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This blog is based on references in the Bible to fear. God wills that we “BE NOT AFRAID”. Many theologians state that the eighth deadly sin is fear. It is fear and its natural animal reaction to fight or flight that is the root cause of our failings to create a Kingdom of God on earth. By “the power of the Holy Spirit” we can be witnesses and “communicators” of a new and redeemed humanity “even to the ends of the earth” (Acts 1:7 8). This blog is dedicated to Mary the Mother of God.
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· Catechism # 2415 The seventh commandment enjoins respect for the integrity of creation.
o Liberty Wildlife-My Eagle Scout Project was to build a walk-in cage for wild birds.
§ Liberty Wildlife envisions a time when wildlife is recognized as an integral part of our natural world, and a precious natural resource, to be protected and preserved.
§ Liberty Wildlife envisions being a permanent community resource, a place to instill compassion and stewardship in young minds and a place to reconnect the public with the beauty and benefits of native wildlife and habitat.
§ Liberty Wildlife envisions a time when the community as a whole participates in the safekeeping of the natural world.
· Patrick’s Day March 17th Don your friendliest green for St. Patrick’s Day. Boston is the place to be, with the city’s official St. Patrick’s Day Parade drawing anywhere from 600,000 to 1 million people every year.
· Evacuation Day in Boston marks the moment when the city was freed from British military control during the early days of the American Revolutionary War.
· Eat waffles and Pray for the assistance of the Angels
· Spirit hour[10] Irish Whiskey of course
o Not too much take care of your liver
· Total Consecration to St. Joseph Day 31
· National Corned Beef and Cabbage Day
· Bucket List trip[11]: Holocaust Museum
· Monday: Litany of Humility
MARCH 17 Monday Second Week in Lent
Zachariah,
Chapter 9, verse 5-6
5Ashkelon will see it and be AFRAID; Gaza too will be in great anguish; Ekron also, for its hope will wither. The king will disappear from Gaza, Ashkelon will not be inhabited, 6 and the illegitimate will rule in Ashdod.
Ashkelon was a coastal city of the Philistines usually at war with Israel. What God is saying to the Israelite’s is that He has got their backs and is in the process of restoring Israel. God’s mercy is so great that not only does he restore Israel but, God the Father, eventually will restore all those who have Holy Fear. “The Son of Man must be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.” (John 3:14-15)
“The fact
that Jesus suffered for us means that our suffering now has somewhere to go.
Our pain, our battle with sin, our struggle to truly believe in him, all of
this can be laid within the wounds of Christ and healed. When we carry
our scars alone, they blind us. They paralyze us. They prevent us from
experiencing joy. But when we unite our own wounds to those of Christ, when we
allow ourselves to encounter the wounded but glorified Christ, we are able to
move beyond our own.[1]
Let us this day say the prayer of Everyman[2]
Into thy hands, Lord, my soul I commend; receive it, Lord, that it be not lost; and save me from the fiend’s boast, that I may appear with the blessed host that shall be saved at the day of doom. Into thy hands-of might’s most forever-I commend my spirit.
Here we see God’s mercy is always greater than His justice. Be daring for we are favored and great is His mercy to us.
Christ shows us the
Father in His forgiveness. Christ would not relent for as you read the gospels
it is clear Christ teaches forgiveness and tells us to ask for the strength to
forgive other people. Christ in his first sermon made it abundantly clear we
need forgiveness and in His death His last words were about forgiveness. God
shows us in this verse to not keep score. How often we tabulate all the wrongs
others have done to us. We hold grudges; we plot and wait for vengeance. Christ
shows us the depth of His love by forgiving even his executioners.[3]
Monday Second Week in Lent[4]
Prayer. BE propitious, O Lord, to our
prayers, and heal the desires of our souls, that, having received forgiveness,
we may ever rejoice in Thy benediction.
EPISTLE, in. Kings
xvii. 8-16.
In
those days: The word of the Lord came to Elias, the Thesbite, saying: Arise,
and go to Sarephta a city of the idonians, and dwell there: for I have
commanded a widow woman there to feed thee. He arose and went to Sarephta. And
when he was come to the gate of the city, he saw the widow woman gathering
sticks, and he called her, and said to her: Give me a little water in a vessel,
that I may drink. And when she was going to fetch it, he called after her,
saying: Bring me also, I beseech thee, a morsel of bread in thy hand. And she
answered: As the Lord thy God liveth, I have no bread, but only a handful of
meal in a pot, and a little oil in a cruse: behold I am gathering two sticks
that I may go in and dress it, for me and my son, that we may eat it and die.
