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ndary content the catholic muddler smile you re at the best wordpress com site ever search main menu home about me and my blog works cited post navigation older posts from today s office of readings posted on june 22 2013 by cjwatson1972 reply from a treatise on the lord s prayer by saint cyprian bishop and martyr dear friends why does the fact that god has taught us such a prayer as this astonish us did he not express all of our prayers in his own words of life indeed this was already foretold by isaiah filled with the holy spirit he spoke of the majesty and fidelity of god the lord will speak a final brief word of justice a word throughout the world our lord jesus christ came for all mankind he gathered together male and female the learned and the unlearned the old and the young and taught them his saving doctrine he did not want his disciples to be burdened by memorizing his teaching he made a complete summary of his commands such as was necessary for a trusting faith and could be quickly learned thus he summarized his teaching on the mystery of eternal life and its meaning with an admirable divine brevity and eternal life is this to know you the only true god and jesus christ whom you sent again in quoting the first and the greatest precept of the law and the prophets he spoke in the same way listen israel the lord your god is one lord and you shall love the lord your god with all your heart with all your soul and with all your strength this is the first commandment the second is like it you must love your neighbor as yourself on these two commandments depends all that is contained in the law and the prophets on another occasion the lord said always treat others as you would like them to treat you that is the meaning of the law and the prophets god taught us to pray not only by his words but also by his actions he taught us by his own example for he often prayed on our behalf the scripture says he withdrew to the wilderness and prayed and again he went into the hills to pray and he spent the whole night in prayer to god was the sinless lord praying for himself no he was praying and interceding on our behalf he explained this to peter behold satan demanded that he might sift you like wheat but i have prayed for you that your faith may not fail later on he prayed to the father for everyone i am not praying for these only but also for those who will believe in me through their preaching that they may be one just as you father are in me and i in you that they also may be one in us god loves us for the sake of our salvation he is generous toward us he is not satisfied with redeeming us by his blood he also prays to the father on our behalf consider the love exemplified in that prayer the father and son are one we too are to abide in that oneness posted in prayer saints tagged prayer leave a reply papal haiku posted on may 23 2013 by cjwatson1972 2 benedict teaches francis models charity john paul lights the way posted in poetry pope tagged haiku poetry pope 2 replies my ananias part i posted on may 22 2013 by cjwatson1972 2 so ananias went and entered the house laying his hands on him he said saul my brother the lord has sent me jesus who appeared to you on the way by which you came that you may regain your sight and be filled with the holy spirit immediately things like scales fell from his eyes and he regained his sight acts 9 17 18 i was 28 years old in the summer of the jubilee year 2000 i was very active in the legion of mary so active that i was one of three people entrusted by the regia the regional governing body to approach pastors throughout the archdiocese of detroit for the purpose of starting new parish chapters called a praesidium in legion speak the three of us put our heads together and decided to begin our efforts in the largest parishes in the city of detroit itself our reasoning went something like this the spirit of the legion strongly suggests itself towards work among the poor and forgotten the less affluent areas of the city had greater need of the legion the most influential of the clergy were located within the city near the cathedral and seminary and if a pastor of a wealthy suburban parish complained about us the archdiocese would take immediate corrective action okay so that last one may have been a bit cynical but it was certainly mentioned in our deliberations off we went not to other traditional parishes like our own but to any parish that would have us one of my counterparts john went to the poorest most struggling parishes thinking that a new legion praesidium might breathe new life into a dying community the other frank went into parishes almost at random talking to as many priests as he could both strategies worked well i m happy to say i targeted the largest parishes my hope was to influence as many people as i could in the shortest possible time it didn t work large inner city parishes make a lot of demands on their pastors time and the priests i spoke with weren t too interested in another group to direct or another weekly meeting to attend i ran into brick walls everywhere i went with the exception of precious blood parish in the northwest corner of detroit precious blood now closed was an african american parish strongly influenced by the charismatic movement i was completely out of my element and i knew it the parishioners knew it too and went out of their way to make me feel welcome when i said i was there representing the legion of mary a few of the parishioners became very excited they were from west africa where the legion is very active and they were thrilled at the prospect of having a præsidium in their parish it was these exuberant spirit filled ladies who introduced me to bishop moses anderson who would soon set my whole world on its ear to be continued posted in from the heart tagged agape bishop anderson faith tolerance tribute 2 replies the lorica of st patrick posted on march 17 2013 by cjwatson1972 reply today i give you the prayer called the lorica also called the breastplate of st patrick this is such an amazing prayer it s unfortunate that most people only know the second to last stanza enjoy the breastplate of saint patrick i arise today in power s strength through the invocation of the trinity through belief in the threeness through confession of the oneness of the creator of creation i arise today through the strength of christ with his baptism through the strength of his crucifixion with his burial through the strength of his resurrection with his ascension through the strength of his descent for the judgment of doom i arise today through the strength of the love of cherubim in obedience of angels in the service of the archangels in hope of resurrection to meet with reward in prayers of patriarchs in predictions of prophets in preachings of apostles in faiths of confessors in innocence of holy virgins in deeds of righteous men i arise today through the strength of heaven light of sun brilliance of moon splendour of fire speed of lightning swiftness of wind depth of sea stability of earth firmness of rock i arise today through god s strength to pilot me god s might to uphold me god s wisdom to guide me god s eye to look before me god s ear to hear me god s word to speak for me god s hand to guard me god s way to lie before me god s shield to protect me god s host to secure me against snares of devils against temptations of vices against inclinations of nature against everyone who shall wish me