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Thursday, March 06, 2014
12 Meatless Lent Meal Ideas: Your Strategy for Lent's Meatless Fridays - Taylor Marshall
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Tuesday, March 04, 2014
Enjoy Saint Patrick's Day With Mystic Monk Coffee
The
Carmelite Monks of Wyoming are once again prepared for Saint
Patrick's Day with not only a special coffee, but also a couple of
items for those of us with a sweet tooth as well, from Mystic
Monk Coffee.
First,
their Irish
Cream Coffee is back this year, a flavored coffee that they
describe as "strong and smooth with a richness that is simply
irresistible".It is available in ground regular, and ground
decaf, as well as in whole bean regular. In case you want plenty to
share at your parish, club, or office, they also have the this coffee
available
in 5 pound bags of ground regular or whole bean, so that
there will be plenty for everyone.
For
the chocolate lovers out there, they also have available their
Chocolate
Covered Espresso Beans. These espresso beans are covered in
dark chocolate, and are a real treat. Don't miss out on the other
chocolates they offer.
New
for this year are the Mint
Chocolate Crisps, tiny chocolate cookies engulfed in
mint-infused chocolate.
For
your convenience, you can order the Irish Cream Coffee, Chocolate
Covered Espresso Beans, and the Mint Chocolate Crisps in Mystic Monk
Coffee's Luck
of the Irish Gift Set Wrapped (in a green basket) or you can
choose the unwrapped
Luck of the Irish Gift Set.
So
show your Irish (even if you're not, poor soul), with your purchase
from Mystic
Monk Coffee.
Your
purchase of Mystic
Monk Coffee supports the Carmelite
Monks of Wyoming, and this blogger!
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Friday, February 28, 2014
Thanks, And A Bit More
I
would just like to say thank you to everyone for your prayers,
donations, and all your help in my recent situations.
Thank
you also for your purchases of Mystic
Monk Coffee from my links on my blogs, as well as your
purchases from "Faith
of the Fathers Catholic Gifts" (our online store powered
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of Mystic Monk Coffee, I have a request. When you get ready to
make your next purchase of Mystic
Monk Coffee, I would appreciate it very much if you would
come here and click on my links to Mystic Monk to make your
purchases. I know the good monks send out emails once or twice a
month informing customers of their special
flavors, unique coffees like Monk
Shots, and teas.
When you click on my links to buy that special coffee or tea, you not
only still get the specials, you also allow me to make
a commission from the sale, and this helps me out a great deal.
If
you could do that I would be very grateful!
May
God Bless you, and Our Lady keep you in her care!
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Wednesday, February 26, 2014
From The Dignitatis Humanae Institute: Nigeria's Islamic militants: a cancer that risks metastasising (and the world turns away)
Note:The
following is a press release from The
Dignitatis Humanae Institute
Rome,
26 February 2014
As
the Christian community of Nigeria suffers two large-scale terror
attacks in the course of a week, Luca Volontè, Chairman of the
Dignitatis
Humanae Institute, spoke of his outrage at the
disregard displayed by Western governments:
"For
four years, Boko Haram has conducted a campaign of mass slaughter and
wanton destruction. Like a cancer, their reach and influence has been
allowed to spread unchecked, the number of innocents dead now ranges
in the thousands, the extent of property and communities destroyed
incalculable. While European officials rush to Kiev to take
undeserved credit for the hard-won liberty of Ukraine's people, they
seemingly ignore the suffering of those in Nigeria.
As
has repeatedly been made clear by Nigerian officials, the domestic
security and military services lack the expertise to conduct an
effective counter-insurgency campaign. As it was in Mali, it is our
duty to give our full support to the besieged communities and make
available any means that they so require."
Last
week saw Boko Haram (which means "Western education is a sin")
conduct two attacks on predominantly Christian towns - Bama and Igze
- the latter of which had only been attacked three weeks previously.
With the use of sophisticated military hardware, the Islamist
attackers destroyed public buildings, burned Churches and killed over
one hundred people in each attack. The savagery and scale of the
raids further demonstrates the inability of Nigeria's security forces
to prevent the murderous campaign of Boko Haram, despite a State of
Emergency already being in place.
