Archive for March, 2008:
Divine Mercy Novena- Day 8
Eighth Day
“Today bring to Me The Souls Who Are Detained in Purgatory and immerse them in the abyss of My mercy. Let the torrents of My Blood cool down their scorching flames. All these souls are greatly loved by Me. They are making retribution to My justice. It is in your power to bring them relief. Draw all the indulgences from the treasury of My Church and offer them on their behalf. Oh, if you only know the torments they suffer, you would continually offer for them the alms of the spirit and pay off their debt to My justice.“
Most Merciful Jesus, You Yourself have said that You desire mercy; so I bring into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart the souls in Purgatory, souls who are very dear to You, and yet who must make retribution to Your justice. May the streams of Blood and Water which gushed forth from Your Heart put out the flames of Purgatory, that there, too, the power of Your mercy may be celebrated.
Eternal Father, turn Your most merciful gaze upon the souls suffering in Purgatory, who are enfolded in the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus. I beg You, by the sorrowful Passion of Jesus Your Son, and by all the bitterness with which His most sacred Soul was flooded, manifest Your mercy to the souls who are under Your just scrutiny. Look upon them in no other way but only through the Wounds of Jesus, Your dearly beloved Son; for we firmly believe that there is no limit to Your goodness and compassion.
Amen.
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Seventh Day
“Today bring to Me The Souls Who Especially Venerate and Glorify My Mercy and immerse them in My mercy. These souls sorrowed most over my Passion and entered most deeply into My spirit. They are living images of My Compassionate Heart. These souls will shine with a special brightness in the next life. Not one of them will go into the fire of hell. I shall particularly defend each one of them at the hour of death.”
Most Merciful Jesus, whose Heart is Love Itself, receive into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart the souls of those who particularly extol and venerate the greatness of Your Mercy. These souls are mighty with the very power of God Himself. In the midst of all afflictions and adversities they go forward, confident in Your Mercy; and united to You, O Jesus, they carry all mankind on their shoulders. These souls will not be judged severely, but Your mercy will embrace them as they depart from this life.
Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon the souls who glorify and venerate Your greatest attribute, that of Your fathomless mercy, and who are enclosed in the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus. These souls are a living Gospel; their hands are full of deeds of mercy and their hearts, overflowing with joy, sing a canticle of mercy to You, O Most High! I beg You O God: Show them Your mercy according to the hope and trust they have placed in You. Let there be accomplished in them the promise of Jesus, who said to them that during their life, but especially at the hour of death, the souls who will venerate this fathomless mercy of His, He Himself, will defend as His glory.
Amen.
Tweaked!
I have been tweaking ad nauseum and I think I am finally done! Thank you all for your helpful comments ( do feel free to leave more should you care to). I have set the RSS feed to full posts so those of you reading in a reader won’t have to click through and I changed the sidebar so it scrolls with the rest of the page. Yes it was nifty but it was also limiting and this way I have more space for pictures of the children –something I got complaints (both in the comments and in person) for having removed. My apologies -they have returned. Cute kids huh? 
OK that’s it for me. Peter has taken a tumble and is now covered in mud. The washing machine and bathtub beckon. . .
Divine Mercy Novena- Day 6
Sixth Day
“Today bring to Me The Meek and Humble Souls and the Souls of Little Children and immerse them in My mercy. These souls most closely resemble My Heart. They strengthened Me during My bitter agony. I saw them as earthly Angels who will keep vigil at My altars. I pour out upon them whole torrents of grace. Only the humble soul is capable of receiving My grace I favor humble souls with My confidence.”
Most Merciful Jesus, You Yourself have said, “Learn from Me for I am meek and humble of heart.” Receive into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart all meek and humble souls and the souls of little children. These souls send all heaven into ecstasy, and they are the heavenly Father’s favorites. They are a sweet-smelling bouquet before the throne of God; God Himself takes delight in their fragrance. These souls have a permanent abode in Your Most Compassionate Heart, O Jesus, and they unceasingly sing out a hymn of love and mercy.
Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon meek souls, upon humble souls and upon little children, who are enfolded in the abode of the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus. These souls bear the closest resemblance to Your Son. Their fragrance rises from the earth and reaches Your very throne. Father of mercy and of all goodness, I beg You by the love You bear these souls and by the delight you take in them: Bless the whole world, that all souls together may sing out the praises of Your mercy for endless ages.
Amen.
The Annunciation
I’ve been asked twice why we didn’t celebrate the Annunciation yesterday. The simple answer is “because it’s Easter.” Yes, normally the Annunciation is celebrated on March 25th but because it is the Octave of Easter that trumps everything else (just like Holy Week trumped St. Patrick’s Day and the Solemnity of St. Joseph).
The Vatican announced last year that the Annunciation would be moved to March 31st for 2008. It’s a Solemnity so it just can’t be skipped but rather gets transfered. Keep in mind that if it falls on a Sunday it gets transferred too.
Does it really matter? It should if you are Catholic. The liturgical year is the life of Christ lived out again in liturgical time —in the time and in the memory of His Church.
If a certain saint’s feast day falls on a Sunday it is not celebrated on that day. You can certainly celebrate on another day but it’s just not proper to celebrate it on a Sunday because that’s our high holy day. This isn’t unfair, it’s only right. Sundays we recall Easter and no Saint would wish us to put them before that.
“The Church celebrates the paschal mystery on the first day of the week, known as the Lord’s Day or Sunday. This follows a tradition handed down from the apostles and having its origin from the day of Christ’s resurrection. Thus Sunday must be ranked as the first holyday of all. ”
“Because of its special importance, the Sunday celebration gives way only to solemnities or feasts of the Lord. The Sundays of the seasons of Advent, Lent, and Easter, however, take precedence over all solemnities and feasts of the Lord. Solemnities occuring on these Sundays are observed on the Saturdays preceding.”
“By its nature, Sunday excludes any other celebration’s being permanently assigned to that day, with these exceptions:
Sunday within the octave of Christmas is the feast of the Holy Family;
Sunday following 6 January is the feast of the Baptism of the Lord;
Sunday after Pentecost is the solemnity of the Holy Trinity;
the last Sunday in Ordinary Time is the solemnity of Christ the King.”General Norms for the Liturgical Year and the Calendar
issue date: 14 February 1969
Hey I didn’t know this either until I started making Catholic planners and for the first couple of years I made the planner, I actually listed saints on Sundays. I am sorry if I caused confusion.
Now you know.
Divine Mercy Novena- Day 5
Fifth Day
“Today bring to Me the Souls of those who have separated themselves from My Church and immerse them in the ocean of My mercy. During My bitter Passion they tore at My Body and Heart, that is My Church. As they return to unity with the Church My wounds heal and in this way they alleviate My Passion.”
Most Merciful Jesus, Goodness Itself, You do not refuse light to those who seek it of You. Receive into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart the souls of those who have separated themselves from Your Church. Draw them by Your light into the unity of the Church, and do not let them escape from the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart; but bring it about that they, too, come to glorify the generosity of Your mercy.
Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon the souls of those who have separated themselves from Your Son’s Church, who have squandered Your blessings and misused Your graces obstinately persisting in their errors. Do not look upon their errors, but upon the love of Your Own Son and upon His bitter Passion, which He underwent for their sake, since they, too, are enclosed in His Most Compassionate Heart. Bring it about that they also may glorify Your great mercy for endless ages.
Amen.
The Wal-Mart You Don’t Know
The Wal-Mart You Don’t Know (hattip Melissa)
“. . . there is no question that the chain is helping accelerate the loss of American jobs to low-wage countries such as China. Wal-Mart, which in the late 1980s and early 1990s trumpeted its claim to ‘Buy American,’ has doubled its imports from China in the past five years alone, buying some $12 billion in merchandise in 2002. That’s nearly 10% of all Chinese exports to the United States.”
And this is why I will no longer shop at Wal-Mart! I admit it, I got lazy but thank you Lissa for the wake up call.
Yes I know for some of you it’s the only option you have (don’t think they didn’t have a hand in that too!) but I DO have other options and I WILL be using them and I will NOT be going into Wal-Mart again. Yes it will cost me more but I can deal with that. I’ll suck it up or go without –so be it.
Anyone care to join me?
P.S. For the record dear husband, you were right –you always are!
