Candace’s Corner-Watch “Alien” today is Sigourney Weaver’s birthday.
o Wake up feeling adventurous! Start your day by facing your fears – maybe it’s trying a new food, or making that phone call you’ve been avoiding.
§ Embrace the unknown like Alvin C. York facing the battlefield!
o Next, take charge of your day like it’s Own Business Day. Set goals and make a to-do list. Being organized will help you feel in control and productive.
o Channel your inner Ada Lovelace by diving into something creative or learning a new skill. Why not try coding, painting, or writing a poem? Let your imagination run wild!
o Celebrate Animal Action Day by volunteering at a local shelter or simply spending quality time with your pets. Animals bring joy and companionship, so show them some love.
o Treat yourself to some comfort food on National Pierogi Day. Whether you make them from scratch or buy them frozen, indulge in these delicious dumplings for a cozy meal.
o After all that activity, pamper your feet on International Podiatry Day. Soak them in warm water, trim your nails, and massage them for some well-deserved relaxation.
o Wrap up your day by reliving childhood memories with American Touch Tag Day. Gather some friends or family for a fun game that will bring laughter and nostalgia.
o End the night by registering a birth announcement to honor International Birth Registration Day. Reflect on the circle of life and the importance of documentation in our world.
o Embrace the uniqueness of World Octopus Day with adaptability and creativity, like the eight arms of this fascinating creature. Remember, every day is what you make of it, so seize the weird and wonderful moments that come your way!
OCTOBER 8 Tuesday
Our
Lady of Good Remedy
2 Samuel, Chapter 12, Verse 18
Even
today advisers and courtiers of powerful men and women dread to tell bad news
or to tell the unfortunate truth to their leaders. David has fallen by killing
Bathsheba’s husband Uriah and the child of their unholy union has died. David
and even modern leaders forget the law of sacrifice. The law of the sacrifice
is simple: Those leaders who stop seeking new challenges; stop growing,
inevitably stop leading. John Maxwell states, “When we stop sacrificing, we
stop succeeding.”[1]
If you want
to become a great leader, you must be willing to make sacrifices.
1.
There
is no success without sacrifice. Every person who has achieved any success in
life has made sacrifices to do so.
2.
Leaders
are often asked to give up more than others. Leaders have to give up their
rights. Leaders need to learn how to put others ahead of themselves. It’s not
easy, but you need to give up more than the people you lead.
3.
You
must keep giving up, to stay up. John Maxwell takes the Law of Sacrifice even
further when he states that ‘If leaders have to give up to go up, then they
have to give up even more to stay up’. Today’s success is the greatest thread
to tomorrow’s success. There’s always a cost involved in moving forward. The
day you stop being willing to pay the price is the day when you stop creating
the results you desire.
4.
The
higher the level of leadership, the greater the sacrifice. You’ve probably
noticed that the higher the position, the fewer the number of people able to
step in. It’s not because there’s lack of capable people. It’s simply because
there’s not enough people willing to pay the price. From my childhood I
remember learning about the utopia of communism – they tried to make everybody
equal. Everybody should have the same rights and the same pay. The problem with
this is the law of sacrifice. There will always be some who will be willing to
sacrifice more, while others will not be willing to do anything extra. No
philosophy of equality will ever be able to overcome this mindset. It’s the
inner job. You must decide for yourself how much time, effort or other sacrifice
you’re going to assign to a specific job, project or task. The Law of Sacrifice
states that those who do, will go up. And those who continue doing this, will
stay up.[2]
Our Lady of Good Remedy[3]
The statue was first set up in a temporary chapel in In 1519 Cortez brought with him a famous little statue to participate in the conquest of Mexico.one of the rooms of Montezuma’s palace where the Spanish officers made their devotions. On the terrible night when the Indians rose against the Spanish conquerors, the Night of Sorrows, one of the officers rescued the statue before fighting his way out of the palace. He did not get far when he was cut down by Aztec arrows and died at the foot of a Maguey tree. The tiny statue was either pushed or fell into the roots of the tree where it was overlooked by the Indians.
Some twenty years later,
an Aztec convert, Prince John the Eagle, was walking near the tree when he
heard a sweet voice calling him. Puzzled, he went to the nearby mission of the
Franciscan Fathers and told them about it. They thought it was his imagination.
Some days later John met with an accident, a large pillar of a church under
construction fell on him. Badly crushed, he was given the Last Sacraments.
During the night when he
was thought to be dying, the memory of the sweet voice kept returning to him.
He prayed to Our Lady to help him. Very early in the morning the Virgin Mary
appeared to him and gave him a sash to wear which cured him. A few days later
he passed the tree again, and heard the sweet voice; curiously, he looked
carefully around the roots of the tree; half buried in the sand, he found the
tiny statue of Our Lady.
The Aztec convert thought
he should do something about it. “Come home with me, gracious Lady,” he said,
“I will see that you have a good home and are cared for.” He brought the little
statue home wrapped in his cape and placed it on a rough altar.
