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THE TRIB TIMES WILL RETURN IN JULY AFTER A SUMMER RECESS, GOD WILLING (James 4:15).
(1Co 9:19-23) For whereas I was free as to all, I made myself the servant of all, that I might gain the more. And I became to the Jews a Jew, that I might gain the Jews: To them that are under the law, as if I were under the law, (whereas myself was not under the law,) that I might gain them that were under the law. To them that were without the law, as if I were without the law, (whereas I was not without the law of God, but was in the law of Christ,) that I might gain them that were without the law. To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak. I became all things to all men, that I might save all. And I do all things for the gospel's sake, that I may be made partaker thereof.
Christians mark second millennium of St Paul
Christian
denominations come together to celebrate the second millenium of St.
Paul, beginning June 28. Referred to as the Pauline Year, it ends on
the saint's feast day on 29 June 2009. Many adherents plan to retrace
his final journey to Rome as part of the celebration. Roman Catholic,
Protestant and Orthodox Christians have agreed to participate in the
programs.
Peripatetic St. Paul, the Apostle of the Gentiles, was
converted from Judaism on the road to Damascus. His evangelization
quest before he was beheaded in 67 AD took in scores of countries in
Asia Minor, Arabia and present-day Europe. St. Paul's epistles are said
to show him as a profound religious thinker with an enduring formative
influence in the development of Christianity.
Pope John Paul II says the writings of St. Paul are critical for
understanding for all Christian traditions.
IN THE NEWS:
Catholics
hope Turkey opens church for St Paul Year
VIA THE
VATICAN: Pope
authorizes granting of indulgences for Pauline year events
VIA CNS: Nine pilgrimage sites in Rome readied for Pauline year
POPE BENEDICT XVI: "This Pauline apostolate requires a commitment to inter-religious dialogue, and I encourage you to carry forward this important work, exploring every avenue open to you. I realize that not all the territories you represent offer the same degree of religious liberty, and many of you, for example, encounter serious difficulties in promoting Christian religious instruction in schools."
Ladder of Divine Ascent excerpt: Step 7- "On Joy-Making Mourning"
4. A characteristic of those who are still progressing in blessed mourning is temperance and silence of the lips; and of those who have made progress- freedom from anger and patient endurance of injuries; and of the perfect- humility, thirst for dishonours, voluntary craving for involuntary afflictions, non-condemnation of sinners, compassion even beyond one's strength. The first are acceptable, the second laudable; but blessed are those who hunger for hardship and thirst for dishonour, for they shall be filled with the food whereof there can be no satiety.
June 11, 2008
(1Ti 4:1-3) Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by giving heed to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons, through the pretensions of liars whose consciences are seared, who forbid marriage and enjoin abstinence from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
June 6, 2008
THE TRIB TIMES WILL RETURN NEXT
WEEK, GOD WILLING (James 4:15).
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June, the month dedicated
to the Sacred Heart of Jesus:
DEVOTION TO THE SACRED HEART
FROM THE
MAILBAG
VIA
Nadine: The
First Friday Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
"The First Friday of each month was designated by our Savior Himself as
a day to be consecrated to honoring His Sacred Heart.. As the object of
this devotion is to make our Savior Jesus Christ ardently and perfectly
loved, and to make reparation for the outrages offered to Him in the
past, as well as for those which he daily receives in the Blessed
Eucharist.Jesus Christ merits our love at all times, but alas! He is
despised and outraged in the Sacrament of His love at all times, and so
people should at all times make reparation to Him.
We should then adore Jesus Christ in this august Sacrament, make a
fervent act of love to Jesus in the tabernacle, thank Him for having
instituted this Mystery of love, express our sorrow at seeing Him so
abandoned, and resolve to visit Him as soon as possible and love Him
unceasingly.
Attendance at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is assuredly the best
means of honoring and loving the adorable Heart of Jesus.
The following First Friday devotions are efficacious in honoring the
Sacred Heart of Jesus:
1. The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass
2. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
3. Act of Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
4. Act of Reparation
5. The Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
6. The Sacrament of Reconciliation
The Promises of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
1. "I will give them all the graces necessary in their state of life."
