tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9232445058629073982024-03-20T01:04:47.598-07:00 Catholic Journey with Patricia KempMy journal/planner. Study of Scripture reading for daily and Sunday Mass along with reflections from others and myself. I will be using the S.O.A.P. method and a bit of my own to fit my Catholic Journey. You are welcome to comment but be kind this not a venting of opinions but reflections of our daily walk as a Catholic.Patriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03736398223095402564noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923244505862907398.post-85364594649432702952017-10-27T04:56:00.001-07:002017-10-27T04:56:57.421-07:00Sorrowful Mystery of the Rosary said on Fridays<div style="text-align: center;">
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My Son came with His apostles to the mount of Olives. There was a garden there that He frequently went to pray: He felt a sadness; a deep, deep sadness. He felt lonely: my Son in His humanity felt a deeper sadness than anyone could ever feel because He was pure of heart: He was sinless. He took His closest friends, Peter whom He was to give charge of the Church, James, and John. John was the one who was going to take care of me after Jesus had risen from the dead. Jesus said to them: My heart is sorrowful to the point of death: stay here and pray and keep watch while I go and pray by Myself." Jesus went over further to pray: He wanted to pray by Himself. He wanted to pour out His heart to His Father as I often have seen Him do with His prayer. My Son always prayed continuously to His Father: He always looked to the Father for His consolation. During the time He prayed, He saw all the agony He was going to suffer: and the agony was not so much the pain of the crucifixion as the pains of the sins of the world. Every sin, every injustice, every infidelity He saw and felt at that very moment, caused Him to sweat blood. His agony, His sorrow, and so much sinfulness caused the blood to burst from His forehead. It was just another anticipation of when His Precious Blood would be shed on the cross. That Blood that was sweat on Gethsemane blessed that very spot into Jesus' sacred place of prayer.My children, never seek your comfort in anyone but God. In your times of loneliness, in your times of depression, in your times of doubt, have recourse to prayer. When you go to the Father, offer this mystery for those who are in doubt: those who do not know where to turn to: those who are depressed: the mentally ill: the emotionally ill. Pray that as the Father sent an angel to comfort my Son, the Lord in His mercy will comfort them and enlighten them.</div>
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The Scourging at the Pillar</div>
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My Son was sent to Pilate after being judged by the Jewish authorities, I was there in spirit: I heard Pontius Pilate as he came out to talk to the crowd. He said: "I find no fault in this Man worthy of death: so I will have Him scourged: then I will set Him free." Pilate said this to placate the crowd because he knew my Son was innocent of all the accusations that they were throwing at Him. Pilate sent my Son to be scourged: He was whipped. The normal procedure was to be whipped thirty-nine times. My Son was whipped furiously: the demons took possession of the soldiers. All the anger of hell was vented out on my Son. At that moment, I asked the Father to spare my Son from dying at the scourging and the Father answered my prayer: and still the soldiers that scourged my Son were filled with the very hatred of hell itself. That was the reaction they had to the purity of my Son. When Jesus received all this scourging for the love of you, it was because He loved you that He took all this pain: because He wanted you to be healed of your sins: of all the diseases of the soul, mind, and body that Jesus took all this punishment. Jesus did not take all this punishment to condemn you: He took it all to save you. Behold the love of my Son for you and yet behold His meekness as the Lamb that is brought to the slaughter: my Son was scourged without even opening His mouth.My children, my Son wishes to heal you by His stripes. By the scourging He received, He wants to set you free of all types of oppression, of all types of bondage. By the stripes of my Son you are healed and set free. My children, pray to the Father that He will heal the wounds of your heart so that you can pray with love. Ask the Father to teach you how to love the way my Son loves. Pray for those who are possessed by hatred: pray for those who have an insatiable need to seek revenge. Pray that they too will be liberated and healed by the stripes of my Son.</div>
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After the scourging, my Son was led to the praetorium where the soldiers wanted to further amuse themselves. They took some twine filled with thorns and made a skull like cap. They placed the cap on the head of Jesus and pressed causing the thorns to penetrate His scalp until He began to bleed. Then they put a reed in His hand and they knelt before Him and they mocked Him and said to Him, "All Hail, King of the Jews," and they spit in His face, they hit His head with the reed, they slapped His face, and plucked His beard. Jesus continued to say nothing. He received it all.My children, Jesus still receives a crown of thorns from many. It is normal for Jesus to be mocked by His enemies but it is more painful when Jesus is mocked by His own people. Even today, my children, Christians mock Him by living in mortal sin, by receiving Communion in mortal sin, by not believing the truth contained in the scriptures which is the word of God. My children, Christians mock Jesus and crown Him with thorns when they invent