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<title>Corpus Christi Watershed news: A Midlife Crisis and My Funeral</title>
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<title>CatholicHerald.co.uk » CatholicHerald.co.uk: Holy Doors ‘to be opened in every cathedral in the world for the first time’</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 12:42:38 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>For the Year of Mercy, a Holy Door will be opened in every Catholic cathedral in the world for the first time.</p>
<p>The doors will be opened a week on Sunday, on December 13, to coincide with the opening of the Holy Doors at the Cathedral of St John Lateran.</p>
<p>The detail was announced by Archbishop Rino Fisichella, president of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelisation, at a press conference at the Vatican.</p>
<p>Pilgrims, he said, must register online in order to pass through the Holy Door at St Peter’s Basilica. A four-page form is available <a href="http://www.im.va/content/gdm/en/partecipa/registrazione.html">here</a>.</p>
<p>Other details that emerged from the press conference were:</p>
<p>– 800 priests have put themselves forward as ‘Missionaries of Mercy’.<br />
– The Pope will perform a “symbolic gesture” of mercy once a month. On Friday December 18 he will open a “Door of Mercy” at a Caritas homeless hostel.<br />
– The Rosary will be recited daily in St Peter’s Square in front of the statue of St Peter.</p>
<p>The opening of St Peter’s Holy Doors will happen on Tuesday (December 8). </p>
<p>The ceremony will, according to the Vatican Television Centre, be broadcast with greater clarity than any other papal event in history.</p>
<p>The CTV broadcaster <a href="http://www.news.va/en/news/immersive-video-experience-planned-for-jubilee-ope">said</a> it had upgraded its equipment with ULTRA HD and 4K technology and will provide an “immersive” experience for viewers.</p>
<p>The celebration on Tuesday will also mark the 50th anniversary of the conclusion of the Second Vatican Council.</p>
<p>It will begin with readings from taken from the four conciliar constitutions (Dei Verbum, Lumen gentium, Sacrosanctum concilium e Gaudium et spes) along with two passages taken from, Unitatis redintegratio on ecumenism and Dignitatis humanae on religious liberty.</p>
<p>Archbishop Fisichello’s full statement from the press conference is available <a href="http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2015/12/04/mercy_jubilee_press_conference_details_events,_initiatives/1191920">here</a>.</p>]]></description>
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<title>Le blog d'Yves Daoudal: Les Danois disent encore non</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 12:32:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Les sondages annonçaient une faible participation et un résultat serré. En fait la participation a été très importante : 72%, et le résultat sans appel : 53,1% de non contre 46,9% de oui. Alors que, naturellement, le gouvernement et tous les principaux partis appelaient à voter oui.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">La question était de savoir si le Danemark, qui s’est exclu de toutes les politiques communautaires lors du traité de Maastricht, devait revoir sa position en ce qui concerne la coopération judiciaire et les affaires intérieures.</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>ZENIT - The World Seen From Rome: Pope Francis Encourages Council for Economy to Continue Reform Efforts</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 12:24:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Pope Francis has thanked the members of the Council for the Economy for their reform efforts so far and has encouraged them to recognize their important role.
 
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<title>The American Catholic: Succinct Explanation of the Current Pontificate</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 12:18:11 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://the-american-catholic.com/2015/12/04/succinct-explanation-of-the-current-pontificate/</link>
<description><![CDATA[<p>  Commenter Phillip gives the best description of Pope Francis and his papacy that I have seen anywhere: “Humanitarian leftism is his engine…” I agree. As is with many clerics, I believe Francis to be, what I call, a Christian materialist. All efforts are directed at the perfection of this world (which of course means […]<div class="us_excerpts_bottom" style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px;"><div class="us_wrapper tal us_skin_default"><div class="us_facebook us_button"><a class="us_box" href="http://the-american-catholic.com/feed/"><div class="us_share"><i class="us-icon-facebook"></i></div><div class="us_count"><i class="us-icon-spin us-icon-spinner"></i></div></a></div><div class="us_twitter us_button"><a class="us_box" href="http://the-american-catholic.com/feed/"><div class="us_share"><i class="us-icon-twitter"></i></div><div class="us_count"><i class="us-icon-spin us-icon-spinner"></i></div></a></div><div class="us_googleplus us_transient us_button"><a class="us_box" href="http://the-american-catholic.com/feed/"><div class="us_share"><i class="us-icon-google"></i></div><div class="us_count"><i class="us-icon-spin us-icon-spinner"></i></div></a></div><div class="us_love us_button"><a class="us_box" href="http://the-american-catholic.com/feed/"><div class="us_share"><i class="us-icon-love"></i></div><div class="us_count"><i class="us-icon-spin us-icon-spinner"></i></div></a></div><div class="us_linkedin us_button"><a class="us_box" href="http://the-american-catholic.com/feed/"><div class="us_share"><i class="us-icon-linkedin"></i></div><div class="us_count"><i class="us-icon-spin us-icon-spinner"></i></div></a></div><div class="us_reddit us_transient us_button"><a class="us_box" href="http://the-american-catholic.com/feed/"><div class="us_share"><i class="us-icon-reddit"></i></div><div class="us_count"><i class="us-icon-spin us-icon-spinner"></i></div></a></div><div class="us_stumble us_transient us_button"><a class="us_box" href="http://the-american-catholic.com/feed/"><div class="us_share"><i class="us-icon-stumbleupon"></i></div><div class="us_count"><i class="us-icon-spin us-icon-spinner"></i></div></a></div><div class="us_mail us_button us_no_count"><a class="us_box" href="http://the-american-catholic.com/feed/#us-modal-0sqIR"><div class="us_share"><i class="us-icon-mail"></i></div></a></div><div class="us_print us_no_count us_button"><a class="us_box" href="http://the-american-catholic.com/feed/"><div class="us_share"><i class="us-icon-print"></i></div></a></div><div class="us_delicious us_button"><a class="us_box" href="http://the-american-catholic.com/feed/"><div class="us_share"><i class="us-icon-delicious"></i></div><div class="us_count"><i class="us-icon-spin us-icon-spinner"></i></div></a></div><div class="us_total us_button"><div class="us_box" href="#"><div class="us_count"><i class="us-icon-spin us-icon-spinner"></i></div><div class="us_share"></div></div></div><div class="us_comments us_button"><a class="us_box" href="http://the-american-catholic.com/2015/12/04/succinct-explanation-of-the-current-pontificate/#respond"><div class="us_share"><i class="us-icon-comments"></i></div><div class="us_count"><i class="us-icon-spin us-icon-spinner"></i></div></a></div></div></div>]]></description>
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<title>Le blog d'Yves Daoudal: Pas d’amalgame entre réfugiés et terroristes !</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 12:15:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Le porte-parole du gouvernement hongrois Janos Lazar a déclaré que l’un des principaux organisateurs des attentats de Paris était allé à la gare de Budapest où il avait recruté des « migrants » parmi ceux qui refusaient de se faire enregistrer, puis qu'il avait quitté le pays avec eux.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Janos Lazar n’a pas donné d’autres précisions, mais on sait que le 9 septembre Salah Abdeslam, dans une voiture immatriculée en Belgique, avait été contrôlé en Autriche, et qu’il avait dit qu’il venait passer une semaine de vacances dans ce pays. Et que le 17 septembre la même voiture avait été géolocalisée en Hongrie…</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>Le blog d'Yves Daoudal: Padamalgam ?</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 12:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Aux Etats-Unis, il y en a qui ne sont pas drogués au Padamalgam…</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://yvesdaoudal.hautetfort.com/media/02/00/2244184712.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="CVUQcY2WwAEiKmv.jpg" id="media-5232503" src="http://yvesdaoudal.hautetfort.com/media/02/00/52719595.jpg" style="margin: 0.7em 0;" title="" /></a></p><p><em><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">(Via Fdesouche)</span></em></p>]]></description>
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<title>RORATE CÆLI: Here's hoping Casa Santa Marta doesn't block YouTube</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 11:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dominicana: An Epigraph for Advent</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 11:30:12 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Do you ever skip the introductory pages of a book you are reading? If so, STOP IT! You could miss one of the best parts, the epigraph. You know, that short quotation which the author has carefully selected to summarize, introduce, or preface his own work with. It is a tip of the hat to […]]]></description>
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<title>Edinburgh Housewife: Oh, Brain, Hurry Up!</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 11:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-25OE5VuJgtI/VmF36YNn6II/AAAAAAAACFc/YnWq5BeAgvw/s1600/moherowy%2Bme.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-25OE5VuJgtI/VmF36YNn6II/AAAAAAAACFc/YnWq5BeAgvw/s1600/moherowy%2Bme.JPG" /></a></div>Today is Polski Piątek, so if you're interested neither in language learning nor in Polish culture, click away now. Don't say I didn't warn you.<br /><br />I am still working on <i>Polish in 4 Weeks Level 2</i>, and I am now in "Week 4", having this morning begun to memorize the opening dialogue to Chapter 23: <i>Może powinniśmy wykorzystać twój pobytu w Polsce i pojechać do spa?</i> ("Maybe we should take advantage of your stay in Poland and go to a spa?) Every day I try to memorize 10 - 12 lines of dialogue. This daily habit is, I think, helping me with my spoken Polish. I noticed<br />yesterday that all these memorized words and phrases came in helpful in doing my homework, which was to write a passage about my job.<br /><br />The biggest problem with Polish night school, I now realize, is that there are no exams to study for. Honestly, it isn't enough to go to a language night school course and just hope that repetition does the trick. You really have to memorize, test yourself, correct yourself, and memorize some more. It's hard work and it's almost painful, but it is necessary to get results <br /><br />The biggest problem with learning Polish--outside Poland, anyway--is that improvement seems glacially slow. And I keep picking the wrong books to read. That is, I keep choosing children's books and then discovering that the language therein is at least slightly archaic. I put down <i>W Pustyni i w puszczy </i>when, at my friend's Polish wedding, a Pole told me that he too needed a dictionary to read Sienkiewicz. Sigh.<br /><br />In contrast, I picked up an Italian easy-read book yesterday in the bookshop and read the first page easily despite not having reviewed Italian for a year. Had I been getting my Italian up to speed for four years, I would be fluent by now. Speaking as someone who is not good at languages, Italian is a snap compared to Polish.<br /><br />But there is hope. I write in Polish now more often than I did before--usually by email--and if I make mistakes, at least my emails are legible. Meanwhile, I'm just going to go ahead and try to read Antoni Libera's <i>Madame. </i>I adored it in English, reading it two or three times. The translation was written in excellent colloquial English, so it won't "match up exactly" with the Polish, but what the heck. I had might as well try. And, besides, if I want to learn to write like a Pole, I will have to learn to do it the way I learned to write like an English-speaker: by reading as much as possible.]]></description>
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<title>ZENIT - The World Seen From Rome: Archbishop Fisichella's Prepared Remarks for Press Conference on Jubilee Year of Mercy</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 11:26:08 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Below is the Vatican-provided translation of the full text of President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization, Archbishop Rino Fisichella’s prepared remarks during the press conference on the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy that was held this morning in the Holy See Press Office:
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<title>Mathias von Gersdorff: Psycho-Kulturelle Ursachen der islamistischen Gewalt</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 11:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Foto: Takeaway/Wikipedia Lizenz CC BY-SA 3.0
In einem Beitrag für die „Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung“ vom 3. Dezember geht Marianne Leuzinger-Bohleber, Psychoanalytikerin in Frankfurt am Main, der Frage nach, wieso sich deutsche Jugendliche dem Dschihad anschließen und Terrorakte verüben.Leuzinger-Bohleber schildert zuerst den Fall des Arid Uka. Er tötete im Jahr 2011 zwei US-amerikanische]]></description>
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<title>ZENIT - The World Seen From Rome: Father Cantalamessa's 1st Advent Homily</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 11:03:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Below is rhe full text of Father Raniero Cantalamessa’s first Advent Sermon for 2015, provided by Vatican Radio:
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Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa, ofmcap
First Advent Sermon, 2015
“CHRIST, THE LIGHT TO THE NATIONS”
A Christological Reading of Lumen gentium
1. A Christological Ecclesiology
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<title>Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: Our Lady; the Moslems; and a great Patriarch.</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 10:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>On December 8, the Feast of our Blessed Lady's Immaculate Conception, brother priests who use the older breviary, in the form bequeathed to us by B Pius IX, will admire the 7th, 8th, and 9th Readings that morning, taken from the writings of S Germanus of Constantinople, a distinguished predecessor of His All-Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew. Those who desire a fuller account of this important Saint]]></description>
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<title>CatholicHerald.co.uk » CatholicHerald.co.uk: Passionist priest arrested after vandalism at climate change protest</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 10:10:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>A Catholic priest was among five Christian climate activists arrested on Monday for protesting against government policy on climate change.</p>
<p>The five, from the group Christian Climate Action, were arrested for criminal damage, after writing in whitewash and black paint on the wall of the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC). </p>
<p>In a statement the group said: “Underneath the hypocritical whitewash of fine talk on climate are DECC policies that lead to death.”</p>
<p>The five, acting on the first day of the climate summit in Paris, arrived at the protest wearing white paint suits with “DECC” on them. They delivered a letter to Amber Rudd, the Energy Secretary, prayed and stood with a skeleton and a “whitewashed tomb” before whitewashing the wall, and painting in black letters, “Dept for Extreme Climate Change”.</p>
<p>Passionist priest Fr Martin Newell, one of the five, said: “Climate change is the most serious danger facing the world that God created to be good. </p>
<p>“Rather than addressing climate change, DECC policies are undermining global efforts to confront this threat. The meeting of world leaders at the Paris summit this week is a crucial moment. We have taken this action because the urgency and importance of real cuts to greenhouse gas emissions is not getting through. Climate change is already a source of war, conflict and refugees. The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children. </p>
<p>“So we hope more Christians and others will be blessed with a holy rage, moved out of their apathy and led in love to prophetically resist climate ignorance and denial, realising our need for fundamental change and repentance,” he said.</p>
<p>Fr Newell, 48, was sentenced to 28 days in jail in 2014 for non-payment of fines arising from anti-war protests. He has been sentenced six times in total, his longest stretch being in 2000 when he received a 12-month sentence for burglary and criminal damage for cutting the wire at RAF Wittering, illegally entering the base and disabling a nuclear weapons convoy vehicle, putting it out of use for six months.</p>
<p>Among the four others arrested was 79-year-old Phil Kingston from Bristol.</p>]]></description>
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<title>CNA Daily News: Prayer ad before Star Wars movie gets nixed in the UK</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 10:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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Carrie Fisher, the actress who returns to play Princess Leia Organa in “The Force Awakens,” was among the critics.<br />
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“I have no idea why they would do that,” Fisher told the U.K. newspaper the Mail on Sunday, comparing the ad to the placement of Bibles in hotel rooms.<br />
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“I have never seen an advertisement like this, but if the theater is like a hotel room, then they have every right to put up a power of prayer advert.”<br />
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The next Star Wars movie opens in the U.K. on Dec. 17, one week before Christmas Eve.<br />
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Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury and head prelate of the Church of England, told the Mail on Sunday he thought it “extraordinary” that an ad for prayer was found inappropriate to be shown the week before Christmas.<br />
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“Billions of people across the world pray this prayer on a daily basis. I think they would be astonished and deeply saddened by this decision,” he said Nov. 20. “This advert is about as 'offensive' as a carol service or church service on Christmas Day.”<br />
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The Archbishop of Canterbury appears in the minute-long ad, as do Christians from all backgrounds. They pray the Lord’s Prayer, also called the Our Father.<br />
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Digital Cinema Media, the company that supplies advertising to Britain’s major movie theaters, initially offered the Church of England a discounted price for the ad slot.<br />
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It later said that the ad had been rejected by its clients, the three major movie theaters of the U.K.: Odeon, Cineworld and Vue. They said they could not carry religious ads. Executives' emails said that such ads risked upsetting or offending audiences.<br />
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The advertising company also implemented a policy barring ads connected to personal beliefs following objections to ads related to the campaigns for and against the Scottish independence vote in 2014.<br />
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Richard Dawkins, an atheist polemicist, objected to the idea that the Lord’s Prayer ads should be barred on the ground they could be offensive.<br />
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“If anybody is 'offended' by something so trivial as a prayer, they deserve to be offended,” he told The Guardian.<br />
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Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra, assistant secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain, said he was “flabbergasted” that anyone would find the prayer offensive.<br />
