Check-In + Night Prayer for May 6, 2020 - Wednesday of The Fourth Week of Easter (8:30m CDT)

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good evening everybody a blessed Wednesday evening to you this fourth

week of Easter I was sitting down I was all ready to go and nearly started the

whole thing without a microphone and you wouldn't have been able to to hear me you just wouldn't see me kind of moving

my mouth like a some sort of a priestly puppet person but the last second that's

the thing whenever you know whenever you're broadcasting whether it's broadcasting the mass in the morning or

a streaming complem with you in the evening there were all these little itty bitty steps that I have to remember and

even if I write them down and there is a list I still inevitably one and usually

it happens at about you know 30 seconds to broadcasts oh right a microphone that

would be helpful yeah inevitably like for mass in the morning at you know 30

seconds till I'll forget to light have lit the candles and that has happened

several times on Sundays whenever I was in the church for for Easter masses in

the church it's okay these things happen thankfully I say I'm the I think it's it's all a

part of a ploy to free me from perfectionism because being an artist i

I like things to be just so and I like to start on time and things like that and so one of the one of the great I

don't know kind of built-in mechanisms in the artist brain is our inability to

to kind of think in a linear fashion at least I can't so I inevitably will try to go down a

list and I'll skip one or two things but anyway enough about me how is your day been I can definitely

I'll tell you this much today I felt kind of cooped up in my house I had to go and sit outside for a little while

because I tell ya I think anybody can deal with anything for about a month maybe a month and a half but but the

stur craziness really did kind of hit me today especially as we as we wait for word just with you know with our

government officials and certainly as we in the Diocese of Baton Rouge wait for word of what the next steps for us are

so so hopefully in fact I'll just uh I'll just kind of mouse over and check my mail real quick to see if anything's

come forward I don't think so actually I

can't check my mail it's my mail app open but yeah at any

rate I don't think anything's come through so I'm just kind of on waiting along with you but that's okay that's

alright you know they always say in prayer the Lord always says yes no or

wait and the Lord Lord tells me wait a good bit in my prayer my certainly and

I'm grateful for that and I'm very grateful for that the Lord has has told me both wait and just you know keep moving right just

kind of keep moving in the direction that you're going or sometimes he'll tell you no but

that's okay the Lord tells me no in prayer I've learned to accept that as a great blessing and then when you least

expected the Lord says yes and you say yes back huh so yeah it was it was one

of those days I needed to get outside so glad to be able to do that and yeah it

looks like a couple of you have been kind of struggling today and that's that's it's good to know that it's good

to know that that other people are kind of struggling a little bit important you know that some of your priests right that we struggle as well it's not all

you know sunshine lollipops and you know never-ending glasses of day wine no we

can't we can't do that but but we do we do struggle as well and so I've had

certainly taken many many an occasion to to pray today and say lord help me with

the waiting and help to to kind of make my heart grow anticipate you more you

know and that's that's the thing the Lord can use that so let's see let's see

what everybody's doing Ruth spent the day in the yard content of replanting containers and plants have

volunteer flowers to share very good very good thing a couple you certainly have felt a little holster crazy

[Music] Steven had his three months post thyroidectomy blood work done had no

symptoms of CO vid several people that where he works had it though so you had

also some a serum to see if you were potentially exposed and interested in being a plasma donor so that's a good

certainly a good way to use your day for sure yeah as Mac says the Lord's has

three answers yes not yet and I have something better planned yeah and oftentimes you know a no a no

in prayer is is almost always a there is something else here there is there's

something more that I desire for you and there's something more I desire for for the people around you because whenever

the Lord answers prayers in us he intends for us to be to be a beacon to

others right that's that's part of letting the light that we have shine right that that we're called and not to

be under a bushel basket when we when we have received answered prayers in fact if you think about like the Acts of the

