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Surprise with tire throws mechanic to the top
Even change a tire is dangerous nowadays .. . Imagine that burst ...
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Only in Alberta... girls towing a trailer missing a tire...
pair of girls towing a trailer missing a tire rolling on the rim
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Rally Car - Tire lost
Rally car lost a tire after hitting wood....Kept going!! Who put that wood there?? © JakubRSMP
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Terrible singing causes tire to blow out and car to go out of control
The tire had had enough of these dirty selfie stick carrying hipsters
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Motorhome Flips Over on Interstate due to Tire Failure
Ascension Parish-- Earlier this morning, Louisiana State Troopers from Troop A were dispatched to an overturned motorhome on Interstate 10 east of US 61 in Ascension Parish. Crash scene in
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Motor Home Blows Tire, Rolls It
Source: Source: Jonathan Mendel via Facebook Ascension Parish, LA - Louisiana State Police troopers were dispatched to an overturned motor home on Interstate 10 on Monday. The accident happened ea
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Cat catches pigeon in mid air then catches car tire.
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I forgot front tire, I do not want to be free styler
I forgot front tire, I do not want to be free styler Look at me guys I can standing without Tires, could you do that
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Just Hanging Out at Work When Suddenly TIRE!!!
Street vendor in Thailand narrowly avoids death or serious injury when he's almost hit by a tire that flew off a bus.
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Mounting a 2000 lb Tire with Fire
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Kevin Siegfried earned his B.A. from Antioch College and his M.A. in theory/composition from The University of Iowa. He earned his D.M.A. in composition from The New England Conservatory (NEC). He was a composition fellow at the European American Musical Alliance (Paris, France) and the June in Buffalo Festival, and a teaching fellow at Harvard University, NEC and The University of Iowa.
Widely performed throughout the United States and Europe, Siegfried's music is published by Earthsongs, ECS Publishing, G. Schirmer, and MorningStar and has been performed by leading ensembles including The Byrd Ensemble, The Cardinall's Musick, Conspirare, The Dale Warland Singers, The Exon Singers, and the Seattle Bach Choir. Recent festival performances include the American Masterpieces Choral Festival, Llangollen International Musical Eistoddfod (Wales), Maine Festival of American Music, Minnesota Beethoven Festival, and the St. Magnus International Festival (Scotland). Siegfried is the recipient of numerous grants and awards including ASCAP, Choral Arts New England, National Endowment for the Arts, and New Hampshire State Council on the Arts. Since 2014, he has been composer-in-residence with the Capitol Hill Chorale in Washington DC.
A member of The Boston Conservatory Theater Division faculty since 2004, Siegfried is the Coordinator of Theory and New Works, and directs the Songwriting Workshop, a two-year emphasis in the Theater Division. He served as a music director for The Boston Conservatory production of Leonard Bernstein's Mass in 2004.
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"30 Rock" (8 p.m., NBC): Three-time Emmy champ "30 Rock" launches its seventh and final season tonight. The opener has Liz (Tina Fey) returning from hiatus, only to be shocked by Jack's (Alec Baldwin) awful fall-programming lineup.
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Los Angeles Tops Arizona 2-1 - Recap
Los Angeles got 6 2/3 innings of work from Josh Beckett en route to a 2-1 victory over Arizona on Saturday at Dodger Stadium.
Bettors who backed the Dodgers were rewarded as -153 favorites at sportsbooks. Over-Under bettors saw the total score go UNDER the closing total of 7.5.
Josh Beckett earned the victory for the Dodgers, throwing 6 2/3 innings of work, striking out 9, walking 1, and allowing 6 hits and 1 earned run. That effort was supported by 1 RBI from Hanley Ramirez in the win.
Arizona's starting pitcher Tyler Skaggs worked 5 innings, giving up 5 hits and 1 earned run while striking out 3 in the loss. They got 1 hit from Aaron Hill in a losing cause.
The battle of the bats favored Arizona as they had 7 hits, while Los Angeles only had 6.
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Hometown: Meridian, Idaho
Year in School: Senior
Major/Area of Special Interest: Theatre/Performance
Favorite Theatrical Experience: I'd have to say my favorite experience would either be Evil Dead, Rabbit Hole, and/or Some Girls.
Plans After Graduation: Apply to graduate school and/or move to Boise and pursue Massage Therapy.
Theatrical Resume at EOU:
- Eurydice – Big Stone
- The Proposal – Ivan Lomov
- A Midsummer Night's Dream – Francis Flute
- Yellow Boat – Chorus #1/Eddy
- Evil Dead, the Musical – Ed
- Rabbit Hole – Jason
- Jekyll and Hyde,the Musical – Asst. Stage Manager/Chorus
- The Boor – Smirnov
- Wait Until Dark – Sargeant Carlino
- The Diviners – Ferris Layman
- Some Girl(s) – Guy
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Is it efficient to compare a string with another string or string literal like this?
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string b;
if (a == "test")
if (a == b)
My coworker asked me to use memcmp
Any comments about this?
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Yes use
You should always prefer code readability and using STL over using C functions unless you have a specific bottleneck in your program that you need to optimize and you have proven that it is truly a bottleneck.
Obviously you should use
For the record,
If you really need to know, you should write a test-application and see what the timing is.
That being said, you should rely on the provided implementation being quite efficient. It usually is.
I think your coworker is a bit hooked up on possible optimization.
It's less efficient.
In C,
STL best practice is to always prefer member functions to perform a given task. In this case that's
Your coworker needs to think a bit more in C++ and get away from the CRT. Sometimes I think this is just caused by fear of the unknown - if you can educate on C++ options, perhaps you will have an easier time.
Maybe or maybe not
If your C++ implementation uses a highly optimized memcmp (as GCC has) and
it's C++ string comparison does the trivial
On shorter strings, these optimizations wouldn't be visible in the timings - but on larger strings (some 10K or so), the speedup should be clearly visible.
The Answer: it depends ;-) Check your C++ strings implementation.
Only If Speed is Very Important
Use strings of fixed size (32-64 bytes is very good), initialized to all zeros and then filled with string data. (Note that here, by "string" I mean raw C code or your own custom string class, not the std::string class.)
Use memcpy and memcmp to compare these strings always using the fixed buffer size.
You can get even faster than memcmp if you make sure your string buffers are 16-byte aligned so you can use SSE2 and you only need to test for equality and not greater or less-than. Even without SSE2 you can do an equality compare using subtraction in word-sized chunks.
The reason that these techniques speed things up is that they remove the byte-by-byte comparison test from the equation. Looking for the terminating


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Synonyms of forthcoming in English:
1 forthcoming events
close, (close) at hand, in store, in the wind, in the air, in the offing, in the pipeline, on the horizon, on the way, on us, about to happen
[Antonyms] past, current
2 no reply was forthcoming
available, ready, at hand, accessible, obtainable, at someone's disposal, obtained, given, vouchsafed to someone
informal up for grabs, on tap
[Antonyms] unavailable
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communicative, talkative, chatty, loquacious, vocal;
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I'm working on building the hacks section of the web site here. I think this will be a great resource for the WP community and I'm looking for some help with ideas for what categories would make sense.
Here is a start:
CSS Skins (blog)
CSS Skins (admin pages)
Multi-media (photos, audio blogging, etc.)
Referers (is this enough to be a category? it could be I think)
Accessibility (my mobile version hack would go here I think)
I'm sure I'm missing some and perhaps some of these aren't right. Please add your suggestions, thanks!


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He will be assisted by Chris Ramsey and Les Ferdinand, with the fifth-round League Cup tie against West Ham United set to be their first match in charge this Wednesday.
