Viewing details of messages, sorted by time of last reply
Sticky Message
Welcome to Catholics 50+!
We are a community of Catholics committed to growing spiritually. We are committed to the Eucharist, guided by the Holy Spirit and use Mary as our model. We center our faith-life around liturgical celebrations, the Gospel and prayer. We lovingly reach out to and serve all God’s people acknowledging their uniqueness and dignity. We treat all with respect, tolerance and acceptance, having the love of Jesus as our core. Everyone is welcome here ~ whether you are a Catholic or not. This is a place where people can come to learn and share our Catholic faith and our love of God.
MUSIC: Click on arrow mark to play music. Click on individual selections to change sequence of selections:
DISCUSSIONS: Please include the word DISCUSSION in the title of the thread so folks will know there may be controversial views contained in the thread. The GROUND RULES are simple: no slander, profanity, racism, blasphemy, excessive sarcasm, sexism or name-calling. Violators will be deleted. We reserve the right to moderate comments, if necessary, or even shut them down. Here is a link to a file listing all of the DISCUSSION threads (click on Discussion Link file): view link
Please join us at sunset (wherever you are) to pray for one another and our group that we will be led by God in all that we do and say. You also might want to light a candle online: view link
Daily Mass Readings:
Peace,
Rudytooty
This message has been closed to further replies by an administrator
Sticky Message
October is Holy Rosary Month
The word Rosary means "Crown of Roses". Our Lady revealed to several people that each time they say a Hail Mary they are giving her a beautiful rose and that each complete Rosary makes her a crown of roses. The rose is the queen of flowers, and so the Rosary is the rose of all devotions and it is therefore the most important one.
The Rosary is made up of two things: mental prayer and vocal prayer. In the Holy Rosary mental prayer is none other than meditation of the chief mysteries of the life, death and glory of Jesus Christ and of His Blessed Mother. The original fifteen mysteries are divided into Joyful, Sorrowful and Glorious. John Paul II added in 2002 the Luminous Mysteries, or Mysteries of Light.
Vocal prayer consists in saying fifteen or five decades of the Hail Mary, each decade headed by an Our Father, while at the same time meditating on and contemplating the fifteen principal virtues which Jesus and Mary practiced in the fifteen mysteries of the Holy Rosary.The complete Rosary consists of fifteen decades, but is more commonly said in five decades. So the Rosary is a blessed blending of mental and vocal prayer by which we honor and learn to imitate the mysteries and the virtues of the life, death, passion and glory of Jesus and Mary.
The Holy Mother Church received the Rosary in its 15 mysteries form in 1214 in a miraculous way, when Our Lady appeared to Saint Dominic and gave it to him as a powerful means of converting the heretics and other sinners. Since then the devotion spread around the world with incredible and miraculous results.
How to pray the Rosary: view link
Peace,
Rudy
Sticky Message
Meditation for Wednesday, October 8th
Open a second window and click here to listen to the pray-as-you-go meditation while reading it in this window: view link
"O Lord listen to my prayer ~+~ my prayer as I call to You." As I begin to pray today ~ what's on my mind and what is in my heart? Am I feeling happy with my life ~ calm, serene ~ or perhaps, tired, frustrated, fed up? God knows me better than I know myself, so I can be honest with God about my feelings. I place myself now ~ as I really am ~ before the Lord.
"O Lord listen to my prayer ~+~ my prayer as I call to You."
Today's Reading is from the Gospel of Luke:
Jesus was praying in a certain place, and after He had finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray as John taught his disciples.” He said to them, “When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name, your Kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread and forgive us our sins for we ourselves forgive everyone indebted to us, and do not bring us to the time of trial.”
Reflection: The disciple in the reading seems to think that prayer is something he ought to do and that Jesus ought to teach him ~ if only its because what others ~ the disciples of John the Baptist ~ are doing ~ a kind of spiritual keeping up with the Joneses. Do you feel a bit the same way ~ that prayer is a kind of obligation ~ but a bit puzzling ~ a bit difficult? . . . How do you pray usually? What do you expect from it? If you don't pray much, what are the things that put you off praying? . . . . . Jesus teaches us to call God the Father. We're not coming to someone we have to drag gifts from, but to a Father who delights in supplying our needs. Prayer is entering into a relationship with this loving God. So, as you listen to the reading again ~ with the lines a little more spaced out this time ~ spend a few moments dwelling on each phrase ~ dawdling, as it were ~ savoring the Words. . . . . Was there a particular word or phrase that stands out for you that means something for you today? What do you need today? What is the daily bread that you pray for today? Do you need to ask someone for forgiveness or forgive them for hurt caused? Are you facing a testing time today? Is there a challenge that you must face that you can't avoid? As Jesus taught us, bring your needs before your loving Father.