their own doctrines at their convenience: when they use the gospel of my Son, they use it to justify their own teachings, their own doctrine. My children, I call you to make reparation to my Son. Follow Him by leaving all sin behind: by loving Him and revering Him in the Blessed Sacrament. When you receive Him in Holy Communion, tell Him that you love Him for those who will not love Him. Offer this mystery to the Father in reparation for all the blasphemes that were ever said against my Son. Pray for those who take the name of God in vain: pray for those who will not keep Sunday holy. Promise the Father that you will keep Sunday holy by going to Mass and receiving Holy Communion and avoiding all unnecessary work in order to give yourself to prayer and doing the will of God. I am praying for you, my children and I will guide you in loving Jesus for those who will not love Him.</div>
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That Friday, that first Good Friday, Jesus, my Son, after He was scourged and was crowned with thorns, was given a cross to carry through the streets of Jerusalem all the way to Mount Calvary where they had crucified others. He carried the cross through the same streets which He had come triumphantly the Sunday before. The people who cried "Hosanna" now cried "Crucify Him." I was there along the way and I met my Son: His face all beaten, all covered with blood from His bleeding head, tired and dirty, and yet our eyes met. Our eyes filled with love for each other. Both of us knew that it was totally unavoidable that He should go through this agony for the salvation of the world. The weight of the cross on Jesus' body was not as heavy as the weight of the sins of the world on His soul. Out of obedience to His Father, Jesus continued the journey until He reached Calvary. He met a group of women who were weeping and He said to them: "Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for Me, but for yourselves and your children."My children, pray for the gift of tears, that through that gift the Lord will cleanse your souls of sin and the effects of sin. My children, pray for the gift of obedience: that each one of you will be obedient to the call that the Father has given to you. Pray for those who have burdens on their hearts and the weight of their trials seems more than they can bear, pray to the Father that these people will have the strength to carry their crosses following Jesus. Finally, ask the Father for the gift of being true disciples of Jesus: ask the Father that you will always say yes to Jesus and to His way even though it may mean suffering and sorrow. Pray to the Father that you will have the grace to take all out of love for Him.</div>
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When we had finally reached Mount Calvary, my Son was thrown on the cross after being stripped naked in front of the crowd. They drove spikes through His hands and feet and yet the Lord gave me the strength to withstand the sight of my Son being nailed on the cross and literally butchered by the soldiers. They lifted the cross to its place, and then my Son hung there for three hours. I heard my Son say, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they're doing." Jesus prayed for His enemies and pleaded for their ignorance: He also pleaded for your ignorance. There were two thieves crucified with Jesus, one on His right and the other on His left, and to the repentant thief He promised paradise. Finally He looked at me and at John: He told me, "Woman, behold your Son" and to John, "Behold your mother." My spiritual motherhood is Jesus' gift to you: Jesus gave me to His disciples and to the whole Church to be mother and intercessor for everyone who calls himself a Christian. When the third hour came, the sky became dark and Jesus cried out, "Father, into Your hands I commend My Spirit."My Son bowed His head, the symbol of obedience to the Father, and then the earth began to quake. There was a great storm in Heaven, the whole of creation was reacting at man's crime, the killing of their God, the killing of their Savior. After it was calm, Nicodemus, Joseph of Arimethea, and John took my Son down and then placed Him in my arms. I remembered while I was holding Him the prophecy of Simeon, "The sword of sorrow will pierce your soul." That prophecy was coming true: but just as I was holding my Son in my arms, I remembered His words that He would rise, again. All that I needed to do was to wait until that prophecy was fulfilled. My children, ask the Father to extend His salvation and forgiveness to your enemies. Pray for those who abuse you: pray for those who hurt you in any form. Ask the Father that they will also be cleansed by the blood of Jesus shed on the cross. Come, my children, to the foot of the cross and there I will pray with you and for you that your sins will be blotted out: that you will experience the redeeming power of my Son. Pray before the crucifix and I will pray with you. Ask the Father that you will constantly remember the death of my Son and be ever grateful for the salvation He has obtained for you.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #b4a7d6;">A.</span> War against sin not each other. "satan and his evil spirits prowl about the world for the ruin of souls" (from the Prayer to St. MICHAEL) </b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Confirm our will to God. Give God Glory and Honor. God leaves us open to reject Him.</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Offer all up to Gods will.</b></span><br />