In
a statement unlikely to give much solace to the besieged population
of Nigeria, US Ambassador James Entwistle pointed the finger to
underlying social causes for the rise of Islamist terrorism,
including the 'lack of employment opportunity' and 'the education
system.' Luca Volontè retorted:
"Given
their expressed desire to enforce an Islamic state upon all, ruled by
Sharia Law in its entirety; I doubt that tinkering with the nations'
employment opportunities or the education system is likely to
convince Boko Haram to give up its weapons. Rather than blaming a
suffering society for the intent of their attackers, it is imperative
that all unequivocally reject the agenda of Boko Haram. As we have
seen in Sri Lanka, with the right conviction and the necessary means,
terror groups can be suppressed and the rule of law restored."
The
Dignitatis
Humanae Instituteaims
to uphold human dignity based on the anthropological truth that man
is born in the image and likeness of God and therefore has an innate
human dignity of infinite worth to be upheld. The Institute promotes
this understanding by supporting Christians in public life, assisting
them to present effective and coherent responses to increasing
efforts to silence the Christian voice in the public square.
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Tuesday, February 25, 2014
The Pope Writes A Letter To Families Asking Them To Pray For The Next Synod
Vatican
City, 25 February 2014 (VIS) – Pope Francis has written a letter to
families asking them to pray for the next Synod of Bishops, which
will be celebrated in the Vatican in October, and the theme of which
will be “The pastoral challenges of the family in the context of
evangelisation”. The letter, dated 2 February, Feast of the
Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, is published in full below:
“Dear
families,
With
this letter, I wish, as it were, to come into your homes to speak
about an event which will take place at the Vatican this coming
October. It is the Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of
Bishops, which is being convened to discuss the theme of “pastoral
challenges to the family in the context of evangelization”. Indeed,
in our day the Church is called to proclaim the Gospel by confronting
the new and urgent pastoral needs facing the family.
This
important meeting will involve all the People of God – bishops,
priests, consecrated men and women, and lay faithful of the
particular Churches of the entire world – all of whom are actively
participating in preparations for the meeting through practical
suggestions and the crucial support of prayer. Such support on your
part, dear families, is especially significant and more necessary
than ever. This Synodal Assembly is dedicated in a special way to
you, to your vocation and mission in the Church and in society; to
the challenges of marriage, of family life, of the education of
children; and the role of the family in the life of the Church. I ask
you, therefore, to pray intensely to the Holy Spirit, so that the
Spirit may illumine the Synodal Fathers and guide them in their
important task. As you know, this Extraordinary Synodal Assembly will
be followed a year later by the Ordinary Assembly, which will also
have the family as its theme. In that context, there will also be the
World Meeting of Families due to take place in Philadelphia in
September 2015. May we all, then, pray together so that through these
events the Church will undertake a true journey of discernment and
adopt the necessary pastoral means to help families face their
present challenges with the light and strength that comes from the
Gospel.
I
am writing this letter to you on the Feast of the Presentation of the
Lord in the Temple. The evangelist Luke tells us that the Blessed
Mother and Saint Joseph, in keeping with the Law of Moses, took the
Baby Jesus to the temple to offer him to the Lord, and that an
elderly man and woman, Simeon and Anna, moved by the Holy Spirit,
went to meet them and acknowledged Jesus as the Messiah. Simeon took
him in his arms and thanked God that he had finally 'seen' salvation.
Anna, despite her advanced age, found new vigour and began to speak
to everyone about the Baby. It is a beautiful image: two young
parents and two elderly people, brought together by Jesus. He is the
one who brings together and unites generations! He is the
inexhaustible font of that love which overcomes every occasion of
self-absorption, solitude, and sadness. In your journey as a family,
you share so many beautiful moments: meals, rest, housework, leisure,
prayer, trips and pilgrimages, and times of mutual support…
Nevertheless, if there is no love then there is no joy, and authentic
love comes to us from Jesus. He offers us his word, which illuminates
our path; he gives us the Bread of life which sustains us on our
journey.
Dear
families, your prayer for the Synod of Bishops will be a precious
treasure which enriches the Church. I thank you, and I ask you to
pray also for me, so that I may serve the People of God in truth and
in love. May the protection of the Blessed Mother and Saint Joseph
always accompany all of you and help you to walk united in love and
in caring for one another. I willingly invoke on every family the
blessing of the Lord.”
You
can find more information at: www.visnews.org
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news items contained in the Vatican Information Service may be used,
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