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.
Peace,
Rudy
"O Lord listen to my prayer ~+~ my prayer as I call to You." As I begin to pray today ~ what's on my mind and what is in my heart? Am I feeling happy with my life ~ calm, serene ~ or perhaps, tired, frustrated, fed up? God knows me better than I know myself, so I can be honest with God about my feelings. I place myself now ~ as I really am ~ before the Lord.
"O Lord listen to my prayer ~+~ my prayer as I call to You."
Today's Reading is from the Gospel of Luke:
Jesus was praying in a certain place, and after He had finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray as John taught his disciples.” He said to them, “When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name, your Kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread and forgive us our sins for we ourselves forgive everyone indebted to us, and do not bring us to the time of trial.”
Reflection: The disciple in the reading seems to think that prayer is something he ought to do and that Jesus ought to teach him ~ if only its because what others ~ the disciples of John the Baptist ~ are doing ~ a kind of spiritual keeping up with the Joneses. Do you feel a bit the same way ~ that prayer is a kind of obligation ~ but a bit puzzling ~ a bit difficult? . . . How do you pray usually? What do you expect from it? If you don't pray much, what are the things that put you off praying? . . . . . Jesus teaches us to call God the Father. We're not coming to someone we have to drag gifts from, but to a Father who delights in supplying our needs. Prayer is entering into a relationship with this loving God. So, as you listen to the reading again ~ with the lines a little more spaced out this time ~ spend a few moments dwelling on each phrase ~ dawdling, as it were ~ savoring the Words. . . . . Was there a particular word or phrase that stands out for you that means something for you today? What do you need today? What is the daily bread that you pray for today? Do you need to ask someone for forgiveness or forgive them for hurt caused? Are you facing a testing time today? Is there a challenge that you must face that you can't avoid? As Jesus taught us, bring your needs before your loving Father.
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.
Peace,
Rudy
Be Still and Know that I am God
The trees of the fields blaze with His glory... our lives might too.
October, as the leaves blaze and light and fall, seems like a good month to make our lives blaze and light and let His Word fall all around, carpeting our days.
Peace,
Rudy
H/T Holy Experience
October, as the leaves blaze and light and fall, seems like a good month to make our lives blaze and light and let His Word fall all around, carpeting our days.
Peace,
Rudy
H/T Holy Experience
Rudytooty on Home Page
Let us congratulate our manager for being featured on eons today. She deserves it for all the hard work she has done for the group.
Isa
Isa
Build your house on rock
Pope Benedict XVI comments on the world financial system:
"We now see in the collapse of the great banks: money disappears, turns to nothing," B16 said in an impromptu meditation at the day's start. "And all these things, which seem like the true reality on which we can count, are realities of a second order.
"One who builds his life on these realities, on objects, success, on everything that's visible, builds on sand," the pontiff added, referring to options of sand or rock cited by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount. "Only the Word of God is the foundation of every reality, fixed as the heavens and more than the heavens, is the reality." [from Whispers in the Loggia]
Peace,
Rudy
"We now see in the collapse of the great banks: money disappears, turns to nothing," B16 said in an impromptu meditation at the day's start. "And all these things, which seem like the true reality on which we can count, are realities of a second order.
"One who builds his life on these realities, on objects, success, on everything that's visible, builds on sand," the pontiff added, referring to options of sand or rock cited by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount. "Only the Word of God is the foundation of every reality, fixed as the heavens and more than the heavens, is the reality." [from Whispers in the Loggia]
Peace,
Rudy
Meditation for Tuesday, October 7th
Open a second window and click here to listen to the pray-as-you-go meditation while reading it here: view link
"Come my sons and daughters. Listen to me. Come to the Lord and be enlightened and your faces will not be put to shame." As I enter into prayer now, can I sense that invitation from God? Can I hear those words spoken to me and accept that welcome and that reassurance that God wants to give me?
Today's Reading is from the Gospel of Luke:
Now as they went on their way Jesus entered a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home. She had a sister called Mary who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to what He was saying. But Martha was distracted by her many tasks, so she came to Him and asked, "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself? Tell her then to help me. But the Lord answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things. There is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part which will not be taken away from her."
