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Liturgical Year with Father Carr

  • Other recommended books for the entire Liturgical Year:
    – Murder in the Cathedral – T.S. Elliot
    – Around the Year with the Von Trapp Family – Maria Von Trapp
    – Catholic All Year – Kendra Tierney
    – The Year and Our Children – Mary Reed Newland

March for Life – Supreme Court

Thank you to those who helped make the Christmas Masses beautiful and reverent: Mr. Trevor Rowland and the choirs that spent many hours preparing for Christmas; everyone that decorated the church; the ushers, lectors, and altar servers who gave of their time generously. Finally, thank you for your cards, gifts and spiritual bouquets for the priests. It is a gift to be a part of Holy Trinity.

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New Year 2022 – Fr Jacques Filippe

On behalf of Fr. Bork and Fr. Carr we hope all of you have begun the new year with peace and joy.

How is 2022 shaping up?! I mean in our minds as we look forward to another year of God’s grace in our vocations, in reception of the sacraments, etc. How many opportunities for joy! How many opportunities for personal growth whether good habits or skills!

Yet, how often do we project our fears on the future? How often do we worry about a future scenario? The following quote may help. It is taken from Interior Freedom by Fr. Jacques Philippe:

“To be free of the burden of the future, and the past, we need ‘re-education’. Here are some commonsense points that can help.

Things seldom happen as we expect. Most of our fears and apprehensions turn out to be completely imaginary. Difficulties we anticipated become very simple in reality, and the real difficulties are things that didn’t occur to us. It’s better to accept things as they come, one after another, trusting that we will have the grace to deal with them at the right time, than to invent a host of scenarios about what may happen – scenarios that normally turn out to be wrong. The best way to prepare for the future is to put our hearts into the present. In the Gospel, Jesus tells his disciples they will be hauled before tribunals, and then he adds: ‘Settle it therefore in your minds, not to meditate beforehand how to answer; for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.’

Projecting our fears into the future cuts us off from reality and prevents us from dealing with the present situation as we should.”

Just one of many poignant, practical teachings from Fr. Jacques Philippe!

God bless

FRVW

De parte del Padre Bork y del Padre Carr, esperamos que todos hayan comenzado el nuevo año con paz y alegría.

¡¿Como se les está acomodando el 2022?! Quiero decir en nuestras mentes, mientras vemos hacia otro año de la gracia de Dios en nuestras vocaciones, en la recepción de los sacramentos, etc. ¡Cuántas oportunidades para la alegría! ¡Cuántas oportunidades para crecimiento personal, ya sean buenos hábitos o habilidades!

Sin embargo, ¿cuán a menudo proyectamos nuestros miedos al futuro? ¿Cuán a menudo nos preocupamos por el futuro? La siguiente cita nos puede ayudar. Fue tomada del libro Interior Freedom (Libertad Interior) por Fr. Jacques Philippe:

“Para estar libres de la carga del futuro, y del pasado, necesitamos ‘reeducación’. Aquí, algunos puntos con sentido común que pueden ayudar.

Raramente las cosas pasan como las esperamos. La mayoría de nuestros miedos y aprensiones demuestran que al final son completamente imaginarios. Las dificultades que anticipamos se convierten simplemente en realidad, y las verdaderas dificultades son cosas que no se nos ocurrieron. Es mejor aceptar las cosas como vienen, una tras otra, confiando en que vamos a tener la gracia para lidiar con ellas en el momento justo, en vez de inventar un montón de escenarios acerca de lo que pueda pasar – escenarios que normalmente terminan estando equivocados. La mejor forma de prepáranos para el futuro es poner nuestros corazones en el presente. En el Evangelio, Jesús le dice a sus discípulos que ellos van a ser arrastrados ante los tribunales, y después añade: ‘Resuelvan en sus mentes, no meditar anticipadamente como responder; porque yo les daré una boca y sabiduría, lo que ninguno de sus adversarios van a poder resistir o contradecir’.

Proyectar nuestros miedos al futuro nos corta de la realidad y nos previene para lidiar como deberíamos con las situaciones presentes”.

¡Solo una de muchas emotivas, enseñanzas prácticas del Padre Jacques Philippe!

Dios los bendiga

FRVW

Liturgical Year with Father Carr

  • Other recommended books for the entire Liturgical Year:
    – Murder in the Cathedral – T.S. Elliot
    – Around the Year with the Von Trapp Family – Maria Von Trapp
    – Catholic All Year – Kendra Tierney
    – The Year and Our Children – Mary Reed Newland

Liturgical Year with Father Carr

  • Other recommended books for the entire Liturgical Year:
    – Murder in the Cathedral – T.S. Elliot
    – Around the Year with the Von Trapp Family – Maria Von Trapp
    – Catholic All Year – Kendra Tierney
    – The Year and Our Children – Mary Reed Newland

Traditional Blessing of Wine on the Feast of St John – December 27, at 5pm

Father Carr will be doing the traditional blessing of wine for the Feast of St. John at 5pm on Monday, December 27th. If you would like to have your wine blessed for this feast, bring a bottle or two (or as many as you wish) and Father will let you know what to do with the bottles to have them blessed.

Wine is blessed on this day because according to legend, St. John was served poisoned wine, but survived because he blessed the wine before he put it to his lips; the poison rose from the chalice in the shape of a serpent. In his happy memory, Catholics bring wine to church, which the priest blesses, turning it into a sacramental called the “Love of St. John.” Catholics use this sacramental wine for special occasions throughout the year and to give to the sick. The wine is also a symbol of the great love of Christ that filled St. John’s heart with loyalty, courage and enthusiasm for his Master. He alone of all the apostles was not afraid to stay close to Jesus during the Passion and Crucifixion and he was the only Apostle not martyred. At least some of the wine blessed on the feast should be enjoyed on the day of the feast itself. When it is drunk on his Feast Day, we drink it before dinner as a toast to St. John. The Father of the house lifts his glass toward Mother and says, “I drink you the love of St. John.” The Mother replies “I thank you for the Love of St. John” and then turns to the oldest child, lifts her glass, and says, “I drink you the love of St. John…” –and on it goes down the line until each has been toasted. The wine may be drunk as is, out of the bottle, or may be prepared as in this recipe:

St. John’s Love (serves 8)

1 quart red wine
3 whole cloves
1/16 teaspoon ground cardamom
2 two-inch cinnamon sticks
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 cup sugar
Pour the wine into a large saucepan. Add the remaining ingredients. Boil for 5 minutes (this pretty much evaporates all of the alcohol). Serve hot.

Sources: Fisheaters.com and SanctaMissa.com

Liturgical Year with Father Carr

  • Other recommended books for the entire Liturgical Year:
    – Around the Year with the Von Trapp Family – Maria Von Trapp
    – Catholic All Year – Kendra Tierney
    – The Year and Our Children – Mary Reed Newland

St. Anselm’s Meditation on Our Lady

Saint Anselm lived 1033-1109.  He was a Benedictine monk who wrote extensively on theological and philosophical topics.  His quote is found in the Divine Office for December 8th.  Tremendous meditation as we prepare for Christmas.

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