Dara’s Corner
· Spirit hour: “Busch Bavarian Beer” the choice of Icemen
o Excerpt from my dad’s book: Havermale, Richard. The Ice is nice and chee-chee is peachy (pp. 24-25). Unknown. Kindle Edition.
§ “Busch” which claims to be especially brewed for “Operation Deep Freeze” was rumored to have just a hint of formaldehyde in it to keep it from freezing and if you drank too much you might experience hallucinations.
o If you find beer is not to your taste try a “Pina Colada”
· Bucket List Trip: The Taj Mahal India
o You wake up and decide to kickstart your day with a rejuvenating bubble bath to celebrate self-care. As you soak, why not indulge in English toffee for breakfast, embracing the joy of indulgence? Next, tackle Earth’s Rotation Day by taking the stairs instead of the elevator, keeping active and enjoying a small victory for sustainable living. For lunch, embrace the spirit of career development on Career Coach Day by setting aside time to update your resume or learn a new skill online.
o In the afternoon, pamper yourself with some winter skin relief, making a DIY face mask or simply moisturizing your skin. To honor the War on Poverty, consider donating gently used clothes or food to those in need. How about celebrating World Typing Day by writing a heartfelt letter to a friend or family member, keeping the art of handwritten communication alive?
o Wrap up your day by donning your favorite argyle socks and sharing a fun fact or story with colleagues to mark Show & Tell At Work Day. Each of these holidays offers a chance to infuse your day with variety and purpose, reminding you to embrace the little things that bring joy and meaning to your daily routine.
· Plan winter fun:
o Soak in hot springs
o Hit the snow slopes
o Ride a snowmobile
o Go for a dog sled ride
o Ride a hot air balloon
JANUARY 8 Wednesday after Epiphany
Our Lady of Prompt Succor
49 But when they saw him walking on
the sea, they thought it was a ghost and cried out. 50 They had all seen him and were TERRIFIED. But at once he spoke with
them, “Take courage, it is I, do not be afraid!”
Christ compels us to be not afraid.
Bravery, Nerve, Pluck, Valor, Daring, Audacity, Mettle and lastly resolution
are all synonyms for courage.
Which word strikes your heart?
For me it is “resolution.” For I am
determined not to invalidate Christ sacrifice for me, I will not stop trying to
become the vision He has for me; I am resolute. No matter how many times I fall
I will get up; I will not stop. I will remember that the journey before a man
tries the measure of his heart long before it tests the strength of his legs. I
will remember that a man’s life is like a lake with no outlet in which no life
will come. Life giving water is always moving and giving of itself. Man, to be
truly a creature of God must give of his essence and run to the sound of
battle.
Our
Lady of Prompt Succor[1]
Our Lady of Prompt Succor – Feast Day
– January 8
The national votive shrine of our lady of prompt succor serves God and all God’s people as the center of devotion to the Mother of Jesus under the title of Our Lady of Prompt Succor—Our Lady of Quick Help. The Shrine is a place of pilgrimage, worship and prayer. It welcomes all who try to live in faith and love, with a special commitment to those whose hope and trust in Mary lead them to seek her motherly care and consolation.
Since 1727, long before her statue arrived on November 10th,1810 and was enshrined in the Ursuline Convent Chapel in the French Quarter, devotion to Notre Dame de Prompt Secours had spread among the Ursuline Sisters, their students and the women and men of New Orleans. Prayers for deliverance from wars, fire, pestilence, disease, storms, despair and hopelessness were made to Our Lady of Prompt Succor.
In 1815, in gratitude for the miracle of America's victory over the British in the Battle of New Orleans, the Ursulines, along with Bishop Louis Du Bourg, made a promise to celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving each year on the feast day of Our Lady of Prompt Succor.
In 1895, the statue, gilded in gold, was crowned by Decree
of His Holiness, Pope Leo XIII; and in 1928, the Holy See approved and
confirmed the naming of Our Lady of Prompt Succor as the Principal Patroness of
the City of New Orleans and of the State of Louisiana. Standing in the central
niche over the main altar on State Street, she welcomes all who come to honor
her, to thank her for intercession, and to pray for her help and protection,
not only from global wars and devastating storms, but, also, in overcoming
greater enemies…poverty, illness, ignorance, racism and violence.
A woman
of Influence[2]
Taking Mary’s virtues to work
“The hour is coming, in fact has come, when the
vocation of woman is being acknowledged in its fullness, the hour in which
women acquire in the world an influence, an effect, and a power never hitherto
achieved. That is why, at this moment when the human race is undergoing so deep
a transformation, women impregnated with a spirit of the Gospel can do so much
to aid humanity in not falling.” (Closing speeches Vatican Council II,
12/8/65).
Mother Mary is a perfect role model for all women, of
course, but for women who work in particular. According to St. Louis de
Montfort, Mary has principal virtues, which when practiced help to lead us to
her Son and create a home and world that celebrates the greatness of the Lord.
·
Profound Humility:
o
Are you focused on others more than yourself?
o
Do you recognize the work of the team, or are
you taking credit for the work?
o
Do you care who gets the credit?
o
Does this impact the way you treat others?
·
Ardent Charity:
o
How can you demonstrate great love at work?
§
This is not the same love as a spousal love, of
course.
o
How do you approach your employees?
o
Your supervisors?
o
Your clients?
o
Your customers?
o
Is your approach focused on valuing a
relationship more than a material good?
o
Are you able to articulate information and ideas
in a mutually respectful way?
