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Is the Pope ... ABBEY-ROADS - May 19, 2013 ... that respect - Eucharistic devotion was centered around the Mass, the rosary and Marian devotion was present, but not prominent. Prayer meetings were more or less comprised of praise, prophecy (mostly scriptural witnessing) and healing. I always felt inwardly strengthened, but preferred solitary, quiet adoration to communal prayer meetings. Did I see abuses? Of course, but I saw abuses anywhere I cared to look in the Church. In my opinion the movement changed, ...http://abbey-roads.blogspot.com/2013/05/is-pope.html
Children of Medjugorje, May 2013 Newsletter MARY, OUR MOTHER - May 19, 2013 ... shepherds. Take good care of them. Pray for them. Thank you." 2. The table. This month Our Lady invites us not only to pray for our shepherds, but also to take good care of them. Are the sheep going to take good care of their shepherds? Our Mother in Heaven sees everything from above; she knows how much the Evil one attacks our priests, they are so precious in God's plan! Yet there are some concrete means of protection. I know an old priest who told me this story: "When I was ordained a ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/YVVY/~3/fMdE0DQGkKI/children-of-medjugorje-may-2013.html
Children of Medjugorje Newsletter IN GOD'S COMPANY 2 - May 18, 2013 ... shepherds. Take good care of them. Pray for them. Thank you." 2. The table. This month Our Lady invites us not only to pray for our shepherds, but also to take good care of them. Are the sheep going to take good care of their shepherds? Our Mother in Heaven sees everything from above; she knows how much the Evil one attacks our priests, they are so precious in God's plan! Yet there are some concrete means of protection. I know an old priest who told me this story: "When I was ordained a ...http://ingodscompany2.blogspot.com/2013/05/children-of-medjugorje-newsletter.html
Mary TV Daily Reflection 5/13/2013 MARY, OUR MOTHER - May 13, 2013 ... invite you to open yourselves to me and to decide for conversion. Your hearts, little children, are still not completely open to me and therefore, I invite you again to open to prayer so that in prayer the Holy Spirit will help you, that your hearts become of flesh and not of stone. Little children, thank you for having responded to my call and for having decided to walk with me toward holiness." (June 25, 1996) Day 4 of our Novena to the Holy ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/YVVY/~3/5uuAk7dMN28/mary-tv-daily-reflection-5132013.html
Seventh Sunday (Ascension) in Easter IGNATIAN SPIRITUALITY: SET THE WORLD ABLAZE - May 8, 2013 ... them to being polite and courteous to the Lord when beginning and ending prayer sessions. Rather than to start talking to Jesus in mid-stream of thought, I ask them to say hello and engage in small talk before diving in to profound conversation. At the end of prayer, I ask the person to say goodbye in a way that is comfortable to them – often having Jesus walk away to carry on his mission to other people in need. A curious thing develops: the person ...http://predmore.blogspot.com/2013/05/seventh-sunday-ascension-in-easter.html
It Is a Metaphor for Human Life: In the Same Long, Deep Trench, Mixed Up With the Murderers, Are the Murdered ABYSSUS ABYSSUM INVOCAT / DEEP CALLS TO DEEP - May 2, 2013 ... Antonio, it was the shiny car. The educational emergency in Mexico, broken families, corruption and inefficiency in the distribution of the nation's resources, injustices in international trade that mean fewer jobs, and those poor-paying, for Mexican youth—all these contribute to organized crime and to common crime, but it is still true that every boy born into poverty is a potential saint as well as a potential assassin. Every son of a corrupt policeman and every son of a holy catechist ...http://abyssum.wordpress.com/2013/05/02/it-is-a-metaphor-for-human-life-in-the-same-long-deep-trench-mixed-up-with-the-murderers-are-the-murdered/
St. Catherine of Siena and the Audacity of Anguished Love BEGINNING TO PRAY - April 26, 2013 ... pleasure to be wearisome? Although the dominating cultural voices of our time believe this to be psychologically unhealthy, St. Catherine of Siena asserts that this is a normal experience for God's most beloved children. Her reasoning is simple, they love the Cross because, like God the Father, they love the Son of God. Saint Catherine is not promoting the morbid idea that we should love just any kind of suffering for its own sake. The suffering of the Cross in which those who ...http://beginningtopray.blogspot.com/2013/04/st-catherine-of-siena-and-audacity-of.html
