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January 21/2012
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Saturday of Second Week of Ordinary Time
LITURGICAL/THEME MEDITATION:
"The people were saying of Jesus, 'He is beside himself' "
UNIVERSAL CHURCH/WORLD EVENT(S):
US Bishops Decry
Ruling on Abortifacients in Health Plans
SAINT OF THE DAY
St. Agnes
GENERAL
MARIOLOGY
THE GLORIES OF
MARY
THE ANNUNCIATION OF MARY
EXAMPLE and Prayer
DIVINE MERCY
THE
MESSAGE OF MERCIFUL LOVE
PRAYER IS THE MOST
IMPORTANT ACT OF YOUR WHOLE LIFE
TEACHING/TESTIMONY/CONVICTION:
Mother Teresa Calcutta
Coming on pilgrimage/Visiting
Mother Teresa's Tomb,
Kolkata
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DAILY LITURGICAL MEDITATION |
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Saturday (January 21): "The people were saying of Jesus, 'He
is beside himself' "
Scripture: Mark 3:19b, 20-21
Then he went home; 20 and the crowd came together again, so that they
could not even eat. 21 And when his family heard it, they went out to
seize him, for people were saying, "He is beside himself."
Meditation: Is the Lord Jesus honored in your home? Why would
Jesus' relatives be so upset with him when he began his public ministry?
On one occasion Jesus remarked that a man's enemies will be the
members of his own household (Matthew 10:36). The Gospel of Mark
records the reaction of Jesus' relatives when he went home: they came
to seize him. They, no doubt, thought that Jesus must have gone mad
or become a religious fanatic. How could a good home-body from Nazareth
leave his carpentry trade and go off to become an itinerant preacher?
Jesus had thrown away the security and safety of a quiet and respectable
life close to his family and relatives. He probably expected some
opposition or reaction from the highest religious authorities in
Jerusalem. The hardest opposition, however, may come from someone close
to us, even your own kin. Jesus met opposition with grace and with
determination to fulfill his Father's will. Are you ready to obey and
follow the Lord even if others oppose your doing so?
"Lord Jesus, may I always put you first and find joy in doing your
will. May your love and charity grow in me, especially in the face of
opposition and adversity."
Psalm 80:2-7
2 Stir up your might, and come to save us!
3 Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we may be saved!
4 O LORD God of hosts, how long will you be angry with your people's
prayers?
5 You have fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to
drink in full measure.
6 You make us the scorn of our neighbors; and our enemies laugh among
themselves.
7 Restore us, O God of hosts; let your face shine, that we may be saved!
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UNIVERSAL CHURCH/WORLD EVENTS |
US Bishops Decry Ruling on Abortifacients in Health Plans
Say Obama Decision Is 'Literally Unconscionable'
WASHINGTON, D.C., JAN. 20, 2011 ( Zenit.org).- The president of the U.S. episcopal conference says that a decision made by Barack Obama today is effectively a message that "we have a year to figure out how to violate our consciences." This was Cardinal-designate Timothy Dolan's response to a decision to continue to demand that sterilization, abortifacients and contraception be included in virtually all health plans. Today's announcement means that this mandate and its very narrow exemption will not change at all; instead there will only be a delay in enforcement against some employers.
"In effect, the president is saying we have a year to figure out how to violate our consciences," said Cardinal-designate Timothy M. Dolan, archbishop of New York and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, in a statement.
The cardinal-designate continued, "To force American citizens to choose between violating their consciences and forgoing their health care is literally unconscionable. It is as much an attack on access to health care as on religious freedom. Historically this represents a challenge and a compromise of our religious liberty."
The Health and Human Services (HHS) rule requires that sterilization and contraception -- including controversial abortifacients -- be included among "preventive services" coverage in almost every health care plan available to Americans.
"The government should not force Americans to act as if pregnancy is a disease to be prevented at all costs," added Cardinal-designate Dolan.
At issue, the U.S. bishops and other religious leaders insist, is the survival of a cornerstone freedom that ensures respect for the conscience of Catholics and all other Americans.
"This is nothing less than a direct attack on religion and First Amendment rights," said Franciscan Sister Jane Marie Klein, chairperson of the board at Franciscan Alliance, Inc., a system of 13 Catholic hospitals. "I have hundreds of employees who will be upset and confused by this edict. I cannot understand it at all."
