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Monday, September 26, 2011
Explanation of Incense
I saw this video on OrthoCath. There is a CC Button at the bottom left. Click that for subtitles, unless you know American Sign Language.
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Sunday, September 25, 2011
Saints and Scripture St Raphael the Archangel
St Raphael is one of the seven archangels. The others we have from the Canon of Scripture are Sts Michael and Gabriel. Apocryphal sources, to include Enoch which some Christians consider part of the Canon, name the others as Uriel, Saltiel, Jeadriel and Barachiel.
Notice how each of these names ends with El. This is one of the Biblical names of God. The inclusion of a deity in a proper name is called theophory. Raphael means God is healing or Healing one of God.
If you are familiar with the book of Tobit, you know that Raphael came to release Tobits future wife from the demon Asmodeus and heal Tobias, Tobit's father, of his blindness.
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Saturday, September 24, 2011
Sunday Snippets 25SEP
In Saw This on Facebook, I share a joke that I read on Facebook and wanted to share with everyone.
I participated in Friday's 7 Quick Takes.
I had some ramblings in Nave about church architecture and a Biblical symbol of the Church.
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Saw this on Facebook
Our battalion chaplain had this on his Facebook page. He got it from someone, who got from someone. Its too funny not to pass along.
Too funny not to post! A mother invites her son, Anthony, for dinner. He lives with a female roommate, Tina. During the course of the meal, his mother couldn't help but notice how pretty Anthony's roommate is. Over the course of the evening, while watching the two interact, she started to wonder if there was more between Anthony and his roommate than met the eye. Reading his mom's thoughts, Anthony volunteered, "I know what you must be thinking, but I assure you, Tina and I are just roommates.'' About a week later, Tina came to Anthony saying, "Ever since your mother came to dinner, I've been unable to find the silver sugar bowl. You don't suppose she took it, do you?" "Well, I doubt it, but I'll email her, just to be sure. " So he sat down and wrote an email: Dear Mama, I'm not saying that you "did" take the sugar bowl from my house; I'm not saying that you "did not" take it. But the fact remains that it has been missing ever since you were here for dinner. Love, Anthony Several days later, Anthony received a response email from his Mama which read: Dear son, I'm not saying that you "do" sleep with Tina, and I'm not saying that you "do not" sleep with her. But the fact remains that if she was sleeping in her OWN bed, she would have found the sugar bowl by now. Love, Mama. ------ Moral: Never lie to your Mama
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Too funny not to post! A mother invites her son, Anthony, for dinner. He lives with a female roommate, Tina. During the course of the meal, his mother couldn't help but notice how pretty Anthony's roommate is. Over the course of the evening, while watching the two interact, she started to wonder if there was more between Anthony and his roommate than met the eye. Reading his mom's thoughts, Anthony volunteered, "I know what you must be thinking, but I assure you, Tina and I are just roommates.'' About a week later, Tina came to Anthony saying, "Ever since your mother came to dinner, I've been unable to find the silver sugar bowl. You don't suppose she took it, do you?" "Well, I doubt it, but I'll email her, just to be sure. " So he sat down and wrote an email: Dear Mama, I'm not saying that you "did" take the sugar bowl from my house; I'm not saying that you "did not" take it. But the fact remains that it has been missing ever since you were here for dinner. Love, Anthony Several days later, Anthony received a response email from his Mama which read: Dear son, I'm not saying that you "do" sleep with Tina, and I'm not saying that you "do not" sleep with her. But the fact remains that if she was sleeping in her OWN bed, she would have found the sugar bowl by now. Love, Mama. ------ Moral: Never lie to your Mama
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Friday, September 23, 2011
7 Quick Takes 23SEP
1. I have reached the decision, I am definitely going to switch from Latin Catholic to Melkite Catholic. I've been going to our local Melkite parish for over a year and I've fallen in love with the Byzantine Liturgy and spirituality.
2. As of Wednesday, I am a First Degree Knight. I'd been meaning to join the Knights of Columbus for quite a while and I finally did.
3. Facebook keeps changing up their format and yet they have still yet to add a dislike button. How hard is it to write the script for it? You could just take the Like script and change it to say Dislike.