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<title>Denzinger-Katholik: "Der erste deutsche Volksliturgiker" - Erzpriester Stanislaus Stephan</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 09:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://denzinger-katholik.blogspot.com/2015/12/der-erste-deutsche-volksliturgiker.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Nicht zuletzt aufgrund der jüngsten Beiträge kam ich im blogozesanen wie im privaten Bereich einige Male auf Erzpriester Dr. <span style="color: blue;">Stanislaus Stephan</span> zu sprechen, der, wenn man ihn denn noch kennt, vor allem durch seine Brevierübersetzung Bekanntheit erlangt hat. Es ist sicher angemessen, von einer Person, in deren Werke man sich immer mal wieder versenkt, mehr als den bloßen Namen zu wissen. Darum an dieser Stelle einige Worte über den Gottesmann.<br /><div><br /></div><div>Vielleicht sollte es auch mehr "einige wenige Worte" heißen, denn es ist alles andere als leicht, mehr als ein paar Wörtchen über Stephan herauszufinden. Die Quellenlage ist äußerst dünn und erschöpft sich auf zwei Bereiche: Heimatkundliches aus dem Schlesischen und Biographisches um Pius Parsch. Und noch dazu war das meiste davon für mich nicht verfügbar. Aber sei's drum, lieber wenig als gar nichts. </div><div><br /></div><div>Geboren wurde Stanislaus Stephan 1867 in einem kleinen Dorf 60km nordöstlich von Breslau. In der schlesischen Hauptstadt dürfte er wohl auch das Gros seiner Studien als Priesteramtskandidat getätigt haben, bemerkenswert ist aber, dass er eine Zeit lang auch in Rom studierte. Und das unter keinem Geringeren - hier tut das Tradiherz einen kleinen Freudenhupfer - als Kardinal Billot. (Damit sei an dieser Stelle genug gesagt über die vermeintliche Unverträglichkeit von neuscholastischem mit liturgischem Denken, in Kürze mehr dazu). </div><div>Als Doktor der philosophischen und theologischen Disziplin trat er dann mehre Kaplansstellen in seiner Heimat an, bis er schließlich Pfarrer und (1915) Erzpriester der niederschlesischen Stadt Marklissa wurde, in der 1926 verstarb. </div><div><div><br /></div><div>Was kann man nun über sein Wirken sagen? Die Überschrift, bei der sich dem gemeinen Traditionalisten - mir zumindest - die Fußnägel etwas kräuseln, sagt schon viel darüber. Entnommen ist sie einem Vortrag, man kann es sich schon denken, den Pius Parsch auf dem ersten deutschen liturgischen Kongress im Jahre 1950 hielt. Mehr noch, Parsch bezeichnet sich gar als Jünger Stephans (und "nur" als Schüler Beurons und Maria Laachs). </div><div>Wie man es nun auch immer mit dem vereinnahmenden Begriff der Volksliturgie hält, der philologisch hochgebildete und aus antimodernistischer Schule kommende Stephan vermied ihn bewusst; auf jeden Fall war es ein Anliegen des Erzpriesters, die Liturgie auch wieder mehr Sache des Volkes zu machen. Liturgie ist ja nicht nur Werk <i>am</i> Volk, sondern auch Werk <i>des</i> Volkes, ein <i>opus publicum</i>. Und das ist nicht nur eine eng gefasste wie hohle Phrase, wie man die tätige Teilnahme nun landläufig versteht. Dabei ist der gehorsame Vollzug von Vermächtnis und Gedächtnis des Leibes und Blutes Christi, uns von Christus selbst überkommen, unantastbarer Mittelpunkt und Herzstück aller Liturgie. Dieser Stiftung aber gerecht zu werden und sich dabei immer wieder zu hinterfragen ist Aufgabe der Liturgik. Nicht Aufgabe des Einzelnen dagegen ist es, Stiftungstat und Stiftungswillen Jesu zu verkehren, in dem er sich den Vorschriften der Kirche widersetzt. Ihre Vorschriften sind um des Willens Christi da und bilden ein Gesamt, niemals kann das eine gegen das andere ausgespielt werden. Dies ist der Grundgedanke des - allein schon vom Titel her - prophetisch erscheinenden Buches <i>"Tuet dies" oder "Macht was ihr wollt?"</i> aus der Feder des Schlesiers. </div></div><div><br /></div><div>Aber nicht das Buch ist es, welches Stephan so bekannt machte. Seine Übersetzungen, die erste erschien nur drei Jahre nach seiner Priesterweihe, und volkstümlichen Schriften zur Liturgie verbreiteten sich schon kurz nach der Herausgabe millionenfach. Schnell sah er aber ein, dass einer Reform liturgischen Geistes nicht allein per Graswurzelbewegung Erfolg beschienen sein kann, sondern vor allem durch die gründliche Ausbildung des Klerus. Neben dem Missale war ihm Brevier und Psalter besonders wichtig, die Psalmen, das von Gott verfasste Gebet- und Gesangbuch, sollte von den Seelsorgern besser durchdrungen und Gemeingut des Volkes werden. </div><div><br /></div><div>Bei aller Verbindung zur liturgischen Bewegung bleibt aber doch ein entscheidender Unterschied zwischen Stephan und den anderen "Volksliturgikern" seiner und vor allem späterer Zeit. Während letztere sich in einem rubrikalen Gefängnis eingesperrt sahen und zurück wollten zu irgendwelchen tatsächlichen oder eingebildeten liturgischen Zuständen grauer Vorzeit, sind für Stephan die geltenden Rubriken Garant dafür, dass dem Stiftungswillen Christi Folge geleistet wird. Vereinfacht ausgedrückt: Während Parsch und andere die Rubriken "zu den Menschen" bringen wollen, will Stephan die "Menschen zu den Rubriken" bringen. Er will die Liturgie, wie sie nach den geltenden Normen gefeiert wird, ihrem Wesen nach verstehen und würdigen. Wie in der Dogmatik - und aus der kam Stephan - entfaltet sich hier Leben und Lehre der Kirche im beständigen Fortschritt und wird nicht zunehmend korrumpiert. Eine "Archäologie des Erstbesten" (J. Ratzinger), wie sie sich verbreiten sollte, ist ihm vollkommen fremd.</div><div><br /></div><div>Hier sehe ich einen Ansatz, den ein anderer deutscher Liturgiewissenschaftler und Dogmatiker, Johannes Brinktrine - gegen den Strom der damals vorherrschen und immer noch bestimmenden liturgischen Auffassungen von Jungmann auf der einen und Casel auf der anderen Seite - weiter ausfalten wird. Um ihn soll es ein andermal gehen. </div>]]></description>
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<title>Vultus Christi: The Litanies of Divine Providence</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 09:00:20 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://vultuschristi.org/index.php/2015/12/the-litanies-of-divine-providence/</link>
<description><![CDATA[<p><em><img alt="God-the-Father-blessing" class="alignright size-full wp-image-11990" height="379" src="http://vultuschristi.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/God-the-Father-blessing.jpg" width="335" /></em>Last evening, Dom Benedict asked me if I would translate from the Latin the beautiful Litanies of Divine Providence found at the end of a little volume containing the Office of Divine Providence, published for the Benedictines of Perpetual Adoration at Arras (France) in 1883. The volume gives no indication of the origin of the Office and Litanies of Divine Providence. A note in the book indicates that the Litanies were to be recited in common after None on every Sunday when the Blessed Sacrament was not exposed. It would also seem that, at one time, the designated <em>reparator</em> of the day would read the Office and Litanies of Divine Providence before the Most Blessed Sacrament on behalf of all. The Litanies of Divine Providence are a condensation of biblical and liturgical texts: a perfect example of how <em>lectio</em> turns to <em>meditatio</em>, and <em>meditatio</em> to <em>oratio</em> and <em>contemplatio</em>.</p>
<p>Lord, have mercy upon us.<br />
Christ, have mercy upon us.<br />
Lord have mercy upon us.</p>
<p>Christ, hear us.<br />
Christ, graciously hear us.</p>
<p>God, the heavenly Father, whose providence governeth all things,<br />
have mercy upon us.</p>
<p>God the Son, Wisdom from on high, mightily and sweetly ordering all our days,*<br />
have mercy upon us.</p>
<p>God the Holy Ghost, father of the Poor and source of all our store,<br />
have mercy upon us.</p>
<p>Holy Trinity, one God, unchanging in thy providence,<br />
have mercy upon us.</p>
<p>Divine Providence, creating and ruling all,<br />
have mercy upon us.</p>
<p>Divine Providence, who alone dost great wonders,<br />
have mercy upon us.</p>
<p>Divine Providence, supremely good and immeasurable,<br />
have mercy upon us.</p>
<p>Divine Providence, in which we live, and move, and have our being,<br />
have mercy upon us.</p>
<p>Divine Providence, our only hope and salvation,<br />
have mercy upon us.</p>
<p>Divine Providence, wellspring of all good things,<br />
have mercy upon us.</p>
<p>Divine Providence, with whom no word shall be impossible,<br />
have mercy upon us.</p>
<p>Divine Providence, our expectation and our glory,<br />
have mercy upon us.</p>
<p>Divine Providence, consolation of the poor,<br />
have mercy upon us.</p>
<p>Divine Providence, strength of the frail,<br />
have mercy upon us.</p>
<p>Divine Providence, our refuge,<br />
have mercy upon us.</p>
<p>Divine Providence, our storehouse,<br />
have mercy upon us.</p>
<p>Divine Providence, our life and our shelter,<br />
have mercy upon us.</p>
<p>Divine Providence, supplying to the utmost and giving boundless solace,<br />
have mercy upon us.</p>
<p>Divine Providence, mother of orphans,<br />
have mercy upon us.</p>
<p>Divine Providence, giving sustenance to the indigent,<br />
have mercy upon us.</p>
<p>Divine Providence, rudder of seafarers,<br />
have mercy upon us.</p>
<p>Divine Providence, impenetrable shield,<br />
have mercy upon us.</p>
<p>Divine Providence, artery of life,<br />
have mercy upon us.</p>
<p>Divine Providence, bread of the famished,<br />
have mercy upon us.</p>
<p>Divine Providence, consolation in our exile,<br />
have mercy upon us.</p>
<p>V. Cast the burden of thy cares upon the Lord, and he will sustain thee.<br />
R. And from all thy troubles he will set thee free.</p>
<p>V. As a father hath compassion on his children, so hath the Lord compassion on them that fear him.<br />
R. For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.</p>
<p>V. Remember thou our congregation.<br />
R. Which thou hast possessed from the beginning.</p>
<p>Let us pray.<br />
O God, the protector of all that trust in thee, show thyself favourable to our prayers, and because through the weakness of our mortal nature we can do no good thing without thee, grant us the help of thy Providence, that thou being our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things temporal, that we finally lose not the things eternal. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.</p>
<p>*alternately, following the original: <em>Shepherd of thy sheep</em>.<br />
** alternately, following the original: <em>Holy Ghost</em>.</p>]]></description>
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<title>CatholicHerald.co.uk » CatholicHerald.co.uk: Bishop calls for healing after San Bernardino mass shooting</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 08:54:04 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>San Bernardino Bishop Gerald Barnes has urged people to pray for unity and healing after the mass shooting in San Bernardino on Wednesday that left 14 people dead and 17 others wounded.</p>
<p>“For those who lost their lives, we pray for their eternal rest and God’s strength to their loved ones left behind; for those who are wounded, we pray for their health and healing,” he said.</p>
<p>In a statement on Wednesday, the bishop called on people to pray for “all of the victims of this horrific incident and their families” and also asked for prayers for law enforcement officers who at the time were still “pursuing the suspects in this case.”</p>
<p>“Our community of San Bernardino has faced great challenges through the years. Let us come together now in unity to bring light to the darkness of this day,” Bishop Barnes said.</p>
<p>The shooting took place at the Inland Regional Center, a state-run facility for individuals with developmental disabilities where county health officials were having an employee holiday party.</p>
<p>Two armed suspects, later identified as Syed Farook, 28, and Tashfeen Malik, 27, were killed by police four hours later in a shootout about two miles from the social services center.</p>
<p>Farook, a county environmental inspector, had attended the holiday party and left, returning with Malik, wearing “assault-style clothing” with ammunition attached, according to news reports.</p>
<p>Police and federal agents have not yet offered a motive for the couple’s shootings at the center, which provides housing and work programs, and therapy and social services to more than 30,000 people with developmental disabilities.</p>
<p>“Today, yet another American community is reeling from the horror of gun violence,” said House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-California, said in a statement on Wednesday. “As the families of the victims grieve and the survivors focus on healing, the entire American family mourns.”</p>
<p>Pelosi noted that gun violence is “a crisis of epidemic proportions in our nation” and said Congress has a moral responsibility to vote on common sense measures to prevent the daily agony of gun violence in communities across America. Enough is enough.”</p>
<p>Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput said “each innocent life lost” in the shooting was precious. “Each was intimately connected through family and friendship to many others, who now survive them and bear a burden of unearned suffering.”</p>
<p>The archbishop, in a statement on Thursday, added: “Pursuing justice in this matter is in the hands of law enforcement. Our task as Christians is to pray for those persons whose lives were ended by the inexcusable cruelty of others.”</p>]]></description>
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<title>CatholicHerald.co.uk » CatholicHerald.co.uk: Morning Catholic must-reads: 04/12/15</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 08:29:07 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2015/12/04/morning-catholic-must-reads-041215/</link>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Pope Francis has received the Book of Gospels that will be <a href="http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2015/12/04/pope_francis_receives_book_of_gospels_for_the_jubilee/1191860">used during Year of Mercy liturgies</a>.</p>
<p>Argentina’s bishops have <a href="http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/argentine-bishops-proposal-to-drug-traffickers-convert-and-seek-mercy-55935/">urged drug dealers to repent</a> in the Year of Mercy.</p>
<p>The Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar has <a href="http://en.abouna.org/en/content/sheikh-al-azhar-ahmad-al-tayyeb-receives-new-apostolic-nuncio-egypt">received the Holy See’s new ambassador to Egypt</a>, Archbishop Bruno Musarò.</p>
<p>A Spanish city council has said it <a href="http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/catholics-in-spain-protest-blasphemous-art-exhibit-yet-city-council-fails-to-act-49114/">will not remove</a> an artwork featuring photos of stolen Hosts from a publicly funded exhibition hall.</p>
<p>Emily Reimer-Barry argues that the Pope <a href="http://catholicmoraltheology.com/what-did-pope-francis-say-about-condoms-on-world-aids-day/">“didn’t have a well thought-out response”</a> on Aids and condoms.</p>
<p>Patrick Garry hails a new study of the <a href="http://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2015/12/scriber-review">“development of neoconservative Catholic thought”</a>.</p>
<p>And Rome Reports answers <a href="http://www.romereports.com/2015/12/03/eight-questions-about-the-jubilee-of-mercy-you-were-afraid-to-ask">“eight questions about the Jubilee of Mercy you were afraid to ask”</a>.</p>
<p>Follow me on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/lukecoppen">@lukecoppen</a> for updates throughout the day.</p>]]></description>
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<title>iBenedictines: A Blindness Lifted</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 08:23:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>The two men in today’s gospel who begged Jesus to restore their sight cannot have found life easy once their request had been granted. (Matt 9.27-31) We might speak today of ‘sensory overload’ and the challenge of relearning social and (…)</p><p><a href="http://www.ibenedictines.org/2015/12/04/a-blindness-lifted/">Read the rest of this entry »</a></p><img alt="" height="1" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ibenedictines/~4/yCUtxIhshd8" width="1" />]]></description>
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<title>: On Fundamentalist Catholics</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 08:16:20 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://blog.etheldredasplace.net/doctrine/on-fundamentalist-catholics/</link>
<description><![CDATA[<p>(A post for D….)</p>
<p>Reflecting on two episodes in my life led me to pray the prayer recommended by great spiritual writers, such as Garrigou-Lagrange and others. This type of prayer, which begs God to show the hidden sins of the soul, the spiritual sins which others do not see, is the prayer which can lead to the destruction of one’s predominant fault.</p>
<p>The two episodes have to do with the Mass and two daily communicants. The Pope’s comments on “fundamentalist Catholics” resonated with these memories. The fundamentalist does not use reason, does not appropriate an adult faith. Fundamentalism does imply a strict discipline without the mind, heart and soul being involved in decision making.</p>
<p>Separating reason from faith marks the fundamentalist. Separating faith from reason marks the violent.</p>
<p>Christ did not say, for example, “I have revealed truth”, but “I am….the Truth.” For the real Catholic, the reason for one’s being needs to be worked out, not merely in ritualistic unthinking ways, but in the knowing of each human’s end in life-salvation, unity with God.</p>
<p>I would like to share two events in my life which reveal the non-appropriation of Truth, of God, and the dire consequences of this lack of reason.</p>
<p>Time and place separates me from these following events and at least one person involved is dead, so, I feel free to share them. The first involved three of us in employment who discovered a serious situation involving one of the CEOs. Now, I had been a whistle-blower before in two other situations, which had cost me my academic career at two institutions, so I knew what the consequences could be. However, when God presents us with a decision of either standing up to truth or compromising, we have a choice. As Christ said He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, one must choose Christ, Who is Truth. If I had ignored this problem, I would have been compromising in my own position.</p>
<p>In this case, one of us was fired and the other two, including me, were “forced to resign”. Two of us had to sell our homes rather than default on mortgages, and as a relatively young single mom, I was plunged into poverty, which my son and I never were able to amend. We suffer the consequences even today, many, many years later.</p>
<p>But, those points are not the reason for this post. The unjust woman involved in the above scandal was not only a daily <i>TLM </i>attendee, but a daily communicant (long before the <i>Summorum Pontificum</i>, btw). To me, there was a dissection of truth and reality.</p>
<p>I went to my spiritual director, as I could not understand how someone who was so seemingly religious could live such a double life. This excellent priest told me that when a person is in mortal sin and receiving the Body of Christ, the graces were like water off a duck’s back. No grace would be received, and, indeed, the person would be committing a sacrilege. Because my faith was strong, this fact of being scandalized did not affect my own trust in God and His Church.</p>
<p>Others were scandalized, but none of those involved in the suffering which was endured left the Church. We all became stronger through suffering. Two of us are still friends today, many, many years later, loving one another in Christ because we suffered unjustly together.</p>
<p>Communities in the early Church were built on shared witnessing and shared suffering.</p>
<p>But, communities cannot be created when there is a disjoint between faith and reason.</p>
<p>Years later, I was catechizing, perhaps, one of the most beautiful woman I had ever met. She had been raised in a secular family and never baptized. As her mentor, we had long talks, and it was very clear that God was giving her infused knowledge on the Faith and increasing her prayer life quickly. She was pursuing baptism when a wealthy man, who went to daily Mass and Communion, began to proposition her. She showed me about fifteen notes concerning this because she was puzzled, how a Catholic man who received Communion daily. could be in such <i>darkness</i>, as she said correctly. She herself could discern that this man was a “lost soul”, her own phrase.</p>
<p>Because of the previous experience years before, I could explain that going to Mass did not bring automatic salvation. We both recalled the passage of Christ when He called the Pharisees and Sadducees, “white-washed sepulchers”; seeming good on the outside, but decaying on the inside. This brave woman confronted this Catholic man with his sins. and told him directly that she was not interested in his advances. He told her he had no intention of getting married but only wanted the occasional fling. He continued to attend daily Mass and be an obvious Catholic leader in his community.</p>
<p>Sadly, this lovely woman decided not to become a Catholic or even to be baptized. She had been scandalized, and despite tremendous graces, she did not pursue her own spiritual life at the time. I lost track of her as she moved out of the area. God, Who Is Truth, had been insulted, and this good woman realized this.</p>
<p>Both of these experiences threw me back into my own solitary examination of conscience, and led me to beg God to show me my own hidden sins, and particularly, my predominant fault.</p>
<p>How interesting to me were God’s revelations, and with the help of my spiritual director, I was able to sort out some things, but not all yet, of course. For some of us, purgation takes a long time. Recall that even the great saint, Mother Teresa of Calcutta, was in the Dark Night for fifty years. This night of purgation reveals one’s hidden sins. The hidden sins keep us from receiving the fullness of the graces that God wants us to use in order to become saints. Hidden sins sometimes involve, as in the two examples above, deceit, as it is too easy to either conform to the world, compromise, or convince one’s self that one is “not that bad”. In the second case, the man lived too much in the world and could not even see that his actions were sinful.</p>
<p>In the first situation, some of the board members finally accepted the truth. Of course, none of us involved were given any recompense. But, two things I had learned about the spiritual life have stayed with me to this day. Merely going to the TLM or the NO does not save one, and all events can lead us closer to God, even loss of status, career, and financial security for one’s self and one’s family.</p>
<p>Every time one makes a decision to pursue truth, one receives another layer of discernment.</p>
<p>The Mass, the daily re-enactment of the Sacrifice of Christ on the Cross, is the Unbloody Golgotha. Christ suffers again and again in the Mystery of the Mass. He suffers for each one of us and offers Himself Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity for our salvation. It is our sacred duty to receive Him as worthily as possible, not merely for our own soul, but for the entire Mystical Body of Christ. All of our sins effect each other.</p>
<p>The Mass does not save us unless we are truly repentant. If one is merely going through the ritual of the Mass without engaging one’s heart and soul, one is in danger of damnation. One must beg God to see all of one’s sins. This knowledge results in a totally breaking with all sin, not just obvious sins, but those which no others see or even suspect. Sadly, most priests do not seem to address the need for spiritual honesty at the core of our being—the discovery of one’s predominant fault, which leads to most of one’s sins. I have had two great confessors in the past, both in Ireland, understand and help with the levels of purgation, because they themselves had allowed God into their lives to become purified. Such priests seem to be rare.</p>
<p>Some sins are obvious and some are not. It is our duty and necessity, if we want to see God, to become purified of<i> all sin</i>.</p>
<p>The Mass does not save us unless we are repentant of our sins. In fact, the reception of Christ unworthily can be the cause of damnation. Let us approach the altar with great care, and not with the carelessness of a deadened conscience. Let us pray for compunction, for a heart rendered by the love of God. Let us not fall into legalism.</p>
<p>I think this is what the Pope means by “fundamentalist” Catholics; those who think they are saved by ritual alone, and not by the pursuit of holiness and by a life of good works which emanate from a pure heart. The fundamentalist is a person who “goes by the book” only, who cannot reason his faith, who does understand that holiness is a personal duty of fulfillment of one’s reason for existence, which involved the intellect, and the heart. Legalism never saves, but convinces one that salvation may be gained merely through exterior ritual.</p>
<p>Even charismatics, as well as the rad-trads, fall into fundamentalism, thinking that doing things a certain way, as in magical thinking, spiritual things will happen. Only the sacramental life of the Church, and the doctrines, guarantee grace and the help to salvation. But, an adult must be willing to accept what is taught and make those teachings one’s own. We are to incorporate truth into our very minds, hearts, souls, and think like Catholics, one of my long themes on the old blog.</p>