And Elias said to her: Fear not but go and do as thou hast said: but first make
for me of the same meal a little hearth-cake and bring it to me: and after make
for thyself and thy son. For thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: The pot of
meal shall not waste, nor the cruse of oil be diminished, until the day wherein
the Lord will give rain upon the face of the earth. She went and did according
to the word of Elias: and he ate, and she and her house: and from that day the
pot of meal wasted not, and the cruse of oil was not diminished, according to
the word of the Lord, which He spoke in the hand of Elias.
GOSPEL. Matt, xxiii.
1-12.
At that time
Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to His disciples, saying: The scribes and the
Pharisees have sitten on the chair of Moses. All things therefore whatsoever
they shall say to you, observe and do but according to their works do ye not:
for they say, and do not. For they bind heavy and insupportable burdens and lay
them on men’s shoulders: but with a finger of their own they will not move
them. And all their works they do for to be seen of men. For they make their
phylacteries broad and enlarge their fringes. And they love the first places at
feasts, and the first chairs in the synagogues, and salutations in the
marketplace, and to be called by men, Rabbi. But be not you called Rabbi. For
One is your master, and all of you are brethren. And call none your father upon
earth: for One is your father Who is in heaven. Neither be ye called masters:
for One is your master, Christ. He that is the greatest among you shall be your
servant. And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled: and he that shall
humble himself shall be exalted.
Explanation.
The
law of God imposes certain obligations on us. The priest and the teacher teach
God’s Gospel in His name, and we shall be judged if we refuse to believe God’s
truth and, in His Church, because our teachers may not practice what they
preach.
The greatest proof of Christ's charity was given on the Cross. With Christ our gift of ourselves will be given to God as an expression of our love. Communion will lift our human activities up to God's level, not only in will and intention, but in the reality of the sacrament. Let us offer then, and believe, and change our lives into more loving. —St. Andrew Bible Missal
ST. PATRICK[5] was born towards the close of the fourth century, but the place of his birth is not positively known. Britain and Scotland both claim the honor, but the best authorities seem to agree upon Brittany, in France. In his sixteenth year he was carried into captivity by certain barbarians, who took him into Ireland, where he was obliged to keep cattle on the mountains and in the forests, in hunger and nakedness, amidst snows, rain, and ice. The young man had recourse to God with his whole heart in fervent prayer and fasting and from that time faith and the love of God acquired continually new strength in his tender soul. After six months spent in slavery under the same master St. Patrick was admonished by God in a dream to return to his own country, and informed that a ship was then ready to sail thither. He went at once to the seacoast, though at a great distance, and found the vessel. After three days sail, they made land, but wandered twenty-seven days through deserts, and were a long while distressed for want of provisions. Patrick assured the company that if they would address themselves with their whole hearts to the true God He would hear and succor them. They did so, and on the same day met with a herd of swine. From that time provisions never failed them, till on the twenty-seventh day they came into a country that was cultivated and inhabited. Some years afterwards he was again led captive but recovered his liberty after two months. When he was at home with his parents, God manifested to him, by divers’ visions, that He destined him to the great work of the conversion of Ireland. The writers of his life say that after his second captivity he travelled into Gaul and Italy, and saw St. Martin, St. Germanus of Auxerre, and Pope Celestine, and that he received his mission and the apostolical benediction from this Pope, who died in 432. Great opposition was made to his episcopal consecration and mission, both by his own relations and by the clergy; but the Lord, whose will he consulted by earnest prayer, supported him, and he persevered in his resolution. He forsook his family, sold his birthright and dignity to serve strangers, and consecrated his soul to God, to carry His name to the ends of the earth. In this disposition he passed into Ireland to preach the Gospel, penetrating into the remotest corners; and such was the fruit of his preaching’s and sufferings that he baptized an infinite number of people. He ordained everywhere clergymen, induced women to live in holy widowhood and continence, consecrated virgins to Christ, and instituted monks. He took nothing from the many thousands whom he baptized, but gave freely of his own, both to pagans and Christians, distributed large alms to the poor in the provinces where he passed, and maintained and educated many children, whom he trained to serve at the altar. The happy success of his labors cost him many persecutions. He died and was buried at Down, in Ulster. His body was found there in a church of his name in 1185 and translated to another part of the same church.
