Bing Crosby Narrates December LWIL # 49

As December continues on to the finish line of 2023, let Bing Crosby be your guide with his cheery Christmas Carols and tunes.

Think of him as Mr. Secular Christmas with some sacramental Christmas songs added in as well.
Secular Christmas and Sacramental Liturgical Christmas merge in the 2nd Sunday of Advent.

As you do your Christmas shopping also keep in mind…

Here’s What Happen Last Week and Year in Life.

Monday December 4, 2023

Saint John Damascene, Priest and Doctor of the Church

Day 338: Death Defeated — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 338: Intercession and Thanksgiving — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

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Here’s What Happen Last Week and Year in Life.

963 – The lay papal protonotary is elected pope and takes the name Leo VIII, being consecrated on 6 December after ordination.
1563 – The final session of the Council of Trent is held nearly 18 years after the body held its first session on December 13, 1545.
1619 – Thirty-eight colonists arrive at Berkeley Hundred, Virginia. The group’s charter proclaims that the day “be yearly and perpetually kept holy as a day of thanksgiving to Almighty God.”
1881 – The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.
1918 – U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sails for the World War I peace talks in Versailles, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office.
1945 – By a vote of 65–7, the United States Senate approves United States participation in the United Nations. (The UN had been established on October 24, 1945.)
1956 – The Million Dollar Quartet (Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash) get together at Sun Studio for the first and last time.
2023 –Mexican bishop: thief who stole Eucharist is excommunicated

Quote of the Day

Casey B. Head@CaseyBHead (Dec 4, 2023)
What if you lost it all?

Most of us do not own what we think we do. There are countless things that have to go right for our lifestyles to continue.

It is all built on sand.

Tuesday December 5, 2023

Saint of the Day

WinCalendar: Calendars, Holidays, Days and Today – EU

This Day in History – What Happened Today – HISTORY

Day 339: Priscilla and Aquila — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 339: Prayer of Praise — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

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Here’s What Happen Last Week and Year in Life.

1484 – Pope Innocent VIII issues the Summis desiderantes affectibus, a papal bull that deputizes Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger as inquisitors to root out alleged witchcraft in Germany.
1831 – Former U.S. President John Quincy Adams takes his seat in the House of Representatives.
1847 – Jefferson Davis is elected to the U.S. Senate.
1848 – California Gold Rush: In a message to the United States Congress, U.S. President James K. Polk confirms that large amounts of gold had been discovered in California.
1933 – The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
2023 –Boy walks 7 miles on muddy roads to receive confirmation, gets a blessing from the pope
2023 –Canonization cause advances for ‘God’s architect,’ Antoni Gaudí

Quote of the Day

Patrick Neve@catholicpat (Dec 5, 2023)
“Mary Did You Know” haters like:

What child is this??

Um it’s obviously Jesus, read the bible.

Wednesday December 6, 2023

Saint Nicholas, Bishop

5 things to know and share about St. Nicholas

Day 340: The Power of the Holy Spirit — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 340: Scripture and the Liturgy — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

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Here’s What Happen Last Week and Year in Life.

1865 – Georgia ratifies the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
1882 – Transit of Venus, second and last of the 19th century.
1921 – The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives.
1922 – One year to the day after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the Irish Free State comes into existence.
1973 – The Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States House of Representatives votes 387–35 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. (On November 27, the Senate confirmed him 92–3.)
2017 – Donald Trump‘s administration officially announces the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
2023 –Former Speaker McCarthy says he’s leaving Congress at end of year
2023 –‘Time’ magazine names Taylor Swift its 2023 Person of the Year The 33-year-old international pop star has been playing to massive crowds on her Eras Tour and has garnered attention for her budding romance with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.

Quote of the Day

Andrew Petiprin@AndrewPetiprin (December 6, 2023) The best Christmas pop song of all time by far is Wham’s “Last Christmas.” Crazy to learn it was kept out of the number one spot in 1984 by “Do They Know It’s Christmas,” which is just terrible, even compared to other celebrity charity songs of that era. I actually preached on “Last Christmas” once when I was an Episcopal priest. Pretty cheesy “give your heart this year to the One who isn’t going to give it away” kind of thing. I think it was well received! Of course, George Michael sings on both.

Owl! at the Library ��‍♀️@SketchesbyBoze (December 6, 2023) In honor of my birthday I would love for you to play some classical music, take a beloved book down from the shelf and read a few chapters, text an old friend your appreciation. Life is not long and we ought to find some beauty in each day. We ought to hold each other close.

Thursday December 7, 2023

Saint Ambrose, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

Day 341: Eternal Weight of Glory — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 341: The Theological Virtues — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

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Here’s What Happen Last Week and Year in Life.

