tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8374539443974226852024-03-18T03:50:03.062-04:00Ave Momma - BlogI'm a Catholic homeschooling mother of six children. Join us for edifying thoughts on Catholicism, homeschooling, and life among Lilliputians! When I'm not sitting around eating bon-bons, I create rosary wrap bracelets. The rosary is the only bracelet you'll ever need and it makes a very special keepsake for any faith-filled occasion! Kindly visit www.AveMomma.com to choose one for yourself or your favorite friend-in-faith today!Ave Mommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12943345934119009863noreply@blogger.comBlogger348125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-837453944397422685.post-24830446636014700072021-02-10T01:02:00.002-05:002021-02-10T01:05:14.887-05:00From Unborn to Pre-Born!<p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span face="Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw2EU-mYulVeRVUmBpH5pWIzRDDa_S5541H2MO8czEc0Y4Y91zWh0gZ78qf4tuAqhahR-en-qMCLSxIO9wqofoUbBE71f33JtV8i8Kal77Y1IABJc6d_mB4f7J04zO7BR6nlSC6J7yZuY/s285/Jesus+Sonogram.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="285" data-original-width="190" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw2EU-mYulVeRVUmBpH5pWIzRDDa_S5541H2MO8czEc0Y4Y91zWh0gZ78qf4tuAqhahR-en-qMCLSxIO9wqofoUbBE71f33JtV8i8Kal77Y1IABJc6d_mB4f7J04zO7BR6nlSC6J7yZuY/w133-h200/Jesus+Sonogram.jpg" width="133" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Ever had God plant a wild hair in your head and not be able to yank it out? Yeah. It's like THAT.</span></span><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span face="Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span face="Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Because
the annual March for Life normally occurs in January, there has been a
plethora of online chatter about "the unborn," praying for the unborn,
marching for the unborn, supporting the unborn, saving the unborn.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span face="Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span face="Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">You
know, honestly, I've never liked the sound of that: the "unborn." It
always has sounded a little creepy to me, like some kind of unholy
foreign creature or a zombie or something. "The Unborn." I can just
hear the ominous swell of warning music in a "B" horror movie. "The
Unborn!" (*shiver*)<br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span face="Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span face="Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Has anyone else ever thought that?</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span face="Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span face="Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">(<i>....listening for revelatory yes's or crickets here....</i>)<br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span face="Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span face="Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">"Unborn"
just sounds so...final. Like it refers to a creature which has NEVER
been born AND never will be born. The creature *IS* an unborn. Period.<br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span face="Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span face="Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Of
course, I realize that "unborn" babies in utero simply are not born
YET. I realize that. But, language matters and I wonder if we
(including and perhaps especially those who are not already pro-life)
have become too accustomed to hearing "the unborn," so much so that the
preliminary condition of infants in the womb awaiting and preparing for
their birth seems unimportant<span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span face="Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">, unrecognizable</span></span></span>, unreal.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span face="Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span face="Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Those aren't REAL babies. They're unborn. They're un-babies.<br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span face="Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span face="Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Mmmphf....</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span face="Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span face="Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">What about "the pre-born"? What about referring to those who are preparing to be born -- <span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span face="Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">actual, whole, beginner people!</span></span></span>
-- as "the pre-born"? They already possess an inherent human dignity
and simply are preparing for and awaiting their next stage in human
development, being born. They are pre-born, pre-birth, pre-natal,
pre-arrival-party, <i>already</i> authentic human beings preparing for their grand entrance into the world beyond their mother's womb!<br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span face="Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span face="Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Why
can't we call them the "pre-born?"</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span face="Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span face="Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">It sounds so much more like a
"getting ready" or preparing stage of life, rather than the fixed and
final one of those who won't be allowed to be born, the unborn. To me,
"pre-born" creates an infinitely more complete impression of a distinct
individual, a human being who already has such uniquely human
characteristics that s/he actively is preparing to show up here! Being
born is a given, because if one is "pre-born," then it implies that this
is the time prior to when one *WILL* be born.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span face="Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span face="Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">I don't know. It's late. I'm rambling here. Clearly. And yet....</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span face="Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span face="Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">I
guess just wanted to share with you the fact that God put this nagging
thought in my head about the importance of language, even and especially
for the pre-born. Maybe I'm not the first one to come up with this.
But, please know that I now will be referring to infants in the womb as
"pre-born." I hope you might consider doing so, too!</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span face="Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span face="Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">(...could've made a looooong story a lot shorter right there with just that, couldn't I have?) ;- )<br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span face="Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span face="Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Thanks for listening and for letting me share the Tiny Little Crusade that God put inside my head!</span></span></span>Ave Mommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12943345934119009863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-837453944397422685.post-64145600801607721452019-03-01T23:05:00.000-05:002019-03-01T23:05:26.470-05:00Why I Wear a Veil<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">A lovely friend of mine recently wrote to ask why I veil for Mass and Adoration. This is what I told her. I hope it might help you, too, if you are discerning adding a veil to your devotional practices.</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">My
family thinks I'm "a little out there," a la "The Church Lady." No one else in my
extended family veils and at the time that I first started wearing one, I
didn't know ANYone else who did, either. But, I had seen other women
in church veiling and wondered about it....</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Then,
the Church revised the wording of the Mass with Advent 2011. I prayed a
*LOT* about whether or not to veil, then felt a pull toward, "new
Church year; new devotion to help me focus." At the time, my youngest was only
seven months old and the rest of our family's pew was filled with
all six impatient, squirming children, with me at one end and my husband far away at
the other. It was nigh on *impossible* for me to focus on Mass. At.