The club also announced that Steffen Freund and Tony Parks would be continuing on the coaching staff but Jose Mario Rocha, Luis Martins and Daniel Sousa had all left the club.
Sherwood, who previously worked as Tottenham's technical co-ordinator, will be in charge while the club "progresses discussions" in the search for a new coach, the club announced via its official twitter feed.
We can announce that Tim Sherwood, Chris Ramsey and Les Ferdinand will take charge of the First Team whilst the Club progresses discussions
Former Chelsea and Porto boss Villas-Boas had his contract with the club terminated early on Monday after his side fell to a 5-0 loss to Liverpool on Sunday afternoon but his position had been the source of much speculation since the 6-0 drubbing away at Manchester City at the end of November.
Spurs are currently seventh in the table, two points ahead of Manchester United, and won their Europa League group with a 100 per cent record, scoring 15 goals and conceding just two in six games.
Villas-Boas also had a good record overall as Tottenham manager, averaging 1.83 points per league match, and a win ratio of more than 53 per cent, the highest of all Spurs bosses in the Premier League era.
Although the Portuguese manager did spend heavily over the summer, to the tune of £108million with seven new players coming in as Tottenham reinvested Gareth Bale's enormous transfer fee, some of the signings appear to have been made over his head and that led to a breakdown in the relationship with the club's hierarchy.
Former Tottenham player Sherwood was recruited by another former manager Harry Redknapp and is believed now to be amongst a list of possible contenders to replace Villas-Boas.
However, bookmakers have installed former England manager Fabio Capello as the early favourite. Although he is currently Russia's head coach and due to take them to the World Cup finals, Franco Baldini, his former assistant at England, is Spurs' technical director, and Capello was at White Hart Lane on Sunday commentating for Italian television.
Other names linked with the post include former Tottenham striker Jurgen Klinsmann, currently coach of the USA, and a possible return for Glenn Hoddle - he was in charge at Spurs between 2001 and 2003 but has not been in club management since Wolves in 2006.
There are also whispers that Southampton's Mauricio Pochettino, who has been hugely impressive at St Mary's, has attracted Levy's admiration though he is known to be fiercely loyal to Saints chairman Nicola Cortese.
Guus Hiddink's agent has ruled the Dutchman out of the running - he is taking over as Holland coach after the World Cup.
Cees van Nieuwenhuizen told Press Association Sport: "I would be surprised if (Hiddink) went to Spurs. I could hardly imagine that happening.
"He has just signed a contract with Holland and he has also turned down offers from other countries recently to coach them at the World Cup so I wouldn't take any talk of Guus going to Tottenham seriously."
Swansea boss Michael Laudrup's agent has also insisted the Dane is committed to staying at his club until the end of the season.
Earlier, Harry Redknapp - sacked as Tottenham manager in 2012 after failing to qualify for the Champions League - had said Levy should have given his successor Villas-Boas more time.
Redknapp told talkSPORT: "I think people are over-reacting too quickly. You lose a couple of games now and you're in trouble, it shouldn't be like that.
"You either think somebody is good at their job or not and when you appoint someone you should give them time and let them do the job."
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Stanford Doctor Claims Financier Is Suicidal, Unfit for Trial
A doctor who examined R. Allen Stanford testified that he is suicidal and may never recover sufficiently from a jailhouse beating to stand trial on charges he ran a $7 billion Ponzi scheme.
Defense lawyers and U.S. prosecutors argued yesterday for the second day in federal court in Houston over Stanford's mental fitness. Stanford, 61, says he can't remember family vacations, business dealings or romantic encounters with women because of the attack and because of anxiety drugs. The U.S. says he's faking it.
Dr. Ralph Lilly, a neurologist, testified yesterday that Stanford sustained "a major injury that required major surgery" in the 2009 inmate assault. Stanford is delusional and believes the government is out to destroy him, Lilly said. The doctor said he couldn't predict when Stanford might be ready for trial.
"He's at risk for suicide," Lilly told U.S. District Judge David Hittner, citing an examination of Stanford this month. "His memory is like a crossword puzzle that's fallen to the ground and doesn't come together anymore."
Lilly told the judge he didn't know when or whether Stanford would be able to go on trial.
"I can't say in the next month or ever," he said.
Further Treatment
Depending on how Hittner rules, Stanford will undergo further treatment or face a trial Jan. 23 on charges of running a Ponzi scheme that cost investors more than $7 billion. If convicted, he could go to prison for the rest of his life.
Stanford has been imprisoned as a flight risk since his June 2009 indictment on charges of defrauding investors through a scheme built on allegedly bogus certificates of deposit at Antigua-based Stanford International Bank Ltd.
Stanford benefited from eight months of treatment in Butner, where he was successfully weaned from powerful anti-anxiety drugs prescribed after the assault, Lilly said. The lasting effects of the brain injury have left him depressed and occasionally hallucinatory, Lilly said.
"He's delusional, paranoid and he feels the government has selected him to destroy him for whatever reason they may have," Lilly testified. He said Stanford believes the U.S. wants to "make money off his businesses" and has tortured him.
Prison Psychologist
Robert E. Cochrane, a psychologist at the Federal Bureau of Prisons' medical center in Butner, North Carolina, testified Dec. 20 that Stanford failed every test designed to expose fakers. His claim of complete retrograde amnesia, loss of the memory of things that happened before the event that caused it, is "remarkable" because the condition is so rare, Cochrane said.
Lilly said yesterday that Stanford is "absolutely" not faking his condition and isn't even aware of the extent to which his mental faculties are impaired.
"His symptoms are characteristic of someone with a brain injury," Lilly said. "His prognosis is limited."
Stanford retains "partial pieces of past memory that are difficult to reconnect with," Victor Scarano, a forensic psychiatrist who also examined Stanford for his defense, testified yesterday. "It's like he's looking through a fog, trying to recapture who he is, and he can't do it."
Scarano said Stanford isn't presently competent to testify at trial. Based on a brief conversation with Stanford yesterday at the courthouse, Scarano said he believes the financier's mental state is deteriorating under the stress of the competency hearing. "He's getting worse," the doctor testified.
Hittner said the hearing will conclude tomorrow. Previously, he told lawyers he will issue a decision as soon as possible following completion of the hearing.
The case is U.S. v. Stanford, 09-cr-342, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas (Houston).


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I have never played double dragon, but the animation here is amazing! 5 stars man!
I don't understand how a project like this only got 5th place; in my opinion, this deserved a higher score. The animation was awesome, and it really brought back some good memories of this game. Any chance you have a link to the actual video before it was rotoscoped?
I still have the videos on my computer. I guess I could make a short video of the before and after rotoscope. Just not sure where I'd upload it.
Damn! the animation was insane!!! Though the voices could use a little imrpovement
This... rotoscoping thing.
Where/how did you learn it?
Is it like making an animation straight upon a video, or what?
I'd be eager to check out how would I manage in this rather interesting art :)
Learned it on the fly really. Did a little on my first animation I submitted to Newgrounds. Then again on this one. Its filming the movie and then drawing on top of it. Creating the character you need. I think that's probably the hardest part. If I could just straight up trace a person rotoscope wouldn't be that hard, but its not that way if you need certain characters. If you like to learn how to do it or have more questions about it just send me a PM I'd be glad to show you or anyone how it can be done.


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The Girl With The White Flag
by Tomiko Higa
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4.0 out of 5 stars
I read this book because she shares my last name ...
