Octogenarian Celebration 13 August 2014. Fr. Donald

 Father Donald

 80 yrs

Introduction to Mass 13 August 2014-08-16.

Welcome:

You are welcome to the Octogenarian this morning and to the other octogenarians present and to all the younger who celebrating this Holy Mass.

1.       Come adore the Lord
who is wondrous
in his saints,
and wondrous in all us saints ‘in the making’.
In our Morning Office we sang of one of the Saints.

2.       At one time in in the monastery of Sancta Maria Abbey my Ordination had a souvenir  motto phrase of the Psalm,
Psalm 26:4 in the Grail Psalms,
“There is one thing I ask of the Lord,
for this I long,
to live in the house of the Lord,
all the days of my life,
to savour the sweetness of the Lord,
to behold  his temple”.

3.       In the daily chant of the Office sings the praise of the Lord. On every Thursday Morning Office of Psalm 89.9...
“Our life is over like a sigh
Our span is sventy years
or eighty for those who are strong”.
It is not NEWS, it is EVERY DAY NEWS.

4.       From decade to decade we have a new life, exciting with grace of God.
More recently, the six years have seen me to the regular Outpatient to the Haematology Department of the Infirmary. A new experience in exciting life is the one in a thousand in the rare condition of blood and marrow of bone.I refer to the Sweeney Todd leaching of blood by the Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
The Haematology experience merges into the prayer to the haematology experience of Christ’s “body and blood”.
It is best expressed in the Hymn:
“O Jesus we adore you
our victim and our priest,
whose precious blood and body,
Become our sacred feast.”

5.       It is the Mystery of Faith, (Mysterium Fidei), the Sacrfice of the Mass – the death of Christ and the Resurrection talking to each of us, the souls of the faithful.

6.       Praying for souls, the Divine Mercy Prayer of St. Faustina of Poland is beautiful, “O God, I believe, I adore I hope, I love. I ask for your mercy”.
“O God, I believe, I adore I hope, I love. I ask for ALL SOULS your mercy”.

7.       Sisters and Brothers, Let us acknowledge our sins,
and so prepare us to celebrate the sacred mysteries....

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Donald Nunraw shared these files from Dropbox:

 Donald Nunraw shared these files from Dropbox:

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Homily by Fr. Raymond. 

CONSECRATED LIFE         Today as we celebrate Fr Donald’s 80^th birthday and we have so many of his family gathered here to join us in that celebration, and especially as so many of that family are themselves consecrated to the religious life, I think it is a good occasion for us to consider something of what consecration to the religious life means.

First, we tend to think of consecration to the religious life as something quite opposite to the married life.  We think of the religious life and married life as two opposites, especially as we so often use the word Virginity to describe the religious life.  However, if we consider it carefully we will find that the consecrated life of virginity and the married life are really two sides of the same coin;    one cannot understand the one unless one understands the other.  They have so much in common.  They are both expressions of one and the same aspiration in the human spirit.  They both spring from the same fountain in the depths of the human soul. These depths are well plumbed for us by St Paul when he writes that no one can plumb the depth of a man’s own soul but his very own spirit who dwells in him; and even more so, he says, no one can plumb the depth of God but God’s own Spirit who dwells in Him, and then he adds those wonderful words: that we have received from God this very own Spirit of his; that Spirit by which we are led into the very depths of God himself.  This is that marriage to which every Christian soul is consecrated by his baptism.  This is that marriage that is witnessed to in a special way by the Church’s religious consecration of her monks and nuns.

I said a moment ago that the consecrated life of virginity and the married life are really two sides of the same coin; they are both expressions of one and the same aspiration in the human spirit.  They both spring from the same depths of the human soul.  This becomes evident when we consider that, no matter how long a couple may live together in marriage, no matter how many children they have, they are always VIRGIN TO EACH OTHER.  Their fidelity to each other is the essence of their virginity.  It is a thing of mind and heart and spirit as much as a thing of the flesh.  This is a virginity that can never be spoiled or violated by another.  In this inviolability both the married life and consecrated virginity share equally.

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The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Friday, 15 August 2014

August 15
Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary    

Fr. Raymond at organ

ASSUMPTION Homily by Fr. Raymond 2014 

          If we compare Mary’s title as Mother of God with the privilege of her bodily Assumption into heaven then it is obvious that it is a greater thing to be Mother of God than to be bodily assumed into heaven.  There can be no comparison.  To be Mother of the Word incarnate is, in an absolute way, greater than any of the other graces with which Mary was favoured.  All her other privileges were either a preparation for this or a consequence of this.

