Living Without School: Wednesday Religion

Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Wednesday Religion

Anthony read of the Beatitudes, with a discussion on a translation that uses happy in place of blessed. What difference the word might make.

Thomas continued his reading on Saints of the Church - the time after the Crusades, the Crusades and how these are depicted in literature and in film, the Renaissance, Modernism...

And Alexander shared some history, background history, to the New Testament. He is reading "Understanding the Scriptures" by Scott Hahn. And mentally arguing with Mr Hahn's writing style, throughout the book.

Very Alexander.

I had a workshop to attend for work, the kids came with me and read and narrated their religion reading in the car. Then, off to Homeschool Group Learning ( Winslow Homer and Charles Russell) and delivery of junk mail (Thomas and Anthony's mid week "job", but we all help).

We ended up at the local Pioneer Cemetery.

Said prayers for the souls in purgatory and looked at the tombstones. At the history of the area. The cemetery was begun in 1888, when the area was a small township in a rural area. Suburbs now.

Interesting to see familar names on the tombstones - we recognized the names of several suburbs and streets.

And gained the " indulgence, applicable only to the Souls in Purgatory, granted to the faithful, who devoutly visit a cemetery and pray, even if only mentally, for the departed. The indulgence is plenary each day from the first to the eighth of November; on other days of the year it is partial". Fr. Pat's Place

4 comments:

Cindy said...: Beautiful that you all visited the cemetary, Leonie.

Tell Alexander I love Scott Hahn but am so distracted by his writing style I can't read him.. just listen to his lectures.

Cindy; 1:45 am
Leonie said...: Alexander will be pleased to hear that someone else sympathizes with his Scott Hahn distraction. :-); 8:12 am
Anonymous said...: Recently I attended a really dynamic lecture by Grayson Warren Brown who said Mathew 5 was Jesus' keynote address ;-)

I also like listening to Scott Hahn better than reading him - last week I listened to The 4th Cup - awesome!; 1:37 am
Leonie said...: Will have to look up Matthew 5....; 8:00 am

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Prayer of Consecration of St. Maximilian Kolbe

O Immaculata, Queen of Heaven and earth, refuge of sinners and our most loving Mother, God has willed to entrust the entire order of mercy to thee. I, N___, a repentant sinner, cast myself at thy feet humbly imploring thee to take me with all that I am and have, wholly to thyself as thy possession and property. Please make of me, of all my powers of soul and body, of my whole life, death and eternity, whatever most pleases thee. If it pleases thee, use all that I am and have without reserve, wholly to accomplish what was said of thee: "She will crush your head," and, "Thou alone have destroyed all heresies in the whole world."

Let me be a fit instrument in thine Immaculate and merciful hands for introducing and increasing the maximum in all the many strayed and indifferent souls, and thus help extend as far as possible the blessed Kingdom of the most Sacred Heart of Jesus. For wherever thou enters, one obtains the grace of conversion and growth in holiness, since it is through thy hands that all graces come to us from the most Sacred Heart of Jesus.

V. Allow me to praise thee O Sacred Virgin.
R. Give me strength against thy enemies.

Prayer of St Bonaventure

Pierce, O most Sweet Lord Jesus, my inmost soul with the most joyous and healthful wound of Thy love, with true, serene, and most holy apostolic charity, that my soul may ever languish and melt with love and longing for Thee, that it may yearn for Thee and faint for Thy courts, and long to be dissolved and to be with Thee.Grant that my soul may hunger after Thee, the bread of angels, the refreshment of holy souls, our daily and supersubstantial bread, having all sweetness and savor and every delight of taste; let my heart ever hunger after and feed upon Thee, upon whom the angels desire to look, and may my inmost soul be filled with the sweetness of Thy savor; may it ever thirst after Thee, the fountain of life, the fountain of wisdom and knowledge, the fountain of eternal light, the torrent of pleasure, the richness of the house of God.May it ever compass Thee, seek Thee, find Thee, run to Thee, attain Thee, meditate upon Thee, speak of Thee, and do all things to the praise and glory of Thy name, with humility and discretion, with love and delight, with ease and affection, and with perseverance unto the end.May Thou alone be ever my hope, my entire assurance, my riches, my delight, my pleasure, my joy, my rest and tranquility, my peace, my sweetness, my fragrance, my sweet savor, my food, my refreshment, my refuge, my help, my wisdom, my portion, my possession and my treasure, in whom may my mind and my heart be fixed and firmly rooted immovably henceforth and for ever. Amen.