http://ihmhermitage.stblogs.com May God, who can never be outdone in generosity, bless and keep you. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:22:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en God our Father, you sustained the life and apostolic work of Blessed Timothy, priest, with your radiant Word and strength-giving Eucharist. By the help of his prayers, may the instruments of social communication be used rightfully in promoting the good in the Church and in the world and help effectively ... http://ihmhermitage.stblogs.com/2009/10/22/opening-prayer-from-the-mass-of-blessed-timothy-giaccardo/ "Our Father Saint Bruno: this title does not raise thoughts in our minds of lengthy doctrine nor of elaborate teaching but rather the existence of a mature master who allowed himself to be seduced by the goodness of God and gave everything up for its sake. He has little else to tell us except ... http://ihmhermitage.stblogs.com/2009/10/06/our-father-saint-bruno-3/ The reverent forming of the Sign of the Cross in the Carthusian manner. One of the first things a Postulant learns in the Charterhouse is the Carthusian Sign of the Cross: following the most ancient custom of the Church, the little finger and ring finger of the right hand are joined ... http://ihmhermitage.stblogs.com/2009/10/05/sign-of-the-cross/ The Carthusian Prostration happens during Mass from the beginning of the canon to the end of the canon, and during the thanksgiving after Mass. One gets down on the floor, laying on the right side, and supports oneself up on the right elbow, slightly twisting the upper body to the ... http://ihmhermitage.stblogs.com/2009/10/04/carthusian-prostration/ "Drawing from a number of contemporary philosophical and psychological sources, she [Constance Fitzgerald OCD] described the dark night as 'a purification of the spirit,' and not as a direct experience of God, but rather an experience of our inability to grasp God's presence. She noted that our attempts at experiencing ... http://ihmhermitage.stblogs.com/2009/10/03/a-deeper-longing-the-liberation-of-desire-in-the-dark-night/ The Holy Father appointed as ordinary members of the Pontifical Academy for the Social Sciences: Russell Hittinger, professor of philosophy and religion at the University of Tulsa, U.S.A., and Janne Haaland Matlary, professor of international politics at the department of political sciences of the University of Oslo, Norway. http://ihmhermitage.stblogs.com/2009/10/02/pontifical-acts-139/ Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B. sent a telegram,. in the name of the Holy Father, to Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli, apostolic nuncio to Indonesia, for the earthquakes that have struck the country in recent days. "Deeply saddened to learn of the recent devastating earthquakes affecting Indonesia", reads the English language ... http://ihmhermitage.stblogs.com/2009/10/02/telegram-for-victems-of-indonesian-earthquakes/ At 10 a.m. on Sunday 11 October the Holy Father will celebrate Mass in St. Peter's Square, during which he will canonise five blesseds, according to a communique released today by the Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff. The five future saints are: Zygmunt Szczesny Felinski (1822-1895), Polish former ... http://ihmhermitage.stblogs.com/2009/10/01/holy-father-to-canonise-five-blesseds-on-11-october/ The Holy Father appointed: - Bishop Bernard Longley, auxiliary of Westminster, England, as metropolitan archbishop of Birmingham (area 9,936 , population 5,333,791, Catholics 275,621, priests 391, permanent deacons 76, religious 669), England. The archbishop-elect was born in Manchester, England in 1955, he was ordained a priest in 1981 and consecrated a ... http://ihmhermitage.stblogs.com/2009/10/01/pontifical-acts-140/ Pope Benedict's general prayer intention for October is: "That Sunday may be lived as the day on which Christians gather to celebrate the risen Lord, participating in the Eucharist". His mission intention is: "That the entire People of God, to whom Christ entrusted the mandate to go and preach the ... http://ihmhermitage.stblogs.com/2009/09/30/benedict-xvis-prayer-intentions-for-october-2/