ROSES FOR OUR LADY (English)

CHRISTMAS SONG, MERRY CHRISTMAS.

2011-12-23T03:08:00.000-08:00

Hi!:
Merry Christmas! Listen this song!
God bless you
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VENI veni, Emmanuel
captivum solve Israel,
qui gemit in exsilio,
privatus Dei Filio.
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R: Gaude! Gaude! Emmanuel,
nascetur pro te Israel!
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O COME, O come, Emmanuel,
and ransom captive Israel,
that morns in lonely exile here
until the Son of God appear.
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R: Rejoice! Rejoice! O Israel,
to thee shall come Emmanuel!
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Veni, O Sapientia,
quae hic disponis omnia,
veni, viam prudentiae
ut doceas et gloriae. R.
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O come, Thou Wisdom, from on high,
and order all things far and nigh;
to us the path of knowledge show,
and teach us in her ways to go. R.
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Veni, veni, Adonai,
qui populo in Sinai
legem dedisti vertice
in maiestate gloriae. R.
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O come, o come, Thou Lord of might,
who to thy tribes on Sinai's height
in ancient times did give the law,
in cloud, and majesty, and awe. R.
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Veni, O Iesse virgula, [Radix]
ex hostis tuos ungula,
de spectu tuos tartari
educ et antro barathri. R.
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O come, Thou Rod of Jesse's stem,
from ev'ry foe deliver themthat trust
Thy mighty power to save,
and give them vict'ry o'er the grave. R.
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Veni, Clavis Davidica,
regna reclude caelica,
fac iter tutum superum,
et claude vias inferum. R.
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O come, Thou Key of David,
come,and open wide our heav'nly home,
make safe the way that leads on high,
that we no more have cause to sigh. R.
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Veni, veni O Oriens,
solare nos adveniens,
noctis depelle nebulas,
dirasque mortis tenebras. R.
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O come, Thou Dayspring from on high,
and cheer us by thy drawing nigh;
disperse the gloomy clouds of nightand
death's dark shadow put to flight. R.
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Veni, veni, Rex Gentium,
veni, Redemptor omnium,
ut salvas tuos famulos
peccati sibi conscios. R.
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O come, Desire of the nations,
bindin one the hearts of all mankind;
bid every strife and quarrel cease
and fill the world with heaven's peace. R.
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This liric is copied from here

Christian Music: JMJ

2011-11-20T07:14:00.000-08:00

Kyrie eleison:
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Sanctus:
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Agnus Dei:
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Benedict XVI´s speech to the German Parliament (22 sept 2011).

2011-10-24T09:17:00.000-07:00

Have a look at this Benedict XVI´s speech. It´s about laws, good and evil.
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ALETEIA

2011-10-19T06:02:00.000-07:00

S.O.S, MY GOD!

2011-10-18T06:47:00.000-07:00

THE WORLD IS ROTTEN.

ONLY YOU CAN SAVE THE WORD,

JESUS!

TO LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF

2011-10-09T09:27:00.000-07:00

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"Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?"
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He said to him, "You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.
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This is the greatest and the first commandment.
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The second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself..."
Matthew 22, 36-39

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The second commandment is similar to the first. Why? Because...

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"When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit upon his glorious throne,
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and all the nations will be assembled before him. And he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
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He will place the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
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Then the king will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
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For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me,
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naked and you clothed me, ill and you cared for me, in prison and you visited me.'
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Then the righteous will answer him and say, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink?
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When did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you?
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When did we see you ill or in prison, and visit you?'
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And the king will say to them in reply, 'Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.'
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Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
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For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink,
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a stranger and you gave me no welcome, naked and you gave me no clothing, ill and in prison, and you did not care for me.'
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Then they will answer and say, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or ill or in prison, and not minister to your needs?'
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He will answer them, 'Amen, I say to you, what you did not do for one of these least ones, you did not do for me.'
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And these will go off to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life."..."
Matthew 25, 31-46
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"...Do to no one what you yourself dislike..." Tobit 4, 15.
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"...Do to others as you would have them do to you..." Luke 6, 31
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"...26 Then God said: "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and the cattle, and over all the wild animals and all the creatures that crawl on the ground."..." Genesis 1, 26
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My theory:
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God made man in his image, so the good things you do to others is like you do to God.
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THANKS GIVING

