Candace’s Corner-Make some St. Monica Tears
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Start your day with a lucky charm; grab
a lottery ticket and embrace the thrill of the unknown. Energize with a
potassium-packed breakfast for National
Banana Lovers Day. Engage in playful decision-making with World Rock
Paper Scissors Day – settle disputes or simply have fun with
friends. Honor The Duchess Who Wasn’t Day with an elegant or quirky outfit that
captures her spirit.
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Participate in a friendly competition for National Tug
of War Day – all you need is a rope and some enthusiastic pals.
Embrace the night with International
Bat Night; watch bat documentaries or go for a moonlit stroll.
Celebrate National
Petroleum Day with a focus on fueling your passions – whether it’s
art, music, or a new hobby.
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Indulge your sweet tooth for National Pots
De Creme Day – whip up a simple batch of this decadent dessert.
Throw caution to the wind for National Just
Because Day; seize the day with spontaneous acts of kindness or
adventure. In these unconventional celebrations, embrace the joy of
spontaneity, laughter, and shared experiences.
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30 DAY TRIBUTE TO MARY 13th ROSE: Urgent
Message of Our Lady of Fatima for Peace in the World
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Days of Women and Herbs – Frauendreissiger
§ Chamomile
(Matricaria recuita)
MEDICINAL PLANTS
Day 9 UNKNOWN
DISEASES-Revealed by
Heaven to Luz De María
INVOKE BLESSED
VIRGIN MARY
Though you
see the plague come with unknown diseases before which science will not be able
to create new ways to stop it, do not stagger in faith. Invoke me: HAIL MARY
MOST PURE, CONCEIVED WITHOUT SIN. But with faith the size of a mustard seed.
All will be kept away from you and from your families, with faith. Blessed
Virgin Mary, 08.12.2010
My People,
the Sun is emitting dangerous emanations towards the Earth; do not expose yourselves
to the Sun, unknown diseases produced by the Sun are appearing. Our Lord Jesus
Christ 10.09.2017
AUGUST 27 Tuesday-Memorial of Saint Monica
Sirach, Chapter 26, Verse 3
A good wife is a generous gift bestowed upon him who FEARS the Lord.
So, does this mean that if you don’t fear the Lord, you are to be cursed with a bad wife?
I don’t think that is the message here though; the
point is that if our primary relationship with the Lord is right then as a
natural result all our relationships will be improved. If you fear the Lord,
that is Love the Lord, then you will love those around you and not see others
as objects to be used but as people of worth and dignity. As a husband seek to
love your wife as Christ loved the church giving Himself up for her.
Today
we are a community living in the fulfillment of faith in Christ and He asks us
to do something unthinkable,
“Amen, amen, I say to you,
unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have
life within you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life,
and I will raise him on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood
is true drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in
him. Just as the living Father sent me and I have life because of the Father,
so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me. This is the bread
that came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died,
whoever eats this bread will live forever.” (John 6:53-58)
Be a good husbandman[1]
All men are called by God to be husbandmen. Some are called to the priesthood, and they may hear Christ saying to them:
Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. (Mt. 4:19)
Others
are called to the single life, and they may serve the Lord via their work and
there are those who are called to the married life, but all are husbandmen.
What makes a good husbandman?
Let
us look at St. Joseph as an example of a good husbandman.
· St. Joseph in all his dealings was humble.
· He was the provider and protector of
Mary and Jesus
· full of zeal
and great courage,
· Obedient to the will of
God. Yet he was not rash; and with prudence
pondered.
· His decisions trusting in
divine providence.
· He was a model of
workers and
· an example of
married life and chaste love.
· He valued prayer and the hidden life.
· He was ready for the call of a neighbor or to the call of God;
· He gave an immediate response.
· His was a life of
sacrifice; his was a life
of simplicity.
To
be a good husbandman is to:
“Do the ordinary in an
extraordinary way.”
Saint Monica[2]
St. Monica is an example of those holy matrons of the ancient Church who proved very influential in their own quiet way. Through prayer and tears she gave the great Augustine to the Church of God, and thereby earned for herself a place of honor in the history of God's kingdom on earth. The Confessions of St. Augustine provide certain biographical details. Born of Christian parents about the year 331 at Tagaste in Africa, Monica was reared under the strict supervision of an elderly nurse who had likewise reared her father. In the course of time, she was given in marriage to a pagan named Patricius. Besides other faults, he possessed a very irascible nature; it was in this school of suffering that Monica learned patience. It was her custom to wait until his anger had cooled; only then did she give a kindly remonstrance. Evil-minded servants had prejudiced her mother-in-law against her, but Monica mastered the situation by kindness and sympathy. Her marriage was blessed with three children: Navigius, Perpetua, who later became a nun, and Augustine, her problem child.
