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June 18, 2019 - Bishop Gregory Parkes presented 14 people with a Certificate in Lay Leadership Ministry. Eleven parishes were represented in the group this year. The formation process to be commissioned is one year of Discernment and three years of Academic and Spiritual Preparation.
The LPMI program provides an integrated process to prepare Catholics to offer their unique gifts in service to the local Church by forming them spiritually, intellectually, and pastorally. Learn more here: www.dosp.org/lpmi/.
June 18, 2019 - Bishop Gregory Parkes presented 14 people with a Certificate in Lay Leadership Ministry. Eleven parishes were represented in the group this year. The formation process to be commissioned is one year of Discernment and three years of Academic and Spiritual Preparation.
The LPMI program provides an integrated process to prepare Catholics to offer their unique gifts in service to the local Church by forming them spiritually, intellectually, and pastorally. Learn more here: www.dosp.org/lpmi/.
Jerry Hopf, a Benedictine Oblate novice, receives a copy of the Rule of St. Benedict from Archabbot Kurt Stasiak, O.S.B. of Saint Meinrad Archabbey.
Photo Courtesy of Saint Meinrad Archabbey
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By virtue of living together day by day, community members hold up a mirror to you so that your flaws and your beauty become more obvious.
Photo courtesy of Dominican Central Province, opcentral.org.
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The bishop gathers with Frs. Magaldi and Fitzgerald, and seminarians Matthew Browne, Chris Heller, Matt Waldron, Jon Pham, Manuel Blanco and Stephen Rooney shortly before mass. LI Catholic Youth Day was held at St Anthony’s High School in So. Huntington on Saturday March 30th, 2019. Bishop John Barres celebrated holy mass with priests of the diocese, seminarians, religious and the young church of Long Island in the Franciscan Chapel on campus. The young attendees heard about discernment and prayer, and experiencing God’s mercy in the Sacrament of Penance.
Recognizing God's Handiwork
Scriptures: Psalms 33:3-11
The work God does is creative. He made heaven, earth, and all living creatures. He formed Adam and Eve in His image and knitted each of us in our mother's womb.
His work is also powerful. Through His Son Jesus, He accomplished a great salvation for all who trust in the Savior. Our heavenly Father worked mightily to open a way for us to be reconciled to Him and adopted into His family. Not only that, but God's work is ongoing, and Jesus is the One who holds all things together (Col. 1:17).
In order to recognize God's handiwork, we need to pray in an active, persistent manner. Christ-centered prayers narrow our focus to the Lord. Then we can more readily identify His actions and see how to join Him. Self-centered petitions serve to distract us from Him.
The Father also wants our heart and mind yielded to His will. Pursuing our own agenda shifts the focus to ourselves and makes us lose sight of the Lord. But a submissive attitude prepares us to listen and obey. Regularly concentrating on God's Word will clear our minds and help us understand what the Lord is doing.
When we combine these disciplines with discernment and patience, we will have positioned ourselves to discover how God is working in our lives and in our world.
Our Lord is at work today--calling nonbelievers to saving faith and the redeemed to a closer walk with Him. His plans include individuals, families, and nations. Have you been too busy or distracted to notice what He's doing? Confess your inattention and refocus your heart and mind on Him.
Dr. Charles Stanley
Father Andrew Laguna, S.J.
Photo courtesy of Father Andrew Laguna, S.J. .
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June 18, 2019 - Bishop Gregory Parkes presented 14 people with a Certificate in Lay Leadership Ministry. Eleven parishes were represented in the group this year. The formation process to be commissioned is one year of Discernment and three years of Academic and Spiritual Preparation.
The LPMI program provides an integrated process to prepare Catholics to offer their unique gifts in service to the local Church by forming them spiritually, intellectually, and pastorally. Learn more here: www.dosp.org/lpmi/.
The Lost Gardens of Heligan, Pentewan, Cornwall.
The Pineapple Pit.
Rare, exotic and hard to grow, Pineapples were a symbol of great status and wealth in Victorian times. A pineapple on your dining table meant you were a person of discernment, style and affluence.
This is probably the only working, manure-heated pineapple pit in Britain today. It was unearthed in 1991 and architectural and horticultural historians spent many months researching the history of its construction and technology. The first structure here was probably built in the eighteenth century.
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Since the late 1500s, The Lost Gardens of Heligan belonged to the Tremayne estate, evolving and becoming more extravagant with each passing generation. One head of the household inspired the jungle gardens, while another requested that giant rhododendrons be cultivated.