2011-10-05T07:58:00.000-07:00

"...11 As he continued his journey to Jerusalem, he traveled through Samaria and Galilee.
12 As he was entering a village, ten lepers met (him). They stood at a distance from him
13 and raised their voice, saying, "Jesus, Master! Have pity on us!"
14 And when he saw them, he said, "Go show yourselves to the priests." As they were going they were cleansed.
15 And one of them, realizing he had been healed, returned, glorifying God in a loud voice;
16 and he fell at the feet of Jesus and thanked him. He was a Samaritan.
17 Jesus said in reply, "Ten were cleansed, were they not? Where are the other nine?
18 Has none but this foreigner returned to give thanks to God?"
19 Then he said to him, "Stand up and go; your faith has saved you."..."
Luke 17, 11-19
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"...16 Rejoice always.
17 Pray without ceasing.
18 In all circumstances give thanks, for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus..."
1 Thessalonians 5, 16-18
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The will of God is to give thanks.
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There are a lot of thinks to give thanks to the Lord. But I think is specially important to give thanks to the Lord because He forgive us for our sins and because of his Salvation.
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We were condemned to go to hell, but Jesus died for us and He saved us. He let us go to Heaven:
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"...23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord..." Romans 6, 23
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The death means "go to hell". But the gift of God, the Salvation of God, is eternal life, is"to go to Heaven".
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We can´t thank the Lord enough for what He did for us.
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The priest say this in the holy mass, I translate this words from spanish:
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"...En verdad es justo y necesario, es nuestro deber y salvación darte gracias siempre y en todo lugar, Señor Padre Santo, Dios Todopoderoso y eterno..."
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"it is truly right and necessary, it is our duty and salvation to give thanks [to you] always and everywhere, Lord, Holy Father, Almighty and Eternal God..."
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More o less.

IESOYS CRISTOS THEOY YIOS SOTER = JESUS CHRIST SON OF GOD SAVIOUR

2011-09-29T07:44:00.000-07:00

Isaiah 53, 3-12

"...3 He was spurned and avoided by men, a man of suffering, accustomed to infirmity, One of those from whom men hide their faces, spurned, and we held him in no esteem.
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Yet it was our infirmities that he bore, our sufferings that he endured, While we thought of him as stricken, as one smitten by God and afflicted.
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But he was pierced for our offenses, crushed for our sins, Upon him was the chastisement that makes us whole, by his stripes we were healed.
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We had all gone astray like sheep, each following his own way; But the LORD laid upon him the guilt of us all.
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Though he was harshly treated, he submitted and opened not his mouth; Like a lamb led to the slaughter or a sheep before the shearers, he was silent and opened not his mouth.
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Oppressed and condemned, he was taken away, and who would have thought any more of his destiny? When he was cut off from the land of the living, and smitten for the sin of his people,
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A grave was assigned him among the wicked and a burial place with evildoers, Though he had done no wrong nor spoken any falsehood.
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(But the LORD was pleased to crush him in infirmity.) If he gives his life as an offering for sin, he shall see his descendants in a long life, and the will of the LORD shall be accomplished through him.
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Because of his affliction he shall see the light in fullness of days; Through his suffering, my servant shall justify many, and their guilt he shall bear.
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Therefore I will give him his portion among the great, and he shall divide the spoils with the mighty, Because he surrendered himself to death and was counted among the wicked; And he shall take away the sins of many, and win pardon for their offenses..."

Isaiah 53, 3-12

To think about it...

2011-09-29T07:32:00.000-07:00

"...Do to no one what you yourself dislike..." Tobit 4, 15
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"...Do to others as you would have them do to you..." Luke 6, 31

WYD: IT´S COMING

2011-08-07T16:51:00.000-07:00

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WYD MADRID 2011

HOLY FATHER, PILGRIMS,

WELCOME TO MADRID

A long time ago...

