ST. MARY OF SORROWS

PARISH MISSION 2025

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SCHEDULE FOR THE MISSION .

A-1.  FINDING JESUS IN THE GOSPELS, LENT 2025.  FAST FROM FOOD... FEAST ON THE WORD OF GOD!  SEQUENCE OF READINGS THAT ALLOWS ONE TO READ STEADILY THROUGH JESUS' LIFE CHRONOLOGICALLY EACH DAY OF THIS LENTEN SEASON

A-2.  EMBRACING LENT :  TO APPROACH AND LIVE LENT AS AN OPPORTUNITY... NOT AN IMPOSITION -- AND AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO BE MINDFUL OF THE 3 P's -- PRAYER, PENANCE, AND THE POOR

A-3.  HOPE :  A BEAUTIFUL MEDITATION FROM "MY DAILY BREAD"

A-4.  PRAYING THE ROSARY :  NOT JUST A "HOW TO" ...  NEW WAYS AND STRATEGIES THAT CAN BE EMPLOYED TO INTEGRATE THE ROSARY INTO DAYS INCLINED TOWARDS "BUSY-NESS"

A-5.  PONDERING WITH THE ROSARY :  SCRIPTURE VERSES AND A METHODOLOGY THAT WILL HELP EASILY DISTRACTED PERSONS TO STAY FOCUSED ON THEIR MEDITATIVE PRAYER OF THE ROSARY

A-6.  WIELDING THE ROSARY :  THE ROSARY CAN BE VERY EFFECTIVELY EMPLOYED AS A "WEAPON" TO PUT TEMPTATION AND THE DEVIL TO FLIGHT

A-7.    TREASURING WITH THE ROSARY :  AS ONE BEGINS TO ADVANCE IN PRAYER, THE ROSARY CAN BE USED TO HELP ONE TO SLOW DOWN, "REST AWHILE"... AND ATTEND TO THE LORD IN CALM QUIET CONTEMPLATION

A-8.  THE JOYFUL MYSTERIES :  A "BEAD-BY-BEAD" SERIES OF SCRIPTURE VERSES TO ASSIST WITH RECOLLECTED PONDERINGS ON THESE MYSTERIES

A-9.  THE LUMINOUS MYSTERIES :  A "BEAD-BY-BEAD" SERIES OF SCRIPTURE VERSES TO ASSIST WITH RECOLLECTED PONDERINGS ON THESE MYSTERIES

A-10  THE SORROWFUL MYSTERIES :  A "BEAD-BY-BEAD" SERIES OF SCRIPTURE VERSES TO ASSIST WITH RECOLLECTED PONDERINGS ON THESE MYSTERIES

A-11.  THE GLORIOUS MYSTERIES :  A "BEAD-BY-BEAD" SERIES OF SCRIPTURE VERSES TO ASSIST WITH RECOLLECTED PONDERINGS ON THESE MYSTERIES

A-12.  ROSARY & STATIONS : USING THE ROSARY TO PRAY THRU THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS

A-13.    RETURN TO GALILEE.   POPE FRANCIS' BEST HOMILY!  WONDERINGS ABOUT THE CALL OF THE RISEN JESUS TO FOLLOW AND FIND HIM IN GALILEE... AND HOW IT APPLIES TO US.

A-14.  DILEXIT NOS  :  BRIEF EXCERPT FROM POPE FRANCIS' ENCYCLICAL--HE USES THE WISDOM OF ST. THERESE IN HIS CONTEMPLATION OF THE MYSTERY OF JESUS' SACRED HEART

A-15.  SACRED HEART FROM THE SHROUD  :  PAINTING OF JESUS BASED ON THE SHROUD OF TURIN IMAGE

A-16.  FLIGHT INTO EGYPT.  GEORGE HITCHCOCK'S BEAUTIFUL PAINTING OF THE HOLY FAMILY

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B-1.  UPCOMING RETREATS.  OPPORTUNITIES TO RETREAT TO SAN DAMIANO IN MONTHS AHEAD.

