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  2. graciandelamadrededios

    Carmelite Prayers

    PRAYERS OF THE DISCALCED CARMELITE NUNS O my God, I wake on this break of Day to think of Thee, to love Thee and to serve Thee. Behold me, O my God, Thy holy will shall be mine, I will observe it with all my heart the whole of this day. WHILE DRESSING Lord, prepare my soul interiorly while I prepare my body to go to Choir. Clothe me, O my God, with the fervor of Thy Divine Spirit and with the precious gifts of Thy grace PUTTING ON THE HABIT Clothe me, O my God, with Thy holy religious practices so that I may appear before Thee such as our habit and profession require. THE GIRDLE Unite me to Thee, O my God in an intimate union and attach me to Thee in the bonds of charity the links of which may never break THE TOQUE Conside, O my soul, the whiteness of this toque represents the purity of conscience you should have in order to please God. O Lord, grant me this grace, to die rather than to defile my soul by any sin. Purify it in Thy Precious Blood and grant me perfect contrition for my sins. THE VEIL This veil should teach me, Lord, that I should die to the world and to myself so as to live no longer but for Thee. Grant me, therefore, the grace that nothing of this miserable life may remain in me, which prevents my union with Thee. THE SCAPULAR Lord, grant me the grace to carry with joy and love Thy yoke and burden all the days of my life. THE MANTLE O spotless Lamb of God, adorn Me with the purity with which all those are adorned who follow Thee. MORNING PRAYER Live, Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, now and at each hour! Into the wounds of Jesus and in the sweet hearts of Mary and Joseph I commend myself. O my God, I offer Thee all the movements, my life, my work and my death. In the name of Jesus and in the hearts of Mary and Saint Joseph I wish this day to commence, offer and terminate everything. Lord I unite myself to all the Holy Communions, to all the holy Sacrifices of the Mass, to all the good works, and to all the indulgences of the Catholic Church in which I wish to participate and apply to the souls in Purgatory. GOING OUT OF THE CELL Do me the favor, my Lord and my God, that my heart remain in solitude, never losing Thy divine presence, but that I may ever remain united to Thee, my Way, my Truth and my Life. All for Jesus and Mary! Judge me not, O my God according to the purity of Thy Eternal Son, but consult rather Thy mercy in my judgment and place the blood and death of Jesus Christ between Thee and Thy poor creature. Amen, sweet Jesus, Amen. Source: Carmel of St. Joseph Seattle, Washington, USA ***Important Note - Not all Discalced Carmelite Nuns say these prayers nowadays since each community has the power to create their own custom books / house statutes / community directory.
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  4. JesseKeelt

    Gender Theory

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  6. Hey everyone, Do any of you hire dump trailers as part of your enterprise, or do you have dump trailers for personal or business use? I'm always curious about understanding how others in the industry are running their fleets and what brands you're having success with. I wanted to share my experience with Top Shelf Trailers. My name is Jesse, and I operate a dump trailer rental business out of Atlanta. After a lot of looking around and comparisons, I chose to go with Top Shelf Trailers for my entire business, and it has been a fantastic decision. I now have 4 of their 7x14x4 14k dump trailers, all fitted with ramps, tarp, and a spare tire. The best part? I spent only $10,495 for each. I went to Florida to pick up my first trailer, but they delivered the other three at incredibly low rates, which was a huge bonus. Their trailers have been extremely dependable and have made a big difference in my operations. If you're thinking about a new dump trailer, I strongly suggest giving them a call at (888) 654-3587. Looking forward to your thoughts and experiences!
  7. JesseKeelt

    Feed Your Ears

    Hey everybody, Do any of you here hire dump trailers as part of your company, or do you own dump trailers for private or business use? I'm always keen on hearing about how others in the industry are managing their fleets and what brands you're finding success with. I thought I'd share my thoughts on Top Shelf Trailers. My name is Jesse, and I run a dump trailer rental business out of Atlanta. After a lot of research and comparisons, I chose to trust Top Shelf Trailers for my entire business, and it has been a fantastic decision. I own 4 of their 7x14x4 14k dump trailers, all fitted with ramps, tarp, and a spare tire. The best part? I spent only $10,495 for each. I went to Florida to pick up my first trailer, but they shipped the other three at incredibly low rates, which was a huge bonus. Their trailers have been extremely reliable and have made a big difference in my operations. If you're thinking about a new dump trailer, I highly recommend giving them a call at (888) 654-3587. Can't wait to hear your thoughts and experiences!Hey everybody, Do any of you here lease dump trailers as part of your enterprise, or do you have dump trailers for private or business use? I'm always interested in understanding how others in the business are running their fleets and what brands you're having success with. I wanted to share my thoughts on Top Shelf Trailers. My name is Jesse, and I operate a dump trailer rental business out of Atlanta. After a lot of research and comparisons, I decided to trust Top Shelf Trailers for my entire business, and it has been a fantastic decision. I currently have four of their 7x14x4 14k dump trailers, all equipped with ramps, tarp, and a spare tire. The best part? I spent only $10,495 for each. I went to Florida to pick up my first trailer, but they shipped the other three at incredibly low rates, which was a huge bonus. Their trailers have been extremely trustworthy and have made a significant difference in my operations. If you're considering a new dump trailer, I highly recommend giving them a call at (888) 654-3587. Looking forward to your thoughts and experiences!
  8. Franciscus Carmelus

