Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection,

implored thy help, or sought thine intercession was left unaided.

Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my mother;

to thee do I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful.

O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pater_Noster ( The Lord’s Prayer! )

The Incarnation shown as part of a cycle of life of Jesus

with the Trinity in the central column, by Fridolin Leiber, 18th century.

Catholic Answers for the Trinity: http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=478124

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The Ten Commandments of God

@ The Beatitudes of Jesus Christ to live our lives and follow his teachings! @

I am the LORD your God, you shall have no other gods before me.	Faith (Trust in God)	All faith in God, freedom from lesser gods: wealth, sex, power, popularity.
You shall not take the Name of the LORD your God in vain.	Respect Holiness	Respect for God and the things of God: prayer, worship, religion.
Keep holy the Sabbath day.	Renewal	Not just the Sabbath rest, but setting aside time for prayer, good recreation, quiet reflection.
Honor your father and mother.	Family	Loving care and respect for all family members, elders and younger siblings, too. Respect for elders in general.
You shall not kill.	Respect For Life	Courtesy to all, speaking respectfully to all, seeking the best for all. Respecting others' freedom while still defending all human life.
You shall not commit adultery.	Chastity Faithfulness (Fidelity)	Faithful actions beyond just abstaining from sexual contact outside of marriage. Respect for sex and marriage.
You shall not steal.	Justice  (Honesty)	Concern for the rights of others, especially when they get in the way of what we desire. A commitment to fairness and a willingness to suffer loss rather than depriving another.
You shall not bear false witness.	Truth	A dedication to what is real and true, even if that reality is against our interests.
You shall not covet your neighbor's wife.	Purity	A desire to want only what God wills. A single-hearted devotion to God's way.
You shall not covet your neighbor's goods.	Generosity	A cooperation in God's own generosity that sees all goods as belonging to God and freely given for the good of all.

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PRAYER TO SAINT JUDE

O most holy apostle, St. Jude, faithful servant and friend of Jesus -- People honor and invoke you universally, as the patron of hopeless cases, of things almost despaired of. Pray for me, for I am so helpless and alone. Please help to bring me visible and speedy assistance. Come to my assistance in this great need that I may receive the consolation and help of heaven in all my necessities, tribulations, and sufferings, particularly (state your request) and that I may praise God with you always. I promise, O blessed St. Jude, to be ever mindful of this great favor, to always honor you as my special and powerful patron, and to gratefully encourage devotion to you by publishing this request. Amen.

The Seven Deadly Sins: A Convenient Guide to Eternal Damnation

The medieval period and the early Renaissance period inherited an elaborate Christian model of sin.

Over a dozen such models exist. The most popular one lists seven sins and subdivides them into three

"spiritual" sins and four "corporal" (bodily) sins. All seven of the sins were deadly evils (i.e.,

potentially a cause of damnation), but the spiritual sins were generally acknowledged as more

dangerous than sins that arose only from the weakness of the body.

The Seven Deadly Sins

Three Spiritual Sins

1. Pride (spiritual sin)

2. Envy (spiritual sin)

3. Wrath (spiritual sin affected by body)

Four Corporal Sins

4. Accidia or Sloth (corporal sin)

5. Avaricia/Cupiditas or Greed

(corporal sin)

6. Gluttony (corporal sin)

7. Lust (corporal sin)

The Seven Holy Virtues

Three Spiritual (or Theological) Virtues

1. Fides (Faith)

2. Spes (Hope)

3. Caritas (Charity)

The Four Cardinal (or Pagan) Virtues

4. Prudence

5. Temperance

6. Fortitude

7. Justice

The Seven Virtues opposed the Seven Sins. In one scheme, the Seven Virtues are based on the three

spiritual virtues listed by Saint Paul in 1 Corinthians 13:1-13: Faith, Hope and Charity, followed by

the four Cardinal or "Pagan" virtues: Prudence, Temperance, Fortitude, and Justice. (The idea was

that any person, whether he or she was a Christian or not, might possess the four Cardinal Virtues.

Only a Christian in medieval belief would possess faith in God, hope for an afterlife, and caritas--

the type of charity in which one does good deeds out of love for God alone.)

An alternative but equally popular version of the Seven Virtues was the "remedial" or "contrarian"

model, which listed specific virtues as the "cures" or "remedies" that stand in opposition to each of

the seven sins. Prudentius devised this model in 410 AD in his allegorical poem the Psychomachia

("The Battle for the Soul"). His scheme of virtues and vices looked something like this:

Humility cures Pride

Kindness cures Envy

Abstinence cures Gluttony

Chastity cures Lust

Patience cures Wrath

Liberality cures Greed

Diligence cures Sloth

Continuing the numerological mysticism of seven, the medieval church assembled a list of seven

good works in the catechism as cures to the seven deadly sins: these included sheltering strangers,

feeding the hungry, giving drink to those thirsting, clothing the naked, visiting the sick, ministering

to the imprisoned, and burying the dead. All these traditional views, however, were objects of much

intellectual tinkering in the Renaissance when Protestant Christians sought to separate themselves

theologically from the older Catholic teachings, and Catholic theologians sought to distinguish

themselves from the upstart Protestant groups.

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