Reflection: "Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things." Am I worried or distracted now? Where are my heart and my thoughts now as I try to pray? . . . . . . Mary is doing what is needed. She is listening to the Word of God as it is spoken to her. Can I hear Jesus say to me 'You have need of only one thing.' What is the 'one thing' that is needed in my life at the moment? . . . . . . . . As you listen to the reading again, picture yourself in the scene. What is the Lord saying to them? To you? . . . . . . . If I fail to notice what is God's Presence in my life and miss the opportunity to hear God's Word by being busy with other things ~ worried ~ distracted. Can I ask the Lord for help? Can I ask God to help me listen to His Word ~ to help me hear whenever He speaks to me?
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.
Peace,
Rudy
"Come my sons and daughters. Listen to me. Come to the Lord and be enlightened and your faces will not be put to shame." As I enter into prayer now, can I sense that invitation from God? Can I hear those words spoken to me and accept that welcome and that reassurance that God wants to give me?
Today's Reading is from the Gospel of Luke:
Now as they went on their way Jesus entered a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home. She had a sister called Mary who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to what He was saying. But Martha was distracted by her many tasks, so she came to Him and asked, "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself? Tell her then to help me. But the Lord answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things. There is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part which will not be taken away from her."
Reflection: "Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things." Am I worried or distracted now? Where are my heart and my thoughts now as I try to pray? . . . . . . Mary is doing what is needed. She is listening to the Word of God as it is spoken to her. Can I hear Jesus say to me 'You have need of only one thing.' What is the 'one thing' that is needed in my life at the moment? . . . . . . . . As you listen to the reading again, picture yourself in the scene. What is the Lord saying to them? To you? . . . . . . . If I fail to notice what is God's Presence in my life and miss the opportunity to hear God's Word by being busy with other things ~ worried ~ distracted. Can I ask the Lord for help? Can I ask God to help me listen to His Word ~ to help me hear whenever He speaks to me?
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.
Peace,
Rudy
Read the Bible
Breitbart.com reports that Pope Benedict XVI began a week-long reading of the Bible on Italian TV starting Sunday, with readers to include some 2,000 people who will take turns reading the all the Bible's books, from the Old Testament's Genesis to the New Testament's Book of Revelations, at Rome's Holy Cross in Jerusalem basilica. The pope recorded the first reading at the Vatican. The Bible will be read non-stop from beginning to end in its entirety.
We too can be a part of this. Read the Bible out loud as often as possible. Fill the air waves in and around your house with the Word of God.
Peace,
Rudy
We too can be a part of this. Read the Bible out loud as often as possible. Fill the air waves in and around your house with the Word of God.
Peace,
Rudy
Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary
The feast of Our Lady of the Rosary was instituted to honor Mary for the Christian victory over the Turks at Lepanto on October 7, 1571. Pope St. Pius V and all Christians had prayed the Rosary for victory. The Rosary, or the Psalter of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is one of the best prayers to Mary, the Mother of God.
Pope Benedict XVI invites all families to pray the rosary for the intentions of the Pope, the mission of the Church and peace. "It is as if every year Our Lady invited us to rediscover the beauty of this prayer, so simple and profound." The rosary, a "contemplative and Christocentric prayer, inseparable from the meditation of Sacred Scripture," is "the prayer of the Christian who advances in the pilgrimage of faith, in the following of Jesus, preceded by Mary," said the Pontiff.
Homily for October 5, 2008
by Deacon Greg Kandra:
The other day, a California TV station gave a heartbreaking glimpse at what is happening to thousands of people right now.
It reported on an area near Pasadena known as “foreclosure alley” – a part of the state where 700 families a day are losing their homes. And it followed a cleanup crew going from house to house to do what they call a “trash out” – taking anything left behind and tossing it into a dumpster. People had left behind everything from birth certificates to urns containing ashes. Furniture, computers, clothing – it was incredible. The company doing the “trash out” is booming. Two years ago, they had three employees. Now they have 73.
Meantime, around the country, millions of us are watching other investments disappear. A New York banking executive was interviewed, and he said: “The worst thing that is happening right now is that there’s no trust, no faith in the system as a whole.”
No trust. No faith.
More in first response:
The other day, a California TV station gave a heartbreaking glimpse at what is happening to thousands of people right now.
It reported on an area near Pasadena known as “foreclosure alley” – a part of the state where 700 families a day are losing their homes. And it followed a cleanup crew going from house to house to do what they call a “trash out” – taking anything left behind and tossing it into a dumpster. People had left behind everything from birth certificates to urns containing ashes. Furniture, computers, clothing – it was incredible. The company doing the “trash out” is booming. Two years ago, they had three employees. Now they have 73.
Meantime, around the country, millions of us are watching other investments disappear. A New York banking executive was interviewed, and he said: “The worst thing that is happening right now is that there’s no trust, no faith in the system as a whole.”
No trust. No faith.
More in first response:
