Monday, May 27, 2024
Monday Night at the Movies
The Passion of Joan of Arc, 1928, 720p restoration with English intertitles.
Saints, Feast, Family
- Traditions passed down with Cooking, Crafting, & Caring -
May 27
The month of Mary: A Marian Month
Saint of the day:
St. Melangell
Patron Saint of bunnies, small animals and the natural environment
Introduction to Leviticus
Leviticus[1] begins, Moses has just led the
Israelites out of Egypt in one of the
most exciting adventures of all time.
Burning Bush. Amazing plagues. A march through the sea. Meeting God on a
mountain. So, after all that, there's only one thing a red-hot writer can do
when folks are begging for more. Give the people what they want—twenty-four
chapters filled with lists of laws, along with a couple blink-and-they're gone
stories where people die because they sinned. Hmmm.
At first glance, Leviticus
would seem to be The
Phantom Menace of
the Bible, just with purity rules and animal sacrifice instead of the taxation
of trade routes. And you know what? Our response to Leviticus isn't just a
modern one. Way back in the 2nd century CE, an influential Christian theologian
named Origen wrote:
Provide someone
with a reading from Leviticus and at once the listener will gag and push it
away as if were some bizarre food. He came, after all, to learn how to honor
God, to take in the teachings that concern justice and piety. But instead he is
now hearing about the ritual of burnt sacrifices!
The thing is, unlike Jar
Jar Binks, Leviticus was indeed what the people wanted. It was a way for people
to make sense of everyday life. Violence, community, money, power—even if the
Bible doesn't always match our own sense of what's right, it definitely
provided answers for the masses back in the day. Remember, this was a world
where sacrificing animals taught the importance of respecting animal life. A
ban on tattoos helped curb slavery. Being fair in business meant forcing people
to give back what they've bought. And laws on sexual intercourse—well, those
might not have actually been about sex at all. So, as you roam around
Leviticus, remember to check your preconceptions at the giant curtain that is
the Tabernacle's door. These boring laws are biblical Transformers—much more
than meets the eye.
Why Should I Care?
Gay rights. Immigrant
rights. Atheism. And yes, even vampires and child sacrifice. Leviticus might
have been written for goat herders and farmers more than 2500 years ago, but in
recent years, it has moved from the margins to the mainstream in pop culture
and political debates.
Yet for all the t-shirts,
internet memes, magazine essays, and YouTube videos using quotes from Leviticus
to make their point, how all these verses fit together can be as hard to figure
out as why God thinks it's an abomination to wear a polyester-cotton blend.
Sure, it's a steep mountain to climb, but it's worth it. Leviticus is a
treasure trove of rich ideas that are all the more valuable because only a
clever few dare to find them.
- Books
from Dracula
to The
Hunger Games have built on images from Leviticus to create compelling
(and not-so-compelling) worlds.
- A
co-founder of PayPal and early investor in Facebook used insights from
Leviticus to build a billion-dollar empire and promote social change.
- Long
before Xbox and smart phones, Leviticus used virtual space and gaming to
map out new strategies for day-to-day life.
- New
generations of readers are discovering that what Leviticus says about
ethics, community and scientific progress may not be as archaic as it
seems.
So, come on. Let's crack
open the doors of this sealed chamber and light up the place with a little
strange fire. Pretty soon everyone will marvel at your level-12 literary
intelligence when you show them that the so-called most boring book of the
Bible is actually more than just a bunch of dusty old rules about cows and pigs
and sacrifices and why sex is eeeeeeeevil.
MAY 27 Memorial Day
Leviticus, Chapter 19, verse 32
Stand up in the presence of the
aged, show respect for the old, and FEAR
your God. I am the LORD.
A
people or Nation is known by how it treats its most vulnerable persons. Are the
most vulnerable; the young, including the unborn and aged treated with dignity
and honor.