2011-08-07T16:35:00.000-07:00

CHRISTIANISM & REIKI. IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-08-02T08:55:00.000-07:00

Resource: http://www.usccb.org/ .
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GUIDELINES FOR EVALUATING REIKI AS AN ALTERNATIVE THERAPY Committee on Doctrine United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
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1. From time to time questions have been raised about various alternative therapies that are often available in the United States. Bishops are sometimes asked, "What is the Church's position on such therapies?" The USCCB Committee on Doctrine has prepared this resource in order to assist bishops in their responses.
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I. HEALING BY DIVINE GRACE AND HEALING BY NATURAL POWERS
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2. The Church recognizes two kinds of healing: healing by divine grace and healing that utilizes the powers of nature. As for the first, we can point to the ministry of Christ, who performed many physical healings and who commissioned his disciples to carry on that work. In fidelity to this commission, from the time of the Apostles the Church has interceded on behalf of the sick through the invocation of the name of the Lord Jesus, asking for healing through the power of the Holy Spirit, whether in the form of the sacramental laying on of hands and anointing with oil or of simple prayers for healing, which often include an appeal to the saints for their aid. As for the second, the Church has never considered a plea for divine healing, which comes as a gift from God, to exclude recourse to natural means of healing through the practice of medicine.(1) Alongside her sacrament of healing and various prayers for healing, the Church has a long history of caring for the sick through the use of natural means. The most obvious sign of this is the great number of Catholic hospitals that are found throughout our country.
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3. The two kinds of healing are not mutually exclusive. Because it is possible to be healed by divine power does not mean that we should not use natural means at our disposal. It is not our decision whether or not God will heal someone by supernatural means. As the Catechism of the Catholic Church points out, the Holy Spirit sometimes gives to certain human beings "a special charism of healing so as to make manifest the power of the grace of the risen Lord."(2) This power of healing is not at human disposal, however, for "even the most intense prayers do not always obtain the healing of all illnesses."(3) Recourse to natural means of healing therefore remains entirely appropriate, as these are at human disposal. In fact, Christian charity demands that we not neglect natural means of healing people who are ill.
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II. REIKI AND HEALING
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A) The Origins and Basic Characteristics of Reiki
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4. Reiki is a technique of healing that was invented in Japan in the late 1800s by Mikao Usui, who was studying Buddhist texts.(4) According to Reiki teaching, illness is caused by some kind of disruption or imbalance in one's "life energy." A Reiki practitioner effects healing by placing his or her hands in certain positions on the patient's body in order to facilitate the flow of Reiki, the "universal life energy," from the Reiki practitioner to the patient. There are numerous designated hand positions for addressing different problems. Reiki proponents assert that the practitioner is not the source of the healing energy, but merely a channel for it.(5) To become a Reiki practitioner, one must receive an "initiation" or "attunement" from a Reiki Master. This ceremony makes one "attuned" to the "universal life energy" and enables one to serve as a conduit for it. There are said to be three different levels of attunement (some teach that there are four). At the higher levels, one can allegedly channel Reiki energy and effect healings at a distance, without physical contact.
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B) Reiki as a Natural Means of Healing
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5. Although Reiki proponents seem to agree that Reiki does not represent a religion of its own, but a technique that may be utilized by people from many religious traditions, it does have several aspects of a religion. Reiki is frequently described as a "spiritual" kind of healing as opposed to the common medical procedures of healing using physical means. Much of the literature on Reiki is filled with references to God, the Goddess, the "divine healing power," and the "divine mind." The life force energy is described as being directed by God, the "Higher Intelligence," or the "divine consciousness." Likewise, the various "attunements" which the Reiki practitioner receives from a Reiki Master are accomplished through "sacred ceremonies" that involve the manifestation and contemplation of certain "sacred symbols" (which have traditionally been kept secret by Reiki Masters). Furthermore, Reiki is frequently described as a "way of living," with a list of five "Reiki Precepts" stipulating proper ethical conduct.
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6. Nevertheless, there are some Reiki practitioners, primarily nurses, who attempt to approach Reiki simply as a natural means of healing. Viewed as natural means of healing, however, Reiki becomes subject to the standards of natural science. It is true that there may be means of natural healing that have not yet been understood or recognized by science. The basic criteria for judging whether or not one should entrust oneself to any particular natural means of healing, however, remain those of science.
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7. Judged according to these standards, Reiki lacks scientific credibility. It has not been accepted by the scientific and medical communities as an effective therapy. Reputable scientific studies attesting to the efficacy of Reiki are lacking, as is a plausible scientific explanation as to how it could possibly be efficacious. The explanation of the efficacy of Reiki depends entirely on a particular view of the world as permeated by this "universal life energy" (Reiki) that is subject to manipulation by human thought and will. Reiki practitioners claim that their training allows one to channel the "universal life energy" that is present in all things. This "universal life energy," however, is unknown to natural science. As the presence of such energy has not been observed by means of natural science, the justification for these therapies necessarily must come from something other than science.
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C) Reiki and the Healing Power of Christ
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8. Some people have attempted to identify Reiki with the divine healing known to Christians. (6) They are mistaken. The radical difference can be immediately seen in the fact that for the Reiki practitioner the healing power is at human disposal. Some teachers want to avoid this implication and argue that it is not the Reiki practitioner personally who effects the healing, but the Reiki energy directed by the divine consciousness. Nevertheless, the fact remains that for Christians the access to divine healing is by prayer to Christ as Lord and Savior, while the essence of Reiki is not a prayer but a technique that is passed down from the "Reiki Master" to the pupil, a technique that once mastered will reliably produce the anticipated results.(7) Some practitioners attempt to Christianize Reiki by adding a prayer to Christ, but this does not affect the essential nature of Reiki. For these reasons, Reiki and other similar therapeutic techniques cannot be identified with what Christians call healing by divine grace.
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9. The difference between what Christians recognize as healing by divine grace and Reiki therapy is also evident in the basic terms used by Reiki proponents to describe what happens in Reiki therapy, particularly that of "universal life energy." Neither the Scriptures nor the Christian tradition as a whole speak of the natural world as based on "universal life energy" that is subject to manipulation by the natural human power of thought and will. In fact, this worldview has its origins in eastern religions and has a certain monist and pantheistic character, in that distinctions among self, world, and God tend to fall away. (8) We have already seen that Reiki practitioners are unable to differentiate clearly between divine healing power and power that is at human disposal.
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III. CONCLUSION
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10. Reiki therapy finds no support either in the findings of natural science or in Christian belief. For a Catholic to believe in Reiki therapy presents insoluble problems. In terms of caring for one's physical health or the physical health of others, to employ a technique that has no scientific support (or even plausibility) is generally not prudent.
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11. In terms of caring for one's spiritual health, there are important dangers. To use Reiki one would have to accept at least in an implicit way central elements of the worldview that undergirds Reiki theory, elements that belong neither to Christian faith nor to natural science. Without justification either from Christian faith or natural science, however, a Catholic who puts his or her trust in Reiki would be operating in the realm of superstition, the no-man's-land that is neither faith nor science.(9) Superstition corrupts one's worship of God by turning one's religious feeling and practice in a false direction.(10) While sometimes people fall into superstition through ignorance, it is the responsibility of all who teach in the name of the Church to eliminate such ignorance as much as possible. (12). Since Reiki therapy is not compatible with either Christian teaching or scientific evidence, it would be inappropriate for Catholic institutions, such as Catholic health care facilities and retreat centers, or persons representing the Church, such as Catholic chaplains, to promote or to provide support for Reiki therapy.
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Most Rev. William E. Lori (Chairman)
Most Rev. John C. Nienstedt Bishop of Bridgeport Archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis
Most Rev. Leonard P. Blair
Most Rev. Arthur J. Serratelli Bishop of Toledo
Bishop of Paterson Most Rev. José H. Gomez
Most Rev. Allen H. Vigneron Archbishop of San Antonio Bishop of Oakland
Most Rev. Robert J. McManus
Most Rev. Donald W. Wuerl Bishop of Worcester Archbishop of Washington

