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Monday, June 13, 2005
Sunday, June 12, 2005
Pope Today: Bring the Whole Family to Mass
I've written about this in How To Get the Most Out of the Eucharist even giving the example of how a three year old can aid us into dying to ourselves and accepting Christ in contrast to a modern innovation that seeks to rid itself of "distraction"...the Lazarus' at the gate as it were...in order to be "spiritual."
Here are some quotes from today's Angelus the full text is available
Here
In this unique Eucharistic period, one recurrent theme is that of Sunday, the Day of the Lord, a theme which was also at the heart of the recent Italian Eucharistic Congress held in Bari. During the final Celebration, I highlighted how Christians should consider attending Sunday Mass not as an imposition or a burden, but as a need and a joy. Coming together with our brethren, listening to the Word of God and being nourished by Christ – crucified for us – is a beautiful experience which gives meaning to life and brings peace to our heart. We Christians cannot live without Sunday.
This is why parents are called to enable their children to discover the value and significance of responding to Christ’s invitation to bring the entire Christian family together for Sunday Mass. A crucial leg in this educational journey is first Holy Communion, a real celebration for the parish community as it welcomes its youngest children to the Lord’s Table for the first time. God willing, to highlight the importance of this event for the family and parish, I will hold a special catechetical encounter on 15 October here in the Vatican for children who received their first Communion this year, especially those from Rome and Lazio. This joyous meeting will take place nearly at the end of the Eucharistic Year, when the Ordinary Assembly of the Bishops’ Synod focused on the Eucharistic mystery will be under way.
Here are some quotes from today's Angelus the full text is available
Here
In this unique Eucharistic period, one recurrent theme is that of Sunday, the Day of the Lord, a theme which was also at the heart of the recent Italian Eucharistic Congress held in Bari. During the final Celebration, I highlighted how Christians should consider attending Sunday Mass not as an imposition or a burden, but as a need and a joy. Coming together with our brethren, listening to the Word of God and being nourished by Christ – crucified for us – is a beautiful experience which gives meaning to life and brings peace to our heart. We Christians cannot live without Sunday.
This is why parents are called to enable their children to discover the value and significance of responding to Christ’s invitation to bring the entire Christian family together for Sunday Mass. A crucial leg in this educational journey is first Holy Communion, a real celebration for the parish community as it welcomes its youngest children to the Lord’s Table for the first time. God willing, to highlight the importance of this event for the family and parish, I will hold a special catechetical encounter on 15 October here in the Vatican for children who received their first Communion this year, especially those from Rome and Lazio. This joyous meeting will take place nearly at the end of the Eucharistic Year, when the Ordinary Assembly of the Bishops’ Synod focused on the Eucharistic mystery will be under way.
Saturday, June 11, 2005
Fishing:Joy and Horror
Joseph standing in front (about two feet) of his first catch--a fairly large catfish. 
It was an hour of lessons learned. I kept telling Joseph, "You've got to watch your fishing pole or a big fish will come and pull it into the water right down the river." Which is exactly what happpened about ten minutes after this fish was back in the river swimming away. He wasn't watching it and I wasn't either. The pole was resting on a large rock and started making noise as it made the long trip over the rock, at which time Joseph began to cry. I was trying to calm him down and running after the pole at the same time, almost joining the pole as it submerged out into the river.
So we left without a fishing pole, with a container of worms. It was the third pole I've lost in my life to a fish. I remember my grandfather losing his pole once as he was tending to my pole (I was probably a few years older than Joseph at the time).
I can only imagine the "shark" that Joseph dreamt about last night as he replayed the fish that pulled his fishing pole into the water.
Friday, June 10, 2005
Basil Pennington Dies
I've met Father Pennington several times and enjoyed his writing. I first met him when I was a student at Creighton University some years ago. Most recently spent a day with him at Conyers where he was abbot at the time. He died on June 3 (Feast of the Sacred Heart), I'm surprised this didn't make more of a splash--he along with others mentioned by Amy et al was one of the "hit" Catholic authors of the modern age. Father M. Basil Pennington R.I.P.
Rome Diocese to Formally Launch JPII Beatification
With a Mass on June 28th.Rome diocese to launch John Paul beatification
Marini's Days Numbered as Papal Master of Ceremonies?
