Claire’s Corner
· Colic Awareness Month-Get some Gripe Water
o I was a Colic baby Mom and Dad found Gripe Water when my parents were in Bermuda as my Day was in the Navy Seabees overlaying the runway where I was born.
· 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.
· St. Urho’s Day-He saved the vineyards from Grasshoppers
· Try[4]: Flemish Beef and Beer Stew
· Endometriosis Awareness Month
· Bucket List trip: Maldives
· Spirit Hour: Flemish 75
March 16 Second Sunday of Lent, Called “Reminiscere”
Psalm 27, verse 1:
1The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom should I FEAR? The LORD is my life’s refuge; of whom should I be afraid?
This verse is and should be our declaration of faith. Let us commit it to memorization and repeat it to ourselves daily or when fear and doubt rears its ugly head within our depths. Doing this will help us trust the Lord and develop a true relationship of love with the Trinity through prayer. God will become our sanctuary, and we will be able to put away our fears and rest in the arms of God.
We will no longer have to pretend that we are not afraid for we will trust the Lord with our whole being offering our lives, families, time and treasure with total peace. We will be able to sleep and awaken easily. The old Navajo adage will no longer apply to us; you cannot wake a person who is pretending to be asleep; due to our faith in God.
Through our reliance in Him we will be able to say with King David, “I believe that I shall see the bounty of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait for the LORD with courage; be stouthearted and wait for the LORD.” (Psalm 27:13-14).
ON KEEPING
THE LORD'S DAY HOLY[1]
CHAPTER II
DIES CHRISTI
The Day of the Risen Lord
and of the Gift
of the Holy Spirit
The day of the gift of the
Spirit
28. Sunday, the day of light, could
also be called the day of "fire", in reference to the Holy Spirit.
The light of Christ is intimately linked to the "fire" of the Spirit,
and the two images together reveal the meaning of the Christian Sunday. When he
appeared to the Apostles on the evening of Easter, Jesus breathed upon them and
said: "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are
forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained" (Jn
20:22-23). The outpouring of the Spirit was the great gift of the Risen Lord to
his disciples on Easter Sunday. It was again Sunday when, fifty days after the
Resurrection, the Spirit descended in power, as "a mighty wind" and
"fire" (Acts 2:2-3), upon the Apostles gathered with Mary.
Pentecost is not only the founding event of the Church but is also the mystery
which forever gives life to the Church. Such an event has its own powerful
liturgical moment in the annual celebration which concludes "the great
Sunday", but it also remains a part of the deep meaning of every Sunday,
because of its intimate bond with the Paschal Mystery. The "weekly
Easter" thus becomes, in a sense, the "weekly Pentecost", when
Christians relive the Apostles' joyful encounter with the Risen Lord and receive
the life-giving breath of his Spirit.
Second Sunday of Lent, Called “Reminiscere”[2]
AT the Introit to-day the Church asks of God the grace to fall -no more into sin: Remember, O God, Thy bowels of compassion, and Thy mercies that are from the beginning of the world, lest at any time our enemies rule over us; deliver us, O God, from all our tribulations. To Thee, O Lord, have I lifted up my soul. In Thee, O God, I put my trust, let me not be ashamed; (Ps. xxiv.).
Prayer.
O God, Who beholdest us destitute of every virtue, preserve us both inwardly and outwardly, that we may be defended from all adversities in body, and purified from all evil thoughts in mind.
EPISTLE, i. Thess. iv. 1-7.
Brethren: We pray and beseech you in the Lord Jesus, that as you have received of us, how you ought to walk, and to please God, so also you would walk, that you may abound the more. For you know what precepts I have given to you by the Lord Jesus. For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain from fornication, that every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honor: not in the passion of lust, like the gentiles that know not God: and that no man overreach, nor circumvent his brother in business: because the Lord is the avenger of all these things, as we have told you before, and have testified: for God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto sanctification.
Explanation. St. Paul exhorts all Christians to live chastely and honestly, and continually to aspire to higher perfection. Such is the will of God, Who has called us to holiness, and will punish severely all impurity and injustice.
Prayer.
Grant, O Lord, that, according to my vocation, I may never be addicted to earthly and fleshly lusts like the heathen, who know Thee not, but may live in modesty, chastity, and holiness, and adorn my name as a Christian with good works. Amen.
Traditionally for this Sunday Paul exhorts us to keep up our progress and we hear the story of the Transfiguration as a heartening foretaste of Christ's ultimate triumph.
GOSPEL. Matt. xvii. 1-9.
At that time: Jesus taketh unto Him Peter and James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart: and He was transfigured before them. And His face did shine as the sun: and His garments became white as snow. And behold there appeared to them Moses and Elias talking with Him. And Peter, answering, said to Jesus: Lord, it is good for us to be here: if Thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles, one for Thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. And as he was yet speaking, behold a bright cloud overshadowed them. And lo a voice out of the cloud saying: This is My beloved Son, in Whom I am well pleased: hear ye Him. And the disciples, hearing, fell upon their face: and were very much afraid. And Jesus came and touched them: and said to them: Arise, and fear not. And they lifting up their eyes saw no one, but only Jesus. And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying: Tell the vision to no man, till the Son of man be risen from the dead.