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Notes
1.- See Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Instruction on Prayers for Healing (14 September 2000), I, 3: "Obviously, recourse to prayer does not exclude, but rather encourages the use of effective natural means for preserving and restoring health, as well as leading the Church's sons and daughters to care for the sick, to assist them in body and spirit, and to seek to cure disease."
2.- Catechism, no. 1508.
3.- Catechism, no. 1508.
4.- It has also been claimed that he merely rediscovered an ancient Tibetan technique, but evidence for this claim is lacking.
5.- As we shall see below, however, distinctions between self, world, and God tend to collapse in Reiki thought. Some Reiki teachers explain that one eventually reaches the realization that the self and the "universal life energy" are one, "that we are universal life force and that everything is energy, including ourselves" (Libby Barnett and Maggie Chambers with Susan Davidson, Reiki Energy Medicine: Bringing Healing Touch into Home, Hospital, and Hospice [Rochester, Vt.: Healing Arts Press, 1996], p. 48; see also p. 102).
6.- For example, see "Reiki and Christianity" at http://iarp.org/articles/Reiki_and_Christianity.htm and "Christian Reiki" at http://areikihealer.tripod.com/christianreiki.html and the website www.christianreiki.org.
7.- Reiki Masters offer courses of training with various levels of advancement, services for which the teachers require significant financial remuneration. The pupil has the expectation and the Reiki Master gives the assurance that one's investment of time and money will allow one to master a technique that will predictably produce results.
8 While this seems implicit in Reiki teaching, some proponents state explicitly that there is ultimately no distinction between and the self and Reiki. "Alignment with your Self and being Reiki is an ongoing process. Willingness to continuously engage in this process furthers your evolution and can lead to the sustained recognition and ultimate experience that you are universal life force" (The Reiki Healing Connection [Libby Barnett, M.S.W.], http://reikienergy.com/classes.htm, accessed 2/6/2008 [emphasis in original]). Diane Stein summarizes the meaning of some of the "sacred symbols" used in Reiki attunements as: "The Goddess in me salutes the Goddess in you"; "Man and God becoming one" (Essential Reiki Teaching Manual: A Companion Guide for Reiki Healers [Berkeley, Cal.: Crossing Press, 2007], pp. 129-31). Anne Charlish and Angela Robertshaw explain that the highest Reiki attunement "marks a shift from the ego and self to a feeling of oneness with the universal life-force energy" (Secrets of Reiki [New York, N.Y.: DK Publishing, 2001], p. 84).
9.- Some forms of Reiki teach of a need to appeal for the assistance of angelic beings or "Reiki spirit guides." This introduces the further danger of exposure to malevolent forces or powers.
10.- See Catechism, no. 2111; St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa theologiae II-II, q. 92, a. 1.
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Rosetta Stone/ English-Spanish prayers

