II Class
At the beginning of the four seasons of the Ecclesiastical Year, the Ember Days have been instituted by the Church to thank God for blessings obtained during the past year and to implore further graces for the new season. They are intended, too, to consecrate to God the various seasons in nature, and to prepare by penance those who are about to be ordained. The faithful ought to pray on these days for good priests. The Ember Days were until c. 1960 fastdays of obligation.
Commemoration of Ss. Cyprian and Justina, Martyrs
Cyprian, the magician, endeavored in vain to deceive the holy virgin Justina by his sorcery. He was converted to the Faith, and both were beheaded at Nicomedia under Diocletian in 304.
This morning Maria dressed all in pink in preparation for our shopping trip to Wieselburg and Scheibbs. One of our friends kindly bought Maria a lovely book with all kinds of pictures and their corresponding German words. She was quite happy with it (see below).
2 comments:
I wish I had a clever German response, but it's possible that now even Maria knows more German than I.
How about a simple "Das ist gut"? How can Maria keep getting cuter and prettier? I keep thinking she is already at the max!
91 days until our trip! 1-2-3
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