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July 18
Saint of the day:
Patron Saint of Beer
Deuteronomy, Chapter
32, Verse 26-27
26 I said: I will make
an end of them and blot out their name from human memory, 27
had I not FEARED the provocation by the enemy, that their foes might
misunderstand, and say, “Our own hand won the victory; the LORD had nothing to
do with any of it.”
Meditate
on the humility of Saint Joseph this day; ask for his assistance and special
protection.
Prayer
to St. Joseph.
O
most chaste Joseph, who, by thy purity and other exalted virtues, wast worthy
to be chosen for the spouse of Mary and the foster-father of Jesus, I beseech
thee, by the great graces of which thou wast made partaker, that thou wouldst,
by thy intercession, obtain for all parents grace to rear their children
piously; for all married persons who are distressed and afflicted through
poverty and tribulations consolation and encouragement; for all unmarried
persons who have devoted their chastity to God the grace of perseverance; and,
finally, for all the dying the grace to come, after a happy death, to thy
fosterchild, Jesus Christ, Who, with the Father and the Holy Ghost, liveth and
reigneth one God, world without end. Amen.
St. Camillus de Lellis is today’s saint. This saint was 6’
6” and was born on May 25th and is a man who was a man who found it
difficult to control his passions but after God intervene became a model for
training against impure thoughts. Interestingly my youngest is 6’6” was and was
born on May 25th and he is a wild man too, but his heart loves the
Lord.
Nelson Mandela International Day[1]
Nelson Mandela Day seeks to
celebrate the political and social achievements of former South African
President Nelson Mandela. Mandela, who spent three decades in prison for his
political activism, became the first black president of the Republic of South
Africa in 1994. His presidency ended the long-standing apartheid in which
whites ruled over blacks and saw the birth of democracy
and equality among all citizens. He was also active in combatting poverty,
encouraging land reform, expanding health
services, supporting education and setting an example of peace,
anti-racism and human rights
adherence for other nations.
Nelson Mandela International Day was designated by the United Nations
and the Nelson Mandela Foundation in 2009. It is celebrated on Mandela's
birthday, July 18th, in an effort to recognize the impact of Mandela's values
and his contribution to humanity. Mandela passed away in December of
2013 at the age of 95.
Nelson
Mandela International Day Facts & Quotes
·
Nelson
Mandela has received several awards including the Nobel Peace
Prize in 1993, the Bailiff Grand Cross of the Order of St. John and the Order
of Merit from the Queen Elizabeth II and the Order of Canada.
·
When
Nelson Mandela was born his name was Rolihlalala Mandela, which meant, to pull
a branch off a tree and troublemaker. He was given the name Nelson in school
when he was seven years old.
·
Nelson
Mandela was sentenced to life in prison and ended up spending over 27 years in
prison. He was eventually released from prison due to secret talks he had with
the president of South Africa at the time, F.W. de Klerk.
·
It
is easy to break down and destroy. The heroes are those who make peace and
build. - Nelson Mandela
· We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right. – Nelson Mandela
Things to do.
·
Devote
67 minutes of your day to helping others (volunteering, helping mom, cleaning,
etc.). For 67 years, Nelson Mandela fought for humanity and on every July 18th,
Mandela's birthday, the UN and the NMF ask citizens of the world to devote 67
minutes of time to helping others.
·
Watch
one of the movies detailing the life of Nelson Mandela or apartheid. Some
suggestions are Mandela: Long Walk
to Freedom (2013), Invictus
(2009), and Mandela and de Klerk (1997).
·
Nominate
someone or an organization that you think serves every day. If you think
they make a positive change in your community, you can nominate those you think
deserve acknowledgement as a Madiba Change Maker by sharing their stories on
social media with the hashtag #Time2Serve.
·
Spread
awareness by using the hashtags #NelsonMandelaInternationalDay, #MandelaDay and
#mandela.
·
Research
South African history to gain a better understanding of how the apartheid
system came about, what it entailed and learn more about the segregation in the
country. Books such as The History
of South Africa and South African History shed light on the colonial periods
and the beginning of state-run segregation.
Forgiveness-Nelson Mandela
John McCain portraits the life of “Nelson Mandela” as a
model for the power of Forgiveness. One can only forgive if they have the
capacity to love. Our study is based on developing our character by starting
with a foundation of love to which we develop a core of strength by being
hopeful, confident, Industrious and so forth. After we have advanced these traits
sufficiently, we need to apply our firm purpose and work on
having an understanding heart. Everything is based on love and love
is the key to understanding the trait of forgiveness.
