[Seven77]

Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul
http://www.usccb.org/nab/062904.htm

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[Seven77]

Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul

the Rock and Apostle to the Gentiles.. the greatest Apostolic tag team

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[Rebirth flame]

Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul

yea buddy! i was at mass today, and when i heard it was their solemnity, i about passed out i was soooo excited! Peter and Paul rock! (tho Peter Rocks litterally, i guess... )

they are such amazing people to look to as witnesses no matter what the cost! Wowzers!

God is sooo awesome!

pax Christi,

rebirth

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[Seven77]

Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul
rebirth:
word. and todays 2nd Reading from 2 Tim 4 gives me goosebumps almost:

"I, Paul, am already being poured out like a libation,
and the time of my departure is at hand.
I have competed well; I have finished the race;
I have kept the faith.
From now on the crown of righteousness awaits me,
which the Lord, the just judge,
will award to me on that day, and not only to me,
but to all who have longed for his appearance.

The Lord stood by me and gave me strength,
so that through me the proclamation might be completed
and all the Gentiles might hear it.
And I was rescued from the lion's mouth.
The Lord will rescue me from every evil threat
and will bring me safe to his heavenly Kingdom.
To him be glory forever and ever. Amen."

God is indeed awesome!

a fisherman who denied Our Lord, the first Pope! Christ the Rock "bestowing his Rockness" upon St. Peter! He built His Church "on solid Cephas" [MC Just].

a pharisee who persecuted the Church of GOD, the one who built up the Body! Jesus choose St. Paul to reach the Gentile Nations.

what witnesses following Jesus the Master unto death. "The chains fell from his wrists." Acts 12. "The Lord will rescue me from every evil threat
and will bring me safe to his heavenly Kingdom." 2 Tim. 4

man, what crowns!

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[Seven77]

Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul
who else was able to go to Mass today?

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[cmotherofpirl]

August 04, 2004
Memorial of St. John Vianney, priest


Old Calendar: St. Dominic, confessor; Sts. Cyriac, Largus, Smaragdus, martyrs
St. John Baptist Mary Vianney (1786-1859) was born in Dardilly and died in Ars, France. Although his talents were limited and his education meager, he was ordained a priest in 1815. After three years at Ecully, he was appointed parish priest of Ars. Here he spent almost forty-two years of his life, devoting himself to prayer, mortification, and pastoral works. His success in directing souls made him known throughout the Christian world. Men of all ranks and conditions of life sought his guidance and advice. He was beatified by Pope St. Pius X, himself once a parish priest, and canonized by Pope Pius XI.
Before the reform of the General Roman Calendar today was the feast of St. Dominic, now celebrated on August 8, and the feast of Sts. Cyriac, Largus and Smaragdus. Sts. Largus and Smaragdus are two Roman Martyrs. They were buried first on the Ostian Way. Their bodies were later transferred, after the peace of Constantine, to a Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri (Our Lady of the Angels and the Martyrs) built near the baths of Diocletian by a Christian of the name of Cyricaus. The cult of St. Cyriac has been joined to that of the two martyrs.



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St. John Vianney
The humble pastor of little Ars, who was canonized by Pope XI during the jubilee year of 1925, is now venerated throughout the universal Church. Born in 1786 of simple peasants, he was reared in a Christian way during the upheavals of the French Revolution. First a cowherd, later a schoolmaster, then a seminarian. He was ordained priest in 1815. Soon thereafter he was appointed pastor of Ars, at that time a tiny community of about five hundred persons who, for the most part, had fallen away from the practices of religion. Here until the end of his life he displayed an indefatigable activity that was exceptionally rich in blessings.
He was untiring in the confessional. Whole trains of pilgrims came regularly to Ars ; their number has been estimated as twenty thousand annually. His unusually severe life, his lovable and simple manner joined with supernatural strength and unction under a humble exterior, effected this influx from all grades of society. An ideal for all priests! He died on August 4, 1859. — The Church's Year of Grace, Pius Parsch

Patron: Archdiocese of Dubuque Iowa; confessors; diocese of Kansas City, Kansas; priests.