Apostles that were reading through the Apostles had prayers answered right there the the man that they spent a good

deal of their time with and and certainly three years of their life with

died and was raised from the dead and then not only was he raised from the

dead but he also imparted a spiritual power upon them through the Holy Spirit and then they were sent out they they

couldn't they couldn't keep in the Lord answering prayer within them and so

we're called to do the same thing you know it's it's especially difficult whenever we're kind of locked into a

radius of so many miles you know but yeah we can even be we can even be

lights to others right here and perhaps even in this medium and as you all are kind of

shining your light so to speak with everybody in in the chat room here

sister Mary Francis says hello from the sisters of the Holy Family New Orleans hello sister glad that you're here and

uncertainly a number of a number of our regular regular neighborhood here

Monique watch Netflix some days you just have to kinda you know put your slippers

on and kick your feet up Julie helped a neighbor with the pool because I tell you in Louisiana we're

getting definitely some some pool weather and then anything gets cool again then we get pool weather again Cheryl had a good rosary gathering let's

see here Christine had lab work studio work napping and cooking sister Mary

Francis is that we that they buried one of their sisters today I did see that in the news may she rest in peace

and then in-laws are doing better says Damien that's very good and then Debbie

took off driving down River Road you know I have done that as well sometimes you just have to get out and get in the

car and drive and and I have certainly done that at times in my life as well

just to see how far it goes right we know where how long the river road is but sometimes you just got to drive it

yourself by the way River Road for those of you were not in in the Baton Rouge or

even New Orleans area is just this long windy road that goes along the Mississippi River along the levee and it

it has many different twists and turns and you end up in all sorts of neat little Hamlet's that you didn't know

existed some of which I've been the pastor office Oh so I know it well too let's

see Helen had the Facebook rosary today at one of my parishioners who's uh who's

taking to Facebook and and using it for the forces of good and for prayer Laura

made two masks do you know what up at 4:30 decided to pray a rosary walk and

talk with neighbors patience is indeed the word of the month it is indeed the word of the month it is a difficult

virtue to live and so I as you've heard me say before I ask for opportunities to

exercise charity and waiting is oftentimes an opportunity to exercise charity

great love actual genuine love my willingness to will the good of the

other because they are other that is that is an act of charity right to will

the good of the other and sometimes that is by by waiting and so yeah it is the

word of the month unfortunately it's early in the model so have a feeling will be patient for a

good bit of this month sue had a share a share grew a zoom share group meeting

and laughed for half of it that's good laughter is definitely important yeah I I watched a couple of comedy videos

today to to just kind of clean to kind of wake up my my laugh my funny bone as

well Claire's in New York as a nurse practitioner in a nursing home she says that so many of the residents

have have passed from Kovac many of them have no families and many of our

residents have a history of mental illness and find themselves alone for their final years so Claire we certainly

will remember them in prayer tonight and I will I will certainly remember them in my my private intentions for

Mass as well and when we have some names here for John for George for Henry for Richard for Glenn yeah for those who

have died alone you know I think one of the things that that we're seeing with with all of this is kind of a spotlight

being shown on our assisted living facilities and our nursing homes and it

really is calling into question how we view the elderly right do do we just

kind of shut them away in a nursing home and then that's it and and we know the answer to be true that that many do that

you know and that and that is a great tragedy it's a great tragedy the way that we treat the unborn and we we treat

the very young the most vulnerable among us as it comes up so many times in our catechism and then the voices of Pope's

and bishops and then the vulnerable among us who are elderly who perhaps

have mental health issues you know think about my own mom who has who has

dementia and how it does take charity on the part of me

going to visit her regularly willing the good of the other willing the good of my mother because she is my mom and because

she is a human person and how difficult that is for all of the workers the

health care workers who do work in that environment I've seen some fantastic fantastic men and women in that

environment that are able to enter into those moments with them and would that we all were able to enter into those

moments and realize that that loving the other as other especially if they are elderly especially if they're getting on

years and you know if my mom had a choice she would never have gone into an

assisted living facility a nursing home but even she knew at the beginning of her dementia that that she couldn't be