<p>Recently, I had to write a long letter to a leader of a pro-life group which is using a sentimental prayer riddled with bad anti-Catholic theology. After I painstakingly pointed out three heresies concerning baptism, grace, and authority, the person reverted to the fact that a priest had written the prayer. This is a reaction of a fundamentalist Catholic, who has not studied the CCC, who has not appropriated his faith according to Church teaching. The result is that thousands of people are saying a prayer which is heretical in part, spreading heretical views literally around the world.</p>
<p>The fact that those to whom I spoke about this refused to admit a priest could make doctrinal errors is a sign of fundamentalism. Just because Father says so does not make something right.</p>
<p>If those disseminating this prayer knew their faith, or at least, at the very least, had read the parts of the CCC on the sacraments and salvation, they would have noticed the errors themselves. But, the legalism of believing what their priest leader wrote <i>overruled reason and faith</i>.</p>
<p>Other signs of the fundamentalism in Catholics is the acceptance of false seers, as visionaries are easier to understand for some than doctrine. Instead of studying the Faith, these people rush after each new vision and the resultant writings, as if salvation was to be found in visions. Those who follow visions not approved by the Church are likewise being irrational, not seeing the errors because of sentimentality or even sloth.</p>
<p>Many Catholics have lost the ability in this age to reason, and with the lack of thinking skills comes a sort of fundamentalism. The intellect informs the soul, and the intellect must ascend to great heights of knowledge, not based on anything but the Will of God as seen in the Teaching Magisterium of the Church.</p>
<p>As Catholics, our intellect, our souls, our wills, must be governed by Truth, Who Is God.</p>
<p>And, that seeking for Truth is a life-long journey.</p>
<p>In the Mass, Truth reaches down to raise us up, through the Sacrament of the Eucharist. But, if one is mired in mortal sins, if one’s spiritual roots have not been planted in grace, but in egoism, pride, greed, lust and malice, one cannot appropriate the grace given.</p>
<p>To receive Truth, Who Is a Person, one must want truth in one’s life more than any thing, more than status, wealth, success, comforts. The graces of the Mass are wasted on those who think that the ritualistic words, without personal repentance and involvement, will save them.</p>
<p>Many Catholics deride those who stop going to Mass when they have seriously sinned. At least, those people know they are unworthy to receive Christ, unlike the woman and the man above who thought they could sin seriously and still receive Christ into their interior deep souls. Serious sin, which should be unnatural to the good soul, creates a schizophrenia, a disjoint, not only in the soul, but in the mind. Recently, I have heard people respond to violence in the news saying, “These people are crazy” who kill and maim. Yes, sin leads to a craziness, a separation of the soul from God will lead to a separation of the mind from the body, as well as the soul.</p>
<p>Serious sin can lead to insanity, as sanity, health of body and soul, implies a unity of body and soul. The graces of the Mass are given through the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Christ, but cannot be taken in by the body and soul of the ones who insist on having their own wills as against the will of God.</p>
<p>When the beautiful lady shared with me her sad experience of the man who was the “lost soul”, she also said to me, “He doesn’t get it.” She was already thinking like a Catholic, knowing that the person living in mortal sin didn’t get either the grace or the rationale of his own actions.</p>
<p>Separating reason from faith marks the fundamentalist. Separating faith from reason marks the violent.</p>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Diligite iustitiam: Athonite Koliva</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The American Catholic: Classic Put Down</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 07:57:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>  Dale Price at Dyspeptic Mutterings gives a classic response to a critic of his article, go here to read it, at One Peter Five on the Pope who didn’t like Catholicism:   There’s something purported to be a rebuttal of the 1P5 piece out there.   I’d never heard of the blog in question before, […]<div class="us_excerpts_bottom" style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px;"><div class="us_wrapper tal us_skin_default"><div class="us_facebook us_button"><a class="us_box" href="http://the-american-catholic.com/feed/"><div class="us_share"><i class="us-icon-facebook"></i></div><div class="us_count"><i class="us-icon-spin us-icon-spinner"></i></div></a></div><div class="us_twitter us_button"><a class="us_box" href="http://the-american-catholic.com/feed/"><div class="us_share"><i class="us-icon-twitter"></i></div><div class="us_count"><i class="us-icon-spin us-icon-spinner"></i></div></a></div><div class="us_googleplus us_transient us_button"><a class="us_box" href="http://the-american-catholic.com/feed/"><div class="us_share"><i class="us-icon-google"></i></div><div class="us_count"><i class="us-icon-spin us-icon-spinner"></i></div></a></div><div class="us_love us_button"><a class="us_box" href="http://the-american-catholic.com/feed/"><div class="us_share"><i class="us-icon-love"></i></div><div class="us_count"><i class="us-icon-spin us-icon-spinner"></i></div></a></div><div class="us_linkedin us_button"><a class="us_box" href="http://the-american-catholic.com/feed/"><div class="us_share"><i class="us-icon-linkedin"></i></div><div class="us_count"><i class="us-icon-spin us-icon-spinner"></i></div></a></div><div class="us_reddit us_transient us_button"><a class="us_box" href="http://the-american-catholic.com/feed/"><div class="us_share"><i class="us-icon-reddit"></i></div><div class="us_count"><i class="us-icon-spin us-icon-spinner"></i></div></a></div><div class="us_stumble us_transient us_button"><a class="us_box" href="http://the-american-catholic.com/feed/"><div class="us_share"><i class="us-icon-stumbleupon"></i></div><div class="us_count"><i class="us-icon-spin us-icon-spinner"></i></div></a></div><div class="us_mail us_button us_no_count"><a class="us_box" href="http://the-american-catholic.com/feed/#us-modal-fYGFG"><div class="us_share"><i class="us-icon-mail"></i></div></a></div><div class="us_print us_no_count us_button"><a class="us_box" href="http://the-american-catholic.com/feed/"><div class="us_share"><i class="us-icon-print"></i></div></a></div><div class="us_delicious us_button"><a class="us_box" href="http://the-american-catholic.com/feed/"><div class="us_share"><i class="us-icon-delicious"></i></div><div class="us_count"><i class="us-icon-spin us-icon-spinner"></i></div></a></div><div class="us_total us_button"><div class="us_box" href="#"><div class="us_count"><i class="us-icon-spin us-icon-spinner"></i></div><div class="us_share"></div></div></div><div class="us_comments us_button"><a class="us_box" href="http://the-american-catholic.com/2015/12/04/classic-put-down/#respond"><div class="us_share"><i class="us-icon-comments"></i></div><div class="us_count"><i class="us-icon-spin us-icon-spinner"></i></div></a></div></div></div>]]></description>
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<title>Beiboot Petri: Klimawandel: Schweigen ist Gold.</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 07:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><b>Pater Jorge Gonzales Guadalix, </b>Priester in Madrid,<b> </b>schreibt bei<b> <a href="http://infocatolica.com/blog/cura.php/1512021107-cambio-climatico-calladitos-e">infocatolica</a> </b>über die Klimakonferenz und den Klimawandel aus Sicht der Kirche. Hier geht´s zum Original, das wir bei Benoît XVI-et-moi gedunden haben : <b><span style="color: blue;"> <a href="http://benoit-et-moi.fr/2015-II/actualite/changement-climatique-le-silence-est-dor.html">klicken</a> </span>Lesen!</b><br /><br /><b> <span> </span></b><br /><b><span> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> "KLIMAWANDEL: SCHWEIGEN IST GOLD"</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b>"Heute ist mir wieder eine der Gemeindeversammlungen eingefallen, bei denen man über so ungewöhnliche Dinge - wie die Option für die Armen - spricht. Einer der Teilnehmer, ein Versammlungsexperte mit Theologiestudium - der aber nicht bis zur Ordination gelangte - sagte uns, daß während wir, die Reichen, Rinderfilet äßen, Entrecôtes und Meeresfrüchte, sie - die Armen sich mit einigen Sardinen begnügen müßten, die zudem noch ihre Gesundheit ruinierten.<br />Kurz also solche Sachen. <br />Jahre sind vergangen und man läßt uns entdecken, daß Sardinen sehr gesund sind, wirklich sehr gesund. Und schlecht, aber wirklich schlecht sei es, rotes Fleisch zu essen und Meeresfrüchte.<br />Gut, ich sage das, damit wir verstehen daß es eine Sache ist, daß die Armen das Recht auf ein würdiges Leben haben, das die Ernährung einschließt, Freizeitvergnügen, Kultur, Gesundheit und alles, was man will, daß es aber eine andere Sache ist, uns in einer Debatte zu engagieren, ob wir Sardinen oder Steak essen sollen - da geraten wir in Konfusion.<br />Das scheint mir auch bei dieser ganzen Affäre mit dem Klimawandel so zu sein. Die ganze Welt - besonders die sich selbst als katholische Progressisten oder Ökologisten definieren, wie der berühmte Leonardo Boff, verbringt den Tag damit, zu uns von der Ozonschicht und ihren Löchern zu sprechen, von Umweltverschmutzung, Kernenergie nein Danke, von Kohlendioxyd und der Erwärmung des Planeten.<br /><br />Ich denke, daß ein Katholik immer dahin kommen kann, zu bestätigen, daß die Schöpfung gut ist - als Werk Gottes - und daß es notwendig ist, sie zu pflegen, sowie aus der Welt einen bewohnbaren Ort zu machen, in dem wir in Frieden voran gehen können. Gedankenstrich.<br />Der Rest - ob es besser oder weniger schlecht ist, Kernkraftwerke, Wasserkraftwerke, thermische- und Windkraftwerke abzuschaffen, zum natürlichen Leben einer Tomate zurück zu kehren und sich im Fluss zu waschen, oder auf organische Brennstoffe zurück zu greifen, sollen Wissenschaftler entscheiden.<br /><br /><a name="more"></a><br /><br /><br />Die Experten sagen, daß der Planet Erde Eiszeiten und brüske Temperaturanstiege erlitten hat und daß heutige Wüsten Ozeane waren. Unter ihnen sind sicher auch Katastrophiker. Andere sind relativ ruhiger.<br />Sie haben das Wissen. Sie sollen forschen, um aus dieser Welt eine liebenswerte Welt zu machen.<br /><br />Die Kirche hat eine andere Mission. Was den Gläubigen ansteht - besonders unserer Hierarchie - ist, an die Schöpfungstheologie zu erinnern und die moralische Verpflichtung, sich um den Planeten zu kümmern.<br />Der der unsere ist, ist darum daran zu erinnern, daß der Mensch über dem Gewinn um jeden Preis stehen muß.<br />Es ist unsere Aufgabe, nicht den ausgewogenen Blick zwischen Fortschritt und Menschwürde zu verlieren, damit wir wissen, daß Fortschritt um jeden Preis nicht möglich ist und daß man eine Harmonie bewahren muß. Und das ist alles.<br /><br /><div style="padding: 4px 0px;"><span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #444444; font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.075px; line-height: 19.2px;">Uns in die Belange der Ozonschicht einzumischen, in die Erwärmung des Planeten, die CO2-Verschmutzung, daß man mit Kernkraftwerken Schluss machen muß oder sie fördern, die Probleme der Korallenriffe lösen, oder einen Appell gegen die Nutzung fossiler Brennstoffe lanzieren, ist nichts weiter als ein Fehlen des normalen Menschenverstandes und uns das Leben aus unsinnigen Gründen schwer zu </span><span style="background-color: white;">machen, ob wir Pfarrer das tun oder die Theologen oder sonst wer.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white;">Weil wir es nicht wissen und weil die Dinge absolut nicht klar sind und wir folglich riskieren, uns mit sonstwas konfrontiert zu sehen.</span></div><div style="padding: 4px 0px;">Deshalb bekräftige ich, daß bei diesen Themen Schweigen Gold ist!<br /><span style="background-color: white;">Pflegen wir die Schöpfung, beschäf</span><span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #444444; font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.075px; line-height: 19.2px;"><span style="background-color: white;">tigen wir uns damit, die Menschenwürde zu beschützen. Erinnern wir uns </span></span><span style="background-color: white;">an das notwendige Gleichgewicht zwischen der Pflege der Schöpfung, der Menschenwürde, dem menschlichen Fortschritt und der Gerechtigkeit </span><br /><span style="background-color: white;">Aber lassen wir die Wissenschaftler sich über den Weg, das zu tun, einigen. Und wir als Priester - oder mehr - glauben wir nicht, daß wir sofort überall Brücken bauen können.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #444444; font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.075px; line-height: 19.2px;">Haben wir Galileo schon vergessen? Vorsicht also, und jeder bleibe bei seinem Metier.</span><br /><span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #444444; font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.075px; line-height: 19.2px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; letter-spacing: 0.075px; line-height: 19.2px;">Quelle: Pater Jorge G.Guadalix, infocatolica, BenoîtXVI-et-moi </span></div>]]></description>
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<title>Charlotte was Both: 7 Quick Takes</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 07:03:10 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>CNA Daily News: In Chile, massive Marian pilgrimage to open Year of Mercy</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 07:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/images/size340/Nuestra_Seora_Pursima_de_Lo_Vasquez_Credit_Philippus011012_CC_30_via_Wikipedia_CNA_12_3_15.jpg" /><p>Santiago, Chile, Dec 4, 2015 / 12:02 am (<a href="http://www.catholicnewsagency.com" target="_self">CNA/EWTN News</a>).- Hundreds of thousands in Chile will visit the Lo Vasquez Shrine this coming December 8 on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, taking part in one of the most well-attended pilgrimages in the country.
Our Immaculate Lady of Lo Vasquez, known in Spanish as “Nuestra Señora Purísima,” is a devotion that dates back to 1850 in Valparaiso, Chile. On Dec. 7 and 8 the shrine draws almost 1 million faithful to central Chile. People come from different parts of the country in a pilgrimage that will conclude Chile’s month of Mary.
This year the pilgrimage will have a special focus: the opening of the Holy Door of the Jubilee Year of Mercy. The special year, declared by Pope Francis, is intended to encourage acts of faith, charity and brotherly communion. Specially designated Holy Doors at churches around the world are connected to plenary indulgences for pilgrims during the church year.
Already since Sunday Nov. 29, the Lo Vasquez Shrine has begun to prepare for Feast of the Immaculate Virgin with the start of the novena in honor of the Immaculate Conception of Mary.
The doctrine of the Immaculate Conception recognizes that God chose the Virgin Mary to be conceived without sin. It was proclaimed on Dec. 8, 1854 by Pope Pius IX in his papal bull “Ineffabilis Deus,” formalizing the long-held Catholic belief.
This year’s pilgrimage events are based on the theme “Mother of Life, Mother of Mercy.”
On Nov. 29 the pilgrimage’s traditional religious dance festival took place. In this festival, the faithful renew their promises to the Mother of God alongside dancers and musicians.
The chaplain at the Shrine of the Immaculate Virgin of Lo Vasquez, Father Marcelino Toro, explained the event to CNA.
He said the pilgrimage is “primarily an encounter with someone you love.”
“And from that encounter one feels complete contentment, happy to have done something good. This full encounter is with Mary, the Mother who shows us Jesus as the only way, truth and life,” Fr. Toro added.
The priest discussed the renewal encouraged by the Year of Mercy, saying “it has to do with the humble, little heart that’s in need. Consequently, the beginning of the Year of Mercy starts out with this feast of Mary, who lived out mercy in the humility of her heart.”
One of the main activities of this festival is the Mass celebrated by the Bishop of Valparaiso, Gonzalo Duarte. He will open the Holy Door of the Shrine of the Immaculate Virgin and lead the solemn procession with the statue of the Virgin.
The pilgrims who come to the shrine will also be able to go to confession all day long and attend one of many Masses which will start on the hour from midnight to 7 p.m. on Dec. 8.
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<title>Adelante la Fe: El día que cayó la Hostia. Sobre la Comunión en la mano</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 07:00:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><img alt="sangre" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" height="264" src="http://www.adelantelafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sangre-1024x438.jpg" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;" width="618" /><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="wpsdc-drop-cap">N</span>uestro Señor Jesucristo está realmente presente en la Santísima Eucaristía: Cuerpo, Sangre, Alma y Divinidad. Esto es una verdad católica fundamental, enseñada por la Iglesia desde los tiempos de los Apóstoles,</p>
<p>El Concilio de Trento definió dogmáticamente que Nuestro Señor Jesucristo está presente en todas las partículas del Santísimo Sacramento. El Concilio enseñó infaliblemente:</p>
<figure class="wp-caption alignleft" id="attachment_917834" style="width: 206px;"><img alt="caliz" class="wp-image-917834 size-medium" height="300" src="http://www.adelantelafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/caliz-206x300.jpg" width="206" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Grabado de una revista de 1959, cuando esto era la norma para los sacerdotes en la Misa Tridentina Latina. Obsérvese como el pulgar y el dedo índice de cada mano se mantiene unidos, incluso durante la elevación del Cáliz. Esto se hacía para evitar que hasta la partícula más pequeña de la Hostia pudiese ser profanada.</figcaption></figure>
<p>«Si alguno negare que en el venerable sacramento de la Eucaristía se contiene Cristo entero bajo cada una de las especies y bajo cada una de las partes de cualquiera de las especies hecha la separación, sea anatema».</p>
<p>Esto significa que el Señor está presente incluso en la partícula más pequeña de la Hostia, y en la partícula más pequeña que pueda caer al suelo. Así, la reverencia que le debemos al Santísimo Sacramento nos exige que tomemos todas las precauciones necesarias para que ninguna partícula de la Hostia -ni siquiera la más pequeña– quede expuesta a ser profanada de modo alguno.</p>
<p>En primer lugar, Santo Tomás de Aquino enseñó que “porque por respeto a este sacramento ninguna cosa lo toca que no sea consagrada” (Suma, III, C. 82. Art. 3) Por lo tanto, Santo Tomás dijo que no solo los vasos sagrados del altar son consagrados para este propósito santo, sino también, las manos del sacerdote son consagradas para tocar este sacramento. Por consiguiente que no es lícito que nadie lo toque, excepto para salvarlo de la profanación.</p>
<p>Esta reverencia por el Santísimo Sacramento, incluso por las partículas más pequeñas, se incorporó a la misa tradicional -la Misa antigua latina- que contenía rúbricas estrictas sobre este punto:</p>
<p>1) Desde el momento en que el sacerdote pronuncia las palabras de la consagración sobre la Sagrada Hostia, el sacerdote mantiene juntos su índice y pulgar en cada mano. Ya sea que eleva el cáliz, o pase las páginas del misal, o abra el tabernáculo: el pulgar y el dedo índice de cada mano se mantienen unidos. El pulgar y el índice no tocan nada más que la Sagrada Hostia.</p>
<p>2) Durante la Santa Comunión, el monaguillo sostiene la patena debajo de la barbilla de los que reciben la Comunión, de modo que no pueda caer al suelo la más mínima partícula. Este patena se limpiará después sobre el Cáliz.</p>
<p>3) Después de distribuir la Santa Comunión, el sacerdote frota el corporal (el pequeño paño de lino sobre el altar) con la patena, y la limpia encima del cáliz; de modo que si la más mínima partícula cae, esta queda recogida y consumida por el sacerdote.</p>
<p>4) A continuación, el sacerdote lava sus pulgares e índices sobre el cáliz con agua y vino, y esta agua y vino son consumidas con reverencia para asegurar que la partícula más pequeña de la Sagrada Hostia no sea susceptible de profanación.</p>
<p>La Comunión de la Eucaristía en la mano y los llamados ministros-laicos hacen burla de la Divina Verdad por la que Nuestro Señor está verdaderamente presente en cada partícula de la Eucaristía; y hacen burla de las santos rúbricas utilizadas por la Iglesia durante siglos para salvaguardarse contra la profanación.</p>
<p>¿Qué es lo que sucede con la Comunión en la mano?</p>
<p>La Hostia se deposita en una mano, que no está consagrada. El comulgante la recoge con sus propios dedos, que no están consagrados. Y las partículas sagradas caen al suelo, donde son pisadas y profanadas.</p>
<p>Lo mismo sucede con los llamados ministros laicos eucarísticos: sus manos no están consagradas; por lo que no deben tocar la Sagrada Hostia. Las partículas consagradas de la Hostia caídas al suelo, se pisan y se profanan. Los “ministros laicos eucarísticos” no lavan sus dedos; por consiguiente cualquier partícula restante será también profanada.</p>
<p>Ninguna autoridad en la Iglesia, ni siquiera la más alta, puede dispensar a ningún católico de su obligación de preservar la debida reverencia a Nuestro Señor en el Santísimo Sacramento. Cualquier autoridad de la Iglesia que lo haga trabajará bajo la “desorientación diabólica de la jerarquía superior”, y ​​estará actuando con negligencia de su deber, tal y como advirtió la Hermana Lucía de Fátima.</p>
<p>Hace tan sólo cuarenta y cinco años, la Comunión en la mano era algo impensable en las iglesias católicas. Sería reconocido como el sacrilegio que es. Hace tan sólo cuarenta y cinco años, los ministros eucarísticos laicos eran impensables en las iglesias católicas. Serían reconocidos por el sacrilegio que son.</p>
<p>Pero ahora, estos abusos son permitidos y promovidos por una jerarquía liberal que -en esta área y en muchas otras áreas- de repente aprueba lo que la Iglesia siempre condenó con razón. El “bendecir de repente lo que la Iglesia siempre condenó” es el sello distintivo de las reformas del Concilio Vaticano II.</p>
<p>Sin embargo, la verdad es que Dios no cambia, y el deber por la reverencia hacia el Santísimo Sacramento que el hombre tiene, tampoco cambia, a pesar de que muchos líderes en su liberalización destructiva de la Iglesia Católica, parece que se preocupen poco o nada de la verdadera reverencia que le debemos a Nuestro Señor en la Sagrada Eucaristía.</p>
<p>Por lo tanto, cualquier persona que recibe la Comunión en la mano, o que recibe la comunión de un ministro de la Eucaristía laico, o que sea un ministro eucarístico laico -en el orden objetivo- está cometiendo un sacrilegio. Es un mal uso de algo sagrado. Es una burla de lo que la Iglesia siempre ha enseñado y practicado. Es una profanación del mayor don que Dios nos ha dado: la Presencia Real de Nuestro Señor Jesucristo en la Sagrada Eucaristía.</p>
