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MARCH 22 Saturday in the Second Week of Lent
AUGUST
VON GALEN-World Water Day
Ester, Chapter 4D, Verse 5
She glowed with perfect beauty and
her face was as joyous as it was lovely, though her heart was pounding with FEAR.
Ester
after making a total and complete commitment to save the people and fasting for
3 days approached her husband the King. She was at peace. This verse reflects
the joy of the woman in Mark’s chapter 5 whom Christ healed:
There
was a woman afflicted with hemorrhages for twelve years.
26She had
suffered greatly at the hands of many doctors and had spent all that she had.
Yet she was not helped but only grew worse. 27She
had heard about Jesus and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his
cloak. 28 She said, “If I but touch his
clothes, I shall be cured.” 29Immediately her
flow of blood dried up. She felt in her body that she was healed of her
affliction. 30Jesus, aware at once that power
had gone out from him, turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who has touched
my clothes?” 31But his disciples said to him,
“You see how the crowd is pressing upon you, and yet you ask, ‘Who touched
me?’” 32And he looked around to see who had
done it. 33The woman, realizing what had
happened to her, approached in fear and trembling. She fell down before Jesus
and told him the whole truth. 34He said to
her, “Daughter, your faith has saved you. Go in peace and be cured of your
affliction.
During
the time of Christ an unclean person in general had to avoid that which was
holy and take steps to return to a state of cleanliness. Uncleanliness placed a
person in a "dangerous" condition under threat of divine retribution,
even death, if the person approached the sanctuary. Uncleanness could lead to
expulsion of the land's inhabitants and its peril lingered upon those who did
not undergo purification. Bodily discharges (blood for women, semen for men)
represented a temporary loss of strength and life and movement toward death.
Because decaying corpses discharged, so natural bodily discharges were
reminders of sin and death. Physical imperfections representing a movement from
"life" toward "death" moved a person ritually away from God
who was associated with life. Purification rituals symbolized movement from
death toward life and accordingly involved blood, the color red, and spring
(lit. "living") water, all symbols of life.[1]
Christ also being clean took this woman’s uncleanliness and gave her his
Holiness. Indeed, she was filled with wonder and awe.
For you know the gracious act of
our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, for your sake he became poor,
so that by his poverty you might become rich. (2 Corinthians 8:9).
Christ
did the same for the two princes of His church and He will do the same for you.
Be clean!
Saturday
in the Second Week of Lent
Prayer.
GRANT, we beseech Thee, O Lord, a salutary
effect to our fasts, that the chastisement of the flesh which we have taken
upon us may promote the vigor of the soul. Amen
EPISTLE.
Gen. xxvii. 6-40.
In
those days Rebecca said to her son Jacob: I heard thy father talking with Esau
thy brother, and saying to him: Bring me of thy hunting, and make me meats that
I may eat, and bless thee in the sight of the Lord, before I die. Now,
therefore, my son, follow my counsel: and go thy way to the flock, bring me two
kids of the best, that I may make of them meat for thy father, such as he
gladly eateth : which when thou hast brought in, and he hath eaten, he may
bless thee before he die. And he answered her: Thou knowest that Esau my
brother is a hairy man, and I am smooth. If my father shall feel me, and
perceive it, I fear lest he will think I would have mocked him, and I shall
bring upon me a curse instead of a blessing. And his mother said to him: Upon
me be this curse, my son: only hear thou my voice, and go, fetch me the things
which I Lave said. He went, and brought, and gave them to his mother. She
dressed meats, such as she knew his father liked. And she put on him very good
garments of Esau, which she had at home with her: and the little skins of the
kids she put about his hands, and covered the bare of his neck. And she gave
him the savory meat, and delivered him bread that she had baked. Which when he
had carried in, he said:
My
father?
But
he answered: I hear.
Who
art thou, my son?
And
Jacob said: I am Esau thy first-born: I have done as thou didst command me:
arise, sit, and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me. And Isaac said
to his son:
How
couldst thou find it so quickly, my son?
He
answered: It was the will of God that what I sought came quickly in my way. And
Isaac said: Come hither, that I may feel thee, my son, and may prove whether
thou be my son Esau, or not. He came near to his father, and when he had felt
him, Isaac said: The voice indeed is the voice of Jacob: but the hands are the
hands of Esau. And he knew him not, because his hairy hands made him like to
the elder. Then blessing him, he said:
Art
thou my son Esau?
He
answered: I am. Then he said: Bring me the meats of your hunting, my son, that
my soul may bless thee. And when they were brought, and he had eaten, he
offered him wine also, which after he had drunk, he said to him: Come near me,
and give me a kiss, my son. He came near, and kissed him. And immediately as he
smelled the fragrant smell of his garments, blessing him, he said: Behold the
smell of my son is as the smell of a plentiful field, which the Lord hath
blessed. God give thee of the dew of heaven, and of the fat ness of the earth,
abundance of corn and wine. And let peoples serve thee, and tribes worship thee
be thou lord of thy brethren, and let thy mother’s children bow down before
thee. Cursed be he that curseth thee: and let him that blesseth thee be filled
with blessings. Isaac had scarcely ended his words, when Jacob being now gone
out abroad, Esau came, and brought into his father meats made of what he had
taken in hunting, saying: Arise, my father, and eat of thy son’s venison, that
thy soul may bless me. And Isaac said to him: Why!
who
art thou?
