It saw for Andrew the apostle

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Nov

30

We meet that Andrew like the son the fisherman Juan de Bethsaida in Galilee and the brother Simon Peter. The gospel of Juan says to us that Andrew was a disciple of the Baptist whose testimony first took Jesus, who he recognized immediately like the Mesías. It quickly presented/displayed to Jesus his Simon brother and meetings left all the things behind to follow Jesus. They always number to Andrew between the first four of twelve in the gospel and acts, although they do not enumerate in the three great ones of Peter, James, and Juan. It appears to have had greater authority than some of the twelve they again included when it in the great eschatological speech in the mark 13, the account of Juan of the miraculous feeding of the 5,000, and in Juan when Philip referred the matter to Andrew of the Greeks that asked to see Jesus. It appears that Andrew preached in Greece after the resurrection of Jesus and its martyrdom by the limitation, not nailed to the cross, to prolong his suffering, it would happen during the reign of Nero 30 of November, 60 passed A.D, his value or manly age of means of the name, and he is the landlord of Russia and Scotland. The flag of Great Britain takes the cross of the St. Andrew in her to represent Scotland.

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Banquet of Andrew the apostle (sermon of reprocessing)

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30

November 30, 2010 Contemplating characters like Andrew about whom we know little helps us to identify something in our story with theirs. It causes me to wonder about the ways the Twelve related to one another and to the larger community. Some see our vocational call as personal and sometimes private, and few times do we recognize the communal dimension of our call. In the Gospel today, we see blood brothers called to discipleship. Andrew and Peter are the first, then there is James and John, and what about Thomas? He is a twin. Of whom? We don’t know. The Syriac tradition represents Thomas as Didymas, the twin brother of the Lord – though many fantastical are embellishments made in Acta Thomae. Vocational calls are not made in isolation. One could probably imagine some sort of sibling rivalry or a power imbalance among those of the closest companions of Jesus. What feelings could arise from fraternal or existing relationships? For instance, Andrew is the one who first encounters Jesus, introduces his brother to him, is there when James and John are brought on board, and is relegated to at least a rank of fourth most important. He may not feel he received the favor of Jesus like his brother did. And then of course we remember John and James famous power play to be the favored ones who sit closest to Jesus when the kingdom fully comes about. I’m sure other undocumented tensions occurred often among the Twelve. I’m sure it wasn’t all peace and love. I paused to ask myself, “Would I be happy if one of my brothers (or today, one of my sisters) was called to ministry with me?” Of course I would. Would I be just as happy if Christ called him to a greater role than he assigned me? Today, I would say ‘yes,’ but it has taken me many years to come to that point. A time not too far in the past, my internal responses from my family history would have kicked in and I would have been spending one of my retreats looking at my unworthiness and fragile self-esteem. I would have wondered what I had done wrong and asked myself what about me was not good enough or will I ever measure up. The chaos of my family system would have emerged mightily to the surface. All that is unresolved with my siblings would rush up in anxiety and I would be consumed with too many competing and complicated emotions simultaneously. I would be too flummoxed to pray, except to ask for a savior who would liberate me from myself. I would spend much time gazing at my insufficiencies and weaknesses rather than focusing upon the one who called me into ministry. We each have particular family dynamics that shape the way we see ourselves and the ways others see us. Families teach us many healthy behaviors and also debilitating and paralyzing ones, like enabling, co-dependencies, incorrectly expressing anger or unhealthily dealing with conflict. One’s birth order in a family may dictate a particular role in the family system. An only child or one who is adopted brings it own dynamics. Our families teach us how to socialize and what to expect of ourselves. We relate to our siblings primarily through our parents, with whom we have many unresolved issues. Our call to discipleship is dual as well. We relate primarily to Christ, and through him we relate to our brothers and sisters who carry their own sets of chaos and promise. It can make for a messy situation. It seems that whenever possible, we are to reconcile our family situations first if we are to be effective reconcilers for the people of God. From our families, we develop patterns of speech and action that indicate whether we are open or closed to reconciliation. For instance, if I passive-aggressively turn a cold shoulder to someone who offends me, I may inadvertently give Christ the cold shoulder in prayer when he wants to reveal something to me that I am unable to hear. If I’m angry with a friend’s behavior, I can get angry with Christ. Does my language shut down prayer by using such words as ‘no,’ ‘not,’ ‘but,’ ‘can’t’ or ‘won’t,’ or does it build up by using connecting words like ‘yes’ and ‘and?’ The language that we use to communicate with others is the language that we use to speak with God. And it defines our openness to growth in grace. During our first evening, I mentioned that I witnessed God’s miracles during my tertianship experience in Australia. On the long retreat. I recalled with Christ many memories, some happy ones, others painful, of my life. He opened them up for me again. We’ve done it many times before, but this time he was able to reveal to me where he was present for my sake and he gave me insights into what he saw in those significant events. He wanted me to be patient with him and with the pain so I could come to accept his insight. Of course I dragged my feet though I knew I had to enter into that pain once more – this time more deeply. He was able to transform my feelings about myself, and about the re-membered events, and about the way I experienced the characters in those memories. It was really a miracle for me to let Christ so deep into that painful area so that these areas are no longer the weights in my unconsciousness. It was a miracle for those areas to become liberated from my imprisoning interpretations of them. I look at those memories with immense wonder now and I sit back and gasp. My unconsciousness now has a freedom that I savor. A profound healing for me was to forgive my parents. Though they have done their best, I have held many things against them because I wanted them to choose better for themselves and for us children. I have finally forgiven them. Because of that, I can learn to love them in new ways. And I now have hope and promise for reconciling hurtful memories with my siblings. Christ will bring me there, I’m sure. I’m already seeing that I can care for them more delicately. And I like that. I do want the best for them and for us. Because of this movement within myself, I can learn to love the church better. I can be more patient with those who hold different viewpoints than I do. I can uphold them as brothers and sisters called by Christ in the same way Christ called me. We will have our disagreements and I can now honor their life experiences. And I want to do what Andrew did – he brought others to Christ. He left his minor concerns aside and pointed others to Christ. He realized they are saying, “Sir, we would like to see Jesus.” Only Jesus can take care of the chaos in our lives. We can’t solve the core of it. He can heal us, bring us insights, and liberate us – if we allow ourselves to become open for his deep immersion into our souls. He aches for our redemption. I’ll close with a quote from Dietrich Bonhoeffer because it sums up Christ’s deep yearning. It reads, “A prison cell, in which one waits, hopes… and is completely dependent on the fact that the door of freedom has to be opened from the outside, is not a bad picture of Advent.” Turn this retreat over to Christ. Let him enter your feelings and experiences, so, in his mercy, he can unlock your souls to a glorious new freedom.