<p><strong>El día que cayó la Hostia</strong></p>
<p>Las rúbricas pre-Concilio Vaticano II para cuando se cae una Hostia, al igual que las rúbricas de la liturgia latina, son para salvaguardar la debida reverencia al Santísimo Sacramento. La revista <em>American Ecclesiastical Review</em> en su edición de mayo de 1949 explicó:</p>
<p>«Este procedimiento requiere que el lugar en el que la Sagrada Hostia ha caído debe ser purificado, por lo general, con un purificador húmedo, y luego de raspado, las raspaduras deberán ser arrojadas al <em>sacrarium</em> (el pequeño lavabo en la sacristía que drena en terreno de la iglesia). En general, ciertos autores interpretan el cumplimiento de esta rúbrica, que con el fin de evitar el retraso en la distribución de la Sagrada Comunión, permite que se marque el lugar en el que la Sagrada Hostia ha caído, o bien con un paño de lino o con la bandeja que se utiliza para sostener las vinajeras, para que el sacerdote después de la Misa pueda regresar al mismo lugar para purificar este en la forma prescrita en <em>De Defectibus</em>».</p>
<p>Este procedimiento estricto no sólo da a Dios la reverencia que le es debida, sino que impresiona profundamente al espectador, tal y como me impresionó a una temprana edad.</p>
<p>Fue alrededor del año 1965, yo era un niño de unos 7 años de edad. Mi padre me llevó a la misa dominical de la “Parroquia italiana”, de Nuestra Señora de la Consolación, en Filadelfia. La misa se celebraba todavía en latín; la atmósfera sagrada todavía impregnaba la iglesia y la liturgia, aunque las primeras corrientes ascendentes del cambio estaban en el aire.</p>
<p>Durante el tiempo de la Comunión de este particular domingo, el sacerdote dejó caer accidentalmente una Hostia consagrada. Estábamos sentados en los bancos de delante, y mi padre me llamó la atención.</p>
<p>El sacerdote interrumpió brevemente la distribución de la Comunión en busca de una pequeña tela blanca que colocó sobre la Hostia en el suelo. La distribución de la Sagrada Comunión se reanudó, con el sacerdote y monaguillo pisando con cuidado alrededor de la Velada Hostia.</p>
<p>Mi padre me mantuvo deliberadamente después de la misa para que yo pudiera ver la rúbrica de la purificación en la primera fila.</p>
<p>Todo se hizo simplemente y en silencio, pues no había se debía hablar en absoluto dentro de la iglesia por aquel entonces, en reverencia al Santísimo Sacramento.</p>
<p>El sacerdote y el monaguillo se acercaron al lugar cerca del comulgatorio en el interior del santuario, en el preciso lugar que estaba cubierto con la tela blanca. El sacerdote se puso de rodillas, levantó el velo, recuperó las Sagradas Especies y las consumió con dignidad y decoro. Poco a poco, con reverencia, y aún de rodillas, limpió y purificó la parte del suelo donde la Hostia había caído.</p>
<p>Se tomó su tiempo. No había prisa. Un aire de solemnidad, de santidad y de adoración impregnaban todos sus movimientos.</p>
<p>Me sentí fascinado y edificado con aquel procedimiento. Recuerdo que pensé para mis adentros, “verdaderamente, la Sagrada Hostia es el Cuerpo de Nuestro Señor Jesucristo”, porque el sacerdote tenía un cuidado y reverencia imponentes.</p>
<p>Aquella fue la mejor catequesis sobre la presencia real que jamás he tenido.</p>
<p>¿Qué ven ahora los niños de siete años? En las parroquias modernas, bajo las rúbricas laxas de la Nueva Misa, el sacerdote simplemente recoge la Hostia caída y sigue adelante, como si se le hubiese caído algo de dinero suelto. Las partículas son abandonadas para ser pisadas y profanadas. Antes y después de la misa, la gente charla a distancia en la iglesia como si estuviesen socializando en el salón parroquial. Muchos sacerdotes y laicos modernos ignoran su deber de estar en silencio ante el Santísimo Sacramento. Se olvidan de la severa advertencia de la pequeña Jacinta de Fátima, «Nuestra Señora no quiere que la gente hable en la iglesia.»</p>
<p>¿Dónde está el respeto y el cuidado hacia el Santísimo Sacramento en la Iglesia postconciliar con la introducción de la Comunión en la mano y con la actitud de “cualquier persona puede tocarlo”? ¿Cómo van nuestros jóvenes adquirir una comprensión de la Presencia Real de Nuestro Señor en el Santísimo Sacramento cuando este recibe un tratamiento despreocupado por parte de los sacerdotes? ¿Cómo puede ser la reverencia por la Eucaristía inculcada en los fieles católicos cuando estos la ven distribuida en la mano como si fuese mero producto alimenticio común, o cuando la ven distribuida por laicos mal capacitados, que no debería estar manejando al Santísimo Sacramento en el primer lugar?</p>
<p>No es un misterio el por qué tantos católicos han perdido la fe en los Sagrados Misterios. Demasiados de nuestros sacerdotes han abandonado la devoción exterior  necesaria: 1) para dar la debida reverencia a Cristo en el Santísimo Sacramento; 2) para enseñar a las personas a través del ejemplo, la más alta reverencia que se debe mostrar a Nuestro Señor Jesucristo, verdaderamente presente en el Santísimo Sacramento.</p>
<p>Sin embargo, la catástrofe postconciliar no seguirá indefinidamente. Algún día la Iglesia volverá a ser bendecida con una jerarquía que dé, a Nuestro Señor, en el Santísimo Sacramento, la reverencia debida al Rey de Reyes.</p>
<p>Mientras tanto, resistamos a las innovaciones sacrílegas, tales como la Comunión en la mano o la de los ministros eucarísticos laicos; animemos a otros a resistirlas, y aferrémonos a la Misa Tridentina, en donde las rúbricas que salvaguardan la reverencia al Santísimo Sacramento son meticulosamente preservadas.</p>
<p><strong>La necesidad de reparación</strong></p>
<p>En 1916, un año antes de las visitas de la Virgen a Fátima, el “Ángel de la Eucaristía” se apareció a los niños con la Hostia y con el Cáliz. Administró las especies sagradas a los tres niños diciendo: «<em>Recibid el Cuerpo y la Sangre de Nuestro Señor, horriblemente ultrajado por los hombres ingratos. Reparad sus pecados y consolad a vuestro Dios</em>». El ángel dejó el Cáliz y la Hostia suspendidos en el aire, y se postró ante él. Los niños le imitaron. El ángel entonces rezó en varias ocasiones este acto de reparación:</p>
<p>«<em>Santísima Trinidad, Padre, Hijo y Espíritu Santo, os adoro profundamente y os ofrezco el preciosísimo Cuerpo, Sangre, Alma y Divinidad de Jesucristo, presente en todos los sagrarios de la tierra, en reparación de los ultrajes, sacrilegios e indiferencias con que El mismo es ofendido. Y por los méritos infinitos de su Santísimo Corazón y del Corazón Inmaculado de María, os pido la conversión de los pobres pecadores</em>.»</p>
<p>Aprendámonos de memoria esta oración y digámosla tantas veces como sea posible a lo largo del día. No tienen precedente los “ultrajes, sacrilegios e indiferencia” hacia el Santísimo Sacramento engendrados por la revolución del Concilio Vaticano II, y que probablemente sean los peores en toda la historia. El sacrilegio es tan común que ya no se reconoce como un sacrilegio. La necesidad de la reparación es colosal.</p>
<p><strong>John Vennari</strong></p>
<p>P.D: Al pensar en la propuesta de “beatificación” de Pablo VI, nos viene a la memoria que le tenemos que agradecer la aprobación de la Comunión en la mano, lo que recientemente (Noviembre de 2015) llevó al enorme sacrilegio en España:  <a href="https://www.aciprensa.com/noticias/exposicion-sacrilega-en-espana-roban-formas-consagradas-y-escriben-pederastia-con-ellas-46217/">«Roban y profanan más de 200 hostias consagradas para “muestra de arte” en España»</a></p>
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<title>Vultus Christi: Heart of Jesus, hidden in the Virgin’s womb</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 07:00:02 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://vultuschristi.org/index.php/2015/12/heart-of-jesus-hidden-in-the-virgins-womb/</link>
<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://vultus.stblogs.org/rostro%20guadalupe.jpg"><img alt="rostro%20guadalupe.jpg" height="340" src="http://vultus.stblogs.org/rostro%20guadalupe-thumb.jpg" style="float: right; margin-left: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;" width="309" /></a><em>Cor Jesu, in Sinu Virginis Matris a Spiritu Sancto Formatum, miserere nobis.<br />
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<p><em>Heart of Jesus, formed by the Holy Ghost in the womb of the Virgin Mary,</em><br />
<em> have mercy on us.</em></p>
<p><strong>Sacred Heart in Advent</strong><br />
The First Friday of December, falling as it always does in Advent, brings together the mysteries of Advent with the Heart of Jesus hidden in Mary’s virginal womb. I see in this an invitation to contemplate and to adore the hidden Heart of the unborn Infant Christ.</p>
<p><strong>Et Homo Factus Est</strong><br />
The second invocation of the Litany of the Sacred Heart is the only one to mention the Holy Ghost, and the only one to name the Blessed Virgin Mary. In this, the Litany echoes the Nicene Creed: <em>Who for us men and for our salvation, came down from heaven. And was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the Virgin Mary; and was made man</em>. When these words occur in the liturgy, the Church instructs us to kneel in adoration of the mystery of the Incarnation. So often as we perform this liturgical action, it unites us, in some way, to the first act of adoration offered by the Virgin Mary to the Sacred Heart.*</p>
<p><strong>The Sound of Redeeming Love</strong><br />
After twenty–four days, the Heart of Jesus, formed by the Holy Ghost in the womb of the Virgin Mary, began to have regular pulsations. The human Heart of God began to beat beneath the Immaculate Heart of Mary. It was the sound of redeeming love. “When the time had fully come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, ‘Abba! Father’ ” (Gal 4:6-7).</p>
<p><strong>Keeper of the Mystic Portal</strong><br />
It is through the Blessed Virgin Mary that the Sacred Heart of Jesus enters the world. It is through her that the world will be brought to the Sacred Heart. I have never known anyone to love Mary without loving the Heart of Jesus, and I have never known anyone to love the Heart of Jesus without loving Mary. Mary is the Keeper of the Mystic Portal; she stands at the foot of the Cross drawing souls to the pierced Side of her Son, and guiding them over the threshold of His Pierced Side into the secret abode of His Sacred Heart.</p>
<p><a href="http://vultus.stblogs.org/2007/02/a_lover_of_the_pierced_heart_o.html#more">Blessed Marie de Jésus Deluil–Martiny</a> writes:</p>
<blockquote><p>In this life of union with the Heart of Jesus, of imitation of the Heart of Jesus, their excellent model is the Heart of Mary, for the Mother cannot be separated from the Son. It is through Mary that every soul goes to Jesus. Having once given His only Son through Mary, it is still through her that ceaselessly God gives Him to us.</p></blockquote>
<p><strong>Prayer</strong><br />
I<em> pray thee, O Most Holy Virgin Mary,<br />
that I might hear the Heartbeat of redeeming Love,<br />
and that with Thee<br />
I might adore the Heart of Jesus<br />
formed in Thy womb by the Holy Ghost.<br />
Through the Holy Ghost,<br />
by whose power and overshadowing Thou didst become<br />
the living tabernacle of the Heart of God,<br />
may my soul rejoice in Thy every visitation<br />
and leap in recognition of Him<br />
who through Thee deigns to come to me.<br />
Through the Holy Ghost<br />
by whom Thou wert illumined by faith,<br />
quickened by hope,<br />
and inflamed with charity,<br />
grant that I may believe all that the Sacred Heart of Jesus has revealed,<br />
never despair of His boundless Mercy,<br />
and burn with the fire He came to cast upon the earth.<br />
In the Holy Ghost,<br />
Thou adorest the Heart of Thy Son as the Heart of Thy God;<br />
in that same Holy Ghost,<br />
grant that I may adore the Heart of my God<br />
as the Heart that, hidden in Thy womb, once beat beneath Thy own:<br />
the same Sacred Heart that, pierced upon the Cross,<br />
fills the heavens with glory<br />
and the earth with mercy.<br />
Amen.</em></p>
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<title>RSS: Grad Students on Holiday</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<p>A few grad students deal with pressure by not doing their work, but far more deal with it by working constantly, denying themselves rest or play.  Even if they become ill they keep working, which not only makes their work bad, but makes their illnesses last longer.</p>
<p>For them, unsolicited advice:  During the holiday, take real time off.  Enjoy your families.  Have some hot chocolate with friends.  Catch up on all that missing sleep.  Pray more.  Worship.  Give thanks to God.</p>
<p>Stop making excuses.  It’s okay.</p>
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<title>Tea at Trianon: Private Apartments of the King</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://carlosmeliablog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Photo-Jun-06-8-39-53-AM-1024x1024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://carlosmeliablog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Photo-Jun-06-8-39-53-AM-1024x1024.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><a href="http://carlosmeliablog.com/2015/06/private-visit-of-king-louis-xv-and-xvis-private-apartment-at-chateau-versailles/" target="_blank">From the blog of Carlos Melia. To quote</a>:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">Crowned at Reims in 1722, Louis XV then reinstalled the government and the court at Versailles, abandoned by the state since the death of Louis XIV. While he re-used the apartments of the king for the state functions, he had his own private quarters, designed by the architect Gabriel, where he took refuge from the crowds and the pomp and ceremony of court life. To visit the private apartments, you must be accompanied by one of Versailles’s own guides, and there are security guards everywhere. <a href="http://carlosmeliablog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Photo-Jun-06-8-35-09-AM.jpg"></a>(<a href="http://carlosmeliablog.com/2015/06/private-visit-of-king-louis-xv-and-xvis-private-apartment-at-chateau-versailles/" target="_blank">Read more</a>.)</blockquote>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 06:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>From <a href="http://vultuschristi.org/index.php/2015/11/pius-xii-on-exaggerated-and-senseless-antiquarianism/" target="_blank"><i>Vultus Christi:</i></a><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">It has become fashionable, over the past few decades, to introduce liturgical innovations by referring to practices, real or imagined, of the “ancient”, “primitive”, or “early” Church. One sees traces of this among certain new communities and movements, as well as among proponents of the distribution of Holy Communion in the hand. Very often the proponents of such practices appeal to “our Jewish roots” and, paradoxically, at the same time, privilege a style of polyphonic singing, mistakenly qualified as “Byzantine” when , in fact, it is an ersatz imitation of 19th century Russian chant. Metanies (an act of reverence performed by bowing and touching the floor with one’s right hand) abound, and there is a peculiar fondness for wee little wooden benches upon which worshipers half–kneel–half–crouch. Beautiful icons and vesture complete the picture. One detects the influence of people like Lanza del Vasto and the founder of the Community of the Beatitudes, with the occasional dash of charismatic happy–clappiness. The total effect can be altogether worthy and reverent . . . and yet, one has the impression of a certain artificiality, of an attempt to plaster foreign elements onto a structure that was not designed to accommodate them. In any case, it is not the Roman Rite.<br /><br />[Another school characterised by the same appeal to practices of the “early Church” eschews the sobriety and dignity of the Roman Rite in favour of a more domestic approach to the sacred liturgy: the dining room table, pottery vessels or oversized chalices with handles, large altar bread, much sitting about in a circle, and singing to the accompaniment of guitars and tambourines. The emphasis shifts from the offering of the Sacrifice to the sharing of the meal; the whole experience is more <em>didactic</em> than <em>latreutic.</em> Such things do not reflect the practice of the “early Church” — they reflected a very dated and subjective projection of someone’s idea of what the liturgy of the “early Church” may have looked — and sounded — like.]<a href="http://vultuschristi.org/index.php/2015/11/pius-xii-on-exaggerated-and-senseless-antiquarianism/" target="_blank"> (Read more.</a>)</blockquote>]]></description>
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<title>Fr. Z's Blog: ADVENTCAzT 06: May they guard Thy house, and defend Thy glory</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 06:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><img alt="" class="alignright" height="79" src="http://www.wdtprs.com/images/BLOG/ADVENT/1-aw.gif" width="72" /><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>UPDATED:</strong> </span> The correct file has been linked.</p>
<p>Once again, in gratitude to my donors and benefactors, this year I offer 5 minute daily podcasts to help you prepare for the upcoming feast as well as for your own, personal, meeting with the Lord.</p>
<p>And so, here is <strong>ADVENTCAzT 06</strong>, for the Friday in the 1st Week of Advent.  Have some <a href="http://www.mysticmonkcoffee.com/store/?aid=7" target="_blank"><em>Mystic Monk Coffee</em></a> and have a listen!</p>
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<p>Chime in if you listened.  At a certain point you can hear faintly in the background the bells peel for the Angelus.</p>
<p>Some of the music used: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Easter-Ephesus-Benedictines-Queen-Apostles/dp/B00S64V0MO/ref=as_sl_pc_qf_sp_asin_til?tag=whatdoesthepr-20&linkCode=w00&linkId=XFSYCYBVJ4DNWAIP&creativeASIN=B00S64V0MO" target="_blank">HERE</a></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">PS: These podcasts <em>should</em> also available through my <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fr.-zs-blog/id510117198?mt=2" target="_blank">iTunes feed</a>, though in years past I have had problems with it. Let me know <em>how</em> you are listening.  Through the plug in on this post? Through <img alt="" class="alignright" height="37" src="http://www.wdtprs.com/images/BLOG/subscribe_itunes.gif" width="130" />iTunes? Downloading?</span></p>
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<title>The Badger Catholic: Hail Mary....</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 05:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Full of.... ggrrrraaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA<br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE!</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XnyfbNZTF3U/VmEnU-6pfOI/AAAAAAAAl34/G2Ek8q57bP4/s1600/i%2B%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XnyfbNZTF3U/VmEnU-6pfOI/AAAAAAAAl34/G2Ek8q57bP4/s640/i%2B%25281%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span>Ok, need to recover voice to sing for First Friday Mass.]]></description>
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<title>New Song: Jesse Tree 6: Ladder</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 05:33:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>[From the <a href="http://drandmrsholmes.com/?page_id=1505#JesseTree">online Jesse Tree</a>.]</p>
<p>A reading from the book of Genesis (28:11-17):</p>
<blockquote><p>Jacob came to a certain place, and stayed there that night, because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of the place, he put it under his head and lay down in that place to sleep. And he dreamed that there was a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; and behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it! And behold, the LORD stood above it and said, “I am the LORD, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and to your descendants; and your descendants shall be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and by you and your descendants shall all the families of the earth bless themselves. Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done that of which I have spoken to you.” Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the LORD is in this place; and I did not know it.” And he was afraid, and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.”</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://drandmrsholmes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Jacobs-Ladder.jpg"><img alt="Jacobs Ladder" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1549" height="300" src="http://drandmrsholmes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Jacobs-Ladder-195x300.jpg" width="195" /></a>Jacob was Abraham’s grandson, but his life did not start smoothly. He fought with his brother, and stole his brother’s blessing by lying to his blind father, and then he ran away because his brother wanted to kill him. One night while he was running away he had an amazing dream. He saw angels going up and down a ladder from heaven to earth, and God appeared and gave him the promises of his grandfather Abraham. Even though Jacob had gotten himself in trouble, God chose him as the one to continue the Advent story. When Jacob woke up he realized that he had slept in a holy place, the place where a ladder reaches from heaven to earth.</p>
<p>Jacob went on to new adventures, but we should stay a <a href="http://drandmrsholmes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Ladder-of-Divine-Ascent.jpg"><img alt="Ladder of Divine Ascent" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1550" height="300" src="http://drandmrsholmes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Ladder-of-Divine-Ascent-210x300.jpg" width="210" /></a>while and look at that ladder. Wouldn’t you like to have a ladder that you could climb all the way to heaven? One <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=7PkTbL0oVJcC&pg=PA175&lpg=PA175&dq=guigo+carthusian+jeremy+holmes&source=bl&ots=s8aB_DuWRJ&sig=Xw6mcaHotArZR0UCZaS8LLC-_wY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjIyaGUvcHJAhVK1WMKHZqrAEcQ6AEIIjAB#v=onepage&q=guigo%20carthusian%20jeremy%20holmes&f=false">famous person</a> in the Middle Ages said that reading the Bible is a ladder like that. But Advent is also a ladder to heaven: each day of Advent is another rung, and at the top of the ladder we will find Jesus. If you want to climb the ladder of Advent alongside the angels that Jacob saw, then wake up every day waiting for Jesus, prepare for him with little sacrifices and constant prayer—and do your Jesse tree at night!</p>
<p>St. Abraham, pray for us!</p>]]></description>
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<title>Dyspeptic Mutterings: A Nation of Ghouls.</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 05:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://dprice.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-nation-of-ghouls.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Our unraveling as a nation draws ever nearer. When we can no longer look at the deaths of others without seeing whether those deaths can be bent to serve some political narrative, time has pretty well run out. 