Pope Francis' Example Exhorts Men to Holiness LA SALETTE JOURNEY - April 10, 2013 ... they teach , and it is to conversion and holiness that they exhort all men ." According to the Council, the task of priests is "not to teach their own wisdom but God's Word." And this task is of no less importance for the priest than his offering of the Eucharistic Sacrifice. Both of these are inseperably linked to each other: "The ministerial priesthood has the task not only of representing Christ - Head of the Church - before the assembly of the faithful, ...http://lasalettejourney.blogspot.com/2013/04/pope-francis-example-exhorts-men-to.html
Triduum Sermons From the Oratory SAINT LOUIS CATHOLIC - April 1, 2013 ... reconciled. God has pardoned the iniquity of man. By this bloody sacrifice, Jesus Christ has rendered magnificent praise to Infinite Goodness by offering the greatest homage of adoration which It can receive. He has rendered thanks to the heavenly Father for all the gifts poured out in divine liberality on the entire creation. He has appeased divine Justice, which the sins of man had provoked and which demanded complete satisfaction, He has obtained all the favors, all the helps and all the ...http://stlouiscatholic.blogspot.com/2013/04/triduum-sermons-from-oratory.html
Maundy Thursday MONKS AND MERMAIDS (A BENEDICTINE BLOG) - March 27, 2013 ... liturgical form of the sacrament. The remembrance of his perfect gift consists not in the mere repetition of the Last Supper, but in the Eucharist itself, that is, in the radical newness of Christian worship. In this way, Jesus left us the task of entering into his "hour." "The Eucharist draws us into Jesus' act of self-oblation. More than just statically receiving the incarnate Logos, we enter into the very dynamic of his self-giving." (21) Jesus "draws us into himself." (22) The substantial ...http://fatherdavidbirdosb.blogspot.com/2013/03/maundy-thursday.html
"Father, Forgive Them, for They Know Not What They Do" A RELUCTANT SINNER - March 26, 2013 ... with them, but their eyes were kept from recognizing him. And he said to them, 'What are you discussing with each other while you walk along?' They stood still, looking sad. Then one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answered him, 'Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem who does not know the things that have taken place there in these days?' He asked them, 'What things?' They replied, 'The things about Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, ...http://areluctantsinner.blogspot.com/2013/03/father-forgive-them-for-they-know-not.html
"Our Love for the Poor Is Never Just Philanthrophy" Cardinal Sean O'Malley A FRIAR'S LIFE - March 26, 2013 ... Irish community there. No corned beef, our normal Seder meal here in Boston. The food, though, was green, orange and white. Cardinal Sean O'Malley delivering the homily at the Chrism Mass The whole pre-Conclave atmosphere where I was leading in the Italian polls was quite surrealistic. I thought of St. Patrick who was of a Roman family living in Britain. Patrick was an Irish wanabee, he was actually an Italian kidnapped by Irish pirates. I was worried that the Italians were ...http://afriarslife.blogspot.com/2013/03/our-love-for-poor-is-never-just.html
Pope Francis: First Impressions CATHOLIC COMMENTARY - March 17, 2013 I believe that it takes a little while - days and weeks - after the election of a Pope before we really get to know the new Successor of St Peter. As occurred with Pope Benedict, the holder of the office of Successor of St Peter is at once the same human individual who we might have known before his election (though I suspect that most of us outside of South America have not known Cardinal Bergoglio); but he is also someone "new" in that he is called ...http://rccommentary2.blogspot.com/2013/03/pope-francis-first-impressions.html