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Extremities of the cover of the tree: Day 3

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Nov

30

It delays and it maravíllese in the spark that the ring you. Banquetee in the simple and magnificent exhibitions. It dedicates his senses. It watches on the shining lights, breathing in the rich aromas, hears the resonance sounds, it proves the flavors mouth-watering, it touches the attractive textures. The station lives completely.

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Prayer: Coronary of Edmundo

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Nov

30

I have made a free oblation me to its divine Majest, of the life and the death, and hope that you give megrace and the force to be realised. This whole which desire. Amen.

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Extremities of the cover of the tree: Day 2

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Nov

29

This one is the station of scents and bells, lights and sensorial pleasures. Their senses feed their heart. As the seasonal lights spark around us, déjelas to indicate to the internal light of Christmas that dwells in its own heart.

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Prayer: Southwell Robert

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Nov

29

Who lives in love, it loves less to live, and robust of doth of retardations long, if he who it loves by whom he lives, to whom all the praise must, that stops our love chose to live, and was contented to die, that he loved our love more than his life, and the love with life bought. Déjenos in the life, yea with ours liferequite its alive love, because better than we lived when they live except us, if love our exempt life. It is in mourning therefore the true death of ninguÌ loving  n, life only he bothers, and when he licenses of taketh of they lifethen the love begins its joys.

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Photos: Unfolded fern

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28

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Prayer: Desmond Wilson

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Nov

28

It is the act of the pardon that abre the unique way possible to think creative about the future absolutely.

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Extremities of the cover of the tree: Day 1

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Nov

27

Christmas is more than a date in the calendar. The society watches ahead at this day from thanksgiving with its numerous commercial hints. The Christians come to know coming like the station of the expectation, to hope, and of the preparation state. Déjenos reframe how we see the secular station of Christmas. It thinks about her as it travels of the dark to ignite. After all, Christmas is the victory of the light on the dark. It is also a trip of the chaos of our lives to a glance of La Paz; it is a trip of separateness to the union of the love.

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Prayer: Dominican Maude Petre

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Nov

27

The church has ignited by way. Instead of the fight through a desert I have a way – a way to the virtue and the truth. Only a way – the way to an end, not the end itself – the way to the truth, not it fullness really itself… In a word, the church has taught how to look for to me God.