Daughter of Charity Sister Carol Keehan, president and chief executive officer of the Catholic Health Association of the United States, voiced disappointment with the decision. Catholic hospitals serve one out of six people who seek hospital care annually.
"This was a missed opportunity to be clear on appropriate conscience protection," Sister Keehan said.
Cardinal-designate Dolan urged that the HHS mandate be overturned.
"The Obama administration has now drawn an unprecedented line in the sand," he said. "The Catholic bishops are committed to working with our fellow Americans to reform the law and change this unjust regulation. We will continue to study all the implications of this troubling decision."
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THE GLORIES OF MARY
by
St. Alphonsus de Liguori
Doctor of the Church
THE ANNUNCIATION OF MARY
March 25.
EXAMPLE
The event recorded by Father Paul Segneri, in his "Christian Instructed"
(Crist. Istr. P. 3, r. 34, #2),
is justly celebrated. A young man, of vicious habits and laden with
sins, went to confession to Father Nicholas Zucchi in Rome. The
confessor received him with charity, and, filled with compassion for his
unfortunate state, assured him that devotion to our Blessed Lady could
deliver him from the accursed vice to which he was addicted; he
therefore imposed on him as his penance, that he should say a "Hail
Mary," to the Blessed Virgin, every morning and evening, on getting up
and on going to bed, until his next confession; and, at the same time,
that he should offer her his eyes, his hands, and his whole body,
beseeching her to preserve them as something belonging to herself, and
that he should kiss the ground three times. The young man performed the
penance, but at first there was only slight amendment. The Father,
however, continued to inculcate the same practice on him, desiring him
never to abandon it, and at the same time encouraged him to confide in
the patronage of Mary. In the mean time the penitent left Rome with
other companions, and during several years traveled in different parts
of the world. On his return he again sought out his confessor, who, to
his great joy and admiration, found that he was entirely changed, and
free from his former evil habits. "My son," said he, "how hast thou
obtained so wonderful a change from God?" The young man replied,
"Father, our Blessed Lady obtained me this grace on account of that
little devotion which thou taughtest me." Wonders did not cease here.
The same confessor related the above fact from the pulpit; a captain
heard it who for many years had carried on improper intercourse with a
certain woman, and determined that he also would practice the same
devotion, that he too might be delivered from the horrible chains which
bound him a slave of the devil (for it is necessary that sinners should
have this intention, in order that the Blessed Virgin may be able to
help them), and he also gave up his wickedness and changed his life.
But still more. After six months he foolishly, and relying
too much on his own strength, went to pay a visit to the woman, to see
if she also was converted. But on coming up to the door of the house,
where he was in manifest danger of relapsing into sin, he was driven
back by an invisible power, and found himself as far from the house as
the whole length of the street, and standing before his own door. He
was then clearly given to understand that Mary had thus delivered him
from perdition. From this we may learn how solicitous our good Mother
is, not only to withdraw us from a state of sin, if we recommend
ourselves to her for this purpose, but also to deliver us from the
danger of relapsing into it.
Prayer
O immaculate and holy Virgin! O creature the most humble and the most
exalted before God! Thou wast so lowly in thine own eyes, but so great
in the eyes of thy Lord, that he exalted thee to such a degree as to
choose thee for his Mother, and then made thee Queen of heaven and
earth. I therefore thank God who so greatly has exalted thee, and
rejoice in seeing thee so closely united with him, that more cannot be
granted to a pure creature. Before thee, who art so humble, though
endowed with so precious igfts, I am ashamed to appear, I who am so
proud in the midst of so many sins. But miserable as I am, I will also
salute thee, Hail, Mary, full of grace. Thou art already full of
grace; impart a portion of it to me. Our Lord is with thee.
That Lord who was always with thee from the first moment of thy
creation, has now united himself more closely to thee by becoming thy
Son. Blessed art thou amongst women. O Lady, blessed amongst
all women, obtain the divine blessing for us also. And blessed is
the fruit of thy womb. O blessed plant which hath given to the
world so noble and holy a fruit! "Holy Mary, Mother of God!" O Mary, I
acknowledge that thou art the true Mother of God, and in defence of this
truth I am ready to give my life a thousand times. Pray for us
sinners. But if thou art the Mother of God, thou art also the
Mother of our salvation, and of us poor sinners; since God became man to
save sinners, and made thee his Mother, that thy prayers might have
power to save any sinner. Hasten, then, O Mary, and pray for us,
now, and at the hour of our death. Pray always: pray now, that we
live in the midst of so many temptations and dangers of losing God; but
still more, pray for us at the hour of our death, when we are on the
point of leaving this world, and being presented before God's tribunal;
that, being saved by the erits of Jesus Christ and by thy intercession,
we may come one day, without further danger of being lost; to salute
thee and praise thee with thy Son in heaven for all eternity. Amen.
