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Resources: The Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist
If you’re looking for information on the Memorial of the Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist…
I’ve got you covered. I didn’t have time for full-blown research for a learn something post. I apologize. This week has just been hectic for me at work and at home.
I have great news about the young adult group at my new parish… but I want to wait to share that news.
Here’s a bunch of great sources for information on St. John the Baptist.
First, the Catechism of the Catholic Church:
523: St. John the Baptist is the Lord’s immediate precursor or forerunner, sent to prepare his way. “Prophet of the Most High”, John surpasses all the prophets, of whom he is the last. He inaugurates the Gospel, already from his mother’s womb welcomes the coming of Christ, and rejoices in being “the friend of the bridegroom”, whom he points out as “the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world”. Going before Jesus “in the spirit and power of Elijah”, John bears witness to Christ in his preaching, by his Baptism of conversion, and through his martyrdom.
Prepare the way for the Lord…
I don’t have a strong devotion to St. John the Baptist, though it’s easy to see why one could develop such a devotion. (there’s an idea if you don’t have one)
The seat of my archdiocese is at St. John the Evangelist (another name for St. John the Baptist).
Here’s a New Advent post about St. John the Baptist.
Something on the unreliability of Catholic tradition… at least on specific dates: (from New Advent)
“The date of John the Baptist’s death, 29 August, assigned in the liturgical calendars can hardly be relied upon, because it is scarcely based upon trustworthy documents. His burial-place has been fixed by an old tradition at Sebaste (Samaria). But if there be any truth in Josephus’s assertion, that John was put to death at Machaerus, it is hard to understand why he was buried so far from the Herodian fortress. Still, it is quite possible that, at a later date unknown to us, his sacred remains were carried to Sebaste.”
Of course, the Bible doesn’t have any dates in it or anything. You know, they kind of missed that in writing things down.
I’m really not a stickler on dates. As long as it comes around about the same time every year… once a year, I’m good.
Here’s an article on Catholic Online.
Check out Catholic Bloggers, Jen @ Conversion Diary and Catholic Cuisine for more about this great memorial. No reason not to celebrate every time we can! I’m sure as the day turns into tomorrow (the memorial) there will be more posted online.
God bless.
I hope my week settles down soon. I’ll have more this Friday and this weekend.
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What I Read – May 2013
Books
Plainsong by Kent Haruf
I read this for my first book club meeting tomorrow! I can’t wait for the meeting, but I can’t really say I loved this book.
It’s a quick, light read though if you’re looking for someting.
Eighty Days by Matthew Goodman
Still in progress on this one. It’s about two women journalists to circumnavigate the globe during a time when women wrote for the fashion pages.
It’s exciting to read about pioneer women journalists. I really like this historical writing.
Non-fiction and full of interesting facts about the time period.
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
I read this quick. It’s good. Twisty.
It kind of just… ends, at the end.
Do Life by Ben Davis
I may have listed this last month. My apologies if I did.
It doesn’t spark me like other books in this genre, but it’s a good story.
Wisconsin Garden Guide
Because you know, it’s that time.
I’m going to share photos from my garden sometime. Soon.
Next week.
A History of the Wife
I know I’ve mentioned this one before… I ended up not finishing it.
It was just a little too… liberal and anti-traditional roles. Not that I’m anti-new roles, but I’m not against traditional roles. If that makes sense.
Little to no serious blog posts or readings.
But I did write something!
More on that next week when the contest is due.
God bless.
March reading list
Here’s the day-late list of what I read in March, online and in 3-D.
I will not admit to not scanning some of these articles.
Pro-life:
Crossing the Most Dangerous Line: How some bioethicists undermine human value: http://www.apologeticalliance.com/blog/2013/03/03/bioethics-human-value/
Amazed by Wonder:
http://ryandunssj.blogspot.com/2013/03/amazed-by-wonder.html
In Francis, the Catholic Church has a Pope for life:
https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1#inbox/13d69d49e5ae4d42
Discernment:
If Atheists Exist, God Does Not?:
http://www.apologeticalliance.com/blog/2013/03/02/if-atheists-exist-god-does-not/
Hearing God’s Voice:
http://www.ignitumtoday.com/2013/03/25/hearing-gods-voice-a-guide-to-prayer-and-discernment/
Cleaning up the engine room:
http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2013/04/cleaning-up-the-engine-room
Pluralism, tolerance and the Gospel:
http://www.apologeticalliance.com/blog/2013/03/01/pluralism-tolerance-and-the-gospel/
Church fathers/encyclicals/etc.:
Sermon 21:
http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/360321.htm
Christifideles Laici:
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_exhortations/documents/hf_jp-ii_exh_30121988_christifideles-laici_en.html
Summi Pontificatus:
http://www.newadvent.org/library/docs_pi12sp.htm
Liberatas:
http://www.newadvent.org/library/docs_le13li.htm
Laborem Exercens:
http://www.newadvent.org/library/docs_jp02le.htm
Hamanum Genus:
http://www.newadvent.org/library/docs_le13hg.htm
Religious books:
Theology of the Body for Beginners – Christopher West
Heaven’s Song – Christopher West (still in the process of finishing this)
Non-religious books:
The 100-year-old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared – Jonas Jonasson (this book was so fun to read)
Soon, my boyfriend and I are starting a “mini book club” with The Lord of the Flies.
