Private Vows in The Laity/Spirituality

[Guest]

On ‎16‎/‎03‎/‎2018 at 6:10 AM, Pax17 said:

Hope you had a good trip...allergies and colds are going strong here in northern AZ.

Apologies, just saw your post.  Yes, it was a lovely trip and break, Pax, despite the virus.   My son is over it but my daughter in law has had two lots of antibiotics and is still suffering.  We are now entering into our flu season and I will be having the flu shot.

AZ - is that Arizona?

Always, as I leave my home city travelling out of it, I feel as if a weight is being taken off me.

[Guest]

GOOD FRIDAY

 

This description (with map) of what probably happened to Jesus based on the Gospels and Roman crucifixion is very graphic and also has sketches.

It is nine pages long.  Be warned, it is disturbing reading.

https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/overviews/seasons/lent/passion1.cfm

ON THE PHYSICAL DEATH OF JESUS CHRIST

William D. Edwards, MD;

Wesley J. Gabel, MDiv;

Floyd E Hosmer, MS, AMI

Excerpt only: "Jesus of Nazareth underwent Jewish and Roman trials, was flogged, and was sentenced to death by crucifixion. The scourging produced deep stripe like lacerations and appreciable blood loss, and it probably set the stage for hypovolemic shock, as evidenced by the fact that Jesus was too weakened to carry the crossbar (patibulum) to Golgotha. At the site of crucifixion, his wrists were nailed to the patibulum and, after the patibulum was lifted onto the upright post (stipes), his feet were nailed to the stipes. The major pathophysiologic effect of crucifixion was an interference with normal respirations. Accordingly death resulted primarily from hypovolemic shock and exhaustion asphyxia. Jesus' death was ensured by the thrust of a soldier's spear into his side. Modern medical interpretation of the historical evidence indicate that Jesus was dead when taken down from the cross. (JAMA 1986;255:1455-1463)....."....

......More on above link (9 pages long)

[Guest]

Meaning of Liturgical Objects Used at Mass

(Slide show)

 

HERE

[Guest]

 

Good Friday is the mirror held up by Jesus so that we can see ourselves in all our stark reality, and then it turns us to that cross and to his eyes and we hear these words, “Father forgive them for they know not what they do.” That’s us! And so we know beyond a shadow of a doubt that if we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves. We see in that cross a love so amazing so divine that it loves us even when we turn away from it, or spurn it, or crucify it. There is no faith in Jesus without understanding that on the cross we see into the heart of God and find it filled with mercy for the sinner whoever he or she may be.

- Robert G. Trache

[Guest]

 

 

---o0o---

 

Uniting Your Suffering to Christ’s Passion

https://catholicexchange.com/uniting-suffering-christs-passion?mc_cid=4902840941&mc_eid=419cf29043

 

Betrayal at the Last Supper

https://catholicexchange.com/betrayal-last-supper?mc_cid=4902840941&mc_eid=419cf29043

[Guest]

Vincent's Quote of the Day (St Vincent de Paul Society)

Quote of the Day – March 31

 

"Try not to rush around, but do everything gently" (I:375).

 

 

 

"Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters" (Colossians Chapter 3)

Even our relaxation time can be (and should be) offered through Jesus to The Father.   This is where the Morning Offering is short and says it all and our baptismal and lay vocation calls us too to do so.

 

 

 

 

Edited April 1, 2018 by BarbaraTherese

[Guest]

 

[Guest]

 

"Humble yourselves . . .

We cannot pass through the low door with our head held high

unless we want to crack it.

And the door we have to pass through is Christ crucified,

who humbled himself down to the level of

us witless fools."

- St Catherine of Siena

[Guest]

 

 

 

---o0o---

 

 

The Truth of The Passion

 

Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa, the preacher of the Pontifical Household

https://zenit.org/articles/fr-cantalamessa-the-truth-of-the-passion/

Excerpt: "Fr. Cantalamessa answers: “On the cross, God reveals himself…himself as he really is, in his most intimate and truest reality. ‘God is love,”’ John writes (1 Jn 4:10), oblative love, a love that consists in self-giving, and only on the cross does God’s infinite capacity for self-gift manifest the length to which it will go.”

[Guest]

 

Say to those whose hearts are frightened:

Be strong, fear not!

Here is your God, he comes with vindication;

With divine recompense he comes to save you.

