The Kano school, patronized by Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and their followers and gained tremendously in size and prestige. His work centers on expressing issues and concerns of postwar Japanese society through what are usually seemingly The Scream innocuous forms.
He draws heavily from anime and related styles, but produces paintings and sculptures in media more traditionally associated with fine arts, intentionally blurring the lines between commercial and popular art and fine arts. . After the abstractions of the 1960s, the 1970s saw a return to realism strongly flavored by the op and pop art movements, embodied in the 1980s in the explosive works of Ushio Shinohara.
For example, the decorative naturalism of the rimpa school, characterized by brilliant, pure colors and bleeding washes, was reflected in the work of many postwar artists and in the 1980s art of Hikosaka Naoyoshi. Emakimono encompassed illustrated novels, such as the Genji Monogatari , historical works, such as the Ban Dainagon Ekotoba , and religious works.
Many of the older schools of art, most notably those of the Tokugawa period, were still practiced. The works of Camille Pissarro, Paul Cezanne and Pierre Auguste Renoir influenced early Taishō period paintings.
Her bold sumi ink abstractions were inspired by traditional calligraphy but realized as lyrical expressions of modern abstraction. There are also a number of contemporary painters in Japan whose work is largely inspired by anime sub-cultures and other aspects of popular and youth culture. As with the history of Japanese arts in general, the history Japanese painting is a long history of synthesis and competition between native Japanese aesthetics and adaptation of imported ideas.
A number of mono-ha artists turned to painting to recapture traditional nuances in spatial arrangements, color harmonies, and lyricism. Japanese-style painting (nihonga) continues in a modern fashion, updating traditional expressions while retaining their intrinsic character. However, yōga artists in the Taishō period also tended towards eclecticism, and there was a profusion of dissident artistic movements.
This trend was further developed by Leonard Foujita and the Nika Society, to encompass surrealism. In the foreground a man is depicted on the bank of a stream holding a small gourd and looking at a large slithery catfish.
Takashi Murakami is perhaps among the most famous and popular of these, along with and the other artists in his Kaikai Kiki studio collective. However, by the mid-Nara period, paintings in the style of the Tang dynasty became very popular.
Paintings in this genre include Nagasaki school paintings, and also the Maruyama-Shijo school, which combine Chinese and Western influences with traditional Japanese elements. A third important trend in the Edo period was the rise of the Bunjinga (literati painting) genre, also known as the Nanga school (Southern Painting school). This genre was centered around the port of Nagasaki, which after the start of the national seclusion policy of the Tokugawa bakufu was the only Japanese port left open to foreign trade, and was thus the conduit by which Chinese and European artistic influences came to Japan.
Japanese painting (絵画, Kaiga?) is one of the oldest and most highly refined of the Japanese arts, encompassing a wide variety of genre and styles. Sesshū, unlike most artists of the period, was able to journey to China and study Chinese painting at its source.
Participation in the Nitten has become almost a prerequisite for nomination to the Japan Art Academy, which in itself is almost an unofficial prerequisite for nomination to the Order of Culture. Important artists in the Shōwa period include: After World War II, painters, calligraphers, and printmakers flourished in the big cities, particularly Tokyo, and became preoccupied with the mechanisms of urban life, reflected in the flickering lights, neon colors, and frenetic pace of their abstractions. These included the Fusain Society (Fyuzankai) which emphasized styles of post-impressionism, especially fauvism.
Shūbun, a monk at the Kyoto temple of Shokoku-ji, created in the painting Reading in a Bamboo Grove (1446) a realistic landscape with deep recession into space. All the isms of the New York-Paris art world were fervently embraced.
The Genji Monogtari is organized into discreet episodes, whereas the more lively Ban Dainagon Ekotoba uses a continuous narrative illustration which emphasizes figures in active motion depicted in rapidly executed brush strokes and thin but vibrant colors. Although the Nitten was initially the exhibition of the Japan Art Academy, since 1958 it has been run by a separate private corporation.
Mist fills the middle ground, and the background, mountains appear to be far in the distance. Supported by Okakura and Fenollosa, the Nihonga style evolved with influences from the European pre-Raphaelite movement and European romanticism. The Yōga style painters formed the Meiji Bijutsukai (Meiji Fine Arts Society) to hold its own exhibitions and to promote a renewed interest in western art. In 1907, with the establishment of the Bunten under the aegis of the Ministry of Education, both competing groups found mutual recognition and co-existence, and even began the process towards mutual synthesis. Important artists in the Meiji period include: The Taishō period saw the predominance of Yōga over Nihonga.
E-maki artists devised systems of pictorial conventions that convey visually the emotional content of each scene. After long stays in Europe, many artists (including Arishima Ikuma) returned to Japan during the Taishō period, bringing with them the techniques of impressionism and early post-impressionism.
Onna-e, epitomized by the Tale of Genji handscroll, typically deals with court life, particularly the court ladies, and with romantic themes. More and more, the international modern painters also drew on the Japanese schools as they turned away from Western styles in the 1980s.
Many artists were recruited into the government propaganda effort, and critical non-emotional review of their works is only just beginning. In the post-war period, the government-sponsored Japan Art Academy (Nihon Geijutsuin) was formed in 1947, containing both nihonga and yōga divisions. The realism of Maruyama Ōkyo s school and the calligraphic and spontaneous Japanese style of the gentlemen-scholars were both widely practiced in the 1980s.
Simple stick figures and geometric designs can be found on Jōmon period pottery and Yayoi period (300 BC – 300 AD) dotaku bronze bells. Kano Eitoku developed a formula for the creation of monumental landscapes on the sliding doors enclosing a room.
Government sponsorship of art exhibitions has ended, but has been replaced by private exhibitions, such as the Nitten, on an even larger scale. This style evolved into the (Kara-e) genre, which remained popular through the early Heian period. As most of the paintings in the Nara periods are religious in nature, the vast majority are by anonymous artists.
Sōtatsu in particular evolved a decorative style by re-creating themes from classical literature, using brilliantly colored figures and motifs from the natural world set against gold-leaf backgrounds. Landscape of the Four Seasons (Sansui Chokan; c.
Otoko-e, on the other hand, often recorded historical events, particularly battles. These genres continued on through Kamakura period Japan from 1180-1333. These huge screens and wall paintings were commissioned to decorate the castles and palaces of the military nobility.
In 1914, the Nikakai (Second Division Society) emerged to oppose the government-sponsored Bunten Exihibition. Japanese painting during the Taishō period was only mildly influenced by other contemporary European movements, such as neoclassicism and late post-impressionism. However, interestingly it was resurgent Nihonga, towards the end of the Taishō period, which adopted certain trends from post-impressionism. To promote these trends, the Independent Art Association (Dokuritsu Bijutsu Kyokai) was formed in 1931. During the World War II period, government controls and censorship meant that only patriotic themes could be expressed.
Sometimes all of these schools, as well as older ones, such as the Kano school ink traditions, were drawn on by contemporary artists in the Japanese style and in the modern idiom. Certainly, during the early Edo period, many of the previous trends in painting continued to be popular; however, a number of new trends also emerged. One very significant school which arose in the early Edo period was the Rimpa school, which used classical themes, but presented them in a bold, and lavishly decorative format.
A century later, Korin reworked Sōtatsu s style and created visually gorgeous works uniquely his own. Another important genre which began during Azuchi-Momoyama period, but which reached its full development during the early Edo period was Namban art, both in the depiction of exotic foreigners and in the use of the exotic foreigner style in painting. This is also considered one early example of Yamato-e Japanese-style painting, which contains representations of the scenery around Kyoto. By the mid-Heian period, the (kara-e) Chinese style of painting had lost ground to Yamato-e which were initially used primarily for sliding screens and byōbu folding screens.