B-2.  SPIRITUAL CLASSICS.  GREAT BOOKS ON PRAYER & THE SPIRITUAL LIFE

B-3.  WORKING BIBLES :  THE BEST NEW TESTAMENT BIBLES AVAILABLE FOR MEDITATION AND STUDY OF THE GOSPELS

C-1.  REALMS OF THE SOUL.  ST. TERESA OF AVILA'S VISION OF THE SOUL--PROVIDING AN INSIGHT INTO SPIRITUAL COMBAT

C-2.  RULES FOR THE DISCERNMENT OF SPIRITS :  ST. IGNATIUS' CLASSIC GUIDE DESCRIBING ROLE THE ANGELS PLAY IN SPIRITUAL COMBAT

D-1.  THE DARK CRUCIBLE  : THE CURIOUS ACCOUNT OF THE KIDNAPPING & TORTURE OF ST. JOHN OF THE CROSS

E-1.  52+ SCREEN EXPERIENCES :  GREAT FILMS THAT MAY KEEP ONE OCCUPIED FOR QUITE SOME TIME...

F-1.  ROYAL PRIESTHOOD :  READINGS WHICH PROVIDE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE BAPTISMAL PRIESTHOOD OF THE FAITHFUL

F-2. HOLY CARD : IMAGE AND TEXT IN HC FORMAT TO HELP ONE KEEP IN MIND THE MYSTERY AND THE POWER OF THE ROYAL PRIESTHOOD

G-1   STABAT MATER :A CLASSIC IMAGE WHICH CAPTURES IDEA OF TWO PRIESTHOODS--ROYAL AND ORDAINED.

G-2   FLIGHT INTO EGYPT   :  GEORGE HITCHCOCK'S BEAUTIFUL PAINTING OF THE HOLY FAMILY

G-3  SACRED HEART FROM THE SHROUD  :  PAINTING OF JESUS BASED ON THE SHROUD OF TURIN IMAGE

H-1.  RETURN TO GALILEE.   POPE FRANCIS' BEST HOMILY!  WHY DID JESUS TELL THE APOSTLES TO LEAVE JUDEA AND HEAD NORTH?

J-1.   MATA :  ACRONYM FOR A SIMPLE PRAYER METHODOLOGY.  MERCY.  ASKING.  THANKSGIVING. ADORATION.

J-2.  JORDAN AUMANN ON PRAYER :  A CLEAR AND SIMPLE SYNTHESIS OF IGNATIAN PRAYER... MEDITATION... AND CONTEMPLATION

J-3   IMPERFECTIONS OF BEGINNERS:  ST. JOHN OF THE CROSS' CONSIDERATION OF FAULTS AND FLAWS OF TYROS

J-4.  FINDING TIME TO PRAY :  HOW TO PRAY IN A "BUSY" DAY

K-1.  SAINT MONICA  : THE LAST DAYS AND HOURS SHARED BY MONICA AND AUGUSTINE ON THIS SIDE OF HEAVEN...

K-2.  SILENCE :  MOTHER TERESA'S ELOQUENT [AND BRIEF] MEDITATION

K-3.  COMPANIONS :  POPE BENEDICT'S BEAUTIFUL MEDITATION ON CHOOSING "COMPANIONS" FOR OUR PILGRIMAGE...

K-4.  DIGGING DEEP :  ST. JOHN OF THE CROSS' WISDOM -- WE MUST NOT BE CONTENT TO WANDER ALONG THE SURFACE...

K-5.  THERESE ON THE GOSPELS :  OUR GREAT AND LITTLE DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH PONDERS THE POWER OF THE GOSPELS

K-6.  MAKE ME CHASTE, BUT NOT YET :  EXCERPTS FROM "CONFESSIONS" --  ST. AUGUSTINE ON LOVE & HOLY COMMUNION

L-1.  LITURGISTS & TERRORISTS :  WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM?  THE ANSWER MAY KNOCK A SMILE ACROSS YOUR FACE

