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Pamperme
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Good morning all  it's going to be a great day |
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Pamperme
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SAINT OF THE DAY
April 15, 2008
Blessed Caesar de Bus
(1544-1607)
Like so many of us, Caesar de Bus struggled with the decision about what to do with his life. After completing his Jesuit education he had difficulty settling between a military and a literary career. He wrote some plays but ultimately settled for life in the army and at court.
For a time life was going rather smoothly for the engaging, well-to-do young Frenchman. He was confident he had made the right choice. That was until he saw firsthand the realities of battle, including the St. Bartholomew's Day massacres of French Protestants in 1572.
He fell seriously ill and found himself reviewing his priorities, including his spiritual life. By the time he had recovered Caesar had resolved to become a priest. Following his ordination in 1582, he undertook special pastoral work: teaching the catechism to ordinary people living in neglected, rural, out-of-the-way places. His efforts were badly needed and well received.
Working with his cousin, Caesar developed a program of family catechesis. The goal—to ward off heresy among the people—met the approval of local bishops. Out of these efforts grew a new religious congregation: the Fathers of Christian Doctrine.
One of Caesar's works, Instructions for the Family on the Four Parts of the Roman Catechism, was published 60 years after his death.
He was beatified in 1975.
Comment:
“Family catechesis” is a familiar term in parish life today. Grounded in the certainty that children learn their faith first from their parents, programs that deepen parental involvement in religious education multiply everywhere. There were no such programs in Caesar’s day until he saw a need and created them. Other needs abound in our parishes, and it’s up to us to respond by finding ways to fill them or by joining in already established efforts.
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Pamperme
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WE KNOW OURSELVES  , HERE IS THE MASS READING AND GOSPEL FOR TODAY
FIRST READING: Acts of the Apostles 11:19-26Those who had escaped during the persecution that happened because of Stephen travelled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, but they usually proclaimed the message only to Jews. Some of them, however, who came from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch where they started preaching to the Greeks, proclaiming the Good News of the Lord Jesus to them as well. The Lord helped them, and a great number believed and were converted to the Lord. The church in Jerusalem heard about this and they sent Barnabas to Antioch. There he could see for himself that God had given grace, and this pleased him, and he urged them all to remain faithful to the Lord with heartfelt devotion; for he was a good man, filled with the Holy Spirit and with faith. And a large number of people were won over to the Lord. Barnabas then left for Tarsus to look for Saul, and when he found him he brought him to Antioch. As things turned out they were to live together in that church a whole year, instructing a large number of people. It was at Antioch that the disciples were first called 'Christians'. Responsorial Psalm Ps 86 Response: O praise the Lord, all you nations! Or Alleluia! 1. On the holy mountain is his city cherished by the Lord. The Lord prefers the gates of Zion to all Jacob's dwellings. Of you are told glorious things, O city of God! Response 2. 'Babylon and Egypt I will count among those who know me; Philistia, Tyre, Ethiopia, these will be her children and Zion shall be called "Mother" for all shall be her children.' Response 3. It is he, the Lord Most High, who gives each his place. In his register of peoples he writes: 'These are her children' and while they dance they will sing: 'In you all firid their home.' Response GOSPEL: John 10:22-30It was the time when the feast of Dedication was being celebrated in Jerusalem. It was winter, and Jesus was in the Temple walking up and down in the Portico of Solomon. The Jews gathered round him and said, 'How much longer are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.' Jesus replied: 'I have told you, but you do not believe. The works I do in my Father's name are my witness; but you do not believe, because you are no sheep of mine. The sheep that belong to me listen to my voice; I know them and they follow me. I give them eternal life; they will never be lost and no one will ever steal them from me. The Father who gave them to me is greater than anyone, and no one can steal from the Father. The Father and I are one.'
