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KimberlyAnn0218 · #1 Feb 4, '11, 1:46 pm

Sorry about the long pause in posting! Things are going well. I am completing a 2 week online course thru BCSTM. It was on spiritual practices. I am preparing to teach HS catecism and have been meeting with my priest to help me through some things. Amazing stuff!

beth40n2 · #2 Feb 4, '11, 6:35 pm

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Originally Posted by KimberlyAnn0218

Sorry about the long pause in posting! Things are going well. I am completing a 2 week online course thru BCSTM. It was on spiritual practices. I am preparing to teach HS catecism and have been meeting with my priest to help me through some things. Amazing stuff!

It is always great to have a new Catechist with us! The Lord will truely bless you, even though at times it seems the kids are not listenting, they are.

I am teaching 9th grade CCD. Week before last there was a "Catholic Quiz" in the Our Sunday Visitor Newspaper. It was the centerfold. It had 15 questions that were multiple choice. The kids growled when I said we were going to do it. One young man who is slow at reading said "I won't get any right". He got 9 out of 15 right. Several kids had 12 out of 15 right, so they are paying attention more than thought. Praise the Lord.

beth40n2 · #3 Feb 25, '11, 10:17 am

Lent is a time of preparation for the death of Christ on Good Friday and His Resurrection on Easter Sunday. It is a period of 40 days of repentance, with prayer, fasting and abstinence, and Confession.

Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, 46 days before Easter Sunday. (For an explanation why Lent begins 46 days before Easter but is only 40 days long, see How Are the 40 Days of Lent Calculated?) For Eastern Rite Catholics, Lent begins two days earlier, on Clean Monday. The following is a list of the dates of the Sundays and major feast days that fall in Lent 2011.

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•Ash Wednesday (Wednesday, March 9, 2011)
•First Sunday of Lent (Sunday, March 13, 2011)
•Feast of Saint Patrick (Thursday, March 17, 2011)
•Feast of Saint Joseph (Saturday, March 19, 2011)
•Second Sunday of Lent (Sunday, March 20, 2011)
•The Annunciation of the Lord (Friday, March 25, 2011)
•Third Sunday of Lent (Sunday, March 27, 2011)
•Fourth Sunday of Lent (Laetare Sunday) (Sunday, April 3, 2011)
•Fifth Sunday of Lent (Passion Sunday) (Sunday, April 10, 2011)
•Palm Sunday (Sunday, April 17, 2011)
•Holy Thursday (Thursday, April 21, 2011)
•Good Friday (Friday, April 22, 2011)
•Holy Saturday (Saturday, April 23, 2011)
•Easter (Sunday, April 24, 2011)

beth40n2 · #4 Apr 29, '11, 6:54 pm

The Sunday After Easter - Divine Mercy Sunday
Come to the Feast of Divine Mercy!
Calling all Catholics to the Feast of Mercy on the Sunday after Easter, May 1st
Did you know that the Lord said that this feast would be the “last hope of salvation”?
Have you been considering what would happen to you if you suddenly died?
Did you know that in the 1930’s Our Lord Jesus requested through Saint Faustina that a Feast of Mercy be establishedand solemnly celebrated in His Church on the First Sunday after Easter every year?
In the year 2000 after many years of study by the Catholic Church, The Venerable Pope John Paul II fulfilled the will of Christ and officially established this Feast of Divine Mercy and named it Divine Mercy S
What is so special about this new Feast of Divine Mercy you might be asking yourself? It is the promise of the tforgiveness of all sins and punishment for anyone that would go to Confession and then receive Jesus in Holy Communion on that very special Feast of D
Why would Jesus offer us something so great right now? Jesus told St. Faustina that she was to prepare the world forHis Second Coming and that He would be pouring out HisMercy in great abundance before He comes again as the Just Judge and as a very last hope of salva
If you have been away from the practice of your Catholicfaith and if you would like to come back into the one trueCatholic Church, then this is the most perfect opportunity for you if you are prepared to repent of all your si
Many former fallen-away Catholics have taken advantage
of this great feast to get a brand new start in life and to be totally prepared to stand before the Lord. Don’t miss out on this incredible gift of mercy that is available in eveCatholic Church on Sunday, May 1st of this year!
If you have been away
from the Catholic faith and you have any questions about coming back home, then come in and talk to a priest at any Catholic Church. The beauty of the Catholic Church is thatits teachings and procedures are the same at all parishes
You may have concerns about marriage outside of theChurch, un-confessed abortions, or other issues that could be preventing you from receiving Holy Communion or you may have questions about the Sacrament of Reconciliation, often referred to as making a good Confession to a p
Don’t consider yourself as without hope. Our Lord Jesuswants to pardon completely even the worst sinners possible. Remember, Jesus has come for sinners, not the righteous.
Jesus said that even if our sins were as numerous as the grains of sand, they would be lost in His Ocean of Mercy.
If you are truly repentant of your sins and are well preparedto confess your sins in the Sacrament of Reconciliation, you will experience a tremendous peace. You will experience a great weight lifted from you. And a brand new start in life!
When you have confessed your sins in the Sacrament of Reconciliation then you must continue to practice your faith as a good Catholic. This involves attending Mass every Sunday, on Holy Days of Obligation, supporting your local parish, and confessing your serious sins on a yearly basis. Don’t expect to receive the forgiveness of sins and punishment if you don’t intend to continue to practice your faith.
http://www.mercysunday.com/pdf/2011%...0News%20Ad.pdf

Our Lord's Mercy grants forgiveness of all sins and punishment on the Feast of Divine Mercy, Mercy Sunday, mercy for even the most hardened sinners! It is the Sunday of Divine Mercy, the Feast of Mercy!
http://www.mercysunday.com/

