Monday, July 15, 2024
Saints, Feast, Family
- Traditions passed down with Cooking, Crafting, & Caring -
July 15
Saint of the day:
Monday- Memorial of Saint Bonaventure,
Bishop
ST. SWITHUN
Monday Night at
the Movies
Raffaello
Matarazzo, The White Angel, 1955.
Deuteronomy, Chapter 31, Verse 8
For
as the heavens are high above the earth, so surpassing is his kindness toward
those who fear him.
The
Lord our God calls us to His service. This is the message of St. Therese of
Lisieux that we are all called, and we should have great confidence and
humility seeking to bring the kingdom in small ways and asking our Lord to
multiply our efforts. The greatest way
we can bring about the Kingdom is in our own families. This is the reason Pope
Francis made such efforts to attend the family symposium in Philadelphia in
2015. Yes, families are under attack from a secular world, a media that
continually pushes instant gratification and sensuality and of course Satan and
his followers.
The final battle between the Lord and the reign of
Satan will be about marriage and the family. Don’t be afraid because Our
Lady has already crushed his head and anyone who works for the sanctity of
marriage and the family will always be fought and opposed in every way. (Sister Lucia of Fatima)
Our
Lord will not abandon us and tells us to trust in him.
Entrust everything to Me and do
nothing on your own, and you will always have great freedom
of spirit. No circumstances or events will ever be able to upset you. Set
little store on what people say. Let everyone judge you as they like. Do not
make excuses for yourself, it will do you no harm. (Diary of Sister
Faustina, 1685)
St. Bonaventure[1]
"In Bonaventure we meet a unique personality. He was unsurpassed in
sanctity, wisdom, eloquence, and gifted with a remarkable skill of
accomplishing things, a heart full of love, a winning disposition, benevolent,
affable, pious, charitable, rich in virtue, beloved by God and man. . . . The
Lord endowed him with such a charming disposition that everyone who saw him was
immediately attracted to him." In these words the historian of the Council
of Lyons concludes his account on St. Bonaventure.
At an early age he was a celebrated
teacher and a powerful preacher. At thirty-six he was called to the highest
post among the Franciscans, the Order which honors him as a second founder. He
was an important figure at the Council of Lyons. His virtue and wisdom, his
versatility and mildness were major factors in attaining the happy result that
the Greeks so easily returned to the unity of the Church.
Bonaventure was a subtle scholastic and a profound mystic. Because of the latter he is known as the "Seraphic Teacher." In philosophy he was the principal leader of the Platonic-Augustinian school of Franciscan thought; as such he stood opposed to the Aristotelianism that was making its way into the schools of the time (ably represented by Thomas Aquinas). Bonaventure's Life of St. Francis was a favorite book of the Middle Ages. When St. Thomas was told about Bonaventure's work, he said: "Let us allow one saint to labor for another." His contemporaries are said to have believed that no one was "more handsome, more holy, or more learned" than he.
—Excerpted from The Church's Year of Grace,
Pius Parsch
St Swithun, Bishop &
Confessor: Missa “Sacerdotes tui “
Saint Swithin Swithun (or Swithin, Old English: Swīþhūn;
died c. 862) was a Saxon bishop. He was born in the kingdom of Wessex and
educated in its capital, Winchester. He was famous for charitable gifts and
building churches. His feast day is 15 July and his emblems are rain drops and
apples.
Swithin was chaplain to Egbert, the 802-839 king of Wessex.
Egbert’s son Ethelwulf, whom Swithin educated, made him bishop of Winchester in
852.
Only one miracle is attributed to Swithin while he was
alive. An old lady’s eggs had been smashed by workmen building a church.
Swithin picked the broken eggs up and, it is said, they miraculously became
whole again.
And if any church fell down, or was in decay, S. Swithin
would anon amend it at his own cost. Or if any church were not hallowed, he
would go thither afoot and hallow it. For he loved no pride, ne to ride on gay
horses, ne to be praised ne flattered of the people…
Swithin died on 2 July 862. According to tradition, he had
asked to be buried humbly. His grave was just outside the west door of the Old
Minster, so that people would walk across it and rain fall on it in accordance
with Swithin’s wishes. William of Malmesbury recorded that the bishop left
instructions that his body should be buried outside the church, ubi et
pedibus praetereuntium et stillicidiis ex alto rorantibus esset obnoxius
[where it might be subject to the feet of passers-by and to the raindrops pouring
from on high], which has been taken as indicating that the legend was already
well known in the 12th century.
On 15 July 971 though, Swithin’s remains were dug up and
moved to a shrine in the cathedral by Bishop Ethelwold. Miraculous cures were
associated with the event, and Swithin’s feast day is the date of the removal
of his remains, not his death day. However, the removal was also accompanied by
ferocious and violent rain storms that lasted 40 days and 40 nights and are
said to indicate the saint’s displeasure at being moved. This is probably the
origin of the legend that if it rains on Saint Swithun’s feast day, the rain
will continue for 40 more days.
Saint Swithin is still seen as the patron of Winchester
Cathedral.
INTROIT Psalm 131: 9-10
Let Thy priests, O Lord, be clothed with justice, and let
Thy saints rejoice: for Thy servant David’s sake, turn not away the face of Thy
anointed. V. O Lord, remember David, and all his
meekness. v. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy
Ghost, as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end.
Amen.