There are many fine differences in the two styles, appealing to the aesthetic preferences of the genders. This genre started as an imitation of the works of Chinese scholar-amateur painters of the Yuan dynasty, whose works and techniques came to Japan in the mid 18th century.
The exemplars of this style are Ike no Taiga, Uragami Gyokudo,Yosa Buson, Tanomura Chikuden, Tani Buncho, and Yamamoto Baiitsu. Due to the Tokugawa bakufu s policies of fiscal and social austerity, the luxurious modes of these genre and styles were largely limited to the upper strata of society, and were unavailable, if not actually forbidden to the lower classes. Many such outstanding avant-garde artists worked both in Japan and abroad, winning international prizes.
Suibokuga, an austere monochrome style of ink painting introduced from Sung and Yuan dynasty China largely replaced the polychrome scroll paintings of the previous period, although some polychrome portraiture remained – primary in the form of chinso paintings of Zen monks.Typical of such painting is the depiction by the priest-painter Kao of the legendary monk Kensu (Hsien-tzu in Chinese) at the moment he achieved enlightenment. However, Nara period Japan was more strongly characterized by the art of sculpture, rather than painting. The earliest surviving paintings from this period include the murals on the walls of the temple of Horyu-ji in Ikaruga, Nara, illustrating episodes from the life of Buddha, the Bodhisattvas, and various minor deities.
It is generally assumed that the new style of the painting, executed about 1413, refers to a more Chinese sense of deep space within the picture plane By the end of the 14th century, monochrome landscape paintings (sansuiga) had found patronage by the ruling Ashikaga family and was the preferred genre among Zen painters, gradually evolving from its Chinese roots to a more Japanese style. The foremost artists of the Muromachi period are the priest-painters Shūbun and Sesshū. The tendency had been to synthesize East and West.
In the 1880, western style art was banned from official exhibitions and was severely criticized by critics. Contemporary paintings within the modern idiom began to make conscious use of traditional Japanese art forms, devices, and ideologies.
Japanese printmaking especially from the Edo period exerted enormous influence on Western painting in France during the 19th century. The origins of painting in Japan date well back into Japan s prehistoric period. These also include the wall murals in the Takamatsuzuka Tomb, dating from around 700 AD.
This status continued into the subsequent Edo period, as the Tokugawa bakufu continued to promote the works of the Kano school as the officially sanctioned art for the Shogun, daimyo, and Imperial court. However, non-Kano school artists and currents existed and developed during the Azuchi-Momoyama period as well, adapting Chinese themes to Japanese materials and aesthetics. But perhaps most easily noticeable are the differences in subject matter.
However, Yamato-e also developed into new formats, (especially towards the end of the Heian period) including the emakimono hand scroll. E-maki of various kinds continued to be produced; however, the Kamakura period was much more strongly characterized by the art of sculpture, rather than painting. As most of the paintings in the Heian and Kamakura periods are religious in nature, the vast majority are by anonymous artists. During the 14th century, the development of the great Zen monasteries in Kamakura and Kyoto had a major impact on the visual arts.
A noted early example dating from 1053 exists at the Byodo-in, temple in Uji, Kyoto. A large collection of Nara period art is preserved at the Shosoin storehouse, formerly owned by Todai-ji, and now under the control of the Imperial Household Agency. With the development of the esoteric Buddhist sects of Shingon and Tendai in 8th and 9th century Japan, religious imagery, most notably painted Mandala, became predominant.
This type of painting was executed with quick brush strokes and a minimum of detail. Catching a Catfish with a Gourd (located at Taizo-in, Myoshin-ji, Kyoto), by the priest-painter Josetsu, marks a turning point in Muromachi painting. A noted early example is at the five-story pagoda of Daigo-ji, a temple south of Kyoto. With the continuing evolution of Japanese Buddhism towards the Pure Land forms of the Jodo sect in the 10th century, an important new genre was added: the raigozu, which depicts the Buddha Amida arriving to welcome the souls of the faithful to his Western Paradise.
The Meiji period was marked by the division of art into competing western styles and traditional indigenous styles. Western style painting (Yōga) was officially promoted by the government, who sent promising young artists abroad for studies, and who hired foreign artists to come to Japan to establish an art curriculum at Japanese schools. However, after an initial burst for western style art, the pendulum swung in the opposite direction, and led by art critic Okakura Kakuzo and educator Ernest Fenollosa, there was a revival of appreciation for traditional Japanese styles (Nihonga). Some artists had already leapt the gap between the two, as did the outstanding painter Shinoda Toko.
The Siege of the Sanjō Palace is another famous example of this style. E-maki also serve as some of the earliest and greatest examples of the otoko-e (Men s pictures) and onna-e (Women s pictures) styles of painting. 1486) is one of Sesshu s most accomplished works, depicting a continuing landscape through the four seasons. In the late Muromachi period, ink painting had migrated out of the Zen monasteries into the art world in general, as artists from the Kano school and the Ami school adopted the style and themes, but introducing a more plastic and decorative effect that would continue into modern times. Important artists in the Muromachi period Japan include: In sharp contrast to the previous Muromachi period, the Azuchi Momoyama period was characterized by a grandiose polychrome style, with extensive use of gold and silver foil, and by works on a very large scale.
These paintings in the 16th century gave rise to the semi-mass produced woodcut print, or ukiyoe, which was one of the defining media of the mid to late Edo period. Important artists in the Edo period include: During the Meiji period, Japan underwent a tremendous political and social change in the course of the westernization and modernization campaign organized by the new Meiji government. Some artists within this style still paint on silk or paper with traditional colors and ink, while others used new materials, such as acrylics.
Numerous versions of Mandala, especially the Diamond Realm Mandala and the Womb Realm Mandala, were created as hanging scrolls, and also as murals on the walls of temples. The common people developed a separate type of art, the fuzokuga, in which painting depicting scenes from common, everyday life, especially that of the common people, kabuki theatre, prostitutes and landscapes were popular.
Mural paintings with both geometric and figurative designs have been found in numerous tumuli from the Kofun period (300-700 AD). With the introduction of the Chinese writing system (kanji), Chinese modes of governmental administration and with the introduction of Buddhism in the Asuka period, many art works were imported into Japan from China and local copies in similar styles began to be produced. With the spread of Buddhism in 6th and 7th century Japan, painting of religious imagery flourished to decorate the numerous temples erected by the ruling classes. The second generation of Nihonga artists formed the Japan Fine Arts Academy (Nihon Bijutsuin) to compete against the government-sponsored Bunten, and although yamato-e traditions remained strong, the increasing use of western perspective, and western concepts of space and light began to blur the distinction between Nihonga and yōga. Important artists in the Taishō period include: Japanese painting in the early Shōwa period was largely dominated by Yasui Sotaro and Umehara Ryuzaburo, who introduced the concepts of pure art and abstract painting to the Nihonga tradition, and thus created a more interpretative version of that genre.
By the late 1970s, the search for Japanese qualities and a national style caused many artists to reevaluate their artistic ideology and turn away from what some felt were the empty formulas of the West. Later bunjinga artists considerably modified both the techniques and the subject matter of this genre to create a blending of Japanese and Chinese styles.
One important group was the Tosa school, which developed primarily out of the yamato-e tradition, and which was known mostly for small scale works and illustrations of literary classics in book or emaki format. Important artists in the Azuchi-Momoyama period include: Many art historians show the Edo period as a continuation of the Azuchi-Momoyama period. These artists felt that there was nothing Japanese about their works, and indeed they belonged to the international school.


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Sunday Mass Online : Sunday, April 4, 2020 - Palm or Passion Sunday - #Eucharist in Lent - Readings + Video
Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion
At The Procession With Palms - Gospel 35 YEAR AMT 21:1-11
When Jesus and the disciples drew near Jerusalem
and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives,
Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them,
"Go into the village opposite you,
and immediately you will find an ass tethered,
and a colt with her.
