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St. Vincent Ferrer Online Bulletin the SIXTEENTH St. Vincent Ferrer Online Bulletin Dominican Friars River Forest, IL THE SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME JULY 19TH , 2020 the enemy sowing weeds From the Pastor: The Good Book Dear Friends, We are so blessed with 2000 years of history. In those two thousand years, many holy people have written countless books that can help us to grow in our faith. The Catholic Church is a treasure trove of wonderful and great books. However, our main book should be the Sacred Scriptures. Daily reading of the Holy Bible is key to growing in our relationship with God. The Holy Bible is our “love letter” from God to us. There is power in the Word of God, the power to change our lives. The Scriptures are so important that there are three different ways to approach the Scriptures. We are to read them, study them, and pray with them. I firmly believe that It is not enough to simply attend Mass and listen to them. Each person must also have personal and quality time with God’s word. Spending time in the Word of God is how we begin to meet God in His Living Word. Spending time with God in His Word, is also how we grow and deepen our relationship with Him. This week I will talk about reading His Word. When I am speaking about reading the Bible, I mean just that. Simply read the Bible and get a sense of the flow of the stories, and a sense of wha tis in each book. Remember the Bible is a collection of 73 Books, and it is good to just get a sense of what they re about and who is in them. There are two ways I recommend for you, to try to undertake the daily reading of the Scriptures. The first way is to follow the Church and read “around” the daily readings, For example, as Fr. Michael preached last Sunday, we have been in the book of Romans for a week, so he asked us to read the book of Romans. Just read a chapter a day, or a paragraph a day, and think about what is in the passage. Get a sense of what it is about. The second way, is the way that I do it. I simply pick a book for each season of the year and read and re-read it for the season. For this Ordinary Time, I am reading the Book of Wisdom. I am learning about the flow of the book, and what it teaches. If you choose this this method, and you are new to the Bible, read the Gospels first, and then the letters, and then end with the Book of Revelation. If you are more familiar with the New Testament, then start reading the Old Testament. Pick a book and learn what is in the book, and how the story flows and what it is about. This way, a person can get a real sense of the Sacred Scriptures. Each season pick a new book to read and get to know it. Pick a book for Lent, Advent, Christmas, Ordinary Time, etc. Next week, I will write about studying the Bible. This is a different process than just reading it. When one begins to Study the Scriptures, one will need a Scriptural commentary and begin to “mine” the text for meaning. Dominican of the Month: Blessed Ceslaus Odrowatz of Poland Ceslaus Odrowatz was a near relative, probably a brother, of Saint Hyacinth, and shared with him the apostolate of Northern Europe. Little is known of his youth. He was born in the ancestral castle and educated with Saint Hyacinth, by his uncle, a priest of Cracow. Both young men became priests and, being well-known for their holiness, were chosen to be canons in the cathedral chapter in Cracow. When their uncle received an appointment as bishop of Cracow, the two young priests accompanied him on his trip to Rome, where he would be consecrated. It was in Rome that the two zealous young priests first heard of the work of Saint Dominic. The order was then only four years old, and its eager members had penetrated to almost all parts of Christendom and were pushing into the lands of the Tartars and the Mohammedans. The new bishop strongly desired that some of the friars should come to Poland. Since Saint Dominic was then in Rome, they went to him for missionaries. Dominic was deeply regretful that he had no friars who were able to speak the languages of the North. However, he was much drawn to the bishop’s two young nephews, and promised to make them Dominican apostles if they would remain with him. After their novitiate training, Hyacinth and Ceslaus went home. Ceslaus went to Prague, and other parts of Bohemia, where he founded convents of Friar Preachers and also established a group of nuns. Then he went to Silesia, where he founded the convent of Breslau that was to become his center of activities. He also acted as the spiritual director for duchess Saint Hedwig of Poland. The life of Blessed Ceslaus, like that of Saint Hyacinth, is a record of almost countless miracles, of unbelievable distances travelled on foot through wild and warlike countries, and of miracles of grace. He cured the sick and the maimed, raised the dead to life, and accomplished wonders in building convents. His most remarkable miracle was the raising to life of a boy who had been dead for eight days. In 1241 the Tartars swooped down upon the Christian kingdoms and laid waste the labor of centuries. Blessed Ceslaus was in Breslau at the time the Tartars laid siege to the city. He and his community fasted and prayed incessantly that the city would be saved, and when the cause looked darkest, Ceslaus mounted the ramparts with a crucifix in his hand. While the Tartars gazed in astonishment, a huge ball of fire descended from heaven and settled above him. Arrows of fire shot out from the heavenly weapon, and the Tartars fled in terror, leaving the city unmolested. Our Lady came to receive the soul of Blessed Ceslaus, who had been tireless in preaching her glories. Born: c.1180 at Cracow, Poland Died: July 16, 1242 Beatified: August 27, 1712 by Pope Clement XI (cultus confirmed) https://orderofpreachersindependent.org/2015/07/17/blessed- ceslaus-odrowatz-of-poland-2/ .
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