Sandro Magister weighs in...Papal Masses on TV: Benedict XVI Wants a New Director
Italian hostage released in Kabul
Pope pleaded for her release in recent angelus message...>>> AsiaNews.it <<< Italian hostage released in Kabul
Pope Speaks to the African Bishops About AIDS
From the Vatican Information Service:
"The traditional teaching of the Church has proven to be the only failsafe way to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS. For this reason, the companionship, joy, happiness and peace which Christian marriage and fidelity provide, and the safeguard which chastity gives, must be continuously presented to the faithful, particularly the young."
"The traditional teaching of the Church has proven to be the only failsafe way to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS. For this reason, the companionship, joy, happiness and peace which Christian marriage and fidelity provide, and the safeguard which chastity gives, must be continuously presented to the faithful, particularly the young."
Thursday, June 9, 2005
Archbishop McCarthy Remembered as `a gentle pastor of souls'
Archbishop McCarthy remembered as `a gentle pastor of souls': South Florida Sun-Sentinel:
"Born April 10, 1918, into a devout Cincinnati family, Archbishop McCarthy studied at St. Gregory and Mount St. Mary seminaries in Norwood, Ohio, then at the Lateran and Angelicum universities in Rome.
He spent almost all his adult life as a diocesan official: as auxiliary bishop in Cincinnati, then the first bishop of Phoenix in 1969. He came to Miami in 1976 to serve as a coadjutor archbishop, alongside the Most Rev. Coleman F. Carroll. He took over after Carroll died the following year."
"Born April 10, 1918, into a devout Cincinnati family, Archbishop McCarthy studied at St. Gregory and Mount St. Mary seminaries in Norwood, Ohio, then at the Lateran and Angelicum universities in Rome.
He spent almost all his adult life as a diocesan official: as auxiliary bishop in Cincinnati, then the first bishop of Phoenix in 1969. He came to Miami in 1976 to serve as a coadjutor archbishop, alongside the Most Rev. Coleman F. Carroll. He took over after Carroll died the following year."
Tropical Storm Arlene
First storm threatening U.S. of the 2005 hurricane season.
Tropical Storm Arlene forms in Caribbean, heads toward Gulf: South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Tropical Storm Arlene forms in Caribbean, heads toward Gulf: South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Alexy II Calls for Catholic-Orthodox Cooperation
One of the more remarkable occurences since the death of John Paul and the election of the Benedict has been the change in stance of the Russian Orthodox Patriarch. Either he just didn't like John Paul or John Paul is interceding mightily from his new post.
Russian Patriarch Laments Anti-Christian Trends in Europe
Russian Patriarch Laments Anti-Christian Trends in Europe
Mother Teresa Of Calcutta Website
Send donations, leave prayer requests...Mother Teresa Of Calcutta Center
Secretary Defends Saving Pope's Papers
I think he makes a good point that the Pope gave him a "free hand" in deciding what should be burned...
Guardian Unlimited | World Latest | Secretary Defends Saving Pope's Papers
Guardian Unlimited | World Latest | Secretary Defends Saving Pope's Papers
Wednesday, June 8, 2005
Retired Archbishop of Miami Edward McCarthy Dies:
Last night, he was 87. I knew him--say a prayer for him.
Retired Archbishop of Miami Edward McCarthy dies: South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Also was Archbishop of Cincinnati and Phoenix.
Retired Archbishop of Miami Edward McCarthy dies: South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Also was Archbishop of Cincinnati and Phoenix.
Catholic Seniors to Bishop--Please Skip Coming to Our Mass
There are many ways one can look at this--one would be to question what exactly Catholic schools are teaching about the Catholic Church, the other might be why hasn't Bishop McCormack who has lost all ability to lead the flock resigned?
Seniors ask bishop to skip their Mass
Seniors ask bishop to skip their Mass
Man With Stained Chain Saw Let in to U.S.
Weapons taken away from him then he is let into the country--had just murdered a country musician and his common law wife. Sleep well tonight when you think about the border guards protecting you.
Man With Stained Chain Saw Let in to U.S.
Man With Stained Chain Saw Let in to U.S.
Bishop Adamec Announces Cause of Apostle of the Alleghenies
Prince Gallitzin attains first rung to sainthood
Our Sunday Visitor published a biography of Gallitzin in 2001...Apostle of the Alleghenies, Reverend Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin
Our Sunday Visitor published a biography of Gallitzin in 2001...Apostle of the Alleghenies, Reverend Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin
Tuesday, June 7, 2005
USATODAY.com - We have a passel of pope books!