          However, one thing can be greater than another in one way and yet less than another in another way.  For instance one thing can be more beautiful than another yet less useful; more flexible than another yet less strong, and so on.  So there is a point of view from which Mary’s Assumption has its own pre-eminence in her destiny.  Mary’s bodily Assumption into heaven was the climax, the rounding off, the completion of her earthly existence; the icing on the cake, as it were.

          In saying that we are considering the Assumption as a personal privilege of Mary, but there is another viewpoint of Mary’s Assumption into heaven. We can look on it not just as something personal to Mary but also as something which is intimately connected with the destiny of us all.  Not that we can all hope for a bodily assumption into heaven after we die, but Mary’s bodily assumption, like the ascension of Christ himself, is a kind of pledge and guarantee of the ultimate destiny of our own body of flesh and blood.  Christ, the New Adam, has entered the New Paradise, of which the Old Paradise was just a foreshadowing, and Mary, the New Eve, has been given to him as his first companion in the fullness of her humanity.

          When the doctrine of the Assumption was first defined, our separated brethren asked, “Where is this in Scripture? We can’t believe what is not in Scripture”.  But we can answer that this wonderful event in the history of God’s dealings with his children is well prepared for in Holy Scripture.  The mind of faith is prepared for it by such events as the lifting up of Elijah from this earth in the fiery chariot.  We are prepared for it by the disappearance from this earth of the bodies of Enoch and Moses for example.  But by far the most important foreshadowing of Mary’s Assumption takes place in the very first chapters of Genesis where it is said of the first Adam: “It is not good for Man to be alone”.  There were plenty of other living creatures around, but none “like unto himself” to share his life with him on a fully human level.  So too surely it must be with the New Adam in the new Paradise.  There are plenty of angels and spirits of the just there too but, for the fullness and perfection of all that beauty and truth, he needs one by his side who can share his life in the fullness of his human nature, body as well as spirit. Yes even for the New Adam in the New Paradise “It is not good for Man to be alone”.

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The Immaculate Virgin, preserved free from all guilt of original sin, when the course of her life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory, and exalted by the Lord as Queen of the universe, why would conform more fully to her Son, the Lord of lords and the conqueror of sin and death '. (Conc. Vat. II, 'Lumen Gentium', 59). The Assumption is the first fruits of the heavenly Church and a sign of sure hope and solace for the pilgrim church. The 'Dormition Virginis' and the assumption, in the East and in the West, are among the oldest Marian feasts. This ancient liturgical evidence was explicit and solemnly proclaimed the dogmatic definition of Pius XII in 1950. (Mess. Rom.) Martyrology: Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God and our Lord Jesus Christ, who completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory.This truth of faith received from the tradition of the Church was solemnly defined by Pope Pius XII.

Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Caravaggio. The Church commissioned thousands of Baroque pieces like the one above, entitled Assumption of the Virgin Mary, expressly for that purpose, using them to stir the emotion of the masses while depicting religious themes and ideals. Early Baroque artists included Caravaggio, a painter who influenced the Baroque style through his use of chiaroscuro and intense realism, and Annibale Carracci, who was known more for his frescoes than his oil paintings.

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Patroness Solemnity of the Cistercian Order August 15th 2014

August 15
Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary

On November 1, 1950, Pius XII defined the Assumption of Mary to be a dogma of faith: “We pronounce, declare and define it to be a divinely revealed dogma that the immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul to heavenly glory.” The pope proclaimed this dogma only after a broad consultation of bishops, theologians and laity. There were few dissenting voices. What the pope solemnly declared was already a common belief in the Catholic Church.
We find homilies on the Assumption going back to the sixth century. In following centuries the Eastern Churches held steadily to the doctrine, but some authors in the West were hesitant. However, by the 13th century there was universal agreement. The feast was celebrated under various names (Commemoration, Dormition, Passing, Assumption) from at least the fifth or sixth century. Today it is celebrated as a solemnity.
Scripture does not give an account of Mary’s Assumption into heaven. Nevertheless, Revelation 12 speaks of a woman who is caught up in the battle between good and evil. Many see this woman as God’s people. Since Mary best embodies the people of both Old and New Testament, her Assumption can be seen as an exemplification of the woman’s victory.
Furthermore, in 1 Corinthians 15:20 Paul speaks of Christ’s resurrection as thefirstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
Since Mary is closely associated with all the mysteries of Jesus’ life, it is not surprising that the Holy Spirit has led the Church to belief in Mary’s share in his glorification. So close was she to Jesus on earth, she must be with him body and soul in heaven.

