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Corpus Christi emphasizes the joy of the Eucharist being the body and blood of Jesus Christ
Corpus Christi-Second
Sunday of Pentecost
Numbers, Chapter 14, Verse 9
Only do not rebel against the LORD!
You need not be AFRAID of the people
of the land, for they are but food for us! Their protection has left
them, but the LORD is with us. Do not fear
them.”
There’s
a happy thought. The Israelites were a hard people, but little did they know
that God would turn that around to Him being food for us. Yes, we are all hard
people. Yes, we eat our young. Look at the comments coming out of Planned
Parenthood about making so much money from tissue sales they will be driving
Lamborghinis.
Looking
at the world we can see that more and more there is a battle between the light
and the dark. Look at advertising, marketing, media, politics; all are fighting
either for Him or against He who is. Choose but choose wisely-DO NOT FEAR THEM.
Our Lady tells us the battle is already won-their protection has left them!
ON KEEPING
THE LORD'S DAY HOLY[1]
CHAPTER III
DIES ECCLESIAE
The Eucharistic Assembly:
Heart of Sunday
The table of the word
39. As in every Eucharistic
celebration, the Risen Lord is encountered in the Sunday assembly at the
twofold table of the word and of the Bread of Life. The table of the word
offers the same understanding of the history of salvation and especially of the
Paschal Mystery which the Risen Jesus himself gave to his disciples: it is
Christ who speaks, present as he is in his word "when Sacred Scripture is
read in the Church". At the table of the Bread of Life, the Risen Lord
becomes really, substantially and enduringly present through the memorial of
his Passion and Resurrection, and the Bread of Life is offered as a pledge of
future glory. The Second Vatican Council recalled that "the Liturgy of the
Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist are so closely joined together that they
form a single act of worship". The Council also urged that "the table
of the word of God be more lavishly prepared for the faithful, opening to them
more abundantly the treasures of the Bible". It then decreed that, in
Masses of Sunday and holy days of obligation, the homily should not be omitted
except for serious reasons. These timely decrees were faithfully embodied in
the liturgical reform, about which Paul VI wrote, commenting upon the richer
offering of biblical readings on Sunday and holy days: "All this has been
decreed so as to foster more and more in the faithful 'that hunger for hearing
the word of the Lord' (Am 8:11) which, under the guidance of the Holy
Spirit, spurs the People of the New Covenant on towards the perfect unity of the
Church".
Corpus Christi (Body and Blood of Christ) is a Eucharistic solemnity, or better, the solemn commemoration of the institution of that sacrament. It is, moreover, the Church's official act of homage and gratitude to Christ, who by instituting the Holy Eucharist gave to the Church her greatest treasure. Holy Thursday, assuredly, marks the anniversary of the institution, but the commemoration of the Lord's passion that very night suppresses the rejoicing proper to the occasion. Today's observance, therefore, accents the joyous aspect of Holy Thursday.
The Mass and the Office for the feast
was edited or composed by St. Thomas Aquinas upon the request of Pope Urban IV
in the year 1264. It is unquestionably a classic piece of liturgical work,
wholly in accord with the best liturgical traditions. . . It is a perfect work
of art.
Things to Do:[2]
·
The Directory
on Popular Piety explains Eucharistic devotion and Eucharistic
adoration.
·
Encourage your pastor to have a Eucharist Procession on the Feast of Corpus Christi.
·
Freshly baked bread would be a key dish at your
celebratory Sunday dinner, as bread has always been symbolic for life giving
and nourishment, as is the Eucharist. We have also highlighted a Christmas
cookie recipe called Lebkuchen (life cake), which is rich in symbolism.
·
Two newer church documents to read:
o
The fourteenth encyclical letter of Pope John
Paul II Ecclesia de
Eucharistia (On the Eucharist in Its Relationship to the Church)
released on Holy Thursday, April 17, 2003. The focus of the papal encyclical is
the celebration of the Eucharist; the Pope reminds us that the Eucharist is the
center of Catholic spiritual life.
o
Redemptionis
Sacramentum (On certain matters to be observed or to be avoided regarding the
Most Holy Eucharist), an Instruction released by the Congregation
for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments on March 25, 2004.
Sunday Excerpted from The Church's Year of Grace, Pius
Parsch.