M-1.  CONSOLING CHRIST :  PAPAL WISDOM ON HOW JESUS WAS STRENGTHENED IN GETHSEMANE BY OUR PRAYERS & SACRIFICES 

M-2.  DILEXIT NOS  :   POPE FRANCIS USES THE WISDOM OF ST. THERESE TO EXPLAIN HIS UNDERSTANDING OF JESUS' SACRED HEART

N-1.  EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE :  A CHALLENGING AND THOROUGH LOOK TO PREPARE FOR A GOOD CONFESSION

P-1.  KINDLY & ABIDE :  TWO BEAUTIFUL PRAYERS... FROM WISE AND HOLY MEN-- ST. JOHN HENRY NEWMAN AND H.F. LYTE

Q-1.  THE UNREACHABLE STAR :  DON QUIXOTE'S SUMMARY OF THE LIFE OF A KNIGHT ERRANT

R-1.  PRAYING THE ROSARY :  NOT JUST A "HOW TO" ...  NEW  WAYS AND STRATEGIES THAT CAN BE EMPLOYED TO INTEGRATE THE ROSARY INTO DAYS INCLINED TOWARDS "BUSY-NESS"

R-2.  PONDERING WITH THE ROSARY :  SCRIPTURE VERSES AND A METHODOLOGY THAT WILL HELP EASILY DISTRACTED PERSONS TO STAY FOCUSED ON THEIR MEDITATIVE PRAYER OF THE ROSARY

R-3.  WIELDING THE ROSARY :  THE ROSARY CAN BE VERY EFFECTIVELY EMPLOYED AS A "WEAPON" TO PUT TEMPTATION AND THE DEVIL TO FLIGHT

R-4.  TREASURING WITH THE ROSARY :  AS ONE BEGINS TO ADVANCE IN PRAYER, THE ROSARY CAN BE USED TO HELP ONE TO SLOW DOWN, "REST AWHILE"... AND ATTEND TO THE LORD IN CALM QUIET CONTEMPLATION

R-5.  THE JOYFUL MYSTERIES :  A "BEAD-BY-BEAD" SERIES OF SCRIPTURE VERSES TO ASSIST WITH RECOLLECTED PONDERINGS ON THESE MYSTERIES

R-6.  THE LUMINOUS MYSTERIES :  A "BEAD-BY-BEAD" SERIES OF SCRIPTURE VERSES TO ASSIST WITH RECOLLECTED PONDERINGS ON THESE MYSTERIES

R-7.  THE SORROWFUL MYSTERIES :  A "BEAD-BY-BEAD" SERIES OF SCRIPTURE VERSES TO ASSIST WITH RECOLLECTED PONDERINGS ON THESE MYSTERIES

R-8.  THE GLORIOUS MYSTERIES :  A "BEAD-BY-BEAD" SERIES OF SCRIPTURE VERSES TO ASSIST WITH RECOLLECTED PONDERINGS ON THESE MYSTERIES

R-9.  ROSARIUM : A BRIEF SERIES OF EXCERPTS FROM ST. JOHN PAUL THE GREAT'S LETTER ON THE ROSARY

R-10  PORTABLE STATIONS : USING THE ROSARY TO PRAY THRU THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS

R-11.  NEW MYSTERIES OF THE ROSARY :  OTHER "SETS" OF MYSTERIES OF JESUS' LIFE IN THE GOSPELS TO PONDER...

S-1.  FINDING JESUS IN THE GOSPELS.   SEQUENCE OF READINGS THAT ALLOW ONE TO READ THRU JESUS' LIFE CHRONOLOGICALLY

V-1.  JESUS RETREATS :  SCRIPTURAL VERSES WHICH DESCRIBE JESUS' MANY "RETREATS" THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE AND MINISTRY

V-2.  BROTHER ASS :  MAINTAINING, MANAGING, AND MASTERING OUR GOOD BROTHER... A REGIMEN AND A PLAN FOR THE NEXT 362 DAYS

W-1.  PLATO'S CAVE ALLEGORY   : PLATO'S PROPHECY OF THE COMING OF CHRIST--& OUR OWN SCREEN-ADDICTED CULTURE

W-2.  IRISH WISDOM  :  "CONVERGENCE OF INCONGRUITIES"

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