·
Angelic Sweetness:
o
Is your approach nurturing and relational?
o
Do you avoid calumniation of fellow co-workers
and supervisors?
o
Even when difficult, do you respond to others at
work by extending grace and mercy?
·
Heroic Patience:
o
Do you really listen at work?
o
Are you able to rise above a situation in order
to assist others as they learn new tasks?
o
Do you hold your temper or judgment about your
supervisor when you disagree with them?
o
Are you willing in your attitude to seek
understanding of others, even when it is difficult?
·
Divine Wisdom:
o
Recalling your baptism, and especially your
confirmation, do you recall and use the gifts of the Holy Spirit in your work
decisions?
o
Do you pray for guidance?
o
Do you seek Biblical and Church tradition
answers and solutions?
o
Do you show gratitude to God when you recognize
divine wisdom at work?
Mary’s virtues bring us to a very feminine leadership
style: one steeped in relationship building, not shying away from truth or
faith, but approaching others in grace. When practiced at work, these virtues
of Our Lady can lead us to Holiness and a fulfilled leadership at the job.
Fifteenth Day of Christmas-Candles[3]
Candles are a symbol of Christ, the Light of the World. The wax is regarded as typifying in a most appropriate way the flesh of Jesus Christ born of a virgin mother. From this has sprung the further conception that the wick symbolizes more particularly the soul of Jesus Christ and the flame the Divinity which absorbs and dominates both. — Catholic Encyclopedia
- Day Fifteen activity (Mexican Christmas)
- Day Fifteen recipe (Little Mince Pies)
Catechism
of the Catholic Church
Day
210
1433 Since
Easter, the Holy Spirit has proved "the world wrong about
sin," i.e., proved that the world has not believed in him whom the
Father has sent. But this same Spirit who brings sin to light is also the
Consoler who gives the human heart grace for repentance and conversion.
V. The Many Forms of Penance
in Christian Life
1434 The
interior penance of the Christian can be expressed in many and various ways.
Scripture and the Fathers insist above all on three forms, fasting, prayer, and
almsgiving, which express conversion in relation to oneself, to God, and
to others. Alongside the radical purification brought about by Baptism or
martyrdom they cite as means of obtaining forgiveness of sins: effort at
reconciliation with one's neighbor, tears of repentance, concern for the
salvation of one's neighbor, the intercession of the saints, and the practice
of charity "which covers a multitude of sins."
1435
Conversion is accomplished in daily life by gestures of reconciliation, concern
for the poor, the exercise and defense of justice and right, by the
admission of faults to one's brethren, fraternal correction, revision of life,
examination of conscience, spiritual direction, acceptance of suffering,
endurance of persecution for the sake of righteousness. Taking up one's cross
each day and following Jesus is the surest way of penance.
1436 Eucharist and Penance. Daily conversion and penance find their source and nourishment in the Eucharist, for in it is made present the sacrifice of Christ which has reconciled us with God. Through the Eucharist those who live from the life of Christ are fed and strengthened. "It is a remedy to free us from our daily faults and to preserve us from mortal sins."
1437 Reading
Sacred Scripture, praying the Liturgy of the Hours and the Our Father - every
sincere act of worship or devotion revives the spirit of conversion and
repentance within us and contributes to the forgiveness of our sins.
1438 The
seasons and days of penance in the course of the liturgical year (Lent, and
each Friday in memory of the death of the Lord) are intense moments of the
Church's penitential practice. These times are particularly appropriate
for spiritual exercises, penitential liturgies, pilgrimages as signs of
penance, voluntary self-denial such as fasting and almsgiving, and fraternal
sharing (charitable and missionary works).
Celebrating
Elvis' Birthday[4]
On Jan. 8, 1935, Elvis
Presley was born in a two-room house in Tupelo, Miss. Every year, Graceland —
Elvis' estate in Memphis — hosts a five-day-long birthday celebration. Rise
bright and early for the Elvis Birthday Proclamation Ceremony on Graceland’s North Lawn and stay
for the birthday-cake cutting.
Elvis
and the Nun[5]
Dolores
Hart began her career as an actress when she was only 19 years old, making her
screen debut in 1957 as Elvis' sweetheart in Loving You. Dolores became an overnight success story
and starred with Elvis again in King
Creole the following year in 1958. She then took on Broadway,
starring in The Pleasure of His
Company in 1959, for which she won a Tony Award nomination for Best
Featured Actress. Further movie hits followed, including the hugely popular Where the Boys Are and Lisa, the story of a young
Holocaust survivor, which earned her a nomination for a Golden Globe for Best
Picture/Drama. By now one of Hollywood's rising stars, she went on to make six
more films, among them St. Francis
of Assisi, where she portrayed Clare, a woman who gives up
everything to follow Saint Francis and founds the Order of Poor Clare’s.
Dolores' last film role was opposite Hugh O'Brien in 1963 in Come Fly with Me.
At
the height of her career, Dolores stunned the world by making the decision to
become a cloistered nun and enter the Abbey of Regina Laudis. "I just knew that this was what God wanted
from me," she said years later. Mother Dolores' mission as an
actress did not end, but rather took a contemplative turn. "I never felt I
was 'walking away from Hollywood'" she said recently. "I felt I was walking into something
more significant and by that, I took Hollywood with me."
Daily Devotions
·
Unite in the work of the Porters of St. Joseph by joining them
in fasting: Today's Fast: Purity
·
Offering to
the sacred heart of Jesus
·
Rosary
[1] https://www.shrineofourladyofpromptsuccor.com/
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