Catholic Caucus: Daily Mass Readings, 03-17-06, Optional, St. Patrick

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[Ciexyz]

Faith-sharing bump.

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Happy St. Patrick's Day, everyone! There's a lovely made-for-TV film from circa 1999, made for the Family Channel, called "St. Patrick, the Legend" starring Patrick Bergin as the adult St. Patrick. The first half of the movie concerns his younger days and is played by a young Irish actor who is quite good. I'd recommend checking your Interlibrary loan system to see if a copy is available in your city/county library system.

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Link to Midi of "St. Patrick's Breastplate" Hymn # 188, Lutheran Book of Worship

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Bump for the Holy Rosary and get it done before 3PM ....else you will have impressions on yer face in da morning.


Happy St. Patricks Day!

Ya'll

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Vespers -- Evening Prayer

Vespers (Evening Prayer)

O God, come to my aid.
O Lord, make haste to help me.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
 as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
 world without end.
Amen.

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A suitable hymn may be inserted at this point.

Psalm 114 (116A)

Thanksgiving

I rejoiced when the Lord listened
 to the voice of my pleading;
I rejoiced for he turned his ear to me,
 as I called to him day after day.

The ropes of death were around me,
 the agonies of the underworld were upon me.
I came upon trouble and anguish,
 and I called on the name of the Lord:
 “Lord, free my soul”.

The Lord is kind and just,
 our God takes pity on us.
The Lord guards the weak;
 I am cast down, but he will save me.

Turn, my soul, to your rest,
 for the Lord is kind to you.
He has torn my soul away from death,
 my eyes from tears,
 my feet from falling.

I shall walk before the Lord in the land of the living.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
 as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
 world without end.
Amen.

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Psalm 120 (121)

The guardian of the people

I shall lift my eyes to the hills:
 where is my help to come from?
My help will come from the Lord,
 who made heaven and earth.

He will not let your foot slip:
 he will not doze, your guardian.
Behold, he will not doze or sleep,
 the guardian of Israel.

The Lord is your guardian, the Lord is your shade;
 he is at your right hand.
By day the sun will not strike you;
 nor the moon by night.

The Lord will guard you from all harm;
 the Lord will guard your life.
The Lord will guard your coming and your going
 both now and for ever.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
 as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
 world without end.
Amen.

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Canticle	Apocalypse 15
A hymn of adoration
Great and wonderful are your works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are your ways, King of all nations! Who, Lord, will not revere and glorify your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship in your presence, for your judgements have been seen by all. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,  as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,  world without end. Amen.

A short Bible reading and responsory may follow here.

Canticle	Magnificat
My soul rejoices in the Lord
My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,  and my spirit rejoices in God, my salvation. For he has shown me such favour –  me, his lowly handmaiden. Now all generations will call me blessed,  because the mighty one has done great things for me. His name is holy,  his mercy lasts for generation after generation  for those who revere him. He has put forth his strength:  he has scattered the proud and conceited,  torn princes from their thrones;  but lifted up the lowly. He has filled the hungry with good things;  the rich he has sent away empty. He has come to the help of his servant Israel,  he has remembered his mercy as he promised to our fathers,  to Abraham and his children for ever. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,  as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,  world without end. Amen.

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Prayers and Intercessions

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Let us worship the Saviour of the human race. His death destroyed death and his rising restored life to its wholeness. So let us put our petitions humbly to him, saying: - Sanctify the people you redeemed with your blood. You are our Redeemer. Let our penance unite us to you in your Passion: let it bring us to the glory of the Resurrection. May your Mother, the comfort of the afflicted, give us her protection. You console us and make us live again: may we do the same, in our turn, for those who mourn. Teach the faithful in adversity to share in your passion, and let the light of your salvation shine out through them. You lowered yourself and were obedient even to death: death on a cross. Let your servants be obedient also, and suffer patiently. May the dead share in the light of your resurrection; and may we, too, one day be united with them.

Our Father, who art in Heaven,
 hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come,
 thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
 and forgive us our trespasses
 as we forgive those that trespass against us,
and lead us not into temptation,
 but deliver us from evil.

A concluding prayer may follow here.

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May the Lord bless us and keep us from all harm; and may he lead us to eternal life.

A M E N

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Hi C,

I don't eat meat but enjoying broth on this Cold freezing day, (broth from the traditinal meal)

I wan't to try the corn beef on bread (Hazelnut loaf) over the week end but have a simple ???

How does one dry out that lump of meat so as to cut it up for other meals?

[Ciexyz]

Sorry, can't advise you on the meat...I don't eat corned beef and cabbage because the corned beef has too much sodium! The soda bread had white flour (high glycemic) as does the Irish stew with the potatoes.

Guess all I can do to celebrate the holiday is read St. Patrick's poem "Christ above me, Christ below me" on this thread!

[Ciexyz]

Shamrock bump in honor of the man who converted the pagan Irish to Christianity!