Patum de
Berga[3]
The Patum de Berga is a popular and traditional festival that is celebrated each year in the Catalan city of Berga (Barcelona) during Corpus Christi. It consists of a series of "dances" (balls) by townspeople dressed as mystical and symbolical figures. The balls are marked by their solemnity and their ample use of fire and pyrotechnics. It was declared a Traditional Festival of National Interest by the Generalitat de Catalunya in 1983, and as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2005. In Catalonia, Corpus Cristi is celebrated with the tradition of the dancing egg. There is evidence this tradition dates from the 16th century.
Body of Christ[4]
Feast of Corpus Christi, in the U.S., said on the Sunday rather than the Thursday after the
Feast of the Holy Trinity. An adoration of the Food that sustains us on our
post-Pentecostal pilgrimage and "the pledge of our future glory" The
history of Corpus Christi started with a humble Belgian girl at
the age of sixteen, who began having visions of a bright moon marred by a small
black spot. After years of seeing this perplexing portent, Jesus Christ
appeared to her and revealed its meaning. The moon, He told her, represented
the Church calendar, and the black spot the absence of a feast in honor of the
Blessed Sacrament. That nun was St.
Juliana, Prioress of Mont Cornillon (1258), and the Feast she was
commissioned by our Lord to promote was the feast of Corpus Christi. Even before its universal promotion in 1314,
Corpus Christi was one of the grandest
feasts of the Roman rite. At the request of Pope Urban IV (d. 1264), the
Mass proper’s and divine office for this day were composed or arranged by St. Thomas Aquinas, whose teaching on
the Real Presence was so profound that the figure of Jesus Christ once
descended from a crucifix and declared to him, "Thou hast written well of
me, Thomas." The mastery with which Aquinas weaves together the
scriptural, poetic, and theological texts of this feast amply corroborates this
conclusion.
Processions & Pageants
Though Maundy Thursday is in a sense the primary feast of the Blessed Sacrament, Corpus Christi allows the faithful to specially reflect on and give thanks for the Eucharist. Hence there arose a number of observances centered on Eucharistic adoration. The most conspicuous of these is the splendid Corpus Christi procession. This public profession of the Catholic teaching on the Real Presence of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament was solemnly encouraged by the Council of Trent: there is even an indulgence attached to all who participate in it. By the 1600s, the procession on Corpus Christi had become the most famous of the year. Long parades of faithful walk with the Blessed Sacrament (carried in a monstrance by the priest) while church bells peal and bands play. In Latin countries, the streets are blanketed with boughs and flowers, often elaborately woven together. Sometimes a variation on the custom of Stations is employed (see Stational Churches, etc.), where the procession stops at several points for benediction and adoration. By its very nature, the Corpus Christi procession encouraged pageantry. In addition to the grandeur mentioned above, vivid symbolic reenactments of various teachings became a part of the procession. During the height of baroque piety, people impersonating demons would run along aside the Blessed Sacrament, pantomiming their fright and fear of the Real Presence. Others would dress as ancient’s gods and goddesses to symbolize how even the pagan past must rise and pay homage to Christ. Still others would carry all sorts of representations of sacred history: Moses and the serpent, David and Goliath, the Easter lamb, the Blessed Virgin, etc. But the most popular of all these was the custom of having children dress as angels. Appearing in white (with or without wings), these boys and girls would precede the Blessed Sacrament as symbols of the nine choirs of heavenly hosts who ever adore the Panis Angelicum, the Bread of Angels.
At Holy Trinity German Church, the Corpus Christi procession was the most
important of the year. One witness to the procession of 1851 wrote:
The girls clad in white, with lilies in their hands,
groups of symbolic figures, with banner and flags, the boys with staffs and
rods, all the associations of the parish with their signs and symbols and
burning candles, finally the flower-strewing little children preceding the
clergy -- all these made a fantastic impression (from Holy Trinity German Catholic Church of
Boston: A Way of Life, Robert J. Sauer (Dallas, TX: Taylor
Publishing, 1994), p. 49)
Plays
Medieval piety is famous, among other things, for its mystery
plays, theatrical pieces held after Mass on great feast days that
dramatized the lesson or mystery of the day. These effective didactic tools
were enormously popular, but perhaps none so much as those held on Corpus
Christi. Shakespeare gives an oblique allusion to them when he has Prince
Hamlet speak of the Termagant, a violent, overbearing woman in long robes who
appeared often in these productions (Hamlet III.ii). Favorite medieval
saints, such as George and Margaret, would often be the protagonists, though
the details and plot varied from place to place. Perhaps the most famous of
these plays are the Autos Sacramentales (Plays of the Sacrament) by Fr.
