Keep
your eyes open!...
May 29, 2009
THE TRIB TIMES WILL RETURN NEXT
WEEK, GOD WILLING (James 4:15).
(Act 2:1-4) And
when the days of the Pentecost were accomplished, they were all
together in one place: And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as
of a mighty wind coming: and it filled the whole house where they were
sitting. And there appeared to them parted tongues, as it were of fire:
and it sat upon every one of them. And they were all filled with the
Holy Ghost: and they began to speak with divers tongues, according as
the Holy Ghost gave them to speak.
CATHOLIC PRWIRE: Celebration of the Solemnity of Pentecost From the Vatican on CatholicTV.com
PENTECOST LINKS
Biblical Reflection for Solemnity of Pentecost
We must keep lamp of missionary spirit burning brightly
Reader Question: Why Holy Ghost?
CATHOLIC PRWIRE: Theologian Writes New Book with Imprimatur on Marian Prophecy
A
new book on apocalyptic times, The Secrets, Chastisement, and Triumph
of the Two Hearts of Jesus and Mary, written by theologian and Southern
Catholic College professor, Dr. Kelly Bowring, has just been released
through Two Hearts Press, LLC (www.TwoHeartsPress.com).
The new book, The Secrets, Chastisement, and Triumph of the Two Hearts
of Jesus and Mary, has just received the official recognition of the
Catholic Church in the form of an imprimatur, affirming that nothing in
the book contradicts Catholic faith and teaching. Archbishop Ricardo
Cardinal Vidal of the Philippines has just granted Dr. Bowring's new
book on biblical and modern heavenly prophecy the Church's official
imprimatur. His secretary, Rev. Fr. Mhar Vincent Balili, expressed his
hope for the success of the new book, stating, "May this book reach as
many people as possible that they may deepen their devotions to the two
hearts of Jesus and Mary."
Covering prophecies of the latter times, a topic of increasing interest
to Christians in recent years, Professor Bowring's new book seems
likely to become popular and far-reaching. Bowring's book shows with
mounting evidence that we are living in biblically important times,
unprecedented times of apparitions, visions, and messages from Heaven,
which include Lourdes, Fatima, Garabandal, and Medjugorje. Dr. Bowring
says they all point to one central warning concerning the times we are
quickly approaching.
Dr. Bowring's book addresses God's call to repentance and to make
reparation for the sins of humanity while there is still time. Finally,
he says the book also calls for hope, because God declares through His
prophecies that in the end He will intervene, He will conquer, and He
will bring to humanity a great era of peace for a thousand years. "God
is giving us hope in the midst of our times and of those apocalyptic
times to come, to help us to see that He will be with us if we remain
faithful to Him," explains Dr. Bowring.
"In the end, all will work out well for the children of God and for the
future of humanity, as God is always in control. This book assures us
of God's mercy for our times, and that all these things to come are
within His divine Providence. Thus, this is a book of warning and of
hope that offers a clear and detailed heaven-revealed perspective of
the time we are living in and of those to come in our times."
Ladder
of Divine Ascent excerpt: Step 17- "On non-possessiveness"
10. Waves never leave the sea, nor do anger and
grief leave the avaricious.
May 28, 2009
(Mat
28:19-20) Going therefore, teach ye all nations: baptizing them in the
name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. Teaching them
to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you. And behold I am
with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.NEWSLINK: Pope calls for cyberspace evangelists
Pope
Benedict XVI is calling upon young people to evangelize using the
Internet as the Church prepares to celebrate the World Day for Social
Communications.
At the end of his Wednesday general audience
last week, the Holy Father launched an appeal asking that cyberspace be
a place that promotes a "culture of respect, dialogue and authentic
friendship where the values of truth, harmony and understanding can
flourish."
Speaking English, the Holy Father recalled how in his
message for this year's celebrations, "I am inviting all those who make
use of the new technologies of communication, especially the young, to
utilize them in a positive way and to realize the great potential of
these means to build up bonds of friendship and solidarity that can
contribute to a better world.
"Young people in particular, I appeal to you: bear witness to your faith through the digital world!" the Pope urged.
"Employ
these new technologies to make the Gospel known, so that the Good News
of God's infinite love for all people, will resound in new ways across
our increasingly technological world!"
The World Day for Social Communications was held on Sunday, May 24 this year.
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FROM THE MAILBAG
VIA
Susan: This was shot in Israel during the Pope's visit. It was
never shown on US Television. The video is of an event held at the
House of the President, where the Pope was “entertained” by a choir
singing a song for PEACE in Hebrew, English and Arabic.
The presentation of the song of peace is very moving, enjoy it!
LINK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut7euIUUAtk
MORE ON SPIRITUAL WARFARE: Spritual Warfare by Fr Clement Machado
A
very powerful talk all Catholics should hear! The speaker is exorcist
priest Fr. Clement Machado and the topic is on Spritual Warfare. In
this eye-opening speech Fr. Machado talks at length about how the
battle between Heaven and Hell is raging on around us, and how Satan is
winning in our country right now. Between the genocide of the unborn,
and the election of Barack Obama, we have grown weak and need to rise
up as prayer warriors, trusting in the powerful name of Jesus, our
Blessed Mother, and St Michael. This talk was given on November 22,
2008 in Chicago Heights. Fr Machado is a true warrior for Heaven who
isn't afraid to speak the truth. The talk concludes with a very
powerful prayer of exorcism and healing.
LINK: http://www.4marks.com/audio/details.html?audio_id=312
Ladder
of Divine Ascent excerpt: Step 17- "On non-possessiveness"
8. Let us monks, then, be as trustful as the birds
are; for they have no cares, neither do they gather into barns.
May 27, 2009
(John
16:33) These things I have spoken to you, that in me you may have
peace. In the world you shall have distress. But have confidence. I
have overcome the world.
