And today we celebrate…Wednesday, March 11Blessed Seán KearneyCourageously continued his ministry as a wanted man (1619-1653) Franciscan Priest and Martyr
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His life:
+ Seán (sometimes called John) was born in Cashel, Tipperary, Ireland.
+ He became a Franciscan Friar in Kilkenny, before moving to Louvain, Belgium, where he trained for the priesthood.
+ Ordained a priest in Brussels in 1642, Seán tried to return to Ireland, but he was arrested in London, tortured, tried and condemned to death.
+ A short time later, Seán escaped and eventually made his way to Wexford, Ireland. In the years that followed, he taught philosophy in Cashel, and also served as novice master and porter in other friaries, all the time living as a wanted man.
+ Father Seán was eventually arrested in Tipperary in 1653 for the crime of being a Catholic priest in England. He was hanged to death on March 11, 1653, and was beatified with other Irish martyrs in 1992.
For prayer and reflection:
“The Martyrs’ significance for today lies in the fact that their testimony shatters the vain claim to live one’s life or to build a model of society without an integral vision of our human destiny, without reference to our eternal calling, without transcendence.”—Pope Saint John Paul II at the beatification of the Martyrs of Ireland
Spiritual bonus:
On this day, we also remember Blessed Frano Gjini. A priest of the archdiocese of Durrës, Albania, he was later created abbot of Saint Lelezhdri in Mirdita and consecrated as a bishop in 1930. Chosen as the apostolic delegate of Albania in 1945 (after the previous apostolic delegate was not permitted back in the country) he was appointed bishop of Lezhë in 1946. Arrested by the communists later that same year, he was sentenced to death in January 1948 and executed on March 11. Blessed Frano was beatified with other Albanian martyrs in 2016.
Prayer
Almighty and merciful God, who brought your Martyr blessed Seán to overcome the torments of his passion, grant that we, who celebrate the day of his triumph, may remain invincible under your protection against the snares of the enemy. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.
(from The Roman Missal: Common of Martyrs—For One Martyr)
Saint profiles prepared by Father Silas Henderson, S.D.S.
Wednesday, March 11
Prayer for the Morning
Jesus Christ is the new covenant:
come, let us worship.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning,
is now, and will be for ever. Amen.
HymnMeter: 10 10 10 10This hymn can be sung to the tune used forAbide with Me
How well I know that all our honesties
Are worthless in your eyes, are empty signs.
To make my sacrifices verities
I cast them, Lord, within your Heart’s confines.
In lightnings, you have handed down your law;
Yet will I hide, all fearless, in your heart.
In your eyes even angels show a flaw;
You, Lord, are all my virtue, all my art.
Psalm 11989-96
Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the small-est letter or the smallest part of a letter will pass from the law, until all things have taken place. (Mt 5:18)
God’s law is not a set of arbitrary rules but the concrete shape given to the lasting covenant that God has made with human beings—broken many times by faithless people, kept from generation to generation by our God. God’s faithful constancy is an anchor in an ever-shifting world, where love declared today is spurned tomorrow, and all other certainties are blown away by the wind.
Your word, O Lord, for ever
stands firm in the heavens:
your truth lasts from age to age,
like the earth you created.
By your decree it endures to this day;
for all things serve you.
Had your law not been my delight
I would have died in my affliction.
I will never forget your precepts
for with them you give me life.
Save me, for I am yours
since I seek your precepts.
Though the wicked lie in wait to destroy me
yet I ponder on your will.
I have seen that all perfection has an end
but your command is boundless.
Glory to the Father….
Word of GodDeuteronomy 11:18-21
Take these words of mine into your heart and soul. Bind them at your wrist as a sign, and let them be a pendant on your forehead. Teach them to your children, speaking of them at home and abroad, whether you are busy or at rest. And write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates, so that, as long as the heavens are above the earth, you and your children may live on in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers he would give them.
Listen, my children. (cf. Prv 7:24)
Canticle of Zechariah
In your observance of the commandments of the Lord, your God, which I enjoin upon you, you shall not add to what I command you nor subtract from it. (Dt 4:2)
Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel;
he has come to his people and set them free.