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The first Sunday in coming

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27

November 28, 2010 The frightening way Jesus in Matthew’s Gospel describes the ushering in of the coming of the Son of Man at first blush seems brutal in comparison with Isaiah’s description of God’s everlasting reign. It gets our attention. For the first day of the new Advent season, this is an effective tactic. It helps us to be on guard and to sense the urgency that something hidden yet profound is happening. We have to wait as the mystery slowly unfolds and our comprehension builds. If we can look for the breaking in of God’s plan into the daily order of life, we will confidently trust in God’s steadfastness. Jesus tells us to be wiser than the people of Noah’s days who disregarded the signs of the times. All perished except those few who boarded the ark. We are to be attentive to the signs around us even when our families and closest friends suggest we ignore these minute but significant details. Some of those whom we love and expect to be saved alongside of us regrettably will choose differently. We are encouraged that we will choose rightly because we remained vigilant. Paul reminds us of the same points. Remain alert and conform your behavior to attain the salvation that awaits you. Paul does not want us to be passive. We are to actively throw off the works of darkness and to just as actively put on the armor of light. We wear Jesus Christ when we live in integrity with his teaching. Discipleship carries great cost. Isaiah’s vision will reign only after the world, which does not follow God’s ways, battles those who remain God’s faithful ones. The impending conflict will bring much chaos and confusion and we will become disillusioned in the great struggle. We will wrestle with uncertainty and we will experience the great pain of losing loved ones. Isaiah assures us the effort will be worth it as the world’s standards are brought into a new order. This new world order will draw many diverse people to it because it is so attractive. They will faithfully obey God’s ways because they are beneficial for them. God will usher in a kingdom of peace in which no thought of violence, harm, threat, force, or war will rise from the people because they honor and respect each other’s dignity as one of God’s offspring. They will find only the good in one another and will delight in each other’s company. In contrast, we see the brokenness of our lives today and we yearn for something better. We can have it. In Advent, we look more closely for the ways God is with us. God is bringing us closer to this vision and he wants us to notice him in the daily grind. The readings provoke us to be open enough to say “yes” to God’s initiatives. To do that, we need to put on Christ so we can see the potential for the world through his eyes. Christ never lets Isaiah’s vision slip from his glance. We’ve see a glimpse of that world too in some memorable instance. We innately grasp for that memory and its power for the future. Let’s slow down and pray that God can open our eyes to notice the minutest detail where he is at work. Quote for the Week From Paul’s Letter to the Romans: Brothers and sisters: You know the time; it is now the hour for you to awake from sleep. For our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed; the night is advanced, the day is at hand. Let us then throw off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light; let us conduct ourselves properly as in the day, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in promiscuity and lust, not in rivalry and jealousy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provisions for the desires of the flesh. Themes for this Week’s Masses First Reading: Isaiah rushes into our readings with a proclamation of the day of the Lord that is to come. It will bring honor and splendor and shelter and protection to the faithful ones. The Lord will provide a rich feast for his people on his holy mountain. He will destroy death forever and wipe away tears from all faces. On that day of salvation, the people will sing a song of praise to the Lord because they trust in his steadfastness. The blind will see, the poor will rejoice, the mighty will be brought low, and the Lord’s children will keep his name holy. Great is the Lord! The Lord will provide for all the cares of the people. Gospel: Jesus is amazed at the faith of the Gentile Centurion who is obedient to his words as one who has many under his authority can understand. The nations from the east and west will more easily hear the words of God’s prophet than Israel will. Jesus is seen as the shepherd who will gather up the many, especially the downtrodden and outcast, and he will care for them just as God cares for them. Only those who hear his words and understands that they come from God will enter into heaven. His words provide a sure foundation. Jesus gives sight to two blind men who come to believe he is the anointed one of God. Jesus called many to himself to teach them about the kingdom of heaven. He also called twelve who would become his closest friends. They would receive authority over unclean spirits and power to cure every disease and illness. Saints of the Week Tuesday: Andrew, apostle , is the brother of Simon Peter and an original disciple of John the Baptist. Like his brother, he was a fisherman who was selected to be one of the twelve disciples. After the resurrection of Jesus, it is assumed Andrew preached in Greece, though many legends have him traveling far north to Scotland. The cross of Andrew appears on the United Kingdom’s Union Jack to represent Scotland. Wednesday: Edmund Campion and Robert Southwell, martyrs , were English natives and Jesuit priests at a time when Catholics were persecuted in the country. Both men acknowledged Queen Elizabeth as monarch, but they refused to renounce their Catholic faith. They are among the 40 martyrs of England and Wales. Campion was killed in 1581 and Southwell’s death was in 1595. Friday: Francis Xavier, priest , was a roommate of Ignatius of Loyola and Peter Faber at the University of Paris. One of the first companions of Ignatius, he was one of the seven founding members of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits.) After the Order was established in 1540, he was sent on mission to the East Indies where he converted thousands of people to the Christian faith. He is one of the church’s greatest missionaries. Saturday: John of Damascus, priest and doctor , was the last Greek preachers to be named the Fathers of the Church. His preaching and concise description of Christian theology influenced other formative thinkers of Western Christianity. Prior to becoming a monk, scholar, and preacher, he was a government worker. This Week in Jesuit History • Nov 28, 1759: Twenty Fathers and 192 Scholastics set sail from the Tagus for exile. Two were to die on the voyage to Genoa and Civita Vecchia. • Nov 29, 1773: The Jesuits of White Russia requested the Empress Catherine to allow the Letter of Suppression to be published, as it had been all over Europe. “She bade them lay aside their scruples, promising to obtain the Papal sanction for their remaining in status quo. • Nov 30, 1642: The birth of Br Andrea Pozzo at Trent, who was called to Rome in 1681 to paint the flat ceiling of the church of San Ignazio so that it would look as though there were a dome above. There had been a plan for a dome but there was not money to build it. His work is still on view. • Dec. 1, 1581: At Tyburn in London, Edmund Campion and Alexander Briant were martyred. • Dec. 2, 1552: On the island of Sancian off the coast of China, Francis Xavier died. • Dec. 3, 1563: At the Council of Trent, the Institute of the Society was approved. • Dec. 4, 1870: The Roman College, appropriated by the Piedmontese government, was reopened as a Lyceum. The monogram of the Society over the main entrance was effaced. Prayer for Advent Almighty and merciful God, our hearts desire the warmth of your love and our minds are searching for the light of your Word. Increase our longing for Christ our Savior and give us the strength to grow in love, that the dawn of his coming may find us rejoicing in his presence and welcoming the light of his truth. We ask this in the name of Jesus the Lord. Amen. Prayers for the Miner’s Families in New Zealand My prayers go out to the miners in western New Zealand who lost their lives in a deadly explosion a week ago. We hoped the experts could produce another miraculous rescue like the one in Chile, but deadly gases and the explosion killed the miners quickly. Please pray for their souls. Please pray for their families and their countrymen who grieve their losses.