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DIVINE MERCY
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THE
MESSAGE OF MERCIFUL LOVE
PRAYER IS
THE MOST IMPORTANT ACT
OF YOUR WHOLE LIFE
Monday, June I0, I968
My beloved child, be constant in prayer and perform it as best as you can.
Dismiss from your mind
all useless thoughts,
for prayer-is the most
important and the most
solemn act of your whole
life. You put yourself
in contact with your God
in order to speak with
Him, to place before Him
your needs, to adore
Him, to love Him and to
ask Him humbly to
forgive you your fault
s. Such are the motives
which must incite you to
pray and to pray well.
That is why, dispose
your mind, prepare
yourself by asking for
help from God Himself so
that the prayer you will
make will be pleasing to
Him. While praying,
unite yourself to the
Saints, to Angels, to
Souls in Purgatory, to
the Just on earth, and
above all, unite
yourself to Me, who am
the Intermediary between
earth and Heaven. It is
in My Name that Heaven
and earth were made, it
is in My Name and
through Me that the
Church prays
continuously.
Well then, if the
liturgical and universal
prayer of the Church is
but an incessant
recourse to God through
the intermediary of My
mediation, so too, in
private prayer, you must
unite yourself to Me and
offer up My merits in
order to give it value.
I told you that all
that you ask for of My
Father in My Name, He
will grant it to you.
And this is true. But
prayer must manifest a
few characteristics
which you must not
forget. Through it,
remember to ask always
and firstly for the
Glory of God and His
Justice, His Reign.
These are the main
reasons for your
existence. You are in
this world only to give
glory to God.
Ask next, in prayer,
for your eternal
salvation. It is by
saving your soul that
you correspond with His
plan of love in having
created you. Ask for
these two gifts, through
My merits; ask also for
all the rest that
pertains to them.
That is why, My
child, I urge you, to
add to each of your
requests the following:
"If it is for Your Glory
and the salvation of My
soul, I ask for these
faces through the merits
of Jesus Christ, our
Saviour."
Let your prayer be
confident and full of
faith. The miracles I
performed during My life
were always a reward for
the faith shown in Me.
To have faith is
already a certainty of
obtaining. Nothing is
impossible to God and if
your confidence and your
faith are great, God who
can do all things
cannot deceive you. It
will be only a question
of time. God will want
test your constancy,
your perseverance: but
above all, if you ask
for spiritual graces,
you must not doubt, and
you must insist: be
certain that you obtain
them.
Many mothers ask for
the conversion of their
children and of their
spouse. Of course, they
would like this
transformation to happen
in an instant, and I
could, too, perform
sensational miracles of
conversion. I could
strike them, like Paul,
with one ray of My light
and pierce their mind,
illuminating it.
Instead, I permit that
their wills be not
forced and I wish that
most of the time it be
the mother's and wife's
silent tears which,
penetrating the dry and
ungrateful ground of the
spouse 's soul,
transform it. Do you
recall Monica, how much
she cried for her
Augustine? Through those
tears, she sanctified
herself and Augustine
was converted. No tear
is ever going to be
lost; never forget this,
you mothers, sisters,
wives, who weep over the
Spiritual ruin of those
whom you love. Have
faith, and you shall
reap the fruits of these
tears in the increase of
your merits and, when
God shall want it, in
the conversion of the
persons who are dear to
your heart. But have
patience. The important
thing is not that you
reap immediately the
fruits of your tears,
but that these souls are
saved. Oh! if only all
the sinners of the world
had near them one dear
friend who prayed and
wept for them, I assure
you that no one would bc
damned, for the prayer
of some benefits the
others. My children,
pray with great
humility. Make
yourselves little.
Little children easily
obtain all that they
desire, especially if
they are meek and
loveable. You also do
the same: ask with the
simplicity and humility
of children. God is
touched, I assure you,
and He grants. Be
persevering in prayer.