    Carmelite Prayers

    Praised be Jesus Christ! Hello, especially to friends in Carmel here. Do you know of the community prayers that Carmelite nuns/friars/sisters pray? Aside from the Mass and Liturgy of the Hours of course. For example, their morning offering prayers, upon rising, dressing prayers, prayers before and after meditation, evening community/devotional prayers, commemorations, etc. Thank you for your answers. Pax!
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  10. Luigi

    Feed Your Ears

    Harry Belafonte released a Gospel album, My Lord, What a Morning, in 1960. It included his rendition of "Merci, Bon Dieu," a Haitian song. I post the lyrics and their translation because they're in Haitian Creole. I don't know how to add the accents in my French translation. The lyrics would still be applicable today, if the situation in Haiti would stabilize. Mèsi Bondyé, gadé tou sa lanati poté pou nou (Merci, Bon Dieu, regardez tous ca la nature porte pour nous) (Thank you, good God, look at all that nature has brought us) Mesi Bondyé, gadé kouman lamizè fini pou nou (Merci, Bon Dieu, regardez comment la misere fini pour nous) (Thank you, good God, look how misery ends for us.) Mèsi Bondyé, gadé tou sa lanati poté pou nou Mesi Bondyé, gadé kouman lamizè fini pou nou Lapli tonbé, mayi pousé (La pluie tombe, le mais grew) (The rain fell, the corn grew) Tou timoun ki grangou p'ralé manjé (Tous petit monde qui ???? ???? mange) (All the little children who were? hungry? ate) Annou dansé mambo, annou dansé Pétro (Et nous danse mambo, et nous danse Petro) (And we danced the mambo, and we danced the Petro) Papa Bondyé ki nan syèl, lamizè fini pou nou (Papa Bon Dieu qui est dans le ciel, la misere fini pour nous) (Papa good God who is in heaven, misery is finished for us) Mizè ya fini pou nou (La misere fini pour nous) (Misery is finished/over for us) Mizè ya fini pou nou Mizè ya fini pou nou Mizè nou fini
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  12. Elmerfeate