LINK: To Bear Witness To the Truth: An Unequivocal Moral Obligation for All Christians by Rev. John Corapi, SOLT, STD
ESSAY: Three Secret Strategies of Satan to Destroy our Children, our Families, our Culture, and our Church by Bro. Ignatius Mary
Satan
has a secret. It is the secret about his three primary strategies to
destroy us. If Satan can convince our culture to adopt the philosophy
precipitated by these secret strategies he can brainwash our children,
disrupt our families, manipulate our culture, and bring apostasy within
the Church.
All the problems that we see today in society and in
our church can be traced to these three fundamental strategies. It is
the basis of the politically correct movement and of the heresy of
individualism. These strategies are the fuel that powers feminism, the
engine that drives liberalism, and the vehicle of the post-modern
worldview that predominates our world today and that contaminates the
Church.
These three secret strategies are:
1. All opinions are equal
2. Never judge anyone
3. Never step on toes
No
one escapes the sinister tentacles of these devilish doctrines; we are
all contaminated by these strategies—every one of us. The question is
not whether we are immune from these strategies, for we are not; it is
not whether we are indeed contaminated by them, because we are; the
only question is what are we going to do about it? How are we to
exorcise the contamination of this pervasive worldview from our minds? More....
LINK: Spiritual Warfare (A Catholic Perspective)
FROM THE MAILBAG: YOUR BATTLE IS THE LORD’S
The
reason I am writing this is to remind you the battle you are facing is
not yours, but God’s. If you are a child of his, you can be certain
that Satan will “rage against you.”
In 2 Chronicles 20, a great
multitude came against God’s people. King Jehoshaphat and his people
set their hearts to seek the Lord and to fast. The king cried out to
God a prayer that most of us have prayed at times in our spiritual
journey: “We have no might against these that come against us, neither
do we know what to do; but our eyes are upon you” (20:12). “The Spirit
of God came in the midst of the congregation…saying, Be not afraid nor
dismayed…for the battle is not yours, but God’s (20:14-15).
Isaiah
gave this warning to all satanic forces: “Who have you reproached and
blasphemed? And against whom have you exalted your voice?... Even
against the Holy One of Israel” (Isaiah 37:23).
God told his
people Israel, and he tells us today: “The battle is not against you.
It is Satan’s rage against me, the Lord who abides in you.” God said to
Satan, “I know where you abide, and where you come and go, and your
rage against me” (37:28).
I ask you: where is your battle? In
your marriage? Your business or job? Your finances? Your health? Does
your battle get more intense day after day? If you have a heart for
Jesus and a desire to cleave to him, you will face the rage of hell.
But that is still not your battle.
You can end your battle
quickly if you choose – simply by quitting and giving in to your fears
and doubts. Satan will not bother those who give up their confidence in
the Lord.
Yes, the battle is the Lord’s, but we have a part –
and that is to trust and believe his promises in the face of
hopelessness and what seem to be impossibilities. “Why sayest thou, O
Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the Lord, and my
judgment is passed over from my God?” (Isaiah 40:27).
Faith
demands that I turn over all my problems – all my critical situations,
all my fears, all my anxieties – into the hand of the Lord. When I have
done all I can do, and I know my battle is beyond my power, I must
submit all into his hands.
Our Lord knows the raging of Satan,
and we must truly believe he will act. He will bring us through floods
and fires and put to chase all spiritual enemies. Here is God’s Word
concerning what he will do: “Because of your rage against me…it has
come into my ears, therefore I will put a hook in your nose, and my
bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way you came”
(Isaiah 37:29).
If you will hold fast to your faith – trusting
him, resting in his promises, rejecting all lies of Satan coming into
your mind – then expect God to come by his Spirit into your situation
and bring an expected end to your particular battle. He will move
heaven and earth to deliver you and make a way. The way out is to
trust, trust, trust! “He makes wars to cease” (Psalm 46:9).
Ladder
of Divine Ascent excerpt: Step 17- "On non-possessiveness"
6. He who has tasted the things on high easily
despises what is below. But he who has not tasted the things above finds
joy in possessions.
May 22, 2009
THE TRIB TIMES WILL RETURN NEXT
WEEK, GOD WILLING (James 4:15).
(John 17:20-22) And
not for them only do I pray, but for them also who through their word
shall believe in me. 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.
UNITY AND THE HOLY LAND
Pope pays tribute to Eastern churches in Holy Land
Meeting Jerusalem's Eastern prelates, Pope pleads for unity
Church leaders in Holy Land: Pope has left a seed of hope
A Hebrew Catholic take on Pope's Holy Land trip
EXCERPT INSIDE THE VATICAN:
A medieval Catholic prophecy states that the Eastern and Western
Churches will indeed one day unite again. And, in this prophecy — which
admittedly has no authority from any religious or scientific
perspective — the Cistercian Abbot Joachim of Fiore, writing sometime
before his death in 1202, "foresaw" that the reunion would come about
through the efforts of an extraordinary Pope. (The prophecy is cited in
Edward Connor, Prophecy for Today, Tan Books, Rockford, Illinois, 1984,
pp. 31-32).
Here is the text from more than 800 years ago (about 150 years after the East-West schism began).
"A
remarkable Pope will be seated on the pontifical throne, under special
protection of the angels. Holy and full of gentleness, he shall undo
all wrong, he shall recover the states of the Church, and reunite the
exiled temporal powers. As the sole Pastor, he shall reunite the
Eastern to the Western Church… This holy Pope shall be both pastor and
reformer. Through him the East and West shall be in everlasting
concord. The city of Babylon shall then be the head and guide of the
world. Rome, weakened in temporal power, shall forever preserve her
spiritual dominion, and shall enjoy great peace…"
FROM THE MAILBAG:
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young shepherds who experienced six interactive apparitions with a
"Lady from Heaven" between May and October 1917, which culminated into
the final prophesized Miracle.
Watch the trailer: http://www.the13thday.com/the-film/trailers/
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Ladder
of Divine Ascent excerpt: Step 17- "On non-possessiveness"
4. A non-possessive man is pure during prayer,
but an acquisitive man prays to material images.