Do not become
discouraged, do not
abandon everything at
the first difficulty.
Insist, knock, seek and
what you ask for will be
granted to you, always
keeping in mind the
Glory of God and the
salvation of your soul.
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Mother Teresa Calcutta
Coming on pilgrimage/Visiting
Mother Teresa's Tomb, Kolkata
  
The Mother
House of the Missionaries of Charity, located at 54A,
A.J.C. Bose Road, Calcutta, is the headquarters of the international
religious congregation of the Missionaries of Charity. It has been home
to Mother Teresa and her sisters from February 1953 to the present day.
It is here that Mother lived, prayed, worked, and guided her religious
family of sisters spread across the world. It is here that her body was
laid to rest.
Visiting Hours:
8 a.m. to 12 noon; 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Visiting days:
Everyday except Thursdays. Mother House remains
closed on 22nd August, Easter Monday, and 26th December every year.
How to get
here:
From Netaji Subash Chandra Bose International
Airport: You can get a prepaid Taxi before you exit the Airport;
currently, the fare is approximately Rs. 200-250.
Or you can use the A/C buses available as soon as you exit the airport.
Bus numbers V- , V- and V- will bring you either to Park Circus or
Manicktala, from where you take a taxi to reach the Mother House. At
present, the fare ranges between Rs. 25 and 35.
From Howrah Railway Station, the current taxi fare does not exceed Rs.
100. Direct Buses from Howrah to Ripon Street are Kasba mini buses and
39A/2
From Sealdah Railway Station Bus numbers 45/B. Alternatively, you can
take a taxi, which, should not cost you more than Rs. 20-30, according
to current rates.
When using taxis, please insist that drivers switch on the meter. To
calculate the taxi fare, double the amount shown on the meter and then
add two rupees to that amount.
While 'Missionaries of Charity House' or 'Mother Teresa' are now local
landmarks, other places of reference include 'Jora Girja' (St. James
Church) and 'Bamboo Villa' (Income Tax Office). Both are located
opposite the Mother House.
The Mother House is easily identifiable : a four-storeyed grey building
with brown shuttered windows; a short walk from the corner of Ripon
Street. Walk into the narrow lane running along the left side of the
Motherhouse, to reach the main entrance.
The Missionaries of Charity do not have any lodging facilities for
pilgrims. Toilet facilities are scarce too. The nearest guest house is
the Baptist Mission Society, a few buildings down the road, at 44, AJC
Bose Road
Places open
for public viewing at Mother House:
I. Mother Teresa's Tomb
Mother Teresa was buried on the ground floor of the
Mother House on 13th September, 1997. Her tomb has become a place of
pilgrimage and quiet meditation to people of all creeds. The site of the
tomb is a place of profound silence and peace despite the persistent
noise of passing Calcutta traffic. Mother's tomb is truly a reflection
of her life, that we must be able to pray and contemplate even in the
midst of noise and distractions.
At Mother's Tomb, you can:
1.Pray and place your
petitions 
Prayer petitions can be placed in the box on Mother
Teresa's Tomb during your visit. All petitions are offered on the altar
during the weekly Friday Mass.
(Petitions can also be emailed, and they will be placed at Mother's tomb
for you.)
2. Celebrate Holy Mass
Fridays at 4.30 pm:
Special mass offered for the intentions placed at Mother's tomb during
the week. Mass is followed by a special blessing with Mother's relic.
Masses for pilgrim groups accompanied by a priest can be organized at
Mother's tomb during visiting hours. Prior notification is
needed. Priests who wish to celebrate Mass at Mother's Tomb are
requested to wear proper vestaments.
No Mass stipends are accepted for Mass intentions.
Mass is held every
morning at 6 a.m. for the sisters and volunteers in the main chapel on
the first floor. We encourage the faithful (Catholics) in
Kolkata to celebrate Mass at their respective parishes since space in
the chapel is limited.
II. Museum
Adjacent to Mother's tomb is a small exhibition opened in 2005, entitled
'Mother Teresa's Life, Spirit
and Message'. The exhibition includes many of Mother
Teresa's handwritten letters, spiritual exhortations and her few
personal belongings - sari, sandals, crucifix.
1.
Souvenirs
Mother Teresa's Novena prayer cards, the miraculous
medallion of Mother Mary, and other related printed material are
available at the museum, free of cost. Sisters also distribute souvenirs
at Mother's tomb, and at the main entrance when the tomb is closed.
