Family Occasions, Speaking Heart to Heart

  November 26, 2024 QuoteFancy Hi!   How is each and every one? Happy Thanksgiving Day!!! This year we are also thanking God for the 42nd Anniversary of the Prelature of Opus Dei on the same day of the 28 th . On 28 November 1982, St. John Paul II erected Opus Dei as a Personal Prelature by means of the Apostolic Constitution "Ut sit."   He encouraged its faithful, laity and priests, to fearlessly pursue its perennial mission: "It is time to put aside all fear and pursue daring apostolic goals."   Some features of the charism of Opus Dei as explained by St. Josemaría: doing everything out of love, understanding all people, praying for the Church and the Pope, sharing one’s vocation, being a family, imitating Jesus Christ, being a temple of the Blessed Trinity wherever we are, and sanctifying work. St. Josemaria: “Make it a habit to raise your heart to God, in acts of thanksgiving, many times a day. Because He gives you this and that... Because someone...

  November 19, 2024 iCharacter Hi!   How is each and every one? How I love this word, diligence!   I have always regarded this virtue to mean loving and caring in whatever one is occupied in, with and always alluding to God.   It is always associated to love and not without effort.   What comes to mind now is Elon Musk’s motto, DOGE that goes “Do only good every day.”   I heard this over through the news. Then I learned after Trump was elected and proceeded to choosing his cabinet members that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have been appointed to a new department known as Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).   What do you think about that?   Coincidence?   Somebody commented the other day that she found inspiration in that motto, DOGE.   She challenges herself to “Do good in every opportunity.”   She said at first she thought of “Don’t miss any opportunity to do good” but she wanted to rephrase it to a positive stateme...

  November 12, 2024 True Peace St. Josemaria Institute Christ the King   Hi!  How is each and every one? On November 24, last Sunday of this month of November, we will be celebrating The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus, the King of the Universe.   From the homily of St. Josemaria on this Solemnity of Christ the King in Christ is Passing By , we read:  The liturgical year is coming to a close and in the holy sacrifice of the altar we renew the offering of the victim to the Father—the offering of Christ, the king of justice, love and peace, as we shall read shortly in the preface. You all experience a great joy in your souls as you consider the sacred humanity of our Lord.  He is a king with a heart of flesh, like yours; he is the author of the universe and of every creature, but he does not lord it over us.  He begs us to give him a little love, as he silently shows us his wounds. Why then do so many people not know him?   Why do we still ...

  November 5, 2024 Tranquility of Order is Peace Hello! How is each and every one? What an opportune topic, we are starting in today’s post!   Peace as defined is a state of tranquility, harmony, and freedom from violence and conflict.  Peace is the absence or cessation of war or hostilities.  Peace is a state of friendship and harmony between individuals or groups. Peace is a lack of fear of violence. Peace can be a state of mutual concord between governments and a pact to end hostilities. St Augustine defines peace in his monumental work “City of God” as the tranquility of order. That is, when things are so arranged that justice is done to each and each can work toward the good according to capability, the harmony that arises can properly be called “peace.” In his own words: “The peace of the celestial city…” (Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington). We need to pray to Jesus, the King of Peace and to His mother Mary, the Queen of peace for peace in the heart of...