Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Saints, Feast, Family
- Traditions passed down with Cooking, Crafting, & Caring -
June 25
Saint of the day:
Patron Saint of Irpinia, Italy
Deuteronomy, Chapter 10, Verse 12-13
12
Now, therefore, Israel, what does the LORD, your God,
ask of you but to FEAR the LORD, your
God, to follow in all his ways, to love and serve the LORD, your God, with your
whole heart and with your whole being, 13
to keep the
commandments and statutes of the LORD that I am commanding you today for your
own well-being?
What is meant by serving God?
Doing the will of God in all things which He requires of
us, in whatever state of life we may be placed, and doing this with fidelity,
with unwearied zeal, and out of love for Him. (Goffine’s
Devout Instructions, 1896)
When we are bored and familiar with routine work, let
us generously offer ourselves to the Lord for He indeed knows our needs and
will take care of our well-being.
St. William of Monte Virgine, Abbot[1]
William was born in Vercelli, Italy, in 1085. His parents died when he was a baby. Relatives raised him. When William grew up, he became a hermit. He worked a miracle, curing a blind man, and found himself famous. William was too humble to be happy with the people’s admiration. He really wanted to remain a hermit so that he could concentrate on God. He went away to live alone on a high, wild mountain. No one would bother him now. But even there he was not to remain alone. Men gathered around the saint, and they built a monastery dedicated to the Blessed Virgin. Because of William’s monastery, people gave the mountain a new name. They called it the Mountain of the Virgin.
Things
to Do:
·
William's pilgrimage to the tomb of St. James
the Apostle in Spain was the turning point of his
life.
·
Is it not easily possible for you to make
a pilgrimage to some holy place in your neighborhood now during the summertime?
First of all, however, are you familiar with the relics in your own parish
church?
o Remember
that any visit to a church is a pilgrimage to the grave of a saint!
·
Read more about the life of St. William here
and the monastery he founded, Monte Vergine.
Catechism of the
Catholic Church
PART ONE: THE PROFESSION OF FAITH
SECTION ONE-"I BELIEVE" -
"WE BELIEVE"
CHAPTER TWO GOD COMES TO MEET MAN
Article 3 SACRED SCRIPTURE
III. The Holy Spirit, Interpreter of
Scripture
109 In
Sacred Scripture, God speaks to man in a human way. To interpret Scripture
correctly, the reader must be attentive to what the human authors truly wanted
to affirm, and to what God wanted to reveal to us by their words.
110 In order
to discover the sacred authors' intention, the reader must take into account
the conditions of their time and culture, the literary genres in use at that
time, and the modes of feeling, speaking and narrating then current. "For
the fact is that truth is differently presented and expressed in the various
types of historical writing, in prophetical and poetical texts, and in other
forms of literary expression."
111 But
since Sacred Scripture is inspired, there is another and no less important
principle of correct interpretation, without which Scripture would remain a
dead letter. "Sacred Scripture must be read and interpreted in the light
of the same Spirit by whom it was written."
The Second
Vatican Council indicates three criteria for interpreting Scripture in
accordance with the Spirit who inspired it.
112 Be
especially attentive "to the content and unity of the whole
Scripture". Different as the books which compose it may be, Scripture is a
unity by reason of the unity of God's plan, of which Christ Jesus is the center
and heart, open since his Passover.
The phrase "heart of Christ" can refer to Sacred
Scripture, which makes known his heart, closed before the Passion, as the
Scripture was obscure. But the Scripture has been opened since the Passion;
since those who from then on have understood it, consider and discern in what
way the prophecies must be interpreted.
113 2. Read
the Scripture within "the living Tradition of the whole Church".
According to a saying of the Fathers, Sacred Scripture is written principally
in the Church's heart rather than in documents and records, for the Church
carries in her Tradition the living memorial of God's Word, and it is the Holy
Spirit who gives her the spiritual interpretation of the Scripture (". . .
according to the spiritual meaning which the Spirit grants to the
Church").
114 3. Be
attentive to the analogy of faith. By "analogy of faith" we mean
the coherence of the truths of faith among themselves and within the whole plan
of Revelation.
The senses
of Scripture
115 According to an ancient tradition, one can distinguish between two senses of Scripture: the literal and the spiritual, the latter being subdivided into the allegorical, moral and anagogical senses. the profound concordance of the four senses guarantees all its richness to the living reading of Scripture in the Church.
116 The
literal sense is the meaning conveyed by the words of Scripture and discovered
by exegesis, following the rules of sound interpretation: "All other
senses of Sacred Scripture are based on the literal."
117 The
spiritual sense. Thanks to the unity of God's plan, not only the text of
Scripture but also the realities and events about which it speaks can be signs.
1. the allegorical sense. We can acquire a more profound understanding of
events by recognizing their significance in Christ; thus, the crossing of the
Red Sea is a sign or type of Christ's victory and also of Christian Baptism.
2. The moral sense. The events reported in Scripture ought to lead us to act
justly. As St. Paul says, they were written "for our instruction".
3. the anagogical sense (Greek: anagoge, "leading"). We can view
realities and events in terms of their eternal significance, leading us toward
our true homeland: thus, the Church on earth is a sign of the heavenly
Jerusalem.
118 A
medieval couplet summarizes the significance of the four senses:
The Letter speaks of deeds; Allegory to faith;
The Moral how to act; Anagogy our destiny.
119 "It
is the task of exegetes to work, according to these rules, towards a better
understanding and explanation of the meaning of Sacred Scripture in order that
their research may help the Church to form a firmer judgement. For, of course,
all that has been said about the manner of interpreting Scripture is ultimately
subject to the judgement of the Church which exercises the divinely conferred
commission and ministry of watching over and interpreting the Word of
God."
But I would not believe in the Gospel, had not the
authority of the Catholic Church already moved me.
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Fruit & Veggies for the
Month of June
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Today
is my Stepson Ryan Patrick’s birthday. He was a US Paratrooper who suffered
knee problems as a result of his service and now serves as a critical care
nurse continuing to serve. It is my hope someday to be able to make a
pilgrimage to the shrine of St. James, like St. William, with Ryan. I ask your
prayers.
Daily
Devotions
·
I will not delude you with
prospects of peace and consolations; on the contrary, prepare for great
battles. Be
vigilant.
·
Unite in the work of the Porters of St. Joseph by joining them
in fasting: The
sanctification of the Church Militant.
·
St. Anthony Novena
3-on thirteen consecutive Tuesdays.
·
Make
reparations to the Holy Face-Tuesday
Devotion
·
Pray Day 4 of
the Novena for our Pope and Bishops
·
Tuesday:
Litany of St. Michael the Archangel
·
Litany of the Most Precious
Blood of Jesus
·
Offering to
the sacred heart of Jesus
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Rosary
[1]https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2020-06-25
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