COLLECT
God, who dost gladden us by the merits and intercession of
thy blessed confessor bishop Swithun, grant us this boon, that we who ask for
his good offices may obtain them through the gift of thy grace.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee,
in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. R. Amen.
EPISTLE Hebrews 7: 23-27
Lesson from the Apostle Paul’s letter to the
Hebrews: Brethren, there were made many priests, because by reason of
death they were not suffered to continue: but Jesus, for that
He continueth forever, hath an everlasting priesthood. Whereby He is
able also to save forever them that come to God by Him; always living
to make intercession for us. For it was fitting that we should
have such a high priest, holy, innocent, and undefiled, separated from
sinners, and made higher than the heavens; Who needeth not daily, as
the other priests, to offer sacrifice first for His own sins, and then for
the people’s; for this Jesus Christ our Lord did once, in offering
Himself.
GRADUAL Psalm 131: 16-17
I will clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints
shall rejoice with exceeding great joy. There will I bring forth a horn to
David; I have prepared a lamp for my anointed. Alleluia, alleluia! Ps. 109:4
The Lord has sworn an oath there is no retracting: Thou art a priest forever in
the line of Melchisedech. Alleluia!
GOSPEL Matthew 24:
42-47
At that time, Jesus said to His disciples: Watch, because
you know not what hour your Lord will come. But this know ye, that, if the
goodman of the house knew at what hour the thief would come, he would certainly
watch, and would not suffer his house to be broken open. Wherefore be you also
ready: because at what hour you know not the Son of man will come. Who,
thinkest thou, is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath appointed
over his family, to give them meat in season? Blessed is that servant, whom
when his lord shall come he shall find so doing. Amen I say to you, he shall
place him over all his goods.
OFFERTORY
ANTIPHON Psalm 88: 25
My truth and My mercy shall be with him: and in My name
shall his horn be exalted.
SECRET
Hallow the gifts we offer Lord, and at the intercession of
thy blessed confessor bishop Swithun, do thou cleanse us by their means from
the defilement of our sins. Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth
and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world
without end. R. Amen.
PREFACE of the Common
It is truly meet and just, and profitable unto salvation,
that we should at all times, and in all places, give thanks to thee, O Holy
Lord, Father Almighty, eternal God, through Christ, our Lord. Though whom the
angels praise thy majesty, the dominions adore it, the powers are in awe. Which
the heavens and the hosts of heaven together with the blessed seraphim joyfully
do magnify. And do thou command that it be permitted to us join with them in
confessing thee, while we say with lowly praise:
COMMUNION ANTIPHON Matthew
24: 46-47
Blessed is that servant, whom when his lord cometh he shall
find watching: Amen I say to you, he shall place him over all his goods.
POSTCOMMUNION
We humbly beg thee, almighty God, to grant that we whom
thou renewest with thy sacrament, at the intercession of thy blessed confessor
bishop Swithun, may lead lives acceptable to thee and worthy of thy
servants. Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth
with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without
end. R. Amen.
Catechism of the
Catholic Church
Day 31
IV. THE IMPLICATIONS OF FAITH IN ONE GOD
222 Believing in God, the only
One, and loving him with all our being has enormous consequences for our whole
life.
223 It means coming to know
God's greatness and majesty: "Behold, God is great, and we know him
not." Therefore, we must "serve God first".
224 It means living in
thanksgiving: if God is the only One, everything we are and have comes from
him: "What have you that you did not receive?" "What shall
I render to the LORD for all his bounty to me?"
225 It means knowing the unity
and true dignity of all men: everyone is made in the image and likeness of God.
226 It means making good use of
created things: faith in God, the only One, leads us to use everything that is
not God only insofar as it brings us closer to him, and to detach ourselves
from it insofar as it turns us away from him:
My Lord and my God, take from me everything that distances me from you.
My Lord and my God, give me everything that brings me closer to you
My Lord and my God, detach me from myself to give my all to you.
227 It means trusting God in
every circumstance, even in adversity. A prayer of St. Teresa of Jesus
wonderfully expresses this trust:
Let nothing trouble you / Let
nothing frighten you Everything passes / God never changes Patience / Obtains
all Whoever has God / Wants for nothing God alone is enough.
IN BRIEF
228 "Hear, O Israel, the LORD our God is one
LORD..." (Dt 6:4; Mk 12:29). "The supreme being must be unique,
without equal. . . If God is not one, he is not God" (Tertullian, Adv.
Marc., 1, 3, 5: PL 2, 274).
229 Faith in God leads us to turn to him alone as our first
origin and our ultimate goal, and neither to prefer anything to him nor to
substitute anything for him.
230 Even when he reveals himself, God remains a mystery
beyond words: "If you understood him, it would not be God" (St.
Augustine, Sermo 52, 6, 16: PL 38, 360 and Sermo 117, 3, 5: PL 38, 663).
231 The God of our faith has revealed himself as HE WHO IS;
and he has made himself known as "abounding in steadfast love and
faithfulness" (Ex 34:6). God's very being is Truth and Love.
Christopher’s
Corner-Today
is National Orange Chicken Day
·
Let
Freedom Ring Day 9 Freedom
from Abuse of Sexuality Outside the Marital State
Daily
Devotions
·
Unite in the work of the Porters of St. Joseph by joining them
in fasting: The Families of St. Joseph Porters
·
Eat waffles and Pray for the assistance of the Angels
· Litany of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus
·
Offering to
the sacred heart of Jesus
·
Monday: Litany of
Humility
·
Rosary
[1]https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2024-07-15
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