[Ciexyz]

I'll be reading those links to St. Patrick as my way of celebrating this fine St. Paddy's Day. Patrick is a religious leader for the ages.

[annalex]

Mt 21:33-46
#	Douay-Rheims	Vulgate
33	Hear ye another parable. There was a man, an householder, who planted a vineyard and made a hedge round about it and dug in it a press and built a tower and let it out to husbandmen and went into a strange country.	aliam parabolam audite homo erat pater familias qui plantavit vineam et sepem circumdedit ei et fodit in ea torcular et aedificavit turrem et locavit eam agricolis et peregre profectus est
34	And when the time of the fruits drew nigh, he sent his servants to the husbandmen that they might receive the fruits thereof.	cum autem tempus fructuum adpropinquasset misit servos suos ad agricolas ut acciperent fructus eius
35	And the husbandmen laying hands on his servants, beat one and killed another and stoned another.	et agricolae adprehensis servis eius alium ceciderunt alium occiderunt alium vero lapidaverunt
36	Again he sent other servants, more than the former; and they did to them in like manner.	iterum misit alios servos plures prioribus et fecerunt illis similiter
37	And last of all he sent to them his son, saying: They will reverence my son.	novissime autem misit ad eos filium suum dicens verebuntur filium meum
38	But the husbandmen seeing the son, said among themselves: This is the heir: come, let us kill him, and we shall have his inheritance.	agricolae autem videntes filium dixerunt intra se hic est heres venite occidamus eum et habebimus hereditatem eius
39	And taking him, they cast him forth out of the vineyard and killed him.	et adprehensum eum eiecerunt extra vineam et occiderunt
40	When therefore the lord of the vineyard shall come, what will he do to those husbandmen?	cum ergo venerit dominus vineae quid faciet agricolis illis
41	They say to him: He will bring those evil men to an evil end and let out his vineyard to other husbandmen that shall render him the fruit in due season.	aiunt illi malos male perdet et vineam locabit aliis agricolis qui reddant ei fructum temporibus suis
42	Jesus saith to them: Have you never read in the Scriptures: The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner? By the Lord this has been done; and it is wonderful in our eyes.	dicit illis Iesus numquam legistis in scripturis lapidem quem reprobaverunt aedificantes hic factus est in caput anguli a Domino factum est istud et est mirabile in oculis nostris
43	Therefore I say to you that the kingdom of God shall be taken from you and shall be given to a nation yielding the fruits thereof.	ideo dico vobis quia auferetur a vobis regnum Dei et dabitur genti facienti fructus eius
44	And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it shall grind him to powder.	et qui ceciderit super lapidem istum confringetur super quem vero ceciderit conteret eum
45	And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they knew that he spoke of them.	et cum audissent principes sacerdotum et Pharisaei parabolas eius cognoverunt quod de ipsis diceret
46	And seeking to lay hands on him, they feared the multitudes, because they held him as a prophet.	et quaerentes eum tenere timuerunt turbas quoniam sicut prophetam eum habebant

[annalex]

Christ the Vineyard

modern copy of a Byzantine icon

[Ciexyz]

St. Patrick ping.

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ping

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**How does one dry out that lump of meat so as to cut it up for other meals?**

Let it cool, then you can slice it and reheat it.

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Readings those links -- a good way to pray the day!

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I love that picture!

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The Word Among Us

Friday, March 17, 2006 Meditation Genesis 37:3-4,12-13,17-28 What do Reuben and St. Patrick have in common? Strategy. Reuben used great wisdom when he saw how fiercely his brothers hated Joseph. Realistically, there was no way he could convince them to not harm Joseph—they were plotting to kill him! So working within the limitations that he faced, Reuben came up with a suggestion that led to Joseph being taken to Egypt. We know the rest of the story, where Joseph in due time rescued the children of Israel from famine. In a similar way, St. Patrick, whose feast we celebrate today, demonstrated practical wisdom from the time he was kidnapped and brought to Ireland, through the time he escaped, up to the time he returned to Ireland as a bishop. As a youthful shepherd slave, he learned to rely on the vision God had for his life, even if he didn’t see how this vision could possibly come true. He learned how to make do with his situation, but never gave up his hope in Christ. And when he saw the opportunity for freedom, he seized it. We too face situations in which we cannot possibly see the ultimate outcome. That doesn’t mean we have to give up. Developing a strategy in which we do the best we can within the circumstances we face doesn’t mean that God has abandoned us or won’t bless us. If “compromise” is the best option available, use it. A decision to let another person handle a job we’ve done in our parish for years could lead to a new ministry we never imagined possible. Not needing to have the last word in a dispute could be the beginning of a peaceful resolution. We may not see how our decision to spend time with the office outcast instead of our favorite friend may influence our entire workplace. In each situation, we do what we can and leave the rest up to God. Neither Rueben nor St. Patrick could foresee the effects their decisions would have on history as they worked within the limitations that they faced. Like them, we can hold out great confidence and hope in God’s power to work miracles, even in constrained situations. “Great God, I want to praise your power, presence, and persistence in using whatever gifts I have to build up your kingdom. Give me a heart to let you use me as only you know best.” Psalm 105:16-21; Matthew 21:33-43,45-46

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One Bread, One Body

One Bread, One Body

 

<< Friday, March 17, 2006 >>

St. Patrick

Genesis 37:3-4, 12-13, 17-28

Psalm 105:16-21

Matthew 21:33-43, 45-46

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INSIDE JOB

"The Stone Which the builders rejected has become the Keystone of the structure." —Matthew 21:42

Today hundreds of millions of Catholics around the world don't eat meat. Why? The purpose of this abstinence is not to change our weights but our hearts. This is the purpose of the entire forty-day Lenten fast.