Jan. 29 2004
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but is no relation. And found I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. There are many mentions in the customer reviews about it being middle school or young adolescent lit, so I was a little leery. And it is in a way, because the episodes in her life are just presented the way she remembered them. There is no tying it back to a larger political idea, no closure of narrative like one expect in an adult novel, and often "characters" in her story walk away never to be seen from or heard from again. So, in that way, if you are expecting an adult account with deep reflections, ramifications both political and social, and prescriptions and condemnations, then you need to read another book. But Higa's account was refreshing in that way that children are. She presents everything without guile or over-analysis. You feel the visceral experience with her as she climbs over the wasteland that her country becomes. She never sugar-coats anything because there is no need to when just presented factually. You feel her need, understand her young judgements, and are just charmed by her plucky character. In today's multicultural educational system, this book would be a good addition to any history of WWII.
Kara Walker: Pictures from Another Time
by Kara Elizabeth Walker
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4.0 out of 5 stars
I'm not an Art critic or Artist, & I never buy art books...
Nov. 10 2003
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I'm just a regular Joe who doesn't even know that much about art (I never even had an undergraduate class in art appreciation or art history). I first saw Kara Walker's art on a PBS special and was so moved by her work and her methods, I purchased this book. The images in this book are more graphic, more arresting, and more provoking than the ones shown on TV. I opened this book as soon as I received it from Amazon, yet, I had to keep looking away at times because some of the compositions are so heartbreaking. As a minority myself, I don't think I suffer too much from white guilt about racial and historical prejudice, yet just the intensity of emotion and presentation of her juxtapositions are painful and exhilirating. "Genius" is a word I approach with skepticism because of it's over use these days (c'mon can Eminem REALLY be a genius?) but very often as I turned the pages in this collection and was stopped by images that begged contemplation, the word genius occurred to me over and over again.
I took off one star for the essays, NOT for Kara Walker's art. I doubt it, but maybe I will get around to reading the essays. They intrude upon the presentation of the work, at times, which is slightly annoying. I guess they help you put the artist's work into historical, aesthetic context blah, blah, blah. I'm sure the more educated appreciate the inclusions of the essays, but I think her works speaks loads by itself. Which, ideally, is how art should affect us (us="the great unwashed masses without any special knowledge"), isn't it?
Where We Once Belonged
by Sia Figiel
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Different and rewarding
Oct. 18 2002
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All I knew about Samoa before reading Sia Figiel's novel, Where We Once Belonged was:
1) Margaret Mead made her career writing about Samoan women, and
2) Samoan men are highly recruited as linemen for college football teams.
Rectifying that ignorance of my fellow Asian/Pacific Islanders was my initial impetus for picking up the novel, but it was Figiel's stunning storytelling and humor which carried me through to the end. The rewards of Where We Once Belonged is not only a sophisticated product of the storyteller's art, but also the honest and touching portrayal of a time and culture few of us know.
From the opening sentence, "When I saw the insides of a woman's vagina for the first time I was not alone," Where We Once Belonged plunges the reader honestly and unapologetically into an adolescent girl's world of guilt, desire, cultural confusion, and budding sexuality. Carried forward in a series of linked reflections and scenes, the novel is "told" to the reader through a variety of sophisticated narrative techniques including the informal "talk story," the traditional Samoan storytelling form of su'ifefiloi and more elegiac poetic reflections on the landscape of Samoa. The playfulness of the narrative underscores Figiel's somewhat darker concerns about the difficulties faced by young women growing up in Samoa. The strong pull of the church and its mores is juxtaposed alongside the images of women offered by up Hollywood, specifically, Charlie's Angels, after whom our narrator, Alofa also known as Jill, and her friends, Lili/Kelly and Moa/Sabrina, pattern themselves after. Gender roles are discussed, explored, witnessed and even rebelled against with often violent consequences. Wives are disposed at the whim of their husband, unmarried young women are banished for their "impure" pregnancies, and even Alofa is the victim of beatings and abuse that are given as "lessons" by her partriarchal community.
And yet in the midst of these brutal events, Figiel manages to combine humor into her narrative, as in the story of Elisa, who "remained pure, until her first check-up at the hospital when a metal instrument injured her hymen...All these years and she was saving it for a piece of metal." The richness of Samoa comes alive through Figiel's liberal use of Samoan creole and her amazing ability to describe a scene not only through sight but smell as well. She describes the central marketplace through its activity and through the smells of the different tobaccos smoked by the different types of people, The pervasive juxtaposition of native Samoan and western culture plays out in the food section where fish wrapped in taro leaves competes with imported animals like lamb and turkey.
Where We Once Belonged satisfies on many different levels: It can be read as an adolescent girl's "coming of age" story, an intimate portrait of Samoa, or even a sociological examination of the lingering effects of colonization and pervasive cultural hegemony of Hollywood. But Figiel, the product of a rich storytelling culture, weaves each of these threads into a richly patterned tale, leading us to an unforgettable ending and leaving an indelible experience of Samoa in our memories.
Hicks, Tribes and Dirty Realists
by Robert Rebein
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A worthwhile read for contemporary readers & writers
Nov. 14 2001
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Hicks, Tribes and Dirty Realists (Hardcover)
An impressive analysis on contemporary fiction. The breadth of material reviewed is comprehensive and each chapter offers an in-depth analysis of Rebein's particular sub-theme (i.e., "hick chic" or "tribes" etc...). In truth, a lot of these kind of lit-crit analyses can end of being hollow: novels and writers become roadkill on the highway of some critical theory dogma. Rebein actually appears to have enjoyed the work, and the respect for the work or the writer is apparent. Genuine good humor is suffused throughout the book, which is always good to see in literary analysis. The strengths of this study are definitely his discussions on the West, "New" West, and the Western writers given that label: Cormac McCarthy, Erdrich, Kingsolver etc... His chapter on Cormac McCarthy and his literary cultural mileu is the clearest and sharpest discussion I've read about the work. It's hard to discuss realism and regionalism in general without mentioning the Southern writers and that long history and I found his anaylsis and arguments of Dorothy Allison and her ilk helpful as well. Less compelling for me were the discussions on "Tribe" and minority-American writers he discusses, but the fact that he includes them in his work is a statement in itself. One area I was not well-read in and enjoyed immensely was the "White Prison Novel," which despite the subject matter sounded like something that would be fun to read. In short, I would have to say that anyone interested in contemporary american fiction or anyone writing contemporary American fiction can learn a lot from this well-considered, comprehensive, and well-written study.
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A Gainesville man with a history of theft was arrested again on Sunday after being accused of stealing $150 worth of underwear from Walmart and trading it for cigarettes at a convenience store.
A woman accused of being an accomplice was also arrested.
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Skip to comments.Catholic Caucus: Daily Mass Readings, 01-07-14, OM, St. Raymond Penyafort, Priest
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January 7, 2014
Reading 1 1 Jn 4:7-10
Beloved, let us love one another,
because love is of God;
everyone who loves is begotten by God and knows God.
Whoever is without love does not know God, for God is love.
In this way the love of God was revealed to us:
God sent his only-begotten Son into the world
so that we might have life through him.
In this is love:
not that we have loved God, but that he loved us
and sent his Son as expiation for our sins.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 72:1-2, 3-4, 7-8
R. (see 11) Lord, every nation on earth will adore you.
O God, with your judgment endow the king,
and with your justice, the king's son;
He shall govern your people with justice
and your afflicted ones with judgment.
R. Lord, every nation on earth will adore you.
The mountains shall yield peace for the people,
and the hills justice.
He shall defend the afflicted among the people,
save the children of the poor.
R. Lord, every nation on earth will adore you.
Justice shall flower in his days,
and profound peace, till the moon be no more.
May he rule from sea to sea,
and from the River to the ends of the earth.
R. Lord, every nation on earth will adore you.
Gospel Mk 6:34-44
When Jesus saw the vast crowd, his heart was moved with pity for them,
for they were like sheep without a shepherd;
and he began to teach them many things.