Are
these people who are created of and by God treated by us as an object; as a
vehicle to obtain something, or as a wall that blocks us from what we want or
are they seen as useless and unimportant?
We must avoid identifying with the culture of death.
An
encouragement to live life to the full[2]
I encourage each of you to live with serenity the years that the Lord has
granted you, I feel a spontaneous desire to share fully with you my own
feelings at this point of my life, after more than twenty years of ministry on
the throne of Peter and as we await the arrival, now imminent, of the Third
Millennium. Despite the limitations brought on by age, I continue to enjoy
life. For this I thank the Lord. It is wonderful to be able to give oneself to
the very end for the sake of the Kingdom of God! At the same time, I find great
peace in thinking of the time when the Lord will call me: from life to life!
And so I often find myself saying, with no trace of melancholy, a prayer
recited by priests after the celebration of the Eucharist: In hora mortis meae
voca me, et iube me venire ad te – at the hour of my death, call me and bid me
come to you. This is the prayer of Christian hope, which in no way detracts
from the joy of the present, while entrusting the future to God's gracious and
loving care. “Iube me venire ad te!” This is the deepest yearning of the human
heart, even in those who are not conscious of it. Grant, O Lord of life, that
we may be ever vividly aware of this and that we may savor every season of our
lives as a gift filled with promise for the future. Grant that we may lovingly
accept your will, and place ourselves each day in your merciful hands. And when
the moment of our definitive “passage” comes, grant that we may face it with
serenity, without regret for what we shall leave behind. For in meeting you,
after having sought you for so long, we shall find once more every authentic
good which we have known here on earth, in the company of all who have gone
before us marked with the sign of faith and hope. Mary, Mother of pilgrim
humanity, pray for us “now and at the hour of our death”. Keep us ever close to
Jesus, your beloved Son and our brother, the Lord of life and glory.
Memorial Day[3]
Today
is Memorial Day and we honor those who have paid the supreme sacrifice of
devotion watching our nation. Pray today for the souls of those taken in
battle. In the communion of saints, it is our duty; no, our honor to pray for
the souls of those in our company who have died; especially those who have
passed through the valley of fear in the heat of battle.
Memorial
Day, first established in 1866 to honor Union soldiers of the Civil War, is now
a day set aside to remember all of the American soldiers who have died
in war in the subsequent 15 decades -- about 1.2 million in all. This number,
while representing a tremendous loss, pales in comparison to the number of
war-related deaths globally for the same time period. Estimates run from 60 to
85 million for the number of lives lost during World War II alone.
While stationed in Mons, Belgium I learned there is the legend of the Angels of Mons, where it was reported the British soldiers were saved by heavenly forces.
One thing is certain: There are no atheists in foxholes.
To honor our fallen let us stop what we are doing at 1500
hrs. (3 pm) and offer the Divine Mercy Prayer for those who have fallen in
service of our nation.
God of power and
mercy,
you destroy war and put down earthly pride.
Banish violence from our midst and wipe away our tears,
that we may all deserve to be called your sons
and daughters.
Keep in your mercy those men and women
who have died in the cause of freedom
and bring them safely
into your kingdom of justice and peace.
We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord.
R/. Amen[4]
Memorial Day Top
Events and Things to Do
·
Attend a Memorial Day parade. One popular parade
is the National Memorial Day Parade in Washington DC.
·
All Americans are encouraged to pause for one
minute at 3:00 pm (local time). Think of the sacrifices made by U.S. soldiers
to provide freedom for all.
·
Visit the grave of a fallen soldier.
·
Have a picnic or go boating.
·
Donate to a
charity that serves veterans.
Memorial Day Facts & Quotes[5]
·
There have been over 2.7 million US military
deaths since 1775.
·
The deadliest US War was the Civil War with
about 600,000 US deaths.
·
It is customary to fly a US flag at half-staff
till noon on Memorial Day.