Pedro Calderon de la Barca (1681).
Day of Wreaths
In some places of Europe Corpus Christi is known as the Day
of wreaths. Exquisite wreaths of flowers are used in the pageants, either
perched on banners, houses, and arches that stretch over the street, or worn by
the participants of the procession. The monstrance containing the Blessed
Sacrament could also be adorned with a bouquet of flowers. After the
solemnities these beautiful decorations would be taken home as keepsakes and
posted over gardens and fields for blessing and protection.
Hymns
Special mention must be made of the exquisite hymns written
by St. Thomas Aquinas for this feast and their subsequent popularity. Aquinas
wrote four: Verbum Supernum Prodiens (for Lauds), Pange Lingua
Gloriosi (Vespers), Sacris Solemniis (Matins), and Lauda
Sion Salvatoris (Mass sequence). Parts of these, in turn, were used as
separate hymns. The famous Tantum ergo Sacramentum used at Benediction
is taken from Pange Lingua and O salutaris hostia is taken from Verbum
Supernum, while Panis Angelicus is taken from Sacris Solemniis.
These hymns have become cherished treasures of Catholic devotion and worship
and should be sung with gusto on this great feast.
Thursday Traditional Corpus Christi[5]
The Feast of Corpus
Christi commemorates the sacrament of Holy Communion in the Roman Catholic
Church. This includes the receiving of the Eucharist which Catholics know
is the body and blood of Christ.
This feast seeks to remind us of Jesus Christ's sacrifice Do this in
remembrance of me - Luke
22:19; 1 Corinthians 11:24-25.
In many countries, Corpus Christi is observed on the Thursday after Trinity
Sunday, however where it is not a holy day of obligation, the celebration
occurs on the Sunday that follows.
Today as Catholics we celebrate the Feast of Corpus Christi or the body of Christ. As Catholics the one thing that has always been consistent in the church is the taking of the body of our Lord.
While they
were eating, he took bread, said the blessing, broke it, gave it to them, and
said, "Take it; this is my body." Then he took a cup, gave thanks,
and gave it to them, and they all drank from it. He said to them, "This is
my blood of the covenant, which will be shed for many. (Mark 14:22-24)
Feast
of Corpus Christi Facts & Quotes
·
In
the Middle Ages, the priest was the only person who received the elements.
The congregation watched him eat the bread and drink the wine.
·
The
Sacraments are Jesus Christ's presence in us. So, it is important for us
to go to Confession and receive Holy Communion. - Pope Francis via twitter on Nov 23, 2013.
Feast
of Corpus Christi Top Events and Things to Do
·
If
you're Christian, go to Mass and receive Holy Communion on the Feast of Corpus
Christi.
·
Travel
to the Vatican City and watch the annual procession of the Blessed Sacrament,
headed by the Pope, through the streets of Rome.
·
A
wide range of theologies exist about Holy Communion. Read about how the
elements of bread and wine are related to the body and blood of Christ
depending on your denomination.
Novena to
the Sacred Heart[6]
This novena prayer was
recited every day by Padre Pio for all who asked for his prayer. You are
invited to recite it daily, so as to be spiritually united with the prayer of
St. Pio of Pietrelcina.
Prayers
I. O my
Jesus, You have said "Truly I say to you, ask and you shall receive, seek
and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened to you." Behold I knock,
I seek, and I ask for the grace of . . . .
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father...
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you.
II. O my
Jesus, You have said, "Truly I say to you, if you ask anything of the
Father in My Name, He will give it to you." Behold, in Your name, I ask
the Father for the grace of . . . .
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father...
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you.
III. O my
Jesus, You have said, "Truly I say to you, heaven and earth will pass
away, but My words will not pass away." Encouraged by Your infallible
words, I now ask for the grace of . . . .
Our
Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father... Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all
my trust in you.
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, for whom it is impossible
not to have compassion on the afflicted, have mercy on us sinners, and grant us
the grace which we ask of You, through the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of
Mary, Your tender mother and ours.
