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Dom Donald's Blog: "C. S. Lewis - A Life" by Alister McGrath: CS Lewis Biography Alister McGrath     Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4y5VNWXZOU Published on 19 Nov ...

"C. S. Lewis - A Life" by Alister McGrath

CS Lewis Biography

Alister McGrath

  

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Published on 19 Nov 2012

An introduction to Alister McGrath's new biography of CS Lewis, to be published in March 2013 to mark the 50th anniversary year of his death

  Published on 17 Apr 2013

"C. S. Lewis - A Life" by Alister McGrath 

In honor of the 50th anniversary of C. S. Lewis' death, celebrated Oxford don Dr. Alister McGrath presents us with a compelling and definitive portrait of the life of C. S. Lewis, the author of the well-known Narnia series.

For more than half a century, C. S. Lewis' Narnia series has captured the imaginations of millions. In C. S. Lewis — A Life, Dr. Alister McGrath recounts the unlikely path of this Oxford don, who spent his days teaching English literature to the brightest students in the world and his spare time writing a bestselling fantasy series for children.

Dr. McGrath uses his extensive research and thorough examination in chronological order of Lewis' correspondence and archival materials to present a new picture of Lewis's life. This definitive biography paints a portrait of an eccentric thinker who became a compelling, though reluctant, prophet for our times.

You won't want to miss this fascinating portrayal of a creative genius who inspired generations.    

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St. Gertrude the Great German Cistercian, mystic, and theologian

Prayer to St. Gertrude the Great

Model of total fidelity to the Heavenly Bridegroom and to your Cistercian Rule, the Lord was pleased to make available wonderful private revelations
through you. Help religious to realize that where there is total generosity,
trials are usually not lacking, but there is also God's infinite love.
Make all religious generous like you. Amen.

St. Gertrude The Great 17 November 2014

St. Gertrude the Great: Patroness of Cloistered Nuns, Travellers, and the West Indes, Invoked for Souls in Purgatory and for Living Sinners

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"Behold," said Our Saviour, "such is the life which Gertrude, My beloved, leads before My face. She walks ever in My presence, never losing sight of Me for an instant. She has but one desire: to know the good pleasure of My Heart. As soon as she has ascertained this, she executes My will with care and fidelity. Her whole life is an unbroken chain of praise consecrated to My honour and glory." - Vision of St. Mechtilde

Jesus: ...Do not fight against a temptation by yourself, but disclose it to the confessor/priest at once, and then the temptation will lose all its force. Second, during these ordeals do not lose your peace; live in My presence; ask My Mother and the Saints for help. Third, have the certitude that I am looking at you and supporting you. Fourth, do not fear either struggles of the soul or any temptations, because I am supporting you; if only you are willing to fight, know that the victory is always on your side. Fifth, know that by fighting bravely you give Me great glory and amass merits for yourself. Temptation gives you a chance to show Me your fidelity. (1560) - St. Faustina

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Gertrude the Great - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Gertrude the Great (or Saint Gertrude of Helfta) (Italian: Santa Gertrude) (January 6, 1256 – ca. 1302) was a German Cistercian, mystic, and theologian. ... the General Roman Calendar, for celebration throughout the Latin Rite on November16. .... purgatory by the recitation of some prayer were prohibited by Pope Leo XIII.

Saint Margaret of Scotland - November 16

St. Margaret of Scotland Sunday, November 16, 2014

Margaret of Scotland was a truly liberated woman in the sense that she was free to be herself. For her, that meant freedom to love God and serve others.

Not Scottish by birth, Margaret was the daughter of Princess Agatha of Hungary and the Anglo-Saxon Prince Edward Atheling. She spent much of her youth in the court of her great-uncle, the English king, Edward the Confessor. Her family fled from William the Conqueror and was shipwrecked off the coast of Scotland. King Malcolm befriended them and was captivated by the beautiful, gracious Margaret. They were married at the castle of Dunfermline in 1070.     

St. Margaret & Malcolm m. 1015

Malcolm was good-hearted, but rough and uncultured, as was his country. Because of Malcolm’s love for Margaret, she was able to soften his temper, polish his manners and help him become a virtuous king. He left all domestic affairs to her and often consulted her in state matters.

Margaret tried to improve her adopted country by promoting the arts and education. For religious reform she encouraged synods and was present for the discussions which tried to correct religious abuses common among priests and lay people, such as simony, usury and incestuous marriages. With her husband, she founded several churches.

Margaret was not only a queen, but a mother. She and Malcolm had six sons and two daughters. Margaret personally supervised their religious instruction and other studies.

Although she was very much caught up in the affairs of the household and country, she remained detached from the world. Her private life was austere. She had certain times for prayer and reading Scripture. She ate sparingly and slept little in order to have time for devotions. She and Malcolm kept two Lents, one before Easter and one before Christmas. During these times she always rose at midnight for Mass. On the way home she would wash the feet of six poor persons and give them alms. She was always surrounded by beggars in public and never refused them. It is recorded that she never sat down to eat without first feeding nine orphans and 24 adults.

In 1093, King William Rufus made a surprise attack on Alnwick castle. King Malcolm and his oldest son, Edward, were killed. Margaret, already on her deathbed, died four days after her husband.   