By now it was already late and his disciples approached him and said,
"This is a deserted place and it is already very late.
Dismiss them so that they can go
to the surrounding farms and villages
and buy themselves something to eat."
He said to them in reply,
"Give them some food yourselves."
But they said to him,
"Are we to buy two hundred days' wages worth of food
and give it to them to eat?"
He asked them, "How many loaves do you have? Go and see."
And when they had found out they said,
"Five loaves and two fish."
So he gave orders to have them sit down in groups on the green grass.
The people took their places in rows by hundreds and by fifties.
Then, taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven,
he said the blessing, broke the loaves, and gave them to his disciples
to set before the people;
he also divided the two fish among them all.
They all ate and were satisfied.
And they picked up twelve wicker baskets full of fragments
and what was left of the fish.
Those who ate of the loaves were five thousand men.
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From: 1 John 4:7-10
God is Love. Brotherly Love, the Mark of Christians
7-21. St John now expands on the second aspect of the divine commandment
(cf. 1 Jn 3:23) — brotherly love. The argument is along these lines: God is love
and it was he who loved us to begin with (vv. 7-10); brotherly love is the response
which God's love calls for (vv. 11-16); when our love is perfect, we feel no fear (vv.
17-18); brotherly love is an expression of love of God (vv. 19-21).
This is not tiresome repetition of the ideas already discussed (2:7-11; 3:11-18):
contrary to the false teaching which is beginning to be spread, charity is the sure
mark, the way to recognize the genuine disciple. St Jerome hands down a tradi-
tion concerning the last years of St John's life: when he was already a very old
man, he used always say the same thing to the faithful: "My children, love one
another!" On one occasion, he was asked why he insisted on this: "to which he
replied with these words worthy of John: 'Because it is the Lord's commandment,
and if you keep just this commandment, it will suffice"' ("Comm. in Gal.", Ill. 6,
7. The divine attributes, God's perfections, which he has to the highest degree,
are the cause of our virtues: for example, because God is holy, we have been
given a capacity to be holy. Similarly, because God is love, we can love. True
love, true charity, comes from God.
8. "God is love": without being strictly speaking a definition (in 1:5 he says "God
is light"), this statement reveals to us one of the most consoling attributes of God:
"Even if nothing more were to be said in praise of love in all the pages of this epis-
tle", St Augustine explains, "even if nothing more were to be said in all the pages
of Sacred Scripture, and all we heard from the mouth of the Holy Spirit were that
'God is love', there would be nothing else we would need to look for" ("In Epist.
Ioann. ad Parthos", 7, 5).
God's love for men was revealed in Creation and in the preternatural and super-
natural gifts he gave man prior to sin; after man's sin, God' s love is to be seen
above all, in forgiveness and redemption (as St John goes on to say: v. 9), for the
work of salvation is the product of God's mercy: "It is precisely because sin ex-
ists in the world, which 'God so loved...that he gave his only Son' (Jn 3:16), that
God, who 'is love' (1 Jn 4:8), cannot reveal himself other than as mercy. This cor-
responds not only to the most profound truth of that love which God is, but also
to the whole interior truth of man and of the world which is man's temporary
homeland" (John Paul II, "Dives In Misercordia", 13).
9. God has revealed his love to men by sending his own Son; that is, it is not on-
ly Christ's teachings which speak to us of God's love, but, above all, his presence
among us: Christ himself is the fullness of revelation of God (cf. Jn 1:18; Heb 1:1)
and of his love for men. "The source of all grace is God's love for us, and he has
revealed this not just in words but also in deeds. It was divine love which led the
second Person of the most holy Trinity, the Word, the son of God the Father, to
take on our flesh, our human condition, everything except sin. And the Word, the
Word of God, is the Word from which Love proceeds (cf. "Summa Theologiae", I,
q. 43, a. 5, quoting St Augustine, "De Trinitate", IX, 10).
"Love is revealed to us in the incarnation, the redemptive journey which Jesus
Christ made on our earth, culminating in the supreme sacrifice of the cross. And
on the cross it showed itself through a new sign: 'One of the soldiers pierced his
side with a spear, and at once there came out blood and water' (Jn 19:34). This
water and blood of Jesus speaks to us of a self-sacrifice brought to the last ex-
treme: 'It is finished' (Jn 19:30) — everything is achieved, for the sake of love" (St.
J. Escriva, "Christ Is Passing By", 162).
"Among us": it is difficult to convey in English everything the Greek contains.
The Greek expression means that the love of God was shown to those who wit-
nessed our Lord's life (the Apostles) and to all other Christians, whose partici-
pate in this apostolic witness (cf. note on 1 Jn 1:1-3; this idea is repeated in vv.
14 and 16). But it also means "within us", inside us, in our hearts, insofar as we
partake of God's own life by means of sanctifying grace: every Christian is a wit-
ness to the fact that Christ has come so that men "may have life, and have it
abundantly" (Jn 10:10).
10. Given that love is an attribute of God (v. 8), men have a capacity to love inso-
far as they share in God's qualities. So, the initiative always lies with God.
When explaining in what love consists, St John points to its highest form of ex-
pression: "he sent (his Son) to be the expiation of our sins" (cf. 2:2). Similar
turns of phrase occur throughout the letter: the Son of God manifested himself
"to destroy the works of the devil" (3:8); "he laid down his life for us" (3:16). All
these statements show that: 1) Christ's death is a sacrifice in the strict sense
of the word, the most sublime act of recognition of God's sovereignty; 2) it is an
atoning sacrifice, because it obtains God's pardon for the sins of men; 3) it is
the supreme act of God's love, so much so that St John actually says, "in this
is love."
What is amazing, St Alphonsus teaches, "is that he could have saved us without
suffering or dying and yet he chose a life of toil and humiliation, and a bitter and
ignominious death, even death on a cross, something reserved for the very worst
offenders. And why was it that, when he could have redeemed us without suffe-
ring, he chose to embrace death on the Cross? To show us how much he loved
us" ("The Love of Jesus Christ", chap. 1).
Source: "The Navarre Bible: Text and Commentaries". Biblical text from the
Revised Standard Version and New Vulgate. Commentaries by members of
the Faculty of Theology, University of Navarre, Spain.
Published by Four Courts Press, Kill Lane, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland, and
by Scepter Publishers in the United States.
From: Mark 6:34-44
First Miracles of the Loaves
34. Our Lord had planned a period of rest, for himself and his disciples, from
the pressures of the apostolate (Mk 6:31-32). And he has to change his plans
because so many people come, eager to hear him speak. Not only is he not an-
noyed with them: he feels compassion on seeing their spiritual need. "My peo-
ple are destroyed for lack of knowledge" (Hos 4:6). They need instruction and
our Lord wants to meet this need by preaching to them. "Jesus is moved by hun-
ger and sorrow, but what moves him most is ignorance" (St. J. Escriva, "Christ
Is Passing By", 109).
37. A denarius was what an artisan earned for a normal day's work. The disci-
ples must, therefore, have thought it little less than impossible to fulfill the Mas-
ter's command, because they would not have had this much money.
41. This miracle is a figure of the Holy Eucharist: Christ performed it shortly be-
fore promising that sacrament (cf. Jn 6:1ff), and the Fathers have always so in-
terpreted it. In this miracle Jesus shows his supernatural power and his love for
men — the same power and love as make it possible for Christ's one and only
body to be present in the eucharistic species to nourish the faithful down the
centuries. In the words of the sequence composed by St Thomas Aquinas for
the Mass of Corpus Christi : "Sumit unus, sumunt mille, quantum isti, tantum
ille, nec sumptus consumitur" (Be one or be a thousand fed, they eat alike that
living bread which, still received, ne'er wastes away).