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viee (f)
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lol  sup gurl! how is Bayelsa? seen Alams lately? how is work? Pam gotta say u r doin a good job here. . . . thumbs up  hw work naw? hp u didnt sleep in the office yrst? hope they pay u well ooo, at least Uncle Carl will hv small reason to make his dinner himself Oby, sup gurlfriend! didnt see u here at all today! hw is work? Carl, hw is it goin? u didnt come online either Lawyer case na OPC go sovle am for us see as the guy just fasi us  Hey Viee, good to have you around again, don't worry everything with a beginning surely does have an end hey who's got news about our dear Ebos,  thnx ooo, gotta say i can't jus wait! may be Ebos don travel go Lebanon again Imhotep and lady , how una dey naw? drop by plz!! |
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Carlosein (m)
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viee, caught u right on time how now? u did not keep your word  calling! |
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viee (f)
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viee, caught u right on time how now? u did not keep your word calling!sup love dude so sori! been crazy here, running up and down since morn how u dey naw? whatz goin on? |
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Carlosein (m)
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eyaa, sorry! got an assignment today and am a bit lost. wil give report tomorrow. need to leave here now if i must get home before midnite |
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Carlosein (m)
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what r u still doing there abi oga dey around?
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Carlosein (m)
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wow, it's already 7pm got to run. see u dearie, ciao  |
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Pamperme
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Saint of the day
April 16, 2008
St. Bernadette Soubirous
(1844-1879)
Bernadette Soubirous was born in 1844, the first child of an extremely poor miller in the town of Lourdes in southern France. The family was living in the basement of a dilapidated building when on February 11,1858, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to Bernadette in a cave above the banks of the Gave River near Lourdes. Bernadette, 14 years old, was known as a virtuous girl though a dull student who had not even made her first Holy Communion. In poor health, she had suffered from asthma from an early age.
There were 18 appearances in all, the final one occurring on the feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, July 16. Although Bernadette's initial reports provoked skepticism, her daily visions of "the Lady" brought great crowds of the curious. The Lady, Bernadette explained, had instructed her to have a chapel built on the spot of the visions. There the people were to come to wash in and drink of the water of the spring that had welled up from the very spot where Bernadette had been instructed to dig.
According to Bernadette, the Lady of her visions was a girl of 16 or 17 who wore a white robe with a blue sash. Yellow roses covered her feet, a large rosary was on her right arm. In the vision on March 25 she told Bernadette, "I am the Immaculate Conception." It was only when the words were explained to her that Bernadette came to realize who the Lady was.
Few visions have ever undergone the scrutiny that these appearances of the Immaculate Virgin were subject to. Lourdes became one of the most popular Marian shrines in the world, attracting millions of visitors. Miracles were reported at the shrine and in the waters of the spring. After thorough investigation Church authorities confirmed the authenticity of the apparitions in 1862.
During her life Bernadette suffered much. She was hounded by the public as well as by civic officials until at last she was protected in a convent of nuns. Five years later she petitioned to enter the sisters of Notre Dame. After a period of illness she was able to make the journey from Lourdes and enter the novitiate. But within four months of her arrival she was given the last rites of the Church and allowed to profess her vows. She recovered enough to become infirmarian and then sacristan, but chronic health problems persisted. She died on April 16, 1879, at the age of 35.
She was canonized in 1933.
Comment:
Millions of people have come to the spring Bernadette uncovered for healing of body and spirit, but she found no relief from ill health there. Bernadette stumbled through life guided only by blind faith in things she did not understand—as we all must do from time to time.
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Pamperme
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READINGS AND GOSPEL OF THE DAY
FIRST READING: Acts of the Apostles 12:24-13:5
The word of God continued to spread and to gain followers. Barnabas and Saul completed their task and came back from Jerusalem, bringing John Mark with them.
In the church at Antioch the following were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen, who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. One day while they were offering worship to the Lord and keeping a fast, the Holy Spirit said, 'I want Barnabas and Saul set apart for the work to which I have called them'. So it was that after fasting and prayer they laid their hands on them and sent them off.
So these two, sent on their mission by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and from there sailed to Cyprus. They landed at Salamis and proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews; John acted as their assistant.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 66
Response: Let the peoples praise you, 0 God;
let all the peoples praise you
Or Alleluia!
1. O God, be gracious and bless us
and let your face shed its light upon us.
So will your ways be known upon earth
and all nations learn your saving help. Response
2. Let the nations be glad and exult
for you rule the world with justice.
With fairness you rule the peoples,
you guide the nations on earth. Response
3. Let the peoples praise you, 0 God;
let all the peoples praise you.
