Have we mentioned yet how much we love Auntie Seraphic? No? Well, on a scale of line-dried sheets to Jane Austen, she's right below Jane Austen. By that much.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Nashville Dominicans' Novena
Current events are not our forte here, but this is something I think should be passed along. The Nashville Dominicans (Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia) will be praying a novena from February 11-19 for our country in the light of the recent HHS mandate.
We beg God for the preservation of our great and beautiful country, and of the freedom we have all enjoyed and been privileged to share with others. The Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia invite you to join with us in a novena of prayer and fasting, asking Mary, Patroness of the United States of America, to implore God’s loving mercy on us at this critical time. The novena will begin February 11 and end February 19, 2012. The sisters will be praying the following prayer each of the nine days.
Act of Consecration of the United States to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Most Holy Trinity: Our Father in heaven, who chose Mary as the fairest of your daughters; Holy Spirit, who chose Mary as your spouse; God the Son, who chose Mary as your Mother; in union with Mary, we adore your majesty and acknowledge your supreme, eternal dominion and authority.
Most Holy Trinity, we put the United States of America into the hands of Mary Immaculate in order that she may present the country to you. Through her we wish to thank you for the great resources of this land and for the freedom, which has been its heritage. Through the intercession of Mary, have mercy on the Catholic Church in America. Grant us peace. Have mercy on our president and on all the officers of our government. Grant us a fruitful economy born of justice and charity. Have mercy on capital and industry and labor. Protect the family life of the nation. Guard the precious gift of many religious vocations. Through the intercession of our Mother, have mercy on the sick, the poor, the tempted, sinners – on all who are in need.
Mary, Immaculate Virgin, our Mother, Patroness of our land, we praise you and honor you and give our country and ourselves to your sorrowful and Immaculate Heart. O Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, pierced by the sword of sorrow prophesied by Simeon, save us from degeneration, disaster and war. Protect us from all harm. O Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, you who bore the sufferings of your Son in the depths of your heart, be our advocate. Pray for us, that acting always according to your will and the will of your divine Son, we may live and die pleasing to God. Amen.
On a related note: Cardinal-designate Dolan's WSJ Op-Ed piece.
We beg God for the preservation of our great and beautiful country, and of the freedom we have all enjoyed and been privileged to share with others. The Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia invite you to join with us in a novena of prayer and fasting, asking Mary, Patroness of the United States of America, to implore God’s loving mercy on us at this critical time. The novena will begin February 11 and end February 19, 2012. The sisters will be praying the following prayer each of the nine days.
Act of Consecration of the United States to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Most Holy Trinity: Our Father in heaven, who chose Mary as the fairest of your daughters; Holy Spirit, who chose Mary as your spouse; God the Son, who chose Mary as your Mother; in union with Mary, we adore your majesty and acknowledge your supreme, eternal dominion and authority.
Most Holy Trinity, we put the United States of America into the hands of Mary Immaculate in order that she may present the country to you. Through her we wish to thank you for the great resources of this land and for the freedom, which has been its heritage. Through the intercession of Mary, have mercy on the Catholic Church in America. Grant us peace. Have mercy on our president and on all the officers of our government. Grant us a fruitful economy born of justice and charity. Have mercy on capital and industry and labor. Protect the family life of the nation. Guard the precious gift of many religious vocations. Through the intercession of our Mother, have mercy on the sick, the poor, the tempted, sinners – on all who are in need.
Mary, Immaculate Virgin, our Mother, Patroness of our land, we praise you and honor you and give our country and ourselves to your sorrowful and Immaculate Heart. O Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, pierced by the sword of sorrow prophesied by Simeon, save us from degeneration, disaster and war. Protect us from all harm. O Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, you who bore the sufferings of your Son in the depths of your heart, be our advocate. Pray for us, that acting always according to your will and the will of your divine Son, we may live and die pleasing to God. Amen.
On a related note: Cardinal-designate Dolan's WSJ Op-Ed piece.
Monday, February 6, 2012
vulnerability in the 21st Century.
This weekend, the Identity Project of Notre Dame is presenting their annual Edith Stein Project.
This year's project is entitled: Encountering Vulnerability: Courage, Hope and Trust in the 21st Century.
It should be a beautiful weekend, full of refreshing, renewing talks, fellowship, and insight into what role vulnerability plays in our lives as men and women. There are talks about adoption, eating disorders, marriage, relationships, St. André Bessette, contraception in the church's moral teaching, and last but not least: Jane Austen. (I'm really excited for that one.)
If you're in the Notre Dame area, check it out!
And whether or not you're in the area, please pray for the success of the conference, the safety of all those traveling to the conference, and for a spiritually and intellectually renewing and rejuvenating weekend for everyone.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
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Sunday, January 22, 2012
The March for Life
Greetings good readers
A poem for you:
A large parade outside the capital walls
Held up by music and "hellos"
Pushing through the winter fog
We march side by side and uphold signs:
"End Abortion"
"Stop the pain"
"No more murder"
and
"Life is precious"
"A person's a person no matter how small"
"Let LIVE, laugh, love."
Today is the March for Life!
Tomorrow is a National Day of Prayer and Penance. Pray to end abortion!
Friday, January 20, 2012
Fashion Friday: Tights
And now for something completely frivolous. Although I've returned to the (comparatively) warm and balmy weather of SoCal, I miss the winter and would gladly head back to Minnesota, especially if it gave me the chance to wear patterned tights. It's a trend that I've always wanted to try, but never had the chance to. As long as you have to wear an extra layer on your legs, why not make it interesting?
{V Who You Are Tights}
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Eleanor R.
Because you can't ever have too many strong female role models. Roosevelt's biography just joined the hundreds of other books on my TBR list.
Friday, January 6, 2012
Unnatural Selection
I could try and review Mara Hvistendahl's Unnatural Selection. Or I could just link to the WSJ review which says everything I want to say about it, but much more eloquently and succinctly. Because I'm lazy like that, and also trying to pull together an application for an honors program that's due in a week and a half. Hvistendahl is thought-provoking, although I was distracted from the thoughts she provokes by her left-wing/feminist bias, like trying to enjoy Bach with a mosquito buzzing in my ear. She realizes that there is this tragedy taking place, this "gendericide" of pre-born girls, but fails to connect the dots from the oh-so-sacred woman's right to choose (choose death, that is) and women choosing to abort female fetuses. If a woman can choose to abort because of Down syndrome, mental health or family size, why not gender?
Monday, January 2, 2012
Our Lady of Guadalupe
I stumbled upon something interesting in the Adoration Chapel today. (Not the worst place to find something interesting, by the way). It was the translation of the names of Christopher Columbus' ships: Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria. If you put them in a certain order it could read "Mary paints the young woman." The book I was reading was trying to argue that this could be a foreshadowing of the Blessed Virgin painting her image on the cloak of Juan Diego. Cool, verdad?
One other thing fact the book mentioned was that Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared in the same area as the previous goddess of wheat (who provided wheat to the Native Americans). Jesus is our wheat, the Bread of Life!
I stumbled upon something interesting in the Adoration Chapel today. (Not the worst place to find something interesting, by the way). It was the translation of the names of Christopher Columbus' ships: Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria. If you put them in a certain order it could read "Mary paints the young woman." The book I was reading was trying to argue that this could be a foreshadowing of the Blessed Virgin painting her image on the cloak of Juan Diego. Cool, verdad?
One other thing fact the book mentioned was that Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared in the same area as the previous goddess of wheat (who provided wheat to the Native Americans). Jesus is our wheat, the Bread of Life!
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