Untie them and bring them here to me.
And if anyone should say anything to you, reply,
'The master has need of them.'
Then he will send them at once."
This happened so that what had been spoken through the prophet
might be fulfilled:
Say to daughter Zion,
"Behold, your king comes to you,
meek and riding on an ass,
and on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden."
The disciples went and did as Jesus had ordered them.
They brought the ass and the colt and laid their cloaks over them,
and he sat upon them.
The very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road,
while others cut branches from the trees
and strewed them on the road.
The crowds preceding him and those following
kept crying out and saying:
"Hosanna to the Son of David;
blessed is the he who comes in the name of the Lord;
hosanna in the highest."
And when he entered Jerusalem
the whole city was shaken and asked, "Who is this?"
And the crowds replied,
"This is Jesus the prophet, from Nazareth in Galilee."
At The Mass IS 50:4-7
The Lord GOD has given me
a well-trained tongue,
that I might know how to speak to the weary
a word that will rouse them.
Morning after morning
he opens my ear that I may hear;
and I have not rebelled,
have not turned back.
I gave my back to those who beat me,
my cheeks to those who plucked my beard;
my face I did not shield
from buffets and spitting.
The Lord GOD is my help,
therefore I am not disgraced;
I have set my face like flint,
knowing that I shall not be put to shame.
Responsorial PsalmPS 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24.
R. (2a) My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
All who see me scoff at me;
they mock me with parted lips, they wag their heads:
"He relied on the LORD; let him deliver him,
let him rescue him, if he loves him."
R. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
Indeed, many dogs surround me,
a pack of evildoers closes in upon me;
They have pierced my hands and my feet;
I can count all my bones.
They divide my garments among them,
and for my vesture they cast lots.
But you, O LORD, be not far from me;
O my help, hasten to aid me.
I will proclaim your name to my brethren;
in the midst of the assembly I will praise you:
"You who fear the LORD, praise him;
all you descendants of Jacob, give glory to him;
revere him, all you descendants of Israel!"
Reading 2PHIL 2:6-11
Christ Jesus, though he was in the form of God,
something to be grasped.
Rather, he emptied himself,
coming in human likeness;
and found human in appearance,
he humbled himself,
becoming obedient to the point of death,
Because of this, God greatly exalted him
and bestowed on him the name
which is above every name,
that at the name of Jesus
every knee should bend,
of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue confess that
Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
Verse Before The GospelPHIL 2:8-9
Christ became obedient to the point of death,
and bestowed on him the name which is above every name.
GospelMT 26:14—27:66 OR 27:11-54
One of the Twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot,
went to the chief priests and said,
"What are you willing to give me
if I hand him over to you?"
They paid him thirty pieces of silver,
and from that time on he looked for an opportunity
to hand him over.
On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread,
the disciples approached Jesus and said,
"Where do you want us to prepare
for you to eat the Passover?"
"Go into the city to a certain man and tell him,
'The teacher says, "My appointed time draws near;
in your house I shall celebrate the Passover with my disciples."'"
The disciples then did as Jesus had ordered,
and prepared the Passover.
When it was evening,
he reclined at table with the Twelve.
And while they were eating, he said,
"Amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me."
Deeply distressed at this,
they began to say to him one after another,
"Surely it is not I, Lord?"
He said in reply,
"He who has dipped his hand into the dish with me
is the one who will betray me.
The Son of Man indeed goes, as it is written of him,
but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed.
It would be better for that man if he had never been born."
Then Judas, his betrayer, said in reply,
"Surely it is not I, Rabbi?"
He answered, "You have said so."
While they were eating,
Jesus took bread, said the blessing,
broke it, and giving it to his disciples said,
Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying,
"Drink from it, all of you,
for this is my blood of the covenant,
which will be shed on behalf of many
for the forgiveness of sins.
I tell you, from now on I shall not drink this fruit of the vine
until the day when I drink it with you new
in the kingdom of my Father."
Then, after singing a hymn,
they went out to the Mount of Olives.
Then Jesus said to them,
"This night all of you will have your faith in me shaken,
for it is written:
I will strike the shepherd,
and the sheep of the flock will be dispersed;
but after I have been raised up,
I shall go before you to Galilee."
Peter said to him in reply,
"Though all may have their faith in you shaken,
mine will never be."
Jesus said to him,
"Amen, I say to you,
this very night before the cock crows,
you will deny me three times."
Peter said to him,
"Even though I should have to die with you,
I will not deny you."
And all the disciples spoke likewise.
Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane,
and he said to his disciples,
"Sit here while I go over there and pray."
He took along Peter and the two sons of Zebedee,
and began to feel sorrow and distress.
Then he said to them,
"My soul is sorrowful even to death.
Remain here and keep watch with me."
He advanced a little and fell prostrate in prayer, saying,
"My Father, if it is possible,
let this cup pass from me;
yet, not as I will, but as you will."
When he returned to his disciples he found them asleep.
He said to Peter,
"So you could not keep watch with me for one hour?
Watch and pray that you may not undergo the test.
Withdrawing a second time, he prayed again,
"My Father, if it is not possible that this cup pass
without my drinking it, your will be done!"
Then he returned once more and found them asleep,
for they could not keep their eyes open.
He left them and withdrew again and prayed a third time,
saying the same thing again.
Then he returned to his disciples and said to them,
"Are you still sleeping and taking your rest?
Behold, the hour is at hand
when the Son of Man is to be handed over to sinners.
Get up, let us go.
Look, my betrayer is at hand."
While he was still speaking,
Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived,
accompanied by a large crowd, with swords and clubs,
who had come from the chief priests and the elders
of the people.
His betrayer had arranged a sign with them, saying,
"The man I shall kiss is the one; arrest him."
Immediately he went over to Jesus and said,
"Hail, Rabbi!" and he kissed him.
Jesus answered him,
"Friend, do what you have come for."
Then stepping forward they laid hands on Jesus and arrested him.
And behold, one of those who accompanied Jesus
put his hand to his sword, drew it,
and struck the high priest's servant, cutting off his ear.
Then Jesus said to him,
"Put your sword back into its sheath,
for all who take the sword will perish by the sword.
Do you think that I cannot call upon my Father
and he will not provide me at this moment
with more than twelve legions of angels?
But then how would the Scriptures be fulfilled
which say that it must come to pass in this way?"
At that hour Jesus said to the crowds,
"Have you come out as against a robber,
with swords and clubs to seize me?
Day after day I sat teaching in the temple area,
yet you did not arrest me.
But all this has come to pass
that the writings of the prophets may be fulfilled."
Then all the disciples left him and fled.
Those who had arrested Jesus led him away
to Caiaphas the high priest,
where the scribes and the elders were assembled.
Peter was following him at a distance
as far as the high priest's courtyard,
and going inside he sat down with the servants
to see the outcome.
The chief priests and the entire Sanhedrin
kept trying to obtain false testimony against Jesus
in order to put him to death,
but they found none,
though many false witnesses came forward.
Finally two came forward who stated,
"This man said, 'I can destroy the temple of God
and within three days rebuild it.'"
The high priest rose and addressed him,
"Have you no answer?
What are these men testifying against you?"
But Jesus was silent.
Then the high priest said to him,
"I order you to tell us under oath before the living God
whether you are the Christ, the Son of God."
Jesus said to him in reply,
"You have said so.
But I tell you:
From now on you will see 'the Son of Man
seated at the right hand of the Power'
and 'coming on the clouds of heaven.'"
Then the high priest tore his robes and said,
"He has blasphemed!
What further need have we of witnesses?
You have now heard the blasphemy;
what is your opinion?"