4. Monday off of work!!!!
5. I bought a jacket for my daughter last weekend and her mom said she has not wanted to take it off ever since. Dad knows what Princess likes.
6. Is it bad that I'm almost 30 and still LOVE to splash in mud puddles?
7. The last shall be first...
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Saturday, September 17, 2011
Nave
I found out last night that nave means ship. The nave is the main part of a cruciform (in the shape of a cross) church. The other part of a cruciform church is the transept.
The nave is where the body would go on a cross and the transept is where the arms would have been placed.
I find it interesting that nave means ship, because my favorite Biblical prefiguring of the Church is Peter's barque. I don't know why its my favorite but it has always fascinated me and it would seem that through architecture we are reinforcing the boat as an image of the Church. Jesus at the head of the boat, in the Eucharist with the successors to the apostles.
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The nave is where the body would go on a cross and the transept is where the arms would have been placed.
I find it interesting that nave means ship, because my favorite Biblical prefiguring of the Church is Peter's barque. I don't know why its my favorite but it has always fascinated me and it would seem that through architecture we are reinforcing the boat as an image of the Church. Jesus at the head of the boat, in the Eucharist with the successors to the apostles.
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Sunday, September 11, 2011
Saints and Scripture Forgiveness
If you forgive others their transgressions, your heavenly Father will forgive you. But if you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your transgressions.
Matthew 6:14, 15
In the Gospel of Matthew Jesus reminds us that when we pray "forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us" that we get from the Father what we put into it. I don't have anything to add to the plain language of this passage.
The saints who come to mind for me when I think of forgiveness are St Peter and St Bakhita.
St Peter denied Jesus three times before the cock crowed and begged forgiveness from the Lord.
St Josephine Bakhita was originally from Sudan. As a little girl, she was kidnapped and sold into slavery. She had several masters, including one who used scarification to mark her as his property. Eventually one of her masters took her to Italy.
While in Italy she took her master's children to catechism classes. She heard the Gospel, believed and was baptized. However, when her master tried to take her back to Italy the Canossian Sisters took the case to court and she was freed.
She became a Canossian Sister and forgave the many people who had treated her as property and hurt her in so many ways. She realized that her suffering and their evil brought her to Italy where she found out about Jesus and became a Christian.
Bakhita means "fortunate one".
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Matthew 6:14, 15
In the Gospel of Matthew Jesus reminds us that when we pray "forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us" that we get from the Father what we put into it. I don't have anything to add to the plain language of this passage.
The saints who come to mind for me when I think of forgiveness are St Peter and St Bakhita.
St Peter denied Jesus three times before the cock crowed and begged forgiveness from the Lord.
St Josephine Bakhita was originally from Sudan. As a little girl, she was kidnapped and sold into slavery. She had several masters, including one who used scarification to mark her as his property. Eventually one of her masters took her to Italy.
While in Italy she took her master's children to catechism classes. She heard the Gospel, believed and was baptized. However, when her master tried to take her back to Italy the Canossian Sisters took the case to court and she was freed.
She became a Canossian Sister and forgave the many people who had treated her as property and hurt her in so many ways. She realized that her suffering and their evil brought her to Italy where she found out about Jesus and became a Christian.
Bakhita means "fortunate one".
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Saturday, September 10, 2011
Sunday Snippets 10SEP
In honor of the Nativity of the Theotokos on 08SEP I had a post on the Hail Mary prayer and another post with poems in honor of Mary.
Saturday I have a post about Atheist double standards.
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Thursday, September 08, 2011
Poems in Honor of the Nativity of the Theotokos
The All-Consuming Fire within her
Like the burning bush she remained
Mary, Christ Our Lord's mother
Despite Him within her, she is the same
Our Lady, burning with the presence of God
Within her blossomed the Flower of Jesse's Rod
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Jacob's Ladder in human form
A crown of stars her head adorns
The burning bush prefigured her
She gave her flesh to the Savior
More honorable than the Seraphim
And more glorious beyond compare than the Cherubim
She is truly Theotokos, we magnify her
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Like the burning bush she remained
Mary, Christ Our Lord's mother
Despite Him within her, she is the same
Our Lady, burning with the presence of God
Within her blossomed the Flower of Jesse's Rod
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Jacob's Ladder in human form
A crown of stars her head adorns
The burning bush prefigured her
She gave her flesh to the Savior
More honorable than the Seraphim
And more glorious beyond compare than the Cherubim
She is truly Theotokos, we magnify her
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Hail Mary
Hail Mary
Greetings to you, given to us as a mother by Christ at His Crucifixion. "Behold your mother."