1787 – Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.
1930 – W1XAV in Boston, Massachusetts telecasts video from the CBS radio orchestra program, The Fox Trappers. The telecast also includes the first television advertisement in the United States, for I.J. Fox Furriers, which also sponsored the radio show.
1941 – World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor: The Imperial Japanese Navy carries out a surprise attack on the United States Pacific Fleet and its defending Army and Marine air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
1965 – Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I simultaneously revoke mutual excommunications that had been in place since 1054.
1995 – The Galileo spacecraft arrives at Jupiter, a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis during Mission STS-34.
2023 –House votes to censure Rep. Jamaal Bowman for pulling fire alarm Since January, the chamber has seen the removal of a member from a committee, the first ouster of a speaker in history and the expulsion of a lawmaker for only the third time since the Civil War.
2023 –Hunter Biden is indicted on federal tax charges A federal grand jury in the Central District of California returned the indictment charging the president’s son with three felony tax offenses and six misdemeanor tax offenses.

Quote of the Day

The Dan in The Mirror@ZJoyfulCatholic (December 7, 2023) Do you ever think about how the time between when you turn 13 and 23 is ten years, but the time between when you turn 17 and 27 is also ten years, yet they feel like two very different amounts of time?

Friday December 8, 2023

THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE
BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
(Patronal Feastday of the United States of America)

Day 342: Generous Hearts — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 342: Trinitarian Prayer — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

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Here’s What Happen Last Week and Year in Life.

1854 – In his Apostolic constitution Ineffabilis Deus, Pope Pius IX proclaims the dogmatic definition of Immaculate Conception, which holds that the Blessed Virgin Mary was conceived free of Original Sin.
1864 – Pope Pius IX promulgates the encyclical Quanta cura and its appendix, the Syllabus of Errors, outlining the authority of the Catholic Church and condemning various liberal ideas.
1980 – John Lennon is murdered by Mark David Chapman in front of The Dakota in New York City.
2013 – Metallica performs a show in Antarctica, making them the first band to perform on all seven continents.
2023 – Treasures destroyed and masterpieces in vaults: War’s toll for art in Israel and Gaza After the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, curators in Israel raced to lock their most precious museum items into safe storage. In Gaza, the fighting has caused damage to more than 100 cultural landmarks.

Quote of the Day

Melody Lyons@melodymlyons (Dec 8, 2023) We made cranberry orange scones for the feast day. So good. I have several cups of fresh cranberries left. What other recipes should we try?

Saturday December 9, 2023

Saint Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin

Day 343: God Uses Paul’s Past — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 343: Praying Through Mary — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

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Here’s What Happen Last Week and Year in Life.

1851 – The first YMCA in North America is established in Montreal.
1946 – The subsequent Nuremberg trials begin with the Doctors’ Trial, prosecuting physicians and officers alleged to be involved in Nazi human experimentation and mass murder under the guise of euthanasia.
2008 – Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich is arrested by federal officials for crimes including attempting to sell the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.
2017 – The Marriage Amendment Bill receives royal assent and comes into effect, making Australia the 26th country to legalize same-sex marriage.
2023 –With bison herds and ancestral seeds, Indigenous communities embrace food sovereignty Native Americans are returning to raising buffalo and plants that tribes have grown for millennia. It’s a way to reconnect with historic traditions, and to bring healthy eating to their communities.
2023 –Vatican unveils Nativity scene honoring St. Francis of Assisi and devotion’s 800-year-old origin

Quote of the Day

Fr. Joseph Krupp@Joeinblack (December 9, 2023)
Today, about 150,00 people will wake up for the last time.
Pray to be ready for when it’s your turn.
Pray for the grace to live as if that’s today.
Pray for the souls of those who go to judgment today.
Pray for those who will mourn.

#talkedtotheboss

Mrs. CatholicComedy@MrsCathComedy (December 9, 2023) One of the hardest parts of not celebrating Christmas yet isn’t waiting to decorate or avoiding the music. It’s the fact that once Christmas actually starts, all the events and activities stop. No light shows, concerts and shows, music, gingerbread displays, etc. Just cold.

Sunday December 10, 2023

SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT

Thinking Faith@ThinkingFaith (December 10, 2023) Today’s #anniversary of #ThomasMerton’s death, particularly as it falls in #Advent, is an opportunity to contemplate with him the action of the Spirit. thinkingfaith.org/articles/thoma #onthisday

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Day 344: Guides for Prayer — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

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Here’s What Happen Last Week and Year in Life.

1520 – Martin Luther burns his copy of the papal bull Exsurge Domine outside Wittenberg‘s Elster Gate.
1541 – Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham are executed for having affairs with Catherine Howard, Queen of England and wife of Henry VIII.
1684 – Isaac Newton‘s derivation of Kepler’s laws from his theory of gravity, contained in the paper De motu corporum in gyrum, is read to the Royal Society by Edmond Halley.
1768 – The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.
1906 – U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize in any field.
1996 – The new Constitution of South Africa is promulgated by Nelson Mandela.
2023 –The hidden life of Nicholas Black Elk revealed in canonization process
2023 – Orphan rescued by Mother Teresa promotes cause of Minnesota nun
Quote of the Day

Friar Mario Conte@FriarMario (December 10, 2023) We must ask the Lord to take the blindness from our eyes, the weakness from our wills, and the hardmess from our hearts, so that our lives may be flooded by the grace of his coming.