verse 9 Their homes are safe, without FEAR , and the rod of God is not upon them. With the current political climate of today-North Korea, Kenya, Venezuela, Sanctuary Cities, Gangs etc.; we may not be feeling safe in our homes. We may feel God’s rod is upon us. Yet, we learn that God does not wish to destroy us but bring about the best in us. The wages of sin are usually destruction, but God is mercy. As in the parable of the wheat and tares God allows the weeds to grow with the wheat. We often ask with Job, “Why do the wicked keep on living, grow old, become mighty in power? Mercy! Zophar & His Asps [1] · Zophar decides to beat a dead horse. · Not literally. · He tells Job that the wicked get what they

Friday, August 26, 2022

Switch of Manliness Legacy OUR LADY OF CZESTOCHOWA Acts, Chapter 10, verse 1-4 1 Now in Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of the Cohort called the Italica, 2 devout and God-fearing along with his whole household, who used to give alms generously to the Jewish people and pray to God constantly. 3 One afternoon about three o’clock, he saw plainly in a vision an angel of God come into him and say to him, “Cornelius.” 4 He looked intently at him and seized with FEAR , said, “What is it, sir?” He said to him, “Your prayers and almsgiving have ascended as a memorial offering before God. Cornelius’ Cohort was an auxiliary unit of archers, men who are expert at hitting a mark or target. Sin is the act of violating God's will. Sin can also be viewed as anything that violates the ideal relationship between an individual and God, or as any diversion from the ideal order for human living. To sin has been defined as "to miss the mark" to have a harden

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Saints, Feast, Family - Traditions passed down with Cooking, Crafting, & Caring - April 24 October 22 (Old Feast date) Saint of the day: Saint Mary Salome Her name derives from the word Shalon which means peace after I eat this I am at peace Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Easter feast of saint fidelis Job, Chapter 11, Verse 15 Surely then you may lift up your face in innocence; you may stand firm and UNAFRAID . Now Jobs’ other friend speaks saying that “If iniquity is in your hand, remove it, and do not let injustice dwell in your tent” then you may be unafraid. Yet, Job has not been immoral, he hates his life and what is happening to him. Job Detests His Life [1] · Job continues his bumming out session, asking God why he would oppress the people who love him. Doesn't really seem like a good business model. · Time for more thoughts from the peanut gallery. · Zophar says that Job must have done something wrong; God is

Sunday, April 21, 2024

Saints, Feast, Family - Traditions passed down with Cooking, Crafting, & Caring - April 21 Saint of the day: Saint Anselm of Canterbury Fourth Sunday after Easter · Start Total Consecration to Mary April 21 to end on May 24, the feast of Mary, Help of Christians Job, Chapter 6, Verse 14 A friend owes kindness to one in despair, though he has forsaken the FEAR of the Almighty. Job now speaks and goes on to chide his frienemies for not giving kindness to him when he is destitute. Even the ungodly treat their friend with respect. I can imagine that when Job was at his height of power and prestige before the devil’s attack; his friends were sucking up to him and fondling his ego to great extremes but now they have nothing but contempt for him. True friends are faithful to the end. Job longs for a true friend. We should reflect on this that Job longed for what we have received by the grace of God; an intimate relationship with Him via the Holy Spirit and the act

Monday, October 3, 2022

Monday Night at the Movies Luis Bunuel, Simon of the Desert, 1965 SAINT MOTHER THEODORE GUERIN Hebrews, Chapter 12, Verse 21 Indeed, so FEARFUL was the spectacle that Moses said, “I am terrified and trembling.” Moses was the heir apparent to the throne of Egypt in his youth. As a member of the Egyptian court, he would have seen many fearful spectacles yet imagine what it must have been like to have been a witness of God descending on Mount Sinai to give the law. He was terrified and trembling. Again, now imagine if Moses was somehow resurrected and was able to walk into an ordinary catholic church that has a very modest Blessed Sacrament Chapel. Do you think his reaction would be any different than the first time he encountered the living God? Be Still and Know that I am God [1] On the evening of October 1995, John Paul II was scheduled to greet the seminarians at Saint Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore. It had been a very full day that began with a Mass at Oriole Park in Camden Y

