Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Practicing Holy Indifference
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| Baby Jesus |
"Holy indifference must be practiced in things that concern natural life, such as health, sickness, beauty, ugliness, weakness, and strength; in things concerning civil life, such as honors, rank, and wealth; in the various aspects of the spiritual life, such as dryness, consolation, delight, and aridity; and in actions, and in sufferings - in sum, in every even of every kind."- St. Francis de Sales
Finding God's Will for You. Published by Sophia Press.
October 13, 1917 - The Sixth Apparition of Our Lady of Fatima
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| WAF Blue Army Shrine - Our Lady of Fatima |
"We left home quite early, expecting that we would be delayed along the way. Masses of people thronged the roads. The rain fell in torrents. My mother, her heart torn with uncertainty as to what was going to happen, and fearing it would be the last day of my life, wanted to accompany me.
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One the way, the scenes of the previous month, still more numerous and moving, were repeated. Not even the muddy roads could prevent these people from kneeling in the most humble and suppliant of attitudes. We reached the holmoak in the Cova da Iria. Once there, moved by an interior impulse, I asked the people to shut their umbrellas and say the Rosary. A little later, we saw the flash of light, and then Our Lady appeared on the holmoak.
"What do you want of me?"
"I want to tell you that a chapel is to be built here in my honor. I am the Lady of the Rosary. Continue always to pray the Rosary every day. The war is going to end, and the soldiers will soon return to their homes."
" I have many things to ask you? the cure of some sick persons, the conversion of sinners, and other things..."
"Some yes, but not others. They must amend their lives and ask forgiveness for their sins."
Looking very sad, Our Lady said:
"Do not offend the Lord our God any more, because He is already so much offended."
Then, opening her hands, she made them reflect on the sun, and as she ascended, the reflection of her own light continued to be projected on the sun itself.
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Here, Your Excellency, is the reason why I cried out to the people to look at the sun. My aim was not to call their attention to the sun, because I was not even aware of their presence. I was moved to do so under the guidance of an interior impulse."
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| St. Joseph and Baby Jesus |
After Our Lady had disappeared into the immense distance of the firmament, we beheld St. Joseph with the Child Jesus and Our Lady robed in white with a blue mantle, beside the sun. St. Joseph and the Child Jesus appeared to bless the world, for they traced the Sign of the Cross with their hands. When, a little later this apparition disappeared, I saw Our Lord and Our Lady; it seemed to me that it was Our Lady of Dolors. Our Lord appeared to bless the world in the same manner as St. Joseph had done. This apparition also vanished, and I saw Our Lady once more, this time resembling Our Lady of Carmel."
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| Our Lady of Mount Carmel |
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| Our Lady of Sorrows |
- Sister Lucia
Excerpt from World Apostolate of Fatima Spiritual Guide for the Salvation of Souls and World Peace, WAF USA
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Purgatorian Archconfraternity
A Christian Duty by Saint Alphonsus Maria de LiguoriThe practice of recommending to God the souls in Purgatory, that He might mitigate the great pains which they suffer, and that He may soon bring them to His glory, is most pleasing to the Lord and most profitable to us...
...But, if we wish for the aid of their prayers, it is just, it is even a duty, to relieve them by our suffrages. I say, it is even a duty: for Christian charity commands us to relieve our neighbors who stand in need of our assistance. But who among all our neighbors have so great need of our help as those holy prisoners?...
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EWTN: PHOTOS for Mother Angelica street naming
EWTN President & CEO Michael P. Warsaw and Canton, Ohio Mayor Healy at the EWTN Family Celebration Oct. 9 at the Canton Civic Center with a mayoral proclamation and the sign that will grace the newly designated “Mother Angelica Memorial Corridor,” on Market Ave. between 30th St. N.W. and 44th St. N.W. Mother Angelica, who founded EWTN, the largest religious media network in the world, is a Canton native.
EWTN President & CEO Michael P. Warsaw (left) thanks Canton City officials for naming a section of Market St. after EWTN Foundress and Canton Native Mother Angelica. Canton City Engineer Dan Moeglin (second from left), and Canton City Councilman Jim Griffin (far right), unveiled one of three signs, which will grace the street, during a ceremony attended by an estimated 3,000 people at the Canton City Center, Sat., Oct. 9. EWTN Anchor Raymond Arroyo hosted the event.
Canton, Ohio Names Street for EWTN Foundress and Hometown Native Mother Angelica
PRESS RELEASE
For Information, Please Contact:
Oct. 12, 2010
Michelle Johnson
Director of Communications
EWTN Global Catholic Network
5817 Old Leeds Road
Irondale, Alabama 35210-2198 USA
(205) 795-5769 – Office
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(205) 795-5781 – Fax
mjohnson@ewtn.com
Canton, Ohio Names Street For
EWTN Foundress and Hometown Native Mother Angelica
Irondale, AL (EWTN) – Mother Angelica, the cloistered nun who founded the EWTN Global Catholic Network, was honored by her hometown of Canton, Ohio in a ceremony Saturday night, Oct. 9 at the Canton Civic Center in Canton, Ohio. City officials – who have designated a section of Market Avenue between 30th St. N.W. and 44th St. N.W. as the “Mother Angelica Memorial Corridor” – presented EWTN President and CEO Michael P. Warsaw with the Canton City Council’s resolution and the sign that will grace the street in three places at the Saturday celebration.
The ceremony was witnessed by at least 3,000 people who were on hand for EWTN’s 2010 Family Celebration, an annual event that attracts viewers from all over the country. The event will be televised on EWTN at 6 p.m. ET, Sat., Oct. 16 and 2 p.m. ET, Sat. Oct. 23. (Find EWTN at www.ewtn.com/channelfinder.)