Comment:

In the light of the Assumption of Mary, it is easy to pray her Magnificat (Luke 1:46–55) with new meaning. In her glory she proclaims the greatness of the Lord and finds joy in God her savior. God has done marvels to her and she leads others to recognize God’s holiness. She is the lowly handmaid who deeply reverenced her God and has been raised to the heights. From her position of strength she will help the lowly and the poor find justice on earth, and she will challenge the rich and powerful to distrust wealth and power as a source of happiness.

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“In the bodily and spiritual glory which she possesses in heaven, the Mother of Jesus continues in this present world as the image and first flowering of the Church as she is to be perfected in the world to come. Likewise, Mary shines forth on earth, until the day of the Lord shall come (cf. 2 Peter 3:10), as a sign of certain hope and comfort for the pilgrim People of God” (Vatican II, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, 68).

FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 2014 Saint of the Day for 8/14/2014 Saint of the Day for 8/16/2014

St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe Thursday, August 14, 2014

Mass NT Saint, 

Introduction:
Fw: Seventy times seven

On Thursday, 14 August 2014, 

fr. Nivard ... wrote:

Magnificaat, adapted, 19 Frid 14 Aug 2014 Mt 18 21-19 1.

Do not forgive seven times. I tell you, but seventy-seven times seven.

 

   Maximilian Kolbe was born in Russian Poland in 1894.

   At the age of ten Mary appeared to him. She offered him two crowns, red for martyrdom, and white for purity. He chose both.

   Genuine love rises above creatures and soars up to God. 

   To all it stretches out a hand filled with love.

   It prays for all, suffers for all, wishes what is best for all, desires happiness for all, because that is what God wants.

    Father, you have been kind and forgiving towards us. May we be merciful as you are merciful, through the same Christ Jesus our Lord.

     

St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe Thursday, August 14, 2014 Lived(1894-1941) | Feast Day:
“I don’t know what’s going to become of you!” How many parents have said that? Maximilian Mary Kolbe’s reaction was, “I prayed very hard to Our Lady to tell me what would happen to me. She appeared, holding in her hands two crowns, one white, one red. She asked if I would like to have them—one was for purity, the other for martyrdom. I said, ‘I choose both.’ She smiled and disappeared.” After that he was not the same. He entered the minor seminary of the Conventual Franciscans in Lvív (then Poland, now Ukraine), near his birthplace, and at 16 became a novice. Though he later achieved doctorates in philosophy and theology, he was deeply interested in science, even drawing plans for rocket ships. Ordained at 24, he saw religious indifference as the deadliest poison of the day. His mission was to combat it. He had already founded the Militia of the Immaculata, whose aim was to fight evil with the witness of the good life, prayer, work and suffering. He dreamed of and then founded Knight of the Immaculata, a religious magazine under Mary’s protection to preach the Good News to all nations. For the work of publication he established a “City of the Immaculata”—Niepokalanow—which housed 700 of his Franciscan brothers. He later founded one in Nagasaki, Japan. Both the Militia and the magazine ultimately reached the one-million mark in members and subscribers. His love of God was daily filtered through devotion to Mary. In 1939 the Nazi panzers overran Poland with deadly speed. Niepokalanow was severely bombed. Kolbe and his friars were arrested, then released in less than three months, on the feast of the Immaculate Conception. In 1941 he was arrested again. The Nazis’ purpose was to liquidate the select ones, the leaders. The end came quickly, in Auschwitz three months later, after terrible beatings and humiliations. A prisoner had escaped. The commandant announced that 10 men would die. He relished walking along the ranks. “This one. That one.” As they were being marched away to the starvation bunkers, Number 16670 dared to step from the line. “I would like to take that man’s place. He has a wife and children.” “Who are you?” “A priest.” No name, no mention of fame. Silence. The commandant, dumbfounded, perhaps with a fleeting thought of history, kicked Sergeant Francis Gajowniczek out of line and ordered Father Kolbe to go with the nine. In the “block of death” they were ordered to strip naked, and their slow starvation began in darkness. But there was no screaming—the prisoners sang. By the eve of the Assumption four were left alive. The jailer came to finish Kolbe off as he sat in a corner praying. He lifted his fleshless arm to receive the bite of the hypodermic needle. It was filled with carbolic acid. They burned his body with all the others. He was beatified in 1971 and canonized in 1982. Comment:  Father Kolbe’s death was not a sudden, last-minute act of heroism. His whole life had been a preparation. His holiness was a limitless, passionate desire to convert the whole world to God. And his beloved Immaculata was his inspiration. Quote:  “Courage, my sons. Don’t you see that we are leaving on a mission? They pay our fare in the bargain. What a piece of good luck! The thing to do now is to pray well in order to win as many souls as possible. Let us, then, tell the Blessed Virgin that we are content, and that she can do with us anything she wishes” (Maximilian Mary Kolbe, when first arrested). Click here for a printer friendly version

