· Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival Call it an excuse to party: Come Sept. 17, 2024, the 3-day Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival begins. In mainland China, the annual festival is the second biggest holiday of the year (right behind the country’s spring festival).
§ My father is planning on going out to a Chinese buffet and then go to the smoking section at a Casino and play his lucky money on the Dragon Train Slot machine while smoking a cigar.
· Tue. September 17th Full Harvest Moon
· Constitution Day Celebrate Constitution Day and the anniversary of the signing of the US Constitution with a trip to Washington, DC, on September 17. The National Archives has the original Constitution on display in the Rotunda, along with the Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence. Make the most out of your trip to DC and pay a visit to the Smithsonian museums and monuments along the National Mall.
· Historically it is the commemoration of the Imprinting of the Holy Stigmata on the Body of St. Francis
§ Watch the Count of Monte Cristo
o Wake up to some country music tunes to get in the mood for the day ahead.
o Start the day with a hearty breakfast of apple dumplings to fuel your adventures.
o Head to a local table shuffleboard spot for a friendly game or two.
o Visit a museum or historical site to learn more about the constitution and its impact.
o Indulge in a delicious Monte Cristo sandwich for lunch or dinner.
ST. HILDEGARDE-Constitution Day-Full Harvest Moon
Luke, Chapter 7,
Verse 16
FEAR
seized them all, and they glorified God, exclaiming, “A great prophet has
arisen in our midst,” and “God has visited his people.”
This
was said after Jesus had raised the widow’s son in Nain. There exists no better
model for Godly leadership than our Lord. Everything he said he did. He had
compassion for the high and the low. He had compassion for this poor widow. He
looked around him and where he saw misery; he acted. He healed the sick, cast
out evil spirits and raised the dead. They came to Him broken and empty, and He
filled them with faith, hope and love as well as taking physical action to help
with their suffering. His focus was to restore the widow her son: to restore
the family which is the true tabernacle of the Holy Spirit.
St. Hildegarde[1]
Called the "Sibyl of the Rhine," Hildegard of Bingen became the most
famous mystic and prophet of her time. Her writings and music are still found
in all major bookstores, and no woman saint is more popular in her native
Germany. When she was eight, she was placed in a convent, where she later
became abbess. She was a biblical exegete, visionary, preacher, composer, and
herbalist, who corresponded with the major royalty and church leaders of her
day, including four popes. Her greatest vision came when she was forty-two,
which is recorded in her famous Scrivias, or Know the Ways of the Lord,
a treatise whose magnificence rivals William Blake's visionary work.
Hildegard's spiritual writings found approval during her lifetime, and her
lectures on the spiritual life drew crowds from all over Europe. She wrote prolifically
on topics as varied as history and drama, politics and liturgical poetry. Her
monastery joyfully sang the praises she wrote. During the last year of her
life, when she was eighty-one, she entered into a conflict with ecclesiastical
authorities because she allowed a young man who had been excommunicated to be
buried in her abbey cemetery, and her convent was placed under interdict. It is
probably that, for this reason, Hildegard was never formally canonized,
although she is found in all major saints' books and her cult was approved
locally because of so many miracles reported at her tomb.
— Excerpted from Women Saints, Madonna Sophia Compton
Things to Do:
·
Learn
more about St.
Hildegarde.
·
Visit
Hildegard's
Medieval Garden
·
St.
Hildegard was a composer, visit this page to read more.
· Read St. Hildegard of Bingen: A Visionary for All Time
St. Hildegarde’s Vision of Present Times[2]
The Black Pig (1991-present)
It is an open question as to how future historians will view the West since 1991 and what sort of titles will be used to characterize the period. From the experience of the last quarter century, one might be tempted to call it “The Age of Globalization”. The dominant themes have been free trade, elimination of borders and for much of Europe, a common market, passport, and currency. This title also suits the continuing migrations of millions to Europe from the Middle East and Africa.
Note that Hildegard states clearly
that she is referring only to the era’s “leaders” in her description. The
generation of leaders since the 1990s have not been, in general, the same type
of people as their predecessors. Today’s leaders tend to be pro-abortion
and pro-homosexual marriage, imposing many laws, like Obergefell vs.
Hodges, that are contrary to Christian teaching.
Hildegard writes:
“…[T]his epoch will have leaders who blacken themselves in misery and wallow in the mud of impurity. They will infringe the divine law by fornication and other like evils and will plot to diverge from the holiness of God’s commands”
As the agenda of political
correctness, gender theory, homosexuality, race, etc., gradually became more
radicalized in the higher educational system through the 70s and 80s, naturally
so have our leaders who were educated in those times. Think of Clinton, Blair,
Obama, Trudeau, Cameron, Holland, Merkel, etc.; think also of the thousands of
their political appointees, including judges, that further the cause of
political correctness, the goals of which “infringe the divine law”. Historian
Paul Johnson has described it in terms of social engineering and
referred to it as “the salient evil of our time”.