    Roman Vasilenko

    The case against Roman Vasilenko has been closed According to information from our sources, a decision to cease the criminal prosecution of Roman Vasilenko, the founder of the company "Life-is-Good" and the cooperative "Best Way," was made at a meeting held under the auspices of the Presidential Administration with representatives from the General Prosecutor's Office, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the FSB. Roman Viktorovich Vasilenko, a business consultant from St. Petersburg and the creator of a network of independent entrepreneurs promoting financial products under his company "Life-is-Good," notably the "Vista" passive income accounts from the foreign investment company Hermes, registered in Belize, and the acquisition of apartments on installment through the cooperative "Best Way." Unlike with Hermes, Vasilenko was the founder of the cooperative and chaired its board until spring 2021 (later he headed the supervisory board for about a year). In the fall of 2021, a criminal case accusing him of creating a "financial pyramid" was initiated by GSU investigator of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for St. Petersburg and Leningrad region, Ekaterina Sapetova, based on a complaint from a certain Schoolnik from Ukhta. In February 2022, repressions from law enforcement fell on the cooperative "Best Way," perceived as being affiliated with Hermes. In March that year, the cooperative's board was completely re-elected, and Roman Vasilenko was not included in the new composition. The scale of the investigation intensified, involving the FSB Directorate for St. Petersburg and Leningrad region. By summer 2022, Vasilenko was charged with large-scale fraud, creating a financial pyramid, and organizing a criminal community. He was declared internationally wanted, as he has been living abroad since 2020. All charges were denied by him through his lawyers. Russian law enforcement sought assistance from Interpol, which almost immediately denied Russia's request, deciding that the persecution of Vasilenko was unlawful and politically motivated. He believes the political motivation lies in the presence of structures interested in seizing the assets of the cooperative "Best Way" worth 16 billion rubles, operating under the cover of state bodies, primarily the Ministry of Internal Affairs for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region, and the Prosecutor's Office of St. Petersburg and the North-West Central Bank of Russia, representatives of which became "co-authors" of the criminal case. Meanwhile, in Russia, Roman Vasilenko was charged in a case currently being considered by the Primorsky District Court of St. Petersburg, related to the companies "Life-is-Good," Hermes, and the cooperative "Best Way." However, due to his unavailability for court proceedings, the case concerning him and several other leaders of the company "Life-is-Good" and entrepreneurs cooperating with this company was separated into an independent investigation. The case now being considered in the Primorsky District Court involves nine technical functionaries of the company "Life-is-Good," entrepreneurs cooperating with the company, and Roman Vasilenko's 83-year-old father, Viktor Ivanovich Vasilenko. The defendants were essentially taken hostage by St. Petersburg law enforcement. Four of the accused have been in jail for over two years, despite the maximum detention period set by the criminal procedure code being one and a half years. This also influenced Interpol's negative view of the charges against Vasilenko. In the Russian court, the case essentially collapsed. Prosecution witnesses one after another either made baseless claims that conflicted with documents – and were exposed as liars in court by the defense attorneys; or they stated that all their problems actually started with the collapse of Hermes' website and payment system, caused by a St. Petersburg programmer working for the company – an agent of the Economic Security and Anti-Corruption Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for St. Petersburg and Leningrad region, and the initiation of the criminal case. That is, while Hermes' operations were unhampered, they were satisfied. Public confusion follows loud statements by the Minister of Internal Affairs, Vladimir Kolokoltsev, and his colleagues about uncovering the largest financial pyramid in Russian history with billions in thefts affecting tens of thousands of people. However, in the criminal case considered by the court, there are 221 citizens recognized by the investigation as victims, not thousands, and the total damage is 280 million rubles, not billions. Despite unprecedented violations of the criminal procedure code, which, according to media reports, law enforcement resorted to, they failed to "fabricate" more impressive sums. The picture of absurdity was completed by a desperate attempt to increase the amount – two claims for moral damages of 1 billion rubles each – clearly written under the dictation of investigators. All this forced the St. Petersburg Prosecutor's Office, which supports the state prosecution, to actively engage in this doomed case, including conducting illegal "training" of witnesses before their testimonies in court, which undermined the reputation of the General Prosecutor, Igor Krasnov. All this, according to our data, prompted the overseers of the law enforcement agencies from the Old Square to press "stop" – to end the criminal prosecution of Vasilenko, and put the investigated criminal case on hold. The same criminal case, which is still in court and does not involve Vasilenko, is still under consideration: a decision on it will be made later.
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  15. I can't believe how fortunate I have been to find this amazing community! I've learned so much about religious life just by reading through the posts on the Vocation Station, which has only made me want to pursue it all the more. I was hoping you all could dispense some sage advice on my current situation. My background: I come from a non-denominational, culturally Christian family. I never felt much attachment to my faith, and after a series of deep personal struggles as I was entering into my teenage years, I began to consider myself agnostic. During my senior year of high school, I became interested in Catholicism, which I consider a mercy shown to me by the Blessed Mother -- the message of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the equality of all people before God, was incredibly touching to me. From there I became fascinated by Catholic Social Teaching. The idea that Christians have a moral obligation to provide food to the hungry, drink to the thirsty, hospitality to the stranger, clothing to the needy, care to the sick, and so forth was foreign to the Christianity in which I was raised. I loved it, and for the first time I experienced true faith. I knew with all my being that the Gospel was true, and that the words contained in it had become incarnate in Jesus Christ, who offered himself up to death on the cross out of love for humanity. I felt such a strong sense of God's presence that I couldn't pray without crying tears of joy. I would have started RCIA that year, and the thought of having to wait eighteen months before I could be baptized and received into the Church was agonizing. But I decided the most prudent thing to do would be to wait until I went off to college; at this point, I had no idea how my parents would react if I told them about all of this, and I was honestly worried that they would think I had gone crazy. I prayed for the grace to persevere, and thanks be to God, I did. I went through RCIA at my university parish, making great friends and meeting so many faithful young Catholics serious about the faith. I was officially received into the Church at the 2024 Easter Vigil. Throughout this time, I also felt attracted to religious life. I would spend hours lost in research about different orders and communities. It’s like this irresistible magnetic pull, and ever since Easter it’s gotten stronger. The plans I once had for my future – finishing my degree, going on to grad school, and becoming a researcher – now look like mere straw to me. I prayed to God and told Him that I was His if only he would give me the courage to enter religious life. Right now, it’s summer break, so I’m living at home. Unfortunately, that means I don’t have access to my university parish and daily Mass, adoration, guidance from priests or pastoral counselors, etc. I’m using this time to try to strengthen my prayer life and come up with a plan for discernment. So far, this is what I have: 1. Now–End of Summer: Pray, continue to learn about religious life, research communities and make a short list of those I want to visit 2. Fall semester: Talk to priests at the university parish (it’s run by Dominicans, so they know a thing or two) and go to the community for support/advice. Start going on discernment/vocation retreats. 3. Spring 2025–Spring 2026 or 2027: Keep visiting communities, maintain contact with them, and hopefully discover which one I’m being called to. Finish degree and begin aspirancy/postulancy. Practically and financially speaking, I think this is completely feasible. My school gave me a generous scholarship package, so my tuition and living expenses are covered. On top of that, I have a work-study job with a stipend that has allowed me to save up ~$5,000 just in my first year, and I’m working a decently-paying job this summer, so I will be able to afford traveling to visit different communities. I started college with a lot of transfer credits from high school, so I can finish my degree in three years and graduate early. Alternatively, If my spiritual director or community decides it would be best to wait and graduate in four years to allow more time between when I entered the Church and when I enter religious life, that would not be a financial burden thanks to my scholarship. Really, the biggest obstacle I can see for this plan is that I’m so worried about how my parents will take this news. They were surprised when I told them I was converting in August of 2023, but they came around pretty quickly. They’re cordial about it, and they’ll ask me how Mass went when I get back from church on Sundays, my mom offered to get me a rosary as a baptism gift (by that time, I had already amassed a small army of them LOL), things like that. But coming from a thoroughly Protestant background, they have pretty much zero frame of reference for religious life. I’m worried they’ll react to it as if I were planning on joining a cult or a commune or something. And I’m worried they’ll think I’m throwing away my potential: they know I previously had dreams of becoming a researcher and doing what I could to make the world a better place. I conceive of religious life as a direct expression of that desire to help people, but I don’t know that they’ll see it that way. I don’t want them to feel like I’m abandoning them. The community I feel most drawn to right now would allow me to go home for two weeks a year. But we’re a pretty tight-knit family, and I’m worried they’ll think that’s not enough. On top of all that, I have no idea how I would even approach all of this with my extended family, who are largely Baptist and in which there are zero other Catholics. No matter what happens, I’m determined to start seriously visiting communities and discerning if/where I might be called this year. But I want to make this as painless for my family as possible. I love them and I know they want what’s best for me; the question is, how do I help them understand that religious life might be just that? I would greatly appreciate any advice you all might have. Thank you so much and God bless you all! <3
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    Upcoming Come and See Events