All. Much less for an entire hour.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">As
a result, I was increasingly impatient, annoyed, self-pitying, and
resentful that I couldn't manage one measly hour a week before the
Lord! Ugh! Then, I saw veils. And I noticed that, in a gentle sort of
way, they were like blinkers or blinders on a horse.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I
grew up around horses. Horses' eyes are set far on opposite sides of
their heads as one of their methods of self defense -- they have almost a
360 degree view of everything around them. Consequently, they see (and
react!) to EVERYTHING.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Along
came blinders. You've seen them -- the Budweiser Clydesdales and Amish
buggy horses wear square ones on their bridles and Thoroughbred race
horses wear spherical ones on a hood on their face. The blinders narrow
the horse's frame of vision so he focuses ONLY on what's ahead of him.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Ahhhhhhhh.
As in every moment of my life as a stay-at-home, homeschooling mom, I
was surrounded on all sides by a miniature Barbarian Hoard. Almost.
All sides but one. <span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">What was in front of me in church?</span></span> The tabernacle -- literally, because we sit up front for the benefit of our eldest son (which really winds up benefiting us all!).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Wearing
a veil became my literal and figurative blinders. In many instances,
it literally obscures my peripheral vision. In all instances, it is a
lightweight, tangible reminder of where I am, Who is present, and what I
am there to do.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Worship. Him.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">It's that simple.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Worship. Him.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">My
veil becomes my blinders. My prayer tent. My spiritual security
blanket. My smack on the head to pay attention. My reminder that I am
on holy ground, in the presence of Almighty God, a humble creature
before her Creator.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">It
does not make me MORE humble or more reverent or more special than
anyone else there. If anything, while a veil *IS* special (because it's
only for a woman in the Real Presence), it reminds me that I'm NOT the
most special. I am the least before Him. It is such a wonderful,
freeing, comforting train of thought, almost like being a child again
and obliviously having my late father lovingly take care of....
everything.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">The
same kids were still squirming. The same distractions were all still
there, whether in my head or all around me. And the same God was still
present in the same way in the same tabernacle where He always was.
But, now I had a tangible touchstone to remind me.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">It was like the time I confessed to a priest about being distracted too often during the rosary.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">"Do you come back to it?" he asked.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I frowned. "Of course."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">He
smiled. "Then, that is an even greater grace. To be pulled away,
whether by the devil or by honest distractions, and to CHOOSE to return
to it can be an even greater grace."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">My veil reminds me to keep coming back, despite the distractions.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Today,
I feel naked and amiss if I enter a Catholic church without my veil.
So, I keep it in my purse (with an extra for anyone else! I've given
away three since I started veiling!). It's kind of like "appropriate
dress and comportment" for me. I wouldn't wear stilettos to the barn,
nor pajamas to my boss's dinner party. I wouldn't chew gum in a job
interview, but I would make sure I brushed my teeth. My veil just
feels... right, in every way, in the Real Presence of Our Lord.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">And that, in the immortal words of Paul Harvey, is the rest of the story!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span id="🙂" title=":slight_smile:">:-D</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">That
also, my dear friend, is probably waaaaay more than you really wanted
to know! I scrolled back through this and was going to delete it, but
decided to be honest and send it "as is."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Wearing a veil is simple and
complex, all at the same time. I hope this is helpful to you in
discerning your own devotions! The video entitled "The Chapel
Veil" by "True Faith TV" on YouTube also is well-done.</span></span></div>
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Ave Mommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12943345934119009863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-837453944397422685.post-25926441669759142422018-12-02T23:19:00.002-05:002018-12-02T23:19:30.808-05:00Advent Calendar<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here it is! My "Advent Calendar" for 2018 is ready for you to color and enjoy! Please feel welcome to print, photocopy, or distribute this for personal use only.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #674ea7;">Advent Blessings! ii<span style="color: magenta;">i</span>i</span></b>Ave Mommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12943345934119009863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-837453944397422685.post-46970990416066585962018-12-02T23:17:00.001-05:002018-12-02T23:17:06.497-05:00St. Andrew Christmas Novena<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">(The "St. Andrew Christmas Novena" technically began on Friday, November 30th, the feast of St. Andrew. But, I firmly believe it's never too late to get on the prayer train praising the Baby Jesus! I hear He's very powerful, you know.) :-)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">While
a novena
is normally a nine-day [or nine hour] prayer, the term sometimes is
used for any
prayer that is repeated over a series of days. The Saint Andrew
Christmas Novena is often called simply the "Christmas Novena" or the
"Christmas Anticipation Prayer," because it is prayed 15 times every day (we pray five [5] each at breakfast, lunch, and supper)
from the Feast of Saint Andrew the Apostle (November 30th) until
Christmas. The First Sunday of Advent always is the Sunday closest to the Feast
of Saint Andrew.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The novena is not actually addressed to Saint Andrew, but to God
Himself, asking Him to grant our request in the honor of the birth of
His Son at Christmas. You can say the prayer all 15 times, all at once,
or divide up the recitation as necessary (perhaps five times at each
meal).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Prayed
as a family, the Saint Andrew Christmas Novena is a very good way to
help focus the attention of your children on the Advent season.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i>Saint Andrew Christmas Novena</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Hail and blessed be the hour and moment in which the Son of God was
born of the most pure Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem, in
piercing cold. In that hour, vouchsafe, O my God! to hear my prayer and
grant my desires, through the merits of Our Saviour Jesus Christ, and of
His Blessed Mother. Amen.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>(source: </i><i>by Scott P. Richert at </i><i>Catholicism.about.com)</i></span></div>
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Ave Mommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12943345934119009863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-837453944397422685.post-17634768981745448772018-02-02T00:00:00.000-05:002018-02-02T00:00:00.713-05:00Novena to Our Lady of Lourdes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Tomorrow begins the novena to Our Lady of Lourdes, whose feast day is Sunday, February 11th:<br />
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<a href="http://www.oblatesusa.org/prayer/novena-prayers/our-lady-of-lourdes-novena-prayers/">http://www.oblatesusa.org/prayer/novena-prayers/our-lady-of-lourdes-novena-prayers/</a><br />
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St. Bernadette is a beautiful example to us all of believing, even when it doesn't make sense!<br />
<br />Ave Mommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12943345934119009863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-837453944397422685.post-72512567462043716632017-11-30T09:39:00.000-05:002017-11-30T09:39:24.590-05:00TODAY! - Christmas Novena<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">While
a novena
is normally a nine-day [or nine hour] prayer, the term sometimes is
used for any
prayer that is repeated over a series of days. The Saint Andrew
Christmas Novena is often called simply the "Christmas Novena" or the
"Christmas Anticipation Prayer," because it is prayed 15 times every day (we pray five [5] each at breakfast, lunch, and supper)
from the Feast of Saint Andrew the Apostle (November 30th) until
Christmas. The First Sunday of Advent always is the Sunday closest to the Feast
of Saint Andrew.</span></span><br />
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The novena is not actually addressed to Saint Andrew, but to God
Himself, asking Him to grant our request in the honor of the birth of
His Son at Christmas. You can say the prayer all 15 times, all at once,
or divide up the recitation as necessary (perhaps five times at each
meal).</span></span></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Prayed
as a family, the Saint Andrew Christmas Novena is a very good way to
help focus the attention of your children on the Advent season.</span></span></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i>Saint Andrew Christmas Novena</i></b></span></div>
<div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Hail and blessed be the hour and moment in which the Son of God was
born of the most pure Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem, in
piercing cold. In that hour, vouchsafe, O my God! to hear my prayer and
grant my desires, through the merits of Our Saviour Jesus Christ, and of
His Blessed Mother. Amen.</b></span></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><i>(source: </i><i>by Scott P. Richert at </i><i>Catholicism.about.com)</i></span></div>
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Ave Mommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12943345934119009863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-837453944397422685.post-66519539173376818712017-07-02T00:00:00.000-04:002017-07-02T00:00:00.185-04:00Freedom<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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July 2, 1776 - The Continental Congress votes for independence, passing a
resolution offered by Richard Henry Lee of Virginia: "Resolved, That
these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and
independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the
British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the
State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved."Ave Mommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12943345934119009863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-837453944397422685.post-88121376429742608412017-06-23T00:00:00.000-04:002017-06-23T00:00:00.171-04:00Feast of the Sacred Heart<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here is a <a href="http://jceworld.blogspot.com/2016/06/what-is-sacred-heart-of-jesus-novena.html">link</a> to a fabulous page with several prayers and everything you ever wanted to know about the Sacred Heart of Jesus and His love....for YOU!<br />