A
WARRIOR’S BREASTPLATE[6]
I bind unto myself today the power of God to hold and lead, His eye to watch, his might to stay, His ear to hearken to my need; the wisdom of my God to teach, his hand to guide, his shield to ward; the word of God to give me speech, his heavenly host to be my guard. Christ be with me, Christ within me, Christ behind me, Christ before me, Christ beside me, Christ to win me, Christ to comfort and restore me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ in quiet, Christ in danger, Christ in the hearts of all that love me, Christ in the mouth of friend and stranger. Amen
Things
to Do[7]
·
This
is a good day to honor St. Patrick by trying typical Irish fare: corned beef
and cabbage, soda bread, scones, stew, Shepherd's pie, potatoes in various
forms and the famous beer and spirits of Ireland. For dessert, try making the
Irish Porter Cake.
·
Read
the Lorica (Breastplate) of St. Patrick. Here is an older translation — pray it with your family after your rosary tonight.
·
From
the Catholic Culture library: The Conversion of Ireland by Warren Carroll, The Irish Soldiers of Mexico by Michael Hogan, The Irish Madonna of Hungary by Zsolt Aradi and Our Lady in Old Irish Folklore and Hymns by James F. Cassidy.
·
Don
your friendliest green for St. Patrick’s Day. Boston is the place to be, with the city’s official
St. Patrick’s Day Parade drawing anywhere from 600,000 to 1 million people
every year.
Saint
Patrick's Day Facts & Quotes[8]
·
St.
Patrick used the three-leaf shamrock to explain the Trinity to non-Christians.
The leaves stood for the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
·
Approximately
5.5 million pints of Irish Guinness stout are consumed on an average day. On
St. Patrick's Day, nearly 13 million are consumed.
·
Wearing
the shamrock, a three-leaf clover is a St. Patrick's Day tradition. The
official three-leaf clover is known scientifically as Trifolium dubium however
clovers can also have more leaves. Four-leaf clovers are said to be lucky,
however the odds of finding one are about 1 to 10,000.
·
The
love of God and his fear grew in me more and more, as did the faith, and my
soul was roused, so that, in a single day, I have said as many as a hundred
prayers and in the night, nearly the same. - St. Patrick
·
Sláinte!
- used when clinking glasses with friends at a bar (equivalent of Cheers or
Health!)
Saint
Patrick's Day Top Events and Things to Do
·
Wear
green! In some parts of the world, the custom is to pinch people who aren't
wearing the color of shamrocks.
·
Attend
a St. Patrick's Day parade. Major cities like Chicago, New York, San
Francisco, Dallas, and Boston host marching bands and floats.
·
The
heart of any Irish neighborhood is its local pub. Share a couple of green
Guinness beers
with friends at a local Irish pub or try Magner's (Bulmer's) apple cider as an
alternative.
·
St.
Patrick was a brave and humble man. Have you been putting off something
because you are afraid to do it? Do it today in honor of St. Patrick's
Day.
Ireland has a long tradition of holy pilgrimages, dating
back to St. Patrick’s
fast on what is now known as Croagh Patrick in 441. In the pasts few years, the
Pilgrim Paths foundation has been restoring the ancient penitential paths and
has so far created five guided walks. After pilgrims get their “passports” stamped after completing
each of the five routes, they receive an Irish Pilgrim Paths completion
certificate from Ballintubber Abbey in County Mayo.
Gaelic Prayers
Almsgiving[9]
When we consider God valued the human person as so precious enough to die for, we should make a concerted effort to aid others.
The giving of Alms has everything to do with devotions and piety. Almsgiving is a powerful form of prayer. “Prayer and fasting are good, but better than either is almsgiving accompanied by righteousness…It is better to give alms than to store up gold; for almsgiving saves one from death and expiates every sin. Those who regularly give alms shall enjoy a full life” (Tob 12:8-9) To give alms is to give to God. If we are giving alms righteously then most likely we are doing it though some form of fasting giving from our substance. The giving of Alms should not philanthropy with a smiling photo op and boost to our pride. The earliest Christians knew they could not make a good Communion if they neglected the poor. St. Ignatius noted that the twin marks of heresy are the neglect of the poor and neglect of the Eucharist. “The mystery of the poor is this: that they are Jesus and what you do for them you do to him.” (Dorothy Day) The Eucharist is the key to a civilization of love. It saves us from misguided tenderness and feel-good philanthropy, because it gives us the grace to sacrifice as Jesus did. Our main focus must be widows and orphans. (Single parents and children) “Widows and orphan are to be revered like the altar of sacrifice.” (Pope Paul VI) We should give as much as we can and we should give it responsibly making sure the alms are not wasted.