He
answered: I am thy first-born son Esau. Isaac was struck with fear, and
astonished exceedingly: and wondering blessed. Beyond what can be believed,
said:
Who
is he then that even now brought me venison that he had taken, and I ate of all
before thou earnest?
and
I have blessed him, and he shall be Esau having heard his father’s words,
roared out with a great cry: and being in a consternation, said: Bless me also,
my father. And he said: Thy brother came deceitfully and got thy blessing. But
he said again: Rightly is his name called Jacob; for he hath supplanted me lo
this second time: my first birthright he took away before, and now this second
time he hath stolen away my blessing. And again, he said to his father:
Hast
thou not reserved me also a blessing?
Isaac
answered: I have appointed him thy lord, and have made all his brethren his
servants: I have established him with corn and wine, and after this,
what
shall I do more for thee, my son?
And
Esau said to him:
Hast
thou only one blessing, father?
I
beseech thee bless me also. And when he wept with a loud cry, Isaac being
moved, said to him: In the fat of the earth, and in the dew of heaven from
above, shall thy blessing be.
Luke
xv. 11-32.
In that time Jesus spoke this
parable to the scribes, and Pharisees: A certain man had two sons; and the
younger of them said to his father: Father, give me the portion of substance
that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his substance. And not many days
after, the younger son gathering all together, went abroad into a far country,
and there wasted his substance, living riotously. And after he had spent all,
there came a mighty famine in that country, and he began to be in want. And he
went and cleaved to one of the citizens of that country. And he sent him into
his farm to feed swine. And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks
the swine did eat; and no man gave unto him. And returning to himself, he said:
How many hired servants in my
father s house abound with bread, and I here perish with hunger?
I
will arise, and will go son: to my father, and say to him: Father, I have
sinned against Heaven, and before thee: I am not now worthy to be called thy
make me as one of thy hired servants. And rising up he came to his father. And
when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and was moved with
compassion, and running to him fell upon his neck and kissed him. And the son
said to him: Father, I have sinned against Heaven and before thee, I am not now
worthy to be called thy son. But the father said merry : to his servants :
Bring forth quickly the first robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his
hand, and shoes on his feet : and bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it,
and let us eat and make because this my son was dead, and is come to life again
: was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry. Now his elder son was in
the field, and when he came out and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and
dancing: and he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.
And he said to him: Thy brother is come, and thy father hath killed the fatted
calf, because he hath received him safe. And he was angry, and would not go in.
His father therefore coming out began to entreat him. And he answering, said to
his father: Behold, for so many years do I serve thee, and I have never
transgressed thy commandment, and yet thou hast never given me a kid to make
merry with my friends: but as soon as this thy son is come, who hath devoured
his substance with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. But he
said to him: Son, thou art always with me, and all I have is thine. But it was
fit that we should make merry and be glad, for this thy brother was dead, and
is come to life again: he was lost and is found.
Clemens August von Galen, Bishop of Münster
(16 March 1878 – 22 March 1946)[2]
In
the summer of 1941, in answer to unwarranted attacks by the National
Socialists, Bishop von Galen delivered three admonitory sermons between July
and August. He spoke in his old parish Church of St Lambert and in
Liebfrauen-Ueberlassen Church, since the diocesan cathedral had been bombed. In
his famous speeches, Bishop von Galen spoke out against the State confiscation
of Church property and the programmatic euthanasia carried out by the regime. The
clarity and incisiveness of his words and the unshakable fidelity of Catholics
in the Diocese of Münster embarrassed the Nazi regime, and on 10 October 1943
the bishop’s residence was bombed. Bishop von Galen was forced to take refuge
in nearby Borromeo College. From 12 September 1944 on, he could no longer
remain in the city of Münster, destroyed by the war; he left for the zone of
Sendenhorst. In 1945, Vatican Radio announced that Pope Pius XII was to hold a
Consistory and that the Bishop of Münster was also to be present.
T4:
The Nazis' Euthanasia Solution[3]
He
who is bodily and mentally not sound and deserving may not perpetuate this
misfortune in the bodies of his children. — Hitler, Mein Kampf.
Beginning
in 1939, the National Socialist regime begin systematically killing disabled
children in "specially designated pediatric clinics" via starvation
and overdose. By the end of World War II, an estimated 5,000 infants and
children had been murdered by the Nazis. The program, code-named T4, was
extended to adults beginning in 1940. Physicians working for the T4 program
examined medical files (seldom the institutionalized patients themselves) and
marked for death disabled and mentally ill adults, in most cases without the
knowledge or consent of family members. Those selected for extermination were
rounded up, processed, and directed into a facility for a "disinfecting
shower." Instead, the victims were gassed to death via carbon monoxide. Their
bodies were cremated, and the ashes sent to families with an official death
certificate listing a fictitious cause of death.