They said in reply,
"He deserves to die!"
Then they spat in his face and struck him,
while some slapped him, saying,
"Prophesy for us, Christ: who is it that struck you?"
Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard.
One of the maids came over to him and said,
"You too were with Jesus the Galilean."
But he denied it in front of everyone, saying,
"I do not know what you are talking about!"
As he went out to the gate, another girl saw him
and said to those who were there,
"This man was with Jesus the Nazorean."
Again he denied it with an oath,
"I do not know the man!"
A little later the bystanders came over and said to Peter,
"Surely you too are one of them;
even your speech gives you away."
At that he began to curse and to swear,
"I do not know the man."
And immediately a cock crowed.
Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken:
"Before the cock crows you will deny me three times."
He went out and began to weep bitterly.
When it was morning,
all the chief priests and the elders of the people
took counsel against Jesus to put him to death.
They bound him, led him away,
and handed him over to Pilate, the governor.
Then Judas, his betrayer, seeing that Jesus had been condemned,
deeply regretted what he had done.
He returned the thirty pieces of silver
to the chief priests and elders, saying,
"I have sinned in betraying innocent blood."
They said,
"What is that to us?
Look to it yourself."
Flinging the money into the temple,
he departed and went off and hanged himself.
The chief priests gathered up the money, but said,
"It is not lawful to deposit this in the temple treasury,
for it is the price of blood."
After consultation, they used it to buy the potter's field
as a burial place for foreigners.
That is why that field even today is called the Field of Blood.
Then was fulfilled what had been said through Jeremiah
the prophet,
And they took the thirty pieces of silver,
the value of a man with a price on his head,
a price set by some of the Israelites,
and they paid it out for the potter's field
just as the Lord had commanded me.
Now Jesus stood before the governor, and he questioned him,
"Are you the king of the Jews?"
Jesus said, "You say so."
And when he was accused by the chief priests and elders,
he made no answer.
Then Pilate said to him,
"Do you not hear how many things they are testifying against you?"
But he did not answer him one word,
so that the governor was greatly amazed.
Now on the occasion of the feast
the governor was accustomed to release to the crowd
one prisoner whom they wished.
And at that time they had a notorious prisoner called Barabbas.
So when they had assembled, Pilate said to them,
"Which one do you want me to release to you,
Barabbas, or Jesus called Christ?"
For he knew that it was out of envy
that they had handed him over.
While he was still seated on the bench,
his wife sent him a message,
"Have nothing to do with that righteous man.
I suffered much in a dream today because of him."
The chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds
to ask for Barabbas but to destroy Jesus.
The governor said to them in reply,
"Which of the two do you want me to release to you?"
They answered, "Barabbas!"
Pilate said to them,
"Then what shall I do with Jesus called Christ?"
They all said,
"Let him be crucified!"
But he said,
"Why? What evil has he done?"
They only shouted the louder,
When Pilate saw that he was not succeeding at all,
but that a riot was breaking out instead,
he took water and washed his hands in the sight of the crowd,
saying, "I am innocent of this man's blood.
Look to it yourselves."
And the whole people said in reply,
"His blood be upon us and upon our children."
Then he released Barabbas to them,
but after he had Jesus scourged,
he handed him over to be crucified.
Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus inside the praetorium
and gathered the whole cohort around him.
They stripped off his clothes
and threw a scarlet military cloak about him.
Weaving a crown out of thorns, they placed it on his head,
and a reed in his right hand.
And kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying,
"Hail, King of the Jews!"
They spat upon him and took the reed
and kept striking him on the head.
And when they had mocked him,
they stripped him of the cloak,
dressed him in his own clothes,
and led him off to crucify him.
As they were going out, they met a Cyrenian named Simon;
this man they pressed into service
to carry his cross.
And when they came to a place called Golgotha
—which means Place of the Skull —,
they gave Jesus wine to drink mixed with gall.
But when he had tasted it, he refused to drink.
After they had crucified him,
they divided his garments by casting lots;
then they sat down and kept watch over him there.
And they placed over his head the written charge against him:
This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.
Two revolutionaries were crucified with him,
one on his right and the other on his left.
Those passing by reviled him, shaking their heads and saying,
"You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,
save yourself, if you are the Son of God,
and come down from the cross!"
Likewise the chief priests with the scribes and elders mocked him and said,
"He saved others; he cannot save himself.
So he is the king of Israel!
Let him come down from the cross now,
and we will believe in him.
He trusted in God;
let him deliver him now if he wants him.
For he said, 'I am the Son of God.'"
The revolutionaries who were crucified with him
also kept abusing him in the same way.
From noon onward, darkness came over the whole land
until three in the afternoon.
And about three o'clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice,
"Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?"
which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
Some of the bystanders who heard it said,
"This one is calling for Elijah."
Immediately one of them ran to get a sponge;
he soaked it in wine, and putting it on a reed,
gave it to him to drink.
But the rest said,
"Wait, let us see if Elijah comes to save him."
But Jesus cried out again in a loud voice,
and gave up his spirit.
And behold, the veil of the sanctuary
was torn in two from top to bottom.
The earth quaked, rocks were split, tombs were opened,
and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised.
And coming forth from their tombs after his resurrection,
they entered the holy city and appeared to many.
The centurion and the men with him who were keeping watch over Jesus
feared greatly when they saw the earthquake
and all that was happening, and they said,
"Truly, this was the Son of God!"
There were many women there, looking on from a distance,
who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him.
Among them were Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joseph,
and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
there came a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph,
who was himself a disciple of Jesus.
He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus;
then Pilate ordered it to be handed over.
Taking the body, Joseph wrapped it in clean linen
and laid it in his new tomb that he had hewn in the rock.
Then he rolled a huge stone across the entrance to the tomb
and departed.
But Mary Magdalene and the other Mary
remained sitting there, facing the tomb.
The next day, the one following the day of preparation,
the chief priests and the Pharisees
gathered before Pilate and said,
"Sir, we remember that this impostor while still alive said,
'After three days I will be raised up.'
Give orders, then, that the grave be secured until the third day,
lest his disciples come and steal him and say to the people,
'He has been raised from the dead.'
This last imposture would be worse than the first."
"The guard is yours;
go, secure it as best you can."
So they went and secured the tomb
by fixing a seal to the stone and setting the guard.
Jesus stood before the governor, Pontius Pilate, who questioned him,
— which means Place of the Skull —,
'Wait, let us see if Elijah comes to save him."
Prayer to make spiritual communion:
People who cannot communicate now make spiritual communion.
At your feet, O my Jesus I bow down and offer you the repentance of my contrite heart, which abysses itself into its nothingness and Your holy presence. I adore you in the Sacrament of Your love, the ineffable Eucharist. I wish to receive you in the poor home that my heart offers you. In anticipation of the happiness of sacramental communion, I want to possess you in spirit. Come to me, oh my Jesus, that I come to you. May Your love inflame my whole being, for life and death. I believe in you, I hope in you, I love you. So be it. Amen
Saint April 5 : St. Vincent Ferrer a Dominican who was known for Prophecy and Patron of Builders, construction workers, Plumbers
January 23, 1350, Valencia, Kingdom of Valencia
April 5, 1419, Vannes, Brittany, France
June 3, 1455, Rome by Pope Calixtus III
Major Shrine:
Vannes Cathedral
Patron of:
builders, construction workers, plumbers
Famous Dominican missionary, born at Valencia, 23 January, 1350; died at Vannes, Brittany, 5 April, 1419. He was descended from the younger of two brothers who were knighted for their valour in the conquest of Valencia, 1238. In 1340 Vincent's father, William Ferrer, married Constantia Miguel, whose family had likewise been ennobled during the conquest of Valencia. Vincent was their fourth child. A brother, not unknown to history, was Boniface Ferrer, General of the Carthusians, who was employed by the antipope Benedict XIII in important diplomatic missions. Vincent was educated at Valencia, and completed his philosophy at the age of fourteen. In 1367 he entered the Dominican Order, and was sent to the house of studies at Barcelona the following year. In 1370 he taught philosophy at Lérida; one of his pupils there was Pierre Fouloup, later Grand Inquisitor of Aragon. In 1373 Vincent returned to the Dominican "Studium arabicum et hebraicum" at Barcelona. During his stay there famine was prevalent; filled with compassion for the sufferers; Vincent foretold, while preaching one day, the near approach of ships bearing wheat. His prediction was fulfilled. In 1377 he was sent to continue his studies at Toulouse, where, in his own words, "study followed prayer, and prayer succeeded study". In 1379 Vincent was retained by Cardinal Pedro de Luna, legate of the Court of Aragon, who was endeavouring to win King Peter IV to the obedience of Avignon. The saint, thoroughly convinced of the legitimacy of the claims of the Avignon pontiffs, was one of their strongest champions. From 1385 to 1390 he taught theology in the cathedral at Valencia.