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Catholic News World:<br />
<a href="http://jceworld.blogspot.com/2016/06/what-is-sacred-heart-of-jesus-novena.html">Sacred Heart of Jesus</a><br />
<br />Ave Mommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12943345934119009863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-837453944397422685.post-15046229816031704522017-06-22T00:00:00.000-04:002017-06-22T00:00:00.163-04:00Sacred Heart Novena - Day 9<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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O Lord Jesus Christ, to Thy Most Sacred Heart I confide this intention (<i>mention your request</i>).<br />
Only look upon me, then do what Thy Heart inspires.<br />
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Let Thy Sacred Heart decide.<br />
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I count on Thee.<br />
I trust in Thee.<br />
I throw myself on Thy Mercy, Lord Jesus!<br />
Thou wilt not fail me.<br />
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Sacred Heart of Jesus, I trust in Thee.<br />
<br />
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I believe in Thy Love for me.<br />
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Sacred Heart of Jesus, Thy Kingdom come.<br />
<br />
O
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I have asked Thee for many favors, but I
earnestly implore this one. Take it, place it in Thy open, broken
Heart, and when the Eternal Father looks upon it, covered with Thy
Precious Blood, He will not refuse it. It will no longer be my prayer,
but Thine, O Jesus.<br />
<br />
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in Thee.<br />
Let me never be confounded.<br />
<br />
Amen.<br />
<br />
(Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be).Ave Mommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12943345934119009863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-837453944397422685.post-50234528906463983592017-06-21T00:00:00.000-04:002017-06-21T00:00:00.242-04:00Sacred Heart Novena - Day 8<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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O Lord Jesus Christ, to Thy Most Sacred Heart I confide this intention (<i>mention your request</i>).<br />
Only look upon me, then do what Thy Heart inspires.<br />
<br />
Let Thy Sacred Heart decide.<br />
<br />
I count on Thee.<br />
I trust in Thee.<br />
I throw myself on Thy Mercy, Lord Jesus!<br />
Thou wilt not fail me.<br />
<br />
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I trust in Thee.<br />
<br />
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I believe in Thy Love for me.<br />
<br />
Sacred Heart of Jesus, Thy Kingdom come.<br />
<br />
O
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I have asked Thee for many favors, but I
earnestly implore this one. Take it, place it in Thy open, broken
Heart, and when the Eternal Father looks upon it, covered with Thy
Precious Blood, He will not refuse it. It will no longer be my prayer,
but Thine, O Jesus.<br />
<br />
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in Thee.<br />
Let me never be confounded.<br />
<br />
Amen.<br />
<br />
(Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be).Ave Mommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12943345934119009863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-837453944397422685.post-73877427499122580402017-06-20T00:00:00.000-04:002017-06-20T00:00:00.154-04:00Sacred Heart Novena - Day 7<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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O Lord Jesus Christ, to Thy Most Sacred Heart I confide this intention (<i>mention your request</i>).<br />
Only look upon me, then do what Thy Heart inspires.<br />
<br />
Let Thy Sacred Heart decide.<br />
<br />
I count on Thee.<br />
I trust in Thee.<br />
I throw myself on Thy Mercy, Lord Jesus!<br />
Thou wilt not fail me.<br />
<br />
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I trust in Thee.<br />
<br />
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I believe in Thy Love for me.<br />
<br />
Sacred Heart of Jesus, Thy Kingdom come.<br />
<br />
O
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I have asked Thee for many favors, but I
earnestly implore this one. Take it, place it in Thy open, broken
Heart, and when the Eternal Father looks upon it, covered with Thy
Precious Blood, He will not refuse it. It will no longer be my prayer,
but Thine, O Jesus.<br />
<br />
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in Thee.<br />
Let me never be confounded.<br />
<br />
Amen.<br />
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(Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be).Ave Mommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12943345934119009863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-837453944397422685.post-85443176030063730282017-06-19T00:00:00.000-04:002017-06-19T00:00:00.151-04:00Sacred Heart Novena - Day 6<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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O Lord Jesus Christ, to Thy Most Sacred Heart I confide this intention (<i>mention your request</i>).<br />
Only look upon me, then do what Thy Heart inspires.<br />
<br />
Let Thy Sacred Heart decide.<br />
<br />
I count on Thee.<br />
I trust in Thee.<br />
I throw myself on Thy Mercy, Lord Jesus!<br />
Thou wilt not fail me.<br />
<br />
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I trust in Thee.<br />
<br />
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I believe in Thy Love for me.<br />
<br />
Sacred Heart of Jesus, Thy Kingdom come.<br />
<br />
O
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I have asked Thee for many favors, but I
earnestly implore this one. Take it, place it in Thy open, broken
Heart, and when the Eternal Father looks upon it, covered with Thy
Precious Blood, He will not refuse it. It will no longer be my prayer,
but Thine, O Jesus.<br />
<br />
