MISSION 2025

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SCHEDULE FOR THE MISSION .

A-1.  FINDING JESUS IN THE GOSPELS.   SEQUENCE OF READINGS THAT ALLOW ONE TO READ THRU JESUS' LIFE CHRONOLOGICALLY

B-1.  UPCOMING RETREATS.  OPPORTUNITIES TO RETREAT TO SAN DAMIANO IN MONTHS AHEAD.

B-2.  SPIRITUAL CLASSICS.  GREAT BOOKS ON PRAYER & THE SPIRITUAL LIFE

B-3.  WORKING BIBLES :  THE BEST NEW TESTAMENT BIBLES AVAILABLE FOR MEDITATION AND STUDY OF THE GOSPELS

C-1.  REALMS OF THE SOUL.  ST. TERESA OF AVILA'S VISION OF THE SOUL--PROVIDING AN INSIGHT INTO SPIRITUAL COMBAT

C-2.  RULES FOR THE DISCERNMENT OF SPIRITS :  ST. IGNATIUS' CLASSIC GUIDE DESCRIBING ROLE THE ANGELS PLAY IN SPIRITUAL COMBAT

D-1.  THE DARK CRUCIBLE  : THE CURIOUS ACCOUNT OF THE KIDNAPPING & TORTURE OF ST. JOHN OF THE CROSS

E-1.  52+ SCREEN EXPERIENCES :  GREAT FILMS THAT MAY KEEP ONE OCCUPIED FOR QUITE SOME TIME...

F-1.  ROYAL PRIESTHOOD :  READINGS WHICH PROVIDE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE BAPTISMAL PRIESTHOOD OF THE FAITHFUL

F-2. HOLY CARD : IMAGE AND TEXT IN HC FORMAT TO HELP ONE KEEP IN MIND THE MYSTERY AND THE POWER OF THE ROYAL PRIESTHOOD

G-1   STABAT MATER :A CLASSIC IMAGE WHICH CAPTURES IDEA OF TWO PRIESTHOODS--ROYAL AND ORDAINED.

G-2   FLIGHT INTO EGYPT   :  GEORGE HITCHCOCK'S BEAUTIFUL PAINTING OF THE HOLY FAMILY

G-3  SACRED HEART FROM THE SHROUD  :  PAINTING OF JESUS BASED ON THE SHROUD OF TURIN IMAGE

H-1.  RETURN TO GALILEE.   POPE FRANCIS' BEST HOMILY!  WHY DID JESUS TELL THE APOSTLES TO LEAVE JUDEA AND HEAD NORTH?

J-1.   MATA :  ACRONYM FOR A SIMPLE PRAYER METHODOLOGY.  MERCY.  ASKING.  THANKSGIVING. ADORATION.

J-2.  JORDAN AUMANN ON PRAYER :  A CLEAR AND SIMPLE SYNTHESIS OF IGNATIAN PRAYER... MEDITATION... AND CONTEMPLATION

J-3   IMPERFECTIONS OF BEGINNERS:  ST. JOHN OF THE CROSS' CONSIDERATION OF FAULTS AND FLAWS OF TYROS

J-4.  FINDING TIME TO PRAY :  HOW TO PRAY IN A "BUSY" DAY

K-1.  SAINT MONICA  : THE LAST DAYS AND HOURS SHARED BY MONICA AND AUGUSTINE ON THIS SIDE OF HEAVEN...

K-2.  SILENCE :  MOTHER TERESA'S ELOQUENT [AND BRIEF] MEDITATION

K-3.  COMPANIONS :  POPE BENEDICT'S BEAUTIFUL MEDITATION ON CHOOSING "COMPANIONS" FOR OUR PILGRIMAGE...

K-4.  DIGGING DEEP :  ST. JOHN OF THE CROSS' WISDOM -- WE MUST NOT BE CONTENT TO WANDER ALONG THE SURFACE...

