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| St. Leo Abbey Guest house (left) and former Queen of Carmel Convent (right) |
May 1, 2011, Oblate Sunday. The next Oblate Sunday is May 1, 2011, beginning with 10:00 am Mass.
In the Oblate class Abbot Isaac will give us the titles to two or three books. He will ask us which one we would like to begin reading for the class study.
Thank You For Air Conditioning Donations. Thank you to the generous contributors for their donations to the Lake Room’s new AC units.
Lake Room Cleaning, Painting. We use the Lake Room often and it could benefit from some cleaning or painting. Kathy D. graciously said she will organize this effort for all who would like to help. This should be a lot of fun and it will help the abbey. If you would like to help, please post a comment below and we will contact you.
Jesus Rose Again! During last month’s Oblate class a question was asked about that portion of the Profession of Faith on Sundays where we say
For our sake he was crucified
under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered died and was buried.
On the third day he rose again
in fulfillment of the Scriptures.
under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered died and was buried.
On the third day he rose again
in fulfillment of the Scriptures.
George D. e-mailed the following information he obtained: “... the Creed was written in Greek. The "again" comes in when the Greek is translated into Latin and the Latin into English. The Greek word used is ANASTASIS, to "rise up" or "rise again". The Latin translation was very literal, i.e., RE-SURREXIT, which became the English RESURRECTION. Surrexit means to "rise up" or "rise again". The "re" in resurrection is a reflection of the Greek to rise "up" or "again".
Thanks George D.
We might think of the idea in the following sentence, “I was walking down the street, fell down, and stood up again.”
A Turn in the Benedictine Garden. Most editions of the Rule of St. Benedict have the text divided into daily readings so we read through the Rule three times in a year. These daily readings are like a walk in a spiritual garden and we occasionally turn around and start our walk again. May 1 marks the end of the first reading of the Rule and on May 2 we begin the Rule again. The other ending dates are August 31 and December 31. (Daily readings of the Rule)
Listen and Read How to Pray the Our Father (Pater Noster) in Latin
The St. Leo Abbey monks chant several of the Mass parts in Latin, the one I hear most often and can’t say is the Our Father: “Our Father who art in heaven.....”
Brother James who works in the Abbey Gift Shop has given us a great link to the Pater Noster where we can hear the Latin (turn on your speakers) and see how the words should be said.
Click here to hear and read how the Latin should be said.
September 30 - Oct. 2 Oblate Retreat Date Set. The annual Oblate retreat has been set for the weekend of Friday, September 30 to October 2, 2011. This is a restful time to spend a weekend on monastic time and hear wonderful conferences from Abbot Isaac. You do not need to be an Oblate to attend. Novices, guests, and anyone who might like the renewal of a monastic weekend will benefit from this event.
Taking Up the Gifts at Mass. Brother Benedict asked us to ask for Oblates (anyone in the program, you do not need to have made your final oblation) to take up the gifts during Mass on Oblate Sundays. If anyone would be willing to do it for May 1, please reply to this e-mail. We will also begin again to set out a sign-up sheet outside the Oblate class requesting people to sign up as next month’s gift bearers.
Those Amazing Ancestors of St. Leo Abbey.
Who was appointed chief justice of the Arizona Territory by President Grant in 1874?
Who assisted Mr. Disston when Disston loaned money to save the state of Florida from bankruptcy?
Who was given control of disposing of 100,000 acres in Florida as compensation for his help to Mr. Disston?
Who selected the land on February 15, 1882 on which he would establish a Catholic colony that eventually in 1889 became the home of St Leo Abbey?
Who wrote about the hardships that must attend a new life in the wilderness of Florida in the early 1880s: "He who is not willing to endure all hardships necessary to secure this advantage, does not deserve the prize."
Who named his Catholic colony San Antonio after St. Anthony of Padua because the Saint answered his prayer while being lost in the Arizona desert?
Who had lived in Rome and Paris and was fluent in Italian and French?
Who named Lake Jovita after St. Jovita (feast day February 15)?
Who had such an extensive Catholic library that it surpassed all the resources of Bishop John Moore, Bishop of virtually all of Florida, who resided in St. Augustine, and who provided information to the Bishop on a little-known saint, much to the pleasure of the bishop that such information would be found in a private library in the back woods of Pasco County? Bishop John Moore Bio (1877-1901).
Whose two sisters became Ursuline sisters? (History of the Ursulines — the first Order for the education of women.)
Whose wife’s sister became an Ursuline sister?
Who did Pope Pius IX create as a Knight of the Order of St. Gregory the Great in 1876?
Who did Pope Leo XIII raise to the rank of Commander of the Order of St. Gregory in 1879?
Who did Pope Leo XIII make a Papal Count (and his male descendants) in 1884?
Who built his house on the site on which St. Leo Abbey now stands?
Who was one of the most renowned and greatest Catholics of the 19th century?
Answer: Judge Edmund F. Dunne (1835-1904)
Who assisted Mr. Disston when Disston loaned money to save the state of Florida from bankruptcy?
Who was given control of disposing of 100,000 acres in Florida as compensation for his help to Mr. Disston?
Who selected the land on February 15, 1882 on which he would establish a Catholic colony that eventually in 1889 became the home of St Leo Abbey?
Who wrote about the hardships that must attend a new life in the wilderness of Florida in the early 1880s: "He who is not willing to endure all hardships necessary to secure this advantage, does not deserve the prize."
Who named his Catholic colony San Antonio after St. Anthony of Padua because the Saint answered his prayer while being lost in the Arizona desert?
Who had lived in Rome and Paris and was fluent in Italian and French?
Who named Lake Jovita after St. Jovita (feast day February 15)?
Who had such an extensive Catholic library that it surpassed all the resources of Bishop John Moore, Bishop of virtually all of Florida, who resided in St. Augustine, and who provided information to the Bishop on a little-known saint, much to the pleasure of the bishop that such information would be found in a private library in the back woods of Pasco County? Bishop John Moore Bio (1877-1901).
Whose two sisters became Ursuline sisters? (History of the Ursulines — the first Order for the education of women.)
Whose wife’s sister became an Ursuline sister?
Who did Pope Pius IX create as a Knight of the Order of St. Gregory the Great in 1876?
Who did Pope Leo XIII raise to the rank of Commander of the Order of St. Gregory in 1879?
Who did Pope Leo XIII make a Papal Count (and his male descendants) in 1884?
Who built his house on the site on which St. Leo Abbey now stands?
Who was one of the most renowned and greatest Catholics of the 19th century?
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