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Praise everybody, praise nobody.
— Samuel Johnson
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The body indicates purposeful action (Kriya shakti). The mind is the repository of will power (Ichcha shakti). The Atma is the power of discernment (jnaana shakti). Purposeful action comes from the body, which is material. The power that activates the inert body and makes it vibrant is will power. The power that induces the vibrations of will power is the power of discernment (jnaana shakthi), which causes radiation of energy. These three potencies are represented by the mantra, Om Bhur Bhuvah Suvaha. Bhur represents the earth (bhuloka). Bhuvah represents the life force, conscience in man. Suvaha represents the power of radiation. All three are present in man. Thus, Durga, Lakshmi, and Saraswati dwell in the human heart.
Men are prone to exhibit passionate (rajasic) qualities like anger and hatred. They are the menacing manifestations of Durga. The extolling of the Divine in song and poetry and the pleasing vibrations produced by them indicate the power of Saraswati. The pure qualities that arise in man, such as compassion, love, forbearance, and sympathy, are derived from Lakshmi.
When people worship Durga, Lakshmi, and Saraswati externally in pictures or icons, they are giving physical forms to the subtle potencies that are within them. The unfortunate predicament of man today is that he is not recognizing the powers within him and developing respect for them. He goes after the external, attracted by the physical forms. The relationship between the material and the subtle has to be understood. The remedy for man's life is contained within himself. But man seeks remedies from outside.
What should we do during these ten days of the Navaratri festival? Convert your will power (Ichcha shakti) into a yearning for God. Convert purposeful action (Kriya shakti) into a force for doing Divine actions. Convert your power of discernment (jnaana shakti) into the Divine Itself. Divine Discourse: 9 October 1994
Sister Robert Blough, O.C.S.O. grooms a lamb. Caring for sheep demands constancy from the community.
Photo courtesy of Mount Saint Mary’s Abbey
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It reads:
"The Religion of the cross
She understood with uncommon
Discernment
and regarded it in her life
with Humility & with Reverence.
On her Death Bed
she found its consolation
with delightful peace & hope
and at the close of a distressing Disease
fell into a sweet Sleep
and left the world without
a struggle.
Fair Stranger, mayest thou
live & die
in the same manner."
Father Pierre Touissant, CFR starts off the day with some Praise and Worship. 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.
A young woman talks with Sisters Dorothy Ann Dirkx and Sylvia Egan, S.S.M.
Photo courtesy of the Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother.
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Prayer is the anchor for every vocation. Brother Allen A. Pacquing, S.M. spends a quiet moment in the chapel at St. Mary’s University.
Photo: Darren Shiverdecker, St. Mary’s University
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I pray that you welcome The Holy Spirit daily into your life to fill you anew, give you wisdom, discernment, direction, peace, comfort and minister to you in a special way and more!
Do you welcome Him to do so? I pray that you do as according to God's Word, Jesus sent Him as His helper and in order to bear fruit, we need The Holy Spirit!
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What’s Next To Do?
"If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them." [John 13:17]
Be determined to know more than others. If you yourself do not cut the lines that tie you to the dock, God will have to use a storm to sever them and to send you out to sea. Put everything in your life afloat upon God, going out to sea on the great swelling tide of His purpose, and your eyes will be opened. If you believe in Jesus, you are not to spend all your time in the calm waters just inside the harbor, full of joy, but always tied to the dock. You have to get out past the harbor into the great depths of God, and begin to know things for yourself— begin to have spiritual discernment. When you know that you should do something and you do it, immediately you know more. Examine where you have become sluggish, where you began losing interest spiritually, and you will find that it goes back to a point where you did not do something you knew you should do. You did not do it because there seemed to be no immediate call to do it. But now you have no insight or discernment, and at a time of crisis you are spiritually distracted instead of spiritually self-controlled. It is a dangerous thing to refuse to continue learning and knowing more. The counterfeit of obedience is a state of mind in which you create your own opportunities to sacrifice yourself, and your zeal and enthusiasm are mistaken for discernment. It is easier to sacrifice yourself than to fulfill your spiritual destiny, which is stated in Romans 12:1-2. It is much better to fulfill the purpose of God in your life by discerning His will than it is to perform great acts of self-sacrifice. “Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice…” (1Sa.15:22). Beware of paying attention or going back to what you once were, when God wants you to be something that you have never been. “If anyone wills to do His will, he shall know…” (Jhn.7:17). Hallelujah, God bless
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Knowledge is power only if you know which facts to ignore.
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God's Mercy available from our priests as sacramental confessions being heard. 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.
Brother David Relstab, O.S.A.
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Sister Elizabeth A. DeMerchant, I.H.M. displays a log cabin scene made of Legos, which she created to show the early history of her religious community.
Photo courtesy of Sister Elizabeth A. DeMerchant, I.H.M.
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The Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon celebrate the Vietnamese New Year, an important tradition for their Vietnamese American members.
Photo courtesy of Sister Charlene Herinckx, S.S.M.O.
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Students register for the days event. 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.
Fr. Pierre Toussant addresses attendees in teh chapel. 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.
Sister Vilma Franco, S.P. blesses a girl during a Communion service. Franco herself was only a girl when the war shattered her life. Today she hopes to pass on the love that helped her to heal.
Photo by Sister Felma Cerezo, S.P.
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Brother Luis Ramos, F.M.S. discovered that his parents' greatest concern is for him to be happy, feel fulfilled, and connected to God.
Photo courtesy of Brother Luis Ramos, F.M.S.
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Iconographer Sister Suzanne Mattiuzzo, O.C.S.O., who says she thinks in images and finds making icons to be a spiritually engaging devotion.
Photo courtesy of Sister Suzanne Mattiuzzo, O.C.S.O.
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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.
Parents and other family members were invited to share lunches during Camp I-CAN in Uvalde, Texas, allowing the sisters to lend a listening ear to affected adults and siblings. They also joined the camp each evening for supper.
Photo courtesy of Catholic Extension, catholicextension.org
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Knowledge is power only if you know which facts to ignore.
— Robert Lynd
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Praise everybody, praise nobody.
— Samuel Johnson
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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.
Sister Josefina “Pina” Bejarano Padilla, M.E., of Kino Border Initiative, holds a backpack in front of racks of donated clothing that will be given to migrants. “We want them to feel seen as an individual, to feel valued. We want them to know their worth,” says Padilla.
Photo by Julius Schlosburg, courtesy of Kino Border Initiative
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