cared for in any other way and you know that's a difficult decision to acquiesce

to but at the same time to realize that there are people who are capable of great love that's a great consolation to

me knowing that you know because I can't care for my mom all the time that there

are people who do care for her and she's in a very good facility and that's not always the case you know and so

certainly Claire will remember all of those people that you mentioned let's

see here you're good you're giving me opportunities for sermons here this

evening Claire if if you're just joining us for maybe the first time you'll know that I'm want to do that I'll kind of

launch off into a sidebar and your stand yet you're all still here let's see the

david says he's glad that we have pool whether they're expecting snow in maine

well yeah that that could affect your time by the pool do you even have swimming pools in maine does it ever get

to like swimming pool weather are they all indoors I don't know I haven't been to Maine yet maybe one of these days

I'll get there I mean I do like lobster and I realize that's not the only thing in Maine but for me it would be a good

draw to go to me and says that in

central New York there's still heat yeah they saw the heat on yeah it is it has been very cold I'd say we've actually

had some some below below normal temperatures we've also had some very

above normal temperatures here in Louisiana as well let's see Damien danced under the beautiful moon

I'm presuming with your wife there Trudy had mass rosary gardening and a nice

bike ride very good yeah Mac patience does take long it takes longer the the

quicker you don't learn it right and that's that's how it's built in that way Tish has visited her friend who has

Alzheimer's and she read to me from one of her adult coloring books which has words of wisdom and she had no idea how

they hit home during his pandemic see that's the thing you know even somebody who has who has Alzheimer's or who has

dementia they they are still capable obviously of of accessing the human

heart right their own and then they're also able to come to get to the heart of

others and that's why there is that's why there is tremendous value in their witness a person who has Alzheimer's or

dementia they have certainly value because they are human beings but they have they have extra value if you will

and even greater value because they are human beings who are still capable of great love and sometimes that gets

hidden in the the presenting issues but you know I they're still capable of

great love and and as such it's it's such a sad thing to see our society write them off let's see Mac says here

Enola New Orleans will need the heater this weekend yeah it's supposed to be chilly this weekend it's like in

Louisiana this is the game we play that as soon as you get the pool ready you get like either a week of rain or a

week of temperature in the 50s you know or maybe maybe mid 60s and then it goes

away and you start getting the pool ready again and this is kind of the game we play this time here oh that's right

sure clear I'm glad that you watch us on CFN on the catholic underground we did release a new catholic underground this

week so so you should get a new episode this week on CFN and not a rerun

it's it's a little difficult because of the technology to to record fresh

episodes of the catholic underground because then i have to go back and spend time in post-production whereas when we're at our studio we're

able to just kind of record the whole thing a lot we call it live to tape so all of our graphics and everything don't

have to be added later and so I have to kind of go back old-school with with the

Catholic Underground program and so so if you if you've watched some of our live streams we don't have any of the

graphics or anything or very minimally and so I have to go add those again so hopefully you'll be able to see a new

episode this week on CFN Terry stopped by the church to light the candle and to

pray do you ever wonder why you like candles this is one of those things that you know often times we we we find on

television it's kind of a popular representation that in lieu of receiving the sacraments of the church or things

that actually make us Catholic you'll see a Catholic oftentimes a lapsed Catholic and a police procedural or

something going into a church to light a candle and and obviously lighting a

candle is a beautiful act but there's a reason for it and the reason that we light a candle is it because it extends

our prayer intention okay hey father wait what so yeah that's why the candles

that that we burn in in in Catholic churches I don't know if I have one

nearby but the ones that are sitting on the altar over there the little little white one that's called a three-day

candle and the reason it's called a three-day candle is because if you light it it takes three 24-hour periods to burn

and so the reason that that we we measure those candles and days is

because whenever we light the candle and and we offer our prayer intention the

lighting the act of lighting of that candle is a desire for our prayer

intention to extend for the length of the time that that candle is burning and so that's also why there is an offering