·
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who
died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived. - George S. Patton
Today
in honor of Memorial Day I remembered my friend Paul Wolff-The Wolf of the Ardennes
Men are frequently blinded by fear
and as a result often harmed themselves. The grace of God gives confidence to
see the right and to stand when called. Father Paul was called to stand and
became General Patton’s guide during the “Battle of the Bulge” while he was
still a teen. Father Paul Wolff was 15 years old when he first joined the
Belgium resistance during the years of the Nazi occupation of World War II. He
was the youngest member of the Belgium resistance. Unfortunately, he and other
members of his group were captured and at 17 he was tortured, condemned to
death and imprisoned in the Nazi Prison in Liege, Belgium. There he languished
yet his faith would not allow him to lose all hope and the resistance still
worked to get him and the others (256) out. Part of the plan was to get a radio
to the prisoners. To do this the resistance secreted small parts of a crystal
radio inside bars of soap. Interestingly these were “Lever” brother bars of
soap and were large about the size of a brick. Father Paul related that during
the Nazi occupation not all Jews were in German prisons if they were of use to
the Nazi’s. In this case the soap bars were made by the Lever Jews and the
radio parts were easily hidden inside the soap bars. Father Paul stated that
when they received the soap, they then washed their hands raw in wearing away
the soap to get to the radio part. Then after several bars they constructed the
radio which was the Morse code type. Father Paul typed in code in English which
he spoke along with German and French the words over and over “SOS SOS 256
prisoners in Liege prison condemned to death SOS SOS.” They hoped someone would
get the message and somehow, they would be rescued. All they had was hope.
Father also related that it drove
the Nazi’s crazy because they intercepted the message but never suspected it
was coming from the prison. Father Paul said that in the cell they were in
there was only one barred window, but it was so high that to look out it
required a person to stand on the shoulders of a fellow prisoner. He further
relayed that they when they would see women that were friendly with the guards
coming and going, they would call them the nastiest things they could think of
calling them. Yet one day during an air raid while the guards were hiding as
deep as they could go; one of these young women (secret agent) came and taking
the heel of her shoe wrote on the pavement that during the air raid they are
going to be rescued by commandoes and they were. Father Paul stated neither he
nor the others ever lost hope.
After his escape he went underground. He was a friend of
King Leopold III. He served as General Patton's Belgian guide during the battle
of the bulge.
December
24, 1944
Father Paul communicated to me the tale about the battle of
the bulge that has not been recorded in history. During WWII the US Army was
segregated and black men were not mixed with white men. Black men mostly served
in support roles such as transportation and as cooks, etc. During the course of
the Battle of the Bulge’ Hitler sent in a special operations team to confuse
and destroy the American Army. It was composed of American NAZI’s and German’s,
who spoke perfect American slang, knew the culture, baseball stuff, etc. These
Spec Ops were equipped with American Uniforms and equipment that was captured
by Gen. Rommel from North Africa. Father Wolff was at a meeting with Gen.
Patton, Bradley, Eisenhower and the English Gen. Montgomery in Luxembourg City
on the evening of Dec. 24th, 1944. The Generals were very excited and afraid
because of the effect these NAZI spec ops were having in the warzone and due to
the fact that they had murdered many men. They did not know what to do. Patton
who was a visionary, suddenly stood up and said, I know exactly what to do.
From this time forward, nothing in the American Army will move without a black
American in the group. Patton knew there were no black NAZI’s. As a result,
black units were moved forward and integrated and as far as I know this was the
first time in American History since the Civil War. As a result, the NAZI spec
ops team was neutralized.
My
daughter Candace Faith in light of Memorial Day invited me to participate in
the annual Murph. The Murph Challenge is the Official annual fundraiser of the
LT. Michael P. Murphy Memorial Scholarship Foundation, presented by Forged®. It
is also one of the primary means of funding for the Foundation on an annual
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Catechism of the Catholic Church
PART FOUR: CHRISTIAN PRAYER
SECTION TWO-THE LORD'S PRAYER
Article 3-THE SEVEN PETITIONS
III. "Thy Will Be Done on Earth as It is in Heaven"
2822 Our Father "desires all
men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth." He
"is forbearing toward you, not wishing that any should perish." His
commandment is "that you love one another; even as I have loved you, that
you also love one another." This commandment summarizes all the
others and expresses his entire will.