In the meantime, while corpses are being brandished and prayers mocked, try to remember those slaughtered in the San Bernardino terrorist attack:
Shannon Johnson, 45, of Los Angeles;]]></description>
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<title>Le blog d'Yves Daoudal: Saint Pierre Chrysologue</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 05:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://yvesdaoudal.hautetfort.com/archive/2015/12/04/saint-pierre-chrysologue-5725956.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[<p><em><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Voici le début du sermon 57 de saint Pierre Chrysologue, prélude à son explication du Credo.</span></em></p><p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Le bienheureux Isaïe, qui n’est pas moins évangéliste que prophète, déplore avoir les lèvres impures et habiter au milieu d’un peuple ayant les lèvres impures, en disant : <em>Misérable que je suis ! Je suis tout troublé car, bien que je sois un homme et que j’aie les lèvres impures, et que j’habite au milieu d’un peuple ayant les lèvres impures, j’ai vu de mes yeux le Roi et Seigneur Sabaoth</em>. Cet homme est foudroyé par une détresse inhumaine, parce que ce qu’il entend et voit de Dieu il ne peut pas en parler, il ne peut l’annoncer, il ne peut le déclarer. La chair se contracte, l’âme resserre les lèvres, seule la langue peut se faire pendant un bref moment l’interprète de l’esprit. Dans la chair, un feu séquestré halète, se vaporise dans les veines, enflamme les viscères, consume la moelle, incendie sans arrêt toutes les parties internes. Car ce que le mouvement passionné de l’âme contemple ne peut pas être exprimé par la bouche, ne peut pas être articulé par les lèvres, ni balbutié par la langue. En somme, il est absolument impossible d’en faire un exposé. C’est pourquoi Isaïe, quand il vit le roi du ciel qui est le Christ et perçut par une claire vision que c’est Lui qui était le Seigneur Sabaoth, déplora que ses lèvres et celles de son peuple étaient impures. Car la confession de la divinité du Christ illumine les cœurs, rince la bouche, purifie les lèvres, mais la négation de la majesté du Christ les pollue. Mais écoutons le gémissement émis par ce prophète : <em>Et m’a été envoyé un des séraphins, qui tenait dans sa main un charbon, qu’il avait pris de l’autel avec des tenailles , et il toucha mes lèvres en disant : voici que tes lèvres ont été touchées par ce charbon : il a enlevé tes iniquités, et t’a purgé de tes péchés sur tout le pourtour de tes lèvres.</em></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ce n’est pas le moment de se demander pourquoi un seul a été envoyé, et quel est celui qui a été envoyé, et quelle est la grandeur de celui qui manipule ainsi sans crainte le charbon du feu céleste, et qui va même jusqu’à tempérer l’ardeur du feu en le touchant, de façon à purifier les lèvres du prophète et non à les calciner. Mais nous maintenant, avec toute la ferveur de notre âme, suscitons en nous des sentiments de componction, et dans cette misère de notre chair, reconnaissons que nous sommes misérables, et déplorons par de pieux gémissements que nous avons des lèvres impures, pour qu’un de ces séraphins, avec les tenailles de la loi de la grâce, nous apporte de l’autel céleste le sacrement igné de la foi. Pour qu’en calmant l’ardeur du feu, il touche les commissures de nos lèvres, enlève les iniquités, nous purge de nos péchés, et allume ainsi dans notre bouche la flamme d’une confession pleine et entière. Pour qu’il nous apporte le salut et non la torture. Demandons aussi que, jusqu’à nos cœurs, parvienne la chaleur de ce charbon, pour que la suavité d’un tel mystère ne soit pas seulement goûtée par les lèvres, mais que les sens et l’esprit en soient rassasiés.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Après la purification des lèvres, Isaïe parle de l’enfantement ineffable de la Vierge en ces mots : <em>Voici que la Vierge recevra en son sein et enfantera un Fils</em>. De la même façon nous, nous proclamons la gloire du sacrement de la passion et de la résurrection.</span></p>]]></description>
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<title>The Catholic Thing: On praying for San Bernardino</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 05:01:53 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thecatholicthing.org/2015/12/04/on-praying-for-san-bernardino/</link>
<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://s3.amazonaws.com/faithandreasoninstitute/thecatholicthing/wp-content/uploads/image.adapt_.990.high_.san_bernardino_shooting.jpg"><img alt="image.adapt.990.high.san_bernardino_shooting" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-24765" height="187" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/faithandreasoninstitute/thecatholicthing/wp-content/uploads/image.adapt_.990.high_.san_bernardino_shooting-300x187.jpg" width="300" /></a>When news broke of Wednesday’s California massacre, gun-control advocates and others began mocking those who offered prayers for victims and their families. <a href="http://thefederalist.com/2015/12/03/the-left-prays-after-san-bernardino-shooting-to-its-god-of-government/" target="_blank">Most of the critics don’t understand their own theodicy.</a></p>
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<title>The Catholic Thing: On Perseverance</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 05:01:51 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thecatholicthing.org/2015/12/04/on-perseverance/</link>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Why didn’t God just create us with a behavioral governor inside our brains? Why didn’t God create a better human in a better world without the possibility of unmitigated desire for pleasure? Why didn’t God just create us like cows – when we’ve had enough, we just stop? Because God wanted us to define ourselves in terms of ordinary, non-heroic choices. God wanted us to choose the noble in utterly ordinary circumstances, but with a cost – to choose the noble over against another scotch; over against another amusement; over against another material purchase; over against anything else which would undermine our pursuit of the noble. In the day-to-day, ordinary, non-heroic choices we make, an essence (self-definition) begins to form, etched in our character beyond mere thought and aspiration, through the constant pursuit of the little things that enable nobility to emerge from our souls.</p>
<p>We might fail in this pursuit countless times, but our perseverance in struggle, our perseverance in the midst of failure, can be just as effective in etching self-definition into our eternal souls as perfect control and perfect success. In God’s logic of unconditional love (which includes unconditional forgiveness and healing), our acts of contrition, our hope in forgiveness, our perseverance in the struggle for self-control, and our undying desire for the noble are all “part of the cost” of virtue, which makes that virtue more than a mere thought or aspiration. This struggle is the cost which etches that virtue into our very eternal souls – the precious cost of self-definition.</p>
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<title>Aleteia.org: A New Brazilian Hymn to Mercy</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 05:01:49 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://aleteia.org/2015/12/04/minha-essencia/</link>
<description><![CDATA[<p>“Mas Tu sabes, também, que meu choro é sincero. Porém, não tenho nada a oferecer, meu Senhor, mas te dou a minha vida.” “Minha Essência” [My Essence] is the song title. Twenty-five year old Thiago is its author and interpreter. From the mouth of this young man comes a true hymn to God’s mercy, and the <a class="excerpt-read-more" href="http://aleteia.org/2015/12/04/minha-essencia/">Read More…</a>
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<title>The Catholic Thing: Italy acts against Islamists threatening pope</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 05:01:37 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://s3.amazonaws.com/faithandreasoninstitute/thecatholicthing/wp-content/uploads/police-800x500-credit-AP.jpg"><img alt="police-800x500 credit AP" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-24767" height="188" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/faithandreasoninstitute/thecatholicthing/wp-content/uploads/police-800x500-credit-AP-300x188.jpg" width="300" /></a>Italian State Police in Brescia, working with their counterparts in Kosovo, have announced that they have taken action against four Kosovars they believed to be terrorist risks and who, police said, <a href="http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2015/12/03/police-take-action-against-islamists-who-made-threats-against-the-pope-online/" target="_blank">made threats on social media against Pope Francis.</a></p>
<p>The post <a href="http://www.thecatholicthing.org/2015/12/04/italy-acts-against-islamists-threatening-pope/" rel="nofollow">Italy acts against Islamists threatening pope</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.thecatholicthing.org" rel="nofollow">The Catholic Thing</a>.</p>]]></description>
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<title>The Catholic Thing: On San Bernardino</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 05:01:32 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://s3.amazonaws.com/faithandreasoninstitute/thecatholicthing/wp-content/uploads/firearms-training.jpg"><img alt="firearms training" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-24769" height="183" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/faithandreasoninstitute/thecatholicthing/wp-content/uploads/firearms-training.jpg" width="276" /></a>Perhaps the most useful public policy, in light of the latest “homegrown” Muslim terror hit, in San Bernardino or wherever, <a href="http://www.davidwarrenonline.com/2015/12/03/on-san-bernardino/" target="_blank">would be to offer free police firearms training to a large civilian constabulary.</a></p>
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<title>The Catholic Thing: A Dangerous Chemical Combination</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 05:01:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Jeremy Bentham is far from being my favorite moral philosopher. Every semester in my Ethics course I point out to my students what I consider to be serious deficiencies in his Greatest Happiness Principle. It is unlikely, however, that any famous thinker is totally mistaken in his views. No matter how imperfect his theory, it is probable, if we take the trouble to sift through the dust of his errors, that we’ll find a golden nugget here and there.</p>
<p>One of Bentham’s golden nuggets is this – his contention that there is no rule of conduct, no matter how good, that will not produce harmful effects. Any rule will produce good and bad effects. Society should not aim at choosing rules that have no bad effects, for there are no such rules. We should choose those rules whose good effects greatly outweigh its bad.</p>
<p>But wait a minute. What about the rule that prohibits bank robbery? What bad effects does that rule produce? Isn’t that a rule that has nothing but good consequences? No, it produces bad consequences for bank robbers. They get arrested, get put on trial, get convicted, get sent to prison. That hurts. It is also painful for mothers of bank robbers, who experience feelings of great sorrow when their boys go to prison.</p>
<p>Nonetheless, we keep our criminal laws against bank robbery in effect, since we feel that the good consequences of these laws greatly outweigh the bad. If this saddens bank robbers and their loved ones, we say, “Well, too bad, but the overall good of society outweighs your suffering. Besides, didn’t it occur to you that you could have avoided suffering by abstaining from bank robbery.”</p>
<p>If we were to believe that laws should have nothing but good results, our compassion for bank robbers and their families would cause us to get rid of our anti-bank robbery laws. Fortunately nobody, at least not to date, has taught Americans to feel compassion for bank robbers.</p>
<p>But we Americans did something just like this a half-century ago – not with regard to bank robbery, to be sure – but with regard to out-of-wedlock childbirth. Being a compassionate society, we felt sorry for the poor girls who had to bear a terrible social stigma for getting pregnant and having a baby before getting a husband. These girls were made to feel ashamed of themselves, since their pregnancy revealed that they had been (as we used to say) “loose.”</p>
<figure class="wp-caption alignleft" id="attachment_24760" style="width: 203px;"><a href="http://s3.amazonaws.com/faithandreasoninstitute/thecatholicthing/wp-content/uploads/Bentham_by_Pickersgill.jpg"><img alt="Portrait of Jeremy Bentham by H.W. Pickersgill, 1829 [National Portrait Gallery, London]" class="size-medium wp-image-24760" height="300" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/faithandreasoninstitute/thecatholicthing/wp-content/uploads/Bentham_by_Pickersgill-203x300.jpg" width="203" /></a><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Portrait of Jeremy Bentham by H.W. Pickersgill, 1829 [National Portrait Gallery, London]</figcaption></figure>
<p>And they were forced, thanks to social pressure, to marry the guy who had made them pregnant, even though he might prove to be a very unsatisfactory husband; or they were forced to give the baby up for adoption; or they were forced to get a “back-alley” abortion (abortion still being illegal in those days). Why not take a more compassionate attitude? Even though we might prefer that girls not get pregnant before marriage, let’s not make a big deal of it. If we say that it’s a fault, let’s add that it’s a very minor fault; a venial sin at worst. And while we’re at it, let’s allow the poor girls to get abortions.</p>
<p>So we relaxed our social rule against premarital sex and pregnancy and childbirth. The result of course was that we got an explosion of all these things. In short, we got an explosion of sexual irresponsibility among young persons, who have a general tendency toward irresponsibility to begin with. And we got a concomitant explosion of children growing up with a single parent, many fathers of these children having in effect abandoned the children and their mothers. And great numbers of these half-abandoned children, as they grew older, became very poor students at school; and (if boys) they became members of delinquent and criminal gangs; and (if girls) they became, like their own mothers, unmarried mothers. And so on and so forth. In a circle.</p>
<p>By and large, our collective decision a half-century ago to treat unmarried sex and pregnancy and childbirth with compassion has proven to be a tremendous social catastrophe. It has devastated the black lower class, and is increasingly devastating the white lower class as well.</p>
<p>But who cares? We were compassionate. That’s the important thing, isn’t it? We believed that social rules – or at least sexual rules – should have no painful consequences; and if they do, we should get rid of them.</p>
<p>Likewise with same-sex marriage. We’ve heard a million sad stories. Adam and Steve are in love. It breaks their hearts that they are unable to marry one another. It causes them shame and embarrassment that their fellow Americans regard them as second-class citizens, undeserving of exercising that precious human right to marriage. Ah, but we are a compassionate nation. Our immensely sympathetic hearts go out to poor Adam and Steve. And so we change our rules. We get rid of a fundamental marriage rule that goes back to time immemorial in order that the tears should be wiped away from the faces of gay lovers and be replaced with smiles. Love wins.</p>
<p>So far, the catastrophic consequences of all this have not shown up in obvious ways. But they will. Wait and see.</p>
<p>It is very dangerous, it has the power to destroy us – this “chemical” combination of (a) the un-Benthamite notion that we can have rules that produce nothing but good results and (b) feelings of compassion whenever we hear a sad story. And the powerful and ubiquitous “progressive” propaganda machine is expert at telling sad stories.</p>
<p>The post <a href="http://www.thecatholicthing.org/2015/12/04/a-dangerous-chemical-combination/" rel="nofollow">A Dangerous Chemical Combination</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.thecatholicthing.org" rel="nofollow">The Catholic Thing</a>.</p>]]></description>
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<title>The Catholic Thing: NYC aborts more black babies than are born</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 05:01:22 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.thecatholicthing.org/2015/12/04/nyc-aborts-more-black-babies-than-are-born/</link>
<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://s3.amazonaws.com/faithandreasoninstitute/thecatholicthing/wp-content/uploads/newborn.jpg"><img alt="newborn" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-24771" height="225" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/faithandreasoninstitute/thecatholicthing/wp-content/uploads/newborn.jpg" width="225" /></a>NYC’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Bureau of Vital Statistics’ most recent report, from 2013, reveals that black women undergo nearly 42 percent of the city’s roughly 70,000 total annual abortions.  <a href="http://www.lifenews.com/2015/12/03/in-new-york-city-more-than-5000-black-babies-are-aborted-than-born-every-year/" target="_blank">Indeed, nearly 5,000 more abortions than live births occurred among black women in the city.</a></p>
<p>The post <a href="http://www.thecatholicthing.org/2015/12/04/nyc-aborts-more-black-babies-than-are-born/" rel="nofollow">NYC aborts more black babies than are born</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.thecatholicthing.org" rel="nofollow">The Catholic Thing</a>.</p>]]></description>
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<title>Aleteia.org: Elderly Dad Stages His Death to Gather Family Together (Video)</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 05:00:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>A network of German supermarkets called Edeka has produced an ad to remind the public that one of the most important parts of Christmas is spending time with family. There are good reasons many cannot be with family members at Christmas, of course, but the ad’s message goes beyond this. We are called to think about those who may be <a class="excerpt-read-more" href="http://aleteia.org/2015/12/04/elderly-dad-stages-his-death-to-gather-family-together-video/">Read More…</a>
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<title>Aleteia.org: An Eye-Opening Weekend At Retrouvaille</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 05:00:50 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://aleteia.org/2015/12/04/an-eye-opening-weekend-at-retrouvaille/</link>
<description><![CDATA[<p>I should have been excited. My husband and I were checking into a hotel alone, without our kids, for only the third time since our honeymoon more than a decade prior. Instead, I found the butterflies in my stomach doing a different sort of dance, one of nervousness and even a bit of dread. We <a class="excerpt-read-more" href="http://aleteia.org/2015/12/04/an-eye-opening-weekend-at-retrouvaille/">Read More…</a>
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<title>Aleteia.org: Family Christmas (and Advent!) Movies Streaming Online</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 05:00:41 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>It’s Advent—‘tis the season to put our various personal screens aside and binge-watch as one. Here are some great movies, appropriate for the entire family, and now streaming on Netflix and Amazon. Sorry to say that the pickings are rather slim for “free” movies this year — most of these are available only for a <a class="excerpt-read-more" href="http://aleteia.org/2015/12/04/family-christmas-and-advent-movies-streaming-online/">Read More…</a>
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<title>Aleteia.org: The Innovative Traditionalist</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 05:00:36 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Is it possible to be a traditionalist and an innovator at the same time? Daniel Mitsui’s work suggests it is. A fine artist who specializes in ink drawing on paper and calfskin, Mitsui was attracted at a very early age to anything resembling medieval art and considers Gothic art to be the best example of <a class="excerpt-read-more" href="http://aleteia.org/2015/12/04/the-innovative-traditionalist/">Read More…</a>
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<title>Aleteia.org: The Greater Whole: Francis’ Daring Ecology</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 05:00:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gdOmar20mA The new documentary Gardeners of Eden is a moving look at the elephant poaching crisis in Kenya. Images of decimated elephant carcasses left to rot in the plains are a powerful reminder of the ecological devastation rampant throughout the world. But the film not only confronts exploitation of the natural world; it also <a class="excerpt-read-more" href="http://aleteia.org/2015/12/04/the-greater-whole-francis-daring-ecology/">Read More…</a>
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<title>Aleteia.org: Advent is the Season of Discernment: Reflecting on the Sunday Gospel</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 05:00:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Living the Word Reflection for the Second Sunday of Advent (Year C) December 6, 2015 John went throughout the whole region of the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one crying out in <a class="excerpt-read-more" href="http://aleteia.org/2015/12/04/advent-is-the-season-of-discernment-reflecting-on-the-sunday-gospel/">Read More…</a>
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<title>Aleteia.org: A Sign of Hope in Broken Iraq: Catholic University to Open Campus in Erbil</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 05:00:11 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Fides reported Thursday that the  Chaldean Catholic Archdiocese of Erbil has set Tuesday, December 8 as the date for the opening of a new Catholic University in Northern Iraq. An invitation to the inauguration ceremony called Catholic University, Erbil Campus, or CUE, “a path of education which will lead many to a future of prosperity and <a class="excerpt-read-more" href="http://aleteia.org/2015/12/04/a-sign-of-hope-in-broken-iraq-catholic-university-to-open-campus-in-erbil/">Read More…</a>
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<title>CNA - Saint of the Day: St. Clement of Alexandria</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Dec. 4 was once the traditional feast day of an early Christian
theological author whose legacy is controversial, but who is cited as a
saint in the Catechism of the Catholic Church and has been described as
such in several addresses of Pope Benedict XVI.
The writer in question is Saint Clement of Alexandria, who led the
city's famous Catechetical School during the late second century.
Clement is not always referred to as a saint in Church documents, and
his feast day was removed from the Western liturgical calendar around
the year 1600 due to suspicions about some of his writings. Eastern
Christian traditions also seem to regard him with some reluctance. On
the other hand, he is called “St. Clement of Alexandria� not only in the
Catholic catechism, but also in the Compendium of the Social Doctrine
of the Church.
On Oct. 28, 2012, during his homily at the closing Mass for the Synod
on the New Evangelization, Pope Benedict XVI made a notable public
reference to him as “Saint Clement of Alexandria,� as he has done
elsewhere. On that occasion, the Pope concluded his homily with a long
quotation from St. Clement. However, the title of “saint� was dropped
during the Pope's earlier April 2007 audience talk on his life and
writings.
In that general audience, however, Pope Benedict described Clement as a
“great theologian� whose Christ-centered intellectual vision “can serve
as an example to Christians, catechists and theologians of our time.�
Nine years earlier, Blessed John Paul II had cited his pioneering
integration of philosophy and theology in his 1998 encyclical “Fides et
Ratio.�
Clement's date of birth is not known, though he was most likely born in
Athens, and converted to Christianity later in life. His intellectual
curiosity prompted him to travel widely and study with a succession of
teachers in the Mediterranean and the Middle East. Eventually Clement
settled in Egypt where he studied under Pantaenus, a teacher at the
Catechetical School of Alexandria.
Located in a cultural and commercial center, Alexandria's Catechetical
School played an important role in the development of theology during
the Church's early centuries. Clement served as an assistant to
Pantaenus and eventually became a teacher himself, taking a position of
leadership in the school around 190. His theological writings circulated
before the century's end, and he may have become a priest.
During the early third century, persecution against the Church prompted
Clement to leave Egypt for Cappadocia in Asia Minor. One of his former
students in that region, a bishop named Alexander, was jailed for his
faith, and Clement stepped in to give direction to the faithful in
Caesarea during their bishop's imprisonment. Clement died in Cappadocia
in approximately 215.
Clement and other Alexandrian teachers sought to express Catholic
doctrines in a philosophically-influenced, intellectually rigorous
manner. Later Church Fathers, especially in the Greek tradition, owed
much to their work. But the school's legacy is mixed: Origen, one of its
main representatives and possibly Clement's student, is associated with
doctrines later condemned by an ecumenical council.
Three of St. Clement of Alexandria's works survive: the “Protreptikos�
(“Exhortation�), which presents the Christian faith in contrast with
paganism; the “Paedagogus� (“The Tutor�), encouraging Christians in the
disciplined pursuit of holiness; and the “Stromata� (“Miscellanies� or
“Tapestries�), which takes up the topic of faith in its relationship to
human reason.