Mormons in their
almsgiving, for example, do fast offerings in addition to tithing. This
offering accompanies a monthly 24-hour fast. All the money that would have been
spent to buy food during those 24 hours is donated to the Church for the
purpose of feeding the hungry and caring for the needy.
Catechism
of the Catholic Church
Day
274 2104
2104 "All
men are bound to seek the truth, especially in what concerns God and his
Church, and to embrace it and hold on to it as they come to know
it." This duty derives from "the very dignity of the human
person." It does not contradict a "sincere respect" for
different religions which frequently "reflect a ray of that truth which
enlightens all men," nor the requirement of charity, which urges
Christians "to treat with love, prudence and patience those who are in
error or ignorance with regard to the faith."
2105 The duty of offering God
genuine worship concerns man both individually and socially. This is "the
traditional Catholic teaching on the moral duty of individuals and societies
toward the true religion and the one Church of Christ." By constantly
evangelizing men, the Church works toward enabling them "to infuse the
Christian spirit into the mentality and mores, laws and structures of the
communities in which [they] live." The social duty of Christians is
to respect and awaken in each man the love of the true and the good. It
requires them to make known the worship of the one true religion which subsists
in the Catholic and apostolic Church. Christians are called to be the
light of the world. Thus, the Church shows forth the kingship of Christ over
all creation and in particular over human societies.
2106
"Nobody may be forced to act against his convictions, nor is anyone to be
restrained from acting in accordance with his conscience in religious matters
in private or in public, alone or in association with others, within due
limits." This right is based on the very nature of the human person,
whose dignity enables him freely to assent to the divine truth which transcends
the temporal order. For this reason it "continues to exist even in those
who do not live up to their obligation of seeking the truth and adhering to
it."
2107 "If
because of the circumstances of a particular people special civil recognition
is given to one religious community in the constitutional organization of a
state, the right of all citizens and religious communities to religious freedom
must be recognized and respected as well."
2108 The right
to religious liberty is neither a moral license to adhere to error, nor a
supposed right to error, but rather a natural right of the human person to
civil liberty, i.e., immunity, within just limits, from external constraint in
religious matters by political authorities. This natural right ought to be
acknowledged in the juridical order of society in such a way that it
constitutes a civil right.
2109 The right to religious liberty can of itself be neither unlimited nor limited only by a "public order" conceived in a positivist or naturalist manner. The "due limits" which are inherent in it must be determined for each social situation by political prudence, according to the requirements of the common good, and ratified by the civil authority in accordance with "legal principles which are in conformity with the objective moral order."
Daily Devotions
·
Unite in the work of the Porters of St. Joseph by joining them
in fasting: Today's Fast: Individuals
with Mental Illness note: We pray for
Politian’s separately
·
Litany of the Most Precious
Blood of Jesus
·
Offering to
the sacred heart of Jesus
·
Make
reparations to the Holy Face
[1] Liturgical Publications Inc.
[2]
Everyman other Miracle and Morality Plays, Dover Press 1995
[3] Allen R. Hunt, Everybody needs
to forgive somebody.
[4] Goffine’s Devout Instructions, 1896
[5] Goffine’s Divine Instructions, 1896.
[6] St. Patrick
[9] Hahn, Scott, Signs of Life; 40
Catholic Customs and their biblical roots. Chap. 33. Almsgiving.
[10]Foley, Michael P... Drinking with the
Saints: The Sinner's Guide to a Holy Happy Hour (p. 370). Regnery History.
Kindle Edition.
[11] Schultz, Patricia. 1,000 Places to See Before You
Die: A Traveler's Life List Workman Publishing Company. Kindle Edition.
[12] Sheraton, Mimi. 1,000 Foods To Eat Before You Die: A
Food Lover's Life List (p. 800). Workman Publishing Company. Kindle Edition.
Sunday, March 16, 2025
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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