tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:03:00 +0000This site is dedicated to promoting and defending the Catholic Faith, in union with Christ and His Church and in union with the Holy Father, the Successor of St. Peter.<br> <br> Please remember Archbishop Burke and Archbishop Carlson daily by praying the <i>Memorare</i> for their personal intentions, as well as for their health and protection.http://slatts.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (LRS)Blogger5000125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-1093811487624769594Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:03:00 +00002009-11-10T12:03:00.257-06:00MeditationCounselsReflectionThe Benefits of Self DenialWhen the forces of the flesh diminish and fail, those of the spirit grow and increase, that which impeded their growth having been taken away; the soul receives in this self-denial an admirable benefit, a disposition meet to receive the graces of God.-St. John of the Cross._________________From Principles and PracticesCompiled by Rev. J. Hogan of The Catholic Missionaryhttp://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/11/principles-and-practices-november-11.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-7056156268157019188Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:01:00 +00002009-11-10T12:01:00.377-06:00MeditationCounselsVirtueReflectionPatience - Thoughts on the Patient Endurance of Sorrows and SufferingsTRULY A PATIENT MAN [continued]In your patience you shall possess your souls.-Luke xxi, 19....God has so disposed things that we may learn to bear one another's burdens; for there is no man without defect, no man without his bur­den, no man sufficient for himself, no man wise enough for himself; but we must support one another,http://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/11/patience-november-10.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-2524735650430223795Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:46:00 +00002009-11-10T08:28:08.752-06:00NewsBishop Tobin Publicly Calls Rep. Kennedy to ‘Conversion and Repentance’By a mutual decision, Bishop Thomas Tobin of Providence and Representative Patrick Kennedy-- the son of the late Senator Edward Kennedy-- have postponed their meeting to discuss the Catholic congressman’s support of abortion. Over the weekend, the Rhode Island congressman sided with abortion advocates in voting against the http://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/11/news-updates-1110.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-6503699510376194854Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:40:00 +00002009-11-09T20:42:07.256-06:00BibleLiturgyCommentaryScriptureGospelTuesday, 32nd Week in Ordinary TimeFrom: Luke 17:7-10 Humble Service[7] "Will any of you, who has a servant ploughing or keeping sheep, say to him when he has come in from the field, `Come at once and sit down at table'? [8] Will he not rather say to him, `Prepare supper for me, and gird yourself and serve me, till I eat and drink; and afterward you shall eat and drink'? [9] Does he thank the http://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/11/gospel-for-nov-10-memorial-st-leo-great.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-8401752370477429113Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:03:00 +00002009-11-09T12:03:00.796-06:00MeditationCounselsReflectionHave A Supernatural IntentionLet everyone have a pure intention, not only for the state of life they have chosen, but also in their private work, resolving always sincerely to please God from the motive of love of His Divine goodness, considered in itself and its benefits, rather than from the fear of pain or the hope of a reward, although they may be assisted by these latter motives.-A. Prevot, http://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/11/principles-and-practices-november-10.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-7314287475068816084Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:01:00 +00002009-11-09T12:01:00.480-06:00MeditationCounselsVirtueReflectionPatience - Thoughts on the Patient Endurance of Sorrows and SufferingsTRULY A PATIENT MANIn your patience you shall possess your souls.-Luke xxi, 19.Say not: I cannot take these things from such a man, and things of this kind are not to be suf­fered by me for he has done me a great injury, and he upbraids me with things I never thought of; but I will suffer willingly from another, and so far as Ihttp://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/11/patience-november-9.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-4040705541619299528Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:19:00 +00002009-11-09T07:22:07.641-06:00NewsHouse votes for ban on abortion subsidies...in a new government-run health insurance plan Editorial: Catholics fear a good idea gone badAccess to basic health care should be a right for all Doubt thrown on Weakland 'secret' files testimony'I've heard about it, but I've never seen those files' Pope Benedict honors Paul VI in Italian birthplaceHails predecessor's achievements as a 'reforming Pope' http://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/11/news-updates-119.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-1035523215060580573Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:41:00 +00002009-11-09T06:43:18.922-06:00BibleLiturgyCommentaryScriptureGospelMonday, 32nd Week in Ordinary TimeFrom: John 2:13-22The Cleansing of the Temple[13] The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. [14] In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers at their business. [15] And making a whip of cords, he drove them all, with the sheep and oxen, out of the temple; and he poured out the coins http://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/11/gospel-for-nov-9-feast-dedication-of-st.