DAY 15 – VIRGIN MOST PRUDENT, PRAY THAT WE RECEIVE THE GIFT OF FEAR OF THE LORD!
Rachel’s Corner
The beloved of the LORD, he abides in safety beside
him; He shelters him all day long; the beloved abides at his breast.
Deuteronomy 33:12
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DAY TRIBUTE TO MARY 15th ROSE: Transfiguration of Jesus
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Days of Women and Herbs – Frauendreissiger
MEDICINAL PLANTS Day 15 IMMUNE SYSTEM-Revealed by Heaven to Luz
De María
ECHINACEA
Boosts the immune system, given that it is a natural antibiotic capable of
activating leukocite production. Anti-inflammatory. Adjuvant in combating
infectious processes, viruses and bacteria. Echinacea has the following
properties regarding the immune system: Reinforces immune system. Maintains the
defenses of the organism. Fights intestinal bactericide infections. Expectorant
and antibiotic.
GINGER
Scientific name: Echinacea purpurea Family: Asteraceae
Scientific
name: Zingiber officinale Family: Zingiberaceae Ginger has the following
properties: Reinforces immune system. Maintains the defenses of the organism.
Fights intestinal bactericide infections. Expectorant and antibiotic.
As mother, I ask you observe, as part of your diet for life, the daily need to ingest VITAMIN C, to ingest raw garlic or ginger daily. Blessed Virgin Mary, 03.12.2017
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How to celebrate Aug 29th
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Start
your day by standing up for what’s right! Reflect on the importance of
individual rights while sipping on a refreshing glass of lemon juice. Recharge
with a sprinkle of positivity to kickstart your day.
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Head
out and explore local pottery, honoring the traditional craft on Potteries
Bottle Oven Day. Immerse yourself in history by visiting a nearby pottery
museum or trying your hand at pottery-making at home. Unleash your creativity
and discover the artist within.
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For
lunch, celebrate diversity with a taste of chop suey, embracing different
flavors and cultures on National Chop Suey Day. Experiment in the kitchen by
whipping up your own version of this classic dish or support a local Asian
restaurant.
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In
the afternoon, advocate for peace and unity on International Day Against
Nuclear Tests. Educate yourself on the impacts of nuclear testing and engage in
discussions with friends and family on ways to promote global peace.
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As
the day winds down, relax and unwind with a game of cards, honoring According
to Hoyle Day. Gather your loved ones for a friendly game night, following the
official rules of card games or creating your own variations for added fun.
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End
the day on a healthy note by reducing your salt intake on More Herbs, Less Salt
Day. Whip up a delicious herb-infused dinner to nourish your body and soul,
savoring the flavors of fresh ingredients.
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Embrace
the spirit of these unique holidays by cherishing individual rights, honoring
traditions, celebrating diversity, advocating for peace, enjoying leisure time,
and prioritizing health and wellness. Let each holiday inspire you to make the
most of every moment.
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Today
is Michael Jackson’s birthday RIP
Best Place to visit in August: Lake
Tahoe, California
Lake Tahoe in California is a stunning beauty
spot and during the summer it offers incredible scenery, outdoor activities and
local festivals.
There are many gorgeous hotels resorts here
all with superb lake views and the huge range of activities on offer including
excellent hiking and biking trails, boating, kayaking, paddle-boarding,
parasailing, farmer’s markets, live music, festivals and swimming. Some of the
best beaches include the sandy Pope Beach, Kiva Beach and Baldwin Beach.
I loved the summer concert performances at
the Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena, which regularly attracts big name,s and the free
concerts at Lakeview Commons.
I definitely recommend checking out Tahoe’s
nightclubs and casinos as well, it’s a buzzing spot!
- Visitor’s
Center Address: 1901 Lisa Maloff Way, South Lake Tahoe,
CA 96150
- Map Location
- Average
temperatures – 78.8 degrees
My highlights…
- Cycling
along the paved trails which took me past gorgeous mountain scenery.
- Taking
a ride on the Heavenly Mountain Gondola and seeing breathtaking views of
Lake Tahoe and the surrounding mountains.
- Enjoying
live music and an incredible atmosphere at the Free Summer Concert
Series on the Beach.
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.
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According
to Mary Agreda[1] 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.
- Smoked Salmon Quiche
- Herbed Garlic Potatoes
- Creamy Spinach & Potato Soup
- Burnt Custard
AUGUST 29 Thursday-Passion of
Saint John the Baptist
Mark, Chapter
6, Verse 20
Herod FEARED John, knowing him to be a
righteous and holy man, and kept him in custody. When he heard him speak, he
was very much perplexed, yet he liked to listen to him.