After this Vincent carried on his apostolic work while in Pedro de Luna's suite. At Valladolid he converted a rabbi, later well known as Bishop Paul of Burgos. At Salamanca Queen Yolanda of Aragon chose him for her confessor, 1391-5. About this time he was cited before the Inquisiton for preaching publicly "the Judas had done penance", but Pedro de Luna, recently raised to the papal chair as Benedict XIII, cited the case before his tribunal and burned the papers. Benedict then called him to Avignon and appointed him confessor and Apostolic penitentiary. Notwithstanding the indifference of so many prelates in the papal Court, he laboured zealously among the people. He steadfastly refused the honours, including the cardinalate, which were offered to him. France withdrew from the obedience of Avignon in September, 1398, and the troops of Charles VI laid siege to the city. An attack of fever at this time brought Vincent to death's door, but during an apparition of Christ accompanied by St. Dominic and St. Francis he was miraculously cured and sent to preach penance and prepare men for the coming judgment. Not until November, 1399, did Benedict allow Vincent Ferrer to begin his apostolate, furnished with full powers of a legate a latere Christi. For twenty years he traversed western Europe, preaching penance for sin and preparation for judgment. Provence was the first field of his apostolate; he was obliged to preach in squares and open places, such were the numbers that flocked to hear him. In 1401 he evangelized Dauphiny, Savoy, and the Alpine region, converting many Catharins and Waldensians. Thence he penetrated into Lombardy. While preaching at Alexandria he singled out from among the hearers a youth who was destined to evangelize Italy, Bernadine of Siena. Another chosen soul with whom Vincent came in contact while in Italy was Margaret of Savoy. During the years 1403-4 Switzerland, Savoy, and Lyons received the missionary. He was followed by an army of penitents drawn from every rank of society, who desired to remain under his guidance. Vincent was ever watchful of his disciples, and never did the breath of scandal touch this strange assemblage, which numbered at times 10,000. Genoa, Flanders, Northern France, all heard Vincent in turn. It would be difficult to understand how he could make himself understood by the many nationalities he evangelized, as he could speak only Limousin, the language of Valencia. Many of his biographers hold that he was endowed with the gift of tongues, an opinion supported by Nicholas Clemangis, a doctor of the University of Paris, who had heard him preach.
In 1408 Vincent was at Genoa consoling the plague-stricken. A meeting had been arranged there between Gregory XII and Benedict XIII in the hope of putting an end to the schism. Vincent again urged Benedict to have pity on the afflicted Church, but in vain. Disappointed, he returned to Spain. It would be difficult to overestimate the influence which he exercised in the Iberian peninsula. Castile, Aragon, Valencia, Murcia, Granada, Andalusia, and Asturias were visited in turn, and everywhere miracles marked his progress; Christians, Jews, and Moslems were all lost in admiration of the thaumaturgus. From 1408 until 1416 he worked almost continuously south of the Pyrenees. At different times in Spanish history strenuous attempts had been made to convert the Jewish people, baptism or spoliation being the alternatives offered to them. This state of affairs existed when Vincent began to work among them; multitudes were won over by his preaching. Ranzano, his first biographer, estimates the number of Jews converted at 25,000. In the Kingdom of Granada he converted thousands of Moors. Vincent was often called upon to aid his country in temporal affairs, as the counsellor of kings and at one time the arbiter of the destiny of Spain. In 1409 he was commissioned by Benedict XIII to announce to Martin of Aragon the death of his only son and heir.
After Martin's death, the representatives of the Kingdoms of Aragon, Valencia, and Catalonia appointed Vincent one of the judges to determine the succession to the Crown. At the judgment, known as the Compromise of Caspe, he took the leading part and helped to elect Ferdinand of Castile. Vincent was one of the most resolute and faithful adherents of Benedict XIII, and by his word, sanctity, and miracles he did much to strengthen Benedict's position. It was not until 1416, when pressed by Ferdinand, King of Aragon, that he abandoned him. On 6 January, preaching at Perpignan, he declared anew to the vast throng gathered around his pulpit that Benedict XIII was the legitimate pope, but that, since he would not resign to bring peace to the Church, Ferdinand had withdrawn his states from the obedience of Avignon. This act must have caused Vincent much sorrow, for he was deeply attached to Benedict. Nevertheless, it was thought that Vincent was the only person sufficiently esteemed to announce such a step to the Spanish races. John Dominici was more fortunate in his attempts to pave the way for reunion, when he announced to the Council of Constance the resignation of Gregory XII. Vincent did not go to the Council of Constance; he continued his apostolic journeys through France, and spent the last two years of his life in Brittany, where consciences without number were reformed and instructed in a Christian way of life.
Vincent felt that he was the messenger of penance sent to prepare men for the judgment. For twenty years he traversed Western Europe preaching penance and awakening the dormant consciences of sinners by his wondrous eloquence. His austere life was but the living expression of his doctrine. The floor was his usual bed; perpetually fasting, he arose at two in the morning to chant the Office, celebrating Mass daily, afterwards preaching, sometimes three hours, and frequently working miracles. After his midday meal he would tend the sick children; at eight o'clock he prepared his sermon for the following day. He usually travelled on foot, poorly clad. Among St. Vincent's writings are: De suppositionibus dialecticis"; "De natura universalis"; "De monderno ecclesiae schismate", a defence of the Avignon pontiffs; and "De vita spirituali". His "Sermons" were published at Antwerp (1570), Augsburg (1729), and Lyons (1816); and his complete works at Valence (1591). He was canonized by Calixtus III at the Dominican Church of Santa Maria Sopra Minerva, Rome, 3 June, 1455.
(Taken from Catholic Encyclopedia)
Pope Francis Asks You to "Make a gesture of tenderness towards those who suffer..." in Holy Week Special Video Message - Full Text
The official translation of the Pope's video message is below: (from VaticanNews) - Video below:
Dear friends, good evening!
This evening I have the chance to enter your homes in a different way than usual. If you allow me, I would like to have a conversation with you for a few moments, in this time of difficulty and of suffering. I can imagine you in your families, living an unusual life to avoid contagion. I am thinking of the liveliness of children and young people, who cannot go out, attend school, live their lives. I have in my heart all the families, especially those who have a loved one who is sick or who have unfortunately experienced mourning due to the coronavirus or other causes. These days I often think about people who are alone, and for whom it is more difficult to face these moments. Above all I think of the elderly, who are very dear to me.
I cannot forget those who are sick with coronavirus, people who are in hospital. I am aware of the generosity of those who put themselves at risk for the treatment of this pandemic or to guarantee the essential services to society. So many heroes, every day, at every hour! I also remember how many are in financial straits and are worried about work and the future. A thought also goes out to prison inmates, whose pain is compounded by fear of the epidemic, for themselves and their loved ones; I think of the homeless, who do not have a home to protect them.
