Guest Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Not too well just now and have had a bit of a rough morning with a bit of a fever. Will be posting what I can when I can. Apologies. Thankfully however, my computer seems to be behaving and that is really good news. I had real problems with it a while back. Deo Gratius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Feeling heaps better than I did yesterday Daily Mass Online from Australia Saturday 27th October 2018 Saturdays are traditionally dedicated to Our Lady http://www.mariancatechist.com/formation/mary/saturdays/index.html Let Us Pray with The Universal Church LITURGY OF THE HOURS GENERAL CALENDAR Wednesday 24th October 2018 Office Readings - http://universalis.com/readings.htm Lauds - Morning Prayer http://universalis.com/lauds.htm Terce - http://universalis.com/terce.htm Sext - http://universalis.com/sext.htm None - http://universalis.com/none.htm Vespers - Evening Prayer http://universalis.com/vespers.htm Compline - Night Prayer http://universalis.com/compline.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Who do you say I am? (Laughter and then a quite serious message) https://thesoutherncross.org.au/opinion/2018/09/26/who-do-you-say-i-am/ There is the story of a former Prime Minister visiting a nursing home during an election period and going up to one of the elderly residents, bending over and asking the lady, “do you know who I am?” The resident replied, ‘no, I don’t, dear, but if you go over to the nurse at the desk, she will probably be able to tell you’. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 "So You Think You Are a Bad Catholic?" STUMBLING TOWARD SAINTHOOD .......a must read text........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Daily Mass Online from Australia The video is incorrectly dated and is The Mass for SUNDAY 28th OCTOBER 2018 Let Us Pray with The Universal Church LITURGY OF THE HOURS GENERAL CALENDAR Wednesday 24th October 2018 Office Readings - http://universalis.com/readings.htm Lauds - Morning Prayer http://universalis.com/lauds.htm Terce - http://universalis.com/terce.htm Sext - http://universalis.com/sext.htm None - http://universalis.com/none.htm Vespers - Evening Prayer http://universalis.com/vespers.htm Compline - Night Prayer http://universalis.com/compline.htm EUCHARISTIC ADORATION ONLINE TYBURN MONASTERY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 St. Benedict says far less about personal prayer than the Carmelites, but everything he says here would warm the hearts of Sts. Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross. The "short and pure" prayer that he recommends was already a great favorite of the Desert Fathers and Mothers. They loved "one-liners", often just repeating "O God, come to my assistance," or other phrases from the Psalms, many of which figure in the Office to our own day. This is another truly Benedictine form of prayer, one that can be started without any preparation at all, the "short and pure" aspirations repeated from the heart. The Jesus Prayer would work well here, or any other of a number of phrases from devotional prayer or Scripture. Like the early Desert monastics, one may weave them into virtually any part of the day or work. Even a surprise moment of solitude on an elevator is a chance for a few good Jesus Prayers! In line at the grocery store one could choose to avoid reading the scandal sheet headlines in the racks there and use some of that time for aspirations instead. Opportunities abound! The shortness of this prayer is perfect for busy Oblates, a real connection to our Benedictine family and way that is accessible to all. We can get distracted when repeating a one-line prayer many times. On the one hand, one should struggle to remain focused, but on the other, a Desert Father once quipped that, if God counted distraction at Psalmody, no one would be saved! I have always taken great comfort in that saying, since frequently (like, say, daily...) I more closely resemble a Tibetan prayer wheel than a praying, conscious monk. It may be folly, but I hope God is pleased with even those "prayer wheel" times. Another Desert saying has it that, even when we are distracted at prayer, it still annoys the demons and is worth at least that!! A very Benedictine warning here that the Carmelites would strongly approve: prayer is only to be prolonged by "inspiration of divine grace." When God does let us feel something wonderful in prayer, a very understandable temptation is to hang onto the feeling, to prolong it, to produce it again. Doesn't work, folks, and it could very well turn into a trap. When God prolongs prayer or gives us graces, fine! Relax, swim in His grace and enjoy it, but never, ever try to fill the pool for a quick dip on your own. That's not the way prayer- or God- works. Love and prayers, Jerome,OSB http:www.stmarysmonastery.org Petersham, MA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 On and off am having computer problems again so if I disappear you know why Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 Daily Mass Online from Australia MONDAY 29th OCTOBER 2018 Let Us Pray with The Universal Church LITURGY OF THE HOURS Office Readings - http://universalis.com/readings.htm Lauds - Morning Prayer http://universalis.com/lauds.htm Terce - http://universalis.com/terce.htm Sext - http://universalis.com/sext.htm None - http://universalis.com/none.htm Vespers - Evening Prayer http://universalis.com/vespers.htm Compline - Night Prayer http://universalis.com/compline.htm EUCHARISTIC ADORATION ONLINE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 Honesty consists of the unwillingness to lie to others; maturity, which is equally hard to attain, consists of the unwillingness to lie to oneself. - Sydney J. Harris SHORT BIOGRAPHY BLESSED CHIARA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 Tuesday 30th October 2018 Daily Mass Online from Australia Let us pray with the Universal Church THE LITURGY