May 21, 2009
(Act 1:7-9) He
said to them, "It is not for you to know times or seasons which the
Father has fixed by his own authority. But you shall receive power when
the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses in
Jerusalem and in all Judea and Sama'ria and to the end of the earth."
And when he had said this, as they were looking on, he was lifted up,
and a cloud took him out of their sight.
EXCERPT: SOLEMNITY OF THE ASCENSION OF OUR LORD HOMILY OF JOHN PAUL II 24 May 1979
After
having undergone the humiliation of his passion and death, Jesus took
his place at the right-hand of God; he took his place with his eternal
Father. But he also entered heaven as our Head. Whereupon, in the
expression of Leo the Great, the glory of the Head became the hope of
the body. For all eternity Christ takes is place as the firstborn among
many brethren: our nature is with God in Christ. And as man, the Lord
Jesus lives for ever to intercede for us with Father. At the same time,
from his throne of glory, Jesus sends out to the whole Church a message
of hope and a call to holiness.
Because of Christ's merits,
because of his intercession with the Father, we are able to attain
justice and holiness of life, in him. The Church may indeed experience
difficulties, the Gospel may suffer setbacks, but because Jesus is at
the right-hand of the Father the Church will never know defeat.
Christ's victory is ours. The power of the glorified Christ, the
beloved Son of the eternal Father, is superabundant, to sustain each of
us and all of us in the fidelity of our dedication to God's Kingdom and
in the generosity of our celibacy. The efficacy of Christ's Ascension
touches all us in the concrete reality of our daily lives. Because of
this mystery it is the vocation of the whole Church to wait in joyful
hope for the coming of our Saviour, Jesus Christ.
Dear sons,
be imbued with the hope that is so much a part of the mystery of the
Ascension of Jesus. Be deeply conscious of Christ's victory and triumph
over sin and death. Realize that the strength of Chist is greater than
our weakness, greater than the weakness of the whole world. Try to
understand and share the joy that Mary experienced in knowing that her
Son had taken his place with his Father, whom he loved infinitely. And
renew your faith today in the promise of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has
gone to prepare a place for us, so that he can come back again and take
us to himself.
This is the mystery of the Ascension of our
Head. Let us always remember: Jesus gave instructions, and then Jesus
took his place. Amen.
MORE: A Homily for the Feast of the Ascension by Saint Leo the Great (c. 400-461)
EXCERPT POPE BENEDICT GENERAL AUDIENCE (12 November 2008):
And now, after examining the various aspects of the expectation of
Christ's parusia, let us ask ourselves: what are the basic convictions
of Christians as regards the last things: death, the end of the world?
Their first conviction is the certainty that Jesus is Risen and is with
the Father and thus is with us forever. And no one is stronger than
Christ, for he is with the Father, he is with us. We are consequently
safe, free of fear. This was an essential effect of Christian
preaching. Fear of spirits and divinities was widespread in the ancient
world. Today too, missionaries alongside many good elements in natural
religions encounter fear of the spirits, of evil powers that threaten
us. Christ lives, he has overcome death, he has overcome all these
powers. We live in this certainty, in this freedom, and in this joy.
This is the first aspect of our living with regard to the future.
The
second is the certainty that Christ is with me. And just as the future
world in Christ has already begun, this also provides the certainty of
hope. The future is not darkness in which no one can find his way. It
is not like this. Without Christ, even today the world's future is
dark, and fear of the future is so common. Christians know that
Christ's light is stronger and therefore they live with a hope that is
not vague, with a hope that gives them certainty and courage to face
the future.
Lastly, their third conviction is that the Judge who
returns at the same time as Judge and Saviour has left us the duty to
live in this world in accordance with his way of living. He has
entrusted his talents to us. Our third conviction, therefore, is
responsibility before Christ for the world, for our brethren and at the
same time also for the certainty of his mercy. Both these things are
important. Since God can only be merciful we do not live as if good and
evil were the same thing. This would be a deception. In reality, we
live with a great responsibility. We have talents, and our
responsibility is to work so that this world may be open to Christ,
that it be renewed. Yet even as we work responsibly, we realize that
God is the true Judge. We are also certain that this Judge is good; we
know his Face, the Face of the Risen Christ, of Christ crucified for
us. Therefore we can be certain of his goodness and advance with great
courage.
Ladder
of Divine Ascent excerpt: Step 17- "On non-possessiveness"
3. The non-possessive ascetic is a son of detachment,
and thinks of what he has as if it were nothing. When he becomes a solitary,
he regards everything as refuse. But if he worries about something, he
has not yet become non-possessive.
May 20, 2009
(Rom 16:17-18) Now
I beseech you, brethren, to mark them who make dissensions and offences
contrary to the doctrine which you have learned and avoid them. For
they that are such serve not Christ our Lord but their own belly: and
by pleasing speeches and good words seduce the hearts of the innocent.
ARCHDIOCESE OF DENVER: Archbishop Chaput on Notre Dame and the issues that remain
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EXCERPT VIA INSIDE THE VATICAN: The Larger Picture
The
Catholic tradition, the Jewish tradition, the Muslim tradition, the
entire ethical tradition of mankind, the natural law tradition, all
unanimously have held that the unborn child should be protected,
cherished, nourished, cared for, loved.
This is the common conviction of all mankind at all times, except, it would appear, our own.
This
ethic is a true "seamless garment" — protect the unborn child (no
intentional abortion), protect the newborn infant (no infanticide),
protect the child (no abuse of children), protect the young (educate
them and nourish them and confer on them all the hopes for a better
future), protect the middle-aged (so that they can care for their
parents and their children, by ensuring good work at decent pay), and
protect the old — honor the old (no euthanasia).
This is an ethic of life.
And
it is not right-wing or left-wing. It is radical, rooted in what all of
us know to be true and just and right. And a society that goes against
what all of us know to be true and just and right cannot thrive and
flourish.
