Candace’s Corner-start of Indian Summer
· How to celebrate Nov 12th
o Wake up in the morning and rummage through your sock drawer for the oddest pair you can find. Celebrate individuality by embracing the mismatched chaos of Odd Socks Day.
§ Head to the kitchen, whip up a comforting pot of chicken soup. Indulge in a warm bowl to soothe your soul on National Chicken Soup for the Soul Day.
· As lunchtime rolls around, order a pizza loaded with all your favorite toppings minus the controversial anchovies. Dive into a slice on National Pizza with the Works Except Anchovies Day.
o For dinner, savor a delicious French dip sandwich from a local deli or try your hand at making one yourself. Toast to resilience and strength on National Survivors’ Day.
o visit a local pet store and spend some time appreciating these often-overlooked furry companions? Fancy Rat & Mouse Day calls for a nod to our tiny friends.
o Take a moment to raise awareness about pneumonia and its prevention. Educate yourself and others on World Pneumonia Day.
o Tanya Harding’s Birthday 1970
NOVEMBER 12 Tuesday-Saint
Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr
FRENCH DIP DAY
Isaiah, Chapter 10,
verse 24
Therefore, thus says
the Lord, the GOD of hosts: My people, who dwell in Zion, do not FEAR the
Assyrian, though he strikes you with a rod, and raises his staff against you as
did the Egyptians.
God asks us to trust in Him. Even in the worst of situations God is with you.
I sought
the LORD, and he answered me,
delivered
me from all my fears.
(Ps. 34:5)
Saint Josaphat[1]
Josaphat Kuncewitcz was born about the year 1580 at Vladimir, Volhynia, [part of the Polish province of Lithuania at the time] and given the name John at baptism. While being instructed as a child on the sufferings of our Savior, his heart is said to have been wounded by an arrow from the sacred side of the Crucified. In 1604 he joined the Ukrainian Order of Saint Basil (Basilians), lived as a monk in a very mortified life, went barefoot even in winter, refrained from the use of wine and flesh-meat, and always wore a penitential garb. In 1614 he was appointed archimandrite of Vilna, Russia and four years later archbishop of Polotzk; in this position he worked untiringly for Church reunion. He was a great friend of the poor, once even pledged his archepiscopal omophorion (pallium) to support a poor widow. The foes of union decided to assassinate him. In a sermon, he himself spoke of his death as imminent. When he visited Vitebsk (now in Russia), his enemies attacked his lodging and murdered a number of his companions. Meekly the man of God hastened toward the mob and, full of love, cried, "My children, what are you doing? If you have something against me, see, here I am." With furious cries of "Kill the papist!", they rushed upon him with gun and sword. Josaphat's body was thrown into the river but emerged, surrounded by rays of light, and was recovered. His murderers, when sentenced to death, repented their crime and became Catholics.
Things
to Do:[2]
·
Pray
to St. Josaphat for the reunion of the separated Eastern Churches.
·
Read
Pope John Paul II's Apostolic Letter on the Eastern
Churches, Orientale Lumen.
·
Read
more about St. Josaphat from
o The Basilica of St. Josaphat
·
Read
Pius XI's Encyclical Ecclesiam Dei on St. Josaphat and Pius XII's
encyclical Orientales Omnes Ecclesias (On The
Reunion Of The Ruthenian Church With Rome) .
·
Learn
more about the different Eastern Rites which are in union with the Pope.
·
Josaphat
is the patron saint of Ukraine, but his life has Russian, Polish and Lithuanian
influences.
Catechism of the Catholic
Church
IV. The Sacraments of
Salvation
Day 153
1127
Celebrated worthily in faith, the sacraments confer the grace that they
signify. They are efficacious because in them Christ himself is at work:
it is he who baptizes, he who acts in his sacraments in order to communicate
the grace that each sacrament signifies. the Father always hears the prayer of
his Son's Church which, in the epiclesis of each sacrament, expresses her faith
in the power of the Spirit. As fire transforms into itself everything it
touches, so the Holy Spirit transforms into the divine life whatever is
subjected to his power.
1128 This is
the meaning of the Church's affirmation that the sacraments act ex opere
operato (literally: "by the very fact of the action's being
performed"), i.e., by virtue of the saving work of Christ, accomplished
once for all. It follows that "the sacrament is not wrought by the
righteousness of either the celebrant or the recipient, but by the power of
God." From the moment that a sacrament is celebrated in accordance
with the intention of the Church, the power of Christ and his Spirit acts in
and through it, independently of the personal holiness of the minister.
Nevertheless, the fruits of the sacraments also depend on the disposition of
the one who receives them.
1129 The Church affirms that
for believers the sacraments of the New Covenant are necessary for
salvation. "Sacramental grace" is the grace of the Holy Spirit,
given by Christ and proper to each sacrament. the Spirit heals and transforms those
who receive him by conforming them to the Son of God. The fruit of the
sacramental life is that the Spirit of adoption makes the faithful partakers in
the divine nature by uniting them in a living union with the only Son, the
Savior.
French
Dip Day[3]
The French Dip sandwich, though the
name says otherwise, is an American invention. Since nothing of the sandwich is
very close at all to any kind of French cuisine, it is assumed it was named
after the style of bread that was used, which is, of course, French bread.
The sandwich is made of a long
baguette, sliced in half, and piled high with tender roast beef or sometimes
other meat options. The defining factor is the small bowl of au jus
(bouillon-esque broth) that is served with it, into which the sandwich is meant
to be dipped. Some people like to add a slice of Swiss cheese on top, just for
some extra flavor and fun.
Daily Devotions
·
Today in honor of the
Holy Trinity do the Divine Office giving your day to God. To honor God REST: no
shopping after 6 pm Saturday till Monday. Don’t forget the internet.
·
Unite in the work of the Porters of St. Joseph by joining them
in fasting: Today's Fast: Holy
Priests, Consecrated and Religious.
·
Litany of the Most Precious
Blood of Jesus
·
Offering to
the sacred heart of Jesus
·
Rosary
[2]https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2019-11-12
[3] https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/national-french-dip-day/
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