Say
the Hail Holy Queen (Salve Regina) prayer. Conclude with St. Joseph, foster
father of Jesus, pray for us.
Second Sunday after Pentecost[7]
ON this Sunday also, the Church, in
consideration of God’s love towards us, animates us to love Him and our
neighbor, and sings at the Introit of the Mass: "The Lord became my
protector, and He brought me forth into a large place; He saved me because He
was well pleased with me. I will love Thee, O Lord, my strength; the Lord is my
rock, my refuge, and my deliverer."
Prayer.
Grant, O Lord, that we may have a
perpetual fear and love of Thy holy name, for Thou never ceasest to direct and
govern, by Thy grace, those whom Thou instructest in the solidity of Thy love. Amen
EPISTLE, i. John Hi. 13-18.
Dearly Beloved: Wonder not if the
world hate you. "We know that we have passed from death to life, because
we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death; whosoever hateth his
brother is a murderer: and you know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding
in himself. In this we have known the charity of God, because He hath laid down
His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
He that hath the substance of this
world, and shall see his brother in need, and shall shut up his bowels from
him, how doth the charity of God abide in him?
My little children, let us not love
in word, nor in tongue, but indeed and in truth.
Explanation.
A true Christian may be known by
the love he has for his neighbor. For as it belongs to a child of this world,
to the wicked, the godless, to hate and persecute the man whose life
contradicts their own, so, on the other hand, love of one’s neighbor, of one’s
enemy, is the mark by which to know whether a man is truly regenerated and
translated from the death of sin to spiritual life. For he that loveth not,
abideth in death cannot become a child of God, Who is love; has not in him the
life of God ; rather he is a murderer, because his lack of love, and his
hatred, have first deprived him of spiritual life, and next become the source
of all other offences against his neighbor, of scandal, of seduction like
Satan, of murder like Cain.
GOSPEL. Luke xiv. 16-24.
At
that time Jesus spoke to the Pharisees this parable: A certain man made a great
supper, and invited many. And he sent his servant at the hour of supper to say
to them that were invited, that they should come, for now all things are ready.
And they began all at once to make excuse. The first said to him: I have bought
a farm, and I must needs go out and see it: I pray thee, hold me excused. And
another said: I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to try them: I pray
thee, hold me excused. And another said: I have married a wife, and therefore I
cannot come. And the servant returning told these things to his lord. Then the
master of the house, being angry, said to his servant: Go out quickly into the
streets and lanes of the city: and bring in hither the poor and the feeble, and
the blind and the lame. And the servant said: Lord, it is done as thou hast
commanded, and yet there is room. And the Lord said to the servant: Go out into
the highways and hedges; and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
But I say unto you that none of those men that were invited shall taste of my
supper.
How
is the parable of the great supper to be understood?
By the supper is meant the kingdom of God upon earth,
the Church of Christ, in which are deposited all the treasures of grace, for
the nourishment, strengthening, and sanctification of our souls. It is a great
supper, because the Church is to take in all men of all times. Jesus, the
Godman, Himself prepares this supper by establishing His Church. The servant
represents the apostles and the successors whom He sends into all the world, to
call both Jews and gentiles. The first invited were the Jews, to whom the
coming of the Messiahs had been announced beforehand, and who were the first
called to the Church.
What
is denoted by the excuses of those invited?
He who bought a farm signifies those proud and
avaricious men who seek only for temporal goods; he who wished to try his five
yoke of oxen represents those too-busy persons who find no time to do anything
for God and heaven; finally, he who could not come on account of his wife
stands for those sensual persons who, through the lusts and pleasures of sense,
render themselves insensible to heavenly joys. Now as the Jews, by such
worthless excuses, had shown themselves unworthy to be received into the kingdom
of God, they were accordingly shut out, and others called in their stead.
Who
are these others?
First, the humble and docile Jews, who were the
opposite of the proud, avaricious, and sensual Pharisees; and in the next place
those gentiles prepared for Christianity, who, through the apostles and their
successors, were brought into the Church from the four quarters of the world.
In
what other sense may this parable be understood?
St. Gregory interprets it as referring to the Most
Holy Sacrament of the Altar. That is, indeed, a feast to which all are invited,
which offers the fulness of graces and spiritual gifts, and is, therefore,
fitly called a great feast; it is despised by the sensual, proud, and earthly;
but to the penitent, the humble, the loving, it conveys innumerable blessings
and inestimable benefits.