Here Mary reigned as queen
in the humble home for ten or twelve years. John kept the little shrine
supplied with flowers, and occasionally with fruit and pretty stones. Gradually
people came to pray at the shrine, their number increasing so that they were
underfoot day and night. John took up the local schoolmaster’s suggestion to
build a little chapel. He set about building a shrine and enthroned Mary, Our
Lady of Good Remedies, there.
—Excerpted from Roman
Catholic Saints
Catechism of the Catholic
Church
Day 117
III. THE
CHURCH IS CATHOLIC
What does
"catholic" mean?
830 The word
"catholic" means "universal," in the sense of
"according to the totality" or "in keeping with the whole."
the Church is catholic in a double sense: First, the Church is catholic because
Christ is present in her. "Where there is Christ Jesus, there is the
Catholic Church." In her subsists the fullness of Christ's body united
with its head; this implies that she receives from him "the fullness of
the means of salvation" which he has willed: correct and complete
confession of faith, full sacramental life, and ordained ministry in apostolic
succession. the Church was, in this fundamental sense, catholic on the day of
Pentecost and will always be so until the day of the Parousia.
831 Secondly,
the Church is catholic because she has been sent out by Christ on a mission to
the whole of the human race:
All men are
called to belong to the new People of God. This People, therefore, while
remaining one and only one, is to be spread throughout the whole world and to
all ages in order that the design of God's will may be fulfilled: he made human
nature one in the beginning and has decreed that all his children who were
scattered should be finally gathered together as one.... the character of
universality which adorns the People of God is a gift from the Lord himself
whereby the Catholic Church ceaselessly and efficaciously seeks for the return
of all humanity and all its goods, under Christ the Head in the unity of his
Spirit.
Each
particular Church is "catholic"
832 "The
Church of Christ is really present in all legitimately organized local groups
of the faithful, which, in so far as they are united to their pastors, are also
quite appropriately called Churches in the New Testament.... In them the
faithful are gathered together through the preaching of the Gospel of Christ,
and the mystery of the Lord's Supper is celebrated.... In these communities,
though they may often be small and poor, or existing in the diaspora, Christ is
present, through whose power and influence the One, Holy, Catholic, and
Apostolic Church is constituted."
833 The
phrase "particular church," which is the diocese (or eparchy), refers
to a community of the Christian faithful in communion of faith and sacraments
with their bishop ordained in apostolic succession. These particular Churches
"are constituted after the model of the universal Church; it is in these
and formed out of them that the one and unique Catholic Church exists."
834
Particular Churches are fully catholic through their communion with one of
them, the Church of Rome "which presides in charity." "For with
this church, by reason of its pre-eminence, the whole Church, that is the
faithful everywhere, must necessarily be in accord." Indeed, "from
the incarnate Word's descent to us, all Christian churches everywhere have held
and hold the great Church that is here [at Rome] to be their only basis and
foundation since, according to the Savior's promise, the gates of hell have never
prevailed against her."
835 "Let
us be very careful not to conceive of the universal Church as the simple sum,
or . . . the more or less anomalous federation of essentially different
particular churches. In the mind of the Lord the Church is universal by
vocation and mission, but when she pub down her roots in a variety of cultural,
social, and human terrains, she takes on different external expressions and
appearances in each part of the world." The rich variety of ecclesiastical
disciplines, liturgical rites, and theological and spiritual heritages proper
to the local churches "unified in a common effort, shows all the more
resplendently the catholicity of the undivided Church."
Who belongs
to the Catholic Church?
836 "All
men are called to this catholic unity of the People of God.... and to it, in
different ways, belong or are ordered: the Catholic faithful, others who
believe in Christ, and finally all mankind, called by God's grace to
salvation."
837
"Fully incorporated into the society of the Church are those who,
possessing the Spirit of Christ, accept all the means of salvation given to the
Church together with her entire organization, and who - by the bonds
constituted by the profession of faith, the sacraments, ecclesiastical
government, and communion - are joined in the visible structure of the Church
of Christ, who rules her through the Supreme Pontiff and the bishops. Even
though incorporated into the Church, one who does not however persevere in
charity is not saved. He remains indeed in the bosom of the Church, but 'in
body' not 'in heart.'"
838 "The
Church knows that she is joined in many ways to the baptized who are honored by
the name of Christian, but do not profess the Catholic faith in its entirety or
have not preserved unity or communion under the successor of Peter." Those
"who believe in Christ and have been properly baptized are put in a
certain, although imperfect, communion with the Catholic Church." With the
Orthodox Churches, this communion is so profound "that it lacks little to
attain the fullness that would permit a common celebration of the Lord's
Eucharist."
Daily Devotions
·
Unite in the work of the Porters of St. Joseph by joining them
in fasting: Today's Fast: Protection
of Traditional Marriages
·
Make
reparations to the Holy Face-Tuesday
Devotion
·
Pray Day 4 of
the Novena for our Pope and Bishops
·
Tuesday:
Litany of St. Michael the Archangel
·
Religion
in the Home for Preschool: October
·
Litany of the Most Precious
Blood of Jesus
·
Offering to
the sacred heart of Jesus
·
Rosary
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