OF THE HOURS Office Readings - http://universalis.com/readings.htm Lauds - Morning Prayer http://universalis.com/lauds.htm Terce - http://universalis.com/terce.htm Sext - http://universalis.com/sext.htm None - http://universalis.com/none.htm Vespers - Evening Prayer http://universalis.com/vespers.htm Compline - Night Prayer http://universalis.com/compline.htm EUCHARISTIC ADORATION ONLINE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 Mysteries of The Holy Rosary (Day of the week and related decade) https://www.catholic.org/prayers/mystery.php (scroll down) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 Tuesday 31st October 2018 Daily Mass Online from Australia Let us pray with the Universal Church THE LITURGY OF THE HOURS Office Readings - http://universalis.com/readings.htm Lauds - Morning Prayer http://universalis.com/lauds.htm Terce - http://universalis.com/terce.htm Sext - http://universalis.com/sext.htm None - http://universalis.com/none.htm Vespers - Evening Prayer http://universalis.com/vespers.htm Compline - Night Prayer http://universalis.com/compline.htm EUCHARISTIC ADORATION ONLINE Mysteries of The Holy Rosary (Day of the week and related decade) https://www.catholic.org/prayers/mystery.php (scroll down) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 (edited) CARRYING A HEAVY CROSS Father Benedict Groeschel CFR decd (reliable, sound and highly respected commentator on spirituality, retreat master and author) comments that depression is a physical problem with a psychological effect (see video below). I hold the same very often applies with all mental illnesses - that it is a physical problem having affects on the mental processes. Father Benedict also comments that refusing the aid of medication could be sinful - a sin of negligence. I hold that medication is God's Gift to mankind in the struggle against suffering including mental suffering. My comments further: mental illness can be a misnomer, since very often it might be that it is not the mental functioning that is unwell, it is something physical not functioning as it should and that has affects on the mental processes. That misnomer can sometimes reinforce stigma. My theory only: Very often there is some sort of a trigger for those who suffer depression. Is it possible that for those with a genetic disposition to psychotic illness have the gene become active and alive through a traumatic experience? While those without the genetic disposition experience depression triggered by trauma? The question I ask is, if medication can facilitate a person experiencing psychosis to become 'normal', then there has to be something in the brain that the medication is affecting or effecting i.e. a physical underlying problem to mental illness and psychosis? If the foundational problem was solely in the mental processes affecting and bringing about changes in the brain, then medication affecting the changes in the brain would not have any affect or effect and the illness would continue. In reality, we don't fully understand the human brain HERE, let alone mental illness: https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/conditionsandtreatments/mental-illness My own experience was a traumatic experience where I did not and could not (both my choices) remove myself from the situation of trauma, which continued as traumatic. I was severely depressed for around 3 - 4 years but forced myself to hide it and keep going and then suddenly I had a psychotic break (it hit literally out the blue with no warning whatsoever - it just suddenly happened and I convulsed and then went into a catatonic state). My mind and body could not take the situation any longer. I had hidden the trauma and my related depression from all around me in the interests of keeping my family together. I wanted my sons with both a mother and father and one of the biggest mistakes I have ever made, since I was destined for 20 years in and out of psychiatric wards. As I have journeyed on and read different papers on mental illness, I have been able, I believe, to have more insight into my illness - all as it were, able to get 2 +2 =4 instead of 2 +2 does not make any sense whatsoever...........as it were. ALL OPINIONS ON ALL SUBJECTS IN THIS THREAD ARE VERY WELCOME The following is a really excellent video while Father does concentrate on depression. Not unusual for unwillingness towards psychotic illness,at least in Catholic circles at times, because psychosis is in the "too hard basket". I had one priest state "I do not want to even hear the word mental illness". Whether that was solely his own personal conclusion or not I do not know : ---o0o--- Eternal Light, shine into our hearts; Eternal Goodness, deliver us from evil; Eternal Power, be thou our support; Eternal Wisdom, scatter our ignorance; Eternal Pity, have mercy on us. - Alcuin of York Edited October 31, 2018 by BarbaraTherese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 (edited) ---o0o--- “The endurance of darkness is the preparation for great light.” St John of The Cross - http://olmlaycarmelites.org/quote/john-cross Edited October 31, 2018 by BarbaraTherese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 THURSDAY 1st NOVEMBER 2018 Today is All Saints Day https://www.catholic.org/saints/allsaints/ Daily Mass Online from Australia Let us pray with the Universal Church THE LITURGY OF THE HOURS Office Readings - http://universalis.com/readings.htm Lauds - Morning Prayer http://universalis.com/lauds.htm Terce - http://universalis.com/terce.htm Sext - http://universalis.com/sext.htm None - http://universalis.com/none.htm Vespers - Evening Prayer http://universalis.com/vespers.htm Compline - Night Prayer http://universalis.com/compline.htm EUCHARISTIC ADORATION ONLINE Mysteries of The Holy Rosary (Day of the week and related decade) https://www.catholic.org/prayers/mystery.php (scroll down) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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