LESSONS AGAINST
IMPURITY.
" I have
married a wife, and therefore cannot come." Luke xiv. 20.
By introducing in this parable a
wedding as an excuse, Our Savior points out impurity as a hinderance to
entering into the kingdom of heaven; that is, the violation of modesty, either
in thought, imagination, or desire, in gesture, words, dress, or actions; thus
He would show us how detestable, shameful, and pernicious is this vice, which
makes men so miserable, and incite us to purity and chastity, in whatever state
of life we may live.
On account of this sin of impurity,
God repented of having created mankind, and brought the flood upon the earth,
destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah with fire and brimstone, cut off the brothers Her
and Onan by sudden death, and gave nearly the whole tribe of Benjamin to be
slain.
What are the best means to preserve
us from impurity?
1. Avoid the following: (a) idleness,
which breeds evil thoughts and desires; (b) reading bad books; (c) excess in
eating and drinking; (d) bad company.
2.
Preserve
modesty, which is a safeguard against impurity; (a) reverence God; (b) remember
the bitter passion and death of Our Savior; (c) think frequently of death,
judgment, and hell.
3.
Flee
the first sin; dread the first thought, the first motion; avoid, also, what
appears a trifling thing, if it offends modesty.
4.
Be
zealous in prayer to God, and to His blessed Mother.
5.
Restrain
your senses, particularly your eyes. Learn to be abstemious, and deny yourself
even lawful enjoyments and pleasures, that you may the more easily give up
those that are unlawful.
6.
Watch
always, and especially on occasions that cannot be avoided.
7. Finally, go often to holy communion, and choose a zealous confessor, in whom you ought to place entire confidence and follow as your father. Think on God; combat on every occasion promptly, without making terms; call confidently on God for help, and you will carry off the victory, and become worthy, one day, to be a follower of the Lamb.
Catechism
of the Catholic Church
PROLOGUE
I. The life of man - to know and love God
1 God, infinitely perfect and blessed in himself, in a plan
of sheer goodness freely created man to make him share in his own blessed life.
For this reason, at every time and in every place, God draws close to man. He
calls man to seek him, to know him, to love him with all his strength. He calls
together all men, scattered and divided by sin, into the unity of his family,
the Church. To accomplish this, when the fullness of time had come, God sent
his Son as Redeemer and Savior. In his Son and through him, he invites men to
become, in the Holy Spirit, his adopted children and thus heirs of his blessed
life.
2 So that this call should resound throughout the world,
Christ sent forth the apostles he had chosen, commissioning them to proclaim
the gospel: "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing
them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching
them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to
the close of the age." Strengthened by this mission, the apostles
"went forth and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and
confirmed the message by the signs that attended it."
3 Those who with God's help have welcomed Christ's call and
freely responded to it are urged on by love of Christ to proclaim the Good News
everywhere in the world. This treasure, received from the apostles, has been
faithfully guarded by their successors. All Christ's faithful are called to
hand it on from generation to generation, by professing the faith, by living it
in fraternal sharing, and by celebrating it in liturgy and prayer.
Apostolic Exhortation[8]
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,
Part II
III. Worthy Reception of Holy
Communion – Conforming our life with Christ.
64. There are situations when
we can honor God more by abstaining from Holy Communion than by satisfying a
personal desire to sacramentally receive Him in communion. I know of a Catholic
mother who because she did not want to show irreverence or contempt for what is
truly the Body and Blood of Christ, abstained from Holy Communion for several
years because she was living in an irregular marriage. This was the case even
though she still faithfully attended Mass with her children each week and was a
regular Eucharistic adorer at her parish because of her deep faith and devotion
to Christ present in the Eucharist. She, nonetheless, would not present herself
for Communion. She was raised to understand that Christian believers should
avoid receiving Holy Communion unworthily. Aware of the scriptural admonitions
and the teachings of the Church she would offer up her sacramental encounter
with the Lord and make instead a spiritual communion each Sunday. So much was
her young son clearly edified by her quiet example of faith and fidelity that
he became a moral theologian and now teaches moral theology at a Catholic
seminary.
