AD SENSE

Quiz from Common Parlance

1. WHY
Why do men's clothes have buttons on the right while women's clothes have buttons on the left?
 
BECAUSE
When buttons were invented, they were very expensive and worn primarily by the rich. Since most people are right-handed, it is easier to push buttons on the right through holes on the left. 
Because wealthy women were dressed by maids, dressmakers put the buttons on the maid's right! And that's where women's buttons have remained since. 

Early Morning 3.5 Minutes: Avoid Heart Attacks

For those who get up at night from sleep to urinate or early morning : Each individual must take note of the 3 x 1/2 minute syndrome. Why is it important? 3 x 1/2 minutes  will greatly reduce the number of sudden deaths at night.

OUR LADY'S FEASTDAYS

  Rev. Lawrence G. Lovasik, S.V.D.

 



 
Contents
The Immaculate Conception, Dec. 8
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Dec. 12
The Expectation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Dec. 18
The Espousals of the Virgin Mary, Jan. 23
Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Feb. 2
Apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary Immaculate (Our Lady of Lourdes), Feb. 11
The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, March 25

Lent 3 Sunday C: Will you Produce Fruit like a Fig Tree or as a Martyr?


3rd Sunday of Lent
Fig tree
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Michel de Verteuil
General Comments
Verses 1 to 5 are in two groups – 1 to 3 and then 4 to 5; they are practically identical, so that reading them together has a cumulative effect on us. Each is based on a tragic incident: Pilate murdering a group of Galileans as they were offering sacrifice in the temple, and a tower falling and killing eighteen people.