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Prayers for St. Michael’s Lent

by Filed Under: 08 August, 09 September Saints, Prints, St. Michael Leave a Comment

While St. Michael’s Lent is not an official tradition of the Church, it was one of the many periods of fasting and prayer observed by St. Francis throughout the year. This second ‘Lent’ begins on the Feast of the Assumption and concludes on the Feast of St. Michael.

During this time, St. Francis would fast, abstain, and practice penances and mortifications to discipline himself, grow in virtue, and honor God. Notably, it was during this ‘St. Michael’s Lent’ that he received the stigmata.

To emulate St. Francis and observe the 40-day St. Michael’s Lent in his honor, in honor of Our Lady and St. Michael the Archangel, and to consecrate yourself to St. Michael on his feast day, one could follow these suggested steps:

  • Obey the precepts of the Church, including attending Mass and going to Confession as needed.
  • Fast and abstain, as you would during Lent, from the Feast of the Assumption on August 15 to Michaelmas (the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel) on September 29 or otherwise make some daily sacrifice to God on those days. 
  • Pray the Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel, all of the supplications and accompanying prayers (the Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be), and the Litany to St. Michael every day from the Assumption to Michaelmas. 
  • On Michaelmas, make the Act of Consecration to St. Michael the Archangel.

Note that the period between the Assumption and Michaelmas consists of 46 calendar days, but, as in the pre-Easter Lent, Sundays and holy days don’t count and aren’t penitential, so this devotion consists of 40 days’ worth of partial abstinence and fasting. – Fish Eaters

Below are fasting suggestions provided by A Catholic Life. Since St. Michael’s Lent is a purely devotional fast without a historical basis like Lent or the Assumption Fast, these guidelines are offered to help you observe this period with intention.

Fasting for St. Michael’s Lent:

Visit A Catholic Life for more on traditional fasting and abstinence observances.

Here is a St. Michael’s Lent printable for download. This is reformatted daily prayer guide for St. Michael’s Lent, originally shared by an SSPX Chapel, here. My printable includes all the suggested prayers for the devotion, along with a Consecration to St. Michael and a convenient planning page to help you stay organized throughout the season.

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Fourth of July Homage

by Filed Under: 07 July, July 4th, Patriotic Leave a Comment

As the international horizon grows darker with the spectrum of a World War III drawing closer, coupled with a chaotic civil war; when our temporal institutions are sinking in an ocean of corruption, incompetence and tyranny, we can place little hope in natural means to resolve such problems.

This is why we turn to Thee, O Star of the Sea, asking that Thou dost come to our help! Save us, our families and our country so that the excellent vocation God gave to this great nation may be fulfilled and not be lost.

Do not permit, O Queen of the Angels, that our nation be annihilated as one of the many nations that will have this fate. Give us the grace to pass through the coming Chastisement and be living stones for the construction of Thy Reign. — TIA

#olbpilgrimage going through the city streets with young carrying flags which represent our beliefs — God & Country. The one in the middle carries our banner of Our Lady, to whom we entrust it all to.

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Choose Your Hard

by Filed Under: Health, joyfilledwellness, Wellness, Wellness Journey Leave a Comment

I was recently blessed with an opportunity to step out of my comfort zone and share a bit about my wellness journey.  I desire to share what has helped me along and inspire others to tend to their healing as I have been inspired by other women’s stories.  

Follow-up update to this interview:  My mother, age 68, did rip off the bandaid and is now 3 weeks strict carnivore with BBBE (bacon, beef, butter, and eggs).  She’s committed to continuing BBBE for the month and may bring in other carnivore foods next month.  

Here is the progression of my dietary lifestyle which started with a major overhaul over 12 years ago:

  • Gut healing & Sealing (2010)
    • Paleoish – GAPS diet
    • reduced stressors
    • stopped exercising
  • Tended to further healing by way of addressing my food addictions (Dec. 2021)
    • No sugars & No flours
    • Very limited “healthy grains”
    • Eat 3 meals a day
    • no snacking
    • worked on retraining the brain and developing new habits
  • Addressed inflammation for greater healing
    • brought back in some exercise
    • Fasting Like a Girl (autoimmune protocol) (2022)
    • Ketovore/Animal Based/Carnivore (2022)
    • Lion’s Diet (Jan 2024)

My why is much greater than mere weight loss.  

