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The Second Glorious Mystery The Ascension of our Lord Le Second Mystère Glorieux L'Ascension de notre Seigneur Notre Père, qui est au cieux, Que Ton nom soit sanctifié, Que Ton règne vienne, Que Ta volonté soit faite, sur la terre, comme au ciel. Donnes-nous aujourd'hui, notre pain de ce jours, Pardonnes-nous nos offenses, comme nous pardonnons aussi a ceux qui nous ont offensé. Ne nous soumet pas a la tentation, mais délivres-nous du mal. Amen G2.1 Je vous salut Marie, pleine de grâce, le Seigneur est avec vous, vous êtes bénie entres toutes les femmes et Jésus, le fruit de vos entrailles est béni. Sainte Marie, mère de Dieu, priez pour nous pécheurs, maintenant et a l'heure de notre mort. Amen

I think the abortionist might have a biased opinion in the matter...

For the feast of the Visitation, "Holy Is Your Name" by David Haas. He didn't write the melody, though - it's the folksong "Wild Mountain Thyme." This is a concert version by the NYU Women's Choir - four-part harmony for about 50 or 60 voices, with only piano accompaniment. I was surprised to find this song performed by a public, secular school chorus. One little warning: The soloist on the third verse wasn't properly mic-ed so it's hard to hear her words. But I love the wailing baby right before that - it just seems to fit with the impending births of two little boys.

The Dominican province of The Holy Name (Western U.S.) ordained 3 friars as priests on May 25. And four friars made solemn vows today.

Today we are keeping the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ, historically called Corpus Christi. On this day, we acknowledge and celebrate the meaning of the Holy Eucharist wherein we are spiritually fed by the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ under the forms of consecrated bread and wine and fed also by the prayers of the whole Church. We thank God in a special way for having remained with us in the Most Holy Sacrament. The great theologians of history were not the ones who decided to celebrate this day. The idea arose spontaneously through popular demand. It was in the XIII century that Pope Urban IV officially instituted this great solemnity in the universal Catholic Church. Since the beginning of the Church, common people have shown their faith in the real presence of Christ. From this faith sprang the devotion to the Holy Eucharist not only in Mass but also outside of Mass. Our Christian ancestors always believed that the Lord God was present in the tabernacle, and we should do the same. Christ is there. And it is there that our adoration and love should be directed. There are people who say, “Why should we celebrate the presence of Christ in the Holy Eucharist? Christ is present everywhere?” Well, yes, Christ is present in all places. We see his presence in nature, and it is reflected in honest and true human relationships, and, in a special way, he is present in the Catholic Church that he founded. Anywhere in the world that the Church prays, teaches, preaches or does charitable work, the presence of the Lord is indisputable. But, since that first Holy Thursday, since his Last Supper with the apostles, when Jesus took the bread and said, “this is my body,” and he took the cup and said, “this is my blood,” the Lord has been truly present, God and man, wholly and entirely, in the Holy Eucharist. When I was in seminary some years ago one of the questions on a mid-term examination for Liturgy class was to “write briefly what participation in the Holy Eucharist meant to you.” My answer to that question was that “when I participate in the Holy Eucharist, especially at the moment of receiving Communion, whether I feel it or not, I am united with Christ and with all of God’s people in heaven and on earth.” Since then, when the Holy Mass is celebrated, the bread and the wine are transformed, by the work of the Holy Spirit, into the Body and Blood of Our Lord. Our readings in Mass today help us to understand a little bit about the great mystery that we are celebrating. But we cannot discern with our eyes the radical transformation that occurs when the bread and wine are transformed into the Body and Blood of the Lord. The presence of God under the appearance of bread and wine can only be perceived through faith. St. Thomas Aquinas said the Eucharist is the one change we encounter that is exactly the opposite. The appearances of bread and wine stay the same, but the very essence of these realities, which can’t be viewed by a microscope, is totally transformed. What starts as bread and wine becomes Christ’s body and blood. A handy word was coined to describe this unique change. Transformation of the “sub-stance”, what “stands-under” the surface, came to be called “transubstantiation.” Today, on this Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, we come together here in community in the presence of our heavenly Father. As we celebrate the sacrifice and the victory of Our Lord Jesus Christ, let us give this great day its true meaning. God does not want dead works or animal sacrifices. He wants our own flesh and blood, our own lives, consecrated to him, offered as a living sacrifice. This is the sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving in today’s Psalm. This is the Eucharist. The Eucharist, the Mass, has always been central to my faith. It was the desire to celebrate and share communion which led me to being ordained. One of my most profound 'religious experiences' was during an hour of adoration before the sacrament before I was ordained. Every time I celebrate I do so as if it were the first, the last and the only time I will do so and it feels holy every time. The Church is the body of Christ on Earth. Through the Eucharist the body of Christ is fed and sustained by, yes, the body of Christ. The ordinary is made extraordinary, the commonplace is made holy, heaven comes down to earth and lifts earth up to heaven. The Holy Spirit we receive at baptism leads us to receive the Son at Communion and we are lifted to God the Father. What we do in memory of him is to pledge our lives to him, to renew our promise to live by the words of his covenant and to be his servants. There is no other return we can offer to him for the eternal inheritance he has won for us. So let us approach the altar, calling upon his name in thanksgiving, taking up the cup of salvation.