Wednesday, May 1, 2024

https://www.chapeloftheholycross.com/ MAY Flowers in Mary's month tie us closely to the reawakening earth. The time of Resurrection and expectant Pentecost is one of buds, blossoms, wildflowers, and greening of meadows and lawns. Days lengthen and we welcome the warmth of the sun after the long winter. Jesus is risen and is present in our midst, and so we rise and ascend with him. Overview of May [1] The month of Mary · The Easter season ends on Pentecost, May 20, which is represented by the liturgical color white — the color of light, a symbol of joy, purity and innocence (absolute or restored). The remainder of the month (beginning the Monday after Pentecost) is in Ordinary Time which is represented by the liturgical color green. This symbol of hope is the color of the sprouting seed and arouses in the faithful the hope of reaping the eternal harvest of heaven, especially the hope of a glorious resurrection. The world is resplendent with Spring

Thursday, April 25, 2024

Saints, Feast, Family - Traditions passed down with Cooking, Crafting, & Caring - April 25 Saint of the day: Saint Mark Patron Saint of Notaries, Venice, Barristers What to Eat! Wine, Seafood, Black Risotto, Vegetable Lasagna or Pasta, Pizza, & Gelato! Thursday of the Fourth Week of Easter Feast of st. Mark Job, Chapter 19, Verse 29 Be AFRAID of the sword for yourselves, for your anger is a crime deserving the sword; that you may know that there is a judgment. Jobs friends are judging him through their own faults. Job is warning them what Christ reiterated. “Those who use the sword shall perish by the sword. Anger is a crime. Anger disorders are a product of long-term anger mismanagement. They are a pathological misdirection of normal aggressive feelings. Anger is, at its essence, a part of the basic biological reaction to danger, the fight or flight response. The physiological shift makes us stop thinking and mobilize for immediate action, as

Thursday, May 2, 2024

Saints, Feast, Family - Traditions passed down with Cooking, Crafting, & Caring - May 2 The month of Mary: A Marian Month Saint of the day: Saint Athanasius Patron Saint of Theologians, faithful Orthodox and Roman Catholic Christians Thursday of the Fifth Week of Easter Job, Chapter 31, Verse 34 Because I FEARED the great multitude and the scorn of the clans terrified me—then I should have remained silent, and not come out of doors! Job’s present protest is made, not despite hidden sins which he had been unwilling to disclose, but out of genuine innocence. He is claiming that his only fear was that of the Lord and that all his life he has followed the law of God in the nine areas of moral concern. To practice righteousness in the areas of moral concern we must strive for humility and its source in knowing that all goodness comes from the Spirit. Areas of Moral uprightness [1] 1. Falsehood and deceit 2. Exploitation of the la

Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Saints, Feast, Family - Traditions passed down with Cooking, Crafting, & Caring - Saint of the day: Saint Donan Patron Saint of Eigg, Scotland Job, Chapter 3, Verse 25 For what I FEARED overtakes me; what I dreaded comes upon me. Job is not just experiencing self-fulfilling prophecy here; he is under a real attack. In chapter two of Job, we see: [1] · God bragging about Job, and Satan, once again, doesn't buy it. · God gives Satan permission to hurt Job physically, something he wouldn't let him do last time. Just don't kill him. · Satan's method of choice? Give Job sores from his tippy toes to his noggin. · Job's wife apparently doesn't find this attractive because she suggests that he curse God and die. But Job refuses to be disloyal. · Job's buddies Eliphaz, Zophar, and Bildad come to visit and chill with him while he rolls around in ash and sackcloth. This is all standard procedur

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