Claire’s
Corner
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30
Days of Women and Herbs – Frauendreissiger
o Day 4 Groundpine (Lycopodium clavatum)
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MEDICINAL
PLANTS Day 4 Digestive System-Revealed by
Heaven to Luz De María
o
ROSEMARY Scientific name: Rosmarinus
officinalis L. Family: Lamiaceae Stimulates gastric and intestinal juices.
Eliminates spasms, reduces gases, colic and flatulence. Used in gallbladder
conditions and dyspepsia.
o Use
mullein and rosemary in discreet amounts. Blessed Virgin Mary, 28.01.2016
AUGUST 18 Thirteenth Sunday after
Pentecost
Proverbs, Chapter 2, Verse 1-12
1
My son, if you receive my words and treasure my
commands 2
Turning your ear to wisdom, inclining your heart to understanding; 3 Yes, if you call for
intelligence, and to understanding raise your voice; 4 If you seek her like
silver, and like hidden treasures search her out, 5 Then will you
understand the FEAR of the LORD; the
knowledge of God you will find; 6
For the LORD gives wisdom, from his mouth come knowledge and understanding; 7 He has success in
store for the upright, is the shield of those who walk honestly, 8 Guarding the paths
of justice, protecting the way of his faithful ones, 9 Then you will
understand what is right and just, what is fair, every good path; 10 For
wisdom will enter your heart, knowledge will be at home in your soul, 11 Discretion will
watch over you, understanding will guard you; 12 Saving you from the
way of the wicked, from those whose speech is perverse.
What is it that your treasure?
Wherever your treasure is, that is where your heart is, and our hearts are made for the Lord. Fear of the Lord means that we have a father/son relationship of care, respect and love. Our God does not want to be objectified as some obtainable good. Nor does our God want to be appeased with our prayers and obedience. God is not a insurance agent that guarantees us against losses if we pay our premiums in prayers. If God is our treasure, he is our star, our life, our everything.
I am reminded of the love of Don Quixote in the play “Man from La Mancha”. If God is our treasure, he should be our Impossible Dream because we are His.
ON KEEPING THE LORDS DAY HOLY[1]
CHAPTER
V
DIES
DIERUM
Sunday:
The Primordial
Feast, Revealing the Meaning of Time
CONCLUSION
87. Dear Brothers and Sisters, the
imminence of the Jubilee invites us to a deeper spiritual and pastoral
commitment. Indeed, this is its true purpose. In the Jubilee year, much will be
done to give it the particular stamp demanded by the ending of the Second
Millennium and the beginning of the Third since the Incarnation of the Word of
God. But this year and this special time will pass, as we look to other
jubilees and other solemn events. As the weekly "solemnity", however,
Sunday will continue to shape the time of the Church's pilgrimage, until that
Sunday which will know no evening.
Therefore, dear Brother Bishops and
Priests, I urge you to work tirelessly with the faithful to ensure that the
value of this sacred day is understood and lived ever more deeply. This will
bear rich fruit in Christian communities and will not fail to have a positive
influence on civil society as a whole.
In coming to know the Church, which
every Sunday joyfully celebrates the mystery from which she draws her life, may
the men and women of the Third Millennium come to know the Risen Christ. And
constantly renewed by the weekly commemoration of Easter, may Christ's
disciples be ever more credible in proclaiming the Gospel of salvation and ever
more effective in building the civilization of love.
My blessing to you all!
From
the Vatican, on 31 May, the Solemnity of Pentecost, in the year 1998, the
twentieth of my Pontificate.
Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost[2]
UNITE your voice with the Church in the Introit of the Mass, and pray for assistance against her enemies. “Have regard, O Lord, to Thy covenant, and forsake not, unto the end, the souls of Thy poor: Arise, O Lord, and judge Thy cause, and forget not the voices of them that seek Thee. O God, why hast Thou cut us off unto the end? Why is Thy wrath enkindled against the sheep of Thy pasture”?
Prayer. O
almighty and eternal God, grant to us an increase of faith, hope, and charity;
and that we may deserve to obtain what Thou promisest, make us love what Thou
commandest.
EPISTLE. Gal. iii. 16-22.