John says of Nelson Mandela:
He was a prisoner who forgave his jailer, and helped his
countrymen forgive one another. Nelson Mandela believes “no one is born hating
another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his
religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be
taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its
opposite.” Africa has been saved from the ravages of racial hatred is
due, in large part, to Mandela’s noble character, among whose virtues has been
the ability to forgive the wrongs done to him and his people during the
oppression from apartheid. Mandela believes truly that love is the natural
condition of the heart, and that hatred is as much a burden to the hater as it
is to the hated. Mandela tried peaceful means to end apartheid but to no avail
and eventually turned to violence when no other means for saving his country
was within his power. He was eventually captured and jailed for 29 years. At
his trial he conducted his own defense; he argued that an all-white judicial
system could not possibly try black opponents of the system fairly. His
riveting closing statement from the dock has become one of the most celebrated
speeches in modern political oratory: “I have fought against white domination,
and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a
democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and
with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and achieve.
But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.”
As apartheid began to crumble, Mandela was escorted to
meetings with the South African president that would eventually lead to
Mandela’s release and then to a genuine multiracial South African democracy.
Mandela was finally released in 1990 and was inaugurated the first truly
democratically elected South African president.
Novena
of St. Ann[2]
Daily Prayer to Saint Ann
O
glorious St. Ann, you are filled with compassion for those who invoke you and
with love for those who suffer! Heavily burdened with the weight of my
troubles, I cast myself at your feet and humbly beg of you to take the present
intention which I recommend to you in your special care.
Please recommend it to your daughter, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and place it
before the throne of Jesus, so that He may bring it to a happy issue. Continue
to intercede for me until my request is granted. But, above all, obtain for me
the grace one day to see my God face to face, and with you and Mary and all the
saints to praise and bless Him for all eternity. Amen.
Our Father, . . . Hail Mary . . .
O Jesus, Holy Mary, St. Ann, help me now and at
the hour of my death. Good St. Ann, intercede for me.
SECOND
DAY
From the depths of my heart, good St. Ann, I
offer you my homage this day and ask you to shelter me under the mantle of your
motherly care. You know, good mother, how much I love you, how gladly I serve
you, how happy I am to praise you, how eager I am to call on you in time of
distress.
Good St. Ann be pleased to extend your helping
hand in all my wants. Listen to my prayers, for I place my trust in your
gracious bounty. Make all my thoughts and desires worthy and righteous.
Jesus, I thank You for all the graces which in
Your infinite goodness You have lavished upon St. Ann; for having chosen her,
among all women, to be Your grandmother on earth and exalted her in heaven with
such great and miraculous powers. In the name of her merits, I humbly recommend
myself to Your infinite mercy.
Catechism of the
Catholic Church
Day 34
The Father and the son revealed by the spirit
243 Before his Passover, Jesus
announced the sending of "another Paraclete" (Advocate), the Holy
Spirit. At work since creation, having previously "spoken through the
prophets", the Spirit will now be with and in the disciples, to teach them
and guide them "into all the truth". The Holy Spirit is thus
revealed as another divine person with Jesus and the Father.
244 The eternal origin of the
Holy Spirit is revealed in his mission in time. the Spirit is sent to the
apostles and to the Church both by the Father in the name of the Son, and by
the Son in person, once he had returned to the Father. The sending of the
person of the Spirit after Jesus' glorification reveals in its fullness
the mystery of the Holy Trinity.
245 The apostolic faith
concerning the Spirit was confessed by the second ecumenical council at
Constantinople (381): "We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and giver
of life, who proceeds from the Father." By this confession, the
Church recognizes the Father as "the source and origin of the whole
divinity". But the eternal origin of the Spirit is not unconnected
with the Son's origin: "The Holy Spirit, the third person of the Trinity,
is God, one and equal with the Father and the Son, of the same substance and
also of the same nature. . . Yet he is not called the Spirit of the Father
alone,. . . but the Spirit of both the Father and the Son." The Creed
of the Church from the Council of Constantinople confesses: "With the
Father and the Son, he is worshipped and glorified."
246 The Latin tradition of the
Creed confesses that the Spirit "proceeds from the Father and the Son
(filioque)". the Council of Florence in 1438 explains: "The Holy
Spirit is eternally from Father and Son; He has his nature and subsistence at
once (simul) from the Father and the Son. He proceeds eternally from both as
from one principle and through one spiration... And, since the Father has
through generation given to the only-begotten Son everything that belongs to
the Father, except being Father, the Son has also eternally from the Father,
from whom he is eternally born, that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the
Son."
247 The affirmation of the
filioque does not appear in the Creed confessed in 381 at Constantinople. But
Pope St. Leo I, following an ancient Latin and Alexandrian tradition, had
already confessed it dogmatically in 447, even before Rome, in 451 at the
Council of Chalcedon, came to recognize and receive the Symbol of 381. the use
of this formula in the Creed was gradually admitted into the Latin liturgy
(between the eighth and eleventh centuries). the introduction of the filioque
into the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed by the Latin liturgy constitutes
moreover, even today, a point of disagreement with the Orthodox Churches.