Throughout the 19th century, the gardens thrived, growing larger and requiring greater staff to manage them. Before the outbreak of World War I, the Tremayne estate employed 22 gardeners. Many of those loyal gardeners went to fight, and after the war, their numbers had diminished so that the gardens fell into severe disrepair. As the rest of the estate was rented out, the gardens became an afterthought and were not rediscovered until the 1990s.
Bold and Masculine. 12 mm Grey-green iridescent Labradorite centres handsomely between frosted black Onyx and polished Hematites. Rich in colours and metaphysical properties of its nature.
Labradorite, famed for its natural iridescence, has been found in some meteorites. Believed to be the light of the universe and possesses extra-terrestrial energy. Thus, has high and positive influence on the state of mind by relief of stress and anxiety. With frosted Onyx and Hematite, which both provide metaphysical properties like balance and stability; and repel negativity. In addition, Hematite is a powerful stone by the properties it possesses. It is the most “grounding” stone of all stones. Hematite is an excellent stone for state of mind and healing power of illnesses.
Metaphysical Properties:
Hematite-
Powerful properties in drawing illness from the body.
Turns negative feelings into positive ones.
Most grounding of all stones. Excellent for the mind; also increases mental functions and improve memories.
Onyx-
Provides balance and stability; absorbs emotional intensity.
Repel negativity and deflect the negativity of others.
Enhance determination and perseverance.
Labradorite-
Has been found in some meteorites.
Relief from anxiety, hopelessness, depression; replaces with enthusiasm, self-confidence, and inspiration.
Alignment, spiritual connection, transformation, clarity, peace, progression, discernment.
Represents light of the universe, extra terrestrial energy.
Birthstone Month/Zodiac:
Onyx- Capricorn, Leo
Chakras:
Christian Brother Thomas Oliver Pickett, C.F.C. was named 2025 Senior Australian of the Year by the Australian government. He is pictured with the country’s prime minister, Anthony Albanese.
Photo courtesy of Wheelchairs for Kids
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Uncertainty and fear are two different states of being. They can affect many of us independently or simultaneously at certain times throughout our lives and cause us to react a certain way or not react based on these emotions. The saying, "people tend to fear what they do not understand" and "uncertainy and doubt goes hand and hand" is factually accurate. In certain instances, some people will totally dismiss what is right in front of their eyes due personal reasons even when they are presented with truths, willful ignorance. Some of us can become so offended by the truth that we will outright refuse to accept and/or ridicule a particular truth out of fear, uncertainty or both.
Sometimes when some of us are in a fearful uncertain state of being we begin to exercise willful ignorance in order to keep living comfortably in the now false "reality" in which we have become so accustomed. This can be dangerous not only for ourselves, but also for those around us. This is not to say that we should integrate with every change that takes place within our reality/society, however we should utilize discernment and consult with The Higher Source in which we connect and move accordingly.
Some of us have become too dependent, comfortable or lazy and rely on others (media, SM, friends, family or co-workers) to provide us with instructions on how to live or what is best for our lives. There are too many of us exercising willful ignorance in this current "age of information" and it is astounding! Some have even misplaced their "faith in these times of trouble" and are desperately looking for someone else to give them their faith (most churches, mosques and synagogues are closed). Considering we are in an era where just about any and everything is at our fingertips, there is really no excuse for us to remain ignorant about some of the things that are currently taking place within our reality. These are the times in which the knowing and/or the faith many of us learned should be greatly practiced. The writing has BEEN on the wall. This will resonate with the intended. ~SagaciousKia 💖
#Wisdom #Knowing #Faith #Truth #WillfulIgnorance #Choice #Crisis #FUD #FEAR #UNCERTAINY #DOUBT
These cast bronze plates set into the roadway on the Egremont promenade are described as art, supposedly depicting reliefs of the things found on the beach below, from pebbles and chains to wooden forks.
I don't condone dog owners not clearing up after their animals, but whichever dog chose to leave its deposit just here may have been one of discernment.
Pablo Sanchez takes advantage of the children’s library, a popular and valuable resource for children who do not have easy access to a library.
Photo by Curtis Long.
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Father Dave Kelly, C.PP.S. listens to Joe Montgomery, a neighborhood resident active at the Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation in Chicago.
Photo courtesy of Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation.
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The Bon Secours Retreat and Conference Center in Maryland. (Sisters of Bon Secours, Marriottsville, Maryland)
Photo by Steve Spartana.
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Vanderbilt Divinity School hosts "Table of Content" with Rev. Dr. James M. Lawson..Vanderbilt University ..photo: Anne Rayner; VU.
