Tuesday 19 April 2016
Monday 18 April 2016
The Pro-Life News Story, Which Went Viral, And Is Saving Babies.
Illustration: SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF UNBORN CHILDREN (SPUC)
Some argue that these Baby Boxes have helped Finland
achieve one of the World's lowest Infant Mortality rates -
and now the idea is spreading to the U.K.
For the past seventy-five years, Finland's expectant mothers have been given a box by the State – a Starter Kit of clothes, sheets and toys. With the mattress in the bottom, the box even becomes a Baby's first bed !
Many Children, from all social backgrounds, have their first naps within the safety of the box's four cardboard walls.
The popularity of both the Baby Boxes, and the subsequent BBC Report which went viral, shows the innate attractiveness of bringing new life into the World. This story of Light and Hope is in stark contrast to the story of darkness and despair which is Abortion.
Many Children, from all social backgrounds, have their first naps within the safety of the box's four cardboard walls.
The popularity of both the Baby Boxes, and the subsequent BBC Report which went viral, shows the innate attractiveness of bringing new life into the World. This story of Light and Hope is in stark contrast to the story of darkness and despair which is Abortion.
Diligent Health Officials and clever entrepreneurs are saving Babies after birth, worldwide, at the same time that other Officials and entrepreneurs are bankrolling the deaths of millions of Babies before Birth.
Read more on the SPUC Web-Site: https://www.spuc.org.uk/news/blog/2016/april/the-pro-life-news-story-which-went-viral-and-is-saving-babies
"By Unceasing Enactment Of The Ascetic Efforts Set Forth In The Gospels, Saints Gradually Fill Themselves With The Holy Spirit." - Justin Popovich.
This Article is taken from ENLARGING THE HEART
Justin Popovich.
Illustration: ENLARGING THE HEART
In this sense, Holiness completely envelopes the human person — the entire Soul and body and all that enters into the mystical composition of the human body.
The Holiness of The Saints does not hold forth only in their Souls, but it necessarily extends to their bodies; so it is that both the body and the Soul of a Saint are Sanctified.
Thus we, in piously Venerating The Saints, also Venerate the entire person, in this manner not separating the Holy Soul from the Holy body.
Clearly, during his life on the Earth, The Saint, by a continuous and singular grace-and virtue-bestowing synergy of Soul and body, attains to the Sanctification of his person, filling both the Soul and body with The Grace of The Holy Ghost and so transforming them into Vessels of The Holy Mysteries and Holy Virtues.
It is completely natural, again, to show pious reverence both to the former and to the latter, both to Soul and body, both of them Holy Vessels of God’s Grace.
When the charismatic power of Christ issues forth, it makes Grace-filled all the constituent parts of the human person and the person in his entirety.
Establishing themselves in The Holy Ghost, through Grace-bestowing ascetic labours, The Saints participate in The Life of The Trinity, becoming Sons of The Holy Trinity, Temples of The Living God (2 Corinthians 6:16); their whole lives thus flow from The Father, through The Son, in The Holy Ghost.
By piously Venerating The Holy Relics of The Saints, The Church reveres them as Temples of The Holy Ghost, Temples of The Living God, in which God dwells by Grace, even after the Earthly death of The Saints.
Justin Popovich (1894 - 1979): The Place of Holy Relics in The Orthodox Church @ OCIC.
The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopedia.
Saint Iustin Popović (Serbian Cyrillic: Jустин Поповић; 6 April 1894, Vranje - 7 April 1979, Ćelije Monastery, Lelić) was an Eastern Orthodox Theologian, Archimandrite of The Ćelije Monastery, Dostoyevsky scholar, a champion of Anti-Communism, a writer, and a critic of the pragmatic Church (Ecclesiastical) Life. On 29 April 2010, Fr. Justin was Canonised as a Saint by The Holy Synod of The Serbian Orthodox Church.
