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Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker
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Quote for the Day:
Learn to love the Creator in his creation;
the Worker in his work.
Don't be so fascinated by things created
that you forget the One who created them all.
St. Augustine
Quote from the book, "101 Inspirational Stories of the Power of Prayer"
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Blessings of Joy and Gladness on this beautiful Feast of the Ascension and the Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker.
The day has finally arrived for the Presales of the Book. Since the book was put totally in Mary's hands I felt the month of May would be the perfect time for this. I had forgotten that the first of May was also the Feast of Saint Joseph my second favorite saint.. and then this year of course it is also Ascension Thursday. Pretty packed day. Should be blessings falling all over us!
Here is the page to find out about the Presales if you are interested. For the first few days Aunties Bookstore is requesting that you phone them for your orders until they get everything set up online for us.
I spent the day working on the web page for this so as a result I did not get to any of the "Thank You's" for those who have joined the Publicity Squad. So please don't worry if I didn't get back to you.. I have probably about 650 more to go! I wish I could express how excited I am to have so many respond to this offer - truly grateful. And don't worry for a minute if you think your promotion efforts might be too small... any little mention at all - to anyone is treasured! I ask the Blessed Mother and all the Angels and Saints to bless you as well!
Love and Prayers,
Sr. Patricia
Presales page: http://101prayer.com
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Rejoice in Me
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Chant His Praise
Psalm 21:14
Be extolled, O Lord, in your strength!
We will sing, chant the praise of your might.
God our Father is omnipotent—all powerful. Nothing is beyond his strength and mighty power. He fashioned our universe. He created our planet earth for our sustenance and survival, but especially for our enjoyment and pleasure.
He built the massive mountains and controls the restless sea. Even a momentary reflection impels us to "sing, chant the praises of his might."
In his vision, John heard every creature say: "To the One seated on the throne, and to the Lamb, be praise and honor, glory and might, forever and ever!" (Rev 5:13)
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Today in the Classroom
♦ The baby is doing his best to eat an eraser. It looks pretty inviting, actually — turquoise blue, soft, and chewable. I confiscate.
♦ The 4 year old is crafting. With lots of glue and little supervision. A grammar worksheet finds itself affixed to the table. Tears are shed. I clean and comfort.
♦ The kindergartener is standing in his chair, waving wild arms over his work and singing, “Octopuses don’t wear shoes — Octopuses don’t wear shoes — ” I am mildly interested in where he picked up this little ditty but determined not to encourage him. I redirect.
♦ The oldest declares her circumstances ridiculous and wonders aloud how anyone in the world can possibly expect her to perform “seventh grade math in a preschool classroom.” I remove, admonish, relocate, and totally agree. Especially with the “ridiculous” part.
But also,
♦ The 9-year-old sneaks away with his math work — the very stuff that brought him to the brink of frustration-induced madness just yesterday morning — and returns triumphant. The dragons of lowest common multiples and mixed number subtraction have been forever slain. I congratulate.
♦ The kindergartener recognizes the word “surprise” when he sees it. No prompting from mom, no whispers from his precocious baby sister, no hesitation whatsoever when he sees this word we’ve read and re-read dozens of times and yet never before now have managed to install in his young mind. Today he reads “surprise.” By himself. I glow.
♦ The 11-year-old takes a break from his history reading to make a paper airplane for the whiny 3-year-old who is sitting next to him on the couch. The little boy beams and the big boy smiles before returning to his book. I melt.
♦ The oldest announces how very glad she is that we are going to be able to attend a matinée of Prince Caspian on the day that it opens, even if it will be a school day. I ignore that fact that no one has made any such promise to her, and totally agree. Especially with the “very glad” part.
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Greetings from London with Sister Janet Fearns, FMDM
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On a personal note…
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It was a tiny, inconsequential but thought-provoking incident. An elderly woman glared disapprovingly as I pulled out and used a hairbrush. I knew it wasn’t the place for it, but tossed up between good manners and tidiness. She was not to know that I had just worked an eight-hour shift and walked four miles in the wind and rain to reach the meeting.
How often do we jump to conclusions about others, especially when they are complete strangers? How often do we make allowances for circumstances of which we know nothing?
How often do we allow charity to triumph over our own, possibly faulty, conclusions?
God bless,
Sr. Janet
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Spiritual Blessings from Father Rory Pitstick
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Thursday
Acts 1: 1-11/ Ps 46(47): 2-3. 6-7. 8-9 (6)/ Eph 1:17-23/ Mt 28:16-20
Daily Readings
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May 1 Thu: ASCENSION THURSDAY
(In some regions, the liturgical celebration of the Lord’s Ascension is transferred to Sunday)
From today's readings:
“[Jesus] presented Himself alive to them by many proofs after He had suffered, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.... God mounts His throne to shouts of joy: a blare of trumpets for the Lord.... May the eyes of your hearts be enlightened, that you may know what is the hope that belongs to His call, what are the riches of glory in His inheritance among the holy ones, and what is the surpassing greatness of His power for us who believe. .... Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age!”
Where Christ, Our Head, Has Gone, We Hope to Follow!
The beginning of the Acts of the Apostles specifies that Jesus was on earth for forty days after His Resurrection, before ascending into Heaven. So today, forty days after Easter, the scriptures direct our attention to this mystery, which is unfortunately overlooked by many Christians in their celebrations of Eastertide. In Luke 9:51, Jesus begins His climatic journey to Jerusalem which was to culminate in His being “taken up.” In the original Greek, the same verb is used in this verse as Luke uses in the Acts of the Apostles to refer to Christ’s Ascension, so this day marks the corporeal completion of the Paschal mission. The First Eucharistic prayer especially highlights this importance of the Ascension, mentioning it at the anamnesis (right after the “mystery of faith” acclamation) along with the Passion and Resurrection as the completion of the Paschal triptych.
Since baptism makes a person a member of the Body of Christ, the members share in the destiny of Christ the Head. Since Christ has ascended into Heaven, that is the hope to which all the members of His Body press toward. As the Catechism of the Catholic Church mentions (§662):
"And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to Myself." The lifting up of Jesus on the cross signifies and announces His lifting up by His Ascension into Heaven, and indeed begins it. Jesus Christ, the one priest of the new and eternal Covenant, "entered, not into a sanctuary made by human hands. . . but into Heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf." There Christ permanently exercises His priesthood, for He "always lives to make intercession" for "those who draw near to God through Him". As "high priest of the good things to come" He is the center and the principal actor of the liturgy that honors the Father in Heaven.
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