Edith Stein, martyr, St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross

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Fw: Gospel [Edith Stein, martyr] Mt 25:1-13

On Saturday, 9 August 2014, 

 William ... wrote:

Dear Frs ...,

The special Gospel reading today for the memorial / feast of Edith Stein, martyr, St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, is that of the Parable of the Ten Maidens and their oil lamps, as they await the arrival of the Bridegroom.

Alas, you will remember how 'upset' I became over the parable of the treasure - hidden but unconsciously undisclosed treasure?

I am again indignant - at the maidens who had enough oil for their lamps but denied their charity to the unwise maidens. They didn't need to share their lamp oil.... had you been one of those wise maidens wouldn't you have linked arms with those whose lamps had gone out and guided them to the banquet?

Is salvation or failure towards it such a dire personal consequence that one is not allowed to assist others to accompany us? Surely, only as each arrives 'there', will each one's salvation-attributes be personally examined? Charity, is it not a truly Christian virtue?

I prefer the parable of the Good Samaritan who put himself out to bring another to healing.

For am I not one of those unfortunates who needs a guiding hand.... 

With my love in Our Lord,

William

St.. Dominic, Priest (1170-1221) EC2006 - Fr. Peter M. Girard, OP - Why St Dominic Wept

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Why St. Dominic wept.

Friday, 08 August 2014

ST DOMINIC Priest (1170-1221)

Published on 22 Nov 2012

In 2006 Father Peter Girard gave three presentations at our convention. Here is the second of them entitled "Why St Dominic Wept".

Fr. Peter M. Girard, OP, STD was ordained to the holy priesthood in 1992. He holds a Masters Degree in Communications (M.A.) from American University and the Masters of Divinity (M.Div.) and License in Sacred Theology (S.T.L.) from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC. He received his Doctorate in Sacred Theology (S.T.D.) from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas (Angelicum) in Rome in 2001.

Fr. Peter has served as theological advisor to Virgil Dechant, the former Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, as Dean of Men and Director of Homiletics at Holy Apostles Seminary in Cromwell, CT and Vice-Rector at the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, OH. He is the author of over 60 articles in Homiletic & Pastoral Review and other publications, as well as A Textual Study and History of the Inscription of the Paschal Candle, his first book published by The Edwin Mellen Press of New York in 2004.

Fr. Peter has given numerous retreats and missions throughout the United States and around the world. He is currently Chaplain to the Dominican Cloistered Nuns in West Springfield, MA and Professor of Homiletics at Holy Apostles Seminary. He recently began a Got Forgiveness? campaign to bring priests and laity back to Confession which has born much good fruit. A priest with experience in international diplomacy, Fr. Peter is often called upon to speak on topics of significance for the Church and the world.

Feast of the Transfiguration. Youtube

Ordinary Time: August 6th

Feast of the Transfiguration

 Fr. Hugh had the Introduction of the Mass.

Today we celebrate the feast of the Transfiguration of our Lord.

St. Leo the Great calls this a great sign. It indicates the hidden glory of Christ but is always with us.

St. Paul says that we are changed.

“We are unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord are changed into the same images from glory to glory.

Christ is not only transfigured he transformCatholic Online (www.catholic.org)

Youtube: Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)The deep identification between Christ and His Church, so clear in Pope St. Leo's homily, is a hallmark of authentic Catholic Christianity

hallmark of authentic Catholic Christianity

My dear brethren, there is no doubt that the Son of God took our human nature into so close a union with himself that one and the same Christ is present, not only in the firstborn of all creation, but in all his saints as well. The head cannot be separated from the members, nor the members from the head. Not in this life, it is true, but only in eternity will God be all in all, yet even now he dwells, whole and undivided, in his temple the Church. Such was his promise to us when he said: See, I am with you always, even to the end of the world (Pope St. Leo the Great) 

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Patrick Comerford: The Transfiguration: finding meaning in icons and Orthodox spirituality

   

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although Peter – as the icons show – saw Christ. He is traditionally coloured with green and locates on the bottom left. The position of his hands is a reminder of prayer

Conservation of the Transfiguration mosaic - The Getty



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Conservation image. Enlarge Mosaic of the Transfiguration, in the basilica of the Holy Monastery of Saint Catherine, Sinai. Photo: Robert S. Nelson  ...