Saint Iustin Popović (Serbian Cyrillic: Jустин Поповић; 6 April 1894, Vranje - 7 April 1979, Ćelije Monastery, Lelić) was an Eastern Orthodox Theologian, Archimandrite of The Ćelije Monastery, Dostoyevsky scholar, a champion of Anti-Communism, a writer, and a critic of the pragmatic Church (Ecclesiastical) Life. On 29 April 2010, Fr. Justin was Canonised as a Saint by The Holy Synod of The Serbian Orthodox Church.
Sunday 17 April 2016
Third Annual Catholic Literature Conference. Saint John The Evangelist Church, Concord, New Hampshire. 30 April 2016.
This Article is taken from NEW LITURGICAL MOVEMENT
Third Annual Catholic Literature Conference.
Saint John The Evangelist Church,
72 S Main Street,
Concord, New Hampshire 03301,
United States of America.
Telephone: +1 603-224-2062.
Saturday, 30 April 2016.
0930 hrs - 1600 hrs.
The following Text is from NEW LITURGICAL MOVEMENT
and is by DAVID CLAYTON.
This is an Annual Conference that grew out of a one-off event organised speculatively two years ago. To the surprise and delight of all involved, it attracted a large and engaged crowd of people wanting to hear about and discuss Catholic Literature.
Now in its third year, it has become an established Annual Event. The Speakers, this year, are Joseph Pearce, Gary Bouchard, William Fahey, President of Thomas More College, and Fr Michael Kerper, Pastor of Saint Patrick’s Church, Nashua, New Hampshire.
For more details, go to The Thomas More College Site, HERE.
You save $5 if you book before 20 April.
The Conference is Sponsored by Christ The King Parish, Concord, and The Thomas More College of Liberal Arts.
Virgen Del Carmen Bella. Ave Maria. Beautiful Virgin Of Carmel. Hail Mary.
Our Lady of Ushaw,
Durham, England.
Photo: April 2010.
Source: Own work.
Author: Zephyrinus.
Ave Maria.
Devoción y Oración a Nuestra Señora del Carmen.
Interpretación (fondo musical) de la Mezzo Soprano
Italiana, Cecilia Bartoli.
Available on YouTube at
Saint Anicetus. Pope And Martyr. Feast Day, Today, 17 April.
Text is from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.
Saint Anicetus.
Pope and Martyr.
Feast Day 17 April.
Simple.
Red Vestments.
The Martyrdom of Pope Anicetus.
Frescoes by Antonio Circignani, called Pomarancio.
Chapel of Sant'Aniceto e Beata Vergine della Clemenza,
Palazzo Altemps, Roma, Italy.
Date: 29 January 2009.
Source:
Author:
Derivative work: Kostisl.
(Wikimedia Commons)
The Paschal Cycle surrounds The King of Martyrs, Whose triumph it celebrates, with a bevy of Saints who "followed Him bearing their Crosses and who, having lost their lives for His sake," found the life of which Jesus, Risen Again, is the model (Gospel).
Saint Anicetus, Invested with full Sacerdotal power (Introit), succeeded Pope Saint Pius I as Pope. He governed The Church from 150 A.D. to his death in 168 A.D. and took such a part in The Sufferings of Christ (Epistle) that, although he did not shed his blood for The Faith, he was given the Title of Martyr.
He preserved his flock from the heresies of Valentinus and Marcion and "filled with The Consolations of Jesus, he was enabled, in turn, to console those who suffered" (Epistle). The great Saint Polycarp came to him at Rome to confer especially about the date of the Celebration of Easter, for, by the coincidence of this Feast with that of the Jews, it was right to claim that the Mysteries of The Death and Resurrection of Jesus had realised, and taken the place of, the immolation of the paschal lamb.
"Let us rejoice for the annual Solemnity of Blessed Anicetus" (Collect). This Feast reminds us of the date when, after having died with Christ on Earth, this Holy Martyr went to share The Glory of His Resurrection in Heaven.
Mass: In Paschaltide. Protexisti.
Mass: Out of Paschaltide. Sacerdotes Dei.
Saturday 16 April 2016
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