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in Thee.<br />
Let me never be confounded.<br />
<br />
Amen.<br />
<br />
(Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be).Ave Mommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12943345934119009863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-837453944397422685.post-8718929085419863082017-06-18T00:00:00.000-04:002017-06-18T00:00:00.179-04:00Sacred Heart Novena - Day 5<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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O Lord Jesus Christ, to Thy Most Sacred Heart I confide this intention (<i>mention your request</i>).<br />
Only look upon me, then do what Thy Heart inspires.<br />
<br />
Let Thy Sacred Heart decide.<br />
<br />
I count on Thee.<br />
I trust in Thee.<br />
I throw myself on Thy Mercy, Lord Jesus!<br />
Thou wilt not fail me.<br />
<br />
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I trust in Thee.<br />
<br />
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I believe in Thy Love for me.<br />
<br />
Sacred Heart of Jesus, Thy Kingdom come.<br />
<br />
O
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I have asked Thee for many favors, but I
earnestly implore this one. Take it, place it in Thy open, broken
Heart, and when the Eternal Father looks upon it, covered with Thy
Precious Blood, He will not refuse it. It will no longer be my prayer,
but Thine, O Jesus.<br />
<br />
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in Thee.<br />
Let me never be confounded.<br />
<br />
Amen.<br />
<br />
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O Lord Jesus Christ, to Thy Most Sacred Heart I confide this intention (<i>mention your request</i>).<br />
Only look upon me, then do what Thy Heart inspires.<br />
<br />
Let Thy Sacred Heart decide.<br />
<br />
I count on Thee.<br />
I trust in Thee.<br />
I throw myself on Thy Mercy, Lord Jesus!<br />
Thou wilt not fail me.<br />
<br />
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I trust in Thee.<br />
<br />
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I believe in Thy Love for me.<br />
<br />
Sacred Heart of Jesus, Thy Kingdom come.<br />
<br />
O
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I have asked Thee for many favors, but I
earnestly implore this one. Take it, place it in Thy open, broken
Heart, and when the Eternal Father looks upon it, covered with Thy
Precious Blood, He will not refuse it. It will no longer be my prayer,
but Thine, O Jesus.<br />
<br />
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in Thee.<br />
Let me never be confounded.<br />
<br />
Amen.<br />
<br />
(Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be).<br />
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O Lord Jesus Christ, to Thy Most Sacred Heart I confide this intention (<i>mention your request</i>).<br />
Only look upon me, then do what Thy Heart inspires.<br />
<br />
Let Thy Sacred Heart decide.<br />
<br />
I count on Thee.<br />
I trust in Thee.<br />
I throw myself on Thy Mercy, Lord Jesus!<br />
Thou wilt not fail me.<br />
<br />
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I trust in Thee.<br />
<br />
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I believe in Thy Love for me.<br />
<br />
Sacred Heart of Jesus, Thy Kingdom come.<br />
<br />
O
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I have asked Thee for many favors, but I
earnestly implore this one. Take it, place it in Thy open, broken
Heart, and when the Eternal Father looks upon it, covered with Thy
Precious Blood, He will not refuse it. It will no longer be my prayer,
but Thine, O Jesus.<br />
<br />
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in Thee.<br />
Let me never be confounded.<br />
<br />
Amen.<br />
<br />
(Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be).<br />
<br />Ave Mommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12943345934119009863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-837453944397422685.post-67781171274825847422017-06-15T00:00:00.002-04:002017-06-15T00:00:00.193-04:00Feast of Corpus Christi<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"Jesus said over the elements, 'This is My Body.' You say, 'No, it is not His Body.' Whom am I to believe? I prefer to believe Jesus Christ."<br />
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(<a href="http://www.passionistnuns.org/Saints/BlDominicCP/">Blessed Dominic Barberi</a>) - <i>He needs only <a href="http://www.birminghamdiocese.org.uk/2016/02/praying-for-a-miracle-for-the-cause-of-blessed-dominic/">ONE more miracle</a> to be canonized!</i><br />
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"Holy Communion is the shortest and safest way to Heaven." (Pope St. Pius X)<br />
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"<a href="http://w2.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_20030417_eccl-de-euch.html">Ecclesia de Eucharistia</a>" - Encyclical Letter on the Eucharist and Its Relationship to the Church by Pope St. John Paul II the Great<br />
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<a href="https://www.ewtn.com/faith/teachings/eucha1a.htm">What Is the Holy Eucharist?</a> - EWTNAve Mommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12943345934119009863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-837453944397422685.post-2517904506248132052017-06-15T00:00:00.001-04:002017-06-15T00:00:10.158-04:00Sacred Heart Novena - Day 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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O Lord Jesus Christ, to Thy Most Sacred Heart I confide this intention (<i>mention your request</i>).<br />
Only look upon me, then do what Thy Heart inspires.<br />
<br />
Let Thy Sacred Heart decide.<br />
<br />
I count on Thee.<br />
I trust in Thee.<br />
I throw myself on Thy Mercy, Lord Jesus!<br />
Thou wilt not fail me.<br />
<br />
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I trust in Thee.<br />
<br />