it's not just to pay for the candle but because because we're asking something of the Lord we're asking for him to

extend this intention by the burning of his candle the intent that we have to burn this candle for that particular

prayer intention we also to typically make an offering to say yeah Lord in

anticipation of all that you have done I'm going to support the work of the church which is of course a work a precept of the church and so

yeah I always I always find it interesting that that whenever we whenever we burn candles there's always

a reason behind it and I don't know that we all know that I know for many years I didn't know that and I always wondered

why candles are measured in days you know which is why if you go to somewhere like Lourdes Lourdes has and I mean

they're not in plastic if these big huge thick candles and and some of them are

like 21 days or three months ER I mean they're the size of the Paschal candle back there and it's because a person

going to Lourdes wants their their prayer vigil to extend to keep to keep

longer because they have to go back to wherever it is they came from that's right Joe Joe has the right answer Oh

David tells me the lobster can be caught and shipped to me the same day well maybe I should buy a Maine lobster because you know I have nothing else to

do with my time or my my stipend I guess I could do that alright let's see let's see here this is

over the sisters are coming in a van to visit me in Baton Rouge well sister Mary Francis you are most welcome you're most

welcome and in my parishes and you get to pick one you get to pick one or just come to

all of them because let me tell you you know this for a fact that people love to

see sisters and nuns they love to see them in the parish they'd love to see them interacting I know that we've had

the pollen sisters out to sell books at our parishes before and the people just

they gobble the books up but they gobble this the sisters up even more so you're more than welcome sister Mary Francis

all right let's see here yeah okay well

good yeah so I'm glad you guys have been busy today you know because it is again

still Wednesday in the more or less stay at home so we do have to find ways to keep busy

Gwen saw the the Blue Angels that's right they they they've been flying around in the south kind of saluting our

health care workers we also had several of the Air Force planes do the same thing all these ways

to show our our frontline workers that that that their prayers are not going

unanswered and that we support them let's see here also gwen participated in

a birthday parade that's the thing I wonder if that's going to continue after all of this ends and it will end please

God and then started a novena to Our Lady at the Blessed Sacrament which is a beautiful devotion for sure

let's see Pat wants to know where sister

Mary Francis is from she's she's in New Orleans she's a sister of the Holy Family beautiful Order you can google

them the sisters of the Holy Family fantastic story of their foundation and some very holy women have come from

their number and they serve a good deal here in inside the United States

all right Shelly and I are celebrating their 25th anniversary today well know

that we'll certainly remember you in prayer tonight and our evening prayer how many days is an Easter candle that's

a very good question because I know that that Easter candles traditionally would

burn throughout the Easter octave so from from the the Easter Vigil all the

way through to the end of the octave and then it's also I believe it's customary for the Easter candle to burn through to

Pentecost through the through all of Easter tide and so so I mean you can buy

different sized Paschal candles but I suppose in a perfect scenario where you

could keep it lit it would burn at least 50 days and then of course the parish

priest is always thinking okay but I'm going to have baptisms and funerals so it's got to burn longer than that and

it's got to be more than just a stub so I don't know I I know priests and I've never done this

before except maybe I probably have I know priests who have accidentally left the candle burning but I don't know if

we've counted the days you just walk into the church you go oh I've got I've got baptisms and you're immediately

thinking of this little stub of an Easter candle let's see alright

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Sara I'm glad to hear that toni is asking for a prayer intention and so mpj yes these are the the my

candle here my Easter candle is a is made with 51% glorious beeswax because

of course we sing we sing about the the mother bees the mother bee and the

worker bees that that made the candle for sure let's see Tony is asking for a prayer

request and so why don't we as we as we've taken the one from from Claire why don't we go ahead and move into the

prayer request segment here of our complan together so let's see Tony asks

that we pray for for Stephanie who's a new mom who's developed Ovid days after

the birth of our baby and so I will certainly will certainly

pray for her and pray for her child as well let's see here for Christina who's

working on an endeavor for a let's see a process of organizing a I say yes to

holiness online summit so we'll pray or pray for the success of that certainly

let's see what do you however Paschal candle is disposed of okay I guess I'll

just add a little QA as we're taking prayer requests here how do you dispose the Paschal candle well traditionally

you can always melt the Paschal candle down and it can be used to create another one I know that for a number of

years we we could actually send our Paschal candle either back to the manufacturer and they would do that

or we could send it back to we would send them to to a Benedict and Abby nearby and they would use the wax for

their various projects and and candles that they make for the altar what I've started doing