Christ
asks us to not be afraid; remember that those who are controlled by the devil
are always deathly afraid. Therefore, trust in Him and remember that according
to the Talmud God says to us: With thy very
wounds I will heal thee. If you are unhappy, it is because of sin, therefore
seek the healing that Christ gives in the sacrament of confession and receive
joyfully the Holy Eucharist.
I find it
interesting to note the John the Baptist the last prophet and Paul the apostle
who was probably the first prophet after the resurrection where both beheaded.
Peter was crucified like our Lord on the same day as Paul but upside down in
humility. Quo Vadis Francisco.
Martyrdom of John the Baptist[1]
The drunken oath of a king with a shallow sense of honor, a seductive dance and the hateful heart of a queen combined to bring about the martyrdom of John the Baptist. The greatest of prophets suffered the fate of so many Old Testament prophets before him: rejection and martyrdom. The “voice crying in the desert” did not hesitate to accuse the guilty, did not hesitate to speak the truth.
But why? What possesses a man that he would give up his
very life?
This great religious reformer was sent by
God to prepare the people for the Messiah. His vocation was one of selfless
giving. The only power that he claimed was the Spirit of Yahweh. “I am
baptizing you with water, for repentance, but the one who is coming after me is
mightier than I. I am not worthy to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with
the Holy Spirit and fire” (Matthew 3:11). Scripture tells us that many
people followed John looking to him for hope, perhaps in anticipation of some
great messianic power. John never allowed himself the false honor of receiving
these people for his own glory. He knew his calling was one of preparation.
When the time came, he led his disciples to Jesus: “The next day John was there
again with two of his disciples, and as he watched Jesus walk by, he said,
‘Behold, the Lamb of God.’ The two disciples heard what he said and followed
Jesus” (John 1:35-37). It is John the Baptist who has pointed the way to
Christ. John’s life and death were a giving over of self for God and other
people. His simple style of life was one of complete detachment from earthly
possessions. His heart was centered on God and the call that he heard from the
Spirit of God speaking to his heart. Confident of God’s grace, he had the
courage to speak words of condemnation, repentance, and salvation.
Reflection
Each of us has a calling to which we must listen. No one will ever repeat the mission of John, and yet
all of us are called to that very mission. It is the role of the Christian to
witness to Jesus. Whatever our position in this world, we are called to be
disciples of Christ. By our words and deeds, others should realize that we live
in the joy of knowing that Jesus is Lord. We do not have to depend upon our own
limited resources but can draw strength from the vastness of Christ’s saving
grace.
Things to Do:[2]
- Read
more about this feast:
- Read
this article, St. John the Baptist: Martyr for the Truth about Marriage.
- Watch
this informational video at Gloria
TV.
- See
Catholic Cuisine for feast day food ideas.
- Visit
Christian Iconography for images of St. John the
Baptist.
- It
is uncertain where the head of St. John the Baptist is. There are 4 purported heads around the world. There is also the
relics of his arm and finger. It is hard to sift through
authentic relics at times. It was a lucrative attraction to have popular
saints' relics and sacred objects. The pilgrimages to venerate the relics
financially helped regions. And with the destruction of various churches
and abbeys during revolutions (such as in France) and persecutions (such
as in England), it makes the provenance even harder to track down.
Day 76
III. THE MYSTERIES OF JESUS'
PUBLIC LIFE
The baptism of Jesus
535 Jesus' public life begins
with his baptism by John in the Jordan. John preaches "a baptism of
repentance for the forgiveness of sins". A crowd of sinners -
tax collectors and soldiers, Pharisees and Sadducees, and prostitutes - come to
be baptized by him. "Then Jesus appears." the Baptist hesitates, but
Jesus insists and receives baptism. Then the Holy Spirit, in the form of a
dove, comes upon Jesus and a voice from heaven proclaims, "This is my
beloved Son." This is the manifestation ("Epiphany") of Jesus
as Messiah of Israel and Son of God.
536 The baptism of Jesus is on
his part the acceptance and inauguration of his mission as God's suffering
Servant. He allows himself to be numbered among sinners; he is already
"the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world". Already
he is anticipating the "baptism" of his bloody death. Already he
is coming to "fulfil all righteousness", that is, he is submitting
himself entirely to his Father's will: out of love he consents to this baptism
of death for the remission of our sins. The Father's voice responds to the
Son's acceptance, proclaiming his entire delight in his Son. The Spirit
whom Jesus possessed in fullness from his conception comes to "rest on
him". Jesus will be the source of the Spirit for all mankind. At his
baptism "the heavens were opened" - the heavens that Adam's sin
had closed - and the waters were sanctified by the descent of Jesus and the
Spirit, a prelude to the new creation.