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I believe in Thy Love for me.<br />
<br />
Sacred Heart of Jesus, Thy Kingdom come.<br />
<br />
O
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I have asked Thee for many favors, but I
earnestly implore this one. Take it, place it in Thy open, broken
Heart, and when the Eternal Father looks upon it, covered with Thy
Precious Blood, He will not refuse it. It will no longer be my prayer,
but Thine, O Jesus.<br />
<br />
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in Thee.<br />
Let me never be confounded.<br />
<br />
Amen.<br />
<br />
(Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be).<br />
<br />Ave Mommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12943345934119009863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-837453944397422685.post-6378789639176941452017-06-14T00:00:00.001-04:002017-06-14T00:00:00.176-04:00Sacred Heart Novena - Day 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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O Lord Jesus Christ, to Thy Most Sacred Heart I confide this intention (<i>mention your request</i>).<br />
Only look upon me, then do what Thy Heart inspires.<br />
<br />
Let Thy Sacred Heart decide.<br />
<br />
I count on Thee.<br />
I trust in Thee.<br />
I throw myself on Thy Mercy, Lord Jesus!<br />
Thou wilt not fail me.<br />
<br />
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I trust in Thee.<br />
<br />
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I believe in Thy Love for me.<br />
<br />
Sacred Heart of Jesus, Thy Kingdom come.<br />
<br />
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, I have asked Thee for many favors, but I earnestly implore this one. Take it, place it in Thy open, broken Heart, and when the Eternal Father looks upon it, covered with Thy Precious Blood, He will not refuse it. It will no longer be my prayer, but Thine, O Jesus.<br />
<br />
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in Thee.<br />
Let me never be confounded.<br />
<br />
Amen.<br />
<br />
(Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be).<br />
<br />Ave Mommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12943345934119009863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-837453944397422685.post-71151134055676775062017-06-13T00:00:00.001-04:002017-06-13T00:00:00.171-04:00Sacred Heart and St. Margaret Mary Alacoque<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<big>The Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is coming on June 23rd!</big><br />
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<big>Tomorrow (June 14th), you can begin a Novena to the Sacred Heart, the understanding and image of which was revealed to a Visitation nun, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque.</big><br />
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<big>St. Margaret Mary Alacoque was born a cripple in France in 1647. She was cured miraculously by the Blessed Virgin Mary and, in thanksgiving, promised to give her life in service to God.</big><br />
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<big>When St. Margaret Mary was seventeen, Jesus
appeared to her as He was just after being scourged. She
immediately entered the Order of the Visitation.</big><br />
<big><br />
St. Margaret Mary loved our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament very much, and later was shown His Sacred Heart in four visions. His heart is surrounded by flames, which represent His burning love for us and His desire to be loved in return. The crown of thorns remind us of His ultimate sacrifice for our sins.</big><br />
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<big>Jesus revealed to St. Margaret Mary twelve promises of ways in which He would help those
who honor His Sacred Heart. He</big><big> said to her: "<i>Look at this Heart which has loved people so much,
and yet they do not want to love Me in return. Through you My Divine
Heart wishes to spread its love everywhere on earth.</i>" </big><br />
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St. Margaret Mary died in 1690. Her Feast Day is October 16th.</big><br />
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<u><b><span style="color: #333300;">The 12 PROMISES for THOSE DEVOTED to the SACRED HEART:</span></b></u><br />
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<span style="color: #333300;">1. I WILL GIVE THEM ALL THE GRACES
NECESSARY FOR THEIR STATE OF LIFE.</span><br />
<span style="color: #333300;"> </span>
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<span style="color: #333300;">2. I WILL GIVE PEACE IN THEIR FAMILIES.</span><br />
<span style="color: #333300;"> </span>
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<span style="color: #333300;">3. I WILL CONSOLE THEM IN ALL THEIR
TROUBLES.</span><br />
<span style="color: #333300;"> </span>
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<span style="color: #333300;">4. THEY SHALL FIND IN MY HEART AN
ASSURED REFUGE DURING LIFE AND ESPECIALLY AT THE HOUR OF DEATH.</span><br />
<span style="color: #333300;"> </span>
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<span style="color: #333300;">5. I WILL POUR ABUNDANT BLESSINGS
ON ALL THEIR UNDERTAKINGS.</span><br />
<span style="color: #333300;"> </span>
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<span style="color: #333300;">6. SINNERS SHALL FIND IN MY HEART
THE SOURCE AND INFINITE OCEAN OF MERCY.</span><br />
<span style="color: #333300;"> </span>
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<span style="color: #333300;">7. TEPID SOULS SHALL BECOME FERVENT.</span><br />
<span style="color: #333300;"> </span>
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<span style="color: #333300;">8. FERVENT SOULS SHALL SPEEDILY
RISE TO GREAT PERFECTION.</span><br />
<span style="color: #333300;"> </span>
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<span style="color: #333300;">9. I WILL BLESS THE HOMES IN WHICH
THE IMAGE OF MY SACRED HEART SHALL BE EXPOSED AND HONORED.</span><br />
