#st.bede

My classmate, who is also my friend, is often misunderstood because of the tone of her voice. She told me her experience before. When covid still didn't exist, face to face classes were adapted and group activities were given often to the class.

My friend, together with her groupmates started talking about their plans for their presentation. She also had her ideas so she started voicing out her thoughts for their presentation. She told me she noticed their reactions after she started talking. She then realized she was getting misunderstood since its happened to her numerous times . She's told me that the reactions of her groupmates were not new to her and she thought that maybe they think she's angry.

The central figure is St. Bede the Venerable. He is surrounded by ornamentation from the Book of Kells, the monasteries of Jarrow and Wearmouth, and inset icons of Sts. Aidan of Lindisfarne, Hilda of Whitby, and Cuthbert. Bede is illuminated from above by Christ as the Morning Star, just as Bede referenced in his famous work "The Ecclesiastical History of the English People," which he is shown here writing.

[The imagination is a faculty for seeing rather than inventing. - Br. Aiden]

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Today’s Word…

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Get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent

and humbly accept the word planted in you,

which can save you.

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-    James 1:21   (NIV)

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Reflection...

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For me to listen docilely to the word of God

I need to keep my evil inclinations at bay. 

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If I do not,

my pride, which deceives itself with all sorts of false reasoning,

will get me to rebel against the word of God

and His commandments,

because pride does not like being continuously corrected and reproached

for its selfish habits and behaviour,

which it is unwilling to give up.

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God’s word saves;

pride and selfishness destroy.

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Quote…  

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"First he (St. James) calls for the cleansing of mind and body from vice,

so that those who receive the word of salvation

can live in a worthy manner. 

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A person who does not first turn his back on evil

cannot do good."

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-    St. Bede

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Prayer…  

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Here I am, Lord,

unworthy as I am,

but full of faith and hope,

and with the eyes of my heart fixed firmly on You.

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Lord, You know me inside out,

much more than anyone else

and much more than I know myself.

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Help me, O Lord,

to overcome my weaknesses

and all that is immoral within me.

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Save me,

destroy my selfish pride,

and transform me, Lord.

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Take over, Lord,

You are everything in my life!

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Amen.

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Repetitive Prayer for Today…  

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Lord, You are everything in my life!

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From the Catechism of the Catholic Church…   

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Holy Communion separates us from sin.

The body of Christ we receive in Holy Communion is "given up for us,"

and the blood we drink "shed for the many for the forgiveness of sins."

For this reason the Eucharist cannot unite us to Christ

without at the same time cleansing us from past sins

and preserving us from future sins:

“For as often as we eat this bread and drink the cup, we proclaim the death of the Lord. If we proclaim the Lord's death, we proclaim the forgiveness of sins. If, as often as his blood is poured out, it is poured for the forgiveness of sins, I should always receive it, so that it may always forgive my sins. Because I always sin, I should always have a remedy.”  [St. Ambrose]

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[CCC 1393]

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  YEAR OF FAITH 2012-2013