Saturday- vocation, grace, deceit, guardian

Hey! Here are the definitions I got from my Sunday missal that somehow relate to the church readings of today. (THESE DEFINITIONS WERE FOUND AT catholicreference.net)

vocation: A call from God to a distinctive state of life, in which the person can reach holiness. The Second Vatican Council made it plain that there is a "Universal call [vocatio] to holiness in the Church"

grace: In biblical language the condescension or benevolence (Greek charis) shown by God toward the human race; it is also the unmerited gift proceeding from this benevolent disposition. Grace, therefore, is a totally gratuitous gift on which man has absolutely no claim. Where on occasion the Scriptures speak of grace as pleasing charm or thanks for favors received, this is a derived and not primary use of the term.
As the Church has come to explain the meaning of grace, it refers to something more than the gifts of nature, such as creation or the blessings of bodily health. Grace is the supernatural gift that God, of his free benevolence, bestows on rational creatures for their eternal salvation. The gifts of grace are essentially supernatural. They surpass the being, powers, and claims of created nature, namely sanctifying grace, the infused virtues, the gifts of the Holy Spirit, and actual grace. They are the indispensable means necessary to reach the beatific vision. In a secondary sense, grace also includes such blessings as the miraculous gifts of prophecy or healing, or the preternatural gifts of freedom from concupiscence.
The essence of grace, properly so called, is its gratuity, since no creature has a right to the beatific vision, and its finality or purpose is to lead one to eternal life.

deceit: A deliberate effort to conceal the truth, whether in speech, writing, or action. It is commonly said to spring from avarice, which offends against justice. But it may also be the result of pride, where a person's lack of humility leads him to act deceitfully in order to obtain or maintain a false recognition from others. In canon law, those who enter a novitiate by deceit enter invalidly. And in general an action entered into through deceit may be declared null and void and indemnity may be obtained.

guardian: In ecclesiastical law, a person officially responsible for the care of someone who cannot manage his own affairs, as a child during its minority or one who is emotionally or mentally handicapped. The Church now permits clerics and religious, under special circumstances, to act as guardians. The superior of a Franciscan friary is also called a guardian.

-Zoe

Friday- News Article

Hey! It's Friday! I'm really glad too cause I don't have to go to school tomorrow. I do have to wake up early though because I have a baton competition tomorrow. Wish me luck! haha

Here's the news article. It's about the 200th Catholic Anniversary in the US.
http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=57698

-Zoe

Thursday-My Immortal

Hey It's Music Video day! Steph kept reminding me to use this song but i always forgot the name of it so she finally sent me the name. well here you are

My Immortal by Evanescense


-Zoe

Wednesday-Do you have a fortress?

Hey! Sorry yesterday's post was so short but I had the mechanical baby and it was going crazy and stuff. Today I'm posting a section from my Living Faith for Kids booklet.

"Be my rock of refuge, a stronghold to give me safety. You are my rock and my fortress; for your name's sake you will...guide me." Psalm 31:3-4

Do you have a fortress? Maybe you have a tree house in the backyard. Maybe you like to build forts by covering chairs with sheets. Wherever and however you find a safe place, that is your fortress.
For the psalmist (and for us too), God is a fortress of safety. No matter where we are or what we do, God is watching over us, ready to lead us on. Isn't that a great feeling?
Thanks, God, for always being there.

-Zoe

Tuesday-Sinnerman

Hey! I'm sorry this post is gonna have to be short cause i have a mechanical baby for school and my heads about to explode cause it won't stop fussing. Here's the video Sinnerman suggested by Steph!

Sinnerman by Nina Simone


Sorry this is the best one I could find!

-Zoe

Monday-Abortion

Hey! Today's debate topic day! This one is another one from Roni!

Do you think abortion is wrong or right? In what situations? Explain your opinion on abortion in your comment.

I realized that I haven't told any of the new members my email address. This is my email address. You guys can email me about anything...
whyilovejesusblog@yahoo.com !

-Zoe

Saturday- eternity, signs, patriarch

Hey! Sorry I have to make this quick. Another early morning tomorrow and I'm gonna try and get some homework done too! Here are the definitions!

eternity: in its full sense, duration of being without beginning, succession, or ending. Only God possesses the fullness of eternity, since only he always existed (no beginning), has no succession (no change), and will never end (no cessation). It is defined Catholic doctrine that God possesses the divine Being in a constant undivided now. His eternity is the perfect and simultaneous total possession of interminable life.
Rational creatures share in God's eternity, but only approximate it, by participation. Angels have a beginning, and they have a succession of past, present, and future, but they have no cessation since they are pure spirits that will never die or cease to be. Human beings likewise have a beginning and they have succession, but unlike the angels they will die in body, to be later resurrected, while the souls live on forever. In God's absolute power, however, angels and human souls could be deprived of existence. Their eternity depends on the goodness and will of God.

signs: Something that leads to something else. It may be an arbitrary or conventional sign that has a connection with what is signified only by agreement among people, as a flag symbolizes a nation. Or it may be a pure sign that leads to the knowledge of something without itself being first known, as our ideas lead to the knowledge of real objects. Instrumental signs give meaning or understanding, as words lead to the knowledge of things and of mental status. Manifestative signs show the existence of something else, as a person's external behavior indicates his or her personality and training.
Each of these types of signs may be either natural or supernatural depending on whetehr its basis is founded on natural reason or divine revelation.
The whole of the Church' liturgy is built on the function of word, action, and object signs as symbols of the sacred. But among the sacred signs the most important are the sacraments, which not only manifest the special presence of God but actually confer the grace they signify.

patriarch:The father and ruler of a family, tribe, or race in biblical history. A name commonly applied to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Also a prelate who has the honor of being called the prince of fathers but is without jurisdiction except in virtue of some particular law. He holds precedence over primates, metropolitans, and bishops. In the order of their dignity, the Patriarch of Rome leads those of Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem. In the East there are patriarchs of the Armenian, Maronite, Melkite, and Chaldean rites, with minor patriarchs of Venice, Lisbon, the West and East Indies. The power and importance of patriarchs, except that of the Pope, have diminished since the Eastern Schism. They have the right to ordain all bishops of their patriarchate; consecrate the holy chrism; summon synods; send the omophorion (pallium) to their metropolitans, and hear appeals from lower courts. they are the highest rulers in their churches. The Sovereign Pontiff alone is over them.

These definitions are all from CatholicReference.net!

-Zoe

Here's the news article of the day!

http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=57579
It's about a Hybrid-Embryo breakthrough.