The United Nations, of course. What other global entity could, on the one hand, pronounce the devastating effects of an “aging global population”, and on the other join hands (again) with Planned Parenthood to campaign for legalized abortion in Africa? A recent document published by the UN, World Population Aging 2007, outlines several “profound” (duh!) [...]
Archive for August, 2007
Beyond ridiculous…
Posted in abortion, planned parenthood, pro-life, UN on August 20, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Adieu…
Posted in fr. lebel, FSSP on August 20, 2007 | 2 Comments »
A fond farewell to Fr. Jerome Lebel, visiting priest from the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter. Holy Family Parish has been blessed to “host” Fr. Lebel during his vacation for the past two weeks. He has been graciously offering a daily Latin Mass as well as hearing confessions, anointing the sick and offering three Solemn [...]
Prayers, please!
Posted in hooray on August 19, 2007 | 2 Comments »
My oldest daughter, Jane, is in labor with our 4th granddaughter!! Please pray for Jane and her husband, Owen. Thanks!
The Kitchen Madonna
Posted in kitchen madonna on August 18, 2007 | 3 Comments »
For Matilda, who has requested that bloggers post a picture of their own “Kitchen Madonna.” What has inspired this request? Check out The Kitchen Madonna. This one is next on our “to read” list!
Metamorphosis
Posted in parenting on August 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Within the space of two weeks my girl will have: *obtained her license *registered to vote *established a checking account *purchased and registered an automobile *started college My dear daughter is an adult…it happened so quickly. Gone are the baseball caps and rollerblades. Now we talk about work schedules, insurance premiums and college text books. [...]
A summer’s day…
Posted in beauty, children, shakespeare on August 17, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Shall I compare thee to a Summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And Summer’s lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And oft’ is his gold complexion dimm’d; And every fair from fair sometime declines, [...]
"And it was all yellow…"
Posted in laundry, yellow on August 16, 2007 | 2 Comments »
My laundry. Freshly washed and placed in the dryer. Hidden, somewhere in a pocket no doubt, was a yellow crayon. And now…it is all yellow. One small crayon. One pastel load. Now, a lot more pastel than I would prefer. Off to the supermarket to buy a bottle of Carbona. I like Yellow. The song, [...]
Disquietude
Posted in anxiety, perserverance on August 15, 2007 | 2 Comments »
It is the Feast of the Assumption of our Blessed Mother, and I am once again meditating upon the great mystery that is motherhood. How lovely to realize that our Mother in Heaven, is just that…Mother. The past few days, my patience has been wanting. Everyday household responsibilities laced with relatively minor irritations: the laundry [...]
Munificentissimus Deus – The Dogma of the Assumption of Our Lady
Posted in dogma, encyclical, Munificentissimus Deus on August 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Munificentissimus DeusApostolic Constitution of Pope Pius XII issued November 1, 1950 1. The most bountiful God, who is almighty, the plan of whose providence rests upon wisdom and love, tempers, in the secret purpose of his own mind, the sorrows of peoples and of individual men by means of joys that he interposes in their [...]
Sacramentum Caritatis
Posted in fr. fox, liturgy, sacramentum caritatis, vatican II on August 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Fr. Martin Fox of Bonfire of the Vanities has been “blog-hosting” a series of talks on Sacramentum Caritatis. Talk IV, “What Should Mass Be”, is the current topic. Fr. Fox provides concise and enlightening explanations for the layman, by giving interesting contrasts on what Mass should be, and what it has become through poor interpretation [...]
St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe – August 14th
Posted in eucharist, immaculata, name-saint, st. maximilian on August 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
On August 14th we mark the Feast Day of St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe. Known for his great love and devotion to Our Lady under the title of the “Immaculata”, St. Maximilian Kolbe received the crown of martyrdom on this day in Auschwitz, a Nazi concentration camp. His heroic death is recorded as follows: “One day [...]