Brethren: To Abraham were the promises made, and to
his seed. He saith not: And to his seeds, as of many: but as of one: And to thy
seed, which is Christ. Now this I say, that the testament which was confirmed
by God: the law, which was made after four hundred and thirty years, doth not
annul, to make the promise of no effect. For if the inheritance be of the law,
it is no more of promise. But God gave it to Abraham by promise. Why then was
the law? It was set because of transgressions, until the seed should come, to
whom He made the promise, being ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
Now a mediator is not of one: but God is one. Was the law then against the
promises of God? God forbid. For if there had been a law given which could give
life, verily justice should have been by the law. But the Scripture hath
concluded all under sin, that the promise by the faith of Jesus Christ might be
given to them that believe.
Explanation. St. Paul
shows the Galatians that they could not be justified by the Mosaic law, but
only by active faith. The promise, he says, which God gave to Abraham, that all
nations should be saved through faith in one of his seed, pointed to Christ.
Even the Scriptures tell us that, notwithstanding the law and its sacrifices,
the Jews remained sinners; it could not, therefore, by itself, justify man. It
follows, therefore, that salvation was to be gained only through Jesus, Who
delivered men from the Jewish law. Let us, then, by active faith in Him, make
use of this grace for eternity.
GOSPEL. Luke xvii. 11-19
An increase in faith,
hope, and love.
At that time,
as Jesus was going to Jerusalem, He passed through the midst of Samaria in
Galilee. And as he entered into a certain town, there met Him ten men that were
lepers who stood afar oft: and lifted up their voice, saying: Jesus, Master,
have mercy on us. Whom when He saw, He said: Go, show yourselves to the
priests. And it came to pass, as they went, they were made clean. And one of
them, when he saw that he was made clean, went back, with a loud voice
glorifying God, and he fell on his face, before His feet, giving thanks; and
this was a Samaritan. And Jesus answering, said: Were not ten made clean? and
where are the nine? There is no one found to return and give glory to God, but
this stranger. And He said to him: Arise, go thy way: for thy faith hath made
thee whole.
What, in a spiritual sense, does leprosy mean?
In
a spiritual sense leprosy means sin, especially the sin of impurity. The Jewish
law divided leprosy into three kinds, namely, that of the flesh, that of
garments, and that of houses.
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The
leprosy of the flesh may be likened to the impure, who easily corrupt others.
·
the
leprosy of garments, to luxury of dress and scandalous fashions, by which not
only souls are seduced into sin, but many families and communities are brought
to poverty and plunged into eternal ruin.
·
the
leprosy of houses, to places where wicked and immoral servants are kept; where
immodest dances and plays occur, where licentious acts are committed, where
meetings are allowed and encouraged to the injury of virtue and of our neighbor’s
honor, where assistance or advice is given in wicked undertakings of any sort.
Why did the lepers stand afar off?
Because
it was thus commanded by the Jewish law, so that no one might catch contagion
from them. From this we learn that we must as carefully shun scandalous
persons, companies, and houses, as we would the plague. He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled with
it, and he that hath fellowship with the proud shall put on pride.” (Ecclus.
xiii. 1).
Why did Jesus ask for the nine others who also were
made clean?
To
show how greatly ingratitude displeases Him. Injuries to Himself He generally
submitted to in silence; but this ingratitude He would not suffer to pass
uncondemned. So great a sin is ingratitude. On this account St. Bernard says, “Ingratitude
is an enemy of the soul that destroys merit, corrupts virtue, and prevents
grace. It is a scorching wind that dries up the fountain of the goodness and
the mercy of God.”
Why does God require us to be grateful?
This
question St. Chrysostom answers very beautifully by saying: “God requires
gratitude of us only that He may confer on us new graces.” Then let us not
forget to thank Him morning and evening; before and after meals; as often as
you recognize His blessing in your house, in your children, in your property,
your cattle, your fields, your fruits. St. Augustine says: “We cannot think,
speak, or write anything better or more acceptable than, Thanks be to God!”
Instruction on The
Sacrament of Holy Orders.
“Go, show yourselves to the priests” Luke xvii. 14.
What is Holy Orders?
A
sacrament in which the priestly power is conferred on the candidate, together
with a special grace to discharge its sacred functions.
What is the outward sign of this sacrament?