https://www.liveaction.org/news/catholic-church-must-pay-abortion/ New York court rules Catholic Church must pay for ‘medically necessary’ abortion coverage By Bridget Sielicki | May 24, 2024 A New York Court of Appeals has rejected a challenge by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany to a state law that requires all employers to offer “medically necessary” abortion coverage under their health insurance policies. “Medically necessary” abortions are defined as “necessary to prevent, diagnose, correct, or cure conditions in the person that cause acute suffering, endanger life, result in illness or infirmity, interfere with a person’s capacity for normal activity, or threaten some significant handicap.” Exactly what qualifies is said to be up to the discretion of the abortionist. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany and other church groups challenged the 2017 rule on the basis that its religious exemptions were too narrow. The only organizations exempt from the rule were those non-profits whose primary purpose was the “inculcation of religious values” and who employed and served those who shared those beliefs. Under those guidelines, the Catholic Church, which both serves and employs a wide variety of people who are not necessarily Catholic, would be excluded from any religious exemptions. “DFS’s actions have ensured that women in New York have control over their reproductive choices, and that insurers cover abortions and contraceptives with no copayments, deductibles or any out-of-pocket costs,” Department of Financial Services Superintendent Adrienne Harris said in a statement. Gov. Kathy Hochul weighed in on the court’s ruling, calling the churches “right wing extremists” for fighting a mandate that states they must pay for the killing of preborn children. “While right-wing extremists attempt to undermine our fundamental freedoms, New York will continue standing strong to protect women’s health care and safeguard abortion rights,” Hochul said. READ: Congressmen demand answers on alleged poor treatment of jailed pro-lifers The New York State Catholic Conference decried both the court’s ruling and Hochul’s statement. “We continue to believe that the regulatory action by the state, as well as subsequent legislative action, requiring religious organizations to provide and pay for coverage of abortion in its employee health plans is unconstitutional and unjust,” Dennis Poust, executive director of the New York State Catholic Conference, said in a statement. “It will come as a surprise to exactly no one that abortion violates the tenets of the Catholic Church. By forcing this mandate on our ministries, the state has unconstitutionally entangled itself in the free exercise of our faith.” The Diocese has said it will appeal to the Supreme Court. Editor’s Note 5/24/24: This article was updated with more details on medical necessity. The DOJ put a pro-life grandmother in jail for protesting the killing of preborn children. Please take 30-seconds to TELL CONGRESS: STOP THE DOJ FROM TARGETING PRO-LIFE AMERICANS.

Gloire au Père, et au Fils et au Saint Esprit, comme il était au commencement, maintenant et toujours pour les siècles des si`ècles. Amen Oh mon Jésus, pardonnes-nous nos pécher, préserves-nous des feux de l'enfer, conduisez au ciel toutes les âmes, spécialement celles qui ont le plus besoin de Ta miséricorde. Amen Notre Père, qui est au cieux, que Ton nom soit sanctifié, que Ton règne vienne, que Ta volonté soit faite sur la terre comme au ciel. Donnes-nous aujourd'hui, notre pain de ce jours, pardonnes-nous nos offenses, comme nous pardonnons aussi a ceux qui nous ont offensé. Ne nous soumet pas a la tentation, mais délivres-nous du mal. Amen