By
1941 the program had become public knowledge, in part because of the opposition
from German clergymen, including Bishop von Galen. Hitler officially halted the
adult killings, but the child program continued. In 1942 adult killings resumed
in secret and continued until the end of the war, with an ever-expanding range
of victims, including the elderly, hospitalized war victims, and foreign
laborers. In all, an estimated 200,000 people were executed as part of the Nazi
"mercy killing" agenda.
Catechism of the Catholic Church
Day 279 2150-2155
PART
THREE: LIFE IN CHRIST
SECTION
TWO-THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
CHAPTER ONE-YOU SHALL
LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH
ALL YOUR MIND
Article 2 THE SECOND
COMMANDMENT
II. Taking the Name
of the Lord in Vain
2150 The second commandment forbids false oaths. Taking an
oath or swearing is to take God as witness to what one affirms. It is to invoke
the divine truthfulness as a pledge of one's own truthfulness. An oath engages
the Lord's name. "You shall fear the LORD your God; you shall serve him,
and swear by his name."
2151 Rejection of false oaths is a duty toward God. As
Creator and Lord, God is the norm of all truth. Human speech is either in
accord with or in opposition to God who is Truth itself. When it is truthful
and legitimate, an oath highlights the relationship of human speech with God's
truth. A false oath calls on God to be witness to a lie.
2152 A person commits perjury when he makes a promise under
oath with no intention of keeping it, or when after promising on oath he does
not keep it. Perjury is a grave lack of respect for the Lord of all speech.
Pledging oneself by oath to commit an evil deed is contrary to the holiness of
the divine name.
2153 In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus explained the second commandment: "You have heard that it was said to the men of old, 'You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.' But I say to you, Do not swear at all.... Let what you say be simply 'Yes' or 'No'; anything more than this comes from the evil one." Jesus teaches that every oath involves a reference to God and that God's presence and his truth must be honored in all speech. Discretion in calling upon God is allied with a respectful awareness of his presence, which all our assertions either witness to or mock.
2154 Following St. Paul, The tradition of the Church
has understood Jesus' words as not excluding oaths made for grave and right
reasons (for example, in court). "An oath, that is the invocation of the
divine name as a witness to truth, cannot be taken unless in truth, in
judgment, and in justice."
2155 The holiness of the divine name demands that we
neither use it for trivial matters, nor take an oath which on the basis of the
circumstances could be interpreted as approval of an authority unjustly
requiring it. When an oath is required by illegitimate civil authorities, it
may be refused. It must be refused when it is required for purposes contrary to
the dignity of persons or to ecclesial communion.
World Water Day[4]
World
Water Day serves to raise awareness about water issues such as sanitation
problems and water shortages in many parts of the world. Today, 1 in 10 people
lack access to safe and clean water, a problem which has a direct impact on the
economy, health of the population and well-being of women and children
worldwide. In 1992, World Water Day was proposed at the United Nations
Conference on Environment and Development. The United Nations General
Assembly responded to the proposition in 1993 by declaring March 22 as World
Water Day. Each year, the UN-Water agency allocates a theme corresponding to a
current or potential challenge for World Water Day.
World Water Day Facts & Quotes
·
In
developing nations, nearly 80% of illnesses can be linked to poor water and
sanitation conditions.
·
Russia's
Lake Baikal and North America's Great Lakes hold about 40% of the world's fresh
water supply, the large remainder of the freshwater supply is in the form of
icecaps and glaciers.
·
According
to UNICEF, diarrhea is the second leading cause of death among children under
the age of 5 in the world.
·
You
ain't gonna miss your water until your well runs dry. - Bob Marley
World Water Day Top Events and
Things to Do
·
Don't
waste water!!! Make a conscious effort to use less water on World Water Day and
on other days. Some ways to reduce water consumption include showers instead of
baths, washing full loads of clothing only and turning off the tap while
washing dishes and brushing teeth.
·
Donate
to a charity or organization that supports
water issues in developing nations. WaterAid
is an organization that works in poor countries to set up and maintain water
sources, UNICEF and UNCHR also provide support and relief
efforts to improve water sanitation and hygiene globally.
·
Volunteer
to help clean up trash and other debris along a beach or shore. This garbage
and debris pollute the water that we need in our daily lives.
·
Watch
documentaries about water-related issues such as pollution, contamination and
diseases. Our top picks are Troubled Water, The Fight for Water, Flow
for the Love of Water, Tapped, Thirst and Dhaka's Cholera
Wars.
·
Take
part in a local World Water Day celebration, such as a film screening or a
water conservation event. One of the largest events, the White House Water
Summit in Washington DC, will be live streamed.
Daily Devotions
·
Unite in the work of the Porters of St. Joseph by joining them
in fasting: Today's Fast: Increase
of Vocations to the Holy Priesthood.
·
Offering to
the sacred heart of Jesus
·
Make
reparations to the Holy Face
[2]https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2019-03-22
[3]https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2019-03-22
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