537 Through Baptism the
Christian is sacramentally assimilated to Jesus, who in his own baptism
anticipates his death and resurrection. the Christian must enter into this
mystery of humble self-abasement and repentance, go down into the water with
Jesus in order to rise with him, be reborn of water and the Spirit so as to
become the Father's beloved son in the Son and "walk in newness of
life":
Let us be
buried with Christ by Baptism to rise with him; let us go down with him to be
raised with him; and let us rise with him to be glorified with him.
Everything
that happened to Christ lets us know that, after the bath of water, the Holy
Spirit swoops down upon us from high heaven and that, adopted by the Father's
voice, we become sons of God.
Jesus' temptations
538 The Gospels speak of a time of solitude for Jesus in the desert immediately after his baptism by John. Driven by the Spirit into the desert, Jesus remains there for forty days without eating; he lives among wild beasts, and angels minister to him. At the end of this time Satan tempts him three times, seeking to compromise his filial attitude toward God. Jesus rebuffs these attacks, which recapitulate the temptations of Adam in Paradise and of Israel in the desert, and the devil leaves him "until an opportune time".
539 The evangelists indicate
the salvific meaning of this mysterious event: Jesus is the new Adam who
remained faithful just where the first Adam had given in to temptation. Jesus
fulfils Israel's vocation perfectly: in contrast to those who had once provoked
God during forty years in the desert, Christ reveals himself as God's Servant,
totally obedient to the divine will. In this, Jesus is the devil's conqueror:
he "binds the strong man" to take back his plunder. Jesus'
victory over the tempter in the desert anticipates victory at the Passion, the
supreme act of obedience of his filial love for the Father.
540 Jesus' temptation reveals
the way in which the Son of God is Messiah, contrary to the way Satan proposes
to him and the way men wish to attribute to him. This is why Christ
vanquished the Tempter for us: "For we have not a high priest who is
unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been
tested as we are, yet without sinning." By the solemn forty days of
Lent the Church unites herself each year to the mystery of Jesus in the desert.
International Day against Nuclear
Tests[3]
The International Day against Nuclear Tests seeks to raise
awareness about the negative effects of nuclear weapons and the need to achieve
a nuclear-weapon-free world. The day also serves to educate people everywhere
about the need to ban nuclear weapon tests in order to ensure world safety.
Since the first nuclear test in 1945, over 2,000 nuclear tests have been
carried out and led to accidents, such as the Chernobyl, Ukraine accident of
1986, ending in tragedy, long-term radiation poisoning and atmospheric damage.
International Day against Nuclear Tests was declared by the United Nations General
Assembly in December 2009. It is observed every year on the 29th of August, a
day that commemorates the 1991 closure of the Soviet Semipalatinsk site, the
world's largest nuclear testing facility, in the former Soviet Republic of
Kazakhstan.
International
Day against Nuclear Tests Facts & Quotes
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The US, the Soviet Union and France have carried
out the most nuclear tests over the past 6 decades, with 1,032, 715 and 210
respectively.
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The cost of the Manhattan Project, where the
first nuclear bomb was ever built, is estimated to have cost $20 Billion.
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The total number of nuclear missiles built from
the year 1951 to the present is 67,500.
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There is an estimated total of 16,400 nuclear
weapons on Earth today.
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So long as nuclear weapons continue to exist, so
will the temptation to threaten others with overwhelming military force. –
Daisaku Ikeda, Buddhist philosopher, educator, author and anti-nuclear
activist.
Top
Events and Things to Do
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Watch a movie or documentary about nuclear
disasters. Some suggestions are: The Day After (1983), Threads
(1984), Trinity and Beyond (1995), Fukushima Nuclear Disaster and
Seconds from Disaster: Meltdown at Chernobyl.
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Read a book about nuclear issues in the world
today. Some suggestions are: Contesting the Future of Nuclear Power
(2011), In Mortal Hands (2009), and Nuclear or Not? Does Nuclear
Power Have a Place in a Sustainable Energy Future? (2007).
· Spread awareness about the day by using the hashtag #InternationalDayAgainstNuclearWeapons, #notonuclear #againstnucleartests.
Daily
Devotions
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Unite in the work of the Porters of St. Joseph by joining them
in fasting: The
Sick, afflicted, and infirmed
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do
a personal eucharistic stations of the cross.
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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]https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2019-08-29
[4] Venerable Mary of Agreda. The
Mystical City of God: Complete Edition Containing all Four Volumes with
Illustrations (p. 770). Veritatis Splendor Publications. Kindle Edition
[1] 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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