May God still give us his blessing
till the ends of the earth revere him. Response
GOSPEL: John 12:44-50
Jesus declared publicly:
'Whoever believes in me
believes not in me
but in the one who sent me,
and whoever sees me,
sees the one who sent me.
I, the light, have come into the world,
so that whoever believes in me
need not stay in the dark any more.
If anyone hears my words
and does not keep them faithfully,
it is not I who shall condemn him,
since I have come not to condemn the world,
but to save the world:
he who rejects me
and refuses my words has his judge already:
the word itself that I have spoken will be his judge on the last day.
For what I have spoken does not come from myself;
no, what I was to say, what I had to speak,
was commanded by the Father who sent me,
and I know that his commands mean eternal life.
And therefore what the Father has told me is what I speak.'
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Oby1 (f)
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Oby, sup girlfriend!
didnt see u here at all today!
hw is work?
I'm fine my sister, is just work. How was your exam, hope you are through, i trust you naw i know sey u deal with them well well Lawyer case na OPC go sovle am for us see as the guy just fasi us Na real wao for lawyer, where are you? thnx ooo, gotta say i can't jus wait!
may be Ebos don travel go Lebanon again May be Ebos take style dodge Lindiwe so that she know go expose am Imhotep that was a very nice site, thanks bros. Pamperme thank you, you are really trying., but come o so u bi lady Lindiwe how naw? Carlosein i trowey salute o |
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imhotep
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Nice poem by Rudyard Kipling. It comes to my mind whenever the going gets tough -->
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If
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you
But make allowance for their doubting too,
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream--and not make dreams your master,
If you can think--and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings--nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much,
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And--which is more--you'll be a Man, my son!
--Rudyard Kipling
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Pamperme
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Hi all, i will be going to the village tonight so i won't be on for a while. Just going to make preparation for me and Charlie love . I will be back on the 28th of April. Will miss ya all. Love you Glory to Jesus Honour to Mary  |
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viee (f)
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Hey Oby sup sis! my exam was ok, thnx! still hv three papers to write, friday and monday abeg help me pray, so that na only wetin i read go come out and i go rem as well how work naw? imhotep, that was lovely!! abeg gv us more on the retreat, bin lookn forward to it. . . Pam wow!!!!! so hapi for u two!!! where u from sef? mak we knw weda Uncle Carl go need contributn we go miss u! hv a safe trip and do enjoy d villa love ya |
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Oby1 (f)
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Hi all, i will be going to the village tonight so i won't be on for a while. Just going to make preparation for me and Charlie love . I will be back on the 28th of April. Will miss ya all. Love you Glory to Jesus Honour to Mary safe journey my sister, greet ndi ichie (elders) for us o, tell them sey we go come during the traditional wedding proper |
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Oby1 (f)
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Hey Oby sup sis! my exam was ok, thnx! still hv three papers to write, friday and monday abeg help me pray, so that na only wetin i read go come out and i go rem as well how work naw? Just pray and read and leave the others for God. Work no easy, but thank God who made it possible. Sure u r on exam leave shei? |
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imhotep
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imhotep, that was lovely!!
abeg gv us more on the retreat, bin lookn forward to it. . .
More on the retreat. I also had time to go through a book on Catholic Spirituality titled " The Three ages of the Interior Life" by Fr. Reginald Lagrange, OP. There is an online copy here => http://www.christianperfection.infoThe chapter titled " Retarded Souls" really struck me hard!!! ---> http://www.christianperfection.info/tta49.htmThis is taken from that chapter --> Some souls, because of their negligence or spiritual sloth, do not pass from the age of beginners to that of proficients. These are retarded souls; in the spiritual life they are like abnormal children, who do not happily pass through the crisis of adolescence and who, though they do not remain children, never reach the full development of maturity. Thus these retarded souls belong neither among beginners nor among proficients. Unfortunately they are numerous.
Of these retarded souls, some who formerly served God with fidelity are now in a state bordering on indifference. Though in the past they knew true spiritual fervor, we may say without fear of rash judgment that they seriously misused divine graces. Had it not been for this misuse, as a matter of fact the Lord would have continued what He had begun in them, for He does not refuse His help to those who do what is in their power to obtain it.