2. "I will establish peace in their homes."
3. "I will comfort them in their afflictions."
4. "I will be their secure refuge during life, and above all in death."
5. "I will bestow a large blessing upon all their undertakings."
6. "Sinners shall find in My Heart the source and the infinite ocean of
mercy."
7. "Tepid souls shall grow fervent."
8. "Fervent souls shall quickly mount to high perfection."
9. "I will bless every place where a picture of My Heart shall be set
up and honored."
10. "I will give to priests the gift of touching the most hardened
hearts."
11. "Those who shall promote this devotion shall have their names
written in My Heart, never to be blotted out."
12. "I promise thee in the excessive mercy of My Heart that My
all-powerful love will grant to all those who communicate on the First
Friday in nine consecutive months, the grace of final penitence; they
shall not die in My disgrace nor without receiving the Sacraments; My
Divine heart shall be their safe refuge in this last moment."
Ladder of Divine Ascent excerpt: Step 7- "On Joy-Making Mourning"
1. Mourning according to God
is sadness of soul
and the disposition of a sorrowing heart, which ever madly seeks that
for
which it thirsts; and when it fails in its quest, it painfully pursues
it, and follows in its wake grievously lamenting. Or thus: mourning is
a golden spur in a soul which is stripped of all attachment and of all
ties, fixed by holy sorrow to watch over the heart.
June 5, 2008
(John 17:21-22) That
they all may be one, as thou, Father, in me, and I in thee; that they
also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent
me. And the glory which thou hast given me, I have given to them: that,
they may be one, as we also are one.
POPE JOHN PAUL II:
"Among the
sins which require a greater commitment to repentance and
conversion should certainly be counted those which have been
detrimental to the unity willed by God for his People. In the course of
the thousand years now drawing to a close, even more than in the first
millennium, ecclesial communion has been painfully wounded, 'a fact for
which, often enough, men of both sides were to blame.' Such wounds
openly contradict the will of Christ and are a cause of scandal to the
world. These sins of the past unfortunately still burden us and remain
ever present temptations. It is necessary to make amends for them and
earnestly to beseech Christ's forgiveness."
Vatican
official says Pope-Patriarch meeting is 'possible'
After a visit to Russia, the Vatican's top official for Christian unity
has said a meeting between Pope Benedict XVI and Patriarch Alexei II of
the Russian Orthodox Church is "possible". Such an encounter would be
the first-ever meeting between a Roman pontiff and a Russian Orthodox
patriarch.
"All seems going in the direction of a meeting between Benedict XVI and
Patriarch Alexei II. Until now there is not a concrete agenda but there
are many signals," said Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the
Vatican's Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.
Kasper made his remarks in an interview published on 3 June in the
Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano. The cardinal spent 10 days in
Russia at the end of May, where he met Roman Catholic and Orthodox
bishops, and had a meeting with Patriarch Alexei.
Benedict's predecessor, Pope John Paul II, spoke repeatedly about his
dream of visiting Russia but met resistance from the Moscow
Patriarchate, which had accused the Vatican of aggressively seeking
converts among Russian Orthodox faithful. Another controversial issue
concerned what Orthodox call "uniatism", or Catholics who follow the
Orthodox Eastern Rite but come under the jurisdiction of Rome.
"In Moscow, I received a welcome that would have been unbelievable a
year ago," said Kasper. He added that he had given Alexei a letter from
Pope Benedict, and had brought back a message to the Pope from the
Russian Patriarch.
"The Orthodox are looking for cooperation on Christian values ... on
issues such as the family, ethics and human rights," said Kasper. He
said, "remaining difficulties" between Rome and Moscow included the
issue of papal primacy.
RELATED:
Vatican
preparing guidelines for religious dialogue
Ladder of Divine Ascent excerpt: Step 6- "On remembrance of death"
11. Anyone who wishes to retain within him continually the remembrance of death and God's judgment, and at the same time yields to material cares and distractions, is like a man who is swimming and wants to clap his hands.
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