K-5.  THERESE ON THE GOSPELS :  OUR GREAT AND LITTLE DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH PONDERS THE POWER OF THE GOSPELS

K-6.  MAKE ME CHASTE, BUT NOT YET :  EXCERPTS FROM "CONFESSIONS" --  ST. AUGUSTINE ON LOVE & HOLY COMMUNION

L-1.  LITURGISTS & TERRORISTS :  WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM?  THE ANSWER MAY KNOCK A SMILE ACROSS YOUR FACE

M-1.  CONSOLING CHRIST :  PAPAL WISDOM ON HOW JESUS WAS STRENGTHENED IN GETHSEMANE BY OUR PRAYERS & SACRIFICES 

M-2.  DILEXIT NOS  :   POPE FRANCIS USES THE WISDOM OF ST. THERESE TO EXPLAIN HIS UNDERSTANDING OF JESUS' SACRED HEART

N-1.  EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE :  A CHALLENGING AND THOROUGH LOOK TO PREPARE FOR A GOOD CONFESSION

P-1.  KINDLY & ABIDE :  TWO BEAUTIFUL PRAYERS... FROM WISE AND HOLY MEN-- ST. JOHN HENRY NEWMAN AND H.F. LYTE

Q-1.  THE UNREACHABLE STAR :  DON QUIXOTE'S SUMMARY OF THE LIFE OF A KNIGHT ERRANT

R-1.  PRAYING THE ROSARY :  NOT JUST A "HOW TO" ...  NEW  WAYS AND STRATEGIES THAT CAN BE EMPLOYED TO INTEGRATE THE ROSARY INTO DAYS INCLINED TOWARDS "BUSY-NESS"

R-2.  PONDERING WITH THE ROSARY :  SCRIPTURE VERSES AND A METHODOLOGY THAT WILL HELP EASILY DISTRACTED PERSONS TO STAY FOCUSED ON THEIR MEDITATIVE PRAYER OF THE ROSARY

R-3.  WIELDING THE ROSARY :  THE ROSARY CAN BE VERY EFFECTIVELY EMPLOYED AS A "WEAPON" TO PUT TEMPTATION AND THE DEVIL TO FLIGHT

R-4.  TREASURING WITH THE ROSARY :  AS ONE BEGINS TO ADVANCE IN PRAYER, THE ROSARY CAN BE USED TO HELP ONE TO SLOW DOWN, "REST AWHILE"... AND ATTEND TO THE LORD IN CALM QUIET CONTEMPLATION

R-5.  THE JOYFUL MYSTERIES :  A "BEAD-BY-BEAD" SERIES OF SCRIPTURE VERSES TO ASSIST WITH RECOLLECTED PONDERINGS ON THESE MYSTERIES

R-6.  THE LUMINOUS MYSTERIES :  A "BEAD-BY-BEAD" SERIES OF SCRIPTURE VERSES TO ASSIST WITH RECOLLECTED PONDERINGS ON THESE MYSTERIES

R-7.  THE SORROWFUL MYSTERIES :  A "BEAD-BY-BEAD" SERIES OF SCRIPTURE VERSES TO ASSIST WITH RECOLLECTED PONDERINGS ON THESE MYSTERIES

R-8.  THE GLORIOUS MYSTERIES :  A "BEAD-BY-BEAD" SERIES OF SCRIPTURE VERSES TO ASSIST WITH RECOLLECTED PONDERINGS ON THESE MYSTERIES

R-9.  ROSARIUM : A BRIEF SERIES OF EXCERPTS FROM ST. JOHN PAUL THE GREAT'S LETTER ON THE ROSARY

R-10  PORTABLE STATIONS : USING THE ROSARY TO PRAY THRU THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS

R-11.  NEW MYSTERIES OF THE ROSARY :  OTHER "SETS" OF MYSTERIES OF JESUS' LIFE IN THE GOSPELS TO PONDER...

S-1.  FINDING JESUS IN THE GOSPELS.   SEQUENCE OF READINGS THAT ALLOW ONE TO READ THRU JESUS' LIFE CHRONOLOGICALLY

S-2.  SILENT SATURDAY .  "...HE DESCENDED AMONG THE DEAD..."  AN ACCOUNT

S-3.  LIMBO .  A "SEQUEL" TO SILENT SATURDAY

S-4.  FIRST APPEARANCE.  ST. JOHN PAUL THE GREAT'S THOUGHT ON JESUS' FIRST VISIT EASTER MORNING

V-1.  JESUS RETREATS :  SCRIPTURAL VERSES WHICH DESCRIBE JESUS' MANY "RETREATS" THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE AND MINISTRY

V-2.  BROTHER ASS :  MAINTAINING, MANAGING, AND MASTERING OUR GOOD BROTHER... A REGIMEN AND A PLAN FOR THE NEXT 362 DAYS

W-1.  PLATO'S CAVE ALLEGORY   : PLATO'S PROPHECY OF THE COMING OF CHRIST--& OUR OWN SCREEN-ADDICTED CULTURE

W-2.  IRISH WISDOM  :  "CONVERGENCE OF INCONGRUITIES"

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