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Labels: artwork, domincan, joseph, josephite, quotes
Happy Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus
Happy
Feast of the Most Holy Name of Jesus! In honor of the day, I decided to create a royal-looking image of Jesus' name, since I love an excuse to play with fonts. :-)
About the Memorial
"The Holy Name of Jesus was invoked by the faithful from the very beginning of the Church. In the fourteenth century it began to be venerated with liturgical celebrations. Saint Bernardine of Siena and his disciples zealously promoted the veneration of this Name throughout Italy and Europe, and in the sixteenth century the Holy Name was introduced as a liturgical feast. In the year 1530 Pope Clement VII first permitted the Order of Friars Minor [Franciscans] to celebrate the Name of Jesus with its own proper Office."
~ From
Proper Offices of Franciscan Saints and Blesseds in the Liturgy of the Hours
Meditation
"Jesus' us-centered orientation wasn't an afterthought; we are the reason Jesus came to earth, lived, taught, healed, suffered, died, and rose again. Perhaps this is why saints throughout the ages have found in the simple name of 'Jesus' one of their favorite and most fruitful prayers. Merely invoking our Lord, repeating his name over and over again, gives rest to our souls, because that's exactly what he came to do."
~ Fr. John Bartunek,
Praising and Pondering (Luke 2:15-21)
Spiffy!
Check out the
National Association of the Holy Name Society (Confraternity of the Most Holy Names of God and Jesus), which "promotes reverence for the Sacred Names of God and Jesus Christ, obedience and loyalty to the Magisterium of the Catholic Church, and the personal sanctification and holiness of its members. Members are called to contribute to the evangelization mission of the Church and to make perpetual acts of reverence and love for our Lord and Savior." So lovely ... and it's associated with the Dominicans, which = doubleplus cool. :-)
Labels: domincan, franciscan, liturgy
Josephology: Spiffy video talk on Joseph
Oooh, I just came across
this nice video presentation (short!) on the importance of Joseph in our spiritual lives. God bless them Dominicans!
(And even though I'm a Franciscan, I gotta admit it:
Dominican friars are the handsomest dudes around. :-P But,
Poor Clares are still the beautiful-est women.)
Labels: domincan, joseph, josephology, poor clares
Why should the Dominicans have all the fun? :-p
With all the
splendid,
dandy-fine blogs of Dominicans out there, we Franciscans can't have 'em hoggin' all the bloggin' fun, now can we? Of course not! So, in the name of Dominican-Franciscan Parity :-P , I'm adding my lil' voice to the small-but-hopefully-growing Franciscan presence in the blogosphere.
:::tentatively waves hello:::
Who am I? I'm Lisa, a
Secular Franciscan living the USA; I made my permanent Profession in May 2006. My husband, Mike, and I are lifelong cat lovers and share our home with some fabulous felines. In my day job (cats must be fed), I work as a software technical writer. Some random bits in no particular order: I serve on my parish's web site committee; make and give away knotted twine Rosaries; have a devotion to Joseph, Holy Husband of Our Blessed Lady and Virginal Father of Jesus; read voraciously; and love eating sushi and napping with the cats. (My motto: "A Nap Makes Everything Better".)
Back in 2002, I dipped my toe into the Web waters when I designed 'n' launched my first personal web site about cats. While I enjoyed that, it was ultimately a bit unsatisfying to limit myself to cat- and animal-related issues. So, after much ponderin', I figured I'd start this site. I'm leaning towards discontinuing the other one altogether (which is why I'm not linking to it), and mebbe I'll incorporate some of the cat stuff from there into here. (We'll see. Depends on how ambitious I feel.)
As for what you'll find here -- Franciscany things, cats, St. Joseph, book and article reviews, silly links I stumble 'pon ... pretty much whatever enters my noggin'. Y'know, Typical Blog Stuff, with a Franciscan flavor. And I figured it'd nice to gather up things I've shared elsewhere into one location so I can quickly find it all again. (Hey, I'm lazy and don't like hunting around for stuff.) I also like having my own little spot where I can be silly, cranky, reflective, whimsical, goofy, dyspeptic, etc., whenever the mood strikes me.
Anyhoo, thankee fer stoppin' by, and hope to see ya again soon!
Labels: blogging, domincan, franciscan, fun