Check out USA TODAY...USATODAY.com - We have a passel of pope books!:
"We Have a Pope! Benedict XVI
" by Matthew E. Bunson (Our Sunday Visitor, $14.95). Bunson, author of more than 30 books and general editor for Our Sunday Visitor's Catholic Almanac, says he wanted to provide a 'gentle introduction' to the 78-year-old Benedict XVI. 'Even if he is pope for a short time, I think (his papacy) will be one of considerable surprises,' Bunson says. 'His outreach to the Orthodox churches has already started.'"
"We Have a Pope! Benedict XVI
" by Matthew E. Bunson (Our Sunday Visitor, $14.95). Bunson, author of more than 30 books and general editor for Our Sunday Visitor's Catholic Almanac, says he wanted to provide a 'gentle introduction' to the 78-year-old Benedict XVI. 'Even if he is pope for a short time, I think (his papacy) will be one of considerable surprises,' Bunson says. 'His outreach to the Orthodox churches has already started.'"
Fr. Lastiri Reassigned
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Local Catholic Church gets priest with troubled past
Lastiri left St. Patrick's Parish in Merced in July 2004 after parishioners accused him of participating in sexual conversations on Internet chat sites and seeking gay lovers on the Web, the Merced Sun-Star reported in May.
Local Catholic Church gets priest with troubled past
Lastiri left St. Patrick's Parish in Merced in July 2004 after parishioners accused him of participating in sexual conversations on Internet chat sites and seeking gay lovers on the Web, the Merced Sun-Star reported in May.
Monday, June 6, 2005
Pope Condemns a List of Things
Gay obsessed media chooses only one to focus on...USATODAY.com - Pope Benedict XVI condemns same-sex unions
The scripture version that Catholic bloggers use...
Very interesting, what translation you and I are using the most...Once upon a midnight dreary...: The scripture version that Catholic bloggers use...
Sunday, June 5, 2005
GOTTESDIENST (German Mass) Today
I reference this event in a section of How To Get The Most Out Of The Eucharist
when I mention what Joseph calls the "donut church" where in fact they actually offer Brauts and smuggled German beer after Mass on this one Sunday every year.
German Fest, Ft. Wayne, Indiana, June 5 - 12, 2005
And on the Feast of Saint Boniface, the Apostle to Germany to boot! Should be interesting now that we have a German pope.
when I mention what Joseph calls the "donut church" where in fact they actually offer Brauts and smuggled German beer after Mass on this one Sunday every year.German Fest, Ft. Wayne, Indiana, June 5 - 12, 2005
And on the Feast of Saint Boniface, the Apostle to Germany to boot! Should be interesting now that we have a German pope.
Pope's Angelus Message
From >>> AsiaNews.it <<< Pope’s appeal for Clementina Cantoni:
"Without the Holy Spirit, the Church would be reduced to a merely human organisation, weighed down by its own structures. But, in his turn, in God’s plans, the Spirit regularly makes use of human mediations to work in history. It is because of this that Christ, who set up his Church on the foundation of the Apostles closely gathered around Peter, also enriched it with the gift of his Spirit, so that through the centuries, the Spirit may comfort the Church (cfr Jn 14,16) and guide it to the entire truth (cfr Jn 16,13). May the ecclesial Community remain always open and meek in the face of the movement of the Holy Spirit to be a credible sign among men, and an effective instrument of God’s work!”"
"Without the Holy Spirit, the Church would be reduced to a merely human organisation, weighed down by its own structures. But, in his turn, in God’s plans, the Spirit regularly makes use of human mediations to work in history. It is because of this that Christ, who set up his Church on the foundation of the Apostles closely gathered around Peter, also enriched it with the gift of his Spirit, so that through the centuries, the Spirit may comfort the Church (cfr Jn 14,16) and guide it to the entire truth (cfr Jn 16,13). May the ecclesial Community remain always open and meek in the face of the movement of the Holy Spirit to be a credible sign among men, and an effective instrument of God’s work!”"
Saturday, June 4, 2005
What Do You Think of This
St. Nilos was a hermit on Mount Athos who died on November 12, 1651.