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Prayer: Thomas de Villanova

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Nov

26

If you wanted that God heard its prayers, it hears the voice of the poor men: If you wish God to anticipate his wants, she provides those of the needed one without hoping it to ask to him. It anticipates especially the needs of which they are ashamed to ask. In order to make that they ask alms it is to make the purchase them he.

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Photos: Slope of the storage of the New England

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Prayer: Juan Berchmans

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Nov

25

Maria santa, mother of the Virgin of God, I choose him that this dayto is my queen, my patroness, and lawyer; and I never solve firmly to leave, and never to say or to make any thing him against you, nor never permission others to do anythingagainst its honor. Recíbame, later, I ask of you, like its servant by always. Ayúdeme in each action, and abandóneme not in the hour of my death. Amen.Memorial: 26 of November

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A reflection of the thanksgiving

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Nov

24

It is the eve of Thanksgiving and the darkness settles early upon the land. I have taken out my Advent decorations to ready myself for the new Christian year that begins this Sunday. I know the candles will provide some relief from the darkness as we wait in hope for the arrival of Christ into our lives at Christmas. As November is the month of All Souls, I think back fondly on those whose journey in this temporal life has come to an end. I am reminded of my own mortality and the brevity of life. Many of us have lost someone dear to us. Their stories will remain in our hearts until we join them in heaven. Until we do, I want to appreciate the struggles of my brothers and sisters and help them to realize that God gives much to them. I want to learn to be patient with others; I want to be patient in those areas where I want to see change right away. I consider myself blessed. I began my year traveling to Australia to begin tertianship with eleven Jesuit brothers from across the globe. I marvel at the exciting times we had together and the bonds of friendship we forged. I am thankful for Adrian, the tertian director, and Joe, his assistant and the superior of our community, for their care for our spiritual development. I am grateful for what I have learned from the various communities of faith I encountered in Australia (Pymble, Sydney, Melbourne, Alice Springs, Seven Hill, Cairns, and Hervey Bay), in New Zealand (Opunake, Hawera, New Plymouth, Wellington, and Auckland), and in Honolulu, Hawaii. I especially pray for the loss of the 29 New Zealand miners in their recent national tragedy. I am grateful to my Provincial for assigning me to Eastern Point Retreat House in Gloucester where I can direct the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola. I’ll go anywhere he needs me to go. I’m very pleased with my small community at the retreat house and pleased with the dedicated guest directors who grace our hallways week after week. I can tell that many people come to know our Lord in the silence and stillness afforded by this magical place. I am honored to hear countless stories of grace alive and at work in the lives of many. I am grateful also for the people of Maine with whom our journeys have intersected. I am deeply enriched by their daily courage. Tomorrow, I will travel to my family home south of Worcester, Massachusetts and we will share a happy traditional meal of roasted turkey, mashed potatoes, yams, vegetables, cranberry sauce, cheeses, and scrumptious desserts. It is my favorite meal of the year as November is a special month for me. I’m grateful for the good fortune of my family as we all endure our personal crises. We will focus on the good that is happening with us now and we will let our other concerns be diminished for the day. We soon set our sights on the wonder and splendor of Christmas. Thankfully, Thanksgiving does not get such a commercial splash as the other major holidays even though there is an increase of pumpkins, pilgrims, cornucopia, and other harvest items on the markets’ shelves. It does not become complicated like Christmas because we do not exchange gifts on this day. This means we get to appreciate the meaning of our national holiday with our hearts rather than with our senses. This has become our national holiday when we honor the time with our families and when we do that, we honor God. The lights and sights of Christmas will hit us in the face on Black Friday when all the stores open to major sales and return to profit (hence, they are in the black, not in the red.) Radio stations will play Christmas and holiday music non-stop until Christmas day. Sparkling lights will soon adorn the lawns and windows. Many purists lament the build-up of Christmas though they cheat by eating Christmas goodies way before December 24th. I, however, like the commercial Christmas season. For me, it does not wholly interfere with the liturgical Advent season. If these holiday traditions help people feel lighter and happier and help them dream of a brighter world, then I’m all for decorations and music. If these lights help people point to the mystery of the Incarnation, then I’m very happy. I want people to see the wonder in the season and the senses have a way of capturing information that feeds our imagination. All these symbols point us to the mystery of God’s love. I enjoy the gentleness of Advent. The soft lights that grow in longing anticipation of Christ’s arrival makes me want to spend greater time watching the stillness of a flickering candle. The ancient Advent songs help me dream of Isaiah’s prophecy of the peaceable kingdom in which no harm or ruin can come to anyone on God’s holy mountain. The presence of Mary’s motherhood helps us to realize the new life that is to be born within us. Yes, the Advent season is worth capturing. We are a people who live in the “now” and the “not yet” so we spend our time waiting, learning how to be patient. The other days I read a quote from the protestant theologian, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, in which he says, “A prison cell in which one waits, hopes… and is completely dependent on the fact that the door of freedom has to be opened from the outside, is not a bad picture of Advent.” Christ will soon come to open that door. With his coaxing invitation, it is up to us to decide whether we will step out of that prison door into a new life of freedom. For God’s great salvific event, I am thankful.

