Guest Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 (edited) I particularly embrace the following little story from St Therese. If I do something particularly worthwhile, I like to think that some novice in some faraway monastery somewhere, faithfully down on her knees washing floors, has won me the Grace and the strength. It is in such applications that The Communion of Saints can come alive meaningfully in one's daily life - we are all connected to one another : Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus (1873-1897) Carmelite, Doctor of the Church Last conversations, 15/07/1897 (Institute of Carmelite studies) The communion of saints Sister Marie of the Eucharist wanted to light the candles for a procession; she had no matches; however, seeing the little lamp which was burning in front of the relics, she approached it. Alas, it was half out; there remained only a feeble glimmer on its blackened wick. She succeeded in lighting her candle from it, and with this candle, she lighted those of the whole community. It was, therefore, the half-extinguished little lamp which had produced all these beautiful flames which, in their turn, could produce an infinity of others and even light the whole universe. Nevertheless, it would always be the little lamp which would be first cause of all this light. How could the beautiful flames boast of having produced this fire, when they themselves were lighted with such a small spark? It is the same with the Communion of Saints. Very often, without our knowing it, the graces and lights that we receive are due to a hidden soul, for God wills that the saints communicate grace to each other through prayer with great love, with a love much greater than that of a family, and even the most perfect family on earth. How often have I thought that I may owe all the graces I've received to the prayers of a person who begged them from God for me, and whom I shall know only in heaven. Yes, a very little spark will be capable of giving birth to great lights in the Church, like the Doctors and Martyrs, who will undoubtedly be higher in heaven that the spark; but how could anyone think that their glory will not become his? In heaven, we shall not meet with indifferent glances, because all the elect will discover that they owe to each other the graces that merited the crown for them. Edited November 1, 2018 by BarbaraTherese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Friday 2nd November 2018 ALL SOULS DAY https://www.catholic.org/saints/allsouls/ Daily Mass Online 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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Guest Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 We are very shy nowadays of even mentioning Heaven. We are afraid of the jeer about “pie in the sky,” and of being told that we are trying to “escape” from the duty of making a happy world here and now, into dreams of a happy world elsewhere. But either there is “pie in the sky” or there is not. If there is not, then Christianity is false, for this doctrine is woven into its whole fabric. If there is, then this truth, like any other, must be faced, whether it is useful at political meetings or no. … C. S. Lewis (1898-1963), The Problem of Pain Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622) Bishop of Geneva and Doctor of the Church Conversations 5 "The one who humbles himself will be exalted." Humility is not just about self-mistrust but about the entrusting of ourselves to God. Distrusting ourselves and our own strength produces trust in God, and from that trust generosity of soul is born. The most holy Virgin, Our Lady, gave us an outstanding example of this when she spoke these words: “Behold I am the handmaid of the Lord, let it be done to me according to your word” (Lk 1:38). When she said she was the handmaid of the Lord she was performing the greatest act of humility it is possible to do, and all the more so in that she was contradicting the praise given her by the angel – that she would be mother of God, that the child to be born from her womb would be called Son of the Most High, a greater dignity than any we might imagine – I say, she opposed her lowliness and unworthiness to all these praises and greatness by saying that she was the handmaid of the Lord. Yet note how, no sooner had she rendered her duty to humility than she practised outstanding generosity by saying: “May it be to me according to your word”. What she wanted to say was: It is true I am in no way capable of this grace if one is to consider what I am of myself, but insofar as what is good in me comes from God and what you say to me is his own most holy will, I believe it may happen and will happen. And so, without the least hesitation, she said: “Let it be done to me according to your word”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 Saturday 3rd November 2018 Month of November is dedicated to The Souls in Purgatory https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/overviews/months/11.cfm Saturdays are traditionally dedicated to Our Lady http://www.mariancatechist.com/formation/mary/saturdays/ and Today is the Optional Memorial St Martin de Porres https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=306 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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Guest Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 (edited) SUNDAY 4th NOVEMBER 2018 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time Month of November is dedicated to The Souls in Purgatory https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/overviews/months/11.cfm Sundays we commemorate The Resurrection http://www.catholicstand.com/why-we-worship-on-sunday/ Sunday Mass Online 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 (Sundays - GLORIOUS MYSTERIES) https://www.catholic.org/prayers/mystery.php (scroll down) Edited November 3, 2018 by BarbaraTherese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 My daily LOTH posts are from The General Calendar. To find your own Liturgical Calendar, go to http://universalis.com/n-location.htm and scroll down. If your area does not have its own calendar, use The General Calendar as posted into this thread daily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 (edited) Monday 5th November 2018 Mondays we recall The Holy Spirit & The Souls in Purgatory Daily Mass Online 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 (Mondays - JOYFUL MYSTERIES) https://www.catholic.org/prayers/mystery.php (scroll down) Edited November 5, 2018 by BarbaraTherese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 "Nothing saves anyone's life, sir. It just postpones their death." (Movie: "The History Boys) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Tuesday 6th November 2018 Tuesdays we recall The Holy Angels Novembers is the Month of The Souls in Purgatory Daily Mass Online My daily LOTH posts are from The General Calendar. To find your own Liturgical Calendar, go to http://universalis.com/n-location.htm and scroll down. If your area does not have its own calendar, use The General Calendar as posted into this thread daily. 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 (Tuesdays - Sorrowful Mysteries) https://www.catholic.org/prayers/mystery.php (scroll down) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 (edited) WEDNESDAY 7th NOVEMBER 2018 Wednesdays dedicated to St Joseph November is dedicated to The Souls in Purgatory Daily Mass Online from Australia My daily LOTH posts are from The General Calendar. To find your own Liturgical Calendar, go to http://universalis.com/n-location.htm and scroll down. If your area does not have its own calendar, use The General Calendar as posted into this thread daily. 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 (Wednesdays Glorious Mysteries) https://www.catholic.org/prayers/mystery.php (scroll down) Edited November 7, 2018 by BarbaraTherese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 “God, we are tired of our stubborn hearts, but we sure don’t know what to do about them. Somehow stop our insensitivity. Transform these rock hard feelings that I hold so close to my chest. . . . Melt this boulder in my chest. All this and more is exactly what the Holy Spirit does when He enters the soul.” - Catherine of Siena, Letters http://www.meditationsfromcarmel.com/content/blessed-francis-palau-y-quer Carmelite Prayer: O God, through your Spirit you filled Blessed Francis your Priest with singular gifts of prayer and apostolic charity. Through his intercession grant that Christ's beloved Church, refulgent with the beauty of the Virgin Mother Mary, may be an ever more effective universal sacrament of salvation. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit one God, for ever and ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 I found the following a beautiful and important testimony of advanced age in a religious community Elderhood is a time to discover inner richness for self-development and inner growth. It is also a time of transition and preparation for dying, which is at least as important as preparation for a career or a family. Out of this time, our sages, healers, prophets and models for the generations to follow. Gay Luce Longer Life, More Joy. https://www.sosj.org.au/circled-sr-joan-luff-rsj/150680/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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