He has raised up for us a mighty savior,
born of the house of his servant David.
Through his holy prophets he promised of old
that he would save us from our enemies,
from the hands of all who hate us.
He promised to show mercy to our fathers
and to remember his holy covenant.
This was the oath he swore to our father Abraham:
to set us free from the hands of our enemies,
free to worship him without fear,
holy and righteous in his sight
all the days of our life.
You, my child, shall be called the prophet
of the Most High;
for you will go before the Lord to prepare his way,
to give his people knowledge of salvation
by the forgiveness of their sins.
In the tender compassion of our God
the dawn from on high shall break upon us,
to shine on those who dwell in darkness
and the shadow of death,
and to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Glory to the Father…
Intercessions
Let us seal the doorposts of our inner thoughts with the protective Word of God, just as the Israelites marked the doorposts of their houses with the saving blood of the Paschal lamb. So are we guarded from every enemy by constant return to prayer in moments of quiet:
R/Stay with us, Lord.
You have spoken your saving Word into our world since the dawn of time:
– make us faithful, we pray. R/
You are ever faithful to your covenant:
– make us faithful, we pray. R/
You have sealed the new covenant in the blood of Jesus Christ, your only Son:
– make us faithful, we pray. R/
Personal intentions
Our Father….
O God, you have loved us with a constancy that lies beyond the grasp of human imagination. Make us faithful as you are faithful, through Christ our Lord. Amen
Smog i Göteborg – dålig luftkvalité
GöteborgUnder måndagen har ett dis legat i luften i Göteborg. Enligt staden är luften just nu mycket ohälsosam.
– Det innebär att hälsan blir lite sämre för alla, säger Erik Svensson, miljöutredare på Göteborgs stad.
Text: Erik Ericson
De som under måndagen sett ut över Göteborg har kunnat ana att det ligger ett dis i luften. Enligt Göteborgs stad har luftkvalitén under stora delar av dagen klassats som mycket ohälsosam.
ANNONS
– Den har varit dålig under förmiddagen här, säger Erik Svensson, miljöutredare på Göteborgs stad.
Mycket ohälsosam luft
Han förklarar att det framförallt är höga halter av partiklar som är mindre än 2,5 mikrometer i diameter.
– De skapas oftast från rester av förbränningsprocesser, säger han.
Han förklarar att det oftast inte är lokala faktorer som skapar höga halter av just de här partiklarna.
– Det är ganska lite av det här som skapas lokalt här i Göteborg, säger han.
Teorin: Härstammar från Centraleuropa
De tror att den dåliga luften som är över Göteborg just nu härstammar från Centraleuropa.
ANNONS
– Under vinter och tidig vår så är det ofta att det blir ansamling av det på grund av mycket lokaluppvärmning, alltså elhushållsuppvärmning som sker med ved som vi brukar se orsakar de höga halterna, säger han och fortsätter:
– Sen är det andra saker också som påverkar, industrier och motsvarande.
Så påverkar det hälsan
När man kollar ut ser man att det är lite disigt, kan man säga att det är smog i Göteborg just nu?
– Det skulle man nog kunna säga att det är viss smog, exakt.
ANNONS
Vad innebär mycket ohälsosam luftkvalité ur ett hälsoperspektiv?
– Det innebär att hälsan blir lite sämre för alla. Sen kan det finnas personer som är extra sårbara, exempelvis de som har astma eller motsvarande. De kan känna av direkt ökade luftrörsbesvär. Om man är helt frisk sen tidigare så kanske man inte märker den påverkan men det ger en liten försämring av hälsan.
Enligt Erik Svensson har de i nuläget ingen exakt prognos för hur länge den dåliga luften kommer att bestå.
– Sådana här perioder kanske kommer en, två eller tre gånger om året. De brukar hålla i sig i ett eller två dygn men det är givetvis svårt att säga exakt hur länge det kommer hålla i sig.
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