I've there are often times where we get down to the the very bottom of the candle and what I've started doing like

for this year is I've cut the candle the old Paschal candle in sections and we'll

give that to all of those who are in the RCIA to those who are who are being baptized or who are coming into the

church and so along with their baptismal candle they also get a slice of the Paschal candle which they can burn as

kind of as a prayer candle in their home and so that's that's typically what we do is some something of that nature so

that the candles still because it has been blessed certainly it's a it's a sacramental so the candle can continue

that function of providing kind of the Christ's light and in the home I know

that sometimes they just sit in the sacristy I'll be honest with you because not everybody knows what to do with them

but I think that making them usable candles for those who have come into the church is a certainly a good viable

option if there's a good bit of the candle left alright let's see so also

Cheryl asks that we pray for for mr. Wang who was diagnosed with a brain

tumor Nancy has a special prayer request for a family sister Maria Magdalena also asks for

special intentions and and for blessings for her friend Diane on this her birthday we pray for a friend of Judy

who had surgery on his hand earlier today for for one of Pam's friends who's

very ill and alone in the hospital with kovat for an end of the pandemic for

people to be able to return to work I pray especially for our leaders and for our president and for our Bishop and the

bishops of all of our areas from which we hail also let's see here

prayers for Stephanie who had surgery today and Shelley asks for prayers for

her son and for her mom as well let's

see here Shannon says she's yes oh that's another that's a big thing Shannon you're right

absolutely right so I know for sure the the the candles the Paschal candle from the papal

household they they are traditionally melted down into discs and they are stamped with an image of the lamb and

they're called on use days and traditionally the Pope would send them to various people they would be sent as

kind of tokens if you will of papal good wishes and as a sacramental item in fact

there I didn't weigh far back in the back of my brain I believe that there are also miracles that are attributed to

those who have received those on news days and have prayed with them good good catch Shannon yeah very very

good in fact I have a cast of one in in Maya in my room I'll have to maybe I

remember I'll bring it tomorrow for show-and-tell let's see Laura says for all nurses

that's right today is nurses day and I think it's Nurses Week in in the state of Louisiana so I don't know who

designates the days but all of those who are on the front lines who are our nurses thank you for the work that you

do especially in bringing care and love in the work that you do on there there's

there's a there's heart behind all of that PPE it's one of those acronyms that

we know a lot about these days Kerry says prayers for Sarah good news just

prayers for healing certainly we can do that prayers for increase in vocations to the church prayers of Thanksgiving

and special intentions for Alex Aida and Jasmine Norma and Tanya certainly will

you pray for her sister John Mary who lost her niece to koban 19 for all

priests and religious who separated from their families and parishioners during the stay at home absolutely clear special prayers for

father ray PJ I'm with you to pray that

there's nothing seriously nefarious going on behind the scenes that were all blinded by this pandemic yet I mean

anytime that there is anything on this scale there are always those who would seek to do ill or seek for personal gain

or for a grasp of power that's any time it happened during World War two

happened during probably during the Spanish flu anytime there is something that upsets kind of the the order right

the social order there are always those who scramble to do the works of darkness

and I mean we have to be real about that and so one of the one of my prayer intentions consistently that has been

coming up is to pray exactly for that that everything that would be nefarious

is unmasked that that the light is shown in all the areas where darkness seeks to

hide right and that the light of Christ I mean it's no coincidence that that Paschal candle is burning during all of