We’ll see how that goes.
He doesn’t read as much as I do, so I might get ahead of him.
Process on researching and writing about women in the church is going well.
I have broadened it a lot, and I think I may try to publish it as a work of non-fiction.
I think that might be my sticking point in trying to submit to all these competitions. I just can’t get myself to sit down and write fiction, though reading and writing about women in the church is amazing. I could do it all day (and I do!).
Seven Quick Takes Friday (Vol. 7)
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In an effort to not make this list me-centered, here is my special intention list for the weekend:
-my boyfriend as I try to ease him into a serious marriage conversation and as he searches for a job that he at least likes, preferably loves.
-the editorial and advertising teams at my newspaper… we won 8 awards at a statewide ceremony earlier this month!
-Catholics practicing Lent in the secular world… stay strong, spread the Gospel with your life.
Now back to being about me. Sorry.
I cleaned out my room Tuesday night. It needed a good vacuuming and a bit of reorganization. I moved two things around and it has already made all the difference in the way I feel when I’m getting ready for work.
I had my gym bag packed already on Tuesday night for the gym on Wednesday (I finally went back after being sick).
It’s amazing how being organized and clean can affect my mood. I wasn’t frazzled getting ready. I hope I can keep the room like that… I need to remember to put my clothes away, not hang them on the back of chairs.
I’m working on making the Reading List that I posted Tuesday a monthly segment here. I’m going to keep better track this month and post (I hope) on the first Tuesday in April. A first Tuesday reading list. There you go.
If you haven’t noticed, check it out now: I changed my goal page.
And I’ve added to it twice since I changed it up. I listed some serious goals on it (and checked off some already!).
At the bottom is a link for Steve Kamb of Nerd Fitness and his Epic Quest. He’s a great role model for goal setting.
I actually picked a goal to work on and am on it now.
“Win an award for a fictional piece.” I have a time line created. Now I just need to organize the few scraps I already have written and get to it. The contest I’m submitting to limits it to 7,500 words. I have 3,080 at the time of this writing.
I watched part of Sen. Rand Paul’s filibuster Wednesday night.
It was awesome.
Then I came to work on Thursday, and one of my coworkers who hadn’t watched it, didn’t know what it was about (how???) and didn’t know anything about unmanned drones killing Americans (on American soil!) called Paul an idiot.
Interesting. This made me so upset. I can’t even describe how I felt. It was horrible.
The fact that this man is an experienced journalist, and he would just make a call like that without investigation of any kind into the top just blew me away.
Blew me away. It blew me so far away, that I wrote an entire post about it.
I started those Insanity workouts this week. Wow am I sore.
I’m using it as a supplement to my weight lifting routine, so I’m not following the calendar strictly. I’ll only be doing Insanity on Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, and I’ll be lifting on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Tuesdays will be my day off because that’s our production day. Who knows what I’ll do if I ever start working for a weekly. All in good time.
Today is the Feast of St. John of God. And looking at (all) my Catholic calendar(s), I see that St. Joseph is coming up in less than two weeks! He’s one of my favorites. He’s really a workhorse.
Anyway, about St. John of God: here.
He’s the Patron Saint of Booksellers! Awesome.
Saint John of God, help us to act out of love as soon as we feel the promptings of the Holy Spirit. Help us learn to fight the little voices in our heads and hearts that give us all sorts of practical reasons to wait or delay in our service of God. Amen.
God bless.
For more (and better!) Quick Takes, find everyone else (who link up way earlier than me) at Conversion Diary!
What I’m reading
An epic list of things that have caught my eye in the past month or so…
Pro-life
The Hunger Games: The Atheist’s Utopia Revealed
Declaration on Procured Abortion
Clarification on Procured Abortion
Church and state
The Government is not Our Father
Women
Papa Benedict XVI & Conclave
My Favorite Benedict XVI Quotation
10 Books by Pope Benedict You Should Know About
3 Things I’ve Learned from Pope Benedict XVI
Journalism
How newspapers can still grow in hard times
This list isn’t all inclusive. I try to keep track (nearly everything is in Evernote) but sometimes I just get too much in my Google Reader and end up clicking… “mark all as read.”
I did finally clear out my email inbox today, which means I’m all caught up with reading the Catechism readings that Flock Note sends every day. I love that.
I’m also reading The Master and Margarita, and I am heading to my RSS feed right after I post this.
God bless.
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