“Mother Angelica and all of us at EWTN are truly touched and thrilled by the recognition bestowed upon our foundress by the Mayor and the Canton City Council,” said EWTN CEO & President Michael P. Warsaw. “It is a testament to the work that Mother accomplished in her life – work from which the whole world is benefiting. We want to thank Mayor William Healy and the Canton City Council, especially Councilman Jim Griffin and City Engineer Dan Moeglin, for recognizing Mother Angelica in this way.”
The Mother Angelica Memorial Corridor will include the section of road that runs in front of Sancta Clara Monastery, where Mother made her first vows and lived out her first years as a nun. The sign includes the quote for which Mother is most famous: “Unless we are willing to do the ridiculous, God will not do the miraculous.”
During the Celebration’s welcome ceremony Saturday morning, Stark County Commissioner Dr. Peter Ferguson also presented Warsaw with a resolution promulgated by the Stark County Commissioners recognizing Mother Angelica’s achievements.
Excitement over EWTN’s presence in Canton was evidenced not only by the crowds at the event, but by the sold-out hotels, bus tours of sites important in Mother’s life (which attracted almost 500 people according to Barbara Gaskell, General Manger of Living Bread Radio AM 1060, an EWTN affiliate), and the widespread coverage from television, radio, print and the Internet sites across Ohio, from Cleveland to Akron to Canton. Among the highlights was NBC 3 Cleveland’s feature story, http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=152548, which noted that Mother is “the only woman in the history of broadcast television to found and lead a television network.” Their story included a clip of Mother once telling her audience, “We’re in TV, radio, shortwave, AM & FM and the Internet. Wherever there is rot, we’re there!”
The story was also front-page news in “The Repository” for two days. Canton’s hometown paper lauded the former Rita Rizzo, one of McKinley High School’s first drum majorettes, not only as the foundress of the largest religious media network in the world, but as “the only woman to found and lead a cable network” and compared the amount of time Mother logged on-air to that of Lucille Ball.
The crowd, which applauded wildly the entire weekend, was especially enthusiastic about Saturday night’s program celebrating “The Life & Legacy of Mother Angelica.” Those who worked with her from the beginning told behind-the-stories of her impact on their lives, the early days of the Network, and Mother’s unique way of preparing to go on-air. EWTN Anchor Raymond Arroyo hosted the program which included the memories of popular EWTN radio host, local Ohio celebrity, and Psychologist Dr. Ray Guarendi, Mother Assumpta Long, and “Journey Home” Host Marcus Grodi – all of whom were also speakers – as well as “”Life on the Rock” Host Fr. Mark, the Irish singer “Dana,” and Event Emcee Doug Keck.
Arroyo, who has also penned several best-selling books on Mother Angelica, received a standing ovation earlier that day after regaling the crowd with hilarious stories from Mother’s past, often in a voice that perfectly mimicked the famous nun. He was followed by “Family Talk,” a question-and-answer session, that included Deacon Bill Steltemeier, Warsaw, and the Franciscan Friars.
EWTN was also honored by the presence of Birmingham, Ala. Bishop Robert J. Baker, who was celebrant and homilist at the Sat., Oct. 9 Mass, and Youngstown, Ohio Bishop George V. Murry, S.J., Ph.D, who was celebrant and homilist at the Sun., Oct. 10 Mass.
Between shows, attendees including some who had fallen away from the faith or who had been atheists, thronged the “Family Talk” and “Meet the Author,” to thank Mother and the network for their conversions to the faith. While Mother could not attend the event herself, she will watch the event on television with the rest of her viewers over the next two weekends.
EWTN Global Catholic Network, in its 29th year, is available in over 160 million television households in more than 140 countries and territories. With its direct broadcast satellite television and radio services, AM & FM radio networks, worldwide short-wave radio station, Internet website www.ewtn.com and publishing arm, EWTN is the largest religious media network in the world.
(Editors’ Note: Images to be delivered via Photo Express or AP Commercial Wire. Select images will also be available after noon on Mon., Oct. 11 in EWTN’s Online Press Room, www.ewtn.com/media.)
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Monday, October 11, 2010
Saint Damien
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| Saint Damien |
Saint Damien pray for Hawaii.
"Admiral of the Ocean Seas"
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| Christopher Columbus |
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"...Conditions become worse. Water turned bad, and food was running out. On October 10, some of the sailors wanted to mutiny and throw Columbus overboard. Fearlessly, Columbus faced the frightened men. He told them that God had taken care of them thus far and He would continue to watch over them. Finally his captains agreed to go for three days more before turning back. Columbus said nothing regarding this new threat.
The next day, October 11, was full of hope. A green reed was found floating in the sea--then some cane--a small board--and finally a branch covered with berries. Admiral Columbus believed surely that land was near, and he ordered a careful watch. But dusk fell, and no land had been sighted. At en o'clock that night, Columbus was on the high poop and believed he saw a light flickering in the distance. He called one of his officers who confirmed the light. The vindicated leader then led his men in singing the "Hail Holy Queen," and afterward he told them to watch well for land.
At two o'clock on the morning of October 12, a sailor aboard the Pinta saw the moonlight brightly reflected by the white sand of a beach some miles ahead of the ship. Immediately the cry of "Land! Land! was echoing throughout the little fleet. Columbus ordered the ships to stand by until morning.
When daylight came, Admiral Columbus went ashore on the island took possession of it in the names of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, and called it "San Salvador..."
-From Our American Catholic Heritage by Albert J. Nevins, MM
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