Things to Do:

The Collect praises St. John Vianney's zeal for souls and his spirit of prayer and penance. Say a special prayer today that by his example and intercession we too may win the souls of our brothers for Christ.

Say a prayer for priests that they may persevere in their vocation. If you haven't been to confession for a while resolve to do so right away and be sure that you remember to say an extra prayer for your confessor.

From the Catholic Culture library: Pope John XXIII holds St. John Vianney as a model for the priesthood in this Encyclical.

Read this longer life of the Cure of Ars by Bruce Marshall and also these excerpts from his sermons.


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Sts. Cyriac, Largus, Smaragdus
The Acts concerning these martyrs give many fictional details. Together with Sisinius, Largus and Smaragdus, Cyriac languished a long time in prison. Among the miracles that Cyriac worked was that of freeing through his prayer Arthemia, the daughter of Emperor Diocletian, from an evil spirit. Thereupon he was sent to the Persian king Sapor and performed a similar miracle in favor of his daughter Jobias. But after baptizing the king and 430 of his entourage, he returned to Rome. Upon orders from Maximian the Emperor, he was arrested, chained, and dragged to prison. Four days later he was taken from confinement, drenched with seething pitch, and tortured on the rack; in company with Smaragdus and twenty other Christians he finally was beheaded on the Via Salaria near the gardens of Sallust."
Popular piety has numbered St. Cyriac among the "Fourteen Sainted Helpers." The existence of a martyr with this name seems well attested by the trustworthy Depositio Martyrum of 354. The remaining details in the above account are pure fiction. But the story may bring to mind that endless series of heroic souls who suffered for Christ even more dreadful tortures than those fiction describes. — The Church's Year of Grace, Pius Parsch

Patron: Archdiocese of Dubuque, Iowa; confessors; diocese of Kansas City, Kansas; priests.



Collect:
Father of mercy, you made Saint John Mary Vianney outstanding in his priestly zeal and concern for your people. By his example and prayers, enable us to win our brothers and sisters to the love of Christ and come with them to eternal glory. 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.

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[Cure of Ars]

Memorial of St. John Vianney, priest

OOOOOYAAAAAA


:)



St. John Baptist Mary Vianney pray for us

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[little_angel202]

Memorial of St. John Vianney, priest

i've been to ars in france it was amazing! you could see his house and everything!! if you ever get the chance i recomend it!

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[Paladin D]

Memorial of St. John Vianney, priest
Saw a 60 min documentary of him on EWTN at 2pm EST, fantastic stuff!

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[VeraMaria]

St. John Vianney, pray for us!!!

He rocks!!!

:cool:

[cathgirl]

He's :cool:

[sonofppio]

A great book by St. John Vianney is
THE LITTLE CATECHISM OF THE CURE OF ARS
by Tans Books

No holding back, and to the point. A good for any one who
likes to get overwhelmed by simple reading.

God bless.

[Cure of Ars]

sonofppio, on Aug 11 2004, 01:32 PM, said:

A great book by St. John Vianney is
THE LITTLE CATECHISM OF THE CURE OF ARS
by Tans Books

No holding back, and to the point. A good for any one who
likes to get overwhelmed by simple reading.

God bless.

Some off his sermons are even online;

http://www.theworkofgod.org/Library/Sermon. ..0YOU%20RELIGION

[sonofppio]

Cure of Ars, on Aug 12 2004, 12:17 AM, said:

Some off his sermons are even online;

http://www.theworkofgod.org/Library/Sermon. ..0YOU%20RELIGION

Thanks, I am sure i will got allot out of them.
God bless.

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[cappie]

Feast of St. Bartholomew
Nathanael in the Gospel today is St. Bartholomew. Nathanael was his first name, Bartholomaios, which means son of Talmai or Tholmai is his last name.