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Prayer of the day of the thanksgiving

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Nov

24

Of the book of SirachAnd now, it blesses to God of everything, that has made Earth things wonderful; Who foments the growth of the people of the matrix of its mother, it forms and them according to hers! He can grants to him that the joy of heartand can peace respect between you; May its quality towards us holds in Israel to give us in our days.

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Day of the thanksgiving (the USA)

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Nov

24

In 1620, religious separatists from England set sail for the New World in the ship, the Mayflower, filled with one hundred and two people. They wanted to settle in a new land so they could enjoy religious freedom. Their faith held doctrinal beliefs different from the Church of England and they wanted to separate from it. The first settlers landed at Plymouth Rock near Boston, Massachusetts in mid-November 1620 after a nine-week arduous journey. Many passengers fell ill and died. Their first winter was difficult. They had arrived too late to grow crops, and without fresh food, half the colony died from disease. The following spring, an Abenaki native visited the colonists and soon brought Squanto, from the Pawtuxet tribe, who was able to speak English because he was captured years earlier by another Englishman. The natives taught the malnourished colonists how to grow corn, a new food indigenous to America, and to hunt and fish. With the help of the Wampanoag natives, bountiful crops of corn, barley, beans and pumpkins were harvested in the fall of 1621. Governor William Bradford planned a harvest feast to give thanks to God for their survival. They invited 90 of the local tribe members, along with Chief Massasoit and Squanto. The natives brought roasted deer, turkey, and other wild game. The colonists ate new fruits and vegetables like cranberries, squash, and different kinds of corn. It became a custom to celebrate a harvest feast to praise God for his providence. Largely, Thanksgiving has become a day set aside for families to reunite and enjoy a traditional meal of turkey, cranberries, potatoes, squash, stuffing, and other specialties. As an independent nation, the U.S. Congress recommended one yearly national day of celebration to give thanks. George Washington chose November 26th as a day of remembrance. After the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln chose the last Thursday in November, and in 1939, Franklin Roosevelt moved it up one week to the 4th Thursday in November. He chose this to boost business by lengthening the Christmas shopping season.