Comment:
There are two ways to be charitable: the "clean way" and the "messy way." The "clean way" is to give money or clothing to organizations that serve the poor. The "messy way" is dirtying your own hands in personal service to the poor. Margaret's outstanding virtue was her love of the poor. Although very generous with material gifts, Margaret also visited the sick and nursed them with her own hands. She and her husband served orphans and the poor on their knees during Advent and Lent. Like Christ, she was charitable the "messy way."

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"When [Margaret] spoke, her conversation was with the salt of wisdom. When she was silent, her silence was filled with good thoughts. So thoroughly did her outward bearing correspond with the staidness of her character that it seemed as if she has been born the pattern of a virtuous life" (Turgot, St. Margaret's confessor).

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Thirty-Third Sunday of the Year (A) Gospel November 16, 2014

Courtesy of Fr.  Bill. MM

Gospel November 16, 2014

Published on 12 Nov 2014

It is to us as servants and for the sake of being servants that God gives us talents. Let us not bury them, but put them forth for the whole world.

Thirty-Third Sunday of the Year (A)

Matthew 25:14-30
14 'It is like a man about to go abroad who summoned his servants and entrusted his property to them.

15 To one he gave five talents, to another two, to a third one, each in proportion to his ability. Then he set out on his journey.

16 The man who had received the five talents promptly went and traded with them and made five more.

17 The man who had received two made two more in the same way.

18 But the man who had received one went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money.

19 Now a long time afterwards, the master of those servants came back and went through his accounts with them.

20 The man who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more. "Sir," he said, "you entrusted me with five talents; here are five more that I have made."

21 His master said to him, "Well done, good and trustworthy servant; you have shown you are trustworthy in small things; I will trust you with greater; come and join in your master's

My Day - A Mass; May Our Life - Be A Host

My Day ++ + ++ A Mass

My Day . . . A Mass

  

MAY OUR LIFE + + + + BE A HOST

"Through Him, and with Him, and in Him, is to Thee, God the Father Almighty, in the union of the Holy Ghost, all honour and glory world without end." Amen.

(Canon of the Miass).

My Daily Offering:

I offer all

    Eternal Father, I place upon the paten, my whole being, my soul, my body, my intellect and my will, for I offer You all that I am and have; also all my joys, my sorrows of today, my work with its fatigue, my crosses with their bitterness.

    I place also upon this paten the hearts of all those whom I love, those who have done me good, those who have recommended themselves to my prayers, those for 'whom I have promised to pray, and the hearts of all the agonizing.

THROUGH THE IMACULi\TE HEART OF MARY

    I unite all this to the offering of Jesus as a holocaust of love for the salvation and sanctification of priestly and religious souls and for my own sanctification.

United to Christ

    By the drop of water which represents me, a my God, permit me to cast into the Chalice, with Jesus Christ, every moment of my life so that all may be sanctified, supernaturalized in the mood of Christ and may pass through Him to the Adorable Trinity,

1 cast also into the Chalice and I offer You the life and efforts of all, so that their life too may take on a divine value,

    I place also within the chalice the souls of all my relatives for whom I should pray: the souls of those for whom I may have forgotten to pray: the souls most devour to the Sacred Heart and the Blessed Virgin: the souls of the most abandoned. Jesus, when You change the wine into Your Precious Blood, change these poor souls from their place of suffering into Eternal Happiness,

Eternal rest give unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.

    Mother of sorrows! Mother of Christ!

You had influence with your Divine Son when on earth, you have the same influence now in Heaven, pray for me.

In all the Masses

    O my Jesus, I unite myself to all the Masses which will be celebrated this day throughout the world, in union with the intentions of your Sacred Heart, 0 my Jesus, I beg of you to retain for me, from each of these Masses, a drop of Your Precious Blood, in expiation for my sins.

o Divine Heart of Jesus, give to the world many and holy priests to continue the work of your Redemption. Amen.

A TREASURE TO EXPLOIT . . .  

    The death of our Saviour Jesus Christ upon the Cross-That is the great Treasure! The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is the key which unlocks this Treasure from which we can derive an abundance of graces.

    The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is the centre, the heart of our religion, n heart which, without ceasing, sends a stream of grace into the veins of Christianity, so that it may vivify each and every member of the great Mystical Body of Christ which is our Holy Mother the Church, (Mgr.Mader)

LET US USE this TREASURE . , ,

- By assisting devoutly at Holy Mass.

- By having Masses said.

- By uniting with all the Masses which will be celebrated in the world, at every hour of the day and night.

    More than 400,000 Masses are celebrated each day-which means 5 Elevations every second. He who unites himself with them, shares in them. Let us therefore gain for ourselves a Treasure in eternity.

TREMENDOUS VALUE OF HOLY MASS

    At the hour of death the holy Masses you have heard devoutly will be your consolation.

    Every Mass will go with you to Judgement and will plead for pardon for you.

    By every Mass you can diminish the temporal punishment due to your sins, more or less, according to your fervour.

    By devoutly assisting at Holy Mass you render the greatest homage possible to the Sacred Humanity of Our Lord.

    One Holy Mass, heard during your life, will be of more benefit to you than many heard for you after your death.

    ‘Through Holy Mass you are preserved from many dangers and misfortunes which would otherwise have befallen you. You shorten your Purgatory by every Mass'.  

By piously hearing Holy Mass you afford the Souls in Purgatory the greatest possible relief.

Permissu Superiorum

Stanbrook Abbey No. 32 Printed in England

(1930s?) 

Online Link: 2006

  http://holydevotions.blogspot.co.uk/2006/03/my-day-mass.html