From Prophecy by Saint Nilos, Hermit of Mt. Athos:
"After the year 1900, toward the middle of the 20th century, the people of that time will become unrecognizable. When the time for the advent of the Antichrist approaches, people's minds will grow cloudy from carnal passions, and dishonor and lawlessness will grow stronger. Then the world will become unrecognizable. People's appearances will change, and it will be impossible to distinguish men from women due to their shamelessness in dress and style of hair. These people will be cruel and will be like wild animals because of the temptations of the Antichrist.
There will be no respect for parents and elders, love will disappear, and Christian pastors, bishops and priests will become vain men, completely failing to distinguish the right way from the left. At that time the morals and traditions of Christians and of the Church will change. People will abandon modesty, and dissipation will reign. Falsehood and greed will attain great proportions, and woe to those who pile up treasures. Lust, adultery, homosexuality, secret deeds, and murder will rule in society.
At that future time, due to the power of such great crimes and licentiousness, people will be deprived of the grace of the Holy Spirit, which they received in Holy Baptism, and also of remorse.
The Churches of God will be deprived of God-fearing and pious pastors, and woe to the Christians remaining in the world at that time; they will completely lose their faith, because they will lack the opportunity of seeing the light of knowledge from anyone at all. Then they will separate themselves out of the world in holy refuges in search of enlightenment of their spiritual sufferings, but everywhere they will meet obstacles and constraints. And all this will result from the fact that the Antichrist wants to be Lord over everything and become the ruler of the whole universe, and he will produce miracles and fantastic signs. He will also give depraved wisdom to an unhappy man, so that he will discover a way by which one man can carry on a conversation with another from one end of the earth to the other. At that time, men will also fly through the air like birds and descend to the bottom of the sea like fish. And when they have achieved all this, these unhappy people will spend their lives in comfort without knowing, poor souls, that it is the deceit of the Antichrist. And the impious one!
The Most-good God will see the downfall of human race and will shorten the days for the sake of those few who are being saved, because the enemy wants to lead even the chosen into temptation, if that is possible . . . then the sword of chastisement will suddenly appear and kill the perverter and his servants."
From Prophecy by Saint Nilos, Hermit of Mt. Athos:
"After the year 1900, toward the middle of the 20th century, the people of that time will become unrecognizable. When the time for the advent of the Antichrist approaches, people's minds will grow cloudy from carnal passions, and dishonor and lawlessness will grow stronger. Then the world will become unrecognizable. People's appearances will change, and it will be impossible to distinguish men from women due to their shamelessness in dress and style of hair. These people will be cruel and will be like wild animals because of the temptations of the Antichrist.
There will be no respect for parents and elders, love will disappear, and Christian pastors, bishops and priests will become vain men, completely failing to distinguish the right way from the left. At that time the morals and traditions of Christians and of the Church will change. People will abandon modesty, and dissipation will reign. Falsehood and greed will attain great proportions, and woe to those who pile up treasures. Lust, adultery, homosexuality, secret deeds, and murder will rule in society.
At that future time, due to the power of such great crimes and licentiousness, people will be deprived of the grace of the Holy Spirit, which they received in Holy Baptism, and also of remorse.
The Churches of God will be deprived of God-fearing and pious pastors, and woe to the Christians remaining in the world at that time; they will completely lose their faith, because they will lack the opportunity of seeing the light of knowledge from anyone at all. Then they will separate themselves out of the world in holy refuges in search of enlightenment of their spiritual sufferings, but everywhere they will meet obstacles and constraints. And all this will result from the fact that the Antichrist wants to be Lord over everything and become the ruler of the whole universe, and he will produce miracles and fantastic signs. He will also give depraved wisdom to an unhappy man, so that he will discover a way by which one man can carry on a conversation with another from one end of the earth to the other. At that time, men will also fly through the air like birds and descend to the bottom of the sea like fish. And when they have achieved all this, these unhappy people will spend their lives in comfort without knowing, poor souls, that it is the deceit of the Antichrist. And the impious one!
The Most-good God will see the downfall of human race and will shorten the days for the sake of those few who are being saved, because the enemy wants to lead even the chosen into temptation, if that is possible . . . then the sword of chastisement will suddenly appear and kill the perverter and his servants."
Tagged
Amy has tagged me at Open Book on books...
Total number of books I own: Too many to count. 1,000's here and at least a 1,000 at work.