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Prayer: Favorable Miguel

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Nov

24

Déjeme to pass my life near thee, mother of Or, to keep companyin from thee thy solitude and deeper pain. Déjeme to feel in my sadness of soulthe of eyesand of thine the abandonment of thy heart. In the highway of the life I do not look for gladness of Bethlehem; Desire not to adore the infantile Godin thy hands of the virginal one, neither to enjoy the pleasant presence of Jesusin thy humble home of Nazareth, nor the mixture with choirsin angelical thy glorious desire of Assumption.My while still alive is for mofa of jeersand of the Calvary, for the slow agony of thy son, for the scorn, infamia of disgraceand de la Cruz. My desire, Or the majority of the painful Virgin, is to place thee near, to consolidate my soul with thy tearsto more complete my offeringthrough thy martyrdom, to temper my it hears through thy solitudeand to love my God and thy Godthrough my self-sacrifice. Monument: 23 of November

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Photos: Coniferous

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Poem: of a song for the day of the St. Cecilia de Juan Dryden, 1687

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Nov

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De armonía, heav’nly del marco universal de los harmonyThis comenzó: Cuando la naturaleza por debajo una endecha de los átomos del heapOf que sacudía, y no podría levantar a su cabeza, la voz armoniosa fue oída de colmo: El `se presenta, YE más que muerto. ‘Entonces el frío, y calientes, y húmedos, y se secan, para su salto de la estación, y el pow’r de la música obedece. De armonía, heav’ly del marco universal de los harmonyThis comenzó: ¡De armonía al harmonyThro todo el compás de las notas funcionó, el diapason que se cierra por completo en la pasión de Man.When no puede aumento de la música y calmar! Cuando Jubal pegó la cáscara corded, sus hermanos list’ning de pie alrededor, y, wond’ring, en su adoración del fellTo de las caras que sonido celestial. ¡Menos que dios que pensaron que no podría dwellWithin el hueco de ese shellThat habló tan dulce y tan bien, no puede una qué pasión aumento de la música y calmar! Los clangourExcites ruidosos de la trompeta nosotros a los brazos, con las notas chillones de la cólera, y alarmas mortales. El beatOf doble doble doble el DrumCries thund’ring: ¡El `escucha! Los enemigos vienen; Cargue, cargue, el `t es demasiado atrasado retirar. ‘Las aflicciones de muerte suaves del discoversThe de las notas de FluteIn que se quejan de los amantes desesperados, cuya endecha es whisper’d por las punzadas celosas del proclaimTheir de los violines de Lute.Sharp que gorjean, y desesperación, furia, indignación frenética, profundidad de dolores, y altura de la pasión, para la dama justa, desdeñosa. ¡Pero O! ¿qué arte puede enseñar, qué voz humana puede alcanzar, la alabanza del órgano sagrado? Observa amor santo inspirador, observa que el ala su heav’nly waysTo repare a los coros arriba. Orpheus podría ganar la carrera salvaje; Y los árboles desarraigaron a la izquierda su lugar, coherente del lyre; Pero rais’d brillante de Cecilia el high’r de la maravilla: Cuándo a su órgano la respiración vocal era giv’n, y el ángel oyó, y appear’d recto, confundiendo la tierra desde heav’n. Como del pow’r de las esferas sagradas del laysThe comenzó a moverse, y cantado el praiseTo del gran creador todo el blest arriba; Así pues, cuando los hourThis pasados y terribles que desmenuzan desfile devorarán, la trompeta será oída en colmo, los muertos vivirán, el vivos mueren, y la música untune el cielo.

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Prayer for the week of the year

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Nov

21

All-powerful and compassionate God, you break the energy of the evil and makes all the new things in his Jesus Christ of the son, the king of the universe. May everything in sky and Earth aclamation its glory and never stops praising to him. It abra our hearts, releases everybody to enjoy in his peace, to the glory in his justice, to live in his love. It brings to together humanity in Jesus Christ his son, whose kingdom he is with you and the Spirit Santo, a God, forever. Amen.

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Photos: Berries in one near the cast iron

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Poem: The Harrowing of the hell of Dionisia Levertov (1923-1997)

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Down through the tomb archHe internal has taken to shoulders towards outside in collects them to Limboto, dazzled, of dream dreamless: the compassionate deads, the prophets, innocents hardly its own age and thoseunnumbered others hereunaware that hopes, in an endless emptiness he is endingnow, inclining to throw in its hands, to throw of them of its coffins, dazzled, almost little arranged. Dismas, neighbor in the death, duststill of Golgotha lined on the sweat dried of his bodyno one had been washed and greased, it is here, for the sequence is not known in limb; the cross promise, given at noon of crossat, is nauseated beyond putting of the sun and dawning. All these that he quickly leadto the Paradise Road: they are safe. That done, must there happen that the human being of the struggleno is conceited to represent: the life, dying, descending to rescue the shade of justfrom, was little travailsthan this: to the Earth of the breach and the stone of worldback disloyal to the cold tomb, cover tearstainedstifling; in order to break of themback in the breathing and the beat of the heart, and the world of walkthe again, closed in days and weeks again, it hurts of his abierta anguish, and Spiritstreaming through each cell of fleshso that if the mortal view could bearto perceive it, it would be mortal meat of seenHis was ignited of inside, now, and hurting for the home. He must return, first, in divine patience, and knowhunger again, and the humble friendly of giveto joyof that he gives him food-fishing and a honeycomb.

