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One Minute Meditation
Easter Prayer: Heavenly Father and God of mercy; we no longer look for Jesus among the dead; for He is alive and has become the Lord of life. From the waters of death You raise us with Him and renew Your gift of life within us. Increase in our minds and hearts the risen life we share with Christ, and help us to grow as Your people toward the fullness of eternal life. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen. |
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We should imitate our Lord Jesus Christ … in the virtues. Peace is one, and we should be peaceful in words and deeds and in our way of life. But as to those defects and other things which threaten our soul, we should be like lions in expelling them. We should practice kindness and meekness not only among ourselves but with everyone in the measure fitting to each one. On the other hand, we should avoid too great a familiarity with the wicked, unless there is something in their behavior to call them to order on, and thus be of service to them. Let us, finally, be kind and meek, not returning evil with evil, but bearing it patiently. Let us be indulgent toward those who offend us by word or deed, respond calmly, and not oppose them by taking note of the injury. It is with a calm exterior and a soul at rest that we must exercise indulgence to those who offend us, like a certain person who would willingly kiss the feet of those who offend him. To acquire this virtue one should look at Christ and see how he bore offenses with kindness. His example gives us strength not to hold a grudge. Finally, we should imitate Christ so as to remain straightforward in word and deed, without deception or duplicity.. Bl.Angela of Foligno |
One Minute Meditation MEMORARE OF SAINT JOSEPH Remember, O guardian of the Redeemer and our loving custodian, St. Joseph, that never has it been heard that anyone who invoked your protection or sought your intercession has not been consoled. In this confidence I come before you, my loving protector, chaste spouse of Mary, virginal father of the Savior of men and dispenser of the treasures of His Sacred Heart. Despise not my earnest prayer, but graciously receive it with your paternal care and obtain my petition… (Here mention your request.) O Father, who in your loving designs chose St. Joseph to be the spouse of the most holy Mother and the custodian of the mysteries of the Incarnation, grant, we ask you, that through his paternal intercession, we may receive the graces to dispose ourselves with generosity and humility of heart to fulfill your designs of love for our lives and for our Spiritual Family. Amen. Saint Joseph, take us home, lead our hearts to the Heart of the Mother and the Heart of the Child!
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May the power of your love, Lord Christ,
fiery and sweet as honey,
so absorb our hearts
as to withdraw them from all that is under heaven.
Grant that we may be ready
to die for love of your love,
as you died for love of our love.
Amen.
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Usefulness of Devotion to Mary for Sanctification One of the most excellent means of salvation, devotion to Mary, is also the surest, the easiest, and the shortest way to perfection. That statement is generally accepted in the spiritual realm today and finds a striking confirmation in experience. Pope Pius X teaches it ex professo in his Encyclical Ad diem ilium of February 2, 1904, in which he encourages the faithful to practice devotion to Mary as the most excellent means “to restore all things in Christ,” according to the motto he had adopted. “For can anyone fail to see” he writes, that there is no surer or more direct road than Mary for uniting all mankind in Christ and obtaining through Him the perfect adoption of sons, that we may be holy and immaculate in the sight of God? .. the Son of God made man, being the ‘author and consummator of our faith’; it surely follows that His most holy Mother should be recognized as participating in the divine mysteries and, in a sense, having custody over them; and that the edifice of the Faith of all centuries rises upon her (as upon a foundation) who is the noblest after Christ…since Divine Providence has been pleased that we should have the Man-God through Mary, who conceived Him by the Holy Ghost and bore Him [at] her breast, it only remains for us to receive Christ from the hands of Mary…no one ever knew Christ so profoundly as she did, and no one can ever be more competent as a guide and teacher of the knowledge of Christ …. Hence it follows … that the Virgin is more powerful than all others as a means for uniting mankind with Christ. She provides the most sure and efficacious assistance to us for arriving at the knowledge and love of Jesus Christ. Alas! Those seduced by the wiles of the demon or deceived by false doctrines, furnish us with peremptory proof of it by their conduct, thinking they can do without the help of the Virgin. Hapless are they who neglect Mary under pretext of the honor to be paid to Jesus Christ! As if the Child could be found elsewhere than with the Mother! Fr. Emile Neubert SM (Devotion to Mary) |
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One Minute Meditation Come, let us give thanks to the Lord, for His love is without end!
Psalm 111 Praise the Lord! I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in the congregation. Great are the works of the Lord, studied by all who have pleasure in them. Full of honor and majesty is his work, and his righteousness endures forever. He has caused his wonderful works to be remembered; the Lord is gracious and merciful. He provides food for those who fear him; he is ever mindful of his covenant. He has shown his people the power of his works, in giving them the heritage of the nations. The works of his hands are faithful and just; all his precepts are trustworthy, they are established forever and ever, to be performed with faithfulness and uprightness.
He sent redemption to his people; he has commanded his covenant forever. Holy and terrible is his name! The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; a good understanding have all those who practice it. His praise endures forever! |
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Here are fourteen things we can ask ourselves taken from the City of God by Ven. Mary Agreda to determine if we have a great depth in our love of God:
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On the Meaning of the Sabbath Rabbi Jacob Neusner comments: “He, Jesus, and his disciples may do on the Sabbath what they do because they stand in the place of the priests in the temple; the holy place has shifted, now being formed by the circle made up of the master and his disciples.” At this point we need to pause for a moment in order to see what the Sabbath meant for Israel. This will also help us to understand what is at stake in this dispute. God rested on the seventh day, as the creation account in Genesis tells us. Neusner rightly concludes that “on that day we celebrate creation.” He then adds: “Not working on the Sabbath stands for more than nitpicking ritual. It is a way of imitating God.” The Sabbath is therefore not just a negative matter of not engaging in outward activities, but a positive matter of “resting,” which must also be expressed in a spatial dimension:· “So to keep the Sabbath, one remains at home. It is not enough merely not to work. One also has to rest. And resting means re-forming one day a week the circle of family and household, everyone at home and in place.” The Sabbath is not just a matter of personal piety; it is the core of the social order. This day “makes eternal Israel what it is, the people that, like God in creating the world, rest from creation on the Seventh Day.” We could easily stop here to consider how salutary it would also be for our society today if families set aside one day a week to stay together and make their home the dwelling place and the fulfillment of communion in God’s rest. Pope Benedict XVI |
