tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25170142557954563802024-12-20T19:15:43.834+08:00<p align="right"><i>Sine intermissione orate. <br>I Thessalonicenses 5:17</i></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2517014255795456380.post-11220189994152676552013-04-07T21:13:00.000+08:002014-10-16T23:35:36.311+08:00

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On the eve of the feast of the Seven Sorrows of Mary, before sleeping, I was reading Cum Petro (The Periodical of the Confraternity of St. Peter) and stumbled upon an article. It was about the Meditation of St. Jose Maria Escriva on the 4th Sorrowful Mystery. What caught my attention were these lines: "Love the Cross. When you really love it, your Cross will be... A Cross without a Cross."

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Ad annos multos! Today is the anniversary of the foundation of the Confraternity of St. Peter. I would like to greet all members of the Confraternity a Blessed Anniversary! May God grant our causes!

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&nbsp;My Christmas Pledge To make my Christmas a holy day with Christ... not a holiday without Him. To observe Christmas as the birthday of Christ... not a day to give and receive material gifts. To remember that the real symbols of Christmas are the Star, the Stable and the Crib... not Santa Claus and his reindeer. To teach my children that "Santa Claus" is the nickname of St. Nicholas... who

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ON THE FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT &nbsp; Today, our Holy Mother Church begins afresh in her ecclesiastical year. Thus, today is not just the beginning of Advent but also the commencement of a "new" ecclesiastical year. Collect Stir up Thy power, we beseech Thee, O Lord, and come: that from the threatening dangers of our sins we may deserve to be rescued by Thy protection, and to be

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&nbsp; The Call of Beauty Raymond Cardinal Burke on the celebration of the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite (Mass according to the Roman Missal of 1962).

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Today our Holy Mother Church, in her latin extraordinary form, celebrates the THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT. It is otherwise known as Oculi Mei Sunday from the first words of the Introit of the Mass. The Byzantine Church calls this Sunday the Veneration of the Cross Sunday. Collect Humbling ourselves before Thee, we beseech Thee, Almighty God, favorably to regard the desires of our heart: and in our

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O God, who seest that we are wholly destitute of strength, keep us within and without: that we may be defended in body from all adversity: and cleansed in mind from evil thoughts. Through our Lord... Today is the SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT in the Roman Rite. In the Greek Rite, this Sunday is The Epistle today, from 1 Thessalonians 4,1-7, talks about us being called by God unto sanctification in

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O God, who dost purify Thy Church by the yearly observance of Lent: grant to Thy household, that what we strive to obtain from Thee by abstinence, we may achieve by good works. Through our Lord. Today our Holy Mother Church commemorates the FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT or Quadragesima Sunday (Quadragesima, Latin for fortieth). In the Missal of Bl. John XXIII, it is also known

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Ad annos multos! Yesterday was the anniversary of the foundation of the Confraternity of St. Peter. I would like to greet all members of the Confraternity a Blessed Anniversary! May God grant our causes! Since yesterday was Ash Wednesday, the feast of the Chair of St. Peter is transferred today (according to Fr. James Fryar, FSSP)! So happy feast day to all members!

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Grant,O Lord, to Thy faithful people, that they may undertake with fitting piety the venerable solemnities of fasting, and complete them with steadfast devotion. Through our Lord... Today we celebrate Ash Wednesday. It marks the beginning of the holy season of Lent. In the Usus Antiquor, the ceremonies of this day begins with the blessing of ashes. The ashes are blessed with four prayers

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We beseech Thee, O Lord, graciously hear our prayers: and releasing us from the bonds of our sins, guard us from all adversity. Through our Lord . . . Today our Holy Mother Church celebrates Quinquagesima Sunday. Quinquagesima in Latin means the fiftieth. This Sunday immediate precedes Ash Wednesday. Our Eastern brothers, call this Sunday as Cheesefare Sunday for this is the time when