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The banquet of Christ the king

By Admin

Nov

20

Last Sunday in Ordinary Time November 21, 2010 Power is attractive. We like to see our local sports teams come out on top. We love a smashing play when our opponent is squashed. We get energy from seeing strength win out – if we are on the side of the victors. Republicans are gloating from their mid-term election wins; Democrats are firm in their resolve to hold onto their power. He who speaks the loudest and most forcefully wins the votes. This is a world where force and strength are lauded. Might makes right. Power is on display in the feast of Christ the King on this last Sunday of the year. It celebrates his all-embracing authority over heaven and earth. Pope Pius XI instituted this feast in 1925 in direct opposition to the rise of secular humanism and communism, which was spreading quickly throughout the world, including Christian nations. Many believers were wondering if Christ’s kingdom had a place in the modern structure of world governments. Many doubted Christ’s existence and his reign. For Pius XI, this feast allowed a believer to participate comfortably in his or her nation’s system of government because a Christian at the same time participated in the reign of Christ. Christ’s rule was supreme and his commands were ultimately the ones to be obeyed. No earthly ruler or type of government could match the strength and authority of the King of the Universe. Our readings and psalm anticipate the heroic leader we will get in Jesus Christ. In 2 Samuel, we hear about Israel’s mightiest king, David, who is to be the great shepherd and commander of the nation’s great armies. In Colossians, Paul recites the great hymn to Christ as the image of the invisible God who has dominion over heaven and earth. We are ready for an ultimate triumph, but our readings dupe us. The Gospel portrays a portrait of Jesus at his weakest moment – his death on the cross – where he can display not even the tiniest spark of power. He is condemned to die as a common criminal – hung between two thieves – and he cannot save himself. He has no power except that he believes in the kingdom his Father has established. This kingdom is not one to be found in Temple (or church buildings) because the reign of God is among the people. It is in the heart of every believer. God cannot be contained. The kingdom has no physical limits. This broken, crucified man who is bound and stripped of any dignity unleashes the greatest power universally available to us – his forgiveness. He forgives the good thief and permits him to enter Paradise with him. If we recognize the real strength we have when we forgive others, we see that the most tenacious strength of the world’s most powerful people pales in comparison to this gift from God to us. Forgiveness is not a weakness; it makes us strong. We can transform the world when we learn how to use this gift better. When we do, it reveals the gentleness of Christ, and nothing is ever so powerful as gentleness. Quote for the Week From Paul’s Letter to the people of Colossae He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For in him were created all things in heaven and on earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things were created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. He is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn of the dead, that in all things he himself might be preeminent. For in him all the fullness was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile all things for him, making peace by the blood of his cross through him, whether those on earth or those in heaven. Themes for this Week’s Masses First Reading : In Revelation, John sees the Lamb on Mount Zion with 144,000 faithful ones who had the name of Jesus written on their foreheads. The son of man and his angels cried out, “use your sickle and reap the harvest, for the time to reap has come.” Seven angels with the seven last plagues sang the song of Moses and the song of the Lamb. They all cry out, “Fallen is Babylon the great.” John tells of the last events of this temporal world in which Satan is locked up in the abyss. Faithful witnesses come to life to reign with Christ while the scroll was opened and the dead are judged according to their deeds. Then a new heaven and a new earth comes into being – with a new Jerusalem coming down from heaven from God. The river of life feeds and heals the nations and nothing accursed will be found anymore. Night will be no more. Christ assures his people, “Behold, I am coming soon.” Gospel: As we conclude Luke’s Gospel, Jesus looks joyfully upon a poor widow who donates two small coins to the temple treasury. As people were gazing wondrously at the majestic temple, Jesus says that there will come a day soon when all the stones will tumble upon another stone. The time has come for the beginning of the end times to occur. During these tumultuous times, friends and governments will persecute you and imprison you because of your faith in Jesus. Christ will give you a wisdom to speak to all your adversaries. You will be physically harmed and killed, but your place in heaven is assured. Even Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. Pay attention to the signs of the times. Heaven and earth will pass away, but the words of God will not pass away. Be vigilant. Await the arrival of the Son of Man. Saints of the Week Monday: Cecilia, martyr , is known as the patron of musicians because of the lovely song she sang to God at her wedding. She is remembered in the First Eucharistic prayer in the list of saints. She and her husband and brother-in-law were Roman citizens who were martyred when they refused to make sacrifice to the Roman gods. Tuesday: Clement I, pope and martyr, is the third pope in succession to Peter. Like Cecilia, he is listed in the First Eucharistic prayer and was martyred while in exile. He is said to have been a slave in the imperial