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Monday, November 14, 2005
St. Nicholas Tavelic, OFM, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs (Memorial)

First Reading: Psalm: Gospel:

1 Maccabees 1:10-15, 41-43, 54-57, 62-63 Psalm 119:53, 61 134, 150, 155, 158 Luke 18:35-43 This synthesis of faith was not made to accord with human opinions, but rather what was of the greatest importance was gathered from all the Scriptures, to present the one teaching of the faith in its entirety. And just as the mustard seed contains a great number of branches in a tiny grain, so too this summary of faith encompassed in a few words the whole knowledge of the true religion contained in the Old and the New Testaments. -- St. Cyril of Jerusalem

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Collect: Father of all that is good, keep us faithful in serving you, for to serve you is our lasting joy. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Recipes: » Pumpkin Tarts Activities: » Death and Burial » November and the Holy Souls » Practical Suggestions for Christian Living (Anointing of the Sick) » Praying for the Dead and Gaining Indulgences During November more » Prepare for Death » Preparing for Heaven » Religion in the Home for Elementary School: November » Religion in the Home for Preschool: November » Teaching About Death » Teaching Children About Sickness and Death less Prayers: » November Devotion: The Holy Souls in Purgatory » Little Litany of the Holy Souls » Prayer for the Dead - 2 » Prayer for a Happy Death more » Daily Acceptance of Death less

November 14, 2005 Monday of the Thirty-Third Week of Ordinary Time Old Calendar: St. Josaphat, bishop and confessor I waited, waited for the LORD; who bent down and heard my cry, Drew me out of the pit of destruction, out of the mud of the swamp, Set my feet upon rock, steadied my steps, And put a new song in my mouth, a hymn to our God (Psalm 40). Before the reform of the General Roman Missal today was the feast of St. Josephat. His memorial is now celebrated on November 12. Purgatory Is Temporary Purgatory is not eternal. Its duration varies according to the sentence pronounced at each particular judgment. It may be prolonged for centuries in the case of the more guilty souls, or of those who, being excluded from the Catholic communion, are deprived of the suffrages of the Church, although by the divine mercy they have escaped hell. But the end of the world, which will be also the end of time, will close for ever the place of temporary expiation. God will know how to reconcile His justice and His goodness in the purification of the last members of the human race, and to supply by the intensity of the expiatory suffering what may be wanting in duration. But, whereas a favorable sentence at the particular judgment admits of eternal beatitude being suspended and postponed, and leaves the bodies of the elect to the same fate as those of the reprobate; at the universal judgment, every sentence, whether for heaven or for hell, will be absolute, and will be executed immediately and completely. Let us, then, live in expectation of the solemn hour, when ' the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God." He that is to come will come, and will not delay, as the Doctor of the Gentiles reminds us; His arrival will be sudden, as that of a thief, we are told, not only by St. Paul, but also by the prince of the apostles and the beloved disciple; and these in turn are but echoing the words of our Lord Himself: "As lightning cometh out of the east and appears even unto the west: so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be." Excerpted from The Liturgical Year, Abbot Gueranger O.S.B. Things to Do: Say a prayer for the Poor Souls, for instance, recite the Little Litany of the Holy Souls; Offer up some small sacrifice for the relief of the most abandoned soul. "It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins" (Mc. 12:46).