It is a difficult time for everyone. For many, very difficult. The Pope knows this and, with these words, he wants to tell everyone of his closeness and affection. Let us try, if we can, to make the best use of this time: let us be generous; let us help those in need in our neighbourhood; let us look out for the loneliest people, perhaps by telephone or social networks; let us pray to the Lord for those who are in difficulty in Italy and in the world. Even if we are isolated, thought and spirit can go far with the creativity of love. This is what we need today: the creativity of love. This is what is needed today: the creativity of love.
We will celebrate Holy Week in a truly unusual way, which manifests and sums up the message of the Gospel, that of God's boundless love. And in the silence of our cities, the Easter Gospel will resound. The Apostle Paul says: "And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him Who died for them and was raised again" (2 Cor 5:15). In the risen Jesus, life conquered death. This Paschal faith nourishes our hope. I would like to share it with you this evening. It is the hope of a better time, in which we can be better, finally freed from evil and from this pandemic. It is a hope: hope does not disappoint; it is not an illusion, it is a hope.
Beside each other, in love and patience, we can prepare a better time in these days. Thank you for allowing me into your homes. Make a gesture of tenderness towards those who suffer, towards children, and towards the elderly. Tell them that the Pope is close and pray, that the Lord will soon deliver us all from evil. And you, pray for me. Have a good dinner. See you soon!
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Hear my prayer, O Lord: and let my crying come unto thee. (Psalm 102:1)
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#BreakingNews Sister of Mother Teresa Dies from COVID-19 contracted while bringing Food to Infected - RIP Sr. Sienna
COVID-19 has caused the death of a 73-year-old Sister of the Missionaries of Charity in the United Kingdom. Sister Sienna was admitted to Hospital with complications of the viral infection and died due to the coronavirus on April 1, 2020. The nun was working with the poor in Swansea, Wales, some near London. She was involved in distributing food to those affected by the coronavirus. A native of Jharkhand state in India, Sister Sienna has served the community in England. She was also active in the spiritual services of the Indian Catholic community and had been a Sister for 50 years
The Sisters also ask for Prayer because now all the other sisters in her convent have contracted the virus.
The Statement from the convent said: *With deep sorrow, we inform you that Sister Sienna M. C. (Missionaries of Charity founded by Mother Teresa), 73, from Swansea Convent (Wales, United Kingdom) contracted Covid-19 while serving the sick & has gone for her Eternal rest with our Lord yesterday. She was admitted to hospital due to Covid-19 last week.* *She is from Jharkhand, India. Please pray for the repose of her soul. Kindly pray for the other M. C. Sisters in her convent. All the Sisters in her community are infected with the same disease & one is very serious.* *R. I. P., Sr Sienna, M.C.*
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At Mass, Pope Francis says "When we find ourselves in a sin....we must go to ask the Lord for forgiveness..." Full Video
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FROM THE CHAPEL OF CASA SANTA MARTA
HOMILY OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS
"The process of temptation"
In these moments of disturbance, of difficulty, of pain, many times people are given the opportunity to do one or the other thing, many good things. But even there is no lack of someone who comes up with the idea of doing something not so good, taking advantage of the moment and taking advantage of it for themselves, for their own profit. Let us pray today that the Lord give us all a righteous conscience, a transparent conscience, which can be seen by God without being ashamed.
It has been a long time since the doctors of the law, even the high priests, were worried because strange things were going on in the country. Before this John, who eventually left him alone because he was a prophet, baptized there and people went, but there were no other consequences.
Then this Jesus came, signaled by John. He began to make signs, miracles, but above all to speak to people and people understood, and people followed him, and he did not always observe the law and this worried so much. "This is a revolutionary, a peaceful revolutionary ... This brings people to him, people follow him ..." (cf. Jn 11: 47-48). And these ideas led them to talk to each other: "But look, I don't like this ... that other ...", and so among them there was this theme of conversation, of concern as well. Then some went to him to test him and the Lord always had a clear answer that to them, doctors of the law, had not come to mind. We think of that woman married seven times, widow seven times: "But in heaven, which of these husbands will she be married to?" (cf. Lk 20.33). He replied clearly and they went a little ashamed for the wisdom of Jesus and at other times they went humiliated, as when they wanted to stone that adulterous lady and Jesus said at the end: "Who of you is without sin throw the first stone "(cf. Jn 8,7) and says the Gospel that they left, beginning with the older ones, humiliated at that moment.
This increased this conversation between them: "We have to do something, this is wrong ...". Then they sent the soldiers to take him and they came back saying: "We could not take him because this man speaks like no one" ... "You too have been fooled" (cf. Jn. 7,45-49): angry because not even soldiers could take it. And then, after the resurrection of Lazarus - this we heard today - many Jews went there to see the sisters and Lazarus, but some went to see how things are going to bring them back, and some of them went to the Pharisees and reported to them what Jesus had done (cf. Jn 11.45). Others believed in Him. And these who are gone, the talkers of all time, who live carrying the chatter ... have gone to tell them. At this moment, that group that had formed lawyers had a formal meeting: "This is very dangerous, we have to make a decision. What are we going to do? This man performs many signs - they recognize miracles - If we let him continue like this, everyone will believe in him, there is danger, the people will go after him, they will detach themselves from us "- the people were not attached to them -" They will come the Romans and they will destroy our temple and our nation "(cf. Jn 11,48).
In this there was part of the truth but not all, it was a justification, because they had found a balance with the occupier, but they hated the Roman occupant, but politically they had found a balance. So they talked to each other. One of them, Caiaphas - he was the most radical - was high priest said: "Do not you realize that it is convenient for you that one man die for the people, and the whole nation will not be ruined!" (Jn. 11.50). He was the high priest and makes the proposal: "Let's take him out". And John says: "But this he did not say for himself, but, being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus had to die for the nation ... From that day therefore they decided to kill him" (cf. Jn 11,51-53 ). It was a trial, a trial that began with small anxieties in the time of John the Baptist and then ended in this session of lawyers and priests. A growing process, a process that was safer than the decision they had to make, but no one had said it so clear: "This must be done out." This way of proceeding for the doctors of the law is just a figure of how temptation works in us, because behind this evidently it was the devil who wanted to destroy Jesus and the temptation in us generally acts like this: it starts with a little thing, with a desire, an idea grows, infects others and ultimately justifies itself.
These are the three steps of the devil's temptation in us and here are the three steps that the devil's temptation made in the person of the lawyer. It began with little, but it has grown, it has grown, then it has infected the others, it has become a body and in the end it is justified: "It is necessary for one to die for the people" (cf. Jn 11.50), justification total. And everyone went home quietly. They said, "This is the decision we had to make." And all of us, when we are overcome by temptation, end up calm, because we have found a justification for this sin, for this sinful attitude, for this life not according to the law of God.
We should have the habit of seeing this process of temptation in us . That process that makes us change our hearts from good to bad, which takes us on the downhill road. Something that grows, grows, grows slowly, then infects others and ultimately justifies itself. The temptations of a blow hardly come to us, the devil is cunning. And she knows how to take this path, the same one has taken to arrive at the condemnation of Jesus. When we find ourselves in a sin, in a fall, yes, we must go to ask the Lord for forgiveness, it is the first step we must take, but then we have to say, "How did I come to fall there? How did this process start in my soul? How did you grow up? Who have I infected? And how in the end did I justify myself for falling? ". The life of Jesus is always an example for us and the things that have happened to Jesus are things that will happen to us, the temptations, the justifications, the good people who are around us and perhaps we do not feel it and the bad ones, at the moment of temptation, let's try to get closer to them to make temptation. But let's never forget: always, behind a sin, behind a fall, there is a temptation that started small, that has grown, that has infected and in the end I find a justification for falling. The Holy Spirit enlightens us in this inner knowledge.