And the beginning of the ethic, the starting point of
the seamless garment, is in the womb, that place of all places which
ought to be sacred, and secure, and respected, and not doused with
drugs, probed by pincers, cut open, poisoned, scraped, or otherwise
disrupted and invaded.
This is true respect for the woman — true feminism.
This is true respect for the human person — true humanism.
And
if it took the smooth but ultimately unjust — ultimately unreasonable —
words of Obama at Our Lady's university, Notre Dame, to make this
crystal clear, then so be it.
The pro-life movement has not lost.
Sometime,
generations hence, our descendants will look back in puzzlement and
shame at what we have done, and justified, with specious arguments.
Obama
could reflect more deeply, and become a true unifier — uniting with the
wise and holy men of previous and coming generations, and not with the
utilitarians of the present — if he would embrace the ethic of life.
As
it is, Obama — like the University of Notre Dame itself — sounds an
uncertain trumpet, and is destined, barring a change, to leave a legacy
of injustice defended.
Reason and sanity and good sense and love
of life will return once again, and human life will be embraced and
cherished as a mysterious, priceless treasure, and the civilization
which will spring from that cherishing will outshine our present one as
the sun outshines the most distant stars.
Ladder
of Divine Ascent excerpt: Step 17- "On non-possessiveness"
2. A non-possessive monk is lord of the world.
He has entrusted his cares to God, and by faith has obtained all men as
his servants. He will not tell his need to man, and he receives what comes
to him as from the hand of the Lord.
May 19, 2009
(1Pe
3:15-16) But sanctify the Lord Christ in your hearts, being ready
always to satisfy every one that asketh you a reason of that hope which
is in you. But with modesty and fear, having a good conscience: that
whereas they speak evil of you, they may be ashamed who falsely accuse
your good conversation in Christ.
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CATHOLIC.ORG: Letter from Two Catholic Women Arrested at Notre Dame
EMAIL FROM EDITOR TO LOCAL PRIEST:
Dear Father Rivero,
I hope that this email reaches you, as I
could not find an email address for you at St. Timothy's website. I am
going to cc the secretary at St. Raymond as she assuredly will know how
to pass this on to you.
As a Catholic priest I am certain that you don't need anything to
boost your faith, but perhaps you might share this email with someone
who does.
I am sure that you have asked the Lord many times why
he has sent you to St. Timothy from St. Raymond. I don't know all the
reasons, as I presume there are many, but I do know one.
My mother was very anxious and excited on Friday, as she was at the
beauty parlor getting prepared for her oldest granddaughter's
graduation from Law School on Sunday. Suddenly she began having a
severe pain in her chest reminiscent (but more intense) of the pain she
had in 2007 that resulted in cardiac catheterization and stenting. I
immediately picked her up and drove her to Baptist Hospital. Her
cardiologist saw her and scheduled an emergency catheterization for
Saturday morning. The rest of the evening passed uneventfully as I
spent the night with her in her hospital room.
The procedure was scheduled for 8:15 am and I found myself in
somewhat of a quandary. Should I accompany her until she was taken
into the procedure room, or should I attend daily Mass, as is my
custom? I decided that I would do her more good at Mass than in a
waiting room, so, leaving my wife with her, I proceeded to the nearest
Catholic Church, St. Timothy, for 8:00 Mass.
Then the Lord touched me, through you. You began the Mass by
offering It for all mothers, and in particular for your own mother who
was in the ICU. Instantly all doubt about my decision to attend
Mass and the outcome of my mother's procedure was gone. Once again the
Lord showed His great kindness and love in reinforcing a message that
He constantly tries to teach me but I am so reluctant to believe.
I matter. I matter to Him.
Needless to say, I made
it back to the hospital in time to meet the cardiologist as soon as the
procedure was over. My mom's coronary arteries were fine.
Four
hours later, we are home, with plenty of time to celebrate my
birthday. Ironically I spent part of it in the hospital with my mother
just as I did fifty one years ago.
I pray that your mother, too, will have a full recovery of her health.
God bless you and your ministry, wz
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Ladder
of Divine Ascent excerpt: Step 17- "On non-possessiveness"
1. Non-possessiveness is the resignation of cares,
life without anxiety, an unencumbered wayfarer, alienation from sorrow,
fidelity to the commandments.
May 14, 2009
THE TRIB TIMES WILL RETURN NEXT
WEEK, GOD WILLING (James 4:15).
(Jos 24:15) And
if you be unwilling to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will
serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the
River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell; but as for
me and my house, we will serve the LORD."
VIDEO: Fr. Corapi on Notre Dame Scandal
NEWSWIRE: Arrested at Notre Dame; Statement by Randall A. Terry
ARCHBISHOP CHAPUT: Media culture and compromise undermining Christian life
EXCERPT ADDRESS ARCHBISHOP BURKE:
Before the fundamental and great challenges which we as a nation are
facing, how better to express our patriotism than by celebrating the
teachings of our Catholic faith. The most treasured gift which we as
citizens of the United States of America can offer to our country is a
faithful Catholic life. It is the gift which, even though it has often
been misunderstood, has brought great strength to our nation, from the
time of its founding. Today more than ever, our nation is in need of
Catholics who know their faith deeply and express their faith, with
integrity, by their daily living.
EXCERPT HOMILY BISHOP WENSKI MASS OF REPARATION:
But, today, too often Catholics are being told that in order to play in
America one must pay the price of surrendering one's own convictions
and principles. Catholics who want to enter public life more often than
not have to pay the price "privatizing" their religious faith and
convictions to play roles of significance in the halls of power.
You can be sure that President Obama would not consider a Catholic for
the position of Supreme Court justice – unless that Catholic
"bracketed" his beliefs on the dignity and the rights of the unborn.