As skeptical as he was at first, hearing of Jesus’ origin, Bartholomew was as adamant afterward, having seen for himself Jesus’ power. He was not duplicitous. He said what he thought. He did not say one thing when he meant another. He did not say things just to be polite – even when in polite company! He may have insulted Jesus, practically to his face, but also when he realized who Jesus was, he acknowledged his error and changed his ways. He did not pay any lip service to save himself either. He was eventually martyred, perhaps for converting the king of Armenia, by being skinned alive. He is often portrayed carrying his own skin. Nathanael literally lost his skin because he wouldn’t lie. He told the truth about all he saw and believed, and converted others to the faith, and it cost him his very life. Jesus seemed to laugh when Bartholomew acknowledged him so fully at the comment about the fig tree. He said if he believed because of the fig tree, how amazed he would be at all the other miracles he would see: “I say to you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man."

On his feast day today, he is a good role model. He was honest and straightforward. He wouldn’t lie, even out of politeness, or even to “save his skin.” But he wasn’t so stubborn that he wouldn’t change his mind when the situation warranted. It seems to me that during this election year both in the USA and Australia St Bartholomew could well be a parton and example for all our politians. We should all be as true to ourselves as Nathanael Bartholomew.

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[Seven77]

Feast of St. Bartholomew

cappie, on Aug 23 2004, 05:23 PM, said:

straightforward.  He wouldn’t lie, even out of politeness, or even to “save his skin.”  But he wasn’t so stubborn that he wouldn’t change his mind when the situation warranted.  It seems to me that during this election year both in the USA and Australia  St Bartholomew could well be a parton and example for all our politians. We should all be as true to ourselves as Nathanael Bartholomew.

thanks Father... those are good points. what Jesus says about Bartholomew is rendered as "There is no duplicity in him." in the NAB. Fr. Pavone on EWTN's daily Mass brings up the same things. there is alot of duplicity going on. we need to learn from St. Bartholomew. i hope what you pointed out is preached on in many parishes on this day.

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[Seven77]

Feast of St. Bartholomew

Mass Readings
http://www.usccb.org/nab/082404.htm

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[Lil Red]

Feast of St. Bartholomew
cool, thanks guys!

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[Seven77]

Feast of St. Bartholomew
no problem, happy girl! haha

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[cappie]

Memorial of St. Monica

Saint Monica was the mother of St. Augustine of Hippo, and while never despairing, she grieved for years over the path her pagan son was taking. As a Christian, she knew the words of Saint Paul, of the Psalmist and of Saint Matthew, and she knew that young Augustine was doing all the wrong things, or sometimes the right things for the wrong reasons.

Paul wrote to the elitist Corinthians of the folly of the wisdom of mere human eloquence, the limits of the learning of the merely learned. He stated his disdain for "the debater of this age." And Monica's son had put much effort into becoming just that, the debater. In his Confessions, Augustine told how, "hot for honors, money and marriage," he went from his native North Africa to Italy to study rhetoric and become a famous public figure in the secular world. As part of his studies in 4th Century Milan, he prepared "an oration in praise of the Emperor in which I was to utter any number of lies to win the applause of people who knew they were lies." And he won the applause, and was ashamed of it. Does this sound modern, or not?

Monica prayed ceaselessly for her son's conversion, and her prayers were successful. As a Christian, Augustine preached as did Paul that the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and that the weakness of God is stronger than human strength. He named sin where he saw it, and he saw that he had been guilty of it himself. But he now also proclaimed our Psalmist's message: The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. And with Matthew he spoke the truth of Jesus in today's Gospel. The parable of the wise and the foolish virgins tells us to "stay awake, for [we] know neither the day nor the hour" of the Day of Judgment.

Today we have plenty of examples of how the world works. We learn the ways of human eloquence, the wisdom of those wise in winning wealth and power and reputation, and the strength that dazzles the crowd with momentary glory. Like the young Augustine, we have endless opportunities to do the wrong thing, or the right thing for wholly selfish, even insidious reasons.

Today we can thank Monica for her faith and hope, for her exemplary love for her once wayward son. We can be grateful for the Scriptures which point out where we can go wrong, and where the message of the cross of Christ, so foolish to many in the past, and still to many right now, is the power of God.