A bad situation for those who take this direct hit.
Forecast: Dennis to make Gulf Coast landfall Sunday afternoon as Category 4: South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Sunday, July 10, 2005
Working Paper for this Fall's Synod of Bishopse
I still think that it is Providential that this particular pope will oversee this synod...read The Spirit of the Liturgy and I think you'll agree..."The Eucharist: Source and Summit of the Life and Mission of the Church"
Benedict on St. Benedict
In today's angelus about tomorrow's feast, from >>> AsiaNews.it <<< Pope: “Terrorists, stop in the name of God!”:
"Tomorrow is the feast of St Benedict Abate, Patron of Europe, a saint particularly dear to me, as can be divined from my choice of his name,” he said. “Born in Norcia in around 480, Benedict completed his first studies in Rome. However, deluded by life in the city, he retreated to Subiaco, where he stayed for three years in a grotto – the famous ‘sacred specco’, dedicating himself completely to God. In Subiaco, availing themselves of the ruins of an enormous ‘ciclopica’ villa of the Emperor Nero, Benedict and his first disciples built some monasteries, giving birth to a community of brothers founded on the primacy of the love of Christ, where prayer and work alternated harmoniously in praise of God. Some years later, in Montecassino, he completed this project, putting it down in writing in “Regola”, his only work which reached us.
“Among the ashes of the Roman Empire, Benedict, seeking above all the Kingdom of God planted, perhaps without even realizing it, the seed of a new civilization which would develop, integrating Christian values with classical heritage on the one hand and the Germanic and Slavic cultures on the other. This is a typical aspect of his spirituality, which I want to highlight today. Benedict did not set up a monastic institution focused mainly on the evangelization of the Barbarian peoples, as other great missionary monks of his time did. Rather he indicated to his followers that the fundamental, even unique, scope of existence was the search for God: ‘Quaerere Deum’. However, he knew that the believer in a deep relationship with God cannot be content with living in a mediocre way according to the credo of a minimalist ethic and a superficial religiosity.
“In this light, we can better understand the expression which Benedict drew from St Cyprian and which sums up the way of life of the monks in his Regola: ‘Nihil amori Christi praeponere’, ‘Nothing is above the love of Christ’. Holiness consists of this, a valid proposal for each Christian, and it takes on true pastoral urgency in our age where there is a need to anchor life and history in steady spiritual points of reference.'"
"Tomorrow is the feast of St Benedict Abate, Patron of Europe, a saint particularly dear to me, as can be divined from my choice of his name,” he said. “Born in Norcia in around 480, Benedict completed his first studies in Rome. However, deluded by life in the city, he retreated to Subiaco, where he stayed for three years in a grotto – the famous ‘sacred specco’, dedicating himself completely to God. In Subiaco, availing themselves of the ruins of an enormous ‘ciclopica’ villa of the Emperor Nero, Benedict and his first disciples built some monasteries, giving birth to a community of brothers founded on the primacy of the love of Christ, where prayer and work alternated harmoniously in praise of God. Some years later, in Montecassino, he completed this project, putting it down in writing in “Regola”, his only work which reached us.
“Among the ashes of the Roman Empire, Benedict, seeking above all the Kingdom of God planted, perhaps without even realizing it, the seed of a new civilization which would develop, integrating Christian values with classical heritage on the one hand and the Germanic and Slavic cultures on the other. This is a typical aspect of his spirituality, which I want to highlight today. Benedict did not set up a monastic institution focused mainly on the evangelization of the Barbarian peoples, as other great missionary monks of his time did. Rather he indicated to his followers that the fundamental, even unique, scope of existence was the search for God: ‘Quaerere Deum’. However, he knew that the believer in a deep relationship with God cannot be content with living in a mediocre way according to the credo of a minimalist ethic and a superficial religiosity.
“In this light, we can better understand the expression which Benedict drew from St Cyprian and which sums up the way of life of the monks in his Regola: ‘Nihil amori Christi praeponere’, ‘Nothing is above the love of Christ’. Holiness consists of this, a valid proposal for each Christian, and it takes on true pastoral urgency in our age where there is a need to anchor life and history in steady spiritual points of reference.'"
Tuesday, July 5, 2005
Funny
I'm in TN and remarked to Amy that no where else would you pick up the Sunday morning paper and read a piece on the Pepsi 400 that would be more about Steve Spurrier than the race.