People who cannot communicate will now make spiritual communion.
My Jesus, I believe that you are truly present in the Blessed Sacrament of the altar. I love you above all and desire you in my soul. Since I cannot receive you sacramentally now, at least spiritually come to my heart. As already came, I embrace you and I join you all. Don't let it ever separate me from you. Amen.
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Walmart and Target: A tale of two discount chains
November 18, 2012 / 4:24 AM / CBS/AP
NEW YORK This holiday season, the biggest discount chains in the U.S. will tell the tale of two very different shoppers: Those that have and those that have not.
Walmart (WMT), the world's largest retailer, on Thursday acknowledged that its low-income shoppers continue to struggle in the economy and issued an outlook for the fourth quarter -- which encompasses the holiday shopping period -- that falls below Wall Street estimates. On the same day, its smaller rival Target (TGT), which caters to more affluent shoppers, said it expects results during the quarter to exceed the Street's projections.
The two discounters offer valuable insight into how Americans will spend in November and December, a period that's traditionally the busiest shopping period of the year. Some merchants depend on the holiday shopping season for up to 40 percent of their annual sales, but economists watch the period closely to get a temperature reading on the overall mood of American consumers.
The forecasts seem to confirm a trend that has taken shape during the economic downturn. Well-heeled shoppers spend more freely as the economy begins to show new signs of life, while consumers in the lower-income brackets continue to hold tight to their purse strings even as the housing and stock markets rebound.
Walmart and Target both are discounters, but they cater to different customers. Walmart, which says its customers' average household income ranges from $30,000 to $60,000, hammers its low-price message and focuses on stocking basics like tee shirts and underwear along with household goods. But Target, whose customers have a median household income of $64,000 a year, is known for carrying discounted designer clothes and home decor under the same roof as detergent and dishwashing liquid.
Walmart profit up
Target profit jumps
Retailers are anxious
Even the tone that the retailers struck on Thursday was different.
Charles Holley, Walmart's chief financial officer, told reporters during a call that the retailer's customers still are worried about high unemployment and higher basic costs for things like gas. He said he also worries that they also will have some anxiety over big tax increases and spending cuts - known as the "fiscal cliff" - that will take effect in January unless Congress and the White House reach a budget deal by then.
"Macroeconomic conditions continue to pressure our customers," Holley said.
Meanwhile, Gregg Steinhafel, Target's chairman and president, told investors: "We feel good about our ability to deliver inspiring merchandise, most-wanted gifts, and unbeatable value, while also generating expected profitability."
The fortunes of the two retailers have changed during the economic downturn.
Walmart at first fared well during the slowdown as affluent shoppers traded down to its stores. But the company eventually began to lose some of its core low-income shoppers in the process.
The company, based in Bentonville, Ark., posted nine consecutive quarters of revenue declines in its U.S. namesake business as it moved away from its lowest prices strategy and got rid of thousands of basic items its core customers covet in an effort to de-clutter the stores.
Walmart's namesake U.S. business, which began re-emphasizing low prices and restocked shelves in 2010, reversed the decline last year. The business has recorded five consecutive quarters of gains in revenue at stores open at least a year, an indicator of a retailer's health.
But its momentum has slowed. Walmart said Thursday that its namesake U.S. business had a 1.5 percent increase in revenue at stores open at least a year. But the gain is short of the 1.8 percent increase Wall Street expected. It's also a slowdown in growth from the 2.2 percent gain the business posted in the second quarter and the 2.6 percent increase it had in the first quarter.
Walmart issued a fourth-quarter profit outlook that's below analysts' forecasts. For the quarter, it expects earnings per share to be between $1.53 and $1.58, below the $1.59 analysts expected.
"It shows that its consumer is still struggling," said Ken Perkins, president of Retail Metrics, a research company.
Target, based in Minneapolis, initially struggled during the economic slowdown. Its fashion-forward image hurt it during the downturn: People didn't perceive Target as having the best prices.
To combat that, the retailer expanded its food offerings and began to emphasize low prices in its advertising - two things that put it in direct competition with Walmart. It also started a 5 percent discount program for customers who use its branded credit or debit cards.
But its focus on prices and groceries cost it some cachet, and its performance has been choppy. The latest results show that Target has found a balance between fashion and price. Target said Thursday that revenue at stores open at least a year rose 2.9 percent in the third quarter, roughly in line with Wall Street estimates.
For the fourth quarter, which ends in January, Target said that it anticipates adjusted earnings of $1.64 to $1.74 per share. That beast the $1.51 per share analysts expected.
"Looking ahead, we are confident in our holiday merchandising and marketing plans," Kathee Tesija, Target's executive vice president of merchandising, told investors on Thursday.
The difference between the two discounters is becoming more apparent during the holiday shopping season, as both discounters attempt to cater to lure different shoppers into stores.
Walmart last week said it will offer deeper discounts and a broader assortment of merchandise. The company also started its holiday layaway program a month earlier than a year ago and lowered its fees for the program from $15 to $5.
The move seems to working. It has booked an additional $300 million in layaway business compared with a year ago. The company will record sales for layaway during the fourth quarter.
Target, on the other hand, is trying to appeal to higher-end shoppers.
The retailer is teaming up with luxury merchant Neiman Marcus to offer a limited collection spanning from fashion to sporting goods. More than 50 products from 24 designers, including Oscar de la Renta and Diane von Furstenberg will be available at both stores and on their websites starting Dec. 1 until they are sold out. Target is also bolstering its home area with names like Nate Berkus, which launched late last month.
Target told investors Thursday that it hasn't offered layaway like Walmart because its customers haven't asked for it. Still, the retailer is playing up value.
Target for the first time is matching prices that customers find on identical products at some online competitors this holiday season, including Walmart.com and Amazon.com (AMZN). The price match program, which covers the period from Nov. 1 through Dec. 16, is an attempt to combat the "showrooming" trend in which shoppers use their smartphones while they're in stores to browse for products at cheaper prices.
Target's customers may be a little more resilient than Walmart's to the economy's woes, but Target officials said that the retailer expects shoppers to remain cautious.
"Our research with (customers) indicates they are continuing to shop with discipline, focusing on lists and budgets and occasionally splurging on more discretionary items," said Target's Tesija.
AP retail writer Anne D'Innocenzio contributed to this report.
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From Wang Yibo to the subsequent statement of No. 18 rider Hu Tongming, one time, everyone has cast a look at the niche event of the motorcycle circle, and the accusation of other drivers also let Wang Yibo's car people in danger. In the previous few days, the Zic Zhuhai motorcycle race, Wang Yibo and No. 18 rider Hu Tongming have collided accidents, and quickly vocal accused that the other party has no physical education, plus the players who have flowed out of the event, cheering video and suspected Hu Tongming Tongrai teammates celebrate, one time fans and netizens are questioning whether the behavior of the No. 18 driver in the game is compliant. The follow-up statement of Hu Tongming has shown that all the questions questioned by netizens, and with the sound of many motorcycles, public opinion is also biased. On the 11th, Markang was issued by the social platform. He figured straight into the "My Fan not to help me" in the content of Wang Yibo. "There is indirectly admitting fans on the network to the driver's horses, and directly pointed out Wang Yibo in the track. There is no "physical education", in addition to this, there is a problem with the configuration of the vehicle in the competition and the level of the same car proposed its own question. Plus an anonymous rider released Changwen on the Internet to combat all kinds of questions during the Wang Yibo competition, indicating that there is a collision and falling on the ground, which is itself a fierce competitive competition, and each driver is The method should be different. In this uncertainty, I can't do the intentional trip Xiao Wan said, and I have a driving safety and life safety. This kind of thing is not pleased. Not willing. In addition, the problem of overtaking is also unfair, because Wang Yibo is a straight-handed game in the first few laps, there is no technical content, it is because Wang Yibo's car is high, And the registration requirements for the same group players are also fully cooperated with Wang Yibo to get a good name. You can't participate in the same type, plus the vehicle is also small displacement, and there is no small displacement of a small displacement in 198. It is a group of amateur drivers to set off Wang Yibo's "professional". It is definitely caused a unfair than the competition that will definitely cause the dissatisfaction of other drivers, so the cheers in the background and the fists on the track are not difficult. Since I love the racing, I even said that it is a fair to maintain the game as "girlfriend". Although many things are the company in handling, he will not control so much, but this photographed variety host, skateboard Motorcycle, what is marketing, a genius teenager, is really a bit, next time I have a full star's racing competition, which will not be gone by the "leggings" of the drivers.