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-6036637149712870430Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:03:00 +00002009-11-08T15:45:53.521-06:00MeditationCounselsReflectionWhat Contemplation IsThe contemplative life, in the widest sense of the word, is that wherein man - after having quelled his passions and separated himself from the cares and turmoils of exterior affairs - passes his time, inspired by the love of God, in devoting himself to works of religion and piety: pious studies, meditation, petition, and prayer. In the various degrees of prayer, he raises http://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/11/principles-and-practices-november-9.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-3236069584280618730Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:01:00 +00002009-11-08T18:56:49.341-06:00MeditationCounselsVirtueReflectionPatience Thoughts on the Patient Endurance of Sorrows and SufferingsWITH OUR KING"In what place soever Thou shalt be, Lord my King, either in death or in life, there will Thy servant be."Which of us will have the courage to say this as we kneel before our King crowned with thorns? Let me look into the heart of my King as He sits there, the sport of wildest rabble. What makes Him suffer willingly http://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/11/patience-november-8.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-7826529070495792856Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:10:00 +00002009-11-08T13:11:28.299-06:00BibleLiturgyCommentaryScriptureGospelFrom: Mark 12:38-44Jesus Censures the Scribes[38] And in His (Jesus') teaching He said, "Beware of the scribes, who like to go about in long robes, and to have salutations in the market places [39] and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts, [40] who devour widow's houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation."The Widow's http://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/11/gospel-for-thirty-second-sunday-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-2877054634135845509Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:10:00 +00002009-11-07T13:14:11.745-06:00MeditationCounselsReflectionNever Mind FeelingsYou seem to be a little upset at not being able to feel more that you really love Our Lord. The mere longing desire to do so is a certain proof that love, and much of it, exists in your heart. But you can test your love infallibly and find out how much you have by asking yourself this question: What am I willing to suffer for Him? It is the test of St. Francis de Sales: 'http://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/11/principles-and-practices-november-8.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-2918679166915757450Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:05:00 +00002009-11-07T13:09:30.484-06:00MeditationCounselsVirtueReflectionPatience Thoughts on the Patient Endurance of Sorrows and SufferingsTHE WAY OF THE CROSSThe Way of the Cross is a striking image of our life. We are all journeying toward a more or less distant Calvary; at the first Station of this journey we are all condemned to death; at the last we are laid in the sepulcher. Between these two, what trials, what sufferings, what struggles, and, alas, what fallshttp://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/11/patience-november-7.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-856923831189314892Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:00:00 +00002009-11-07T17:50:04.913-06:00http://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/11/big-government-health-care-psa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-1211198673434687973Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:29:00 +00002009-11-06T22:30:01.983-06:00BibleLiturgyCommentaryScriptureGospelFrom: Luke 16:9-15The Unjust Steward (Continuation)(Jesus said to His disciples,) [9] "And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal habitations.[10] "He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much; and he who is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much. [11] If then you have not http://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/11/gospel-for-saturday-31st-week-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-892840332564456755Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:03:00 +00002009-11-06T12:03:00.476-06:00MeditationCounselsReflectionThe Devil TriumphantWhen by presumption, or negligence, or weakness, we have opened our hearts to the devil, what takes place? He enters in and dwells there, says Our Lord, and the last state of that man is made worse than the first. Why is this? Because, by repeated sin, the horror of it diminishes, the withdrawal of so much grace weakens the soul, and light and faith are darkened, bad habits http://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/11/principles-and-practices-november-7.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-1026131358748506707Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:01:00 +00002009-11-06T12:01:00.243-06:00MeditationCounselsVirtueReflectionPatience Thoughts on the Patient Endurance of Sorrows and SufferingsPATIENCE UNDER OUR BODILY SUFFERINGSIt was not really Pilate who condemned Jesus to death, says St. Bernard, it was His love for us. He had been longing all His life through for that moment when He was to carry out His Father's will and redeem the world by dying for us. He knew that the divine mandate had gone forth that without http://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/11/patience-november-6.