HOLY WEEK--2012

"I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly" (John 10:10)

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The 7th and FINAL presentation on the Shroud of Turin from our resident historian and researcher, Joe Kaiser, is titled " The Sudarium of Oviedo." After presenting us with a multitude of evidence and information over the past six weeks on the Shroud of Turin, STEWARD JOE delivers a riveting historical and scientific accounting of the burial cloth that covered the Face of Jesus.

Answer...It was created by a power that our present day capabilities CANNOT even come close to duplicating!

And just how much power are we talking about?

34,000-Billion Watts of VUV Radiation.

This presentation by Real Catholic TV is a must see this Holy Week!

VATICAN: Radiation could have created Holy Shroud image 

A Tribute to the Donkey 

~by Susi Pittman

Jesus rode into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey, a donkey that He predestined to be ready for Him upon His arrival. Did you know that the little donkey has the mark of the Cross upon his back? What is the legend behind it?

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It was in 1994 that Father Ron celebrated Easter Sunday sunrise Mass under the shadow of Mt. Fuji in Japan. He shares from his journal of that awe-inspiring moment.

Reach For Christ 

~by Sister Marie Rene, S.S.J.

It is a magnificent prayer by St. Francis of Assisi before the Crucifix at San Damiano that has Sister Marie Rene asking us to reach for Christ during this Holy Week.

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Gopherus polyphemus - The Other "Turtle"

~by Frank Gromling

Photo: Animalspot.net

Frank has a visual journey for you this week, an inspiration for you to consider the sun rising and the Son Rising!

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I See His Blood Upon the Rose 

~by Mary Galvano-Bajohr

 

 

Mary states it very well in her commentary this week..."creation takes part in the Passion of Christ." And just how is that so?

Steward Joe has completed an all-encompassing 7-week Presentation into the mystery of the Holy Shroud of Turin. You can catch up on the entire journey right here on his web page.

Cat lovers have found in the cats they have known a touch of God's comfort, a glimpse of His smile, and a reminder of His creativity. This month's review choice from Michele,

Best Friends Forever, Me and My Cat

, is a book that will nudge you to sit at the feet of the Creator as you read about the extraordinary and ordinary actions of cats.

Today, I see spring for sure. It is on the way. I see it in the V of geese overhead. I see it in the flitting of finches, sparrows and titmice in my tulip poplar. They are finding some special food in the dull buds that will soon turn the tree into a bouquet. I see in the redbird who is foraging under the crepe myrtle I trimmed last week; and who is bravely ignoring the hunched shoulders and twitching tail of my black kitten who has spied him from across the yard.

Today, I can feel spring. I feel it in the lumbering lazy float of grey rain clouds that have just this morning given a short tease of relief from the long drought that has lasted since before Christmas. I feel it in the dancing branches of the neighborhood trees choreographed by the invisible, humble breeze that without the dance I may not have noticed. I feel it in the shine in the east behind the showers that promise a little sun on a partly cloudy day.

Today, the breath of spring resonates within my soul. I cannot explain it but I know the earth, the whole earth is breathing. I can feel it. I see it. I am part of it. It is all one. It is all a whole. And, I am not apart from it. Cleansing breaths. In and out. Deep breathing. Almost a humming. A humming, a vibration of life. The yard birds, the determined geese overhead, the tulip poplar, the crepe myrtle, the grey sluggish clouds, my foolish, curious, playful kitten. The roar of the trash truck and the two strong men who hauled away my crepe myrtle branches as I drank coffee on the front stoop where I sat in my work clothes wondering if the rain would stop so I could go to work.

Nothing was a piece by itself. For a strange wonderful moment - I could call it a Trinitarian moment just as a stretch to find a name for something I've never felt before - I knew the whole earth was enjoying and acknowledging the grace and goodness of God. As a fish swims in water, a bird find highways in the sky, and as the trees reach to bathe in the rain and the sunshine, so I and the trash men and the passing cars and my neighbor picking up his paper and my kitten were all finding our soul's nutrition in the one who so rarely calls attention to himself.

The glory was alive in my heart.

O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness; let the whole earth stand in awe of him. Psalm 96: 9.

Thine is the day, O God, thine also the night; thou hast established the moon and the sun. Thou hast fixed all the boundaries of the earth; thou hast made summer and winter. Psalm 74: 15, 16.

Today I can sense spring. I feel alive. I feel like I am part of something huge and new and ancient and ever becoming. And, I am so thankful I stepped outside to see it. To see and feel and sense the beauty of spring.

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PAINTER-Robert Duncan

www.robertduncanstudios.com  

Robert Duncan was born in Utah and began painting at age eleven. He spent summers as a boy on his grandparents' ranch in Wyoming where his grandmother gave him his first set of oil paints. It was there that he grew to love the country, the open spaces, and the rural lifestyle. Robert has painted professionally for about 25 years. I want my grandchildren to be able to walk through a field and hear a meadowlark call. We don't all have to live on a farm, but to pass by and see the cows grazing or just to know that there are wild places being kept wild makes our lives better. Ina way, my paintings are a call to think about the things that have touched our lives and hope that we might all be willing to do our part to save these things for future generations."

The Shroud Codex by Jerome Corsi 

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Catholic Review of the Shroud Codex 

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VISIT STEWARD JOE'S WEB PAGE for his outstanding 7-Part Series on the Shroud of Turin.

HOLY WEEK activities for the family from CatholicMom.com  

National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry 

THE LEGEND OF THE PASSION FLOWER

The Passion Flower has become a symbol of Christianity visually depicting the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Historically it has been associated with Jesuit priests in South America during the early 17th century. The legend of the Passion Flower originated with a Mexican Augustinian Friar, Emmanuel de Villegas, who reported it in Europe in the year 1610.

• The Spiraled Tendrils - The Lash of Christ's Scourging
• The Central Flower Column - The Pillar of the Scourging
• The 72 Radial Filaments - The Crown of Thorns
• The Top 3 Stigma - The 3 Nails
• The Lower 5 Anthers - The 5 Wounds
• The Leaves - The Head of the Centurian's Spear
• The Red Stains - Christ's Blood Drops
• The Round Fruit - The World Christ Came to Save

SURVIVING YOUR SPRINGTIME ALLERGIES  

Getting to know the Goldilocks Planet