Full of Grace
The angel's words imply the holiness of the woman conceived without sin, the Ark of the New Covenant. She was born without sin to become the Theotokos, the mother of our Savior.
The Lord is with Thee
Both in a physical and spiritual sense the Lord is with her. Her soul magnifies the Lord and she gave flesh to the Savior who taught us, forgave us, died for our sins, and sustains us with the Eucharist.
Blessed art Thou Amongst Women
A woman so united to the Lord's will that she was able to accept the enormous responsibility of uniting God and man in the person of Jesus Christ. She is Jacob's ladder that unites Earth and Heaven. She was chosen from conception from among all other women to become the Theotokos.
And Blessed is the Fruit of Thy Womb, Jesus
Praised be Jesus, true God and true Man, the source of all blessings, who condescended to become like us in all things but sin. In the Eucharist His Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity sustains us and renews our covenant with our God. We unite ourselves with the Lord of Heaven in the Heavenly Worship of the Mass/Divine Liturgy.
Holy Mary, Mother of God
Mother of our Savior you played an important role in our salvation.
Pray for us Sinners
We have been sinners since the womb and we need prayer to achieve holiness. Pray for us, Queen Mother, to your Son, Jesus.
Now and the Hour of our Death
Pray for us always that your prayers may aid in our salvation.
Greetings to you, given to us as a mother by Christ at His Crucifixion. "Behold your mother."
Full of Grace
The angel's words imply the holiness of the woman conceived without sin, the Ark of the New Covenant. She was born without sin to become the Theotokos, the mother of our Savior.
The Lord is with Thee
Both in a physical and spiritual sense the Lord is with her. Her soul magnifies the Lord and she gave flesh to the Savior who taught us, forgave us, died for our sins, and sustains us with the Eucharist.
Blessed art Thou Amongst Women
A woman so united to the Lord's will that she was able to accept the enormous responsibility of uniting God and man in the person of Jesus Christ. She is Jacob's ladder that unites Earth and Heaven. She was chosen from conception from among all other women to become the Theotokos.
And Blessed is the Fruit of Thy Womb, Jesus
Praised be Jesus, true God and true Man, the source of all blessings, who condescended to become like us in all things but sin. In the Eucharist His Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity sustains us and renews our covenant with our God. We unite ourselves with the Lord of Heaven in the Heavenly Worship of the Mass/Divine Liturgy.
Holy Mary, Mother of God
Mother of our Savior you played an important role in our salvation.
Pray for us Sinners
We have been sinners since the womb and we need prayer to achieve holiness. Pray for us, Queen Mother, to your Son, Jesus.
Now and the Hour of our Death
Pray for us always that your prayers may aid in our salvation.
Saturday, September 03, 2011
Sunday Snippet 04SEP
I only posted twice this week:
7 Quick Takes
Saints and Scripture Martyrs
Check out the other Sunday Snippets at This That and the Other Thing
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7 Quick Takes
Saints and Scripture Martyrs
Check out the other Sunday Snippets at This That and the Other Thing
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Friday, September 02, 2011
7 Quick Takes 02SEP
1. 120 days until 2012.
2. 114 days until Christmas.
3. 3 more days with my daughter.
4. I'm going back to school in the fall. I want to get a Master's in teaching.
5. Another new Doctor Who episode tomorrow! This one has a minotaur for some reason.
6. So far my daughter is still convinced that I am able to take her nose. I'm enjoying this stage of innocence while it lasts.
7. I was listening to this song while typing this post: Trace Adkins, "Just Fishin'"
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2. 114 days until Christmas.
3. 3 more days with my daughter.
4. I'm going back to school in the fall. I want to get a Master's in teaching.
5. Another new Doctor Who episode tomorrow! This one has a minotaur for some reason.
6. So far my daughter is still convinced that I am able to take her nose. I'm enjoying this stage of innocence while it lasts.
7. I was listening to this song while typing this post: Trace Adkins, "Just Fishin'"
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