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"Let us honor His poverty, at least by our moderation, if we do not do so by total imitation" (St Vincent de Paul: III:526).

 

 

 

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"The Worthiness of Work"

 

People say: “Be like Christ.”  Fine.  He started out a carpenter. Let’s start at home.  Or better yet, at work.

 

___https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2018/09/15/the-worthiness-of-work/_____

 

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One might hope that Catholics would distinguish themselves by embracing this vision about the nobility of any good, honest work.  But I wonder.  How many Catholic parents are as proud when their sons or daughters take lower paying jobs? How many wish they could boast that their son or daughter is a highly-paid executive rather than a Catholic high-school teacher?

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. There are jobs that simply can’t be sent overseas or given to a robot.  One is taking care of your baby.  Another is laying bricks for a wall.  A third is fixing your plumbing.  A fourth is wiring an electrical socket in your house.  A fifth is making the bed up in your hotel room.  Every executive in the C-suite can be replaced before you can replace the people who do those jobs.

Consider all the people who do such jobs – jobs that provide real value for people, jobs that make your life so much better –

and be thankful.

 

 

 

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My physical disabilities have limited me sufficiently that commencing in October next month, I will be receiving Holy Communion at home.  I am not sick, just finding real difficulty in getting around.

Bit of a blow just now at the commencement of a new journey in the journey.

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"LACK OF WISDOM"

 

Fr Paul Rout OFM, an Australian priest who lectures in Franciscan Spirituality at the University of London, gave a talk earlier this month for the World day of Prayer for the Care of Creation at the Australian Catholic University in Brisbane.

“We are in danger of knowing the cost of everything and the value of nothing,” Fr Rout said.

“Wisdom comes about through our values, and not everything can be explained by the scientific method of enquiry.”

Fr Rout pointed to political institutions as an example of this imbalance.

“We see a lack .................read MORE http://cathnews.com/cathnews/33106-wisdom-decreases-as-scientific-knowledge-grows

 

 

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Pope Francis

Angelus Address: On the Question: ‘Who is Jesus?’

https://zenit.org/articles/angelus-address-on-the-question-who-is-jesus/

Before questioning the Twelve directly, Jesus wants to hear from them what the people think of Him — and He knows well that the disciples are very sensitive to the Master’s popularity! Therefore, He asks: ”Who do men say that I am?” (v. 27). It emerges that the people consider Jesus a great prophet. But, in reality, He isn’t interested in people’s opinion polls and gossip. He isn’t interested either in His disciples responding to His questions with ready-made formulas, quoting famous personalities of Sacred Scriptures, because a faith that is reduced to formulas is a myopic faith.

The Lord wants His disciples of yesterday and of today to establish a personal relationship with Him, and thus receive Him at the center of their life. Therefore He spurs them to put themselves in all truth before themselves, and asks: ”But who do you say that I am?” (v. 29). Today, Jesus asks this direct and confidential question to each one of us: “Who do you say that I am?” Who do you all say that I am? Who am I for you? Each one is called to answer, in his heart, allowing himself to be illumined by the light that the Father gives us to know His Son, Jesus. And it can also happen to us, as with Peter, to affirm enthusiastically: “You are the Christ.” However, when Jesus says clearly to us what He said to the disciples, namely, that His mission is carried out not on the wide path of success, but on the arduous pathway of the suffering Servant, humiliated, rejected and crucified, then it can happen to us also, as to Peter, to protest and rebel because this is opposed to our expectations. In those moments, we also deserve Jesus’ salutary rebuke: “Get behind me, Satan! For you are not on the side of God, but of men” (v. 33).

Brothers and sisters, the profession of faith in Jesus Christ can’t stop at words, but calls to be authenticated by concrete choices and gestures, by a life marked by love of God, of a great life, of a life with much love for one’s neighbor. Jesus says to us that to follow Him, to be His disciples, it’s necessary to deny oneself (cf. v. 34), that is, the claims of our egoistic pride, and take up our own cross. Then He gives all a fundamental rule. And what is this rule? “Whoever would save his life will lose it.” Often in life, for many reasons, we mistake the way, seeking happiness only in things, or in persons that we treat as things. However, we only find happiness when true love encounters us, surprises us and changes us. Love changes everything! And love can also change us, each one of us. The testimonies of the Saints demonstrate it.

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Mass Online today has been dated incorrectly

Should read "Tuesday 18th Sep 2018"

 

 

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Universalis

Hours of The Divine Office Online

General Calendar 

http://universalis.com/

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Two threads posted 18th September 2018 in OPEN MIC:

 

 

 

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Daily Mass Online

Australia

The Date on Today's Mass is incorrect at Wed 18th September

Should read: Wed 19th September 2018

 

 

 

 

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Universalis

Liturgy of The Hours

General Calendar

Wednesday 19th September 2018

http://universalis.com/lauds.htm

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Some say "why has God done this to me" in adversity.  To understand the above quotation from St. Alonso, one needs to grasp the Doctrine of Divine Providence:

CCC http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p1s2c1p4.htm 

...............and then scroll down to: "V. GOD CARRIES OUT HIS PLAN: DIVINE PROVIDENCE"

 

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Patience is perhaps not so much about waiting as it is

about how one acts

while waiting

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"No, these things (growth in spirituality and virtue) take a lifetime of practice and hard work and when
they do come together, they do so with a balanced serenity that does
not chafe. We are all very different people and we are all
very different at various points in life.

Never stop trying, but be patient with yourself and especially
patient with those who are far ahead of you or far behind you!

The monks of Mount Athos are always using the phrase: "Be patient"

or "Patience." They even say it to their donkeys when loading them:

"Patience, Demetrios!" We need to keep on trying, to never give up,

but the timetable is God's and His alone. This is a race we cannot

win on our own speed.

"Patience, beloveds, patience!"


Brother Jerome, OSB
http://www.stmarysmonastery.org

 

 

 

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THE BLESSED TRINITY

 

https://www.catholic.com/qa/do-the-triune-persons-have-personalities

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I understand the Trinity as God as three separate Persons—does this imply that each of them has a separate "personality," and, if so, what is each of their personalities?

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You inquire about the central mystery of the Catholic faith and the most profound one as well (although Our Lord's hypostatic union is a close second).

The simple answer is that, yes, each Triune person has a personality, as the Catholic Encyclopedia HERE affirms, and their respective personalities are simply as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. In this case, we see the term personality is used to affirm and distinguish their each being distinct, divine persons, while each also wholly possesses one divine nature. Personality is not meant in the typical merely human sense, e.g., choleric, sanguine, melancholic, or phlegmatic.

For more on this great mystery, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church(232ff.) HERE. In addition, we have a variety of free online resources for you to browse.

Numerous links on "The Holy Trinity" https://www.catholic.com/trinity

 

 

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Living in the Embrace of Divine Providence

Give yourself to God without reserve; in singleness of heart, meeting everything that every day brings forth, as something that comes from God, and is to be received and gone through by you, in such a heavenly use of occurrences. This is an attainable degree of perfection.

- William Law

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The kingdom of God is simply God's power enthroned in our hearts. Faith in the kingdom of God is what makes us light of heart and what Christian joy is all about.
- John Main

 

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