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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE GREAT MOTHER OF GOD, MARY MOST HOLY!
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Posted on 09/08/2003 5:48:23 AM PDT by Cap'n Crunch
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To: CARepubGal
Agreed. I am thankful for the birthmom who chose life resulting in our joy in adopting him (he's 17 now).
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posted on
09/08/2003 7:05:23 PM PDT
by
drstevej
To: drstevej; Marcellinus; NYer; TotusTuus; sitetest; ninenot; CCWoody; Wrigley; Calvinist_Dark_Lord
How about planting TULIPS (we could take a petal off in honor of your Fishiness) after the barbecue and icecream? :-)
To: drstevej
That is so awesome. I pray more women would be willing to choose life for the unborn.
To: Cap'n Crunch
Bump
To: NYer; Cap'n Crunch
thanks
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posted on
09/08/2003 8:11:56 PM PDT
by
Coleus
(Only half the patients who go into an abortion clinic come out alive.)
To: Tantumergo; drstevej
Feast days of Saints are generally celebrated in the Liturgy on their "birth into heaven", which for the most part occurs at their death. Hence their feast days are put in the calender on the day that they die. Others have pointed out that there are three people whose actual birthdays are celebrated. This implies they lived in the fullness of Grace never lost during their earthly pilgrimage.
The first is obvious: Jesus Christ! Actually, March 25th, the Feast of the Annunciation, is the Feast of the Incarnation. It was then that the Son of God first became Man. In the early Centuries, especially in the East, this day was celebrated with more "feasting" than Christmas - which is exactly nine months later. Of course, this Person IS heaven in all eternity, absolutely united to His Father in the Love of the Holy Spirit.
Because of the Immaculate Conception, the singular Grace of Mary the Mother of God whereby Christ saves His own Mother at the first moment of her existence, celebrated Dec. 8th, Mary's birthday is celebrated today - exactly nine months after the feast of her conception.
Finally, it is generally conceded throughout the history of the Church, that the last and greatest of the Old Testament prophets, St. John the Baptist, the "voice crying out in the desert" to prepare the way of the Lord, was cleansed of all original sin at the Visitation of Mary to her cousin St. Elizabeth recorded in St. Luke's Gospel. Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit when the pre-born Christ was brought to her by and through Mary. St. John "leaped in her womb" at this event, which would have been about "the sixth month" of Elizabeth's pregnancy. (I would guess that it references the lunar calender, not solar, that Jews used at the time. Therefore pregnancy would be 10 months, not nine.) This feast day is celebrated May 31st. His birthday is celebrated June 24th, essentially the longest day-light day of the year, whereby, after which the days are shorter until approximately Christmas (the shortest day), at which point the days get longer. Perhaps poetic placement of the Church recalling the Baptist's words to the effect that Christ must increase while he, the Baptist, must decrease.
You just missed the feast of St. John's beheading. It was Aug 29th. Now that's a day to "celebrate"!
To: TotusTuus
Thanks for the informative post.
***You just missed the feast of St. John's beheading. It was Aug 29th. Now that's a day to "celebrate"!***
What does one bring to the feast. Boiled crawfish might be an interesting choice. Cajuns here love to suck the heads after eating the tails.
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posted on
09/08/2003 9:18:19 PM PDT
by
drstevej
To: drstevej
What does one bring to the feast. Boiled crawfish might be an interesting choice. Cajuns here love to suck the heads after eating the tails. After which you sit to watch the dance!
To: drstevej
"...Just wondering if July 16th is free..."
That's the feast day of Our Lady of Mount Carmel...you can have a nice cake with butterscotch frosting!
To: drstevej
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posted on
09/08/2003 11:37:26 PM PDT
by
NYer
(Roman Catholic and proud of it.)
To: NYer
The link does not work.
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posted on
09/09/2003 5:20:41 AM PDT
by
drstevej
To: drstevej
Tradition, which is equal to Scripture, for Catholics, the Body of Christ.
To: drstevej
Enoch and Elias never died. They will, in Jerusalem, during the reign of the AntiChrist.
To: drstevej
How do we know it is her birthday? Just curious. The birth and early life of the Virgin Mary is not recorded in the Gospels or other books of the New Testament, however this information can be found in a work dating from the second century known as the Book of James or Protevangelion
I found this at Greek Orthodox site
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posted on
09/09/2003 8:05:16 AM PDT
by
katnip
To: katnip
Do you consider the Gospel of James/Protevangelion to be genuinely a work of James the brother of the Lord?
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posted on
09/09/2003 10:37:47 AM PDT
by
drstevej
To: drstevej
Do you consider the Gospel of James/Protevangelion to be genuinely a work of James the brother of the Lord? From what I have read about the Protevangelion, the early church fathers believed that it was authored by Jesus' cousin James. Why would I not believe it to be genuine?
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posted on
09/09/2003 11:54:22 AM PDT
by
katnip
To: katnip
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posted on
09/09/2003 4:40:55 PM PDT
by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: drstevej
The link does not work. Okay then ... look them up in the phone book, call Mother Superior, introduce yourself, tell her of your idea to share an 'ecumenical meal' of ice cream with caramel sauce, set a date, pick up the ice cream and caramel and drive on up for a delightful interlude of "prayer and share".
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posted on
09/09/2003 4:45:12 PM PDT
by
NYer
(Roman Catholic and proud of it.)
To: Cap'n Crunch
BTTT on 09-08-04, Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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posted on
09/08/2004 9:10:39 AM PDT
by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: Cap'n Crunch; father_elijah; nickcarraway; SMEDLEYBUTLER; Siobhan; Lady In Blue; attagirl; ...
Saint of the Day Ping!
Please notify me via FReepmail if you would like to be added to or taken off the Saint of the Day Ping List.
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posted on
09/08/2004 9:15:48 AM PDT
by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
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