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Patriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03736398223095402564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923244505862907398.post-77303240088985680562017-10-21T15:52:00.001-07:002017-10-21T16:01:56.546-07:00My Catholic Journey on Oct. 21, 2017 - Gospel of Lk 12:8-12<div align="center" class="CS_Textblock_Text">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">It was not through the law</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">that the promise was made to Abraham and his descendants</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">that he would inherit the world,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">but through the righteousness that comes from faith.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">For this reason, it depends on faith, </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">so that it may be a gift,</span><br />
and the promise may be guaranteed to all his descendants,<br />
not to those who only adhere to the law<br />
but to those who follow the faith of Abraham,<br />
who is the father of all of us, as it is written,<br />
<em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">I</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;"> have made you father of many nations.</span></em><br />
He is our father in the sight of God,<br />
in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead<br />
and calls into being what does not exist.<br />
He believed, hoping against hope,<br />
that he would become <em>the father of many nations</em>,<br />
according to what was said, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;"><em>Thus shall your descendants be</em>.</span></div>
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R. (8a) <strong>The Lord remembers his covenant for ever.</strong><br />
You descendants of Abraham, his servants,<br />
sons of Jacob, his chosen ones!<br />
He, the LORD, is our God;<br />
throughout the earth his judgments prevail.<br />
R. <strong>The Lord remembers his covenant for ever.</strong><br />
He remembers forever his covenant<br />
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R. <strong>The Lord remembers his covenant for ever.</strong><br />
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R. <strong>The Lord remembers his covenant for ever.</strong><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>O.</b> Abraham became our father in faith.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">We must walk in faith like Abraham. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b> A.</b> I will have faith in the words of Christ spoken in Luke 12:11b-12. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I am to witness through the holy Spirit.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Download and read the pdf of the <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=3&ved=0ahUKEwjxmN2f3YLXAhWly4MKHcIqC_MQFggiMAI&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ewtn.com%2Fseries%2Fshows%2Fliving-the-discerning-life%2Fdownload%2F14rulesofIgnatius.pdf&usg=AOvVaw0TFq2BJsVl-NE9Gm6uR6M5" target="_blank">Rules of Discernment</a> of St. Ignatius of Loyola. Recommended by Fr. Thaddeus in his homily.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> <b>P.</b> Joyful Mysteries Rosary</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Divine Mercy Chaplet. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Prayer to the Holy Spirit.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Pray for those who have died with no one to pray for them.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">1 Corinthians 13:1 - <i>If I speak in tongues of men and angels, but have not love I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.</i></span></div>
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Patriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03736398223095402564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923244505862907398.post-10761671295688098002017-10-20T15:31:00.001-07:002017-10-20T15:31:14.542-07:00My Catholic Journey on October 20, 2017<div style="text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Friday of the twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Reading 1</span></b><a href="http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/bible/romans/4:1"><b><span style="font-size: large;"> Rom 4:1-8</span></b></a></div>
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Brothers and sisters:<br />
What can we say that Abraham found,<br />
our ancestor according to the flesh?<br />
Indeed, if Abraham was justified on the basis of his works,<br />
he has reason to boast;<br />
but this was not so in the sight of God.<br />
For what does the Scripture say?<br />
<em>Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.</em><br />
A worker's wage is credited not as a gift, but as something due.<br />
But when one does not work,<br />
yet believes in the one who justifies the ungodly,<br />
his faith is credited as righteousness. <br />
So also David declares the blessedness of the person<br />
to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:<br />
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<em>Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven<br />and whose sins are covered.<br />Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord does not record.</em><br />
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Responsorial Psalm <a href="http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/bible/psalms/32:1">Ps 32:1b-2, 5, 11</a></h4>
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R. (see 7) <strong>I turn to you, Lord, in time of trouble, and you fill me with the joy of salvation.</strong><br />
Blessed is he whose fault is taken away,<br />
whose sin is covered.<br />
Blessed the man to whom the LORD imputes not guilt,<br />
in whose spirit there is no guile.<br />
R. <strong>I turn to you, Lord, in time of trouble, and you fill me with the joy of salvation.</strong><br />
Then I acknowledged my sin to you,<br />