Transfiguration of Christ, Wednesday, August 6 we celebrate the Feast of the

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The Transfiguration and "Mountaintop Experiences"

This Wednesday, August 6 we celebrate the Feast of the Transfiguration of Christ. We have seen paintings of it, and read about it – but what meaning does this experience on Mt. Tabor have for Jesus as well as for us?

Come to The Crossroads and read why God from time to time gives us"Mountaintop Experiences" – then check out what two Early Church Fathers have to say about this miraculous event -  St. Anastasiuswrites to us and tell us - "It is Good for us to Be Here!" Then Saint Leo the Great explains why Moses showed up for the occasion. 

For a mountaintop experience of your own, sign up for our Holy Land Pilgrimage Dec 27-Jan 6 and join us in climbing Mt. Tabor.  Check out this short video to catch a view from the top of this sacred mountain!

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Saint John Mary Vianney, priest. 4 August 2014

Ordinary Time: August 4th

Memorial of St. John Vianney, priest

SECOND READING

From the Catechetical Instructions by Saint John Mary Vianney, priest
(Catechisme sur la prière: A. Monnin, Esprit du Curé d’Ars, Parish 1899, pp. 87-89)

The glorious duty of man: to pray and to love

My little children, reflect on these words: the Christian’s treasure is not on earth but in heaven. Our thoughts, then ought to be directed to where our treasure is. This is the glorious duty of man: to pray and to love. If you pray and love, that is where a man’s happiness lies.

Prayer is nothing else but union with God. When one has a heart that is pure and united with God, he is given a kind of serenity and sweetness that makes him ecstatic, a light that surrounds him with marvelous brightness. In this intimate union, God and the soul are fused together like two bits of wax that no one can ever pull apart. This union of God with a tiny creature is a lovely thing. It is a happiness beyond understanding.

We had become unworthy to pray, but God in his goodness allowed us to speak with him. Our prayer is incense that gives him the greatest pleasure.

My little children, your hearts are small, but prayer stretches them and makes them capable of loving God. Through prayer we receive a foretaste of heaven and something of paradise comes down upon us. Prayer never leaves us without sweetness. It is honey that flows into the soul and makes all things sweet. When we pray properly, sorrows disappear like snow before the sun.

Prayer also makes time pass very quickly and with such great delight that one does not notice its length. Listen: Once when I was a purveyor in Bresse and most of my companions were ill, I had to make a long journey. I prayed to the good God, and believe me, the time did not seem long.

Some men immerse themselves as deeply in prayer as fish in water, because they give themselves totally to God. There is not division in their hearts. O, how I love these noble souls! Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Colette used to see our Lord and talk to him just as we talk to one another.

How unlike them we are! How often we come to church with no idea of what to do or what to ask for. And yet, whenever we go to any human being, we know well enough why we go. And still worse, there are some who seem to speak to the good God like this: “I will only say a couple of things to you, and then I will be rid of you.” I often think that when we come to adore the Lord, we would receive everything we ask for, if we would ask with living faith and with a pure heart.

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Friar Alessandro - The Feast of Indulgence - 1st & 2nd August 2012

The Portiuncula Indulgence 1^st & 2^nd August

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Friar Alessandro - The Feast of Indulgence - 1st & 2nd August 2014

Tomorrow, August 1, there is a plenary indulgence available if the below can be done:

• Sacramental Confession to be in God's grace
(during the eight days before or after);
• Participation in the Holy Mass and Eucharist.

Porziuncola Assisi

• Visit to a Catholic Church, followed by PROFESSION OF FAITH, in order to reaffirm one's own Christian identity;
• Say the OUR FATHER, in order to reaffirm the dignity as child of God that one received in Baptism;
• A prayer for the Pope's intention, in order to reaffirm one's membership in the Church, of which the Roman Pontiff is the foundation and sign of visible unity. 

The miracle of the Porziuncola; painting by Antonio de Oliveira Bernardes (1698)

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St. Francis receiving the Pardon of Assisi by F. Overbeck