The
options before us are not just between flight and capitulation:
we need not retreat into a Catholic ghetto – for Christ calls us to be
in the world; nor, must we necessarily surrender to the culture around
us and accept to be absorbed by and assimilated into the ascendant
secularism – for Christ tells us not to be of the world. There is
a third option, to be for the world. We are best for the world,
when we preach and live the gospel coherently. In a world which
pretends that God doesn't matter, we must witness that life is
meaningful and joyful only when we live in a way that shows that God
does matter.
Jesus in the gospel says: I am the good
shepherd: I know mine and mine know me. The challenge is not how to
change the gospel message to make it more palatable, more relevant to
the world, but to allow the gospel message to change the world.
But, it will not change the world unless the gospel changes us first.
In
today's first reading, Peter says: "There is no salvation through
anyone else, nor is there any other name under heaven given to the
human race by which we are to be saved." This is a rather bold
statement – but because Peter and those who share Peter's faith
believed it – it inspired an equally bold evangelical movement to bring
the gospel to the ends of the earth.
As Christian Catholics,
we need not flee from the world, nor should we surrender to the world;
rather we need to recover that bold conviction of Peter and the early
disciples that will make it possible for us to change the world – not
by imposing our beliefs but by making our proposal, informed by gospel
values, about what constitutes the best conditions for human
flourishing in our society.. Peter, in our first reading, spoke
truth to power; today we need that the truth be spoken to our
complacency.
GEORGE BARNA: "The
enemy of America today is not Iraq. It is not Afghanistan or communism.
It is not Somalian pirates. It's the moral degradation and spiritual
complacency of Americans," contended Barna, founder of the research
firm The Barna Group. "In essence it is the willingness of Americans to
become victims of the imposition of values and objectives that defy our
common good."
"Just think about the shift in mottos
that characterize our nation," Barna noted. "We talked about one nation
under God, but today really we are one nation under self, sometimes
aided by one or more gods.
"We shifted from a nation that said
'In God We Trust' to 'Reality and self we trust,'" he continued. "We
transitioned from being a land of the free and the home of the brave,
to now we are the land of the indebted and the home of the
self-indulgent. We also shifted from a land that believes you can be
all you can be to now it's get all you can get."
FACT: The Fifty States Reference God in their Constitutions
Ladder
of Divine Ascent excerpt: Step 16- "On love of money, or avarice"
7. He who has conquered this passon has cut out
care; but he who is bound by it never attains to pure prayer.
May 13, 2009
(John 2:5) His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you."
FATIMA "MIRACLE" REVISITED: Turkish gunman wants to be baptised at the Vatican
MANILLA BULLETIN: Feast of Our Lady of Fatima on Wednesday
The
Catholic Church and Marian devotees will celebrate Wednesday the feast
of the first apparition of Our Lady of Fatima 92 years ago to three
shepherd children — Lucia dos Santos and her cousins, Francisco and
Jacinta Marto — at the Cova de Ira, Fatima, Portugal.
Thousands
of pilgrims are expected to gather in Fatima today as well as in Marian
shrines all over the world as the Catholic Church urges the faithful to
pray the Holy Rosary and make special devotions and offerings to the
Holy Mother.
Considered as the most important series of Marian
apparitions in the Catholic Church, the Blessed Mother appeared on the
same day each month for six months from May 13 to Oct. 13, 1917.
In
her first apparition, she requested the children to pray the Holy
Rosary, urged works of mortification for the conversion of sinners, and
called for devotion to herself under the title Immaculate Conception.
In response, Pope Pius XII consecrated the world to Mary under the title of Immaculate Conception.
The series of apparitions were declared as worthy of belief by the Holy See in October 1930.
EXCERPT: Living the Fatima Message by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J.
If
we were to synthesize the Fatima message, it could be expressed in one
sentence of the Blessed Virgin's: "Do whatever He (my Son) tells you"
and you will be happy, already in this life and perfectly happy in the
eternal life to come. The Fatima message is both a promise and a
condition. Our Lady understands how the human heart is made to be
happy. She also understands that our happiness is conditional.
What
is the core of the Fatima message? The heart of the Fatima message is a
divine imperative. Sin leads to unhappiness. Stop sinning, repent of
your sins and you will enjoy God's blessings in time and eternity.
The
revelations of Fatima are especially grounded on revelations that we
find in the New Testament. If there is one theme that runs through the
New Testament, it is the covenant or contract between Jesus Christ and
those who believe in his name.
By actual count there are over
one hundred and fifty promises in the New Testament, mainly in the four
Gospels. A few of them follow: If you eat my flesh and drink my blood,
you shall have life within you and I will raise you up on the last day.
Be converted and become as little children and you shall enter the
kingdom of heaven. Be merciful and you shall obtain mercy.
A Bilateral Agreement
The
New Testament would not be a covenant, would not be a contract, unless
it was bilateral. We must respond to God's conditions to enjoy his
promise of peace in this life and everlasting joy in the life to come.
We must want to repent—we must want to pray—we must want to forgive—we
must want to be humble—we must want to be chaste—we must want to
believe—we must want to trust—we must want to love even unto death
those who may not only not love us, but oppose us, persecute us,
indeed, even hate us. We must use our free will—that's why we have a
free will—to choose to surrender what we want in order to do what God
wants. That in one single declarative sentence is the New Testament—the
new covenant—the new contract.
What is the core of the Fatima
message? Love God with your whole heart and you will be happy. Refuse
to obey God and you will be unhappy. Sin leads to unhappiness. Doing
God's will is a precondition for peace until death and everlasting joy
in heaven with God.
Why is it so difficult to live the Fatima
message today? Why should the Blessed Virgin have given us the Fatima
message in our century? Why has our century had more death casualties
in wars fought than in all the wars of human history up to 1900? Why
has the Church had more martyrs since 1900 than in all the nineteen
centuries since the first martyrdom of the founder of Christianity on
Calvary? Why, in this age of world upheaval is the Church going through
the most severe crisis in all her centuries of history? Why is it so
important in our day to be told by Mary—Do what my Son tells you and
you will be happy?