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Despite Lower Olympic Ratings, NBC Hits Guarantees, Turns A Profit
NBC "started strong in the ratings" for the Pyeongchang Games, but "faded in the homestretch in part, executives believe, because more people became absorbed in the news" following the Parkland high school shooting, according to David Bauder of the AP. NBCU will still "turn a profit" on the Games and it will "hit the ratings guarantees it promised to advertisers, an important financial barometer." While the ratings are down from Sochi, streaming services have "changed viewing behavior" since '14. Telecasts drawing bigger audiences than four years ago are "rare." NBC during the Games "routinely had more viewers than ABC, CBS and Fox combined" in primetime. NBC Broadcasting & Sports Chair Mark Lazarus said, "We were a little surprised that it started out as strong as it did. It will end up about where we thought it would." Bauder noted NBC's decision to broadcast its Olympic show live across the country "turned out to be well-suited" to the 14-hour time difference in Pyeongchang. The "late-night show on the East Coast ... was filled with live events," which led to a jump in ratings for that window. NBC also "learned to use NBCSN to [complement] NBC" (AP, 2/25). CNN's Brian Lowry wrote NBC's ratings performance shows that "even in a fragmented age, broadcasters can still assemble massive audiences and create national conversations" around big events. NBC in its daily releases tried to combat the decreased ratings from Sochi by "pointing out that its results represent the 'most dominant' night in Olympic history." Lowry: "NBC's point is that ratings for the Games need to be viewed in the context of the gravity -- and abundance of options -- eroding at broadcast viewing, reinforcing the wisdom of its parent Comcast anteing up for future rights" (CNN.com, 2/23). In Dallas, Barry Horn noted it is worth mentioning that NBC "won every primetime night in all 56 major markets since the start of the Games" (DALLAS MORNING NEWS, 2/24).
LIVE AFTER DARK: SI.com's Richard Deitsch notes the live broadcast of the U.S.-Canada women's hockey Gold Medal game on NBCSN "drew a total audience delivery of 3.7 million viewers." The 2.9 million viewers on NBCSN itself was the largest late night audience ever for any network. The U.S.-Sweden men's curling Gold Medal match drew 1.58 million viewers on NBCSN and 78,000 live streams from 1:00-4:00am ET, the "second-largest overnight viewership for the network" (SI.com, 2/25). The 2.9 million viewers for U.S.-Canada was down from 4.9 million for the same Gold Medal game matchup in Sochi, though that aired on NBC at 12:00pm ET (N.Y. TIMES, 2/26). Meanwhile, on Long Island, Neil Best wrote the number of viewers for U.S.-Sweden is a "remarkable figure given the hour, the sport and the channel." NBC covered the curling match "with the trappings of an upset worthy of the moniker 'Miracurl on Ice.'" There were "cutaways to the celebration at the Duluth Curling Club, coverage of the national anthem ceremony and an in-studio group interview that ended with the quintet singing karaoke to an old Journey song" (NEWSDAY.com, 2/24). In Boston, Tara Sullivan noted Team USA's "greatest Olympic triumph ... happened in the wee hours of an East Coast morning" with the women's hockey Gold, while the women's figure skating "nightmare happened smack in the middle of prime time." Sullivan: "When the best showing happens while no one is awake, when the worst showing is there for everyone to see, what is an American audience to do?" (BOSTONGLOBE.com, 2/24).
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LEARNING FROM THE PAST: VOX' Todd VanDerWerff wrote NBC's coverage was "a lot better than it's been in the past." The net "still made silly decisions here and there," but it "usually followed up that moment with a smarter decision, which kept whole evenings of programming from sliding off a cliff into mawkish, soft-focus platitudes." Additionally, the competitions "moved back toward center stage." If viewers were not "interested in the events NBC chose to highlight, it had far more options for viewership on a variety of channels and platforms." VanDerWerff: "The 2018 Olympics give me hope that NBC is finally addressing one of its most persistent criticisms. The network still has a long way to go, and it has to stop assuming that the best way to tell human stories at the games is via packaged profiles straight out of 'Dateline,' rather than letting those human stories unfold in the midst of the competition itself. But maybe the network is moving in the right direction at long last" (VOX.com, 2/25).
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Southern Utah Pioneer Records Sought for Church History Library
Elder and Sister Morse
There is an African proverb that says "When an old man dies, a library is lost."
While most would consider their daily lives to be uninteresting and therefore not worthy of documentation; the reality is each record shows that trials are universal and how each individual deals with life is priceless.
Aaron Holt, National Archivist says "It only takes three generations to lose a piece of oral family history." The stories you know from your family right now, if not shared, or better yet documented, will be lost to the next generation. . .
If your pioneer ancestors were some of the early settlers of southern Utah, then you might want to contact Bob and Patti Morse, Church History Library Specialists for Southern Utah, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
They have been called on a mission for the LDS Church to help preserve the treasure-trove of pioneer records the Church History Library believes lies tucked-away in attics and basements of St. George residents and surrounding areas.
For the last year and a half, the Morse's have been serving a mission at the Church History Library in Salt Lake City learning how to collect, preserve and share all manner of LDS documents. They are now doing the same thing in Southern Utah on special assignment for the Church History Library.
"The Church has been anxious to discover a way of collecting records from southern Utah that would make it easy for members and non-members to donate their wonderful pioneer records and artifacts," said Patti Morse, "while making sure documents are handled and managed according to archival standards."
Why donations make sense
When asked why someone should consider donating to the LDS Church History Library, Bob Morse gave several reasons:
"Archivists widely believe it only takes two or three generations before irreplaceable family records become lost or destroyed," he said. "Families cannot adequately preserve and store documents to protect them from man-made and natural disasters. One fire or flood or upstairs bathtub overflow can wipe out all of a family's records.
"Family records are often dispersed among children and relatives so several family members can each have a few of the historical documents," he continued. "The thought is wonderful, but in practice, it often begins the process of losing the documents as they are often unintentionally misplaced or mishandled."
The natural tendency is to procrastinate the proper preservation of documents. Boxes and files of precious family records inevitably degrade, regardless of best intentions.
309 pioneers called to the area
In October 1861, 309 families were asked by Brigham Young to settle in St. George in what was then called the Cotton Mission. Many of these early pioneers were from southern states and knew about raising cotton. Also, most of those sent were deemed hearty souls who had the abilities and frame of mind to succeed.
St. George was named in honor of George A. Smith, counselor to Brigham Young. Though he did not participate in the settlement of St. George, he personally selected most of the 309 families.
The Morse's are focusing on documents from descendants of the 309 original families as well as other early pioneers that helped St. George get established and prosper.
The easiest way to consider donating personal and family records is to contact Bob and Patti Morse at: pmorse@ldschurch.org or rmorse@ldschurch.org. They will explain the donation process and how records will be preserved