Last Book I Bought: A New Song for the Lord : Faith in Christ and Liturgy Today
and The Yes of Jesus Christ : Exercises in Faith, Hope, and Love
both by Pope Benedict XVI
Last Book I read: On the Way to Jesus Christ
by Pope Benedict XVI (There is a theme here)
Books I'm reading now: The Essence of Christianity (Italian Texts and Studies on Religion and Society)
by Bruno Forte and The Gospel Of Mark: The Suffering Servant (Orthodox Bible Study Companion Series)
by Lawrence R. Farley.
Books that have been important to me: #1 The Catholic Study Bible: New American Bible, The Seven Storey Mountain
by Thomas Merton, Life of Christ
by Fulton J. Sheen, The Journals of Father Alexander Schmemann, 1973-1983
by Fr. Alexander Schmemann and The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius (Vintage Spiritual Classics)
by St. Ignatius of Loyola, Dear and Glorious Physician
by Taylor Caldwell, Genius of John: A Composition-Critical Commentary on the Fourth Gospel
by Peter F. Ellis, Spiritual Passages : The Psychology of Spiritual Development (Spiritual Passages, Paper)
by Father Benedict J. Groeschel and Rise, Let Us Be On Our Way
by Pope John Paul II.
Tagged: Mary Jane, Pat,and Earl.
Total number of books I own: Too many to count. 1,000's here and at least a 1,000 at work.
Last Book I Bought: A New Song for the Lord : Faith in Christ and Liturgy Today
and The Yes of Jesus Christ : Exercises in Faith, Hope, and Love both by Pope Benedict XVILast Book I read: On the Way to Jesus Christ
by Pope Benedict XVI (There is a theme here)Books I'm reading now: The Essence of Christianity (Italian Texts and Studies on Religion and Society)
by Bruno Forte and The Gospel Of Mark: The Suffering Servant (Orthodox Bible Study Companion Series) by Lawrence R. Farley.Books that have been important to me: #1 The Catholic Study Bible: New American Bible, The Seven Storey Mountain
by Thomas Merton, Life of Christ by Fulton J. Sheen, The Journals of Father Alexander Schmemann, 1973-1983 by Fr. Alexander Schmemann and The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius (Vintage Spiritual Classics) by St. Ignatius of Loyola, Dear and Glorious Physician by Taylor Caldwell, Genius of John: A Composition-Critical Commentary on the Fourth Gospel by Peter F. Ellis, Spiritual Passages : The Psychology of Spiritual Development (Spiritual Passages, Paper) by Father Benedict J. Groeschel and Rise, Let Us Be On Our Way by Pope John Paul II.Tagged: Mary Jane, Pat,and Earl.
Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Prayer that will be recited by Marian groups gathered in Rome today, written by Pope John Paul II:
O Mary,
bright dawn of the new world,
Mother of the living,
to you do we entrust the cause of life
Look down, O Mother,
upon the vast numbers
of babies not allowed to be born,
of the poor whose lives are made difficult,
of men and women who are victims of brutal violence,
of the elderly and the sick killed by indifference or out of misguided mercy.
Grant that all who believe in your Son
may proclaim the Gospel of life
with honesty and love
to the people of our time.
Obtain for them the grace to accept that Gospel
as a gift ever new,
the joy of celebrating it with gratitude
throughout their lives
and the courage to bear witness to it
resolutely, in order to build,
together with all people of good will,
the civilization of truth and love,
to the praise and glory of God,
the Creator and lover of life.
O Mary,
bright dawn of the new world,
Mother of the living,
to you do we entrust the cause of life
Look down, O Mother,
upon the vast numbers
of babies not allowed to be born,
of the poor whose lives are made difficult,
of men and women who are victims of brutal violence,
of the elderly and the sick killed by indifference or out of misguided mercy.
Grant that all who believe in your Son
may proclaim the Gospel of life
with honesty and love
to the people of our time.
Obtain for them the grace to accept that Gospel
as a gift ever new,
the joy of celebrating it with gratitude
throughout their lives
and the courage to bear witness to it
resolutely, in order to build,
together with all people of good will,
the civilization of truth and love,
to the praise and glory of God,
the Creator and lover of life.
Secretary Didn't Burn John Paul's Notes
Contrary to the Pope's last will and testament...Secretary Didn't Burn John Paul's Notes - Yahoo! News
Friday, June 3, 2005
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