In a passage of the “Protrepikos� quoted by Pope Benedict XVI at the
conclusion of the Synod for the New Evangelization, St. Clement
encouraged his readers: “Let us put away, then, let us put away all
blindness to the truth, all ignorance: and removing the darkness that
obscures our vision like fog before the eyes, let us contemplate the
true God ... since a light from heaven shone down upon us who were
buried in darkness and imprisoned in the shadow of death, (a light)
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<title>ZENIT - The World Seen From Rome: Much More Than a Campaign!</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Tea at Trianon: Christmas Cake</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://teaattrianon.blogspot.com/2015/12/christmas-cake.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.madamegilflurt.com/2015/11/a-salon-guest-christmas-cake.html" target="_blank">From Madame Gilflurt's blog</a>:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span>The history of Christmas cake is a muddled one. It is thought that its origins lay in the Christmas pudding (plum pudding) and the Twelfth Night cake. The (steamed) pudding dates back to the sixteenth century, while the (baked) cake came a little later as people gradually put ovens in their </span><br /><span>homes.</span><br /><span><br /></span><span>The twelfth night cake was baked and eaten on the twelfth day of Christmas (the epiphany). As Christmas day became more popular during the Victorian period, the cake became linked with the day and so was eaten on the 25th of December. Victorian bakers began to make marzipan mix and cover the cakes with festive decorations. Households have been divided ever since as to whether marzipan is good to eat or horrible.</span><br /><span><br /></span><span>Christmas cake is still very popular in England and the Commonwealth countries such as Australia, Canada and New Zealand. In my home (my dad was from the north of England) it is traditional to eat it with a strong, hard cheese. The sharp cheese is a great partner to the sweetness of the cake.</span><a href="http://www.madamegilflurt.com/2015/11/a-salon-guest-christmas-cake.html" target="_blank"> (Read more</a>.)</blockquote>]]></description>
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<title>Siris: Metany</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 04:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>'Metany' is a word that I had literally never seen before today. It derives from the Greek word 'metanoia' (repentance), and is a variant of 'metania'. A full prostration would be something like kneeling with one's forehead touching the floor, or close to doing so; a metany is a substitute for this, a lesser prostration in which one simply bends at the waist to touch the floor with one hand, or at least come close to it. It's a ritual gesture found in some Eastern churches, sometimes as a requirement and sometimes as a substitute for people who cannot do a full prostration when such things are required. Like any other prostration it is a gesture of humility. <br /><br />So now you know, and can go forth and impress people whenever the topic comes up in casual conversation....]]></description>
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<title>Creative Minority Report: Hey, Maybe the San Bernardino Hybrid Workplace Jihadis Were Pro-Life?</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 04:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>The attempts to link the San Bernardino jihadists to conservatives is pretty much done now. Hey it's not like they didn't try though. Now, the left is simply trying to claim some form of hybrid workplace/jihadi thing. I don't even know what that means considering the couple's ties to terror and the fact that their garage was an armory. But boy did the media try.<br /><br />CNN seemed desperate to pin the killings on the right wing, according to <a href="http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/curtis-houck/2015/12/02/cnns-harry-houck-speculates-some-right-wing-group-could-be-san#sthash.jXpsmuBu.dpuf">Newsbusters</a>. The news channel hosted former FBI official Tom Fuentes who said that he believed that “an anti-government domestic militia group” was responsible despite having zero information other than that there was violence taking place so it must be conservatives.<br /><br />CNN law enforcement analyst Harry Houck told Erin Burnett that the perpetrators “could be some right-wing group, for all I know." Seems like a jump to make when you're essentially trying to say "I don't know."<br /><br />ABC's Brian Ross worked particularly hard at it, reportedly saying:<br /><blockquote>Well it appears to be a kind of hybrid workplace jihad. He targeted his coworkers, but he also recently raveled to Saudi Arabia. On his website [a dating profile] he appears to be an all-American boy, he enjoyed snowboarding, working on cars, and guns , he was very comfortable with the gun culture. </blockquote>Comfortable with gun culture? What? Just an all-American boy comfortable with the gun culture and...oh yeah, he went to Saudi Arabia.<br /><br />But the focus on pro-lifers as possible perpetrators was particularly intense.<br /><br />An MSNBC news host said, according to <a href="http://www.lifenews.com/2015/12/03/msnbc-tries-to-link-san-bernadino-terrorism-to-pro-lifers-planned-parenthood-is-blocks-away/">LifeNews.com</a>: “San Bernardino about an hour outside of Los Angeles, inland. ‘Way from the ocean. This area looks to be an area with several service buildings, medical service buildings. A neighborhood nearby. The Planned Parenthood of San Bernardino is a few blocks away and told us they’re not involved in this in any way obviously in light of the shooting last Friday in Colorado Springs and making sure that people are not confused there because it is close proximity to these facility.”<br /><br />So let's get this right. MSNBC heard there was a shooting and immediately called Planned Parenthood to see if they were ok and still aborting babies. Priorities, huh? But think about that, MSNBC hears there's a shooting and they think pro-lifers. What kind of demented weirdos are they?<br /><br />A CNN reporter says:<blockquote>“Some people might be concerned about this following what happened in Colorado a few days ago. We’ve gotten word that this shooting is not at a Planned Parenthood. So that’s some perspective on where the shooting may be.”<br /><br />The another CNN anchor pipes up: “Is there a Planned Parenthood nearby?”</blockquote>Let me inform you CNN punks of something. When there's a mass shooting, normal people don't think pro-lifers. I know you do but I said normal people. Normal people question if it's terrorism but you're too twisted by the leftist agenda to have anything close to a normal reaction.<br /><br />This is just crazytown. Expect the media to move fast away from this story while they attempt to hold on to the confusing "hybrid workplace jihad" thing they're trying to make an actual thing. That's like calling 9-11 a "hybrid airline jihad." It's jihad. Plain and simple. <br /><br />Update: And now this from The Daily News, equating the NRA with terror.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sqT8KxXh6Js/VmEU_VIF6AI/AAAAAAAAEV8/ZRX6p0MNW50/s1600/daily%2Bnews%2Bterror.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sqT8KxXh6Js/VmEU_VIF6AI/AAAAAAAAEV8/ZRX6p0MNW50/s400/daily%2Bnews%2Bterror.png" /></a></div><br />Wow. Doubling down on stupid, huh? And they wonder why circulation plummets.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="height: 0px; width: 0px;">*subhead*Put Your Blurb Here.*subhead*</div>]]></description>
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<title>Ethika Politika: Michael Novak’s Stripped Down Social Justice</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 04:08:55 GMT</pubDate>
<link>https://ethikapolitika.org/2015/12/03/michael-novaks-stripped-down-social-justice/</link>
<description><![CDATA[<p><img alt="brown 2" class="attachment-rssimage wp-post-image" height="100" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ethikapolitika/wp-content/uploads/brown-2-e1449202069461-100x100.jpg" width="100" /></p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Michael Novak’s recently-released book </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Social Justice Isn’t What You Think It Is</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, co-written with longtime professor of social work Paul Adams, is an attempt to reclaim the banner of “social justice” from those who use it as a synonym for “a progressive policy I find desirable.” It’s a welcome corrective for them and for those who, following Friedrich Hayek, call the concept a “mirage.”</span>
Novak seeks to rediscover the history and true meaning of “social justice” in the Catholic tradition, where the term originated and has its richest development. Drawing on philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre, he critiques the emptiness of its contemporary usage, in which it can mean just about anything. “Under relativism, social justice loses all meaning,” says Novak, and it “can sometimes mask moral imperialism.” Recent scenes from New Haven, Princeton, and Columbia, Mo., would seem to bear that out.
<b>A Habit of Free Persons</b>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Without an authentic definition, how are we to even to classify it? Is it a theory? A vision? A policy agenda?</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">None of the above, Novak writes. Social justice, rightly understood, “is in fact a virtue of individual persons.” It’s an individual virtue expressed socially, found in the voluntary associations lauded by Tocqueville. It is a “habit of the heart,” lived out in “free persons in their free associations, achieving the common good together.”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">This definition has the advantage of placing a premium on individual agency, rather than blaming injustice on corrupt “systems.” But this stripped-down definition marginalizes the phrase’s prophetic, political edge evident even in his quotations from Pope Leo XIII, not to mention the writings of our current pontiff.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">As a longtime leader in the effort to marry economic conservatism and Catholicism, Novak relies heavily on the work of Pope John Paul II and takes pains to minimize any statements that critique market-driven economies. Pope Benedict XVI’s encyclical on “Charity in Truth” is “not nearly so full in its </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">veritas</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> as in its </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">caritas,</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">” Novak jabs. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Novak argues that capitalism, for all its faults, “deserves gratitude for what it does,” and is more able to help the poor than any other economic system. The best way to bring about a true preferential option for the poor, he says, is through capitalism’s encouragement of creativity and entrepreneurship.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">The argument is weakened by the authors’ attempt to downplay the real tensions between the social and economic strains of conservatism. Capitalism presupposes social capital, as Novak agrees. But what happens when it begins to deplete the social capital, to cannibalize the virtues and foundations that are the source of stability and social cohesion? When it comes to the accelerating breakdown of the family, negligent public policy has been a culprit, but big business certainly hasn’t helped.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">If the family is the bedrock of society, and capitalism the best means of advancing society’s material welfare, pro-business conservatives should take great pains to support families, even at the expense of profits or efficiency. Novak acknowledges the need for “a modified version of the welfare state…in a large, continental, and mobile society such as the United States.” But at the same time, he worries that generous social welfare benefits could trap low-income families in the “honey pot” of dependency.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Mentioning corporations’ stingy maternity leave policies and unbalanced work-life expectations should be enough to illuminate the wide gap between capitalism and social conservatives in twenty-first century America. Last April’s contretemps in Indiana, when big business swooped in to press a reversal on a religious liberty law in favor of same-sex marriage, is even more vivid proof.</span>
<b>More Than a Personal Virtue </b>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">The last third of the book, written by Adams, starts with a full-throated defense of marriage, the decline of which is “the cardinal social injustice of our time.” He criticizes professional social workers for abandoning the idea of their trade as a virtue-based profession for one that forces social workers who defend traditional Christian teaching on homosexuality to undergo “values clarification training.”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">A profession that was once criticized for being too disorganized has become too bureaucratized, Adams explains, with some Catholic Charities agencies acting more as arms of the state than authentic examples of the </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">caritas</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> of the Christian tradition. Like Novak, Adams decries “social justice” being used to turn the focus of social work from client self-empowerment to expanding and glamorizing the welfare state. Instead, he argues, our approach to ending poverty should be based in helping individuals feel a sense of autonomy through subsidiarity-based approaches to strengthen communities and families.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">The examples of small-scale solutions he proposes have merit, and conservatives should champion bottom-up approaches. But the market-based global economy that tends towards homogenization and centralization would seem to stymie efforts to the sort of localized trial and error it would require. Pope Francis spoke about this during his speech at Independence Hall during his visit to the United States.: “If a certain kind of globalization claims to make everyone uniform, to level everyone out, that globalization destroys the rich gifts and uniqueness of each person and each people.” </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">One wouldn’t expect Novak and Adams to champion Francis’ anti-capitalist tendencies. But the book draws so heavily from a Polish pope writing as part of a global struggle against communism that it comes across—wittingly or no—as the in-house counsel for those who would argue </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">vox commercio, vox Dei</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span>
<i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Social Justice Isn’t What You Think It Is</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is a serious, needed effort to resurrect a term that has been inflated beyond any real meaning. But their argument is weakened by their attempt to downplay the real tensions between the social and economic strains of conservatism. Ultimately, their new definition could be easily used to excuse or cover up unjust corporate or social practices by marginalizing social justice as solely a personal virtue.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Between the heresies of collectivism and individualism lie acres of unexplored territory that theologians and economists must continue to refine and discover. Novak’s attempt to rescue an authentic definition of “social justice” from a list of progressive public policy prescriptions deserves praise. But if social justice is surely not what campus warriors think it is, it’s not quite what </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Michael</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Novak thinks it is, either.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">
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<i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Patrick T. Brown (</span></i><a href="http://www.twitter.com/PTBwrites"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">@PTBwrites</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">) writes from Princeton, New Jersey. His writing has appeared in </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">First Things</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Washington Times</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Public Discourse</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></i><p>The post <a href="https://ethikapolitika.org/2015/12/03/michael-novaks-stripped-down-social-justice/" rel="nofollow">Michael Novak’s Stripped Down Social Justice</a> appeared first on <a href="https://ethikapolitika.org" rel="nofollow">Ethika Politika</a>.</p>]]></description>
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<title>The Daily Register: The Anointing of the Sick</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 03:59:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Musings of a Pertinacious Papist: Fling wide the doors of mercy: who is there to judge?</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 02:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>I find it hard to shake the long ingrained conviction, as basic as child psychology, that love and forgiveness mean little in the absence of justice and punishment. In fact, justice and punishment themselves properly can be expressions of love. The opposite of love and forgiveness is not justice and punishment, but indifference. And love and forgiveness divorced from just punishment quickly dissolves into nothingness. Instead of being appreciated and treasured as a costly gift of pearls, they are received as pearls cast before swine who trample them underfoot and turn to attack the giver (Mt 7:6). <br /><br />"Jesus Christ is the face of the Father’s mercy," says the Holy Father, in the opening line of <i><a href="http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_letters/documents/papa-francesco_bolla_20150411_misericordiae-vultus.html">Misericordiae Vultus</a></i>, his Bull of Indiction of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy. The Father is "rich in mercy" (Ph 2:4); has revealed Himself to Moses as "a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness" (Ex 34:6); sent His only Son into the world, born of the Virgin Mary, to reveal His love for us in a definitive way. <br /><br />Indeed. I get that. That is my only hope in life and in death, and I've staked my life on it, as many of us have. But I know that I am not good enough a man to be moved to forsake my sins and flee to the bosom of the Father simply by knowing that He is there to welcome me. The power of sins is not negligible; and the standard of perfect contrition (to "detest all my sins ... because they offend Thee, my God, who art all good and deserving of all my love") is not low or easy. No, in the absence of such love, a lowly sinner such as I often finds that the only thing that will move him is imperfect contrition (to "dread the loss of Heaven and pains of Hell"). This, at least, may move me. <br /><br />But what will move the many who don't seem to have the foggiest idea that they are even sinners? What can possibly move them? Well, yes, the Holy Ghost, of course; but we find that even the Holy Ghost usually uses human instruments:"How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?" (Rm 10:14) <br /><br />But if the preacher preaches nothing but mercy and love, what then? How can Christ be the "answer" to people who have no idea what the "question" is? I know God's offer of mercy and pardon is extended to all, even if few there be who take it. Yes, God is merciful. But taking the long historical view, what do we see? We may still be living under the aegis of an age of mercy; but as I observe happenings throughout the world and the Church, I fear we may be rapidly transitioning to an age of judgment. Our Blessed Mother has been clear enough about this in her many and diverse warnings, just as her divine Son has been in His words about the fullness of time in Sacred Scripture. Have we forgotten, too, that the opposite of an indifferent God is not only a God of love and mercy, but of just wrath and chastisement? <br /><br />Related: <ul><li>Sandro Magister, "<a href="http://chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it/articolo/1351186?eng=y">A Jubilee By Popular Acclaim</a>" (www.chiesa, December 4, 2015): "Mercy for all except the hierarchical Church, too closed-off and backward to deserve the pope’s forgiveness." <br /><br /><li>Augustinus, "<a href="http://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2015/12/god-is-father-and-mother-as-jubilee-of.html#more">'God is Father and Mother': as Jubilee of Mercy nears, Francis calls for 'revolution of tenderness' and criticizes his own Church</a>" (<i>Rorate Caeli</i>, December 3, 2015).</ul>]]></description>
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<title>Vox Cantoris: Pope Francis' Rabbi amigo in Argentina praises his encyclical on the environment; what's wrong with this picture?</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 02:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Community in Mission: Where Is God at Times Like These? A Meditation in the Wake of Recent Violent Atrocities</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 02:00:56 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://blog.adw.org/2015/12/where-is-god-at-times-like-these-a-meditation-in-the-wake-of-recent-violent-atrocities/</link>
<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://blog.adw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/blog12-3.png"><img alt="blog12-3" class="alignright size-full wp-image-34416" height="240" src="http://blog.adw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/blog12-3.png" width="360" /></a>One of the great mysteries to believer and non-believer alike is that of evil and suffering. If there is a God who is omnipotent and omniscient, how can He tolerate evil, injustice, and suffering of the innocent? Where is God when things like shootings (e.g., in the U.S., Paris, and Kenya), church bombings (e.g., in Nigeria), and beheadings (e.g., in Egypt and Iraq) occur? Where is God when a woman or young girl is raped, or when genocide is committed, or when evil men hatch their plots? Why did God even conceive the evil ones and allow them to be born?</p>
<p><strong>The problem of evil cannot be answered simply</strong>. It is a mystery. Its purpose and why God permits it are caught up in our limited vision and understanding. Scripture says, <em>all things work together for the good of those who love and trust the Lord and are called according to his purposes</em> (Romans 8:28). But in many circumstances it is difficult for us to see <em>how</em> this is so.</p>
<p>Anyone who has ever suffered a tragic and senseless loss or who has observed the disproportionate suffering that some must endure cannot help but ask, why? And the answers aren’t all that satisfying, for suffering is ultimately mysterious in many ways.</p>
<p><strong>I have some respect for those who struggle to believe in the wake of tragedy</strong>. I do not share their struggle, but I understand and respect its depths and the dignity of their questioning. At the end of the trail of questions, often asked in anguish, is a God who has chosen not to supply simple answers. And perhaps even if He did, our simple minds could not comprehend them anyway. We are left to decide, often in the face of great evil and suffering, whether God exists or not.</p>
<p><strong>As in the days of Job, we cry out for answers, but little is forthcoming.</strong> In the Book of Job, God speaks from a whirlwind, questioning Job’s ability even to ask the right questions. He doesn’t provide an answer to the problem of evil and suffering. If He were to explain, it seems that all we would hear would be thunder anyway. In the end, He is God and we are not. This must be enough for us; we must look with trust to the reward that awaits the faithful.</p>
<p><strong>Perhaps the most perplexing aspect of suffering is its uneven distribution</strong>. In America, we suffer little in comparison to those in many other parts of the world. And even within the U.S., some seem to skate through life strong, wealthy, and well-fed, while others endure suffering, disease, inexplicable and sudden losses, financial setbacks, and other burdens.</p>
<p><strong>While it is true that much of our suffering comes from poor choices,</strong> substance abuse, and lack of self-control, some seems completely unrelated to any of these.</p>
<p><strong>The most difficult suffering to accept is that imposed on the innocent by third parties</strong> who seem to suffer no penalty: parents who mistreat or neglect their children, corrupt governments, unscrupulous businesses, schemers who exploit others (especially the poor), and crazed killers.</p>
<p><strong>Suffering is hard to explain simply or to accept</strong>. I think this just has to be admitted. Simple slogans and quick answers are seldom sufficient in the face of great evil and suffering. And when discussing the existence of evil with an atheist, sympathy, understanding, and a call to humility may go further than forceful rebuttal.</p>
<p><strong>A respectful exposition of the Christian understanding of evil might include some of the following points</strong>. Note that these are not explanations <em>per se</em> (for suffering is a great mystery), and they are humble because they acknowledge their own limits.</p>
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<li><strong>The Scriptures teach that God created a world that was as a paradise</strong>. Though we only get a brief glimpse of it, it seems clear that death and suffering were not part of it.</li>
<li><strong>But even in the Garden of Eden, the serpent coiled </strong>from the branch of a tree called the Tree of the Knowledge of Good <em>and Evil</em>. So even in paradise, the mystery of evil lurked.</li>
<li><strong>In a way, the tree and the serpent <em>had</em> to be there</strong> because we were made to love; love requires freedom and freedom requires choices. The ‘yes’ of love must permit the ‘no’ of sin. In our rebellious ‘no’ both we and the world unraveled, and death and chaos entered in. Paradise was lost and a far more hostile and unpredictable world remained. From this came all of the suffering and evil we endure. Our sins alone cause an enormous amount of suffering on this earth—the vast majority of it, by my reckoning. The suffering caused by natural phenomena is also linked to sin: Original Sin, wherein we preferred to reign in a hellish imitation of paradise rather than to serve in the real paradise.</li>
<li><strong>This link of evil and suffering to human freedom also explains God’s typical lack of intervention</strong> in evil matters. Were God to intercede routinely, it would make an abstraction of human freedom and thus remove a central pillar of love. But here, too, there is mystery: the Scriptures frequently recount how God <em>did</em> intervene to put an end to evil plots, to turn back wars, and to shorten famines and plagues. Why does He sometimes intervene and sometimes not? Why do prayers of deliverance sometimes get answered and sometimes not? Here, too, there is a mystery of providence.</li>