This gesture of our Lord-looking up to heaven — is recalled in the Roman canon
of the Mass : "Et elevatis oculis in caelum, ad Te Deum Patrem suum omnipo-
tentem"(and looking up to heaven, to you, his almighty Father). At this point in
the Mass we are preparing to be present at a miracle greater than that of the
multiplication of the loaves — the changing of bread into his own body, offered
as food for men.
42. Christ wanted the left-overs to be collected (cf. Jn 6:12) to teach us not to
waste things God gives us, and also to have them as a tangible proof of the
The collecting of the left-overs is a way of showing us the value of little things
done out of love for God — orderliness, cleanliness, finishing things completely.
It also reminds the sensitive believer of the extreme care that must be taken of
the eucharistic species. Also, the generous scale of the miracle is an expres-
sion of the largesse of the messianic times. The Fathers recall that Moses dis-
tributed the manna for each to eat as much as he needed but some left part of
it for the next day and it bred worms (Ex 16:16-20). Elijah gave the widow just
enough to meet her needs (1 Kings 17:13-16). Jesus, on the other hand, gives
generously and abundantly.
Source: "The Navarre Bible: Text and Commentaries". Biblical text from the
Revised Standard Version and New Vulgate. Commentaries by members of
the Faculty of Theology, University of Navarre, Spain.
Published by Four Courts Press, Kill Lane, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland, and
by Scepter Publishers in the United States.
First reading
1 John 3:22-4:6 ©
Whatever we ask God,
we shall receive,
because we keep his commandments
and live the kind of life that he wants.
His commandments are these:
that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ
and that we love one another
as he told us to.
Whoever keeps his commandments
lives in God and God lives in him.
We know that he lives in us
by the Spirit that he has given us.
It is not every spirit, my dear people, that you can trust;
test them, to see if they come from God,
there are many false prophets, now, in the world.
You can tell the spirits that come from God by this:
every spirit which acknowledges that Jesus the Christ has come in the flesh
is from God;
but any spirit which will not say this of Jesus
is not from God,
but is the spirit of Antichrist,
whose coming you were warned about.
Well, now he is here, in the world.
you have already overcome these false prophets,
because you are from God and you have in you
one who is greater than anyone in this world;
as for them, they are of the world,
and so they speak the language of the world
and the world listens to them.
But we are children of God,
and those who know God listen to us;
those who are not of God refuse to listen to us.
This is how we can tell
the spirit of truth from the spirit of falsehood.
Psalm 2:7-8,10-11 ©
I will give you the nations for your heritage.
The Lord said to me: 'You are my Son.
It is I who have begotten you this day.
Ask and I shall bequeath you the nations,
put the ends of the earth in your possession.
I will give you the nations for your heritage.
Now, O kings, understand,
take warning, rulers of the earth;
serve the Lord with awe
and trembling, pay him your homage.
I will give you the nations for your heritage.
Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia, alleluia!
The people that lived in darkness
has seen a great light;
on those who dwell in the land and shadow of death
a light has dawned.
Alleluia, alleluia!
Jesus proclaimed the Good News of the kingdom
and cured all kinds of diseases among the people.
Alleluia, alleluia!
The Lord has sent me to bring the good news to the poor,
to proclaim liberty to captives.
Alleluia, alleluia!
A great prophet has appeared among us;
God has visited his people.
Alleluia, alleluia!
Glory to you, O Christ,
proclaimed to the pagans;
glory to you, O Christ,
believed in by the world.
Matthew 4:12-17,23-25 ©
Hearing that John had been arrested, Jesus went back to Galilee, and leaving Nazareth he went and settled in Capernaum, a lakeside town on the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali. In this way the prophecy of Isaiah was to be fulfilled:
'Land of Zebulun! Land of Naphtali!
Way of the sea on the far side of Jordan,
Galilee of the nations!
The people that lived in darkness has seen a great light;
on those who dwell in the land and shadow of death
a light has dawned.'
From that moment Jesus began his preaching with the message, 'Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is close at hand.'
He went round the whole of Galilee teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the Good News of the kingdom and curing all kinds of diseases and sickness among the people. His fame spread throughout Syria, and those who were suffering from diseases and painful complaints of one kind or another, the possessed, epileptics, the paralysed, were all brought to him, and he cured them. Large crowds followed him, coming from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judaea and Transjordania.
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We thank you, God our Father, for those who have responded to your call to priestly ministry.
Accept this prayer we offer on their behalf: Fill your priests with the sure knowledge of your love.
Open their hearts to the power and consolation of the Holy Spirit.
Lead them to new depths of union with your Son.
Increase in them profound faith in the Sacraments they celebrate as they nourish, strengthen and heal us.
Lord Jesus Christ, grant that these, your priests, may inspire us to strive for holiness by the power of their example, as men of prayer who ponder your word and follow your will.
O Mary, Mother of Christ and our mother, guard with your maternal care these chosen ones, so dear to the Heart of your Son.
Intercede for our priests, that offering the Sacrifice of your Son, they may be conformed more each day to the image of your Son, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
Saint John Vianney, universal patron of priests, pray for us and our priests
This icon shows Jesus Christ, our eternal high priest.
The gold pelican over His heart represents self-sacrifice.
The border contains an altar and grapevines, representing the Mass, and icons of Melchizedek and St. Jean-Baptiste Vianney.
Melchizedek: king of righteousness (left icon) was priest and king of Jerusalem. He blessed Abraham and has been considered an ideal priest-king.
St. Jean-Baptiste Vianney is the patron saint of parish priests.
1. Sign of the Cross: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
2. The Apostles Creed: II BELIEVE in God, the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into hell; on the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty; from there He shall come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
3. The Lord's Prayer: OUR Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
4. (3) Hail Mary: HAIL Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now, and in the hour of our death. Amen. (Three times)
5. Glory Be: GLORY be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Fatima Prayer: Oh, my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell, lead all souls to heaven, especially those in most need of your mercy.
Announce each mystery, then say 1 Our Father, 10 Hail Marys, 1 Glory Be and 1 Fatima prayer. Repeat the process with each mystery.
End with the Hail Holy Queen:
Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope! To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve! To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears! Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy towards us; and after this, our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus!
O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary! Pray for us, O holy Mother of God, that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Final step -- The Sign of the Cross
The Mysteries of the Rosary
By tradition, Catholics meditate on these Mysteries during prayers of the Rosary.
The biblical references follow each of the Mysteries below.
St. Michael, the Archangel, defend us in battle
Be our protection against the wickedness
and snares of the devil;
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray,
and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly host,
by the power of God,
Cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits
who prowl through the world seeking the ruin of souls.
From an Obama bumper sticker on a car:
"Pray for Obama. Psalm 109:8"
Luke 2:21 "...Et vocatum est Nomen eius IESUS"
("And His Name was called JESUS")
Psalm 90:14 "Because he hoped in me I will deliver him:
I will protect him because he hath known My Name."
Zacharias 10:12 "I will strengthen them in the Lord,
and they shall walk in His Name, saith the Lord."
Apocalypse 3:8 "I know thy works. Behold, I have given before thee a door opened, which no man can shut: because thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied My Name."
Apocalypse 15:4 "Who shall not fear Thee, O Lord, and magnify Thy Name?..."
Blessed be the most holy Name of Jesus without end!
January Devotion: The Holy Name of Jesus
The month of January is traditionally dedicated to the Holy Name of Jesus. This feast is also celebrated on January 3. Here is an explanation of the devotion.