According to the custom of
the day, baptism was not administered to infants soon after birth. It was as an
adolescent that Augustine became a catechumen, but possibly through a
premonition of his future sinful life, Monica postponed his baptism even when
her son desired it during a severe illness. When Augustine was nineteen years
old, his father Patricius died; by patience and prayer Monica had obtained the
conversion of her husband. The youthful Augustine caused his mother untold
worry by indulging in every type of sin and dissipation. As a last resort after
all her tears and entreaties had proved fruitless, she forbade him entrance to
her home; but after a vision she received him back again. In her sorrow a
certain bishop consoled her: "Don't worry, it is impossible that a son of
so many tears should be lost."
When Augustine was
planning his journey to Rome, Monica wished to accompany him. He outwitted her,
however, and had already embarked when she arrived at the docks. Later she
followed him to Milan, ever growing in her attachment to God. St. Ambrose held
her in high esteem, and congratulated Augustine on having such a mother. At
Milan she prepared the way for her son's conversion. Finally, the moment came
when her tears of sorrow changed to tears of joy. Augustine was baptized. And
her lifework was completed. She died in her fifty-sixth year, as she was
returning to Africa. The description of her death is one of the most beautiful
passages in her son's famous “Confessions”.
The
Role of Woman as Mother[3]
Reflections on the richness and gift
of being a mother, thought provoking particularly on Marian feasts and saints
such as St. Monica. Woman is called to be a giver of life. Not physical life
alone, but life on the psychological and spiritual planes as well. Woman's
greatness lies in the sphere of nurture: in bearing, fostering, enlarging and
expanding life.
Motherhood, in its essence, is a
mystery of fecundity. All life on the earth is conceived and nurtured in
darkness, brought to birth, sustained and protected until it reaches maturity.
Motherhood is the fullness of this organic process, crowning nature with its
most perfect fruit--the human being. Mankind has always linked motherhood with
the mystery of nature's abundance. In literature and folklore, the warm and
fertile "Mother Earth" becomes the most common image of woman's
fruitfulness. "I sing of the earth, firmly founded mother of all,
supporting on her soil all that lives," wrote Homer, and poets ever since
have celebrated the mother's fecundity in everything budding, blossoming,
ripening, bearing fruit: the flowering meadow, the full blossoming rose, the
fair olive tree, the field of ripening grain, the vine laden with its rich, red
grapes.
The ancient pagans stood in wonder
before the life-giving power of woman, sensing that motherhood somehow
transcended nature to touch the divine. Christianity elevates and purifies the
truth which the pagan world could only glimpse. The triune God, the infinitely
fruitful, wills to make His creatures partake of His own creative power. Both
men and women reflect the divine creativity, but differently. The man as
father, generating new life, is an image of the eternal Father "from whom
all paternity in heaven and earth is named." The woman as mother,
nurturing the seed with her own substance, bearing the new life into the world,
bringing it to maturity, reflects God's nurturing love which sustains the
world. God Himself has told us that He stands as mother to us: "Shall not
I that make others to bring forth children myself bring forth, saith the Lord.
Shall I that give generation to others be barren? Hearken unto me, O house of
Jacob, who are born up by my womb. As one whom the mother caresses, so will I
comfort you."
But the supreme realization of woman's
fecundity lies in the spiritual order. At the summit of human fruitfulness
stands Mary, the mother of Jesus. The fruit of her womb is the very Son of God,
and by her Son's word on the cross she has become the mother of all the living,
the dispenser of God's graces throughout all ages. And since Our Lady is the
exemplar of womanhood, every woman in a certain sense has a part in Mary’s
maternal role. Every woman is meant to share in nurturing the Christ-life in
the souls of men. The Christian woman in marriage cannot be content to give her
children natural life alone; she must also be their spiritual mother, educating
them as members of God's family and like St. Monica, being "in labor of
them" as often as she sees them swerving from Him. In her role as
spiritual mother woman uses the resources of her maternal instincts and
capacities at their most exalted level.
Pots de Creme Day[4]
” From the French have come many excellent things.