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-3594337815188979438Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:30:00 +00002009-11-06T08:25:57.815-06:00NewsPope's offer accepted by Anglican provinceTraditional Anglican Communion in UK says yes to Rome Arrest made in slaying of New Mexico nun'No further details will be released at this time' Judge denies order in Catholic diocese caseSettlement negotiations failed with dozen victims Bishop Tobin challenges lawmakers over abortion...while stressing Church's support for health-care reform Planned http://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/11/news-updates-116.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-2003046079379013831Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:15:00 +00002009-11-05T21:16:22.558-06:00BibleLiturgyCommentaryScriptureGospelFrom: Luke 16:1-8The Unjust Steward[1] He (Jesus) also said to the disciples, "There was a rich man who had a steward, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his goods. [2] And he called him and said to him, 'What is this that I hear from you? Turn in the account of your stewardship, for you can no longer be steward.' [3] And the steward said to himself, 'What shall I do, sincehttp://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/11/gospel-for-friday-31st-week-in-ordinary.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-6710805249814828094Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:03:00 +00002009-11-05T12:03:00.201-06:00MeditationCounselsReflectionThe Value of SilenceDo you wish to be a man of prayer, to con­verse familiarly with God, to be free from bad thoughts, and to be always in a dis­position to receive Divine inspirations? Take care to live in recollection and silence. A great noise hinders us from hearing what is said to us; in like manner, much business and idle talk permit us not to listen to these inspirations, nor to conceive http://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/11/principles-and-practices-november-6.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-8833280094543972635Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:01:00 +00002009-11-05T12:01:00.453-06:00MeditationCounselsVirtueReflectionPatience Thoughts on the Patient Endurance of Sorrows and SufferingsWHY WE SUFFER"Star from star in glory differs." It may be that weTo bright glory are predestined in a high degree. Some Saints by heroic virtues, glory did acquire As to far surpass in splendor the Angelic Choirs. Lucifer's lost place in Heaven, doth Saint Francis hold;Or, at least, a saintly Brother this to him foretold. Well wehttp://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/11/patience-november-5.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-430871136537661959Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:00:00 +00002009-11-04T22:29:42.157-06:00NewsDenver bishop: Catholics must demand delivery from Obama on health care promisesStressing that “there is very little time to act,” Bishop James Conley, the Auxiliary Bishop of Denver, told CNA in an exclusive interview on Monday that now is the time for President Obama to prove his critics wrong and show them that he really meant it when he said abortions would not be funded in the health care http://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/11/news-updates-115.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-9045934334267206135Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:23:00 +00002009-11-04T17:23:53.066-06:00BibleLiturgyCommentaryScriptureGospelFrom: Luke 15:1-10Parable's of God's Mercy[1] Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear Him (Jesus). [2] And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, "This man receives sinners and eats with them."The Lost Sheep [3] So He told them this parable: [4] "What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wildernesshttp://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/11/gospel-for-thursday-31st-week-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-666937849043838380Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:03:00 +00002009-11-04T12:03:00.079-06:00MeditationCounselsReflectionThe Meaning of GoodnessGoodness is not a negative but an intensely positive thing. It is energetic, active, strong. The very word virtue implies effort. Effort of the most constant and strenuous kind. There are no such things as negative virtues. The powers of our mind and body were not given us that we might simply keep them from mischief and hold them in check so that they should not harm http://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/11/principles-and-practices-november-5.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971755.post-3281074816511618243Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:01:00 +00002009-11-04T12:01:00.476-06:00MeditationCounselsVirtueReflectionPatience Thoughts on the Patient Endurance of Sorrows and SufferingsPatient Followers of the Patient Son of GodAs the Lord of men, Jesus Christ became their teacher, and He exhorts us to take up our daily cross, and to follow Him with patience.Severe to Himself, He is gentle, mild, and for­bearing to all others. His meekness is the beauti­ful flower, His peacefulness the sweet fruit of His http://slatts.blogspot.com/2009/11/patience-november-4.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LRS)