Since the 16th century Catholic piety has associated entire months to special devotions. The devotion to the Holy Name of Jesus has been traditionally associated with the month of January, due to its celebration on January 3. The name Jesus was given to the Holy Child at God's command (Luke 1:31). The Holy Name is all-powerful because of the Person who bears it; we honor it because of the command of Christ, that we should pray in His Name and because it reminds us of all the blessings we receive through our Holy Redeemer. Hence St. Paul was able to write to the Philippians: ". . . at the name of Jesus every knee should bend of those in heaven, on earth, and under the earth" (Phil. 2:10). By means of this devotion we also make amends for improper use of the Holy Name.
Prayer Source: Prayer Book, The by Reverend John P. O'Connell, M.A., S.T.D. and Jex Martin, M.A., The Catholic Press, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, 1954
Prayer/Hymn in Honor of the Most Holy Name of Jesus - Iesu, Dulcis Memoria
Iesu, Dulcis Memoria is a celebrated 12th century hymn attributed to St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153), Doctor Mellifluus. The entire hymn has some 42 to 53 stanzas depending upon the manuscript. Parts of this hymn were used for the Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus, which was formerly celebrated on the Sunday between the Circumcision and Epiphany, or failing such a Sunday, on January 2. The part below was used at Vespers. In the liturgical revisions of Vatican II, the feast was deleted, though a votive Mass to the Holy Name of Jesus had been retained for devotional use. With the release of the revised Roman Missal in March 2002, the feast was restored as an optional memorial on January 3.
Jesus, the very thought of Thee
With sweetness fills the breast!
Yet sweeter far Thy face to see
And in Thy presence rest.
No voice can sing, no heart can frame,
Nor can the memory find,
A sweeter sound than Jesus' name,
The Savior of mankind.
O hope of every contrite heart!
0 joy of all the meek!
To those who fall, how kind Thou art!
How good to those who seek!
But what to those who find? Ah! this
Nor tongue nor pen can show
The love of Jesus, what it is,
None but His loved ones know.
Jesus! our only hope be Thou,
As Thou our prize shalt be;
In Thee be all our glory now,
And through eternity. Amen.
---Roman Breviary
Prayer Source: Prayer Book, The by Reverend John P. O'Connell, M.A., S.T.D. and Jex Martin, M.A., The Catholic Press, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, 1954
O Divine Jesus, Thou hast promised that anything we ask of the Eternal Father in Thy name shall be granted.
O Eternal Father. In the name of Jesus, for the love of Jesus, in fulfillment of this promise, and because Jesus has said it, grant us our petitions for the sake of Jesus, Thy Divine Son. Amen.
Prayer Source: Prayer Book, The by Reverend John P. O'Connell, M.A., S.T.D. and Jex Martin, M.A., The Catholic Press, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, 1954
That at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, of those that are in heaven, on earth, and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
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Pope's Intentions
Universal: That all may promote authentic economic development that respects the dignity of all peoples.
For Evangelization: That Christians of diverse denominations may walk toward the unity desired by Christ.
Tuesday after Epiphany
Commentary of the day
Saint Romanos Melodios (?-c.560), composer of hymns
Hymns for Epiphany, I, 1-2 ; II, 3
"On those who dwelt in a land of shadow and of death a great light has shone"
You have manifested yourself to the world today, my Lord, and your light has appeared to us. Therefore we sing to you before this revelation: You have come and you have manifested yourself, O inaccessible light! (cf 1Tim 6,16)...
In Galilee of the nations, in the country of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, Christ, the great light, has shone, as spoken by the prophet (Is 8,23-9,1); on those who dwelt in darkness a great light has shone, arising from Bethlehem. The Lord born of Mary, the Sun of Justice, spreads his rays over the whole universe (Mal 3,20). Let us who are naked, sons of Adam, let us come, let us put him on and warm ourselves. It is to clothe the naked, to enlighten those who are in darkness that you have manifested yourself, O light inaccessible.
God has not despised the one who, by means of a trick, had been stripped of his clothing in Paradise and lost the robe woven by God's own hands. He comes back to him and calls with his holy voice to the one who disobeyed him: "Adam, where are you? (Gn 3,9). Hide from me no more. However, naked, however poor you are, I want to see you. Fear not; I have made myself like you. You wanted to become god (Gn 3,5) and were not able. Now, because I wanted to, I have become flesh. Come close, then; acknowledge me and say: You have come, you have manifested yourself, O light inaccessible"...
Sing, sing, O Adam; worship him who is coming to you. While you were drawing away he manifested himself to you so as to be seen, touched, welcomed. The one you were afraid of after you had been deceived by the devil has made himself like you for your sake. He has come down to earth to take you to heaven; he has become mortal that you might become God and regain your first beauty. Desiring to open to you the gates of Eden, he dwelt in Nazareth. For all this, sing, O man, sing and praise him who has manifested himself and has illumined all the world.
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The Angel of the Lord declared to Mary:
Behold the handmaid of the Lord: Be it done unto me according to Thy word.
And the Word was made Flesh: And dwelt among us.
Saint Raymond of Peñafort, Priest
Optional Memorial
January 7th
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Saint Raymond of Peñafort (1175-1275) was born in Barcelona, Spain; he was the third superior general of the Domincian Order. He is famous for his efforts to abolish slavery. He wrote five books of Decretals which are now a valuable part of the Canon Law of the Church. The Summa de Casibus Penitentæ, which is about the correct and fruitful administration of the Sacrament of Penance, is the most notable of his works.
Source: Daily Roman Missal, Edited by Rev. James Socías, Midwest Theological Forum, Chicago, Illinois ©2003
O God, who adorned the Priest Saint Raymond
with the virtue of outstanding mercy and compassion
for sinners and for captives,
grant us, through his intercession, that, released from slavery to sin,
we may carry out in freedom of spirit
what is pleasing to you.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. +Amen.
First Reading: 2 Corinthians 5:14-20
For the love of Christ controls us, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore all have died. And He died for all, that those who live might live no longer for themselves but for Him who for their sake died and was raised.
From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once regarded Christ from a human point of view, we regard Him thus no longer. Therefore, if any one is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to Himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. So we are ambassadors for Christ, God making His appeal through us. We beseech you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
Gospel Reading: Luke 12:35-40
"Let your loins be girded and your lamps burning, and be like men who are waiting for their master to come home from the marriage feast, so that they may open to him at once when he comes and knocks. Blessed are those servants whom the master finds awake when he comes; truly, I say to you, he will gird himself and have them sit at table, and he will come and serve them. If he comes in the second watch, or in the third, and finds them so, blessed are those servants! But know this, that if the householder had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have left his house to be broken into. You also must be ready; for the Son of man is coming at an unexpected hour."
Feast Day: January 7
Born: 1175 at Penafort, Catalonia, Spain
Died: 6 January 1275 at Barcelona, Spain
Canonized: 29 April 1601 by Pope Clement VIII
Patron of: canon lawyers, lawyers
St. Raymond of Penyafort
Feast Day: January 07
Born: 1175 :: Died: 1275
Raymond was born in a little town called Penafort near Barcelona, Spain and his family belonged to Aragonian nobility. He studied at the cathedral school in Barcelona and became a famous teacher of Philosophy when he was twenty. After Raymond became a priest he studied law in Bologna, Italy and became a lawyer. Then he joined the Dominican order in 1218.
In 1230, Pope Gregory IX asked this dedicated priest to come to Rome. When Raymond arrived, the pope gave him several duties. One duty was to collect all the official letters of the popes since 1150. Raymond gathered and published five volumes and also helped to write the Church law.
In 1238, Raymond was elected master general of the Dominicans. With his knowledge of law, he went over the Order's Rule and made sure everything was legally correct. After he had finished, he resigned his position in 1240 so that he could truly dedicate the rest of his life to parish work. That is what he really wanted.