Nashville Community Member, Rashed F. pictured with Paul Lim,
Associate Professor of the History of Christianity
and Niger Woodruff, Assistant Director of Admissions and Vocational Discernment
Sister Teresa Maya, C.C.V.I. addresses a group.
Photo courtesy of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word
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AF-C, Hand-held. Interesting to note that there's another version of this, which is focused closer on the coin's relief making the microSD look blurry because it is thinner and therefore behind the focus plane. That's crazy discernment!
Nos poésies et dessins, poesías y dibujos, euskaraz ere: www.linktr.ee/alanpoeme
In the Kaccāyanagotta Sutta, the Buddha, speaking to the monk Kaccayana Gotta on the topic of right view, says the following:
By and large, Kaccayana, this world is supported by a polarity, that of existence and non-existence. But when one sees the origination of the world as it actually is with right discernment, non-existence with reference to the world does not occur to one. When one sees the cessation of the world as it actually is with right discernment, existence with reference to the world does not occur to one.
[Canonical use
Two pairs of terms are used in the Pāli Tipiṭaka. One pair is nītattha (Pāli; Sanskrit: nītārtha, of plain or clear meaning and neyyattha (Pāli; Sanskrit: neyartha, [a word or sentence] having a sense that can only be guessed. These terms were used to identify texts or statements that either did (as neyartha) or did not (as nītattha) require additional interpretation in order to be made clear and/or non-contradictory and/or doctrinally accurate in a strict sense. A nītattha text required no explanation, while a neyyattha one might mislead some people unless properly explained.[6]
There are these two who misrepresent the Tathagata. Which two? He who represents a Sutta of indirect meaning as a Sutta of direct meaning and he who represents a Sutta of direct meaning as a Sutta of indirect meaning.[7]
The other pair is saṃmuti or samuti (Pāli; Sanskrit: saṃvṛti; the Pāli and Sanskrit both mean "common consent, general opinion, convention",)[8] and paramattha (Pāli; Sanskrit: paramārtha, "ultimate"). These are used to distinguish conventional or common-sense language, as used in metaphors or for the sake of convenience, from language used to express higher truths directly.
The term vohāra (Pāli; Sanskrit: vyavahāra, "common practice, convention, custom" is also used in more or less the same sense as samuti.
In the canon, the distinction is not made between a lower truth and a higher truth, but rather between two kinds of expressions of the same truth, which must be interpreted differently. Thus a phrase or passage, or a whole sutta, might be classed as neyyattha or samuti or vohāra, but it is not regarded at this stage as expressing or conveying a different level of truth.
There is a canonical assertion that truth is one;. That might be held to conflict with a systematic assertion that there is a bifold distinction of truths.
The chapel at St. Mary Monastery where the Benedictine Sisters of St. Mary Monastery (Rock Island, Illinois) pray.
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Bishop Williams, retired Suffigan and the bishop responsible for my discernment. Bishop Hollingsworth, Ordinary of the Diocese of Ohio, and Mary our preacher.
June 18, 2019 - Bishop Gregory Parkes presented 14 people with a Certificate in Lay Leadership Ministry. Eleven parishes were represented in the group this year. The formation process to be commissioned is one year of Discernment and three years of Academic and Spiritual Preparation.
The LPMI program provides an integrated process to prepare Catholics to offer their unique gifts in service to the local Church by forming them spiritually, intellectually, and pastorally. Learn more here: www.dosp.org/lpmi/.
Living in community is both rewarding and demanding. Each member of a religious community will need to compromise, adjust, forgive, and be forgiven, over and over. Pictured here are men who live in a Dominican studium, or house of studies, in St. Louis.
Photo courtesy of Dominican Central Province, opcentral.org.
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June 18, 2019 - Bishop Gregory Parkes presented 14 people with a Certificate in Lay Leadership Ministry. Eleven parishes were represented in the group this year. The formation process to be commissioned is one year of Discernment and three years of Academic and Spiritual Preparation.
The LPMI program provides an integrated process to prepare Catholics to offer their unique gifts in service to the local Church by forming them spiritually, intellectually, and pastorally. Learn more here: www.dosp.org/lpmi/.
Sister Chioma Ahanihu, S.L.W.
Photo courtesy of Sisters of the Living Word
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June 18, 2019 - Bishop Gregory Parkes presented 14 people with a Certificate in Lay Leadership Ministry. Eleven parishes were represented in the group this year. The formation process to be commissioned is one year of Discernment and three years of Academic and Spiritual Preparation.