2823 "He has made known to us
the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in
Christ . . . to gather up all things in him, things in heaven and things on
earth. In Christ we have also obtained an inheritance, having been destined
according to the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to his
counsel and will." We ask insistently for this loving plan to be
fully realized on earth as it is already in heaven.
2824 In Christ, and through his
human will, the will of the Father has been perfectly fulfilled once for all.
Jesus said on entering into this world: "Lo, I have come to do your will,
O God." Only Jesus can say: "I always do what is pleasing to
him." In the prayer of his agony, he consents totally to this will:
"not my will, but yours be done." For this reason Jesus
"gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age,
according to the will of our God and Father." "and by that will
we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once
for all."
2825 "Although he was a Son,
[Jesus] learned obedience through what he suffered." How much more
reason have we sinful creatures to learn obedience - we who in him have become
children of adoption. We ask our Father to unite our will to his Son's, in
order to fulfill his will, his plan of salvation for the life of the world. We
are radically incapable of this, but united with Jesus and with the power of
his Holy Spirit, we can surrender our will to him and decide to choose what his
Son has always chosen: to do what is pleasing to the Father.
In committing ourselves to
[Christ], we can become one spirit with him, and thereby accomplish his will,
in such wise that it will be perfect on earth as it is in heaven.
Consider how Jesus Christ] teaches
us to be humble, by making us see that our virtue does not depend on our work
alone but on grace from on high. He commands each of the faithful who prays to
do so universally, for the whole world. For he did not say "thy will be
done in me or in us," but "on earth," the whole earth, so that
error may be banished from it, truth take root in it, all vice be destroyed on
it, virtue flourish on it, and earth no longer differ from heaven.
2826 By prayer we can discern
"what is the will of God" and obtain the endurance to do it. Jesus
teaches us that one enters the kingdom of heaven not by speaking words, but by
doing "the will of my Father in heaven."
2827 "If anyone is a worshiper
of God and does his will, God listens to him." Such is the power of
the Church's prayer in the name of her Lord, above all in the Eucharist. Her
prayer is also a communion of intercession with the all-holy Mother of God and
all the saints who have been pleasing to the Lord because they willed his will
alone:
It would not be inconsistent with
the truth to understand the words, "Thy will be done on earth as it is in
heaven," to mean: "in the Church as in our Lord Jesus Christ
himself"; or "in the Bride who has been betrothed, just as in the
Bridegroom who has accomplished the will of the Father."
Apostolic Exhortation[7]
Veneremur
Cernui – Down in Adoration Falling
of The Most
Reverend Thomas J. Olmsted, Bishop of Phoenix,
to Priests, Deacons, Religious and the Lay Faithful of the Diocese of Phoenix
on the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist
My beloved Brothers and
Sisters in Christ,
I. The Graces of Holy Communion
ii. We become “One Body and One
Spirit in Christ.”
46. In Holy Communion, Christ
is present in us. Holy Communion allows Christ through us to go to every corner
and alley of the world so that where there is division and hate, He will bring
love; where there is suffering and pain, He will bring comfort and consolation;
and where there is discouragement and sin, He will bring healing and
forgiveness.
Imagine if each of us Christians
makes the Eucharist the source and summit of our life?
We would set the
world on fire with Christ’s love!
II. Faith perceives what our
senses fail to grasp.
47. What must we do then, to
assure that Holy Communion bestows these life-giving and transforming effects
in our soul?