court. He had a formative influence in the early church and his letter to Corinth helped restore proper order of the faithful. Columban, abbot, was an Irish monk who left for France in the late 6th century with twelve friends to establish additional monasteries. He took issue with the King’s polygamous relationships and was banished from France though his communities were allowed to continue. Columban moved to Switzerland and Italy to set up new communities. Miguel Pro, priest and martyr, was a Jesuit from Mexico who was martyred in 1927 because he presided at Mass at a time when public worship was forbidden. He would go undercover to provide sacramental services to the poor. Before he died by the firing squad, he forgave his assassins and shouted “Viva Cristo Rey” – Long live Christ the King. Wednesday: Andrew Dung Lac, priest, and companions, martyrs , were killed in Vietnam for their faith. French missionaries brought Christianity to Vietnam in the 16th century. Over 130,000 Christians were killed between the 17th and 19th centuries and most of these were native Vietnamese. Dung Lac was one of the native-born priests killed by his own government. Thursday: Catherine of Alexandria was born to a noble family in Alexandria, Egypt and was educated in the finest schools. She became a convert at age 18 because of an insightful vision. She was killed because she refused to marry a man arranged by the emperor, who she criticized for his persecution of Christians. She was tortured before her death in 310. This Week in Jesuit History • Nov 21, 1759. At Livorno, the harbor officials refused to let the ship, S Bonaventura, with 120 exiled Portuguese Jesuits on board, cast anchor. Carvalho sent orders to the Governor of Rio de Janeiro to make a diligent search for the supposed wealth of the Jesuits. • Nov 22, 1633. The first band of missionaries consisting of five priests and one brother, embarked from England for Maryland. They were sent at the request of Lord Baltimore. The best known among them was Fr. Andrew White. • Nov 22, 1791: Georgetown Academy opened with one student, aged 12, who was the first student taught by the Jesuits in the United States. • Nov 23, 1545: Jeronimo de Nadal, whom Ignatius had known as a student at Paris, entered the Society. Later Nadal was instrumental in getting Ignatius to narrate his autobiography. • In 1927: the execution of Fr. Michael Augustine Pro, SJ, by leaders of the persecution of the Church in Mexico. • Nov 24, 1963: The death of John LaFarge, pioneer advocate of racial justice in the United States. • Nov 25, 1584: The Church of the Gesu, built in Rome for the Society by Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, was solemnly consecrated. • Nov 26, 1678: In London the arrest and imprisonment of St Claude la Colombiere. He was released after five weeks and banished. • Nov 27, 1680: In Rome the death of Fr. Athanasius Kircher, considered a universal genius, but especially knowledgeable in science and archeology. Thanksgiving Day (U.S.A.) In 1620, religious separatists from England set sail for the New World in the ship, the Mayflower, filled with one hundred and two people. They wanted to settle in a new land so they could enjoy religious freedom. Their faith held doctrinal beliefs different from the Church of England and they wanted to separate from it. The first settlers landed at Plymouth Rock near Boston, Massachusetts in mid-November 1620 after a nine-week arduous journey. Many passengers fell ill and died. Their first winter was difficult. They had arrived too late to grow crops, and without fresh food, half the colony died from disease. The following spring, an Abenaki native visited the colonists and soon brought Squanto, from the Pawtuxet tribe, who was able to speak English because he was captured years earlier by another Englishman. The natives taught the malnourished colonists how to grow corn, a new food indigenous to America, and to hunt and fish. With the help of the Wampanoag natives, bountiful crops of corn, barley, beans and pumpkins were harvested in the fall of 1621. Governor William Bradford planned a harvest feast to give thanks to God for their survival. They invited 90 of the local tribe members, along with Chief Massasoit and Squanto. The natives brought roasted deer, turkey, and other wild game. The colonists ate new fruits and vegetables like cranberries, squash, and different kinds of corn. It became a custom to celebrate a harvest feast to praise God for his providence. Largely, Thanksgiving has become a day set aside for families to reunite and enjoy a traditional meal of turkey, cranberries, potatoes, squash, stuffing, and other specialties. As an independent nation, the U.S. Congress recommended one yearly national day of celebration to give thanks. George Washington chose November 26th as a day of remembrance. After the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln chose the last Thursday in November, and in 1939, Franklin Roosevelt moved it up one week to the 4th Thursday in November. He chose this to boost business by lengthening the Christmas shopping season. Thanksgiving Day Prayer From the Book of Sirach And now, bless the God of all, who has done wondrous things on earth; Who fosters people’s growth from their mother’s womb, and fashions them according to his will! May he grant you joy of heart and may peace abide among you; May his goodness toward us endure in Israel to deliver us in our days. Prayer for the Last Week of the Year Almighty and merciful God, you break the power of evil and make all things new in your Son Jesus Christ, the King of the universe. May all in heaven and earth acclaim your glory and never cease to praise you. Open our hearts, free all the world to rejoice in his peace, to glory in his justice, to live in his love. Bring humanity together in Jesus Christ your Son, whose kingdom is with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.

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