this it's none because Christ is our like Christ is our hope and so part of

my prayer is that that light the light of Christ shine in all these areas in

which something that would be not of God something nefarious something demonic something of the devil that all of that

would just be exposed for what it is and made very clear that's that's one of the great things that I pray for is this

continual unbinding this continual making clear of that which is evil

so that we who are striving and all people can strive towards the good and

the same God maybe you are present here God maybe you do exist God maybe you

want something from my life and God maybe you want me to be an advocate right in the ways that I can do it so

yep yeah got me off on another little mini homily there PJ but yeah absolutely and that's not and that's not just like

conspiracy theory stuff now that's that's time-proven is that anytime that there is an upset

in the social order there are always those who are gonna seek to capitalize on it so that they can make themselves

god it's just the way that it works that's that's fallen broken humanity without and so that's why we we ask God to flood

himself into our hospitals and God to flood himself into our places of

business and to flood himself into our centers of government because God God wants to be there right and it's these

little bitty these little bitty doorways that open up by a congresswoman or a congressman who who's a believer these

little bitty doorways that are opened up by those who are ethical in their business practices these little bitty

doorways that are opened up by those doctors and nurses who have a rosary in

their pocket or where their scapular these little bitty doorways these little sources of light and if you put all the little pinpricks of light together

eventually you get a very big spotlight so yeah that's what we pray for absolutely let's see you got me got me

off on Iran to have to have to catch up here you pray for all teachers because

it's also teachers and firefighters week that's for sure Cheryl asks that we pray for for her cousin who's been in labor

since yesterday oh my goodness absolutely Mac asks that we pray for oil feel for the oil field to recover so

that workers can go back to work for first respondents for Clayton and his

mom for my mom for Bishop Bob's mom so Bishop Shelton fob was a he was a priest

here and much loved in the community and his mother is in a nearby a nursing

facility but right next right next to the one that my mom is in actually so we pray for Bishop Bob's mother and for all

mothers who are living and deceased we pray for the archdiocese in New Orleans

for guidance for the archbishop and his staff for the priests and parishioners of the archdiocese absolutely for sure

okay very good well certainly we had a lot to

lift up to the Lord this evening you know I even I even had something to read I don't know if I mean I was gonna read

a little bit as I've been doing on on Mary because of course this is the month

of May so I don't mean I don't want to take all your evening but if you like I can read I can read to you from this because I I did forget about that I kind

of went off on a on a tangent but but if you like before we enter night prayer

I'll read because this is from from st. Bonaventure st. Bonaventure died in in

1274 and so st. Bonaventure would have been a contemporary of st. Francis of

Assisi he was a philosopher and a theologian and a mystic and and of

course his Marian theology is built upon Christ at the center Christo centrosome

as we say in the theological world so uh so here we go this is st. Bonaventure is

reflection on John chapter 19 standing by the cross of Jesus and so this is

again if you want the book the book is Mary in the Middle Ages the Blessed Virgin Mary and the thought of medieval

latin theologians it's it's compiled by luigi Gunbarrel that's available from Ignatius press so Mary in the Middle

Ages is the is the name of the book all right so this is st. Bonaventure John

chapter 19 verse 25 here we note the tiny number of those who showed

compassion for out of all the persons dear to him three women were present

among whom was also the mother of the Lord toward whom the Lord Himself would show compassion for circumstances

present themselves the compassion of the women towards the Lord the Lord's concern for his mother the entrustment

that follows upon this concern and finally the acceptance of this entrustment the compassion of the women

is seen in the statement standing by the cross of Jesus they stood by him physically then because they were drawn

to him by the feeling of compassion by contrast others distanced themselves because of their lack of compassion so

that the psalm says all those who were close to me stand far away gosh I can't even I can't even read this without even

thinking about what we have been called to do in social distance II please God

may we not remain far away from those who are suffering please God maybe maybe

not socially distance ourselves from those who need your presence I'm gonna

read that again the compassion of the women is seen in the statement standing by the cross of Jesus they stood by him