If we're honest with ourselves, we have to admit we have a Pharisee inside who rejects Jesus, "the Keystone" of our lives. Behind our mask of friendliness, we are like Joseph's brothers, jealous and even violent (Gn 37:4). There's something wrong inside every human person, including ourselves.

By faith in Jesus, we have received a new nature, but we still sin and need forgiveness. We have embarked on the road to holiness, but we're not yet holy in every aspect of our conduct (1 Pt 1:15).

We must change inside. Our Lenten fasting is an act of faith and obedience which opens our hearts to the Lord. We admit our sinfulness and our constant need for the Savior and Sanctifier. By obeying God's call to fast, we are "releasing those bound unjustly, untying the thongs of the yoke" (Is 58:6). Chains inside us are being broken so we can go forth and break the chains of an enslaved world. A changed world begins with a changed heart.

Prayer: Father, send the Spirit to convict me of my sin. Before this day ends, may I see You working in my life.

Promise: "His purpose was to rescue him from their hands and restore him to his father." —Gn 37:22

Praise: St. Patrick was released from slavery by a miracle and even more miraculously returned to free his captors.

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Compline -- Night Prayer

Compline (Night Prayer)

O God, come to my aid.
O Lord, make haste to help me.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
 as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
 world without end.
Amen.

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This is an excellent moment for an examination of conscience. In a communal celebration of Compline, one of the penitential acts given in the Missal may be recited.

A suitable hymn may be inserted at this point.

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Psalm 87 (88)

The prayer of one gravely ill

I cry out to you, Lord, by day and by night.

Lord God, my saviour,
 I have cried out to you by day and by night.
Let my prayer come before you:
 turn your ear to my request.

For my soul is full of evils,
 my life has come close to its end.
I am counted with those who go down to the pit:
 I am left without help.
I am one of the dead,
 like the murdered who sleep in their tombs,
who lie there forgotten,
 cut off from your care.

You have thrust me down into the pit,
 to the gloom and the shadow of death.
Your anger weighs heavy upon me;
 you have drowned me under your waves.

You have taken my friends away from me:
 you have made me hateful in their sight,
 I am shut in, I may not go out.
My eyes are weak from my sufferings.
I have called to you, Lord, all the day;
 I have stretched out my hands to you.
Is it for the dead that you perform your wonders?
 Will the ghosts rise up and proclaim you?
In the tomb, will they tell of your kindness?
 Will they tell of your faithfulness in the place of the lost?
Will your wonders be known in the darkness,
 or your righteousness in the land of oblivion?

And so I have called out to you, Lord,
 and in the morning my prayer will come before you.
With what purpose, Lord, do you reject my soul?
 Why do you hide your face from me?
I am poor; from my youth I have been dying;
 I have borne the terrors you sent, I am lost in confusion.
Your anger has overrun me, your terrors have broken me:
 they have flowed round me like water,
 they have besieged me all the day long.
You have taken my friends and those close to me:
 all I have left is shadows.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
 as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
 world without end.
Amen.

I cry out to you, Lord, by day and by night.

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Reading	Jeremiah 14:9
You, Lord, are in our midst, and we are called by your name; therefore do not abandon us, Lord, our God.

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Short Responsory	?
Into your hands, Lord, I commend my spirit. - Into your hands, Lord, I commend my spirit. You have redeemed us, Lord, God of faithfulness. - Into your hands, Lord, I commend my spirit. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. - Into your hands, Lord, I commend my spirit.

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Canticle	Nunc Dimittis
Keep us safe, Lord, while we are awake, and guard us as we sleep, so that we can keep watch with Christ and rest in peace.
Now, Master, you let your servant go in peace.  You have fulfilled your promise. My own eyes have seen your salvation,  which you have prepared in the sight of all peoples. A light to bring the Gentiles from darkness;  the glory of your people Israel. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,  as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,  world without end. Amen.
Keep us safe, Lord, while we are awake, and guard us as we sleep, so that we can keep watch with Christ and rest in peace.

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Prayer
Let us pray. Lord, let us be so united with your only Son that we become worthy to rise with him into new life, who lives and reigns for ever and ever, Amen.

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May the almighty Lord grant us a quiet night and a perfect end.

A M E N

An antiphon to Our Lady should be recited here.