Shall we get all the silliness out at once?
This comes to you from the Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Abbeville, LA.
I looked around on the Youth Group’s Facebook page (I dislike Facebook more and more) and it looks as if these young people are trying to do good things.
THIS, however, doesn’t belong in church. That’s a big nope.
Nope. Not in the church.
Palm Sunday.
Who thinks this is a good idea?
Trick question. It’s not a good idea.
Behold, São Geraldo Magela parish in the Archdiocese of Sorocaba.
https://www.facebook.com/lucianinho.daimaculada.5/videos/156834445142756/
In the Diocese of Scranton, for the Easter Vigil at Corpus Christi parish in W. Pittson, PA. Superhero Vigil Mass. HERE
Does this this good to you?
From a reader…
QUAERITUR:
Fr. Z, my daughter’s boyfriend became Catholic last night; she was his sponsor. His parents are protestant and go to Church on TV. This morning they told him if he didn’t watch the preacher with them that they would throw him out. They told him they didn’t want a conflict in beliefs at their house.
He is in college and is living at home. They are threatening him with loss of a roof. He can’t afford a place of his own because of school.
What advice should I give him?
As a convert myself, to a new convert, I am compelled to mention a couple things, although I don’t know many details of his and their lives.
First, as an adult convert it is likely that he was confirmed when he was brought in at the Vigil. Confirmed! In the CATHOLIC Faith. That sacrament is precisely for moments like this: to provide graces and strength to be firm in the Faith when making hard choices.
Next, Luke 9: “Another said, I will follow thee, Lord; but let me first take my leave of them that are at my house. Jesus said to him: No man putting his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”
This young man is already being challenged.
As Job said, “Blessed be the name of the Lord!”
Faith is more important than either school or roof. He is an adult but he is young and, more than likely, strong and relatively energetic. He is capable of working hard. Really hard. He may not have a “good time” for a while, but life was not intended to be a sabbatical. The Sabbatical comes later!
It’s probably time to get going and get on with life as a Catholic.
Luke 9:57, 61
And it came to pass, as they walked in the way, that a certain man said to him: I will follow thee withersoever thou goest. …
I dislike Facebook. I have a page, or whatever you call it, but I don’t like it. I don’t understand why anyone does.
In the last week or so, Facebook (*spit*) has lost some $6 Billion… with a B… of value.
They did, after all, just ban Franciscans from using the San Damiano Crucifix on their page, calling it a violation of terms of service… thus giving new meaning to “he was despised, rejected”.
From the cite of Franciscan University:
[…]
We posted yesterday a series of ads to Facebook to promote our online MA Theology and MA Catechetics and Evangelization programs.
One ad was rejected, and an administrator of our Facebook page noticed this rejection today. The reason given for the rejection?
“Your image, video thumbnail or video can’t contain shocking, sensational, or excessively violent content.”
Here is a screen capture of the notification (click for larger view):
Our ad was rejected because it contained:
- shocking content
- sensational content
- excessively violent content
What was the offending image?
[…]
Read the rest there.
Some Triduum images!
Holy Thursday, reposing the Blessed Sacrament.
UPDATE
Stripping the altar.
Good Friday.
I brought my relic of the Holy Cross.
And now the Vigil.
From the live stream, which goes BW in low light.
Exultet.
Lessons.
Litany.
Lots and lots of Baptismal water and I did not spare the oils.
From Easter morning… nice light, early in the morning.
Happy Easter!
Were there good points made in the course of the Vigil Mass and the Mass during the day for Easter? Let us know.
For the Easter Vigil I touched on God’s gift of light and life which we approach in awe in our liturgical rites and which approach us and transform those who actively receive them in full and conscious participation. Henceforth, we must live the mysteries in what we say and do and help others to discover them as well.
For Easter Sunday I spoke about the risen body we will enjoy in the resurrection with its characteristics of brightness, impassibility (looking forward to that one), agility, and subtlety.
Bumped up to the top for today… photos below
A “Blue Moon” is a second full moon during a calendar month. They are infrequent.
This year – 2018 – there are two occurrences.
The first was on 31 January, and it was a Super Moon, that is, the Moon was at perigee, its closest to your planet. It was also a Blood Moon, that is, in total eclipse, within your planet’s shadow. So, it was a Super Blue Blood Moon. The next Blue Blood Moon will be 31 Dec 2028. The next Super Blue Blood Moon will be 31 Jan 2037. Sometimes, however, a Blue Moon is defined as the 4th Full Moon in a season, which usually have only 3, in a cycle of roughly 2.5 years.
On 31 March 2018 – the Vigil of Easter, there will be a monthly defined Blue Moon.
The last seasonal Blue Moon was 21 May 2016 and the next will be 18 May 2019.
Easter falls on the first Sunday after the first “Paschal” Full Moon after the Vernal Equinox, which was 21 March.
The last time there was a Paschal Blue Moon was Wednesday, 31 March 1999.
The last time there was a Paschal Blue Moon on a Saturday, 31 March, as it will be this year was 1714 for the Eastern Hemisphere. In the Western Hemisphere it was still 30 March. However, the last time that we had a Paschal Blue Moon on a Saturday 31 March in both hemispheres, with the next day being Easter Sunday, was 1646.
The earliest that Easter can occur is 22 March, which will next happen in 2285. The latest Easter can occur is 25 April, which will next happen in 2038.
The last time Easter Sunday occurred on 1 April was 1956.
The phases of the Moon follow the 19 year Metonic Cycle. There is also an 8 year cycle or Octoaeteris which tracks a two day shift of the Moon’s phases. In the Gregorian calendar, a particular phase of the moon on a given date recurs every 372 years.
A Black Moon is the second New Moon in a calendar month. The last Black Moon was in 2016. The next Black Moon will be in 2019. New Moon’s occur every 29.5 days. However, sometimes a Black Moon is defined as the 3rd New Moon in a season of 4 New Moons, or a calendar month without a New Moon. I know, I know.
The March Full Moon is generally nicknamed the Worm Moon, since earthworms seem to be on the move again in northern climes. However, since 31 March is the second full Moon of March, we can maybe nickname it “Dave”.
UPDATE:
More on the Jesuit-engineered debacle at Holy Cross College. I posted about their prof who is trying to “queer” Jesus and about their cowardly, ankle-grabbing cringe to the world when they dropped their team’s name and mascot. HERE
I direct the readership’s attention to the first hour from Good Friday of one of the best radio talk show hosts in these USA, Vicki McKenna out of Milwaukee and the mad city of Madison. iHeart HERE and subscribed on iTunes HERE
In her first hour, she has a guest, a professor of classics at UW, with whom she discusses all sorts of issues afflicting the Catholic Church in these USA, touching on Holy Cross and about the issue of Hell or no-Hell and the way many in the Church are bending to the world.
I think those links, above, will work for you. Start listening at about 18:15 (good bumper music too). Try this link HERE (if it doesn’t work, its the longer of the segments on 30 March).
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