Thursday, February 2, 2012







Flight Into Egypt and Presentation

SIXTH CHANT
: Illuminating Egypt with the Light of Truth, you cast away the darkness of error. For the idols, unable to stand your might, fell down, and those who had been delivered from them cried out to the Mother of God:
Hail, O Resurrection of mankind!
Hail, O Downfall of the Demons!
Hail, O you who crushed the error of deceit!
Hail, O you who exposed the fraud of idols!
Hail, O Sea who drowned the symbolic Pharaon!
Hail, O Rock who quenched those who thirst for Life!
Hail, O Pillar of Fire who guided those in darkness!
Hail, O Shelter of the World, wider than the clouds!
Hail, O Food who took the place of Manna!
Hail, O Handmaid of holy delight!
Hail, O Land of the promised good!
Hail, O you who flow with milk and honey!
Hail, O Bride and Maiden ever-pure!
: Hail, O Bride and Maiden ever-pure!
KONTAKION (Priest or Cantor)
As Simeon was about to leave the present deceitful world, You were entrusted to him as an infant, but You made Yourself known to him as the perfect God. Wherefore he marveled at your wisdom beyond words, and cried out: "Alleluia!"



Akathist Hymn to the Mother of God
Attributed to Romanos the Melode (d. 560)





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.
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FEBRUARY 2012

Wednesday, February 1, 2012


Lectio: Mark 6,1-6

•Thursday, February 2, 2012

Lectio: The Presentation of the Lord

•Friday, February 3, 2012

Lectio: Mark 6,14-29

•Saturday, February 4, 2012



Lectio: Mark 6,30-34

•Sunday, February 5, 2012

Lectio: 5th Sunday of Ordinary Time (B)

•Monday, February 6, 2012

Lectio: Mark 6,53-56

•Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Lectio: Mark 7,1-13

•Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Lectio: Mark 7,14-23

•Thursday, February 9, 2012

Lectio: Mark 7,24-30

•Friday, February 10, 2012

Lectio: Mark 7,31-37

•Saturday, February 11, 2012

Lectio: Mark 8,1-10

•Sunday, February 12, 2012

Lectio: 6th Sunday of Ordinary Time (B)

•Monday, February 13, 2012

Lectio: Mark 8,11-13

•Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Lectio: Mark 8,14-21

•Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Lectio: Mark 8,22-26

•Thursday, February 16, 2012

Lectio: Mark 8,27-33

•Friday, February 17, 2012

Lectio: Mark 8,34-9,1

•Saturday, February 18, 2012

Lectio: Mark 9,2-13

•Sunday, February 19, 2012

Lectio: 7th Sunday of Ordinary Time (B)

•Monday, February 20, 2012

Lectio: Mark 9,14-29

•Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Lectio: Mark 9,30-37

•Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Ash Wednesday

•Thursday, February 23, 2012

Lectio: Luke 9,22-25

•Friday, February 24, 2012

Lectio: Matthew 9,14-15

•Saturday, February 25, 2012

Lectio: Luke 5,27-32

•Sunday, February 26, 2012

Lectio: 1st Sunday of Lent (B)

•Monday, February 27, 2012

Lectio: Matthew 25,31-46

•Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Lectio: Matthew 6,7-15

•Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Lectio: Luke 11,29-32
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Monday, January 2, 2012


  


The Blessed Virgin Became the Mother of God
This Virgin became a Mother
while preserving her virginity;
and though still a Virgin
she carried a Child in her womb;
and the handmaid of His Wisdom
became the Mother of God.


You alone and your Mother
are more beautiful than any others;
for there is no blemish in you,
nor any stains upon your Mother.
Who of my children
can compare to the beauty of these?



Excerpt from Ephraim of Nisibis, Nisbene Hymns 27, no. 8, in FEF I: 313, no. 719.




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JANUARY 2012
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     Best wishes for a Happy New Year replete  with God's           blessings and Prosperity
Mis mejores deseos para un Feliz Año Nuevo lleno de bendiciones de Dios y la prosperidad
Meilleurs vœux pour une heureuse année remplie de bénédictions de Dieu et la prospérité
Pagbati para sa manigong Bagong Taon sagana sa Diyos bendisyon at kasaganaan
Die besten Wünsche für ein frohes neues Jahr voller Gottes Segen und Wohlstand
I migliori auguri per un Felice Anno Nuovo pieno di benedizioni di Dio e la Prosperità
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Saturday, December 24, 2011

UNTO US A CHILD IS BORN......THE WORD WAS MADFE FLESH AND GOD LIVED AMONGST US!


Xewqat sbieh ghal Milied tassew hieni ta’ Sliem, Ferh  u Barka, kif ukoll is-Sena l-Gdida Tajba ta’ Sahha, Risq u Mhabba. Il-Mulej iberikkom.

Wishing you a Very Happy Christmas of Peace, Joy and Blessings, as well as a Happy New Year of Health, Prosperity and Love.
God Bless you.

En vous souhaitant un très joyeux Noël de la Paix, joie et les bénédictions, ainsi que d'une Bonne Année de la santé, la prospérité et l'Amour.
Que Dieu vous bénisse.


Wir wünschen Ihnen ein frohes Weihnachtsfest des Friedens, der Freude und Segen, sowie einen guten Rutsch ins Neue Jahr Gesundheit, Wohlstand und Liebe.
Gott segne Sie.

Vi auguriamo un felice Natale di pace, gioia e benedizioni, così come un Felice Anno Nuovo di salute, prosperità e amore.
Dio vi benedica.

Le deseamos una muy Feliz Navidad de paz, alegría y bendiciones, así como un Feliz Año Nuevo de la Salud, prosperidad y amor.
Dios los bendiga.

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A Time of Waiting Unique in World History (VIII)

The time was fulfilled

"The time of the coming of the Messiah has been foretold by the state of the Jewish people, by the state of the pagans, by the state of the temple, by the number of years: it needed four monarchies, the removal of the scepter from Judah and the seventy weeks to coincide, and all this before the second Temple was destroyed." (Blaise Pascal - Pensées 708 and 709.)

The pagans also had the advantage of additional signs; there was a intense focusing of attention, a pinnacle of waiting never before seen in the history of the world exactly around the time when Jesus appeared. It is a proven fact of history: however inexplicable it may seem, that the world's attention, in the first century, was concentrating on a single point, that far-off province of Rome.

This unique feeling of waiting was one which Mary carried above all other in her heart, in her prayers at the Holy of Holies. This was fulfilled for her and for all Christians with the coming of the Savior when the preordained time had come. But for those who have not recognized it, the missing of this rendezvous will long remain a question. As the Talmud itself notes, "All dates that have been calculated for the coming of the Messiah have now passed" (Sanhedrin Treatise 97). And, suffering from this disappointment, the scholars of Israel resort to trying to reinterpret the expectation of the Messiah.

However, the time was fulfilled, and the kingdom of God close at hand (cf. Mk 1:15). The vicissitudes of human existence seemed to be suspended for a second and to stand still when Augustus offered the world one of the rare periods of peace in History, the 25 years of the Pax Romana, as the star announcing the coming of the Prince of Peace shined brightly over Palestine.



Source: Jesus Hypotheses by Vittorio Messori, Saint Paul Pubns. (1978)
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