Yesterday in the Orlando Sentinel an amuzing piece by David Whitley about Spurrier and Stoops both being at the race, here is a quote:
As for the requisite question: Are race drivers real athletes?
"You don't see many fat racers, drivers out here," Spurrier said. "So they'd obviously never be hired as football coach at Tennessee."
Again, we're kidding. But having such joke fodder available reminds us how entertaining the Spurdog could be.
Yesterday in the Orlando Sentinel an amuzing piece by David Whitley about Spurrier and Stoops both being at the race, here is a quote:
As for the requisite question: Are race drivers real athletes?
"You don't see many fat racers, drivers out here," Spurrier said. "So they'd obviously never be hired as football coach at Tennessee."
Again, we're kidding. But having such joke fodder available reminds us how entertaining the Spurdog could be.
Monday, July 4, 2005
Sunday, July 3, 2005
Pope Pleads That Catholic Faith be Known
Especially by us who call ourselves Catholic...
From Asia News Italy:
“Some days ago,” said the pope, “I had the joy of presenting the Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. For some years now, the need has been felt for a brief catechism which sums up in a simple but comprehensive manner all the essential elements of Catholic teaching. As divine providence would have it, this project became reality on the very day that the beatification cause of the much-loved John Paul II – who gave it a decisive boost – was launched. While giving thanks to the Lord for this, dear brothers and sisters, I wish to highlight once again the importance of this useful and practical tool in the proclaiming of Christ and his gospel of salvation.”
Benedict XVI continued: “In the Compendium, the most extensive presentation of the faith of the Church and Catholic teaching – contained in the Catechism published by my venerated predecessor in 1992 – is summed up in an ideal dialogue between teacher and disciple. Returning to the four intimately linked sections, the Compendium permits [one] to grasp the extraordinary unity of the mystery of God, of his saving design for all humanity, of the centrality of Christ, the only-begotten Son of God made man in the womb of the Virgin Mary, who died and resurrected for us. Present and working in the Church especially in the Sacraments, Christ is the source of our faith, the model of every created being and the Lord of our prayer.”
“Dear brothers and sister, how necessary it is at the beginning of the third millennium for the entire Christian community to proclaim, teach and witness as a whole to the truth of the Catholic faith, doctrine and morals in a unanimous and uniform manner! The Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church can contribute to this hoped-for revival of catechesis and evangelization, so that all Christians, children, youths and adults, families and communities, open to the movement of the Holy Spirit, may become catechists and evangelizers in all surroundings, helping others to meet Christ. With faith, we ask this of the Virgin Mother of God, Star of evangelization.”
From Asia News Italy:
“Some days ago,” said the pope, “I had the joy of presenting the Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. For some years now, the need has been felt for a brief catechism which sums up in a simple but comprehensive manner all the essential elements of Catholic teaching. As divine providence would have it, this project became reality on the very day that the beatification cause of the much-loved John Paul II – who gave it a decisive boost – was launched. While giving thanks to the Lord for this, dear brothers and sisters, I wish to highlight once again the importance of this useful and practical tool in the proclaiming of Christ and his gospel of salvation.”
Benedict XVI continued: “In the Compendium, the most extensive presentation of the faith of the Church and Catholic teaching – contained in the Catechism published by my venerated predecessor in 1992 – is summed up in an ideal dialogue between teacher and disciple. Returning to the four intimately linked sections, the Compendium permits [one] to grasp the extraordinary unity of the mystery of God, of his saving design for all humanity, of the centrality of Christ, the only-begotten Son of God made man in the womb of the Virgin Mary, who died and resurrected for us. Present and working in the Church especially in the Sacraments, Christ is the source of our faith, the model of every created being and the Lord of our prayer.”
“Dear brothers and sister, how necessary it is at the beginning of the third millennium for the entire Christian community to proclaim, teach and witness as a whole to the truth of the Catholic faith, doctrine and morals in a unanimous and uniform manner! The Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church can contribute to this hoped-for revival of catechesis and evangelization, so that all Christians, children, youths and adults, families and communities, open to the movement of the Holy Spirit, may become catechists and evangelizers in all surroundings, helping others to meet Christ. With faith, we ask this of the Virgin Mother of God, Star of evangelization.”
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