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charity, unity, fraternity and patriotism
PATRIOTISM
WHO ARE THE 4TH DEGREE?
They are the Knights on Main Street, the men you probably envision when someone says Knights of Columbus to you. They’re present in their UNIFORM at civic and Church events, acting as honor guards and color corps, or standing in respect at the funerals of members or during adoration of the Eucharist. But there is more to being a Fourth Degree member of the Knights of Columbus than a uniform. They are the men who have chosen to embrace the Order’s fourth principle of patriotism, the men who lead the efforts to reach out to veterans and active military and to embody the fact that one can be a faithful Catholic and also be a faithful citizen.When the Knights of Columbus was founded in 1882, three principles united its members: charity, unity and fraternity. At that time people feared that members of the Catholic faith owed their entire allegiance to the Church and could not be trusted as citizens of their country. Patriotism was added to the Order’s principles in 1900, based on the idea that Knights are loyal to both God and country. Members who wish to live out patriotism together can join “the Fourth Degree.” Members of this degree have the special honor of holding the title “Sir Knight,” participating in color and honor guards and organizing programs that promote Catholic citizenship.
From Supreme Website-Andrew Butler
4th Degree EXEMPLIFICATION
OUR NEW LOOK
A GREAT WAY TO BE A PART OF CITYWIDE EVENTS, MEET NEW BROTHERS, SEE DIFFERENT PARISHES AND BEAUTIFUL CHURCHES, CATHEDRALS AND BASILICAS....
A Reflection from Deacon Allan Frederiksen
Keeping Holy the Sabbath Day.
As we have now entered the “eating season” with Thanksgiving
Day just yesterday (as of this writing), we also enter a new
Liturgical Year, Year C, beginning with the Season of Advent,
while the Feast of Christ the King was celebrated last Sunday.
The keyword(s) being “Christ the King.”
We ended last month’s reflection with the words “We will look at the worship
space itself.”
There are two parts to the worship space; the institutional space to which we go on
weekdays, Sundays, and days of obligation. This is the space with the altar, the
tabernacle, the pews, the ambo, the statues, the stained-glass windows, the choir,
the noisy children, ..., and we can add to the list at our hearts desire.
The other space is more personal, because it is in our hearts and minds, it is the
temple of the Holy Spirit, and as a result it may be more important than the
institutional space, because it is from here, deep inside ourselves, we participate in
worship.
When we come to Mass, do we do so with joy in our hearts? Or do we do it
because it is an obligation, and it is, we must suffer through for about one hour on
Sundays and days of obligation, perhaps only 30 minutes at weekday Masses, and
God help us, two or more hours at the Easter Vigil?
Since Advent is, in the original sense, a penitential season just as is Lent, perhaps
we need to do some serious internal reflection on our motives. Advent comes from
the Latin word Adventus or Ad venire, meaning the coming, the arrival, something
anticipated.
We usually associate this with the celebration of the birth of Christ, and it is not
incorrect, but it is deeper. In fact, we can speak of the Three Comings of the of the
Lord, and they will all be heard in the readings on the First Sunday of Lent in Year
C; from the Prophet Jeremiah we hear of the coming of Jesus, “In those days, in
that time, I will raise up for David a just shoot, he shall do what is right and just in
the land.”
That is the coming of Jesus in Bethlehem, an event that took place some 2000
years ago. We may call this the first coming.
The Gospel speaks in the terms of the end of the world, and we refer to this as the
Second Coming of Christ, at the end of time, “and then they will see the Son of
Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.”
There is a third coming which forms an important link between the first and second
comings, and it is spoken about in the second reading – the Welcoming of Christ
into our own lives, here and now.
The first coming is in the past, the second is in the future, it is anticipated (advent –
ad venire). We participate in the celebration of those comings in the official liturgy
of the church, as much as we avail ourselves to the liturgy. That is in the
institutional space.
The third coming is entirely interior to ourselves – how open are we to the works
of the Holy Spirit and to God’s Grace?
Have a most Joyful Christmas and a Blessed New Year.
ST JOSEPH PRAY FOR US!!!!
SHAPE BERET