Why was Jesus transfigured before His disciples on Mount Tabor?
1. To give
them manifest proof of His divinity.
2. To
prevent all doubt on their part when they should see Him on Mount Calvary.
3. To
encourage all the faithful to patience under agony and suffering.
4. To show us how our glorified bodies shall rise from the dead (i. Cor. xv. 52).
Why did Moses and Elias appear with
Our Lord?
To
testify that Jesus was the Savior of the word spoken of by the law and the
prophets.
Lenten
Calendar[3]
Read: Today’s Gospel shares the story of the Transfiguration of the Lord.
· Devotion of the Seven Sundays: St Joseph-4th Sunday
Catechism
of the Catholic Church
Day
273 2095-2103
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 1-THE FIRST COMMANDMENT
I. "You Shall Worship the Lord Your God and Him Only
Shall You Serve"
II. "Him Only Shall You Serve"
2095 The
theological virtues of faith, hope, and charity inform and give life to the
moral virtues. Thus charity leads us to render to God what we as creatures owe
him in all justice. The virtue of religion disposes us to have this attitude.
Adoration
2096 Adoration
is the first act of the virtue of religion. To adore God is to acknowledge him
as God, as the Creator and Savior, the Lord and Master of everything that
exists, as infinite and merciful Love. "You shall worship the Lord your
God, and him only shall you serve," says Jesus, citing Deuteronomy.
2097 To adore God is to acknowledge, in respect and absolute submission, the "nothingness of the creature" who would not exist but for God. To adore God is to praise and exalt him and to humble oneself, as Mary did in the Magnificat, confessing with gratitude that he has done great things and holy is his name. The worship of the one God sets man free from turning in on himself, from the slavery of sin and the idolatry of the world.
Prayer
2098 The acts
of faith, hope, and charity enjoined by the first commandment are accomplished
in prayer. Lifting up the mind toward God is an expression of our adoration of
God: prayer of praise and thanksgiving, intercession and petition. Prayer is an
indispensable condition for being able to obey God's commandments. " (We)
ought always to pray and not lose heart."
Sacrifice
2099 It is
right to offer sacrifice to God as a sign of adoration and gratitude,
supplication and communion: "Every action done so as to cling to God in
communion of holiness, and thus achieve blessedness, is a true sacrifice."
2100 Outward
sacrifice, to be genuine, must be the expression of spiritual sacrifice:
"The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit...." The
prophets of the Old Covenant often denounced sacrifices that were not from the
heart or not coupled with love of neighbor. Jesus recalls the words of the
prophet Hosea: "I desire mercy, and not sacrifice." The only
perfect sacrifice is the one that Christ offered on the cross as a total
offering to the Father's love and for our salvation. By uniting ourselves
with his sacrifice we can make our lives a sacrifice to God.
Promises and vows
2101 In many
circumstances, the Christian is called to make promises to God. Baptism and
Confirmation, Matrimony and Holy Orders always entail promises. Out of personal
devotion, the Christian may also promise to God this action, that prayer, this
alms-giving, that pilgrimage, and so forth. Fidelity to promises made to God is
a sign of the respect owed to the divine majesty and of love for a faithful
God.
2102 "A
vow is a deliberate and free promise made to God concerning a possible and
better good which must be fulfilled by reason of the virtue of
religion," A vow is an act of devotion in which the Christian
dedicates himself to God or promises him some good work. By fulfilling his vows
he renders to God what has been promised and consecrated to Him. the Acts of
the Apostles shows us St. Paul concerned to fulfill the vows he had made.
2103 The
Church recognizes an exemplary value in the vows to practice the evangelical
counsels:
Mother Church rejoices that she
has within herself many men and women who pursue the Savior's self-emptying
more closely and show it forth more clearly, by undertaking poverty with the
freedom of the children of God, and renouncing their own will: they submit
themselves to man for the sake of God, thus going beyond what is of precept in
the matter of perfection, so as to conform themselves more fully to the
obedient Christ.
The Church can, in certain cases and for proportionate reasons, dispense from
vows and promises
The social duty of religion and the right to religious freedom
Daily Devotions
·
Unite in the work of the Porters of St. Joseph by joining them
in fasting: Today's Fast: For
the Poor and Suffering
Total Consecration
to St. Joseph Day 31
·
Offering to
the sacred heart of Jesus
·
Make
reparations to the Holy Face
[2] Goffine’s Devout Instructions, 1896
[4] Sheraton, Mimi. 1,000 Foods To Eat Before You Die: A
Food Lover's Life List. Workman Publishing Company. Kindle Edition.
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