physically then because they were drawn they stood by him physically then because they were drawn to him by the

feeling of compassion by contrast others distanced themselves because of their lack of compassion so

that the psalm says all those who were close to me stand far away in that Psalm 38 verse 12 but the woman who remained

nearby because they loved him more as did his mother who surpassed him all in

compassion so that we read in the second chapter of Luke a sword will pierce through your own soul then there was

present his mother's sister Mary of Cleophas James's mother it should be

noted that Anna according to what was said had three husbands Joakim Cleophus and Salome and from

these three husbands she had three Mary's namely the mother of the Lord who was the daughter of Joakim the mother of

James daughter of Cleophus and the mother of Simon and Jude daughter of Salome so what he's doing here is the the

footnote says that Bonaventure is taking the story of Anna's three husbands and resulting three Mary's from the golden

legend by Jacob estuvo reign who was then in turn drawing on the apocryphal Poteau protoevangelium of Jacob James so

it's important to see what what st. Bonaventure is drawing on here is there

there is an apocryphal work called the protoevangelium of james Waring we get

the name of Mary's parents and so he's kind of going off a little bit and showing how

all of these these Mary's are in some way related to each other so the suffice to say that there there

were a lot of people that that stood by Jesus or at least a kind of a clump of people that stood by Jesus and we do get

the listing of those names these three women stood by the cross of Jesus in an

attitude of great compassion Jesus seeing his mother these words indicate

the second circumstance namely the Lord's compassion Zwarte his mother clearly seen in his act of looking at

her and looking at him to whom he would entrust her therefore the text says Jesus seeing his

mother he sees her in the manner of one who has concern as we read in 1st

Timothy 5 verse 8 if anyone does not provide for his relatives and especially for his own family

moreover John Chrysostom states in this moment the Lord showed great love toward

his mother and commended her to the care of the disciple in order to teach us that we must have the greatest

consideration until the last breath for those who have given birth to us well we were just talking about a second ago

right but but the concern that we ought to have especially for our own parents huh and how many how many are just cast

aside towards the end of our lives and in assisted living or nursing homes to be forgotten and yet Bonaventure here is

quoting st. John Chrysostom saying that that we must have consideration until the last breath for those who have given

birth to us as it is written in exodus 20 verse 12 honor your father and your mother what he commanded he also

practiced st. Bonaventure says he also and I'm in quoting the scripture

he saw there also the disciple whom he loved and therefore he would entrust Mary to him as a relative as to a

relative John was standing there but he did not distance himself therefore he

was among those about whom it was said in Luke chapter 22 verse 28 you are

those who have continued with me in my trials he said to his mother here is

mentioned the third circumstance namely the diligent commendation that echoes in the words woman behold your son it is as

if he had said trust him as if he were your own son then he said to the disciple behold your mother it is as if

he had said care for her as if she were your own mother and from that hour the disciple took her

into his own home in suah is the Latin into his own place here we observe the

reception of the commendation that is John took the mother into his own home

to honor her to watch over her and take care of her as a son does for his mother but Agustin reads the expression in the

accusative plural in sua and asks why ever does it say in sua if he does not

possess anything of his own Agustin answers in sua means among his obligations his duties and his goods not

into his property for he had none so Bonaventure is quoting Agustin who's who's kind of turning the Latin phrase

and and says that that whenever John takes Mary into his home he takes upon

himself her obligation is obligations

his duties his own goods and and he's taking Mary into that and Mary likewise is taking the obligations of us upon

herself as well she really does become our mother so let's say Bonaventure died in 1274 rather long quote from st.