The LPMI program provides an integrated process to prepare Catholics to offer their unique gifts in service to the local Church by forming them spiritually, intellectually, and pastorally. Learn more here: www.dosp.org/lpmi/.
I'm 35 in this photo. The image on the right is an angel of discernment and love. I had questioned myself on the validity of seeing angels. A polaroid photograph was taken, and this image showed up. I had actually seen this image with my eyes closed, and the angel said, "I am an angel of discernment. My name is Ardisius." The more 'eyes' an angel has, the higher in rank of power and responsibility it has, and if this is your guardian angel, it is an indication of how great your own spiritual gift is.
Li Qingxin was a preacher at a house church in China. Having believed in the Lord for many years, she always enthusiastically preached and worked for the Lord, watching and waiting for the Lord's coming and being raptured into the kingdom of heaven. In recent years, Li Qingxin saw all the denominations and sects are getting more and more desolate, while the Eastern Lightning continues to thrive and grow even under the frantic condemnation and persecution of the CCP government and the religious world. A growing number of good sheep and leading sheep from all sects and denominations have accepted the Eastern Lightning, which led her to self-reflect. Seeing the pastors and elders have not hesitated in making up rumors, condemning and discrediting the Church of Almighty God, and even colluding with the CCP government to arrest those who preach the Eastern Lightning, she felt what they did had deviated from the Lord's way, and realized that the one the CCP government and the religious world fanatically resist and condemn might actually be the true way and the appearance and work of the Lord. Hence, she, with several co-workers, decided to seek and investigate the Eastern Lightning. However, the pastors and elders did everything they could to prevent them from studying the true way. Through reading the words of Almighty God, listening to the fellowships from the preachers of the Church of Almighty God, they got discernment of the rumors and fallacies of the pastors and elders, saw through their vile motivations and malicious trickery of preventing believers from investigating the true way, and saw clearly the hypocritical true face of pastors and elders. Finally, Li Qingxin and others spoke out loudly to the religious pastors and elders that "Stay out of my business," and completely broke free from their constraints and bondage, and returned before God's throne.
El Arzobispo García-Siller, M.Sp.S. sugiere a los jóvenes que no teman pedir consejo. Aquí habla con una joven después de la Misa por las Necesidades Especiales de 2019 en la Arquidiócesis.
Photo courtesy of the Archdiocese of San Antonio, Tx.
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Friar George Munjanattu, O.F.M.Conv., a campus minister at Bellarmine University, blesses a university student’s rabbit on the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi.
Photo courtesy of the Conventual Franciscan Friars, Our Lady of Consolation Province
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Lord my God, are the day and minutes expendable to you? Is your glory so great that you can create something so beautiful as the sunrise that last only minutes and will never be seen again? Are you so mighty that you can create nebula, galaxies and stars that last for millions of years? Tell me how you judge the beauty that you have created and decide how long it is to last. Only you have the power and discernment to make such decisions and create such beauty. -Amen
2018 RADVO planning committee with Archbishop Welby and Presiding Bishop Curry - Steve Marr, Caroline Miller, Rev. Thomas Kincaid, Haley Dettra, Rev. Justin Holcombe, John Monger, Jennifer LeBlanc, Shannon Daniels, Rev. Jeremy Bergstrom, Nozar Daryapayma, Courtney Barrow
Along with area residents and local police, Father Dave Kelly, C.PP.S. takes part in an event called Light the Night, a community gathering with food, sports, and socializing. The Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation partners with other community organizations and police to sponsor these relationship-building events.
Photo courtesy of Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation.
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Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.
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June 18, 2019 - Bishop Gregory Parkes presented 14 people with a Certificate in Lay Leadership Ministry. Eleven parishes were represented in the group this year. The formation process to be commissioned is one year of Discernment and three years of Academic and Spiritual Preparation.
The LPMI program provides an integrated process to prepare Catholics to offer their unique gifts in service to the local Church by forming them spiritually, intellectually, and pastorally. Learn more here: www.dosp.org/lpmi/.
June 18, 2019 - Bishop Gregory Parkes presented 14 people with a Certificate in Lay Leadership Ministry. Eleven parishes were represented in the group this year. The formation process to be commissioned is one year of Discernment and three years of Academic and Spiritual Preparation.
The LPMI program provides an integrated process to prepare Catholics to offer their unique gifts in service to the local Church by forming them spiritually, intellectually, and pastorally. Learn more here: www.dosp.org/lpmi/.