Ash Wednesday
February 10, 2016 by
The Holy Spirit leads us in Mercy.
Prayer: Support us, Lord, as with this Lenten fast we begin our Christian warfare, so that in doing battle against the spirit of evil we may be armed with the weapon of self-denial. We make our prayer through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Note: This prayer is taken from THE DIVINE OFFICE II – LENT AND EASTERTIDE, page 9.
Jakarta, 10 February 2016 [ASH WEDNESDAY]
A Christian Pilgrim
|
Lent is on the Horizon
February 8, 2016 by
on Breaking In The Habit |
 |
|
Lent
February 7, 2016 by
How Do You Feel about Lent?
Whether Lent is your favorite season or one that you’d just as soon ignore, you know that it is an important observance in the liturgical calendar. Lent is a time to focus on the deepest mysteries of our faith and try to connect more personally to those spiritual truths.
A Time of Mercy and Grace
February 2, Feast of the Presentation
February 2, 2016 by
Today is our Sister Pat’s feast day. Sr. Pat chose this day because she likes the symbol of light.
Frederick Douglass February 1, 2016
February 1, 2016 by
Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, c. February 1818[3] – February 20, 1895) was an African-American social reformer, abolitionist,orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery, he became a leader of the abolitionist movement, gaining note for his dazzling oratory[4] and incisive antislavery writings. He stood as a living counter-example to slaveholders’ arguments that slaves lacked the intellectual capacity to function as independent American citizens.[5][6] Even many Northerners at the time found it hard to believe that such a great orator had once been a slave.[7]
Douglass wrote several autobiographies. He described his experiences as a slave in his 1845 autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, which became a bestseller, and was influential in promoting the cause of abolition, as was his second book, My Bondage and My Freedom (1855). After theCivil War, Douglass remained an active campaigner against slavery and wrote his last autobiography, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass. First published in 1881 and revised in 1892, three years before his death, it covered events during and after the Civil War. Douglass also actively supported women’s suffrage, and held several public offices. Without his approval, Douglass became the first African American nominated for Vice President of the United States as the running mate and Vice Presidential nominee of Victoria Woodhull, on the Equal Rights Party ticket.[8]
Friar Michael Reyes OFM and Sister Nelia OSC
January 29, 2016 by
Friar Michael Reyes OFM was ordained to the priesthood on January 16, 2016 at the Church of Saint Francis Assisi, in New York City. Friar Andrew Reitz OFM is the pastor of that Church. Bishop Roberto Gonzalez OFM consecrated Michael to the priesthood and also gave the homily at the Mass.
Today, January 28, Friar Michael said one of his first Masses in our Monastery and gave us his first blessing.
Our Sister Nelia renewed her vows today as well. So the day was very special to her and to us.
No pictures of Sister Nelia by her request.