My dedication to embracing a carnivore lifestyle stems from a profound desire to glorify God through transformative self-care. By prioritizing brain health, overcoming food addiction, and addressing longstanding ailments like MCAS, I aim to align with God’s design for my well-being and cooperate with His grace.

This journey towards a Carnivore lifestyle is not merely about personal betterment but also about serving & thriving in my vocation as a wife, mother, grandmother, and caregiver to aging parents. Each choice I make to nourish my body with good foods is a prayerful act, acknowledging that by nurturing my physical health, I am better equipped to fulfill my duties and serve my loved ones with renewed energy and vitality.

This dietary approach allows me to manage my chronic conditions more effectively, providing relief from longstanding ailments that have hindered my quality of life. By embracing a Carnivore lifestyle, I am reclaiming control over my health and well-being, allowing me to THRIVE — all for the glory of God.

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Low Sunday

by Filed Under: 04 April, Dragonfly, Easter Leave a Comment

This day is known as “Quasimodo Sunday” from the first two words of the opening Antiphon at Mass that speak especially to those baptized at Easter:

I Peter 2:2 
Quasi modo geniti infantes, rationabile, sine dolo lac concupiscite ut in eo crescatis in salutem si gustastis quoniam dulcis Dominus. 

As newborn babes, alleluia, desire the rational milk without guile, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Rejoice to God our helper. Sing aloud to the God of Jacob. 

It is the day that the newly baptized officially put away their white robes, hence, it is known liturgically as “Dominica in albis depositis” or the “Sunday of putting away the albs.” 

~FishEaters

Parish Baptismal Font on Dragonfly’s Baptism – 6.14.10

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In the early ages of the Church many people were baptized during the long ceremonies which nowadays are held early on Easter Saturday morning, but which were then held during the night of Easter Saturday. After the blessing of the font came the baptism of the neophytes, who afterwards dressed themselves in white garments as a sign of their new cleanness of soul. They wore these garments all day and every day until Low Sunday, which came to be called: “The Sunday for the leaving-off of white garments.” It is believed that the day came to be called Low Sunday in this country because of the insistence on lowliness and childlikeness in the introit of the day’s Mass.

Low Sunday could be an occasion   for the renewing of baptismal vows. The story of this Sunday, “in albis depositis” could first be explained to them, then the ceremony of baptism, then the promises that were undertaken on their behalf by their godparents. One could make the baptismal promises once more, this time on their own behalf.

RENEWAL OF BAPTISM
The ceremony for this can be found below:

Pr.: What do you ask of the Church of God? 

Members: Faith.

P.: What does faith bring you to? 

M.: Life everlasting.

P.: If, then, you desire to enter into life, keep the commandments: You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart, your whole soul, and with your whole mind, and your neighbor as yourself.

M.: Amen.

P.: Do you renounce Satan? 

M.: I do renounce him. 

P.: And all his works? 

M.: I do renounce them. 

P.: And all his pomps? 

M.: I do renounce them. 

P.: Do you believe in God the Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven and earth?

M.: I do believe.

P.: Do you believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was born into this world and suffered for us?

M.: I do believe.

P.: Do you believe in the Holy Ghost, the holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting? 

M.: I do believe.

P.: Pray, then, kneel down and say the “Our Father.”

Kneeling, everyone says slowly together the “Our Father.” Everyone participating then takes a lighted candle and says:

P.: Receive this burning light, and without fail be true to your baptism, that when our Lord shall come to claim his own you may be worthy to meet him, together with all the saints in the heavenly court, and live for ever and ever.

M.: Amen.

P.: Receive the sign of the cross upon your forehead and also in your heart, and in your manners be such that you may now be the temple of God.

M.: Amen. 

P.: Peace be with you.

M.: And with your spirit.

All stand with the burning candles in their hands and conclude with a hymn.

 ~A Candle is Lighted, Imprimatur 1954~

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