The pope wanted to make Raymond an archbishop, but Raymond refused. He asked if he could return to Spain and was given permission. He was overjoyed to be in parish work. His compassion helped many people return to God through the sacrament of Reconciliation.
During his years in Rome, Raymond often heard stories of the difficulties that missionaries faced trying to reach non-Christians of Northern Africa and Spain. To help the missionaries, Raymond started a school that taught the language and culture of the people to be evangelized.
Also, Father Raymond asked the famous Dominican, St. Thomas Aquinas, to write a booklet explaining the truths of faith in a way that nonbelievers could understand.
St. Raymond lived nearly one hundred years and died in Barcelona on January 6, 1275. He was declared the patron of Church lawyers because of his great influence on Church law.
Tuesday, January 7
Liturgical Color: White
Pope Pius V was elected pope on
this day in 1566. During his reign,
Pope Pius implemented the decrees
of the Council of Trent. These decrees
continued the reformation of the
Church after the rise of other faiths.
|English: Douay-Rheims
|Latin: Vulgata Clementina
|Greek NT: Byzantine/Majority Text (2000)
|Mark 6
|And Jesus going out saw a great multitude: and he had compassion on them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.
|Et exiens vidit turbam multam Jesus : et misertus est super eos, quia erant sicut oves non habentes pastorem, et cpit docere multa.
|και εξελθων ειδεν ο ιησους πολυν οχλον και εσπλαγχνισθη επ αυτοις οτι ησαν ως προβατα μη εχοντα ποιμενα και ηρξατο διδασκειν αυτους πολλα
|And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came to him, saying: This is a desert place, and the hour is now past:
|Et cum jam hora multa fieret, accesserunt discipuli ejus, dicentes : Desertus est locus hic, et jam hora præteriit :
|και ηδη ωρας πολλης γενομενης προσελθοντες αυτω οι μαθηται αυτου λεγουσιν οτι ερημος εστιν ο τοπος και ηδη ωρα πολλη
|Send them away, that going into the next villages and towns, they may buy themselves meat to eat.
|dimitte illos, ut euntes in proximas villas et vicos, emant sibi cibos, quos manducent.
|απολυσον αυτους ινα απελθοντες εις τους κυκλω αγρους και κωμας αγορασωσιν εαυτοις αρτους τι γαρ φαγωσιν ουκ εχουσιν
|And he answering said to them: Give you them to eat. And they said to him: Let us go and buy bread for two hundred pence, and we will give them to eat.
|Et respondens ait illis : Date illis vos manducare. Et dixerunt ei : Euntes emamus ducentis denariis panes, et dabimus illis manducare.
|ο δε αποκριθεις ειπεν αυτοις δοτε αυτοις υμεις φαγειν και λεγουσιν αυτω απελθοντες αγορασωμεν δηναριων διακοσιων αρτους και δωμεν αυτοις φαγειν
|And he saith to them: How many loaves have you? go and see. And when they knew, they say: Five, and two fishes
|Et dicit eis : Quot panes habetis ? ite, et videte. Et cum cognovissent, dicunt : Quinque, et duos pisces.
|ο δε λεγει αυτοις ποσους αρτους εχετε υπαγετε και ιδετε και γνοντες λεγουσιν πεντε και δυο ιχθυας
|And he commanded them that they should make them all sit down by companies upon the green grass.
|Et præcepit illis ut accumbere facerent omnes secundum contubernia super viride fnum.
|και επεταξεν αυτοις ανακλιναι παντας συμποσια συμποσια επι τω χλωρω χορτω
|And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties.
|Et discubuerunt in partes per centenos et quinquagenos.
|και ανεπεσον πρασιαι πρασιαι ανα εκατον και ανα πεντηκοντα
|And when he had taken the five loaves, and the two fishes: looking up to heaven, he blessed, and broke the loaves, and gave to his disciples to set before them: and the two fishes he divided among them all.
|Et acceptis quinque panibus et duobus pisces, intuens in cælum, benedixit, et fregit panes, et dedit discipulis suis, ut ponerent ante eos : et duos pisces divisit omnibus.
|και λαβων τους πεντε αρτους και τους δυο ιχθυας αναβλεψας εις τον ουρανον ευλογησεν και κατεκλασεν τους αρτους και εδιδου τοις μαθηταις αυτου ινα παραθωσιν αυτοις και τους δυο ιχθυας εμερισεν πασιν
|And they all did eat, and had their fill.
|Et manducaverunt omnes, et saturati sunt.
|και εφαγον παντες και εχορτασθησαν
|And they took up the leavings, twelve full baskets of fragments, and of the fishes.
|Et sustulerunt reliquias, fragmentorum duodecim cophinos plenos, et de piscibus.
|και ηραν κλασματων δωδεκα κοφινους πληρεις και απο των ιχθυων
|And they that did eat, were five thousand men.
|Erant autem qui manducaverunt quinque millia virorum.
|και ησαν οι φαγοντες τους αρτους πεντακισχιλιοι ανδρες
Daily Readings for:January 07, 2014
(Readings on USCCB website)
Collect: O God, who adorned the Priest Saint Raymond with the virtue of outstanding mercy and compassion for sinners and for captives, grant us, through his intercession, that, released from slavery to sin, we may carry out in freedom of spirit what is pleasing to you. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
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· Christmas: January 7th
· Optional Memorial of St. Raymond of Penafort, priest; St. Andre Bessette, religious (Can)
Born in Barcelona, Spain, St. Raymond of Penafort was the third Superior-General of the Domincan Order. He is famous for his work in the freeing of slaves. He wrote five books of Decretals which are now a valuable part of the Canon Law of the Church. The Summa Casuum, which is about the correct and fruitful administration of the Sacrament of Penance, is the most notable of his works.
The Church in Canada celebrates the feast of St. Andre Bessette today rather than on January 6 as in the United States.
The Fourteenth Day of Christmas
St. Raymond of Penafort
The blessed Raymond was born at Barcelona, of the noble family of Penafort. Having been imbued with the rudiments of the Christian faith, the admirable gifts he had received, both of mind and body, were such that even when quite a boy he seemed to promise great things in his later life.
Whilst still young, he taught humanities in Barcelona. Later on, he went to Bologna, where he applied himself with much diligence to the exercises of a virtuous life, and to the study of canon and civil law. He there received the Doctor's cap, and interpreted the sacred canons so ably that he was the admiration of his hearers. The holiness of his life becoming known far and wide, Berengarius, the Bishop of Barcelona, when returning to his diocese from Rome, visited Bologna in order to see him; and after most earnest entreaties, induced Raymond to accompany him to Barcelona. He was shortly after made Canon and Provost of that Church, and became a model to the clergy and people by his uprightness, modesty, learning and meekness. His tender devotion to the Holy Mother of God was extraordinary, and he never neglected an opportunity of zealously promoting the devotion and honor which are due to her.
When he was about forty-five years of age, he made his solemn profession in the Order of the Friars Preachers. He then, as a soldier but just entered into service, devoted himself to the exercise of every virtue, but above all to charity to the poor, and this mainly to the captives who had been taken by the infidels. It was by his exhortation that St Peter Nolasco (who was his penitent) was induced to devote all his riches to this work of most meritorious charity. The Blessed Virgin appeared to Peter, as also to blessed Raymond and to James the First, King of Aragon, telling them that it would be exceedingly pleasing to herself and her divine Child, if an Order of Religious men were instituted whose mission it should be to deliver captives from the tyranny of infidels. Whereupon, after deliberating together, they founded the Order of our Lady of Mercy for the Ransom of Captives; and blessed Raymond drew up certain rules of life, which were admirably adapted to the spirit and vocation of the said Order. Some years after, he obtained their approbation from Gregory the Ninth, and made St Peter Nolasco, to whom he gave the habit with his own hands, first General of the Order.