This post is not about entrances or vows, it's about the closing of a monastery. But it's a related topic. There used to be twelve abbeys of Trappist monks, but they're down to nine now. 1. Our Lady of the Holy Trinity (in Utah) closed in 2017. 2. Assumption Abbey (in Missouri) is still open, but it is now the home to Vietnamese Cistercians. The remaining original Trappists - Cistercians of the Strict Observance - are part of the new community. They worked it out with the Cistercians that they could stay at the monastery until they died. 3. Now St. Benedict Abbey (in Snowmass, Colorado - not far from Aspen) is closing. ************************ Trappist USA Closing and Sale of St. Benedict Trappist Monastery in Snowmass, CO. Many know of Snowmass for its great skiing, but it has also been the home of a Trappist monastery. Sadly, with the decreasing number of monks at Snowmass, the monastery will be closing and selling the lands and buildings. After more than 70 years, the monks of St. Benedict’s Monastery are saying goodbye to their land near Aspen and are looking for a buyer willing to pay $150 million for the pristine mountain property. The St. Benedict’s Monastery listing consists of 3,800 deeded acres, including mountains, meadows, irrigated pastures, mesas and more in what’s known as Old Snowmass, located about half an hour northwest of downtown Aspen in Pitkin County. The monastery at 1012 Monastery Road dates to 1956, when a group of four monks of the Cistercian (otherwise known as Trappist) Order arrived at the property. Since then, the monks have conducted a variety of ranching and farming endeavors in addition to their daily spiritual practices. The monks also sold eggs and cookies and operated a bookstore as well.

The Trappist Abbey of Our Lady of Guadalupe (in Carlton, OR) clothed a novice, Br. James, in April. Here's a video about 11 minutes long, if you've never seen this kind of thing before.

Dominican Friars of the Province of Saint Joseph Sstednproomiu0iitah88i53i107lgiig061g020at093m2mhmc51fi3fcai · Five of our Dominican brothers were ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Christopher Cardone, O.P., on Saturday, May 25, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C.! In his homily, Archbishop Christopher Cardone, O.P., a Dominican friar of the Province of St. Joseph and archbishop of Honiara in the Solomon Islands, told his newly ordained brothers to: "Be apostles of hope and mercy. Be men of prayer. Be friends of Jesus who bring light and life and the good news of the Gospel to all people, conscious with great certainty that the love of the Lord is the fruit that endures, and the fruit that lasts forever.” Click here to learn more about the friars who were ordained: https://dominicanfriars.org/meet-our-newly-ordained.../ *********************** And six Dominicans were recently ordained for the province of Poland, too.

"Father, I Stretch My Hand to Thee" was a poem written by Charles Wesley in the early 1700s. It was set to music by Amazi Chapin probably around 1800. It has become a standard hymn in lots of church traditions. This version is by The Barrett Sisters, of Chicago. They appear in the documentary "Say Amen, Somebody." There are dozens of versions of this hymn available on YouTube, but I like The Barrett Sisters' version - it's simple and straightforward. However, they sing only one or two verses - the original hymn has six verses. I don't know that anyone sings all the verses any more.

Just checking in after a long absence and found this. That's incredible! Congratulations! @PhuturePriest Father, we will be praying for you. The duty of priest is, today, one of the most difficult to do faithfully. You have our support! God bless you!

G1.10 Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Congrats!

G1.9 Je vous salut Marie, pleine de grâce, le Seigneur est avec vous, vous êtes bénie entres toutes les femmes et Jésus, le fruit de vos entrailles est béni. Sainte Marie, Mère de Dieu, priez pour nous pécheurs, maintenant et a l'heure de notre mort. Amen

Congrats - may God forever keep you in His hands.

Congratulations Father Phuturepriest!

i literally was on the phorum just wondering how he was doing and this is the first thing i find! many blessings <3

G1.8 Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of our death. Amen.

G1.7 Je vous salut Marie, pleine de grâce, le Seigneur est avec vous, vous êtes bénie entres toutes les femmes et Jésus, le fruit de vos entrailles est béni. Sainte Marie, Mère de Dieu, priez pour nous pécheurs, maintenant et a l'heure de notre mort. Amen

This is Sammy Kershaw singing "Better Than I Used to Be," which is sung to a woman but it's really about trying to improve one's life. Just your average guy trying to head in the right direction. It's not technically a Gospel song, but it's got a lot of religious references built into it.

I only just saw this, but so saddened. Seven77 was amazing - prayers

Congrats, Nihil! Kids are always amesome.

Excellent apporach to enforcing pro-life! More of this! Please!