More information on the Divine Mercy
http://thedivinemercy.org/message/

beth40n2 · #5 Jul 2, '11, 12:16 pm

Today is the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
The Immaculate Heart of Mary originally The Sacred Heart of Mary is a devotional name used to refer to the interior life of Mary, her joys and sorrows, her virtues and hidden perfections, and, above all, her virginal love for her God, her maternal love for her Son, Jesus, and her compassionate love for all people. The consideration of Mary's interior life and the beauties of her soul, without any thought of her physical heart, does not constitute the traditional devotion; still less does it consist in the consideration of the Heart of Mary merely as a part of her virginal body. In 1855 the Mass of the Most Pure Heart formally became a part of Catholic practice. The two elements are essential to the devotion, just as, according to Roman Catholic theology, soul and body are necessary to the constitution of man

Here is a prayer to her Immaculate Heart for all your intentions.
O Immaculate Heart of Mary,
Heavenly beauty and splendor of the Father,
You are the most valued Heavenly treasure.

New Eve, immaculate in soul, spirit and body,
Created of the godly seed by the Spirit of God,
You are the spiritual Mother of mankind.

Pure Virgin, full of grace then and now,
Your whole being was raised Heavenly in full glory,
To be elevated above all the hosts within the Kingdom of God.

O Heavenly Mother, Queen of Heaven and earth,
I recognize the glory of your highest title,
The Immaculate Heart of Mary!

Loving Mother, dispenser of endless blessings,
You who continuously intercedes on our behalf,
Please present my need before your loving Son Jesus.

(In your own words, make your special request here. Do not just mention a word. Speak to the Immaculate Heart of Mary as you would speak to another person, begging your Heavenly Mother to plea to Jesus on your behalf, that you be granted this special request.)

O Immaculate Heart of Mary,
I know that you are now presenting my need before Jesus,
For you have never turned away those in dire need.

Mother dearest, I await your favorable answer,
Submitting myself to the Divine will of the Lord,
For all glories are His forever and ever.

beth40n2 · #6 Aug 5, '11, 5:35 pm

Feast of the Transfiuration Aug 6th

(from the Mass of St. Pius V)
O God, Who in the glorious transfiguration of Thine only-begotten Son didst strengthen the sacraments of faith by the testimony of the fathers, and Who didst wonderfully foreshow the perfect adoption of Thy children by a voice coming down in a shining cloud, mercifully grant that we be made co-heirs of the King of glory Himself, and grant us to be sharers in that very glory. Through the same Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.

History:

The feast of the Transfiguration of Christ celebrates the revelation of Christ's divine glory on Mount Tabor in Galilee (Matthew 17:1-6; Mark 9:1-8; Luke 9:28-36). After revealing to His disciples that He would be put to death in Jerusalem (Matthew 16:21), Christ, along with Ss. Peter, James, and John, went up the mountain. There, St. Matthew writes, "he was transfigured before them. And his face did shine as the sun: and his garments became white as snow."
The brightness was not something added to Christ but the manifestation of His true divine nature. For Peter, James, and John, it was also a glimpse of the glories of heaven and of the resurrected body promised to all Christians. As Christ was transfigured, two others appeared with Him: Moses, representing the Old Testament Law, and Elijah, representing the prophets. Thus Christ, Who stood between the two and spoke with them, appeared to the disciples as the fulfillment of both the Law and the prophets.

At Christ's baptism in the Jordan, the voice of God the Father was heard to proclaim that "This is my beloved Son" (Matthew 3:17). During the Transfiguration, God the Father pronounced the same words (Matthew 17:5).

Despite the importance of this event, the Feast of the Transfiguration was not among the earliest of the Christian feasts. It was celebrated in Asia starting in the fourth or fifth century and spread throughout the Christian East in the centuries following. The Catholic Encyclopedia notes that it wasn't commonly celebrated in the West until the tenth century. To celebrate the great Christian victory at the Siege of Belgrade in 1456, during which the Muslim Turks were routed and the Islamic advance into Europe was halted, Pope Callixtus III elevated the Transfiguration to a feast of the universal Church and established August 6 as the date of its celebration.
http://catholicism.about.com/od/holy...figuration.htm

beth40n2 · #7 Sep 5, '11, 10:09 am

Changes in the Parts of the People in the Order of Mass
in the Roman Missal, Third Edition

Those of you in RCIA will be hearing the mass and I presume if you were like me you are trying to memorize what we are to say. Don't worry about that yet. The first Sunday of Advent (November 27,2011), which is the churches new year, we will start the new changes of the mass. Anyone who wants to see what the changes will be, look up this website. http://www.catholic-church.org/st.pa...es%20Parts.pdf

The missals will have all of the changes and the priests will guide everyone in the new English translation. I am sure in RCIA class you will be instructed about it.

beth40n2 · #8 Sep 16, '11, 8:08 pm

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Originally Posted by beth40n2

Changes in the Parts of the People in the Order of Mass
in the Roman Missal, Third Edition

Those of you in RCIA will be hearing the mass and I presume if you were like me you are trying to memorize what we are to say. Don't worry about that yet. The first Sunday of Advent (November 27,2011), which is the churches new year, we will start the new changes of the mass. Anyone who wants to see what the changes will be, look up this website. http://www.catholic-church.org/st.pa...es%20Parts.pdf

The missals will have all of the changes and the priests will guide everyone in the new English translation. I am sure in RCIA class you will be instructed about it.

Here is a great utube video explaining the new translations and why it is changing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbKQ9ZiMQRo Dr. Sri's A Biblical Walk Through the Mass does a very good job showing how the Bible and the Mass are interconnected. The Liturgy is so Biblical and the Bible is so liturgical that each is incomplete without the other.