65. In this perennial teaching
that is scriptural and clear, Holy Communion is meant to be the consummation of
the loving union between Jesus the Bridegroom and His Bride the Church, between
Him and each believer. The Church invites everyone to the Wedding Banquet while
at the same time commits herself to helping everyone arrive properly dressed in
a purified baptismal garment, lest the greatest Gift – the Eucharist – becomes
his or her spiritual destruction.
66. For this reason, the Church
requires Catholic leaders who have publicly supported gravely immoral laws such
as abortion and euthanasia to refrain from receiving Holy Communion until they
publicly repent and receive the Sacrament of Penance. Not all moral issues have
the same weight as abortion and euthanasia. The Church teaches that abortion or
euthanasia is an intrinsically grave sin and that there is a grave and clear
obligation for all Catholics to oppose them by conscientious objection.
“In the case of an intrinsically
unjust law, such as a law permitting abortion or euthanasia, it is therefore
never licit to obey it, or to ‘take part in a propaganda campaign in favor of
such a law or vote for it’” (Evangelium Vitae, 73). The Aparecida
document, which Pope Francis is acknowledged as one of the main authors during
his time as Archbishop of Buenos Aires, teaches clearly: “We hope that
legislators [and] heads of government … will defend and protect [the dignity of
human life] from the abominable crimes of abortion and euthanasia; that is
their responsibility…. We must adhere to ‘eucharistic coherence,’ that is, be
conscious that they cannot receive Holy Communion and at the same time act with
deeds or words against the commandments, particularly when abortion,
euthanasia, and other grave crimes against life and family are encouraged. This
responsibility weighs particularly over legislators, heads of governments, and
health professionals.”
67. In the current political
climate of our country, the Church can be easily accused of favoring one party
and singling out politicians of a certain party with such a teaching. However,
the Church is only faithfully reaffirming its perennial teaching on the
Eucharist and the worthy reception of Holy Communion which applies to every
single person. Eucharistic coherence means that our “Amen” at Holy Communion
includes not only the recognition of the Real Presence but also a communion
bound together by embracing and living Christ’s entire teaching handed down to
us through the Church.
68. The Holy Eucharist is the
ongoing Redemption of the world through Christ’s real presence among and within
us. The Lord Jesus in the Eucharist in whom we believe and from whom we are
sustained, wants to bring our whole life into communion with Him, so that we
may not only live because of Him but also live for Him and with Him. Jesus also
wishes to live through us, to love through us and to preach and serve through
us. For Jesus to do so, we need to make the Eucharist the source and summit of
our whole life, allow Him to fill us with awe and wonder, to live with a great
faith in Him and His words and follow Him more closely along the path that
leads to eternal life.
Claires
Corner-Consider a saltwater pool.
A
saltwater pool is an alternative to a traditional chlorine pool. Although you
don’t add chlorine tablets to a saltwater pool, it does still contain chlorine.
It just has a smaller amount that’s generated through the filter system.
A
saltwater pool contains 10 times less salt than the ocean. There’s around 3,000 ppm (parts per million) salinity in a saltwater pool.
By comparison, there’s 35,000 ppm in the ocean. Some people find this type of
pool less harsh on their hair, eyes, and skin than a chlorinated pool.
Saltwater
pools are becoming more common at hotels, resorts, and on cruise ships. You can
find natural saltwater lagoon pools in places like Mozambique and Bolivia. You
can also choose to have a saltwater pool installed in your own home.
Saltwater
pools for health
Swimming
in a saltwater pool may be better for someone who has asthma or allergies. That’s
especially true when it comes to indoor pools. You might notice a strong
chlorine smell upon entering an indoor pool area. That’s because of the
chloramines, the mix of chlorine and ammonia. In an outdoor pool, the smell
quickly evaporates, whereas it’s contained indoors.
It usually
is most strong around the surface of the pool, where swimmers take their
breaths. If you have trouble breathing, you may find swimming in an indoor
chlorinated pool irritating.
One
2003 study found that young children who swim regularly in an indoor
chlorinated pool were at greater risk for lung inflammation and developing
asthma. But more research is needed to determine if a saltwater pool is the
best alternative.
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: Restoring
the Church
·
Litany of the Most Precious
Blood of Jesus
·
Offering to
the sacred heart of Jesus
·
Rosary
[2]https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2019-06-23
[6]http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/prayers/view.cfm?id=892
[7] Goffine’s Devout Instructions, 1896.
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