Oh, Dearest Mother, Sweetest Virgin of Altagracia, our Patroness. You are our Advocate and to you we recommend our needs. You are our Teacher and like disciples we come to learn from the example of your holy life. You are our Mother, and like children, we come to offer you all of the love of our hearts. Receive, dearest Mother, our offerings and listen attentively to our supplications. Amen.



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Posted: July 31 2008 at 4:42pm | IP Logged Quote Mackfam
Some of you may have seen this, but in case anyone missed this call to prayer...

From Zenit...

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Desecration of Host Not Seen as Free Speech

Confraternity Proposes Prayer Day in Reparation

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, JULY 30, 2008 (Zenit.org).- The Confraternity of
Catholic Clergy is proposing Friday as a national day of prayer and fasting
in the wake of the desecration of the Eucharist by a Minnesota professor.


Father John Trigilio, Jr., the president of the confraternity, a U.S.
association of 600 priests and deacons, sent a statement this week asking
Catholics "to join in a day of prayer and fasting that such offenses never
happen again."

Paul Myers, a professor of biology at the University of Minnesota at Morris,
says he desecrated the Eucharist by piercing it with a rusty nail, then he
threw it into the trash.

The self-professed atheist wrote about the incident on his blog and posted a
photo of the desecrated host.

The statement of the Confraternity of Catholic Clergy said it found the
actions of Myers "reprehensible, inexcusable, and unconstitutional. His
flagrant display of irreverence by profaning a consecrated Host from a
Catholic Church goes beyond the limit of academic freedom and free speech."

"Attacking the most sacred elements of a religion is not free speech anymore
than would be perjury in a court or libel in a newspaper," added the text.

Father Trigilio told ZENIT that the congregation is asking the faithful to
make a holy hour before the Eucharist on Aug. 1, the feast of St. Alphonsus
Ligouri, and to fast in "reparation for the sacrilegious desecration of the
Holy Eucharist."


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Thank you for letting us all know about the Day of Reparation, Jennifer. Participating in this is an important way to use tomorrow.

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Posted: July 31 2008 at 11:51pm | IP Logged Quote aussieannie
Thank you Jennifer, I'm reading this just in time (1st over here)

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Posted: Aug 01 2008 at 5:51am | IP Logged Quote mariB
Thank you for posting this! I will bring our family to this call to prayer today.

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Posted: Aug 01 2008 at 6:17am | IP Logged Quote stefoodie
Thank you for posting this! I get Zenit mail but somehow I missed this one.

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Posted: Aug 02 2008 at 7:06am | IP Logged Quote Ruth
I wish I had seen this. We turn everything off on Fridays. We'll be praying for this intention today.

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