Bonaventure but a beautiful little reading meditating upon the cross of Jesus for sure very good alright so

that's Mary in the Middle Ages by Ignatius press a good book to meditate

upon Our Lady in this month of May okay all right so let's transition here

a little bit into into a complan just load up night prayer here for Wednesday

in the Easter season like you'll notice that you're hearing at the Lambs high

feast we sing as as the hymn because that's a tremendous Easter hymn and it shows up regularly it shows up every

night during the Easter season for night prayer alright so as you've digested

that rather long quote with my little off ramps from Bonaventure let us ask

the Lord to be present in in the midst of our prayer this evening in the midst of our time together God come to my

assistance Oh Lord make haste to help me glory to the Father and to the Son and

to the Holy Spirit as it was in the beginning is now and will be forever amen

Alleluia dear brothers and sisters as we come together in this time of Prayer let

us call to mind our own sinfulness mindful that our Lord is rich in compassion and mercy and wishes to

forgive us if we would ask him

I confess to Almighty God and to you my brothers and sisters that I have greatly

sinned in my thoughts and in my words and what I have done and in what I have failed to do through my fault through my

fault through my most grievous fault therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-virgin all the angels and saints and you my

brothers and sisters to pray for me to the Lord our God may Almighty God have mercy on us forgive us our sins and

bring us to everlasting life amen Kimmy son

kitty [Music] he'll a Nissan cristela he saw on Krista

hell a song kitty

Lahey son kitty la he saw the Lambs hi feast we sing

praise to our victorious king who has

washed us in the tide flowing from his

wounded side praise the Lord whose love divine gives

his sacred blood for wine gives his body

for the feast Christ the victim Christ

the priest alleluia alleluia alleluia

in you O Lord I take refuge let me never be put to shame and your justice set me

free hear me and speedily rescue me be a rock a refuge for me a mighty stronghold

to save me for you were my rock my stronghold for your name's sake lead me

and guide me release me from the snares they have hidden for you or my refuge

Lord into your hands I commend my spirit it is you who will redeem me lord glory

to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit as it was in the beginning is now and will be forever amen out of

the depths I cry to you O Lord Lord hear my voice let your ears be

attentive to the voice of my pleading if you O Lord should mark our guilt Lord

who would stand but with you is found forgiveness for this we revere you my

soul is waiting for the Lord I count on his word my soul is longing for the Lord

more than Watchmen for daybreak let the Watchmen count on daybreak and Israel on

the Lord because with the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption Israel

indeed he will redeem from all its iniquity glory to the Father and to the Son and to the

holy spirit as it was in the beginning is now and will be forever amen aleluia

aleluia aleluia a reading from the letter of Saint Paul to the Ephesians if

you were angry let it be without sin the son must not go down on your wrath do

not give the devil a chance to work on you the word of the Lord thanks be to

God into your hands Lord I commend my

spirit aleluia aleluia into your hands Lord I commend my spirit

aleluia aleluia you have redeemed us Lord God of truth alleluia alleluia

glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit into your hands Lord

I commend my spirit alleluia alleluia protect us Lord as we

stay awake watch over us as we sleep that awake we may keep watch with Christ and asleep rest in his peace alleluia

Lord now you let your servant go in peace your word has been fulfilled my

own eyes have seen the salvation which you have prepared in the sight of every people a light to reveal you to the

nation's and the glory of your people Israel glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit as it was in

the beginning is now and will be forever amen protect us Lord as we stay awake

watch over us as we sleep let awake we may keep watch with Christ and asleep

rest in his peace Alleluia let us pray

Lord Jesus Christ you have given your followers an example of gentleness and humility a task that is easy a burden

that is light accept the prayers and work of this day and give us the rest that will strengthen us to render more

faithful service to you who live and reign forever and ever amen

may the all-powerful Lord grant us a restful night and a peaceful death amen

now that we have done we offer this prayer to our lady asking for her

intercession as you remind her of the glories of arisen son Regina Coeli

letting Alleluia qui aquaris t port re

Alleluia Rezo Roxy secret exceed

Alleluia ora pro nobis taehoon Alleluia

dear brothers and sisters have a good night and may you dream well may you sleep well I mean you awake well

tomorrow to do the will of God have a good night [Music]