<span style="color: #333300;"> </span>
<br />
<span style="color: #333300;">10. I WILL GIVE TO PRIESTS THE POWER
TO TOUCH THE MOST HARDENED HEARTS.</span><br />
<span style="color: #333300;"> </span>
<br />
<span style="color: #333300;">11. THOSE WHO PROPAGATE THIS
DEVOTION SHALL HAVE THEIR NAME WRITTEN IN MY HEART, AND IT SHALL NEVER
BE EFFACED.</span><br />
<span style="color: #333300;"> </span>
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<span style="color: #333300;">12. I PROMISE THEE IN THE EXCESS
OF THE MERCY OF MY HEART, THAT ITS ALL-POWERFUL LOVE WILL GRANT TO
ALL THOSE WHO SHALL RECEIVE COMMUNION ON THE FIRST FRIDAY OF NINE CONSECUTIVE
MONTHS THE GRACE OF FINAL REPENTANCE; THEY SHALL NOT DIE UNDER MY DISPLEASURE,
NOR WITHOUT RECEIVING THE SACRAMENTS; MY HEART SHALL BE THEIR ASSURED REFUGE
AT THAT LAST HOUR.</span><big><br />
</big>Ave Mommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12943345934119009863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-837453944397422685.post-42354240666647615612017-03-19T00:00:00.001-04:002017-03-19T00:00:01.709-04:00It Ad Joseph!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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To say that St. Patrick's Day is a high feast day in Savannah would be the understatement of the century! It becomes The Emerald City, literally dying its multitude of fountains green and swathing every front porch in the Irish flag.<br />
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Do you know what the colors of the Irish flag represent? The green represents the Catholics, the orange the Protestants, and the white the hoped-for peace between them.<br />
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(....I know. Keep praying!)<br />
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Today, however, good St. Joseph is not to be ignored. For all you Italians out there -- or just you humble daughters of the foster father of our Lord -- here are some crafty ideas for celebrating this important feast day from <a href="http://catholicicing.com/2011/03/st-joseph-feast-day-celebration-ideas/" target="_blank"><i>Catholic Icing</i></a>. <br />
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Additionally, here is a <i>really</i> lovely, simple, paper "<a href="http://thankevann.com/stjoseph/3d_altar/3d_altar.pdf" target="_blank">St. Joseph's Altar</a>", courtesy of Evann Duplantier, for your family to construct. Evann also has a lovely page full of <a href="http://thankevann.com/stjoseph/" target="_blank">menu choices</a>, where you may enjoy everything from inspirational photos of other St. Joseph's Day altars to a super easy (and yummy!) <a href="http://stjosephaltar.blogspot.com/2010/02/chocolate-crown-of-thorns.html" target="_blank">edible craft</a>.<br />
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Oh? You've never heard of a St. Joseph's Day altar? Oh, my dear, do let me tell you!<br />
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St. Joseph's Altars may be as humble or elaborate as you like, but I encourage you to enjoy this lively Italian tradition in your home. From red wine to seafood to donuts, it's worth consecrating your edibles to the man who was the Provider for the Holy Family.<br />
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Our parish deacon reminded us one Christmas that, although St. Joseph figures prominently in Jesus's early life in the Bible, St. Joseph never says a word. Not one syllable. How many of <i>us </i>could be counted upon to hear the Lord, follow His instructions, trust in His ways, and serve Him as <i>He</i> wishes, without ever saying a word?<br />
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Not me.<br />
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Yet St. Joseph gives us all the perfect example of "silent strength." If you want to raise up a mentor for your spouse, a hero for your sons, a good example for your fathers, or a model husband for your daughters, "it ad Joseph." <i>Go To Joseph!</i><br />
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And that's an order straight from the top:<br />
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<i>"St. Pope John XXIII,
who succeeded Pius XII in 1958, added some new feasts and made some
other changes to the liturgical calendar, as well as amending some of
the rubrics. In his 1962 edition of the Missal, he also deleted the word '</i><i>perfidis' (Latin: 'faithless') from the Good Friday prayer for the Jews, and <u>added the name of St. Joseph to the Canon of the Mass</u>. The second change was particularly significant, as many had considered the text of the Canon to be practically untouchable." (underlined emphasis added)</i><br />
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Prior to Vatican II, Eucharistic Prayer I was the <i>only</i> Canon used by the Church. And it hadn't been touched for over 1,000 years.<br />
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Tales by the camp fire from that Council have it that an elderly priest originally made the humble suggestion to add St. Joseph to the Mass. He was scoffed at by Vatican hierarchy, only to be vindicated when Pope John XXIII approved the addition the very next day.<br />
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<i>It Ad Joseph!</i> Enjoy!<br />
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<br />Ave Mommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12943345934119009863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-837453944397422685.post-44735228357601255982017-03-19T00:00:00.000-04:002017-03-19T00:00:00.170-04:00History of St. Joseph Devotion<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq31LoUp8Tb-AFKFwqag813NTvG3c-HKEupYwFVYSfr8Bwh6PzhFd5b7kFYywcZtrKJ17H4B53OisGZXNMb8aq0oyJrMh98xZOhxKePyNtmtUTQjC9hhr7P0ILam2fwGNus3GAxOpBwhY/s1600/stjosephtimeline.jpg" />Ave Mommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12943345934119009863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-837453944397422685.post-76090269464968628182017-03-16T00:00:00.000-04:002017-03-16T00:00:00.215-04:00St. Patrick....'Tis Himself!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here's a marvelous link to everything you ever wanted to know about St. Patrick! And who wouldn't? After all, he was Scottish, you know (!). Enjoy!<br />
