Self-Denial is the Basis of the Christian Life.

Prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary: O Mary, my Mother, teach me to hear God's word and keep it.  Help me to learn from you how to profit by the near presence of Jesus during this retreat.  Keep my ears shut tot he distractions and whisperings of the world, but open tot he words of my Saviour.  This, my Mother, is to be the day of my salvation, the day which the Lord has made for me.  Teach me to open my soul to the words, the thoughts, and the impulses of the Holy Ghost, and, like you, to keep all these things, jealously, thanfully, lovingly, pondering them in my heart.

Announcement.  We are preparing another piece to be published later this week.  We propose to spend Tuesday, September 14th starting in the evening to the following Sunday morning in a retreat to observe the Ember Days, as far as duty will allow.  We hope to have a recommended reading list to publish shortly so anyone else who wishes to make a retreat may do so as well. 

Oremus,

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