<li><strong>The lengthiest biblical treatise on suffering is the Book of Job.</strong> In it, God showed an almost shocking lack of sympathy for Job’s questions and set a lengthy foundation for the conclusion that the mind of man is simply incapable of seeing into the depths of this problem. God saw fit that Job’s faith be tested and strengthened. But in the end, Job was restored and reestablished with even greater blessings in a kind of foretaste of what is meant by Heaven.</li>
<li><strong>The First Letter of Peter</strong> also has an explanation of suffering: <em>In this you rejoice, although now for a little while you may have to suffer through various trials, so that the genuineness of your faith, more precious than gold that is perishable even though tested by fire, may prove to be for praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ </em>(1 Peter 1:6-7). In other words, our sufferings purify us and prepare us to meet God.</li>
<li><strong>Does this mean that those who suffer more need more purification?</strong> Not necessarily. It could also mean that a greater glory is waiting for them. For the Scriptures teach, <em>Therefore, we are not discouraged; rather, although our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this momentary light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison </em>(2 Cor 4:16-17). Hence suffering “produces” glory in the world to come. Those who suffer more, but with faith, will have greater glory in the world to come.</li>
<li><strong>Regarding the apparent injustice of uneven suffering,</strong> it should be noted that the Scriptures teach of a great reversal, in which the last shall be first (Mat 20:16), the mighty will be cast down while the lowly are exalted, and the rich will go away empty while the poor are filled (Luke 1:52-53). In this sense it is not necessarily a blessing to be rich, well-fed, and unaccustomed to any suffering. In the great reversal, the first will be last. The only chance that the rich and well-heeled have to avoid this end, is to be generous and kind to the poor and those who suffer (1 Tim 6:17-18).</li>
<li><strong>Finally, as to God’s apparent insensitivity</strong> to suffering, we can only point to Christ, who did not exempt Himself from the suffering that we chose by leaving Eden. He suffered mightily and unjustly but also showed that this would be a way home to paradise.</li>
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<p><strong>To these points I am sure you will add, but be careful with the problem of evil and suffering. It has mysterious dimensions that must be respected</strong>. Simple answers may not help those who struggle with it. Understanding and an exposition that shows forth the Christian struggle to come to grips with this may be the best way. The “answer” of Scripture requires faith, but it also appeals to reason, and calls us to humility before a great mystery of which we can see only a small part. The appeal to humility in the face of a mystery may command greater respect from an atheist than would pat answers, which may tend to alienate him or her.</p>
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<title>Vox Cantoris: Dominican Cardinal slams U.S. Ambassador for interfering in the nation's affairs</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 02:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I</span>n case you're wondering why all the posts, lucky you, I'm on vacation!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I wonder what Francis will do?</span><br /><br /><h1 class="red-title-large" style="background-color: white; color: #8a0000; font-family: 'Open Sans Condensed'; font-size: 38px; line-height: 46px; margin: 20px 0px 6px;">DOMINICAN CARDINAL: GAY U.S. AMBASSADOR SHOULD ‘FOCUS ON HOUSEWORK’</h1><span class="categories" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin: 6px 0px;"><strong>NEWS:</strong> <a href="http://www.churchmilitant.com/search/category/247/world-news" style="background: transparent; color: #0971b2; text-decoration: none;">WORLD NEWS</a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"></span><br /><div class="featured-image" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin: 10px 0px;"><img alt="Dominican Cardinal: Gay U.S. Ambassador Should ‘Focus On Housework’" height="385" src="http://www.churchmilitant.com/images/uploads/news_feature/2015-12-03-Pelletier-A.JPG" style="border: 0px; height: auto !important; vertical-align: middle;" width="750" /></div><div class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><div class="at-share-tbx-element addthis_32x32_style addthis-smartlayers addthis-animated at4-show" id="atstbx" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a class="at-share-btn at-svc-facebook" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="background: rgb(48, 88, 145); color: #0971b2; display: inline-block; margin: 0px 2px;"><span class="at4-icon aticon-facebook" title="Facebook"></span></a><a class="at-share-btn at-svc-twitter" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="background: rgb(44, 168, 210); color: #0971b2; display: inline-block; margin: 0px 2px;"><span class="at4-icon aticon-twitter" title="Twitter"></span></a><a class="at-share-btn at-svc-google_plusone_share" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="background: rgb(206, 77, 57); color: #0971b2; display: inline-block; margin: 0px 2px;"><span class="at4-icon aticon-google_plusone_share" title="Google+"></span></a><a class="at-share-btn at-svc-email" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="background: rgb(115, 138, 141); color: #0971b2; display: inline-block; margin: 0px 2px;"><span class="at4-icon aticon-email" title="Email"></span></a><a class="at-share-btn at-svc-print" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="background: rgb(115, 138, 141); color: #0971b2; display: inline-block; margin: 0px 2px;"><span class="at4-icon aticon-print" title="Print"></span></a></div></div><div class="meta clearfix" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin: 16px 0px 20px;"><div class="author" style="font-size: 16px;"><strong>by <a href="http://www.churchmilitant.com/news/author/joseph-pelletier" style="background: transparent; color: #0971b2; text-decoration: none;">Joseph Pelletier</a></strong> • ChurchMilitant.com • December 3, 2015 <a class="bubble" href="http://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/dominican-cdl-gay-u.s.-ambassador-should-focus-on-housework#disqus_thread">30 Comments</a></div></div><h2 class="grey-subtitle" style="background-color: white; color: #616161; font-family: 'Open Sans Condensed'; font-size: 26px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 0px;">Cardinal and ambassador have history of public feuding</h2><div class="body-copy" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 16px;">SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (<a href="http://churchmilitant.com/" style="background: transparent; color: #0971b2; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">ChurchMilitant.com</a>) - A cardinal from the Dominican Republic, engaged in a public quarrel with the country's U.S. ambassador, called the openly gay official a "wife" and told him to "focus on housework."</div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px;">Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez, the archbishop of Santo Domingo, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/12/02/world/americas/ap-cb-dominican-republic-us-gay-remarks.html?_r=0" style="background: transparent; color: #0971b2; text-decoration: none;">made the remarks</a> Tuesday in response to comments from U.S. ambassador James Brewster alleging corruption within the Dominican Republic. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px;">"That man needs to go back to his embassy," the cardinal said. "Let him focus on housework, since he's the wife to a man." </div><div style="margin-bottom: 16px;">Read the rest at: <a href="http://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/dominican-cdl-gay-u.s.-ambassador-should-focus-on-housework" style="background-color: transparent;">http://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/dominican-cdl-gay-u.s.-ambassador-should-focus-on-housework</a></div></div>]]></description>
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<title>Vox Cantoris: CFN Reports: A Former High-Ranking Member of the Roman Curia Criticizes Pope Francis for his Vanity and Populism</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 01:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="background-color: #ffefc1; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 27px; font-weight: bold;">A Former High-Ranking Member of the Roman Curia Criticizes Pope Francis for his Vanity and Populism</span><span style="background-color: #ffefc1; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="background-color: #ffefc1; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #ffefc1; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><em>By Maike Hickson</em></span><span style="background-color: #ffefc1; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11px;">posted at </span><span style="background-color: #ffefc1; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://www.cfnews.org/index.html" rel="external" style="color: maroon;" target="_blank">www.cfnews.org</a></span><span style="background-color: #ffefc1; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />In the German-speaking countries of Europe (including Austria and Switzerland), an anonymous letter by a former Curial Member has been widely reported on, among others by the website of the Swiss Bishops, kath.ch, and by a prominent conservative Austrian website, Kath.net. The well-known German magazine FOCUS </span><span style="background-color: #ffefc1; color: #00006f; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><u><a href="http://www.focus.de/magazin/kurzfassungen/focus-49-2015-scharfe-kritik-an-amtsfuehrung-des-papstes-ehemaliges-hochrangiges-kurienmitglied-wirft-papst-in-einem-adventsbrief-eitelkeit-und-populismus-vor-focus-druckt-das-schreiben-anonymisiert_id_5115797.html" style="color: maroon;">published</a></u></span><span style="background-color: #ffefc1; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"> on November 27 an anonymous open letter to Pope Francis, written with earnestness by a former member of the Roman Curia who rebukes the pontiff for his deficient leadership and character flaws.</span><br /><span style="background-color: #ffefc1; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #ffefc1;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><a href="http://www.cfnews.org/page88/files/c06749928912ab462e86c6301922a20e-501.html">http://www.cfnews.org/page88/files/c06749928912ab462e86c6301922a20e-501.html</a></span></span>]]></description>
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<title>The Badger Catholic: Let's go GET IT</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 01:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Diligite iustitiam: Definitely Too Early for This</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 01:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>CNA Daily News: US Senate votes to defund Planned Parenthood, but veto is expected</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 01:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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The defunding of the abortion provider is part of a proposed bill that would partially dismantle President Barack Obama’s 2010 health care legislation.<br />
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The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to send the bill to Obama, but backers of the bill do not have the votes to override a veto.<br />
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A nearly party-line vote from the Democratic Party Dec. 3 failed to restore funding by a vote of 54-46. Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) had proposed restored funding and $1 billion in safety at women’s clinics, the Associated Press reports.<br />
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Knowing that Obama will veto the bill, one of its supporters, Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) maintained that its “value is to let him know — the president — and others that there's a big division in this country, and a lot of us don't like it, and the American people don't like it,” according to NPR.<br />
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On Aug. 3, the Senate had <a href="http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/effort-to-defund-planned-parenthood-falls-short-of-senate-vote-45413/">failed to bring to the floor</a> a similar bill that would have blocked federal funding of Planned Parenthood, and the House had <a href="http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/us-house-votes-to-defund-planned-parenthood-but-not-without-controversy-97312/">passed a bill Oct. 23</a> which would defund Planned Parenthood and gut key portions of the Affordable Care Act.<br />
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Planned Parenthood is the largest abortion provider in the U.S. and has great political influence.<br />
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Although direct federal funding for abortion is heavily restricted by U.S. law, the organization receives about $500 million each year in public funds. Most of this funding comes through Medicaid payments and funds from Title X, a federal health program for low-income Americans.<br />
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Some pro-life advocates have said such funding should instead go to community and rural health centers which do not fund abortions.<br />
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Planned Parenthood has become the center of controversy after the release of a series of undercover investigative video reports by the citizen journalist group Center for Medical Progress. The videos showed Planned Parenthood’s involvement in the offering of fetal body parts of aborted babies to harvesters for compensation.<br />
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The video series’ producers have charged that such transactions were illegal under laws that only allow “reasonable” compensation for operational expenses.<br />
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Planned Parenthood has denied that it broke any laws and accepted illegal compensation. The organization has announced that it would no longer accept any compensation for fetal tissue.<br />
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<title>Traditional Catholic Priest: St. Peter Chrysologus Dec. 4</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 01:01:12 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.traditionalcatholicpriest.com/2015/12/03/st-peter-chrysologus-dec-4/</link>
<description><![CDATA[<p>“St. Peter named ‘Chrysologus’, because of his golden quality of his eloquence, was born of good parents at Imola in Aemelia. Turning to religion from his earliest youth, he put himself under Cornelius of Rome, at that time bishop of Imola, who recognized his worth and ordained him deacon. In spite of his protests, Sixtus …</p>
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<title>et nunc: Letzter Herz-Jesu Freitag 2015</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-size: large;">Laß mich, Gottesherz, Dir singen, frohen Herzens Gruß Dir bringen. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Dich voll Jubel zu umfangen, sehnt mein Herz sich voll Verlangen.<br />Laß Zwiesprach halten mich mit Dir!</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Wasche, heile und erhelle, und befrucht mich mit der Quelle, </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">die, der Seite einst entquollen, </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">ward zum Strom, zum gnadenvollen, </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">als Dich die Lanze hart bedrängt.<br /> </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Zieh mein Herz zu Deinem Herzen, daß, geheilt in Reueschmerzen, </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">es nicht bleib in ferner Weite; </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">schließ es ein in Deine Seite, daß es in Dir sich finde neu!</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Laß es ruhen da und weilen. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Sieh! - Es möcht Dein Leben teilen; </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">glühend will es Dich empfinden, will zu Dir den Eingang finden, </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">daß liebevoll ich denke Dein.<br /> </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Du, die Seligkeit der Deinen, laß auch mich Dir ganz vereinen, </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">laß mich eingehn in Dein Leben, wolle nicht mir widerstreben. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">O schließe in Dein Herz mich ein! </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Amen.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-te0_mxJMlLs/VmBmHvBAuAI/AAAAAAAAJec/pMc5mGw-s8Y/s1600/herzjesu.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-te0_mxJMlLs/VmBmHvBAuAI/AAAAAAAAJec/pMc5mGw-s8Y/s400/herzjesu.jpg" width="348" /></a></div>]]></description>
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<title>BRUNONIS: Keine Regung der Natur</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p> <u><span>IL208-Z.22.4b</span></u><br /><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span>Das Werk der Vernichtung schreitet noch weiter vor. Gott nimmt der Seele die aktive Tugend, ich will sagen, jene Leichtigkeit zu handeln, die sie während der früheren Stürme bewahrt hat. In diesem Augenblick besteht eine vollständige Unfähigkeit, zu handeln. Die Seele kann nur noch eines, leiden.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span>Diese Kraft zu leiden oder die passive Tugend, wird ihr auch noch genommen. Die arme, vernichtete, unter den Schlägen <span> </span>zusammengebrochene Seele hat nicht einmal mehr die Kraft, sie zu dulden, sie hinzunehmen, sie hat nicht mehr die Energie, zu dulden. Sie ist zu nichts, absolut zu nichts imstande. Alles ist ihr genommen, alles ist zerstört, alles ist vernichtet. Es bleibt ihr keine menschliche Regung mehr, kein rein natürliches Leben, das ist der mystische Tod. Alles ist vollbracht. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span>In diesem Augenblick ist jedes Hindernis für den vollen Eintritt Gottes<span> </span>verschwunden. Er tritt ein und nimmt von dieser Seele durch die<span> </span>mystische Vermählung, die den Stand der Einigung verwirklicht, Besitz.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span>In diesem Stand wird die Seele nur mehr von Gott in Bewegung gesetzt. Keine Regung der Natur gibt es in ihr, um von sich aus einen bestimmenden Einfluss auf ihre Tätigkeit auszuüben. Sie ist ganz und<span> </span>gar durch den Willen Gottes bestimmt, der einzig über ihre Kräfte herrscht und sie regiert. Gott verrichtet in ihr all ihre Werke (Jes 26,12). Ihre Kräfte sind vollkommen von der Tyrannei der Geschöpfe und von der<span> </span>Tyrannei ihrer eigenen Selbständigkeit losgelöst, sie sind jetzt vollständig<span> </span>frei, einzig regiert vom Willen Gottes.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-US">(Dom François de Sales Polien, IL, 20151204)</span></div> Normal 0 21 false false false DE X-NONE X-NONE <br /><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div>]]></description>
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<title>Diligite iustitiam: Worse than Paul VI?</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 00:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Zenit: <a href="http://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2015/12/god-is-father-and-mother-as-jubilee-of.html">"God is Father and Mother": as Jubilee of Mercy nears, Francis calls for "revolution of tenderness" and criticizes his own Church. </a><br /><br />Chiesa: <a href="http://chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it/articolo/1351186?eng=y">A Jubilee By Popular Acclaim</a><br />Mercy for all except the hierarchical Church, too closed-off and backward to deserve the pope’s forgiveness. But in the meantime two cases with uncertain outcomes have exploded: the trial of Balda and Chaouqui and the clash with the supreme court of Chile]]></description>
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<title>Diligite iustitiam: When History Is Still Being Written</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 00:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://initium-sapientiae.blogspot.com/2015/12/when-history-is-still-being-written.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Maybe this is premature...<br /><br /><div id="fb-root"></div>&<div class="fb-post"><div class="fb-xfbml-parse-ignore"><blockquote cite="https://www.facebook.com/VaticanRadioEnglish/posts/1104278946250375"><p>On Tuesday, in the Holy See Press Office, a press conference was held to present the International Study Convention “Vatican Council II and its protagonists in the light of the archives.”</p>Posted by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/VaticanRadioEnglish/">Vatican Radio - English Section</a> on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/VaticanRadioEnglish/posts/1104278946250375">Wednesday, December 2, 2015</a></blockquote></div></div><br /><div id="fb-root"></div>&<div class="fb-post"><div class="fb-xfbml-parse-ignore"><blockquote cite="https://www.facebook.com/VaticanRadioEnglish/posts/1103675006310769"><p>Presentation to journalists of the International Study Convention "Vatican Council II and its protagonists in the light...</p>Posted by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/VaticanRadioEnglish/">Vatican Radio - English Section</a> on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/VaticanRadioEnglish/posts/1103675006310769">Tuesday, December 1, 2015</a></blockquote></div></div>]]></description>
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<title>Diligite iustitiam: 55 Years Later, What Progress?</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 00:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://initium-sapientiae.blogspot.com/2015/12/55-years-later-what-progress.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[<div id="fb-root"></div>&<div class="fb-post"><div class="fb-xfbml-parse-ignore"><blockquote cite="https://www.facebook.com/VaticanRadioEnglish/posts/1104418059569797"><p>On December 2nd, 55 years ago, Pope John XXIII had a private audience with the Archbishop of Canterbury Geoffrey Fisher,...</p>Posted by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/VaticanRadioEnglish/">Vatican Radio - English Section</a> on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/VaticanRadioEnglish/posts/1104418059569797">Wednesday, December 2, 2015</a></blockquote></div></div><br />At least we have the Anglican Ordinariates.]]></description>
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<title>Diligite iustitiam: Is the Jubilee Year a Roman Thing or a Universal Thing?</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 00:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Regardless of what the wording may say... what possible relevance does the Jubilee Year (and its associated talk of indulgences) have on the life of the non-Latin churches?<br /><br />The Major Archbishop isn't going to buck the "leadership" of Rome.<br /><div id="fb-root"></div>&<div class="fb-post"><div class="fb-xfbml-parse-ignore"><blockquote cite="https://www.facebook.com/VaticanRadioEnglish/posts/1104724696205800"><p>Here is the pastoral letter issued on the occasion of the proclamation of the Holy Year of Mercy in the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.</p>Posted by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/VaticanRadioEnglish/">Vatican Radio - English Section</a> on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/VaticanRadioEnglish/posts/1104724696205800">Thursday, December 3, 2015</a></blockquote></div></div><br /><div id="fb-root"></div>&<div class="fb-post"><div class="fb-xfbml-parse-ignore"><blockquote cite="https://www.facebook.com/VaticanRadioEnglish/posts/1104684916209778"><p>The opening Mass for the Jubilee of Mercy and the opening of the Holy Door at St. Peter's Basilica on 8 December will be...</p>Posted by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/VaticanRadioEnglish/">Vatican Radio - English Section</a> on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/VaticanRadioEnglish/posts/1104684916209778">Thursday, December 3, 2015</a></blockquote></div></div>]]></description>
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<title>Diligite iustitiam: Brothers and Sisters According to What Basis?</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 00:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<div id="fb-root"></div>&<div class="fb-post"><div class="fb-xfbml-parse-ignore"><blockquote cite="https://www.facebook.com/zenitnewsagency/posts/964269166980737"><p>At Grand Mosque In CAR, Pope Denounces Violence Perpetrated in Name of Religion or GodSpeaking to Muslims, Says Muslims...</p>Posted by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/zenitnewsagency/">Zenit News Agency</a> on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/zenitnewsagency/posts/964269166980737">Monday, November 30, 2015</a></blockquote></div></div><br /><div id="fb-root"></div>&<div class="fb-post"><div class="fb-xfbml-parse-ignore"><blockquote cite="https://www.facebook.com/zenitnewsagency/posts/964212243653096:0">Posted by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/zenitnewsagency/">Zenit News Agency</a> on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/zenitnewsagency/posts/964212243653096:0">Monday, November 30, 2015</a></blockquote></div></div>]]></description>
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<title>Diligite iustitiam: More from Fr. Hunwicke</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 00:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Daily Register: New Orleans Catholics Raise $1 Million in 24 Hours</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2015 23:41:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>CNA Daily News: A car chapel? It's a real thing and Pope Francis blessed one</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2015 23:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/images/size340/Pope_Francis_blesses_a_traveling_image_after_the_general_audience_in_St_Peters_Square_Dec_2_2015_Credit_LOsservatore_Romano_CNA_12_2_15.jpg" /><p>Vatican City, Dec 3, 2015 / 04:40 pm (<a href="http://www.catholicnewsagency.com" target="_self">CNA/EWTN News</a>).- A Marian chapel built into a car – called an “Autocappella” – received a blessing from Pope Francis yesterday just before the Wednesday general audience in St. Peter’s Square.<br />
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The mobile chapel belongs to the “Marian Mission of the Rosary of the Shrine of Pompeii” and carries an icon of the Virgin of Pompeii to dioceses around the world.<br />
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At the request of a diocese, the mission brings copies of the icon and organizes prayer and<br />
evangelization activities at parishes, schools, hospitals and prisons.<br />
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So far, the mission has been to several countries including Italy, the United States, Canada, Australia and Malta.<br />
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The original image of Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii is located in the town of Campania, an area located about five minutes away from the ruins of the city of Pompeii, which was destroyed in 79 A.D. by a volcano from Mt. Vesuvius.<br />