Catechism of the Catholic
Church
Day 95
The Church's ultimate trial
675 Before Christ's second
coming the Church must pass through a final trial that will shake the faith of
many believers. The persecution that accompanies her pilgrimage on
earth will unveil the "mystery of iniquity" in the form of a religious
deception offering men an apparent solution to their problems at the price of
apostasy from the truth. the supreme religious deception is that of the
Antichrist, a pseudo-messianism by which man glorifies himself in place of God
and of his Messiah come in the flesh.
676 The Antichrist's deception
already begins to take shape in the world every time the claim is made to
realize within history that messianic hope which can only be realized beyond
history through the eschatological judgement. the Church has rejected even
modified forms of this falsification of the kingdom to come under the name of
millenarianism, especially the "intrinsically perverse"
political form of a secular messianism.
677 The Church will enter the
glory of the kingdom only through this final Passover, when she will follow her
Lord in his death and Resurrection. The kingdom will be fulfilled, then,
not by a historic triumph of the Church through a progressive ascendancy, but
only by God's victory over the final unleashing of evil, which will cause his
Bride to come down from heaven. God's triumph over the revolt of evil will
take the form of the Last Judgement after the final cosmic upheaval of this
passing world.
II. To Judge the Living
and the Dead
678 Following in the steps of the prophets and John the
Baptist, Jesus announced the judgement of the Last Day in his
preaching. Then will the conduct of each one and the secrets of hearts be
brought to light. Then will the culpable unbelief that counted the offer
of God's grace as nothing be condemned. Our attitude to our neighbor will
disclose acceptance or refusal of grace and divine love. On the Last Day
Jesus will say: "Truly I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of
these my brethren, you did it to me."
679 Christ is Lord of eternal life. Full right to pass
definitive judgement on the works and hearts of men belongs to him as redeemer
of the world. He "acquired" this right by his cross. The Father has
given "all judgement to the Son". Yet the Son did not come to
judge, but to save and to give the life he has in himself. By rejecting
grace in this life, one already judges oneself, receives according to one's
works, and can even condemn oneself for all eternity by rejecting the Spirit of
love.
IN BRIEF
680
Christ the Lord already reigns through the Church, but all the things of this
world are not yet subjected to him. the triumph of Christ's kingdom will not
come about without one last assault by the powers of evil.
681 On Judgement
Day at the end of the world, Christ will come in glory to achieve the
definitive triumph of good over evil which, like the wheat and the tares, have
grown up together in the course of history.
682 When
he comes at the end of time to judge the living and the dead, the glorious
Christ will reveal the secret disposition of hearts and will render to each man
according to his works, and according to his acceptance or refusal of grace.
Constitution Day[3]
Constitution Day commemorates the adoption of the United States Constitution and celebrates the citizens of the United States. The Constitution was written because the existing charter of government, known as the Articles of Confederation, had resulted in creating a weak and ineffective central government. The Constitution defines the supreme law of the United States, with each article of the constitution pertaining to aspects such as the congress, president, judicial system, interrelationship between the state and federal government and process of amendments to the Constitution. James Madison, Oliver Ellsworth, Nathaniel Gorham, Alexander Hamilton, William Johnson, Rufus King, Gouverneur Morris, Benjamin Franklin and George Washington wrote the Constitution. Constitution Day originally began in 1939 with the suggestion of a holiday to celebrate American Citizenship. President Harry Truman then declared that the third Sunday of May become I am American Day. A decade later, 1953, President Dwight Eisenhower changed the date to coincide with the signing of the Constitution and renamed it Citizenship Day. Constitution or Citizenship Day is observed annually on September 17th, the same day as the US Constitution was signed in 1787.
Constitution Day Top Events and Things to Do
·
To learn more about judicial system, read the
Constitution of the United States. The Constitution
is only a few pages in length and well-organized.
·
Visit the National Museum of American History to
view displays about the heritage of the United States. Displays include those
related to the political, social, cultural, scientific and military history of
the United States, including the Constitution. The museum is located in
Washington D.C.
·
The United States Declaration of Independence
and the United States Constitution were debated and accepted at the floors of
Independence Hall, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Visit Independence
National Historical Park in Philadelphia, which is also a UNESCO World Heritage
Site.
·
Visit the National Constitution Center in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It offers a range of activities for kids and
adults, videos and educational
material about the U.S. Constitution.
· Watch documentaries relating to the United States Constitution including Constitution USA with Peter Sagal (2013), The Constitution Project (The Documentary Group, 2014), and The United States Constitution (2007).
Our National Principles[4]
There are
28 principles-we will review them for the next 28 days.
Declaration of Independence is in July and the Constitution is in September, let us once again reflect on the marvelous principles underlying these two documents. The following is a review of these principles together with a comment or a quote by the Founders. Documentation may be found in The Five Thousand Year Leap.
·
Principle 1–The only reliable basis
for sound government and just human relations is Natural Law.
Daily Devotions
·
Unite in the work of the Porters of St. Joseph by joining them
in fasting: Today's Fast: Individuals
with Mental Illness
·
Make
reparations to the Holy Face-Tuesday
Devotion
·
Pray Day 1 of
the Novena for our Pope and Bishops
·
Religion
in the Home for Preschool: September
·
Tuesday:
Litany of St. Michael the Archangel
·
Litany of the Most Precious
Blood of Jesus
·
Offering to
the sacred heart of Jesus
·
Rosary
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