Poverty IDLE SPECULATIONS - March 17, 2013 ... Kingdom and eternal life. However, this eschatological goal does not lessen the commitment to the advancement of the earthly city. On the contrary, it gives it meaning and incentive. Indeed "buoyed up by hope, he is preserved from selfishness and lead to the happiness that flows from charity." Earthly progress and the growth of the Kingdom are not separate entities, because the vocation of humanity to eternal life, instead of relieving the person from expending his God-given energies for the ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/Uocyk/~3/gsRD4CoI-Jo/poverty.html
The Year of Faith - The Year of Two Popes GLORIA OLIVAE - March 15, 2013 THE PLAN OF SALVATION Pope Benedict gave us the four steps leading to Eternal Life in his 'new evangelization.' Namely, conversion, entrance into the kingdom of God, encounter with Christ and the Holy Spirit and finally, the attainment of Eternal Life. Those were the general steps that lead to Eternal Life. Now let us go to the specific ascetical and mystical steps that lead to Eternal Life. They are first, conversion or repentance. Secondly, the development ...http://odondecastro.blogspot.com/2013_03_01_archive.html#8876712549669584162
Our First Encounter With the Spirituality of Pope Francis ABYSSUS ABYSSUM INVOCAT / DEEP CALLS TO DEEP - March 14, 2013 ... insight into the humility and spirituality of Pope Francis from the letter below that he published at the beginning of this Lent 2013 for his faithful people in the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires, Argentina. His writing style is more simple and direct than the, at times, lofty intellectual reflections of Pope Benedict. This is not to detract from the immensely valuable writings and speech of Pope Benedict, it is simply to point out a difference between the teaching style of the ...http://abyssum.wordpress.com/2013/03/14/our-first-encounter-with-the-spirituality-of-pope-francis/
Pope Francis: Lenten Letter As Archbishop of Buenos Aires THE CATHOLIC FOODIE - March 14, 2013 ... had written to the faithful of his archdiocese in Buenos Aires for Ash Wednesday of this year , and she included a link to an English translation of that letter. I am somewhat rusty, but I do speak Spanish, and I wanted to read the letter in the original language. It is readily available on the website for the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires . I loved the power and simplicity of the letter, and I want to share it with you. Below you will find my own translation of the letter ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCatholicFoodie/~3/WmadyFEXIdY/pope-francis-lenten-letter-as-archbishop-of-buenos-aires
Saint Francesca of Rome VULTUS CHRISTI - March 9, 2013 ... which Saint Paul at the left wraps around Francesca Romana. Saint Paul also holds a scroll. The mystical scene takes place on a cloud; fiery seraphim accompany the Madonna and Child. Saint Mary Magdalene, in red vesture, and Saint Benedict, in the foreground, drape a protective mantle around twenty Oblates. Note the angel below the Gothic windows at left. He is busy carding golden threads with a warp and loom. Nearby are two frisky dogs and two cats. ...http://vultus.stblogs.org/2013/03/9-march-saint-francesca-of-rom.html
Pope Benedict Writings Part 2 UNAPOLOGETICALLY CATHOLIC - March 6, 2013 ... the power of God who, through his Church, wants to make a great family of all the peoples by means of the unifying power of Truth and Love (cf. Lumen Gentium , n. 1). Conformed to his Master and Lord, John Paul II crowned his long and fruitful Pontificate at the hour of his death, strengthening Christian people in their faith, gathering them around him and making the entire human family feel more closely united. How can we not feel sustained by this testimony? How can we fail ...http://rootofjesse2.wordpress.com/2013/03/06/pope-benedict-writings-part-2/
§ Spiritual Growth and the Wilderness Experience BARTIMAEUS' QUIET PLACE - March 3, 2013 ... them to a place where they have to be totally dependent and focused on His Person in order to survive – an initially forced intimacy - so that he may reveal His Face towards them without the distractions of the flesh and the world in which we are all embedded.. Regarding Israel whom the Father loves, but who, at the time of this prophecy, has betrayed Him by continuing to follow their Baals, He says "Therefore I am now going to allure her; I will lead her into the desert and speak ...http://quietplace4prayer.wordpress.com/2013/03/03/%C2%A7-spiritual-growth-and-the-wilderness-experience/