The underlying reason is that modern man has
reached a point in history that I do not hesitate to call
self-idolatry. The ancient Egyptians and Babylonians with their idol
worship, with their golden calves, had nothing on us. Even
once-Christian countries are becoming rapidly paganized. After thirty
years of teaching non-Christian religions, 1 can assure you the essence
of paganism is idolatry. The modern world is practicing the most
insidious form of idolatry, the worship of self.
In the name of
choice, over 60 million unborn children are murdered every year
throughout the world. This global genocide is protected by what used to
be called civil law. A better word would be uncivilized anarchy. In the
name of liberty, the whole moral order is being subverted. It is as if
the Ten Commandments were now outdated. The heart of a new morality has
become the opposition of a created will to the divine will of God.
Demonic Pressure
Why
is it so hard in our present day, to live up to the demands of Jesus
Christ and the directives of Our Lady to do everything which her Son
tells us to do? The reason is painfully obvious. The followers of
Christ and the lovers of Mary are under superhuman pressure. I call it
demonic pressure to conform to the Christless infidelity of our times.
It is this Christless infidelity that is at the root of modern
immorality. It is the abandonment of faith in Jesus Christ, the living
God. Especially in living up to the demands of Jesus, in mastering our
passions and not conforming to the sins of the flesh, which in our age
have been elevated to a mystical morality. Those who in their pride
refuse to submit their minds in humble faith to Jesus Christ always end
up by losing their power of will, to control the passions of their
bodies. Pride is a parent of lust. We find ourselves under constant
demonic pressure to conform to the selfishness and unbelief and lechery
of our age.
How are we to live up to the Fatima message today?
What we are called upon to do is humanly impossible. We must,
therefore, as a condition for survival, have access to and use
superhuman means. We must use the sources of supernatural grace
provided by Christ to obtain the light we need for our minds and the
strength we need for our wills. Without this supernatural means to do
the superhuman, the Fatima message will become the Fatima fable. Either
we have recourse to the sources of divine grace available through
prayer and the sacraments or we shall become casualties in the ongoing
war between the followers of Satan and the followers of Jesus Christ.
Only
heroic families will survive this war. Only heroic bishops, only heroic
priests will survive this global conflict between the powers of
darkness and the powers of light. Only heroic religious will be able to
last. Only heroic men, women and children will remain Catholics and
Christians and faithful followers of the Son of Mary by the year 2000.
Ladder
of Divine Ascent excerpt: Step 16- "On love of money, or avarice"
4. He who mourns for himself has also renounced
his body; and, at the appropriate time, he does not spare it.
May 12, 2009
(John 20:21) Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you."
TEXT OF NOTE PLACED BY POPE BENEDICT XVI IN WAILING WALL:
"I bring before you the joys, the hopes and the aspirations, the
trials, the suffering and the pain of all your people throughout the
world," and ask for peace in "this Holy Land, the Middle East, [and
upon] the entire human family."
IN PICTURES: 'Pope Benedict XVI Continues Visit to Israel'
FACTBOX - Holy sites on the papal tour
HEADLINE: Pope Celebrates Mass Near Jerusalem
Pope Benedict has celebrated an outdoor mass in the valley of Kidron near Jerusalem.
The site is near the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus prayed the night before he was crucified.
Earlier
Tuesday, he visited sites that are sacred to Christians, Jews and
Muslims, including the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem's Old City. He
became the first leader of the Roman Catholic Church to enter the
sacred Islamic shrine.
The pontiff arrived Tuesday at the
hilltop known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble
Sanctuary. The pope took off his shoes before entering the Dome of the
Rock, as is custom when entering a Muslim holy place.
The area
is both Judaism's holiest site and Islam's third-holiest. It is a
significant point of contention in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,
with both groups demanding ownership.
Pope Benedict later prayed
below the mosque at the Western Wall, also known as the Wailing Wall.
The structure is a top pilgrimage destination for Jews, and includes
remnants of a retaining wall that helped support Jerusalem's Second
Temple, built about 2,030 years ago.
LINK: Text of Pope Benedict XVI's Homily at Mass in Josaphat Valley
MORE: An Intimate Public Mass with the Pope
INTERESTING: Language of Jesus keeps memories alive in Israel
Ladder
of Divine Ascent excerpt: Step 16- "On love of money, or avarice"
3. The lover of money sneers at the Gospel, and
is a willful transgressor. He who has attained to love scatters his money.
But he who says that he lives for love and for money has deceived himself.
May 11, 2009
(Jam 1:3-4) Knowing
that the trying of your faith worketh patience And patience hath a
perfect work: that you may be perfect and entire, failing in nothing.
HEADLINE: Pope praises Mideast Christians for persevering
Pope Benedict XVI praised Sunday the courage of Middle East Christians
who cling to their faith despite war and adversity, addressing a crowd
of 20,000 who filled a sports stadium where he celebrated the first
open-air Mass of his Holy Land pilgrimage.
For years, the church has been alarmed by the declining presence of
Christians in the Holy Land and throughout the Middle East, ancient
communities driven out by conflict and poverty.
"The Catholic community here is deeply touched by the difficulties and
uncertainties which affect the people of the Middle East," Benedict
said, speaking in English at the Mass. "May you never forget the great
dignity which derives from your Christian heritage, or fail to sense
the loving solidarity of all your brothers and sisters in the church
throughout the world."
He said fidelity to the church's mission in the Middle East "demands of
each of you a particular kind of courage" that requires building ties
with people of other religions and cultures.
MORE: Pope leads 'historic' Mass in Amman
SPIRITUAL BATTLE RAGES ON- PRAY!!