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<a href="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11554a.htm">http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11554a.htm</a><br />
<br />Ave Mommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12943345934119009863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-837453944397422685.post-16892403562493117582017-03-15T00:00:00.000-04:002017-03-15T00:00:00.167-04:00Irish Soda Bread<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>Happy St. Patrick's Day!</b></span><br />
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Tomorrow marks the feast of this great Irish saint and to celebrate here's my favorite recipe for good ole fashioned "Irish Soda Bread" (of which there would be no "soda" without the visit to Ireland of two Americans, Mr. Arm and Mr. Hammer!). It's my favorite because it's won out over many other failures through the years!<br />
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I cut this recipe out of a magazine years ago, but unfortunately did not cut out the magazine's name. So, if anyone recognizes this exact recipe, please let me know so I may ascribe proper credit. Enjoy!<br />
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<u><b>Irish Soda Bread</b></u><br />
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Prep: 10 minutes<br />
Bake: 1 hour<br />
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<u>Ingredients:</u><br />
1/4 c. sugar<br />
1 tbl. baking powder<br />
1 tsp. salt<br />
1 tsp. baking soda<br />
4 cups all-purpose flour<br />
6 tbl. cold butter<br />
1 1/2 c. buttermilk<br />
1 c. golden or dark seedless raisins (<i>optional</i> - not authentic to original Irish soda breads, the addition of expensive dried fruits was a later American indulgence)<br />
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<u>Instructions:</u><br />
1. Preheat oven to 350F degrees. Grease large cookie sheet.<br />
2. In large bowl, combine sugar, baking powder, salt, baking soda, and flour. With pastry blender or forks, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.<br />
3. Add buttermilk just until evenly moistened. With floured hand, gently knead dough minimally into ball. Do not over mix or bread will be tough.<br />
4. Place dough on cookie sheet and shape into roughly 7" round loaf. With sharp knife, cut 4" long cross 1/4" deep in top and sprinkle loaf lightly with flour.<br />
5. Bake one hour. Cool on wire rack.<br />
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This recipe yields a lightly buttery, moist bread with a rough, crunchy, crusty outside. MMMmmmm!<br />
<br />Ave Mommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12943345934119009863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-837453944397422685.post-22384369698299129392017-03-14T00:00:00.000-04:002017-03-14T00:00:00.160-04:00St. Patrick's Day Craft<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here's an easy little craft to get you and your children in the right frame of mind for St. Patrick's Day! The traditional image of a rainbow leading to a pot o' gold can be endowed with Christian meaning, a la St. Patrick's use of Ireland's native three-leafed shamrock to explain to the pagans there the Christian concept of three Divine Persons in the one God of the Most Holy Trinity.<br />
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Make a simple, rainbow-hued, paper chain and a black pot with gold coins from construction paper or sturdy card stock. Remember, however, what the Bible tells us about treasure:<br />
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<b>"Do not store up store up for yourselves treasures on Earth...but, store up treasures in Heaven...for where your treasure is, there will your heart also be!" (<a href="http://www.usccb.org/bible/matthew/6">Matthew 6:19-21</a>)</b><br />
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Therefore, on each link of the paper chain, write one of your spiritual "treasures"<b> </b>in life. For this example, I chose these:<br />
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FAITH<br />
FAMILY<br />
PARENTS<br />
FRIENDS<br />
HEALTH<br />
LAUGHTER<br />
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For another example, one of my children made one for an aunt and put each of our family member's names on a link. The possibilities are endless and as unique to each of your children!<br />
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Now, go have fun with scissors!<br />
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And remember why anyone is a saint or striving to be a saint -- because God made us ALL to know, love, and serve Him in this world and to be happy with Him forever in Heaven. And THAT's where we should store up our treasures!<br />
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Happy St. Patrick's Day!<br />
<br />Ave Mommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12943345934119009863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-837453944397422685.post-78530938119929081102017-03-01T00:00:00.000-05:002017-03-05T23:57:08.207-05:00Stations of the Cross - FREE Coloring Book<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Just in time for inspiration during the Fridays of Lent, here is a lovely FREE coloring book, which you may download for your children. It is based upon the Stations of the Cross:<br />
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<a href="http://www.sjtb.org/images/stations%20of%20the%20cross%20coloring%20book-Julie.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.sjtb.org/images/stations%20of%20the%20cross%20coloring%20book-Julie.pdf</a><br />
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