2011-07-31T17:53:00.000-07:00

The Our Father/ Padre nuestro
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Our Father, Who art in heaven, / Padre nuestro, que estás en el Cielo
Hallowed be Thy Name. / Santificado sea tu Nombre
Thy Kingdom come. /Venga a nosotros tu Reino
Thy Will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven./ Hágase tu Voluntad, en la tierra como en el Cielo
Give us this day ourdaily bread./ Danos hoy nuestro pan de cada día
And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. /Perdona nuestras ofensas como también nosotros perdonamos a los que nos ofenden.
And lead us not into temptation,but deliver us from evil. / No nos dejes caer en la tentación y líbranos del mal
Amen/Amén.
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Hail Mary/ Ave María
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Hail Mary, / Dios te salve María
full of grace, / Llena eres de gracia
the Lord is with thee./ El Señor es contigo
Blessed art thou among women / Bendita tú eres entre todas las mujeres
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus./ Y bendito es el fruto de tu vientre Jesús
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Holy Mary, Mother of God, / Santa María, Madre de Dios
pray for us sinners, /ruega por nosotros pecadores
now and at the hour of our death. / ahora y en la ora de nuestra muerte
Amen. / Amén
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Gloria /Gloria
Glory be to the Father, and the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. /Gloria al Padre, al Hijo y al Espíritu Santo
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be. / Como era en un principio ahora y siempre por los siglos de los siglos
Amen. / Amén
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If you want to pray and you have never done, read this prayers to the Lord. It´s easy.
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You have to think on what you are saying; and give your heart in every word. You must desire what you ask, and feel what you say. That´s put your heart on the prayers. That´s pray with your heart.
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GLORIA POLO´S TESTIMONY

2011-07-31T17:17:00.000-07:00

This is a great mystic testimony, a true history. Have a look at this link.
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The link is in Spanish but in the website you have an option to translate it into english. Please read it in English because it is a VERY interesting testimony. It ask you to change your life to Christ...
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MERRY CHRISTMAS

2010-12-31T06:37:00.000-08:00

PRO-LIFE...

2010-12-09T03:14:00.000-08:00

GIANNA JESSEN 1

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GIANNA JESSEN 2

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GIANNA JESSEN 3

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GIANNA JESSEN 4

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