Making memories…
Posted in meteor shower, perseid, tears of st. lawrence on August 13, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The Perseid Meteor Shower. The Tears of St. Lawrence. Call it what you will, it was amazing. This evening was the “peak” of the heavenly fireworks display, and it was quite lovely. The majority of our sightings took place after 10:30 p.m., with the best viewing in our own backyard. We had traveled to a [...]
My mistake
Posted in gardening, humility on August 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This is a zucchini plant: This is a cucumber plant: Now…I’m not a complete amateur. I have been gardening for several years. I have grown both cucumbers and zucchini. This year…I am truly embarrassed. I purchased a “six-pack” of zucchini plants, as I was a little negligent in starting my seeds. As the plants began [...]
Carmen Possum
Posted in latin, silly poetry on August 10, 2007 | 2 Comments »
While studying Latin as a teenager, I happened upon a very silly poem in my favorite book of poetry at that time, The Best Loved Poems Of The American People. Carmen Possum is fairly well known, though the author is, unfortunately, not. With great delight, I introduced the six younger children to that very silly [...]
Praise God!
Posted in weather on August 10, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Four consecutive days of triple digit heat. Six children occupying one very small, air conditioned room. Two grumpy parents. For the past four days the children have been trapped inside the house, held hostage by dangerously high temperatures. Our home is a very old, traditional farm house. In other words – no central air! It [...]
Tutorial on the Tridentine
Posted in extraordinary, sanct missa, traditional mass, una voce on August 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Tip o’ the hat to seminarian Matthew at A Catholic Life for this link: Sancta Missa. If you know a priest who is unfamiliar with the Extraordinary Form of the Mass or if you are simply curious about the rubrics of this beautiful rite, visit Sancta Missa. There is wealth of information available, beautifully and [...]
The Tears of St. Lawrence – August 11th-13th
Posted in meteor, perseid, st.lawrence on August 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Have you ever watched the Perseid Meteor Shower? What an incredible light show! The event has also been called, from antiquity, The Tears of St. Lawrence. St. Lawrence, also called Laurentius, a Christian deacon, is said to have been “martyred by the Romans in 258 AD on an iron outdoor stove. It was in the [...]
"Have mercy upon me, O God, after thy great goodness."
Posted in chant, Gregorio Allegri, misere on August 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A respite in the midst of the everyday… I realize it is not yet Lent…but this piece is so very beautiful…
Are these pumpkins…or tomatoes?
Posted in gardening, german queen, mr. stripey, tomatoes on August 7, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Tomatoes! Absolutely huge, juicy, yellow and red striped, tomatoes. Meet Mr. Stripey! Big as these two are, I picked a much larger one today… These lovely tomatoes are so delicious, with a mild, non-acidic flavor, meaty and nearly seedless texture. The majority of our tomato production will be stored as sauce, but Mr. Stripey…strictly for [...]
Irish Festival!
Posted in irish festival on August 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Ah, the Irish Festival in Dublin, Ohio. The food, the drink, the music…the chance to sit in a “currach” like St. Brendan, pick up a sword, club and shield and fight next to a priest. Don’t let the “dress” fool you. Joseph says Fr. Hayes is a mighty warrior! Temperatures in the 90′s didn’t seem [...]
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Creator of all things, true source of light and wisdom, origin of all being, graciously let a ray of your light penetrate the darkness of my understanding.
Take from me the double darkness in which I have been born, an obscurity of sin and ignorance.
Give me a keen understanding, a retentive memory, and the ability to grasp things correctly and fundamentally.
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Point out the beginning, direct the progress, and help in the completion.
I ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
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O Jesus! meek and humble of heart, Hear me.
From the desire of being esteemed,
Deliver me, Jesus.
From the desire of being loved...
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That others may be loved more than I,
Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.
That others may be esteemed more than I ...
That, in the opinion of the world,
others may increase and I may decrease ...
That others may be chosen and I set aside ...
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That others may be preferred to me in everything...
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