Monday Night at the Movies
Carol Reed, The Agony and the Ecstasy, 1965.
Christopher’s Corner
· People born today that are questionable:
o Bill Gates
o Rise and shine, ready for a wild day ahead?
§ Let’s start by immersing yourself in the vibrant world of international animation. Grab your favorite animated movie or cartoon series, whip up some popcorn, and enjoy a heartwarming tales and fantastical adventures.
o As the day rolls on, why not celebrate Czech Independence Day by exploring a local cultural event or trying out some traditional Czech cuisine?
o Pause for a moment of gratitude on National First Responders Day. Take the time to write a thank-you note or make a small donation to a local fire station or police department. Your support and appreciation can go a long way in brightening someone’s day.
o Indulge your sweet tooth on National Chocolate Day with a decadent treat. Whether you prefer rich dark chocolate or creamy milk chocolate, savor every bite and let the sweetness lift your spirits.
OCTOBER 28 Monday-Feast of Saint’s Simon and Jude
13 All Judah was standing before the
LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children. 14 And the spirit of the LORD came
upon Jahaziel, son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of
Mattaniah, a Levite of the clan of Asaph, in the midst of the assembly, 15 and he said: “Pay attention, all of
Judah, inhabitants of Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat! The LORD says to you:
Do not FEAR or be dismayed at the
sight of this vast multitude, for the battle is not yours but God’s.
Pay
attention the Lord is calling you to battle—but do not be afraid at the power
of the secular world for the battle is not yours but God’s. He calls us to
action.
Battle
Call[1]
WASHINGTON (CNS) --
Likening the 40-year struggle against legal abortion in the United States to
the Israelites' 40 years in the desert, Father Carter Griffin encouraged the
more than 14,000 people attending the Archdiocese of Washington's Jan. 25 Youth
Rally and Mass for Life by being "a generation open to life, open to love
(and) open to faith."
·
"You
are a force to be reckoned with! The battle for the soul of our culture is up
to you. This is your moment! I promise you, if you are faithful, you will
change the world!"
·
"Forty
years is a long time to restore this basic civil right to life, noting that the
Lord let the Israelites, and lets today's defenders of life, know that they are
not alone.”
·
"We
too are being tested on our own 40-year journey, and like the Israelites, we
have a choice -- to give in to discouragement, despair, frustration -- or to
draw closer to the Lord, to grow in love, to open ourselves to his promise of
salvation."
·
The
battle against abortion is the greatest civil rights battle of all time,"
has to start with each person.
·
"Before
we can change laws, we have to change hearts, starting with our own.
·
"Before
pro-life is a political agenda, it must become a personal agenda. Before we can
take on the culture of death, we have to become part of the culture of life, of
eternal life!"
Father Griffin emphasized
to the youths and young adults that "you are the future of this movement
for life. It is a great responsibility, an awesome task, and it will be your
glory to have been a part of it. And whether it takes another four years, or 40
years or 400 years, we will never give up."
As we battle
for the life of innocent children, we must also be cognizant of the life of
earth which God has charged us with being the stewards of the fruits of his
creative work.
Protecting the Fruits of the Earth
“The liturgy itself
teaches us this, when, during the presentation of the gifts, the priest raises
to God a prayer of blessing and petition over the bread and wine, “fruit of the
earth,” “fruit of the vine” and “work of human hands.” With these words, the
rite not only includes in our offering to God all human efforts and activity,
but also leads us to see the world as God’s creation, which brings forth
everything we need for our sustenance. The world is not something indifferent,
raw material to be utilized simply as we see fit. Rather, it is part of God’s
plan, in which all of us are called to be sons and daughters in the one son of
God, Jesus Christ (cf. EPH1:4-12). The justified concern about threats to the
environment present in so many parts of the world is reinforced by Christian
hope, which commits us to working responsibly for the protection of creation.” ~Pope Emeritus
Benedict XVI, Sacramentum Caritatis, 2007, § 92
Feast
of Saint Simon and Jude[2]
ST. SIMON and St. Jude were probably brothers; the
former received the surname Canaanite, to distinguish him from Simon Peter,
either because he was a native of Cana, or because of his zeal for Christ (Luke
v L 15; Acts i. 13). Judas was surnamed Thaddeus, or Lebbeus, to distinguish
him from Judas Iscariot. Both were chosen apostles by Christ and were constant
witnesses of His life and deeds. It is related of them in the Martyrology that
the light of faith was communicated to Egypt and other countries of Africa by
Simon, and to Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, and Greater Armenia by Thaddeus.