Isaiah Chapter 35 

[Guest]

 

The joyful news that He is risen does not change the contemporary world. Still before us lie work, discipline, sacrifice. But the fact of Easter gives us the spiritual power to do the work, accept the discipline, and make the sacrifice. ~

Henry Knox Sherrill

[Guest]

Just watched a video on YouTube on the supposed prophecy of Padre Pio on the Three Days of Darkness.  It was quite disturbing and seemingly debatable if it did come from Padre Pio.  I decided to do what research I could from reliable sources:

 

Jimmy Akin and EWTN on

(Supposed) Padre Pio's Three Days of Darkness

http://jimmyakin.com/2010/01/a-reader-writessomebody-asked-me-in-regard-of-this-article-is-it-true-or-false-is-it-authentic-or-just-regular-pious-writi.html

http://www.ewtn.com/v/experts/showmessage.asp?number=326829

 

I guess that whether one believes it or not is one's choice.  It is a supposed only private revelation and what The Church has to say about private revelations applies. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/vatican-publishes-guidelines-on-apparitions-private-revelations (Excerpt: "Cardinal Levada made clear in his preface to the guidelines that, unlike public revelation, Catholics are not bound to accept the veracity or content of any private revelation, not even those officially approved by church authorities.")

I can't find if the Vatican has said anything about the Three Days of Darkness specifically.

 

 

 

While The Three Days of Darkness goes into specifics that are quite dark, even scary, it can be summarised by Our Lady's message at Fatima.  Prayer and Penance.

Excerpt of the homily by Pope John Paul II, Fatima May 13 1982 on Our Lady's call to Prayer and Penance:   http://www.rosary-center.org/maryfatm.htm

Fatima, of course, is an approved apparition and private revelation.

Edited April 2, 2018 by BarbaraTherese

[Guest]

Daily Reflection - St Vincent de Paul Society

 April 2

 

“We cannot be guilty of an excess in true hope, which can never be too great

because it is founded on the goodness of my God

and the merits of Jesus Christ.”
– St. Vincent de Paul

[Guest]

[Guest]

 

 

If we will only surrender ourselves utterly to the Lord, and will trust Him perfectly, we shall find our souls “mounting up with wings as eagles” to the “heavenly places” in Christ Jesus, where earthly annoyances or sorrows have no power to disturb us. 
- Hannah Whitall Smith

[Guest]

Lord, I renounce my desire for human praise, for the approval of my peers, the need for public recognition. I deliberately put these aside today, content to hear you whisper, "Well done, my faithful servant." Amen
   - Anonymous

 

 

Australian Catholic Archbishop: 'Powerful Interests' Are Attacking Christians, 'Cast Us As Public Enemy No. 1' 

https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/michael-w-chapman/catholic-archbishop-powerful-interests-are-attacking-christians-cast-us

[Guest]

 

 

Our wickedness shall not overpower the unspeakable goodness and mercy of God; our dullness shall not overpower God’s wisdom, nor our infirmity God’s omnipotence.

- John of Kronstadt

 

https://aleteia.org/2018/03/05/how-to-bear-the-faults-of-others-according-to-the-the-imitation-of-christ/

 Here are six quotes from the The Imitation of Christ on how to bear the faults of others.

Quote

Try to bear patiently with the defects and infirmities of others, whatever they may be, because you also have many a fault which others must endure.

If you cannot make yourself what you would wish to be, how can you bend others to your will? We want them to be perfect, yet we do not correct our own faults. We wish them to be severely corrected, yet we will not correct ourselves … it is clear how seldom we think of others as we do of ourselves.

Until God ordains otherwise, a man ought to bear patiently whatever he cannot correct in himself and in others. Consider it better thus—perhaps to try your patience and to test you, for without such patience and trial your merits are of little account.

nder such difficulties you should pray that God will consent to help you bear them calmly.

If, after being admonished once or twice, a person does not amend, do not argue with him but commit the whole matter to God that His will and honor may be furthered in all His servants, for God knows well how to turn evil to good.

[W]e must support one another, console one another, mutually help, counsel, and advise, for the measure of every man’s virtue is best revealed in time of adversity—adversity that does not weaken a man but rather shows what he is.

Underscore is not mine - and I could not delete it.

Edited April 8, 2018 by BarbaraTherese

[Guest]

I am dealing with what is a big problem for me - I will post when and if I can and that might be only now and then.  I'll "do what I can and leave the rest to God" (St Mary of The Cross MacKillop - first Aussie saint).

[Guest]

[Guest]

Lay Person and Doctor

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-joseph-moscati-55

Edited April 12, 2018 by BarbaraTherese