The
laying on of hands and the prayer of the bishop, and the presentation of the
chalice with bread and wine, together with the verbal communication of
authority to change the bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ, and
to remit and retain sins.
When did Christ institute this sacrament?
At
the Last Supper, when, after changing the bread into His true body, and the
wine into His true blood, He said to His apostles, “Do this for a commemoration
of Me” (Luke xxii. 19).
Are Holy Orders reckoned a sacrament by the apostles?
Yes,
for St. Paul admonishes His disciple Timothy to stir up the grace of God
received by the imposition of his hands. Hereby St. Paul teaches expressly that
by the imposition of the hands of the apostles, or of the bishops, who are
their successors, the grace of God is imparted to priests, in which consists of
the substance of the sacrament. Pray, then, for the priests, asking fervently
of God, particularly on ember-days, to give His Church faithful pastors. Jesus
Himself commands it, saying, the harvest indeed is great, but the laborers are
few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest that He send laborers into His Harvest”
(Luke x. 2).
Catechism of the Catholic Church
PART
ONE: THE PROFESSION OF FAITH
SECTION TWO-I. THE CREEDS
CHAPTER TWO
I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY SON OF GOD
Article 3-"HE WAS CONCEIVED BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,
AND WAS BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY"
Paragraph
1. THE SON OF GOD BECAME MAN
Day 65
I. WHY DID THE WORD BECOME
FLESH?
456 With the Nicene Creed, we
answer by confessing: "For us men and for our salvation he came down from
heaven; by the power of the Holy Spirit, he became incarnate of the Virgin
Mary, and was made man."
457 The Word became flesh for
us in order to save us by reconciling us with God, who "loved us and sent
his Son to be the expiation for our sins": "the Father has sent his
Son as the Saviour of the world", and "he was revealed to take away
sins":
Sick, our nature demanded to be
healed; fallen, to be raised up; dead, to rise again. We had lost the
possession of the good; it was necessary for it to be given back to us. Closed
in the darkness, it was necessary to bring us the light; captives, we awaited a
Savior; prisoners, help; slaves, a liberator. Are these things minor or
insignificant? Did they not move God to descend to human nature and visit it,
since humanity was in so miserable and unhappy a state?
458 The Word became flesh so
that thus we might know God's love: "In this the love of God was made
manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might
live through him." "For God so loved the world that he gave his
only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal
life."
459 The Word became flesh to be
our model of holiness: "Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me."
"I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father,
but by me." On the mountain of the Transfiguration, the Father
commands: "Listen to him!" Jesus is the model for the Beatitudes
and the norm of the new law: "Love one another as I have loved
you." This love implies an effective offering of oneself, after his
example.
460 The Word became flesh to
make us "partakers of the divine nature": "For this is why
the Word became man, and the Son of God became the Son of man: so that man, by
entering into communion with the Word and thus receiving divine sonship, might
become a son of God." "For the Son of God became man so that we
might become God." "The only-begotten Son of God, wanting to
make us sharers in his divinity, assumed our nature, so that he, made man,
might make men gods."
II. THE INCARNATION
461 Taking up St. John's
expression, "The Word became flesh", The Church calls
"Incarnation" the fact that the Son of God assumed a human nature in
order to accomplish our salvation in it. In a hymn cited by St. Paul, the
Church sings the mystery of the Incarnation:
Have this
mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in
the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but
emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of
men. and being found in human form he humbled himself and became obedient unto
death, even death on a cross.
462 The Letter to the Hebrews
refers to the same mystery:
Consequently,
when Christ came into the world, he said, "Sacrifices and offerings you
have not desired, but a body have you prepared for me; in burnt offerings and
sin offerings you have taken no pleasure. Then I said, Lo, I have come to do
your will, O God."
463 Belief in the true
Incarnation of the Son of God is the distinctive sign of Christian faith:
"By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit which confesses that
Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God." Such is the joyous
conviction of the Church from her beginning whenever she sings "the
mystery of our religion": "He was manifested in the flesh."
·
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.
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Unite in the work of the Porters of St. Joseph by joining them
in fasting: Conversion
of Sinners
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Religion
in the Home for Preschool: August
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Litany of the Most Precious
Blood of Jesus
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Offering to
the sacred heart of Jesus
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Rosary
[2]Goffine’s Devout Instructions, 1896.
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