Raymond was called to Rome by the same Pope, who appointed him to be his Chaplain, Penitentiary, and Confessor. It was by Gregory's order that he collected together, in the volume called the Decretals, the Decrees of the Roman Pontiffs, which were to be found separately in the various Councils and Letters. He was most resolute in refusing the Archbishopric of Tarragona, which the same Pontiff offered to him, and, of his own accord resigned the Generalship of the Dominican Order, which office he had discharged in a most holy manner for the space of two years. He persuaded James the King of Aragon to establish in his dominions the Holy Office of the Inquisition. He worked many miracles; among which is that most celebrated one of his having, when returning to Barcelona from the island of Majorca, spread his cloak upon the sea, and sailed upon it, in the space of six hours, the distance of a hundred and sixty miles, and having reached his convent, entered it through the closed doors. At length, when he had almost reached the hundredth year of his age, and was full of virtue and merit, he slept in the Lord, in the year of the Incarnation 1275. He was canonized by Pope Clement the Eighth.
Patron: Attorneys; barristers; canonists; lawyers; medical record librarians.
Things to Do:
Saint Raymond of Penyafort, Priest
In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us. (1 John 4:10)
The second law of thermodynamics tells us that there can be no such thing as a "perpetual motion machine." This means that a machine can't keep running on its own power indefinitely; it will have to stop eventually. A power plant can't generate electricity for your home without some kind of fuel to keep it going. An engine that isn't hooked up to a battery can't power your car. There has to be a constant energy source for a machine to keep running.
Our spiritual engines are no different. We know this because Scripture tells us to "love one another, because love is of God" (1 John 4:7). We can't love without being filled with his love. We can't share his compassion and mercy unless we are receiving them ourselves. It's humbling, and at the same time very freeing, to admit that God is the source of our goodness and kindness, not ourselves.
So how can we maintain our connection to Jesus? There are a number of ways, but chief among them is the Eucharist. As the source and summit of our life in Christ, the celebration of the Mass is the place where Jesus is present most fully and where we can receive him most completely. Yes, we need to pray every day; we need to study Scriptures; we need to have good relationships with other believers; we need to do good works. But above all else, we need Jesus.
The good news is that Jesus loves to meet our needs! He is present to us in the physical form of bread and wine, showing us that he is our life, our strength, and our nourishment. He lavishes us with grace as we gather to hear his word and celebrate his resurrection. He pours out his power and guidance as we join together in worship. It is Jesus' own life within us that makes our lives shine. This, more than anything else, is the hope of glory for the people in our lives (Colossians 1:27).
When you find it difficult to answer God's call to love, remember where you can go to refuel. Jesus is always there for you. He's always ready to embrace you, to feed you, and to build you up.
"Thank you, Lord, for loving me first! Thank you for being my life, my strength, and my joy."
Psalm 72:1-4, 7-8; Mark 6:34-44
Daily Marriage Tip for January 7, 2014:
Welcoming a child, through birth or adoption, is an act of faith as well as an act of love. (Follow the Way of Love) Pray for couples who want a child but are infertile as well as for those who have an untimely pregnancy and are afraid. Bless your child today.
|The Power of My Nothingness
Tuesday After Epiphany
Mark 6:34-44
When Jesus saw the vast crowd, his heart was moved with pity for them, for they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things. By now it was already late and his disciples approached him and said, "This is a deserted place and it is already very late. Dismiss them so that they can go to the surrounding farms and villages and buy themselves something to eat." He said to them in reply, "Give them some food yourselves." But they said to him, "Are we to buy two hundred days´ wages worth of food and give it to them to eat?" He asked them, "How many loaves do you have? Go and see." And when they had found out they said, "Five loaves and two fish." So he gave orders to have them sit down in groups on the green grass. The people took their places in rows by hundreds and by fifties. Then, taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he said the blessing, broke the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before the people; he also divided the two fish among them all. They all ate and were satisfied. And they picked up 12 wicker baskets full of fragments and what was left of the fish. Those who ate of the loaves were five thousand men.
Introductory Prayer: Lord I am nothing without you in my mission. I believe that there is no difficulty in deepening my union with you that cannot be overcome. I want to know and see with greater clarity that your hand moves mine. You make possible what would otherwise be impossible.
Petition:Lord, increase my confidence and dependence on you.
1. "His Heart Was Moved with Pity for Them, for They Were like Sheep Without a Shepherd." A heart that loves expands to meet the needs of those it loves. None could love as perfectly as Christ. Will I let Christ move me in this prayer to see what he sees, suffer what he suffers, and love what he loves? Who will teach the vast numbers of those who are lost, especially the young? Who will console the sorrowing who fight the pervasive darkness of despair, and guide with fidelity the hungry souls ready for the fullness of God's truth? Who can make present the power of the Shepherd to heal and stay the force of evil in so many dark corners of the world? If I open my heart to see what Christ sees, I will follow everyday what he asks of me to remedy a broken world that needs salvation.
2. Give Them Some Food Yourselves: Our Lord insists that we be active protagonists in tackling the most difficult problems in the world. Many only sigh at the world's miseries as if to say, "Lord, you have a problem. I will pray for them." Christ looks back and says to us, "This is your mission now. I put it in your hands." Will we panic? Will we wonder where we will get the time, the resources, the wisdom? Will we imagine ourselves making it all happen? Our Lord asks us to take responsibility, but he does not want us taking control. There is a difference: One is the steward in the mission—us; the other the owner—God. Taking responsibility means making the needs of souls and the Church our own. Not taking control means we never lose sight of the one who controls the plan. I want to do it his way, and not mine.
3. How Many Loaves Do You Have? When Christ chooses us for a mission, he does not select us because he thinks we have what it takes, but rather because he knows he will give us all that we need. Sometimes we are faced with goals that are real, yet beyond our power to accomplish. Anxiety––thinking we need to be superhuman before a superhuman endeavor––inserts all sorts of complexes into the human spirit: shutting down, feeling overwhelmed, uncontrolled anger, unjustly limiting our field of action. What does Christ ask when we face the impossible? Just give what we have––give it all and don't hold back. Put all our loaves and fishes on the table, and then Christ will work. Believe in the power of our poor nothingness united to Christ.
Conversation with Christ:Lord, I believe in the power of my nothingness united to your power and grace. Today I accept the challenge of the mission before me, but only if I take each step depending on you. With you every burden is sweet, and every impossible task is a new encounter with the power of your hand.
Resolution:I will stop sometime in the middle of the day to spiritually place what I am doing into Christ's hands
What is touching in today's Gospel is Jesus saying," Give them something to eat yourselves." The Lord is not insensitive to the
human needs of the people. He understands what we need and when we need it. We should share this confidence and certainty that the Lord never abandons us. In our impatience, we easily doubt and wonder if the Lord loves or even remembers us. But His love is indeed steadfast.
In today's reading, even when it seemed that there was not enough food, using the eyes of faith, we later realize that it was enough. Not only was it more than enough, it was abundant. The Lord is not stingy with his graces. Sometimes are impatient; we cannot wait or believe that the Lord will provide. He can multiply our little faith when we realize that Christ is Lord and Kyrios over all.
The feeding of the people and their division into groups is a prophetic vision and image of the Eucharist; we are fed with the bread
and wine, fruit of the passion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. When we partake of this food from Heaven, we will hunger and thirst no more. This is the ultimate proof and gift of God's love and providence for us.
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