If we receive Holy
Communion out of routine only, without openness to the Lord, then we will not
receive all the graces that God wants to give. But if we receive the Lord with
the right dispositions, God’s grace will strengthen our resolve to follow, love
and imitate Him. Our Lord Jesus deeply desires our union with Him in Holy
Communion and through it He wishes to bring about our transformation into Him
and the transformation of our society in which we live. But we, on our part,
must ardently desire this union with Jesus Christ as well.
48. In today’s superficial and
fast paced culture that is driven by instant results and gratification, it is
easy for us to lose our sense of wonder when we come face to face with the
miracle of the Eucharist. Living in a culture that seeks sensational headlines
and attention-catching spectacles, we can easily take for granted the Eucharist
and receive Jesus in Holy Communion with little to no expectation. Contrary to
what our culture offers and seeks, the presence of Jesus in the Eucharist is so
quiet, so gentle, and imperceivable.
To be continued…
Which are the fruits of the Holy Ghost? They are the twelve following:
1. Charity.
2.
Joy.
3. Peace.
4. Patience.
5. Benignity.
6. Goodness.
7. Longsuffering.
8. Mildness.
9. Faith.
10. Modesty.
11.
Continency.
12.
Chastity.
These fruits
should be visible in the Christian, for thereby men shall know that the Holy
Ghost dwells in him, as the tree is known by its fruit.
Notice I have
placed the Fruits of the Holy Spirit in stairstep fashion so we may
reflect on them seeing that by concentrating on each step of our growth in the
spirit we may progress closer and closer to our heavenly Father. Today we will
be focusing on the seventh step which is Benignity.
Four Approved Eucharistic Miracles from the 21st
Century[8]
In his writings on the
Eucharist, Fr. Spitzer reminds us that a Eucharistic miracle occurs every day,
at every holy mass across the world, when the substance of bread and wine is
transformed into the substance of Jesus’ body and blood.
However, the term “Eucharistic miracle" can
also refer to extraordinary empirical signs of Jesus’ presence in the
Eucharist, such as bleeding hosts or the transmutation of a consecrated host
into a piece of cardiac muscle tissue.
Some notable Eucharistic miracles happened years and
years ago (i.e. the Eucharistic Miracle of Lanciano, Italy in the 8th century
and the Eucharistic Miracle of Santarem, Portugal in the 13th century). Others
have happened in more recent history, such as the scientifically proven
Eucharistic miracles of Buenos Aires in 1992-1996. However, there are a handful
that have taken place in just the past 20 years. Below are four stories of
approved and recent Eucharistic miracles.
1. Legnica: A Bleeding Host
in Poland, 2013
On Christmas Day 2013, at the Church of Saint
Hyacinth in Legnica, Poland, a consecrated host fell on the floor. The host was
put into a container with water so that it would dissolve. Instead, it formed
red stains. In Feb. 2014, the host was examined by various research institutes
including the Department of Forensic Medicine in Szczecin who stated:
“In the
histopathological image, the fragments were found containing the fragmented
parts of the cross-striated muscle. It is most similar to the heart muscle.”
Additionally, and similar to the findings of the
Eucharistic miracle of Lanciano, Italy, research found that the tissue had
alterations that would appear during great distress.
The bleeding Host in Poland was approved for
veneration in April 2016, by Bishop Zbigniew Kiernikowski of Legnica who said
that it “has the hallmarks of a Eucharistic miracle.” Learn more here
2. Tixtla: Eucharistic
Miracle in Mexico, 2006
In Oct. 2006, a parish in the Chilpancingo-Chilapa
Diocese of Mexico held a retreat. During mass, two priests and a religious
sister were distributing communion when the religious sister looked at the
celebrant with tears in her eyes. The Host that she held had begun to effuse a
reddish substance.
To determine the validity of the event, Bishop Alejo
Zavala Castro asked Dr. Ricardo Castañón Gómez (who researched the Eucharistic
miracle in Buenos Aires) and his team to conduct scientific research.