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Pope's address disappoints Muslim leaders
Rav Lau disappointed over Pope's Yad Vashem speech
Pope walks out of meeting after PA official criticizes Israel
MIDEAST PEACE HEADLINES
Pope pleads for peace in the Holy Land
King Abdullah of Jordan's ultimatum: peace now or it's war next year
Peres to Pope: This could be the year we attain peace
FACTBOX - Main issues in Middle East peace process
CATHOLIC MEDIA LINKS TO PAPAL PILGRIMMAGE:
CNA: http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/holyland09/
EWTN: http://www.ewtn.com/holyland2009/
Ladder
of Divine Ascent excerpt: Step 16- "On love of money, or avarice"
1. After the tyrant just described, many learend
teachers next treat of the thousand-headed demon of avarice. We, unlearned
as we are, did not wish to change the order of the learned, and we have
therefore followed the same convention and rule. So let us first say a
little about the disease, and then speak briefly about the remedy.
May 8, 2009
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(Psa 122:6) Pray ye for the things that are for the peace of Jerusalem: and abundance for them that love thee.
A LOOK AHEAD: Pope: I go to Holy Land as 'pilgrim of peace'
Pope
Benedict XVI said Saturday that he is going to the Holy Land next week
as a pilgrim of peace in a region marked by injustice, mistrust and
fear.
Benedict's eight-day pilgrimage, which begins Friday, will take him to Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian territories.
The
pope told members of a charitable group in a speech at the Vatican that
he was asking for prayers for all the peoples of the Holy Land.
"In
just a few days I will have the privilege of visiting the Holy Land. I
go as a pilgrim of peace," the pontiff said of his first papal trip to
the Middle East.
He said the region "land of our Lord's birth,
death and resurrection, a sacred place for the world's three great
monotheistic religions — has been plagued by violence and injustice"
for 60 years.
"This has led to a general atmosphere of mistrust,
uncertainty and fear -- often pitting neighbor against neighbor,
brother against brother," Benedict said.
"As I prepare for this
significant journey, I ask in a special way that you join me in prayer
for all the peoples of the Holy Land and the region. May they receive
the gifts of reconciliation, hope and peace," the pontiff said.
Among
Benedict's stops on the trips will be Jerusalem, Nazareth and
Bethlehem, the traditional birthplace of Jesus, where the pontiff will
celebrate Mass and visit a Palestinian refugee camp.
Vatican
spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, described the pilgrimage as the
"most awaited and perhaps most challenging trip so far" of Benedict's
papacy.
"We know how uncertain the political situation is in the
area, how fragile are the prospects for pacification," Lombardi said on
Vatican Radio. "But the pope sets out all the same, with admirable
courage grounded in faith, to speak about reconciliation and peace,"
Lombardi said.
PRAYER REQUEST: Benedict XVI Requests Prayers for Holy Land Trip
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CHRISTIANITY IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Christians in Israel: A minority within a minority
Church Office of Statistics publishes latest data on the Holy Land
Study: Christians in Jerusalem Down to Just 2% from 20%
Israel's Hebrew Catholics keep the faith
INTERVIEW: Father David Neuhaus, a Jewish convert to Catholicism.
Ladder
of Divine Ascent excerpt: Step 15- "On incorruptible purity and chastity"
46. When the devil wishes to tie two people to
each other by a shameful bond, he works on the inclinations of both of
them, and then lights the fire of passion.
May 7, 2009
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(Php 4:6-7) Be
nothing solicitous: but in every thing, by prayer and supplication,
with thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known to God. And the
peace of God, which surpasseth all understanding, keep your hearts and
minds in Christ Jesus.
LINK: National Day of Prayer Website
EXCERPT EDITORIAL: Prayer is an integral part of the country
Since the founding of the country, prayer has been an integral part of
our history and heritage. Since Washington's prayers for an infant
nation and Jefferson's assertion that the new government should
separate itself from infringing its laws on religious freedom, prayer
has knitted a divine strength into the fabric of America.
Firmly rooted in the Judeo-Christian tradition, the National Day of
Prayer Task Force seeks to promote an awareness of prayer, not only on
this significant event, but on an ongoing basis. The first Thursday in
May is a significant day when Americans lay aside differences and join
hearts in acknowledging God. As a nation, we come together to humble
ourselves and turn to the Lord on behalf of our country, knowing that
it is in Him we trust, not ourselves, and it is through our prayers
that we rely on Him to face the many issues which we have no other
answers but in Him.
In 1775 the first Continental Congress called for a National Day of
Prayer. In 1863 Abraham Lincoln called for such a day. In 1952 Congress
established National Day of Prayer as an annual event by a joint
resolution, signed into law by President Truman. In 1988 the law was
amended and signed by President Reagan, designating the National Day of
Prayer as the first Thursday in May. President Ronald Reagan stated,
"If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a
Nation gone under."
The National Day of Prayer belongs to all Americans. It is a day that
transcends differences, bringing together citizens from all
backgrounds. Mrs. Shirley Dobson, NDP chairman, reminds us: "We have
lost many of our freedoms in America because we have been asleep. I
feel if we do not become involved and support the annual National Day
of Prayer, we could end of forgetting this freedom, too."
MORE: Remember Godly heritage
NEWSLINK: No White House ceremony to be held on Nat'l Day of Prayer
This Thursday, for the first time in nine years, there won't be a White
House ceremony in observance of the National Day of Prayer.
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs says President Barack Obama
will pray privately as he does every day, but his only public
acknowledgement will be to issue a White House proclamation.
Ladder
of Divine Ascent excerpt: Step 15- "On incorruptible purity and chastity"
40. He who attempts to stop this war by temperance,
and by that alone, is like a man who has the idea of escaping the sea by
swimming with one hand. Join humility to temperance, because without the
former the latter is useless.
May 6, 2009
(1Pe 5:8-9) Be
sober and watch: because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion,
goeth about seeking whom he may devour. Whom resist ye, strong in
faith: knowing that the same affliction befalls, your brethren who are
in the world.