Please note that the Missionaries of Charity
do not sell books or souvenirs.
To buy additional reading materials about Mother's life, a visit to the
nearby Pauline Book Center might be useful (35, Royd Street, Elliot
Road).
Photo
Elen Mark
III. Mother
Teresa's Room
This is the room where Mother Teresa lived and worked from the 1950s
until her death in 1997. It is from this room that Mother went home to
God on September 5th, 1997.
All other
areas of the Mother House are private (except the main Chapel), and
entry is strictly prohibited.
Visitor Etiquette
1.
An
atmosphere of silence and prayer is to be maintained at all times.
2.
Please bear in mind that the Mother House is also a residence for the
Sisters of the Missionaries of Charity.
3.
Please keep mobiles on silent mode.
4.
During any service at the tomb, please maintain strict silence.
5.
Photographs are allowed
only
at Mother Teresa's tomb and of her statue, for your private use. Please
do not take photos/videos for any media/publications without obtaining
written permission. You are also requested not to take photos/videos of
the Sisters and their activities around the house.
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We urge you to
take care of your personal belongings.
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Although Mother's
Tomb is a sacred place,
you do not need to remove your footwear. We are
concerned about the loss of shoes and the distress caused
thereafter.
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Being a site of
reverence and pilgrimage, visitors are requested to be appropriately
attired when coming on visits.
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Please do not
encourage professional beggars around the Mother house or be under
the impression that the Missionaries of Charity have appointed them
as guides to MC homes.
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Please approach
sisters available at the main entrance, Tomb and Museum for further
queries.
Other
Missionaries of Charity (MC) Homes you can visit in the city area:
 1.
Nirmala Shishu
Bhavan
(Children's Home) : 78, A.J.C. Bose Road (just down the road from the
Mother House) Tel: 2217 52 67
 2.
Prem Dan
(Home for Sick & Dying) : 37, Tiljala Road, No. 4
Bridge
 3.
Nirmal Hriday
(Home for Dying Destitutes) : 251, Kalighat Road (near Kali
Temple)
 4.
Daya Dan(Home for
Handicapped): 58/1, Nimtalla Ghat Street (via Manicktala)
5.
Shanti Dan (Rehabilitation Centre for Abandoned
Women): 37,Tengra Road
(Bus to Sealdah, then take an auto to Vaishali Cinema)
 6.
Titagarh (Leprosy
Rehabilitation Centre, MC Brothers)/Gandhiji Prem Nivas: Near Titagarh
Railway Station (train from Sealdah Railway Station)
7.
Jisu Bhavan(MC
Fathers' Residence) : 88, Sundari Mohan Avenue (landmark: CIT Road,
Lady's Park)
8.
St. John's Church: All-day Eucharistic
Adoration by MC Contemplative sisters. 308, A.J.C. Bose Road (next to
Sealdah Station)
9.
Missionaries of
Charity Brothers: 7, Mansatala Row,
Kidderpor.
Places where
Mother Teresa lived and worked as a Loreto sister and in the early
years of the Missionaries of Charity:
1.
Loreto Entally Convent,
where Mother Teresa lived from 1931 to 1948. Situated at 1, Convent
Road, Entally. Visits to the grounds require prior permission from the
Loreto Sisters.
2. St.
Mary's School, 1, Convent Road, Entally, where Mother
Teresa served as teacher and Principal for about 18 years. Visitors must
seek prior permission from the Sisters of the Daughters of St. Anne.
4. St.
Teresa's Church and School, Moulali : Mother Teresa as
a Loreto nun, was assigned teaching and administrative duties at the
school and Sunday Apostolate. Later, the first dispensary of the
Missionaries of Charity was established here in 1949. Situated at 92,
A.J.C. Bose Road.
5.
Motijhil School, Mother Teresa's first slum school.
Located behind Loreto Entally.
6. 14
Creek Lane : The foundation and first house of the
Missionaries of Charity. Located opposite the NRS hospital on A.J.C.
Bose Road. This house is private property of Gomes' family and
can
be viewed only from the outside.
7. St.
Thomas' Church, where Mother Teresa's body was laid in
state before her funeral. Situated at 7 Middleton Row, off Park Street
(Mother Teresa Sarani).
Mother Teresa Center
524 West Calle Primera,
Suite #1005N
San Ysidro, CA 92173
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