In 2013, the research concluded that:
“The
reddish substance analyzed corresponds to blood in which there are hemoglobin
and DNA of human origin… The blood type is AB, similar to the one found in the
Host of Lanciano and in the Holy Shroud of Turin.”
Learn more about the Tixtla eucharistic miracle here.
3. A Eucharistic Miracle at
Chirattakonam, India, 2001
Though most Eucharistic miracles have to do with a
bleeding host, the one at at Chirattakonam, India was a bit different. On an
April morning in 2001, Fr. Johnson Karoor, pastor at St. Mary’s parish in
Chirattakonam, India, exposed the Blessed Sacrament for adoration. Soon Fr.
Karoor noticed three dots on the host and shared what he saw with the people,
who also saw the dots.
The priest then left for a week and came back to
find that the host had developed an image of a human face. To ensure it wasn’t
his imagination, he asked an alter server if he saw anything in the host.
“I see
the figure of a man,” the alter server replied. After mass, Fr. Karoor had a
local photographer capture the image of the host:
Read more about the Miracle at Chirattakonam here.
4. The Eucharistic Miracle
in Sokolka, Poland, 2008
Before the bleeding host in Legnica, there was
another Eucharistic miracle in Poland that occurred in the city of Sokolka.
The miracle took place in 2008 at the church of St.
Anthony. That morning during Mass, a priest accidentally dropped a host while
distributing Communion. The Host was then put in a small container of water.
The pastor, Fr. Stanislaw Gniedziejko, asked the sacristan, Sister Julia
Dubowska of the Congregation of the Eucharistic Sisters, to place the container
in a safe in the sacristy. After a week, Sister Julia checked on the host. When
she opened the safe, she smelled something like unleavened bread and the host
had a red blood stain on it.
Immediately, Sister Julia and Fr. Gniedziejko told
the archbishop of Bialystok, Bishop Edward Ozorowski, about the host. The
Bishop had the stained host taken out of the container and placed on a
corporal, where it stayed in the tabernacle for three years. During this time,
the stained fragment of the host dried out (appearing more like a blood stain
or clot) and several studies were commissioned on the host. The studies found
that the altered fragment of the host is identical to the myocardial (heart) tissue
of a person who is nearing death. Additionally, the structure of the muscle
fibers and that of the bread are interwoven in a way impossible to produce by
human means.
Learn more about the bleeding Host in Poland here.
For more on Eucharistic miracles, see “The Eucharistic Miracle Overseen
by Archbishop Bergoglio (Now Pope Francis)” and Fr. Spitzer’s article,
"Contemporary, Scientifically
Validated Miracles Associated with Blessed Mary, Saints and the Holy Eucharist.” See
also,
“For us
believers what we have seen is something that we have always believed… If our
Lord is speaking to us by giving us this sign, it certainly needs a response
from us.” –
Bishop Cyril Mar Baselice, Archbishop of the diocese
of Trivandrum on the Eucharistic Miracle at Chirattakonam, India
Christopher’s Corner-Bucket
List item: Visit Canterbury, England
Today is “Nothing to Fear Day”
Have
you ever tried to conquer your fears in one day?
Nothing
to Fear Day, celebrated on May 27th, encourages people to face their fears
head-on. It is a day to step out of your comfort zone and confidently tackle
life’s challenges. Inspired by Franklin D. Roosevelt’s famous phrase, “The only
thing we have to fear is fear itself,” this day reminds us that fears can be
overcome with courage. The importance of this day lies in empowering
individuals to challenge and surpass their limits. Facing fears leads to
personal growth and a renewed sense of bravery. People feel encouraged to
tackle anxieties and uncertainties. Overcoming these fears helps open up new
opportunities and brings a sense of freedom. On this day, individuals are urged
to acknowledge and embrace the things they fear. The celebration aims to build
self-confidence and a positive mindset. Encouraging a spirit of courage is the
core goal. Nothing to Fear Day inspires everyone to be bold and take on the
world with unwavering bravery.