my guilt I covered not.<br />
I said, "I confess my faults to the LORD,"<br />
and you took away the guilt of my sin.<br />
R. <strong>I turn to you, Lord, in time of trouble, and you fill me with the joy of salvation.</strong><br />
Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, you just;<br />
exult, all you upright of heart.<br />
R. <strong>I turn to you, Lord, in time of trouble, and you fill me with the joy of salvation.</strong></div>
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Alleluia <a href="http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/bible/psalms/33:22">Ps 33:</a>22</h4>
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R. <strong>Alleluia, alleluia.</strong><br />
May your kindness, O LORD, be upon us;<br />
who have put our hope in you.<br />
R. <strong>Alleluia, alleluia.</strong></div>
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Gospel<a href="http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/bible/luke/12:1"> Lk 12:1-7</a></h4>
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So many people were crowding together <br />
that they were trampling one another underfoot.<br />
Jesus began to speak, first to his disciples,<br />
"Beware of the leaven–that is, the hypocrisy–of the Pharisees.<br />
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"There is nothing concealed that will not be revealed,<br />
nor secret that will not be known.<br />
Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness<br />
will be heard in the light,<br />
and what you have whispered behind closed doors<br />
will be proclaimed on the housetops.<br />
I tell you, my friends,<br />
do not be afraid of those who kill the body<br />
but after that can do no more.<br />
I shall show you whom to fear.<br />
Be afraid of the one who after killing<br />
has the power to cast into Gehenna;<br />
yes, I tell you, be afraid of that one.<br />
Are not five sparrows sold for two small coins?<br />
Yet not one of them has escaped the notice of God.<br />
Even the hairs of your head have all been counted.<br />
Do not be afraid.<br />
You are worth more than many sparrows."<br />
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<b>Daily Reflections on Todays Readings <a href="https://thaddaeusmic.com/2017/10/20/friday-of-the-28th-week-in-ordinary-time-memorial-of-st-paul-of-the-cross/" target="_blank">by Fr. Thadeus, Mic</a></b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b> O. for Observation </b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b> A. for Application</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b> P. for Prayer</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">S. Read Scripture and listen to the reflections.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">O. What stood out to me was was the leaven of bread. Bread leavened with yeast likens to the sinner being full of sin. Then the unleavened likens to the righteous forgiven of sin. "There is nothing concealed that will not be revealed."</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">A. Confess my sins. Live a righteous life. Hide not my sins no matter how big or small. War against sin.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">P. Meditate on the Mysteries of the Rosary. Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet. Pray for my family, Church, Country and the whole world. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Way of the Cross. Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven and whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord does not record.</i></span></div>
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Patriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03736398223095402564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923244505862907398.post-92142643684546961932017-10-20T13:00:00.000-07:002017-10-20T13:00:19.684-07:00New Books on My Shelf<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Coming Soon: Unlocking the Book of Revelation and Applying Its Lessons Today by Michael Barber <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Coming-Soon-Unlocking-Revelation-Applying/dp/193101826X/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=" target="_blank">Paperback</a> </b></div>
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<b>by Michael Barber Will Catholics Be Left Behind? </b></div>
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Patriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03736398223095402564noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923244505862907398.post-27622446085980733302017-10-20T06:25:00.000-07:002017-10-20T06:41:24.702-07:00Introducing My New Blog for My Catholic Journey<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I look forward to sharing my journey as I feed and drink of the Scriptures. There are many websites I use in my journey several of which I had added to my sidebar. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You do not have to be Catholic to read my blog there will be no jabbing at different religious beliefs. We are all Christians and have the freedom to worship however one wishes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As for me two years after my father died when I was only four years old my mother married Dennis Przyborski a Polish man that filled in for my father and brought my family home to the Catholic Church. I feel as if I were a cradle Catholic. I thank him for being my father. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My Father in Heaven has been with me through some tuff times of which I am glad is behind me. Now I gladly offer up my sufferings to Him. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Please keep me in your prayers</span>.<br />
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