Nothing related to wartime, mind you, but if you’re looking for ways to enjoy
the finer things in life there are no wiser people. Take the Pots de Creme, for
instance, a truly decadent preparation that is quite possibly the king of
desserts.” Anonymous
Rich, creamy, delectable. Pots de
Creme are one of the greatest inventions of the 17th Century, and they’ve
remained a favorite treat in the centuries since. Pots de Creme Day celebrates
these delicious treats and their long history. In the 17th-century Pots de
Creme started becoming popular and were originally created filling crusts like
a pie. As time went on they were made in smaller portions and the crust was
eliminated. While it remains incredibly popular, many people have difficulty
pronouncing it. It is not, as the name suggests, “Pawts deh Creem”, but in fact
is pronounced “Po de Krehm”. But no matter how you pronounce it, it’ absolutely
delicious and a complete breeze to make! Pots de Creme are, at their most
basic, just four ingredients, but once you master the basic recipe a whole
world of possibility opens up. Fruit flavors were incredibly common, especially
when prepared with fresh fruit, or you could enjoy them as a rich chocolate or
butterscotch. Really, there was no end to what these little custards could be.
That’s right! These are lightly prepared custards, but the French didn’t have a
word for custard, so they called them Pots de Creme.
How to Celebrate
Pots de Creme day is an excellent
opportunity for you to discover the ease with which they can be made and the
unlimited variety that comes out of one simple recipe. First, start off with a
basic vanilla version.
Pots de Creme
6 cups heavy cream
1 ½c whole milk
¾t kosher salt
1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
18 large egg yolks
¾c sugar
Whipped Cream (for serving)
Begin by putting a rack on the middle
space of an oven and begin preheating until it reaches 300F. Blend together the
milk, salt, and cream in a large pot, split the vanilla bean and scrape the
seeds into it. Slowly bring the pot to a simmer over medium heat, stirring to
prevent the bottom from burning. While that heats, whisk the egg yolks and
sugar until they reach a light golden color, and then pour the hot cream into
the yolk blend, whisking until smooth. Then strain it through a fine sieve into
a pitcher. Place the ramekins on a roasting pan and fill each of them until
they’re half full. Bake for 25-30 minutes, and then cool in a water bath for 5
minutes. Then transfer it to a wire rack and let them cool down. Place in a
refrigerator and allow to chill for four hours.
Top with whipped cream and serve!
Catechism of the Catholic Church
THE MYSTERIES OF JESUS' INFANCY AND HIDDEN LIFE
Day 74
The preparations
522 The coming of God's Son to
earth is an event of such immensity that God willed to prepare for it over
centuries. He makes everything converge on Christ: all the rituals and
sacrifices, figures and symbols of the "First Covenant". He announces
him through the mouths of the prophets who succeeded one another in Israel.
Moreover, he awakens in the hearts of the pagans a dim expectation of this
coming.
523 St. John the Baptist is the
Lord's immediate precursor or forerunner, sent to prepare his
way. "Prophet of the Most High", John surpasses all the
prophets, of whom he is the last. He inaugurates the Gospel, already from
his mother's womb welcomes the coming of Christ, and rejoices in being
"the friend of the bridegroom", whom he points out as "the Lamb
of God, who takes away the sin of the world". Going before Jesus
"in the spirit and power of Elijah", John bears witness to Christ in
his preaching, by his Baptism of conversion, and through his martyrdom.
524 When the Church celebrates
the liturgy of Advent each year, she makes present this ancient expectancy of
the Messiah, for by sharing in the long preparation for the Savior’s first
coming, the faithful renew their ardent desire for his second coming. By
celebrating the precursor's birth and martyrdom, the Church unites herself to
his desire: "He must increase, but I must decrease."
The Christmas mystery
525 Jesus was born in a humble stable, into a poor family. Simple shepherds were the first witnesses to this event. In this poverty heaven's glory was made manifest. The Church never tires of singing the glory of this night:
The Virgin
today brings into the world the Eternal
and the
earth offers a cave to the Inaccessible.
The angels
and shepherds praise him
and the magi
advance with the star,
For you are
born for us,
Little
Child, God eternal!
526 To become a child in
relation to God is the condition for entering the kingdom. For this, we
must humble ourselves and become little. Even more: to become "children of
God" we must be "born from above" or "born of God". Only
when Christ is formed in us will the mystery of Christmas be fulfilled in
us. Christmas is the mystery of this "marvellous exchange":
O marvellous exchange! Man's Creator has become man, born of the Virgin. We have been made sharers in the divinity of Christ who humbled himself to share our humanity.
Daily
Devotions
·
Unite in the work of the Porters of St. Joseph by joining them
in fasting: Protection
of Life from Conception until natural death.
·
Make
reparations to the Holy Face-Tuesday
Devotion
·
Pray Day 7 of
the Novena for our Pope and Bishops
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Tuesday:
Litany of St. Michael the Archangel
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Religion
in the Home for Preschool: August
·
Litany of the Most Precious
Blood of Jesus
·
Offering to
the sacred heart of Jesus
·
Rosary
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