ill afar and anear alone and in a crowd i summon today all these powers between me and these evils against every cruel and merciless power that may oppose my body and my soul against incantations of false prophets against black laws of heathenry against false laws of heretics against craft of idolatry against spells of witches and smiths and wizards against every knowledge that endangers man s body and soul christ to protect me today against poison against burning against drowning against wounding so that there may come abundance of reward christ with me christ before me christ behind me christ in me christ beneath me christ above me christ on my right christ on my left christ in breadth christ in length christ in height christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me christ in the mouth of every man who speaks of me christ in every eye that sees me christ in every ear that hears me i arise today in power s strength through the invocation of the trinity through belief in the threeness through confession of the oneness of the creator of creation posted in poetry prayer saints leave a reply some lenten scriptures posted on march 6 2013 by cjwatson1972 reply psalm 15 lord who may abide in your tent who may dwell on your holy mountain whoever walks without blame doing what is right speaking truth from the heart who does not slander with his tongue does no harm to a friend never defames a neighbor who disdains the wicked but honors those who fear the lord who keeps an oath despite the cost lends no money at interest accepts no bribe against the innocent whoever acts like this shall never be shaken isaiah 58 5 7 is this the manner of fasting i wish of keeping a day of penance that a man bow his head like a reed and lie in sackcloth and ashes do you call this a fast a day acceptable to the lord this rather is the fasting that i wish releasing those bound unjustly untying the thongs of the yoke setting free the oppressed breaking every yoke sharing your bread with the hungry sheltering the oppressed and the homeless clothing the naked when you see them and not turning your back on your own posted in uncategorized tagged bible lent scripture leave a reply sede vacante posted on february 28 2013 by cjwatson1972 reply i m setting this post to go active at 8 00 pm central european time the moment the holy father officially resigns the papacy dear lord please grant peace and consolation to your servant benedict as he enters this new and probably final stage of his earthly journey send your holy spirit upon the cardinal electors and guide them in choosing a new successor to peter amen posted in prayer tagged cardinals conclave pope leave a reply in memoriam posted on january 4 2013 by cjwatson1972 reply three days ago bishop moses anderson died at his home in livonia michigan bishop anderson had been a guide to me at a time in my life when i didn t know i needed guidance and a teacher when i thought i had nothing more to learn like me the bishop was a convert to catholicism in his 20s but with the major difference that he was a young black man in the segregated south following ordination he returned to his home of selma alabama where he faced such hostility that many so called catholics would not come to mass when he was at the altar these experiences would help him later in life when he made a life s study of racial hatred in all its manifestations he would become a noted expert in the subject even serving as a consultant to pope john paul ii on the atrocities that led to the eventual independence of east timor he was a fervent believer in humanity who had seen it at its worst he was a man of quiet contemplation whose unaided voice could fill a packed church he could command silence with nothing more than a glance or a raised finger but was always interested in what people had to say i was fortunate enough to spend several weeks around bishop anderson in the summer of the jubilee year 2000 i met him through my efforts to expand the legion of mary in the archdiocese of detroit and because of him i can never view my faith the same way again i will spend the next several days explaining what he did for me and what i had to re learn because of him i look forward to sharing it all with you pax posted in from the heart leave a reply irritation posted on october 23 2012 by cjwatson1972 reply i just spent over an hour writing a blog entry on prayer and my ipad swallowed it when i tried to upload it was good you would have loved it trust me posted in agonies of life tagged arrrrrrggggghhhhh leave a reply today s second lesson from the office of readings posted on october 16 2012 by cjwatson1972 reply from an instruction by st columban bishop how blessed how fortunate are those servants whom the lord will find watchful when he comes blessed is the time of waiting when we stay awake for the lord the creator of the universe who fills all things and transcends all things how i wish he would awaken me his humble servant from the sleep of slothfulness even though i am of little worth how i wish he would enkindle me with that fire of divine love the flames of his love burn beyond the stars the longing for his overwhelming delights and the divine fire ever burn within me how i wish i might deserve to have my lantern always burning at night in the temple of my lord to give light to all who enter the house of my god give me i pray you lord in the name of jesus christ your son and my god that love that does not fail so that my lantern burning within me and giving light to others may be always lighted and never extinguished jesus our most loving savior be pleased to light our lanterns so that they may burn for ever in your temple receiving eternal light from you the eternal light to lighten our darkness and to ward off from us the darkness of the world give your light to my lantern i beg you my jesus so that by its light i may see that holy of holies which receives you as the eternal priest entering among the columns of your great temple may i ever see you only look on you long for you may i gaze with love on you alone and have my lantern shining and burning always in your presence loving savior be pleased to show yourself to us who knock so that in knowing you we may love only you love you alone desire you alone contemplate only you day and night and always think of you inspire in us the depth of love that is fitting for you to receive as god so may your love pervade our whole being possess us completely and fill all our senses that we may know no other love but love for you who are everlasting may our love be so great that the many waters of sky land and sea cannot extinguish it in us many waters could not extinguish love posted in saints tagged saints vigilance leave a reply which will you be quote posted on october 5 2012 by cjwatson1972 reply men are like wine some turn to vinegar but the best improve with age pope john xxiii posted in uncategorized leave a reply post navigation older posts archives june 2013 may 2013 march 2013 february 2013 january 2013 october 2012 september 2012 meta create account log in blog at wordpress com the catholic muddler create a free website or blog at wordpress com subscribe subscribed the catholic muddler sign me up have a wordpress com account log in now privacy the catholic muddler view site in reader manage subscriptions sign up log in report this content collapse this bar loading comments write a comment email required name required 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