Things have been rather busy here; sometimes TOO busy. But we do take time to celebrate, relax, "go funky"...can you guess why your "blog host" is going funky here??
Source: SANCTE PATER, the wondrous Vincenzo. http://www.sanctepater.com/2010/08/nazareth-priests-groove-thang.html
H/T to "The Badger Catholic"...his report on the installation Mass of our new Bishop is at: http://badgercatholic.blogspot.com/2010/08/bishop-callahan-roundup.html Thanks, Matt, for your coverage of all that is important in our Diocese. You do great work for the Lord and His Church!
What three-inch being could possibly set a monastic house on "its edge"...the smell of death and the sewer everywhere? The fear and loathing of drying clothes in the dryer that smelled like "death"...literally? Yep. Mighty Mouse. He got fished outta da dryer by our most efficient and manly janitor...(we religious too scared, grossed out, or just plain stupid to take apart said dryer, for fear we couldn't put it back together again...I'm not kiddin'...unfortunately, we're about as capable as "school girls" when it comes to these things...Jesus, send us some mechanically inclined vocations...please!!?) He's gone now. But his remnant "odor" remains...the JR Terrier immediately went for the dryer when he got downstairs...no dummy he...but even he didn't know how to explicate said rodent... Mighty Mouse... Mighty odor, he.
Today's Gospel in the Extraordinary Form (the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost) is the encounter between Jesus and the deaf/mute man. The Lord heals him. It is a sacramental encounter; in our Baptismal rite, we have the "Ephephta"..."be opened" given to the one being baptised. Do we allow this exorcism of the Evil One, who prevents us from declaring the great works of God in our lives, to be a true reality? Do we renew this rejection of the Evil One, by the use of holy water, prayers to the Archangel Saint Michael, to our prayers to the Holy Mother of God? Are we doing spiritual warfare against the Evil One, all his pomps, lies, and promises of material comfort, as opposed to the promise of eternal life, made present by the Death and Resurrection of the Lord? Use holy water; make confessions of faith, in the Apostles Creed, pray the Holy Rosary...Satan is looking for all kinds of "windows of opportunity" in the lives of those who love the Lord and His Church. Do not give him free reign. Renounce him and call upon the saving power of the Lord. He not only frees the deaf and dumb from their physical limitations; He enables us to praise Him, to tell of His wonders, to make His salvation known to the world!
This touched me very deeply; there is a mystical sense about these words. We are in a "foreign land" here on earth...we know, instinctively, and by faith, that we belong to another "land", "another home." The Irish, because of their particular history, know what it is to "leave", to "long" for "home"; their traditional Catholic Faith held them to the "ultimate home"...Heaven.
But now, because of the horrid cases of child abuse that have rocked the Church in Ireland, causing the resignation of bishops, poor morale among the clergy and religious, and in the Fall, a Vatican investigation to the Archdioceses and religious communities that will hopefully bring reconciliation and healing, there is much need of prayer and love for the Irish Church.
Many bishops, priests, men and women religious from Ireland came to the USA and served this mission Church of ours for over a hundred years. Many, many of them are heroic in so many ways; they sacrificed much, leaving home, family and even giving their lives to bring the message of our Lord to this country.
The Church in Ireland deserves our love, prayer and respect. This song is in honor of the many nameless priests and religious who came here to give of themselves to the poor and destitute, to educate children, care for orphans and all the unwanted. Some of them were even in the Civil War, caring for our soldiers on both sides. They are truly heroes and heroines. May God bless Ireland.
I'm in an Irish kinda mood today. Pray for the Church in Ireland; they are in such dire need of our prayers, concern and best. The lyrics: English Translation:
Halleluia, halleluia Halleluia, my Savior You are my God, I am your servant Halleluia my heart forever
My love, my God, my guardian, my rock My fair love, my Lord My love, my christ, my love, my heart My love in full, You, my glorious King
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My love __, holy in your court My love, your heart and your fair appearance My love, your flock, long is your path My love, my light, my strength, my king
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You are my God, I am your servant Halleluia my heart forever
A consecrated diocesan hermit priest who is moderator of the Hermit Fraternity of the Three Hearts of Jesus, Mary and Joseph of Nazareth, in the public association of the Christian faithful in the Diocese of La Crosse, Wisconsin.
