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Friday, December 24, 2010

CHRISTUS NATUS EST NOBIS!
VENITE ADOREMUS!
NATALE HILARE ET ANNUM FAUSTUM
25.XII.2010

FERNANDO PRIOR GENERALIS
DOMUSQUE GENERALIS COMMUNITAS

A HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ONE AND ALL THAT BRINGS TO EACH AND EVERYONE THE PEACE, JOY, LOVE AND BLESSINGS THAT ONLY THE DIVINE BABE CAN BESTOW.

Hymn on the Night of the Nativity
Pure is the present night, in which the Pure One appeared, who came to purify us! Let our hearing be pure, and the sight of our eyes chaste, and the feeling of the heart holy, and the speech of the mouth sincere! The present night is the night of reconciliation; therefore, let no one be wroth against his brother and offend him! This night gave peace to the whole world, and so, let no one threaten. This is the night of the Most Meek One; let no one be cruel! This is the night of the Humble One; let no one be proud! Now is the day of joy; let us not take revenge for offences! Now is the day of good will; let us not be harsh. On this day of tranquillity, let us not become agitated by anger! Today God came unto sinners; let not the righteous exalt him over sinners! Today the Most Rich One became poor for our sake; let the rich man invite the poor to his table! Today we received a gift which we did not ask for; let us bestow alms to those who cry out to us and beg! The present day has opened the door of heaven to our prayers; let us also open our door to those who ask of us forgiveness! Today the Godhead placed upon Himself the seal of humanity, and humanity has been adorned with the seal of the Godhead!

Saint Ephraim the Syrian

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of death. Amen.

Thursday, December 2, 2010

DECEMBER 2010

Lectio: St. Andrew, the Apostle
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Lectio: Matthew 15,29-37
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Lectio: Matthew 7,21.24-27
Friday, December 3, 2010
Lectio: Matthew 9,27-31
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Lectio: Matthew 9,35 - 10,1.5-8
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Lectio: 2nd Sunday of Advent
Monday, December 6, 2010
Lectio: Luke 5,17-26
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Lectio: Matthew 18,12-14
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Lectio: Immaculate Conception of the B.V.Mary
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Lectio: Matthew 11,11-15
Friday, December 10, 2010
Lectio: Matthew 11,16-19
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Lectio: Matthew 17,10-13
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Lectio: Third Sunday of Advent
Monday, December 13, 2010
Lectio: Matthew 21,23-27
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Lectio: Matthew 21,28-32
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Lectio: Luke 7: 19-23
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Lectio: Luke 7, 24-30
Friday, December 17, 2010
Lectio: Matthew 1,1-17
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Lectio: Matthew 1,18-24
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Lectio: 4th Sunday of Advent
Monday, December 20, 2010
Lectio: Luke 1: 26-38
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Lectio: Luke 1:39-45
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Lectio: Luke 1,46-56
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Lectio: Luke 1,57-66
Friday, December 24, 2010
Lectio: Luke 1,67-79
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Lectio: THE BIRTH OF THE LORD
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Lectio: THE HOLY FAMILY
Monday, December 27, 2010
Lectio: St. John the Apostle
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Lectio: Matthew 2:13-18
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Lectio: Luke 2,22-35
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Lectio: Luke 2,36-40
Friday, December 31, 2010
Lectio: John 1,1-18

Monday, November 1, 2010

Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Purgatory
Our Lady of Mount Carmel has been related with Purgatory from centuries ago. In some cases, she is showed accompanied with angels and souls wearing Brown Scapulars, pleading for her mediation, though in 1613 the Church forbade such images to be made, due to erroneous doctrine that was being preached about the Scapular privileges ("the Sabbatine Privilege").

That privilege appears in a Decree of the Holy Office (1613), and later was inserted in its entirety (except for the words forbidding the painting of the pictures) into the list of the indulgences and privileges of the Confraternity of the Scapular of Mount Carmel.

Today, the Carmelite Orders, while encouraging a belief in Mary's general aid and prayerful assistance for their souls beyond death and commending devotion to Mary especially on Saturdays which are dedicated to her, explicitly state in their official catechetical materials that they do not promulgate the Sabbatine privilege, and are at one with official Church teaching on the matter.

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November 2010
Lectio: All Saints - Matthew 5,1-12a
Monday, November 1, 2010
Lectio: All souls - John 6,37-40
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Lectio: Luke 14,25-33
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Lectio: Luke 15,1-10
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Lectio: Luke 16,1-8
Friday, November 5, 2010
Lectio: Luke 16,9-15
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Lectio: 32nd Sunday of ordinary time
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Lectio: Luke 17,1-6
Monday, November 8, 2010
Dedication of the Basilica of St. John Lateran
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Lectio: Luke 17,11-19
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Lectio: Luke 17,20-25
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Lectio: Luke 17,26-37
Friday, November 12, 2010
Lectio: Luke 18,1-8
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Lectio: 33rd Sunday of ordinary time
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Lectio: Luke 18,35-43
Monday, November 15, 2010
Lectio: Luke 19,1-10
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Lectio: Luke 19,11-28
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Lectio: Luke 19,41-44
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Lectio: Luke 19,45-48
Friday, November 19, 2010
Lectio: Luke 20,27-40
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Lectio: Christ the King
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Lectio: Luke 21,1-4
Monday, November 22, 2010
Lectio: Luke 21,5-11
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Lectio: Luke 21,12-19
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Lectio: Luke 21,20-28
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Lectio: Luke 21,29-33
Friday, November 26, 2010
Lectio: Luke 21,34-36
Saturday, November 27, 2010

Friday, October 1, 2010

THE THEOTOKOS

The Faith of the Fathers Concerning the Holy Virgin: The Theotokos

It is then an integral portion of the Faith fixed by Ecumenical Council, a portion of it which you hold us well as I, that the Blessed Virgin is Theotocos, Deipara, or Mother of God; and this word, when thus used, carries with it no admixture of rhetoric, no taint of extravagant affection,—it has nothing else but a well-weighed, grave, dogmatic sense, which corresponds and is adequate to its sound. It intends to express that God is her Son, as truly as any one of us is the son of his own mother. If this be so, what can be said of any creature whatever, which may not be said of her? what can be said too much, so that it does not compromise the attributes of the Creator? He indeed might have created a being more perfect, more admirable, than she is; He might have endued that being, so created, with a richer grant of grace, of power, of blessedness: but in one respect she surpasses all even possible creations, viz., that she is Mother of her Creator.

This being the faith of the Fathers about the Blessed Virgin, we need not wonder that it should in no long time be transmuted into devotion. No wonder if their language should become unmeasured, when so great a term as "Mother of God" had been formally set down as the safe limit of it. No wonder if it should be stronger and stronger as time went on, since only in a long period could the fullness of its import be exhausted. The current of thought in those early ages did uniformly tend to make much of the Blessed Virgin and to increase her honours, not to circumscribe them. Little jealousy was shown of her in those times; but, when any such niggardness of affection occurred, then one Father or other fell upon the offender, with zeal, not to say with fierceness.
John Henri Newman Letter to Pusey, 1865

MULTIMEDIA : Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644-1704) - Rosary Sonatas - Annunciation

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of death. Amen.