History of Nothing to Fear Day
Nothing to Fear Day draws inspiration from Franklin D. Roosevelt’s famous speech on March 4, 1933. Roosevelt, addressing a nation gripped by the Great Depression, offered words of encouragement. His most memorable line was, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” This resonated with many Americans, offering hope during those tough times. Over the years, this idea evolved into a celebration that encourages people to face their fears. Although the exact origins of this day remain unclear, it aims to promote courage and self-confidence. People believe it serves as a reminder that overcoming fear is essential for growth and success. It is not just a random date but a powerful statement to reflect Roosevelt’s message. This day symbolizes hope. It calls upon individuals to embrace challenges with bravery. The day has grown beyond its historical roots to become a celebration of resilience and personal development. It reminds everyone that conquering fears opens up new opportunities. Roosevelt’s message from 1933 still resonates, urging us to be courageous in the face of adversity.
How to Celebrate Nothing to Fear Day
Face Your Fears
Nothing
to Fear Day calls for facing fears head-on. Try something you’ve always been
nervous about. Perhaps public speaking, skydiving, or chatting with that
neighbor you’ve never spoken to.
Face the
fear, feel the thrill, and relish the satisfaction.
Seek Out Adventure
Adventure
awaits for the brave! Take this day to plan an exciting outdoor trip. Maybe
it’s a hike up a challenging mountain or a spontaneous road trip. Whatever it
is, make sure it pushes your boundaries.
Expand Your Horizons
Expand
horizons by trying something new. Take up painting, join a dance class, or cook
a dish you’ve never tried before. New experiences broaden your perspective and
give you the confidence to tackle the unknown.
Spread Positivity
Celebrate
by inspiring others to conquer their fears. Share positive messages and
encourage people to be bold. Your encouragement might be the boost someone
needs to face a challenge head-on.
Meditate on Courage
Meditation
helps to cultivate courage from within. Spend a few quiet moments reflecting on
times when you’ve faced fears and overcome them. Visualizing past successes can
inspire you to embrace new challenges.
Make a Fear List
Grab a
pen and paper to list fears you want to tackle. Putting them down makes them
more manageable. Then, create an action plan to tackle them one by one, turning
fear into opportunities for growth.
·
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.
·
Today
is National Burger Day!
Next weekend get out to a concert at Tyson Corner
Center, VA
SUMMER CONCERT
SERIES
Join us
4-630 & 7-9PM! Grab Takeout and Cocktails from our restaurants while
dancing and singing along to your favorite tunes! June 1 (RESCEDULED May 18):
Juniper Lights followed by Tunnel's End June 15: Party Fowl and Risky
Shenanigans July 20: Cazhmiere and Billy Twilde
Daily
Devotions
·
Please pray for the intentions of
my wife Mary Katherine (name
meaning: Star of the Sea my Purest One) for today is her birthday.
·
Unite in the work of the Porters of St. Joseph by joining them
in fasting: Protection
of Life from Conception until natural death.
·
Litany of the Most Precious
Blood of Jesus
·
Offering to
the sacred heart of Jesus
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Rosary
[2]http://w2.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/letters/1999/documents/hf_jp-ii_let_01101999_elderly.html
[3] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/diane-husic/the-memorial-day-message-that-is-missing_b_7433224.html
[8]https://blog.magiscenter.com/blog/approved-eucharistic-miracles-21st-century
FROM LAST YEAR
12. Chastity.
Mountaineering[8]
Sir Edmund Hillary was the first man to summit Mt. Everest on May 29, 1953.
Climbing a summit is deeply spiritual. Christ climbed tabor, Moses Sinai and even St. Patrick had a favorite climb today call Patrick’s Croagh. We even have Saints that were mountaineers. Today we will look at Pier Giorgio.
Monday Night at the Movies
Ermanno Olmi, Legend of the Holy Drinker, 1988.
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