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viee (f)
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Carl, i still dey wait for the full report oooo where u dey? Oby, exam leave ke? i wish!!! i still manage to get the exam days off unlike before ur hvnt been on YIM for a whileImhotep, thanx! r u a Priest? |
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imhotep
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Imhotep, thanx! Wink r u a Priest?
Wow. I'd like to know what led you to ask. |
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viee (f)
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intution i guess |
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imhotep
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intution i guess
Actually an aspiring Jesuit. Please pray for me. |
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viee (f)
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i SURE WILL!!!! May God guide and direct you on this journey May he be your constant light when the road may seem dim and May his Love be with you always i can't wait attend your ordination ooo |
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viee (f)
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gotta run now sleep tight also all the night crawlers , mak una sleep well too jus rem one short prayer before goin to bed back in sec sch: I lay my bodi down to sleep i pray to God my soul to keep and if i die before i wake i pray to God my soul to take Goodnite Jesus Christ my Savior Goodnight Mary my Mother Keep me away frm sin tonit keep away frm sins foreva. Glory be to Father, to the Son and to the Holy Spirit as it was in the begining, itz now and eva shall be world wthout end Amen made a good ryhme for us back then still does to me. . . . g9t! |
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Oby1 (f)
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GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!!! It's raining heavily my area. Carl, i still dey wait for the full report oooo where u dey? Oby, exam leave ke? i wish!!! i still manage to get the exam days off unlike before your hvnt been on YIM for a whileImhotep, thanx! r u a Priest?I'm trying to re-install my YIM back, my system was reformated. |
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Oby1 (f)
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Actually an aspiring Jesuit. Please pray for me.
I guess as much too. May God guard and guide you all the way through. |
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Carlosein (m)
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Hi all, i will be going to the village tonight so i won't be on for a while. Just going to make preparation for me and Charlie love . I will be back on the 28th of April. Will miss ya all. Love you Glory to Jesus Honour to Mary wow, how sweet she's proposing to me (ooh ) have a safe trip dear and know i'll be waiting anxiously for your return. viee, oby, imhotep and everyone else, this is to officially invite you all to our solemnization of holy matrimony. come one, come all!!! |
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Carlosein (m)
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Carl, i still dey wait for the full report oooo
where u dey? Oby, exam leave ke? i wish!!! i still manage to get the exam days off unlike before your hvnt been on YIM for a whileImhotep, thanx! r u a Priest? you'll get it when i have some time off, seems difficult the way things are right now sha. still remember you in my prayers for the remaining papers of your exams. and ebos mum and lindiwe and lady and all my brethren here. my heart fills up with love when am with you here. |
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Lindiwe (f)
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Hi y'all Access to the internet in Yenagoa suddenly became a big issue, we've not had access for three days now, I left there for Owerri this afternoon, and i'm Lagos bound this Saturday, i'm so gladdddddddddddd Hope y'all been doing great |
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Lindiwe (f)
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Actually an aspiring Jesuit. Please pray for me.
Oh that's so lovely! What a great aspiration for 'great minds'!!!, May our Lady help in forming you into the priest our Lord Jesus so desires!  |
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Lindiwe (f)
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Viee, I'm good and i've booked several appointments to catch a glimpse of Alams to no avail, your sis tire come kukuma give up How your exam na, sure say you dey give those lecturers assignment for each paper @Oby Sis you've got humour no bi small, abeg help me tell Ebos say make I'm no run again, i no go do am anything I also suggest you follow PamCarl go do their intro, Dose Ichies go laugh their head off when you start to talk, You be correct girl! Pam, Kudos, hope we go still get our daily readings live from the villa, Safe trip sis, Abeg, them still dey doubt your gender? Me i just conclude say you be female oh! Carl, abeg confirm! Cheers oh! No more night crawler, not anymore, |
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Oby1 (f)
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Viee, I'm good and i've booked several appointments to catch a glimpse of Alams to no avail, your sis tire come kukuma give up How your exam na, sure say you dey give those lecturers assignment for each paper I trust my sis You think so, i know no sey i get humour o, na u talk am o Pam,
Kudos, hope we go still get our daily readings live from the villa,
Safe trip sis, yes o safe trip Abeg, them still dey doubt your gender? Me i just conclude say you be female oh! Carl, abeg confirm! She b real female no more controversy because i no think sey man fit marry man for this our obodo Nigeria |
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