Meeting in Persia and propagating the Christian faith there by their preaching
and miracles, they both gained the crown of martyrdom. There is extant an
epistle of St. Jude which the Church has incorporated into the Holy Scriptures.
From these two apostles learn to have zeal for the glory of God, for your own
salvation and for that of your neighbor.
Prayer.
O God, Who, by means of Thy blessed apostles Simon
and Jude, hast granted us to come to the knowledge of Thy name, grant that we
may celebrate their eternal glory by making progress in virtue and improve by
this celebration.
EPISTLE. Ephes. iv. 7-13.
Brethren: To every one of us is given grace
according to the measure of the giving of Christ. Wherefore He saith: Ascending
on high He led captivity captive; He gave gifts to men. Now that He ascended,
what is it, but because He also descended first into the lower parts of the
earth? He that descended is the same also that ascended above all the heavens,
that He might fill all things. And He gave some apostles, and some prophets,
and other some evangelists, and other some pastors and doctors: for the perfecting
of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of
Christ: until we all meet into the unity of faith, and of the knowledge of the
Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the age of the fulness of
Christ.
GOSPEL. John xv. 17-25.
At
that time Jesus said to His disciples: These things I command you, that you
love one another. If the world hate you, know ye that it hath hated Me before
you. If you had been of the world, the world would love its own: but because
you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the
world hateth you. Remember My word that I said to you: The servant is not
greater than his master. If they have persecuted Me, they will also persecute
you: if they have kept My word, they will keep yours also. But all these things
they will do to you for My name’s sake: because they know not Him that sent Me.
If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin: but now they
have no excuse for their sin. He that hateth Me, hateth My Father also. If I
had not done among them the works that no other man hath done, they would not
have sin: but now they have both seen and hated both Me and My Father. But that
the word may be fulfilled which is written in their law: They hated Me without
cause.
Explanation.
From
the fact that Christ and His disciples were hated and persecuted by the world
the greatest consolation and encouragement may be derived by those who are
obliged to suffer mockery, contempt, and persecution because they are not of
the world; that is, because they do not follow its foolish principles and
sinful customs. But they who, to escape the derision and hatred of the world,
side with it, rather than with Christ, may learn to be ashamed of their
cowardice and baseness. For as it is an honor to the servant to be treated like
his master, so it is a great disgrace to him to be treated better than his
master; if, then, the master is pleased to submit to the hatred and persecution
of the world, why do his servants refuse to do so? When Christ says that the
Jews could not excuse themselves on the ground that they did not know Him, but
had hated and persecuted Him when it was easy for them to have known Him by His
works, He teaches us that ignorance is not in every case an excuse for sin.
Those Christians, therefore, are in the highest degree culpable who, like the
Jews, might easily learn what they ought to believe and do, but who fail to do
so either through maliciousness or neglect, and accordingly remain in ignorance
by their own fault. Acting in this kind of ignorance, they become guilty of
sin, and will be justly condemned forever. It is otherwise with men who,
without any fault of theirs, hear nothing of Christ or of the true faith, on
account of which they are not punishable, but who will be condemned for such
sins as they commit against that natural law which is inscribed on the heart of
every man.
Saint Simon and Jude[3]
St. Simon is represented in art with a saw, the instrument of his martyrdom. St. Jude's square points him out as an architect of the house of God. St. Paul called himself by this name; and St. Jude, by his Catholic Epistle, has also a special right to be reckoned among our Lord's principal workmen. But our apostle had another nobility, far surpassing all earthly titles: being nephew, by his father Cleophas or Alpheus, to St. Joseph, and legal cousin to the Man-God, Jude was one of those called by their compatriots the brethren of the carpenter's Son. We may gather from St. John's Gospel another precious detail concerning him. In the admirable discourse at the close of the last Supper, our Lord said: "He that loveth Me, shall be loved of My Father: and I will love him and will manifest Myself to him." Then Jude asked Him: "Lord, how is it, that Thou wilt manifest Thyself to us, and not to the world?" And he received from Jesus this reply: "If any one love Me, he will keep My word, and My Father will love him, and We will come to him, and will make Our abode with him. He that loveth Me not keepeth not My word. And the word which you have heard is not Mine, but the Fathers who sent Me."