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Grant, we beseech Thee, O almighty God, that we, who celebrate the heavenly birthday of blessed Valentine, Thy Martyr, may by his intercession be delivered from all the evils that threaten us. Through our Lord...- Collect of the Mass Today in the Ancient Usage of the Roman Rite is the commemoration of St. Valentine, martyr. There are two saints in the martyrology that are

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I was supposed to publish this post last year, but for whatever reason it was, I forgot to post it. So for #4, it refers to last years DOH campaign. UNIQUE IDEAS TO CELEBRATE VALENTINE'S DAY As one of my co-teacher was reading a a certain magazine, she came across an article about unique ways to celebrate Valentine's Day. As she was reading them aloud, I was answering her back

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O God, who seest that we put not our trust in any thing that we do: mercifully grant, that by the protection of the Doctor of the Gentiles we may be defended against all adversities. Though our Lord… - Collect for the Mass Today the Latin Church celebrates Sexagesima Sunday. Sexagesima means “sixtieth” an approximation of the sixtieth day before Easter. In the Greek Church, this Sunday

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Photo credits:&nbsp;Una Voce of Orange County Ite et vos in vineam meam, et quod justum fuerit dabo vobis. - Matt. 2,4 Today our Holy Mother Church, using the Missal of 1962, celebrates Septuagesima Sunday, the start of Septuagesimatide. Among our Eastern brothers, this Sunday is called the Sunday of the Prodigal Son. This Sunday also marks the season of Septuagesimatide which ends on the

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Picture source: Guardian Angel "Lumen ad revelationem gentium, et gloriam plebis tuæ Israel." - Luc. 2:32 Today the Roman Catholic Church, according to the Usus Antiquor, celebrates the feast of the Purification of Mary. “Presentation of the Lord” is the current title in the 1970 Missal, while “Meeting of the Lord” is what the Greek Rite calls this feast. This feast commemorates

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Photo credits: MSNBC.com A blessed Christmas! Excerpt from&nbsp;URBI ET ORBI MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE BENEDICT XVI (CHRISTMAS 2011)[My emphases in bold letters -fsl] "Dear brothers and sisters in Rome and throughout the world, on this Christmas 2011, let us then turn to the Child of Bethlehem, to the Son of the Virgin Mary, and say: “Come to save us!”&nbsp; Let us repeat these words in

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Canterbury Tales by Taylor Marshall: Did you know the 7 Sorrows of Mary conform to the ...: The Seven Sorrows of Mary are one of the most fruitful topics of mental prayer. On Fridays especially, the Seven Sorrows are a way to bette...

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CEAP-Press Release: ‘AND THEY SPAT AT HIM’ A Statement of CEAP on the Exhibit ‘Politeismo’

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Today is the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In the 1962 Missal, this feast has a rank of first class. On the other hand, the 1970 Missal gives it a rank of solemnity. Here are some facts about this feast:1. On November 1, 1950, Pope Pius XII, infallibly and dogmatically declared that “the Immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her

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Today is Pentecost Wednesday. See previous post for a brief explanation of the nomenclature. Let us invoke the Holy Spirit for the speedy recovery of our School Director, Rev. Fr. Jose E. David, for unity among people with different ideals, and for peace among nations. Let us also include in our prayers our Supreme Pontiff, Pope Benedict XVI (Italian news agency reports that the Pope has become

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We have not yet been spared from the terrible onslaught of the RH Bill and yet our solons are scheming to have divorce legalized in our nation. These two, RH Bill and divorce, are some of the many forces that destroy the very foundation of our society – the family. Let us stand for what is right, oppose the RH bill and the legalization of divorce. Let us oppose the culture of

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A few years back, as I was reading an issue of the Sunday Inquirer Magazine, I came across an article by a priest. It was about A NEW WAY OF DOING THE SIETE PALABRAS. So what I did was to keep that article until such time I feel it was needed. Until one day, when one of our CLE teachers, Sir Bombit, was thinking of a Lenten activity for his class. So I suggested the Siete Palabras. And so to "

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