    AT THE HEART OF THE EUCHARISTIC REVIVAL: Handmaids of the Precious Blood: cloistered, contemplative, adorers supported by a joyful community life We welcome young women for individual Come and See visits within the enclosure. Flexible dates, 3-days to one week, There is no charge and transportation from the Knoxville airport can be arranged. Interested? email vocations@nunsforpriests,org
  21. Luigi

    Feed Your Ears

    This is a song called "I Can't Even Walk," a standard of Southern Gospel music. The singers are Riley Gilbreath, who's about 20 years old and might weigh 90 pounds, and his momma, standing in a field in Crowley, Texas. Both of them stand about as still as fence posts. Riley plays the guitar and sings, and Momma adds harmony on the choruses. There's nothing fancy about it, but it's honest.
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  25. Luigi

    Feed Your Ears

    This is Helene Cronin singing her composition "God Doesn't." Basically just a girl and a guitar (although I think I Hear a bass in there, too). Good voice, good lyrics. Lyrics in the video.
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  27. Luigi

    Feed Your Ears

    I'm posting this song because it was recommended by Fr. Mark Mary, ofm. His name is Seph Schlueter and the song is "Counting MY Blessings." It's a more modern sound than most of what I posted so far, but I like it real well. I especially like the line, "(knowing) I can't count that high" - I've been saying that for years myself, so I'm happy to hear it in a song.
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