248 At the outset the Eastern
tradition expresses the Father's character as first origin of the Spirit. By
confessing the Spirit as he "who proceeds from the Father", it
affirms that he comes from the Father through the Son. The Western tradition
expresses first the consubstantial communion between Father and Son, by saying
that the Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son (filioque). It says this,
"legitimately and with good reason", for the eternal order of
the divine persons in their consubstantial communion implies that the Father,
as "the principle without principle", is the first origin of the
Spirit, but also that as Father of the only Son, he is, with the Son, the
single principle from which the Holy Spirit proceeds. This legitimate
complementarity, provided it does not become rigid, does not affect the
identity of faith in the reality of the same mystery confessed.
Thursday Feast
Thursday
is the day of the week that our Lord gave himself up for consumption. Thursday
commemorates the last supper. Some theologians believe after Sunday Thursday is
the holiest day of the week. We should then try to make this day special by
making a visit to the blessed sacrament chapel, Mass or even stopping by the
grave of a loved one. Why not plan to count the blessing of the week and thank
our Lord. Plan a special meal. Be at Peace.
·
According to Mary Agreda[3]
in her visions it was on a Thursday at six o'clock in the evening and at the
approach of night that the Angel Gabriel approached and announced her as Mother
of God and she gave her fiat.
- Cocktails and Beer
- Strawberry-Blue Cheese Steak Salad
- Tourtieres
- French
Crecent Rolls
- Apple
Frangipane Phyllo Tart
Places to Visit in July[4]
Glacier National Park,
Montana
In
July, the stunning natural scenery at this spot is ablaze with color, and
thrill-seekers will find the Middle Fork Whitewater at its best, with water
levels perfect for an exhilarating raft ride!
I
love that the flowers are in full bloom, and the huckleberries are at their
sweetest from mid-July!
All the trails and roads are open in July, and I
personally think it’s the perfect time for a drive along the scenic
Going-To-The-Sun Road.
Miles of hiking trails traverse the park, and there is a
vast collection of exciting wildlife, including rare wolverines, Canadian Lynx
black bears, grizzlies, and mountain lions.
Although July is usually warm and temperate, I recommend
preparing for any eventuality as the weather can change on a whim, and parts of
the park are incredibly remote!
Visitor’s
Center Address: West Glacier, MT 59936
Average
temperature – 68.9 degrees
My highlights…
·
Driving along the going-to-the-sun road is one
of the most scenic journeys in the park, featuring an array of viewpoints.
·
Catching a sunrise at the hidden Two Medicine
landmark was an unforgettable experience!
·
Dipping my feet in Lake McDonald to cool down on
a hot day.
Rachel’s Corner-Protect
your children
When your child gains access to a digital device — their own, a friend, or at school — it is time to start the discussion.
Maybe you’re thinking this
subject doesn’t apply to you. You’d never allow your children to view
pornography! Keep reading. Don’t make the mistake of thinking your child will
never be exposed to it – either by accident or intentionally. Pornography is too
easy for a child to stumble upon, or seek out, or be shown by a friend. And it
is toxic. Beyond the fact that it obscures the truth of God’s plan for sex, it
can do harm in ways you might not expect.
·
Let
Freedom Ring Day 12 Freedom from Pornography
o
So, what can parents do to protect their
children from exposure to pornography?
First, parents
should make use of the protections and filters available to them. Since most of
the digital device’s kids use are portable (laptops, smartphones, and tablets),
parents should consider device filtering (as opposed to filters that work at the
modem level). There are several companies that offer this. Educate and Empower
Kids names these specifically as the best internet and phone filters of 2018:
§ K9Webprotection.com
§ Netnanny.com
§ Covenanteyes.com
§ Norton
Family
§ Qustodio
§ 120
Chapter 5
§ KidLogger
§ McAfee
§ Wigito
§ Surfie
by Pure Sight
Daily
Devotions
·
Unite in the work of the Porters of St. Joseph by joining them
in fasting: Conversion
of Sinners
·
do
a personal eucharistic stations of the cross.
·
Litany of the Most Precious
Blood of Jesus
·
Offering to
the sacred heart of Jesus
·
Rosary
[2]Blessed Sacrament Fathers, ST. ANN’S SHRINE, Cleveland, Ohio
[3] Venerable Mary of Agreda. The
Mystical City of God: Complete Edition Containing all Four Volumes with
Illustrations (p. 770). Veritatis Splendor Publications. Kindle Edition
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