World Day of Prayer for Vocations (05/03/09): Pope ordains priests, warns of worldly spirit in the church
EXCERPT:
"Here we need to pay attention to a reality: that this 'world,' in the
evangelical sense, threatens even the church, infecting its members and
the ordained ministers themselves," he said. "The 'world' is a
mentality, a manner of thinking and living that can pollute even the
church, and in fact does pollute it, and therefore requires constant
vigilance and purification," the pope said. The Christian vocation, he
said, is to be free from evil and different from the world, though
living in the world.
INTERVIEw (Sunday, April 26, 2009): OUTSPOKEN- A Conversation With Alberto Cutié, Multimedia priest
They
call him Padre Oprah. And Alberto Cutié -- a telegenic 39-year-old
Cuban American priest, advice columnist, radio and television
personality, best-selling author and pastor of St. Francis de Sales
Catholic Church in Miami's trendy South Beach -- certainly fits the
bill. Hispanic Magazine has hailed Cutié as one of the most influential
Latinos in the United States, and celebrity friends such as Shakira,
Andy Garcia and Gloria Estefan don't hurt his image, either.
But beyond
the hype, this son of Cuban exiles touches the lives of millions of
listeners, readers and viewers, many of whom, like him, grew up on
stories of how the Castro regime would end. Cutié spoke last week with
Outlook's Carlos Lozada about whether Obama should drop the embargo,
whether Fidel will go to heaven or hell, and how to find God in South
Beach.
HEADLINE (05/05/09): Miami Priest and Media Personality, Father Alberto Cutie, Steps Down Amid Photo Scandal
The
career of a 39-year-old priest and media personality in Miami came
crashing down today, after photos published in a Spanish-language
magazine allegedly captured him having a romantic interlude with a
woman on the beach.
Cuban-American Father Alberto Cutie resigned
as the head of St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church in Miami Beach, the
Archdiocese of Miami announced today. He also stepped down as president
of Radio Paz and Radio Peace, Catholic 24-hour radio stations run by
the diocese, a diocese spokeswoman told the Associated Press.
The
photos ran in TVnotas, a Spanish-language magazine, which featured the
priest in blue shorts, lying on his back next to a woman in a bathing
suit on Miami Beach. One of the roughly two dozen images -- which were
taken over a three-day period -- shows him kissing the woman, and
another shows him sticking a hand inside the woman's bathing suit, the
Miami Herald reported.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN PRAYING FOR FATHER ALBERTO AND FOR ALL PRIESTS!
Ladder
of Divine Ascent excerpt: Step 15- "On incorruptible purity and chastity"
39. He who wants to overcome the demon of fornication
with gluttony and surfeiting is like a man who puts out a fire with oil.
May 5, 2009
VIA FATHER CORAPI: Cultivating Our Relationship with the Blessed Mother
As
we enter another month of May we can't help but turn our thoughts to
Mary, the Mother of the Lord and our dear spiritual Mother. For
whatever reason some people have difficulty relating to the Blessed
Mother. On the other hand, tens of millions of us love her dearly and
can't understand why anyone wouldn't. I have always thought, "If she's
good enough for Jesus, She's good enough for you!"
We find
ourselves caught in a violent spiritual war today. We need all of the
help we can get. One of the greatest aids God has given us is the gift
of His own Mother. We are foolhardy indeed if we refuse or fail to
avail ourselves of this powerful gift.
Pray the Rosary every
day. If we do not do this I'm afraid we'll bear much of the
responsibility for the state of the world—which is catastrophic. Can
God bless a country that formally and legally embraces such human
rights abuses as the genocide of abortion? Can God look fondly on a
world that sanctions things such as fetal stem cell research, human
cloning, and gay marriage? These things constitute an assault on life
itself, yet the average person is apparently too dull witted or morally
blind to see this.
At decisive times in human history, when all
seemed dark, desperate, and nearly lost, the Church turned to Mary, the
Mother of the Lord and our Mother, the Woman Clothed with the Sun. She
interceded for poor humanity with her Son and won the day. We are at
such crossroads now and this May let's not fail to turn to her in all
of our needs. Everything we give to her, all of our prayers, go
immediately to Jesus, Who gives them to the Father in the power of the
Holy Spirit.
I strongly urge you to totally consecrate yourself
to Jesus through Mary, pray the Rosary every day, and have confidence
in her maternal intercession. Above all love your Mother, for I promise
you—your Mother
MORE ON MARY AND THE MONTH OF MAY
Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J: Devotion of the Blessed Virgin Today
UDayton: May, Mary's Month, Marian Coronation
The Consecration of the Month of May to Mary
Already
in the 13th century, the King of Castile, Alfonso X the Wise, had
compared the beauty of Mary with the month of May in one of his songs.
In the following century, the Dominican Blessed Henry Suso, during the
time of flowers, used to weave crowns to offer to the Holy Virgin on
the First of May.
In 1549, a Benedictine, Seidl, published a
book entitled "The Spiritual Month of May," while St Philip Neri urged
young people to show devotion to the Virgin Mary during the month of
May, when he gathered children around the altar of the Blessed Virgin
to offer her spring flowers.
A few years later, the Jesuits
recommended that on the eve of the first of May, families set up an
altar to the Blessed Virgin Mary in their homes, decorated with flowers
and candles. The idea is that every day of the month, the family would
meet to recite some prayers in honor of the Blessed Virgin and then
draw lots for a piece of paper indicating the virtue to practice the
next day. This Marian devotion is perpetuated throughout the world to
this very day. So during this month of May, do not hesitate to act like
the children of the middle ages and to offer flowers and prayers to
Mary!
MORE FROM "A MOMENT WITH MARY": Where Does the Name "Rosary" Come From?
Ladder
of Divine Ascent excerpt: Step 15- "On incorruptible purity and chastity"
38. I have seen pride lead to humility. And I remembered
him who said: Who hath known the mind of the Lord (Rom 11:34)? The pit
and offspring of conceit is a fall; but a fall is often an occasion of
humility for those who are willing to use it to their advantage.
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