St. Jude Patron: Desperate situations; forgotten
causes; hospital workers; hospitals; impossible causes; lost causes; diocese of
Saint Petersburg, Florida.
St. Simon
Patron: Curriers; sawmen; sawyers;
tanners.
Catechism of the Catholic
Church
PART ONE: THE PROFESSION OF FAITH
SECTION TWO-I. THE CREEDS
CHAPTER THREE-I BELIEVE IN THE
HOLY SPIRIT
Article
11-"I BELIEVE IN THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY"
II. Dying in Christ Jesus
Day 137
1005 To rise with Christ, we
must die with Christ: we must "be away from the body and at home with the
Lord." In that "departure" which is death the soul is
separated from the body. It will be reunited with the body on the day of
resurrection of the dead.
Death
1006 "It is in regard to
death that man's condition is most shrouded in doubt." In a sense
bodily death is natural, but for faith it is in fact "the wages of
sin." For those who die in Christ's grace it is a participation in
the death of the Lord, so that they can also share his Resurrection.
1007 Death is the end of
earthly life. Our lives are measured by time, in the course of which we change,
grow old and, as with all living beings on earth, death seems like the normal
end of life. That aspect of death lends urgency to our lives: remembering our
mortality helps us realize that we have only a limited time in which to bring
our lives to fulfillment:
Remember
also your Creator in the days of your youth, . . . before the dust returns to
the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
1008 Death is a consequence of
sin. the Church's Magisterium, as authentic interpreter of the affirmations of
Scripture and Tradition, teaches that death entered the world on account of
man's sin. Even though man's nature is mortal God had destined him not to
die. Death was therefore contrary to the plans of God the Creator and entered
the world as a consequence of sin. "Bodily death, from which man
would have been immune had he not sinned" is thus "the last
enemy" of man left to be conquered.
1009 Death is transformed by
Christ. Jesus, the Son of God, also himself suffered the death that is part of
the human condition. Yet, despite his anguish as he faced death, he accepted it
in an act of complete and free submission to his Father's will. The
obedience of Jesus has transformed the curse of death into a blessing.
The meaning of Christian death
1010 Because of Christ,
Christian death has a positive meaning: "For to me to live is Christ, and
to die is gain." "The saying is sure: if we have died with him,
we will also live with him. What is essentially new about Christian death
is this: through Baptism, the Christian has already "died with
Christ" sacramentally, in order to live a new life; and if we die in
Christ's grace, physical death completes this "dying with Christ" and
so completes our incorporation into him in his redeeming act:
It is better
for me to die in (eis) Christ Jesus than to reign over the ends of the earth.
Him it is I seek - who died for us. Him it is I desire - who rose for us. I am
on the point of giving birth .... Let me receive pure light; when I shall have
arrived there, then shall I be a man.
1011 In death, God calls man to
himself. Therefore the Christian can experience a desire for death like St.
Paul's: "My desire is to depart and be with Christ. " He can
transform his own death into an act of obedience and love towards the Father,
after the example of Christ:
My earthly
desire has been crucified; . . . there is living water in me, water that
murmurs and says within me: Come to the Father.
I want to see God and, in order to see him, I must die.
I am not dying; I am entering life.
Daily Devotions
·
Unite in the work of the Porters of St. Joseph by joining them
in fasting: Today's Fast: Binding
and suppressing the Devils Evil Works.
·
joining them in fasting: Today's Fast: Authentic
Feminism
·
Eat waffles and Pray for the assistance of the Angels
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Religion
in the Home for Preschool: October
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Litany of the Most Precious
Blood of Jesus
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Offering to
the sacred heart of Jesus
·
Monday: Litany of
Humility
·
Rosary
[1]http://www.catholicnews.com/services/englishnews/2013/battle-for-soul-of-us-culture-up-to-you-priest-tells-youths-at-rally.cfm
[2] Goffine’s Devout Instructions, 1896.
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