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The car chapel is among the more interesting things Pope Francis has blessed during his time in the Petrine ministry, including a bishop’s bicycle during the Synod, a “knotted grotto” in Philadelphia, a kid-built satellite bound for space, and even the rains down in Africa (just kidding).<br />
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There was a petition circulating prior to the Pope’s visit to the United States, asking him to bless the Metro in Washington, D.C. so that it would start working again, but the Pope was unable to do so during his visit.<br /><br /></p><div class="feedflare">
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<title>CNA Daily News - Vatican: A car chapel? It's a real thing and Pope Francis blessed one</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2015 23:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/images/size340/Pope_Francis_blesses_a_traveling_image_after_the_general_audience_in_St_Peters_Square_Dec_2_2015_Credit_LOsservatore_Romano_CNA_12_2_15.jpg" /><p>Vatican City, Dec 3, 2015 / 04:40 pm (<a href="http://www.catholicnewsagency.com" target="_self">CNA/EWTN News</a>).- A Marian chapel built into a car – called an “Autocappella” – received a blessing from Pope Francis yesterday just before the Wednesday general audience in St. Peter’s Square.<br />
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The mobile chapel belongs to the “Marian Mission of the Rosary of the Shrine of Pompeii” and carries an icon of the Virgin of Pompeii to dioceses around the world.<br />
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At the request of a diocese, the mission brings copies of the icon and organizes prayer and<br />
evangelization activities at parishes, schools, hospitals and prisons.<br />
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So far, the mission has been to several countries including Italy, the United States, Canada, Australia and Malta.<br />
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The original image of Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii is located in the town of Campania, an area located about five minutes away from the ruins of the city of Pompeii, which was destroyed in 79 A.D. by a volcano from Mt. Vesuvius.<br />
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The car chapel is among the more interesting things Pope Francis has blessed during his time in the Petrine ministry, including a bishop’s bicycle during the Synod, a “knotted grotto” in Philadelphia, a kid-built satellite bound for space, and even the rains down in Africa (just kidding).<br />
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There was a petition circulating prior to the Pope’s visit to the United States, asking him to bless the Metro in Washington, D.C. so that it would start working again, but the Pope was unable to do so during his visit.<br /><br /></p><img alt="" height="1" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/catholicnewsagency/dailynews-vatican/~4/Q6t2x4sSQJU" width="1" />]]></description>
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<title>A Blog for Dallas Area Catholics: Pope: “God is Father and Mother”</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2015 23:36:36 GMT</pubDate>
<link>https://veneremurcernui.wordpress.com/2015/12/03/pope-god-is-father-and-mother/</link>
<description><![CDATA[<p>What can one say anymore? <a href="http://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2015/12/god-is-father-and-mother-as-jubilee-of.html#more" target="_blank">I agree with Rorate</a>, this is a statement with enormous, and dire, implications.  It will be used and abused by feminists and similar types for years, probably decades, to come.  Also contained in this rambling discourse are further condemnations of the Church’s 2000 year defense of Doctrine as “exclusive.”  Yes, the Church is exclusive, and so is Heaven, but that doesn’t play well in the radical egalitarianism beloved by those given over to a libertine, progressive mindset.</p>
<p>Rorate’s quote is quite long. I’m short of time and have had a long day, so I’ll only quote the most key parts:</p>
<blockquote><p>Pope Francis: The theme of mercy has been strongly accentuated in the life of the Church, since Pope Paul VI. John Paul II stressed it strongly with <i>Dives in Misericordia</i>, the canonization of Saint Faustina and the institution of the Feast of Divine Mercy on the Octave of Easter. <span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>[How many readers have problems with Divine Mercy as proposed by Saint Faustina?  I know [a good number do.  I waver.]</strong></span></p>
<p>…….My first Angelus as Pope was on God’s mercy and, on that occasion, I also spoke of a book on mercy which was given to me by Cardinal Walter Kasper during the conclave……<b>The world is in need of discovering that God is Father, that there is mercy, that cruelty isn’t the way, that condemnation isn’t the way, because the Church herself sometimes follows a hard line, she falls into the temptation of following a hard line, into the temptation of stressing only the moral rules, many people are excluded. <span style="color: #ff0000;">[Again touting Cardinal Kasper.  Hinting at what may come in the post-synodal exhortation?  It is not cruel to condemn, if that condemnation leads to repentance, that repentance to conversion, and that conversion to everlasting life. As a matter of fact, it is the modern indifferentism, and pretense that grave sin isn’t, that “mistakes” don’t really matter to God, thus totally blocking the process of conversion, that is cruel. It is the cruelty of the world against the true mercy of God.  Once again we see Pope Francis quite clearly state that the pre-conciliar Church was unmerciful.]</span></b></p>
<p>……Q: <i> <b>Can the Jubilee of Mercy be an occasion to rediscover God’s ”maternity”?</b></i></p>
<p>……. <b>Yes,</b> He himself affirms it when He says in Isaiah that perhaps a mother can forget her child, a mother can also forget her child … “I, instead, will never forget you.”……..<b>Therefore, I prefer to use <the word> tenderness, proper to a mother, the tenderness of God, tenderness born from the paternal insides. God is Father and Mother. <span style="color: #ff0000;">[So because the Holy Ghost inspired an allusion to a mother, that means God is a Mother-figure?  That’s an unreachable stretch.]</span></b></p>
<p>…….<b>To discover it will lead us to have a more tolerant, more patient, more tender attitude. </b>In 1994, during the Synod, in a meeting of groups. it was said that a revolution of tenderness should be established, and a Synodal Father  — a good man, whom I respect and love – then very elderly, said that it wasn’t appropriate to use this language and he gave me reasonable explanations <span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>[So we should thus conclude, that it was Bergoglio who made this intervention in favor of a “revolution of tenderness?”]</strong></span> , from an intelligent man, but I continue to say that today the revolution is that of tenderness because justice stems from here as does all the rest <span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>[Ideologue: (n) one who holds to a notion or idea in spite of all contrary evidence]</strong></span> ……..<b>The revolution of tenderness is what we have to cultivate today as the fruit of this Year of Mercy: God’s tenderness towards each one of us. Each one of us must say: “I am an unfortunate man, but God loves me thus, so I must also love others in the same way.”</b></p>
<p><i>Q: Can you anticipate to us a gesture you intend to make during the Jubilee to give testimony of God’s mercy?</i></p>
<p>Pope Francis: <b>So many gestures will be made, but on a Friday of every month I will make a different gesture.</b></p></blockquote>
<p>Oy vey.  Here comes another push for trashing the Liturgy – even more than it already has been – through “inclusive language.”</p>
<p>I fear Rorate’s closing note is right:</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>In the abusively “ultramontane” (or pseudo-ultramontane) atmosphere of the Franciscan papacy, where liberals and their conservative fellow-travelers defend everything that falls from the mouth of Francis as pure orthodoxy, one does not have to be very imaginative to realize how much the enemies of the faith will make use of this erroneous expression. <span style="color: #ff0000;">[Indeed]</span></strong><b>Keep in mind that the Pope affirmed, in this interview, that the Jubilee of Mercy will be an occasion to “rediscover” the “maternity” of God. </b></p>
<p>As of late, not a week has passed without an ambiguous or problematic expression coming from the Pope and causing immense confusion and difficulty for the already-besieged, outnumbered, and often-demoralized defenders of Catholic orthodoxy. It would seem that during the Jubilee of Mercy, things are about to get even worse.</p></blockquote>
<p>Ultramontanism run amok – hypermontanism – is a grave disorder in the Church today.  It is the prime mode of operation for the crisis.  “This is impermissible!”</p>
<p>“But the Pope said it.”</p>
<p>“Oh, well……ok, then.”</p>
<p>We already have severe problems in the Church, and in so many domestic churches, where proper understanding and operation of the roles of father and mother, male and female, have been not just lost, but corrupted and turned upside down.  This kind of language is profoundly unhelpful, and even more, dangerous.  I fear it will give renewed vigor to efforts like the feminist push for “inclusive language” in the Liturgy.  Heck, why stop there, we can’t have cisnormative, heteronormative language in the Liturgy, either, right!  Bugnini and his acolytes intended the liturgical revolution to be a perpetual motion machine, never stopping, forever grinding the Mass (and other Sacraments) down into meaningless, perfectly ineffective modernist gibberish.</p>
<p>I’m out of time.  What a mess. Our Lady, have mercy on us.  Pray for us!  Christe eleison!</p><br /> <a href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/veneremurcernui.wordpress.com/24234/" rel="nofollow"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/veneremurcernui.wordpress.com/24234/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=veneremurcernui.wordpress.com&blog=10897848&post=24234&subd=veneremurcernui&ref=&feed=1" width="1" />]]></description>
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<title>Vox Cantoris: God is my Father, Mary and the Church are my Mother</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2015 23:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://voxcantor.blogspot.com/2015/12/god-is-my-father-mary-and-church-are-my.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[<p><span><span style="font-size: x-large;">C</span>onsidering the latest from Pope Francis, I am reminded of the balderised words in Catholic Book of Worship III approved by child pornography aficionado and former Bishop of Antigonish Raymond Lahey." </span><span>Fatherlike, God gently bears us, well our feeble frame God knows. M</span><span>otherlike, God gently bears us, rescues us from all our woes."</span><br /><span><br /></span><span>In the thirteenth chapter of the Gospel of St. Luke at verse thirty-four Jesus addresses the holy city with:</span><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span>Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing! </span></blockquote><a href="http://www.summagallicana.it/lessico/p/pie_pellicane/16_Padre_Pio_mother_pelican_2001.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.summagallicana.it/lessico/p/pie_pellicane/16_Padre_Pio_mother_pelican_2001.jpg" width="244" /></a><span>We have the medieval symbol as St. Thomas Aquinas reminds us in Adore te devote, "Pie pelicane, Jesu Domine." The icon of the ancient myth of a </span><a href="https://www.google.ca/search?q=pie+pelicane&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwix_8PJ_sDJAhXBqx4KHQo4BfsQ_AUIBygB&biw=1280&bih=634#imgrc=oLK_z1fjVHcd6M%3A" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">pelican piercing its breast to feed its blood to her chicks</a><span> was a medieval symbol of Christ as shown on this icon of St. Pio of Pietrelcina. </span><br /><span><br /></span><span>These do not mean that God is our mother. </span><span>There are also those who believe that the Holy Spirit is the feminine of God and that Mary usurped the role.</span><br /><span><br /></span><a href="https://images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com/gadgets/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vedanta.com%2Fstore%2Fmedia%2Fss_size2%2FIndian_Vision_of_God_As_Mother.jpg&container=blogger&gadget=a&rewriteMime=image%2F*" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://www.vedanta.com/store/media/ss_size2/Indian_Vision_of_God_As_Mother.jpg" width="125" /></a><span>To refer to God as "mother" whom Jesus only referred to as Father is simply wrong. I highly recommend <a href="http://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2015/12/god-is-father-and-mother-as-jubilee-of.html">you read Rorate Caeli's post</a> because I am just too gobsmacked and dumbfounded to write anything reasonably coherent.</span><br /><span><br /></span><span>Perhaps, he's been reading Swami Ranganathananda. </span><br /><span><br /></span><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2343420606832907511"><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And speaking of the feminine.</span><br /> <span><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><blockquote></blockquote></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>]]></description>
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<title>Fr. Z's Blog: MADISON: 8 Dec – Solemn Mass in the presence of Bp. Morlino for Immaculate Conception</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2015 23:27:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://wdtprs.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/15_11_30_rubens_immaculate-conception_2001.jpg"><img alt="15_11_30_rubens_immaculate-conception_200" class="alignright size-full wp-image-79967" height="283" src="http://wdtprs.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/15_11_30_rubens_immaculate-conception_2001.jpg" width="199" /></a>On Tuesday evening, 8 December, Feast of the Immaculate Conception (in these USA <strong>a Holy Day of Obligation</strong>), a special Solemn Mass in the Extraordinary Form will be celebrated in the presence of the Diocesan Bishop of Madison, His Excellency Most Reverend Robert C. Morlino.</p>
<p>A Solemn Mass includes the service also of a Deacon and Subdeacon.  Since it is in the presence of the diocesan bishop, some of the ceremonies are changed.</p>
<p>This Mass also marks the beginning of the Year of Mercy, officially inaugurated in Rome by Pope Francis on 8 December.</p>
<p>All are welcome. Clergy are invited to participate in appropriate choir dress.</p>
<p>The music for this Holy Mass will be Gregorian Chant and a polyphonic Ordinary under the direction of Mr. Aristotle Esguerra.<br />
– <em>Missa secunda</em>, Michael Haller (1840–1915)<br />
– <em>Magnificat octavi toni</em>, Ciro Grassi (1868–1952)<br />
– <em>Ave Maria</em>, Jacob Handl (1550–1591</p>
<p>What: Solemn Mass in the Presence of the Bishop in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite<br />
When: Tuesday, 8 December, Immaculate Conception, <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>7:30 PM</strong></span><br />
Where: <a href="http://www.boccmadison.com/" target="_blank">Bishop O’Conner Pastoral Center</a> – <strong><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/702+S+High+Point+Rd,+Madison,+WI+53719/@43.0511666,-89.5246216,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x8807afa58d5b76dd:0x656f3c71c22418c7" target="_blank">MAP</a></strong><br />
Why: Patronal Feast of the United States of America, Holy Day of Obligation, opening of the Year of Mercy in Rome<br />
Who: His Excellency Most Reverend Robert C. Morlino, Bishop of Madison (Homilist – Presiding), Fr. John Zuhlsdorf (Celebrant), Fr. Alex Navarro (Deacon), Fr. Chris Gernetzke (Subdeacon).</p>
<p>The Mass is sponsored by the Tridentine Mass Society of Madison. <a href="http://latinmassmadison.org/" target="_blank">http://latinmassmadison.org/</a></p>
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<title>A Blog for Dallas Area Catholics: Failure of modern ecumenism is not accidental – it is deliberate</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2015 23:10:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>It has often been overlooked in these years of crisis, that the Church, in her long history, has a quite successful record of ecumenical efforts, in the form of true ecumenism – that is, the return of separated Christians to the bosom of Holy Mother Church.  The return of a large portion of the Ukranian Orthodox is just one example.  Others include the return of various Maronite and Melkite groups to full unity.  This history stretches back many hundreds of years.</p>
<p>HJA Sire notes in his book Phoenix from the Ashes that the post-conciliar ecumenical movement – one deliberately NOT oriented</p>
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<p>towards what modernists call “the outdated methodology of the return” – has been unique in its failure to produce any real progress in the growth of unity.  That is because its orientation – not towards return, but endless, pointless jabber – is fundamentally perverse.  It is also because the wrong priorities have most often been operative – ecumenism with protestants has been much more heavily pursued than with actual, if schismatic, churches:</p>
<p>In ecumenism in the past fifty years the Catholic Church has done everything that it should not have done and failed to do everything that it should have done. In the genuine, Catholic view, the one that was pursued by popes long before Vatican II, the first purpose of ecumenism is to remedy the scandal of Christian division…….[E]cumenism ought to direct itself first and foremost to the traditions represented by the ancient patriarchates, the churches that have preserved the ecclesial and sacramental understanding of early times <span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>[instead of the heavy focus on protestantism seen since the 20th century].  </strong><span style="color: #000000;">With such churches the highest prize of rapprochement is corporate reunion, which has in fact been achieved many times in the past.</span></span></p>
<p>The same objectives cannot apply in the case of protestantism. Here, doctrinal convergence would mean the entertaining of 16th century innovations in Christianity, or of modern Western ideas to which Catholics are only too much exposed, anyway.  Moreover, since protestantism has no sacramentally valid hierarchies, there is no possibility of ecclesial union in the sense that exists with Eastern Churches.  That is not, however, to say that there can be no ecumenical amity with protestantism; far from it.  There is no need to accept the modernist dichotomy that either one waives Catholic doctrine on what constitutes a church or one is committed to unconditional bigotry and exclusivity. <strong> But with protestantism different objectives apply; since doctrinal agreement is impossible in practice, and ecclesial union impossible in principle, it is a waste of time talking about them</strong>.  <span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>[This is a really key point, one I’ve addressed many times in the past. With tens of thousands of protestant sects, each believing mutually exclusive things, any ecumenical advance with one sect necessarily means a reverse with another.  That is why ecumenism with protestants outside the conversion of souls into the Church is ultimately worse than pointless.  It is also impossible to reunite with bodies that are not, in fact, churches.]</strong></span> <strong>What distinguishes the case of the protestant churches is that the Catholic Church is immersed with them in a Western society that is becoming increasingly anti-Christian.  The task here is to combine for the defense of essential Christian principles.</strong>  Closer mutual understanding may or may not be the reward but, even if it is, it is more likely to come form practical cooperation than from doctrinal negotiations. <span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>[Bu- bu- but……what of the fabulous conferences in Switzerland at posh resorts?  What of <a href="https://veneremurcernui.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/download-27.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-24231"><img alt="download (27)" class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-24231" height="102" src="https://veneremurcernui.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/download-27.jpg?w=150&h=102" width="150" /></a>the feting by the media?!?  What of the great meals?  Sire doesn’t get the point of the ecumenical movement at all!!!]</strong></span> The fact needs to be borne in mind that the ultimate purpose of ecumenism is not a diplomatic one, concerned with relations between churches, but an evangelical one, concerned with the presentation of Christianity to the world. <strong>From the beginning, the premise of ecumenism, even in the East, but above all in the West, ought to have been that what the Christian churches needed to do was not sit down and talk but stand up together and fight</strong>. <span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>[Of course, this assumes that the leading lights of the ecumenical movement have concern for souls, or the state of the Church, or fighting against the decomposition of Christendom, anywhere on their agenda.  That is to say, what Sire is describing may not be a bug, but a feature.]</strong></span></p>
<p>……The weakness and incoherent voice of the Church has removed what should have been a strong anchor to which the Christians could have clung……….<strong>[O]ne should notice the complete nullity of the Church’s modern record, in contrast to its success in the past.</strong>  <strong>Throughout its history, the Roman Church has achieved unions with many Eastern churches, the most important of them being that with the Ukrainian Church in 1596.</strong> Following it, one could say that unions in one part of the world or another took place every few decades; the more recent ones include those with the Ethiopian Catholic Church in 1846 and the Syro-Malankar Church in India in 1930, besides minor concords with small groups of Bulgarians, Macedonians, and Russians.  <strong>Since Vatican II, however, there has been not a single union of a separated Church with Rome; as seen by the bodies to which it makes such ingratiating gestures, the new, ecumenically minded Catholic Church is not worth joining.  <span style="color: #ff0000;">[Again, to the modernists who dominate the ecumenical movement in the Church, that is viewed much more as a feature, than a bug]</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>We may turn to the protestant churches, whose alliance would have done most to defend Christian principles in a secularized world. That opportunity has been thrown away by an approach that ignored the aims of joint action and lost itself in ecumenical talk.</strong>  <strong>Plans for reunion were founded on false doctrinal premises which, instead of building friendship, have only damaged it.</strong>  An example was given by Pope John Paul II’s official visit to Norway in 1989, when his meeting with Lutheran sin the royal palace was boycotted by seven of the country’s eleven bishops, on the ground of the Catholic Church’s failure to give way on a range of points <span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>[notice how it is always the Church giving way?  These points were on matters that simply could not be compromised, even if <a href="https://veneremurcernui.wordpress.com/2015/11/16/pope-francis-says-lutheranism-catholicism-essentially-same-lutherans-can-discern-to-receive-eucharist/" target="_blank">the present pope seems determined</a> to introduce heretofore  unheard of novelties regarding them]</strong></span>  , including intercommunion and the ecclesial recognition of the Lutheran “church;” one of the protesters declared that the ecumenical process had stopped with the accession of Pope John Paul II. <strong>This display against a pope who spent his reign grovelling to every conventicle of Christian and non-Christian religion shows the fact that in protestant circles – and indeed in Catholic ones – ecumenism was understood as the indiscriminate surrender by the Catholic Church to protestant claims.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">———–End Quote———–</p>
<p>That.  It’s the key to understanding the major thrust of the ecumenical movement within the Church.  It is led by individuals of the same disposition as those who gutted the Mass – including, originally, the Roman Canon – because it offended protestant sensibilities.  “Saint” Anibale himself declared he wanted a Mass that would be totally acceptable to protestants.  The revolutionaries who gained control over Vatican II were heavily disposed to similar views: Yves Congar knelt before the tomb of Luther and believed protestantism better preserved Christianity’s early “purity” better than the Church! <a href="https://veneremurcernui.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/download-28.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-24230"><img alt="download (28)" class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-24230" height="106" src="https://veneremurcernui.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/download-28.jpg?w=150&h=106" width="150" /></a>Throughout the movement’s history over the past 50 years, it has involved far more grovelling, self-abasement, and doctrinal surrender on the part of the Church than on its ecumenical “partners.”  Their compromises have been mostly symbolic.</p>
<p>Even in its much-touted “successes” – such as the Joint Declaration on Justification with the Lutherans – all that resulted was a mealy mouthed, horribly worded document that badly undermined Catholic belief while failing to achieve anything of even remote significance.  Who, besides to make a point like this one, speaks of that all-but-forgotten Joint Declaration today?</p>
<p>Ecumenists -and I do not exaggerate – view the process as “success.”  That is, they view simply sitting down at endless, increasingly pointless discussions as the very success they seek. So very, very bureaucratic.  Of course the ecumenical movement cannot go away!  It employs thousands!  It has been institutionalized.</p>
<p>One final point: note that ecumenism focuses almost entirely on those sects who have most fallen into modernism and progressive agitation.  They don’t like to have much to do with those icky fundamentalists. I think that can be stressed even more now that Francis is pope, notwithstanding his friendship with shysters like Kenneth Copeland. The movement is, in many respects, simply a way for like-minded progressive modernists to meet and talk endlessly at other’s expense.  I imagine that talk at times turns to how to frustrate the obstructionism of those knuckle-dragging observant souls.  I’m being harsh, but I see duplicity throughout this self-described movement.  I think it is one of the most obscene aspects of the modern Church, because it deliberately undermines what remains key for all those outside the Church – <em>conversion</em>.  And I find in the statements of many of the leaders of this movement (stating that conversion is not necessary, that the Church desires protestants to remain where they’re at) really annoying, since I’m a convert and believe passionately in the extreme importance – one might say practical necessity –  of visible communion with the Church for salvation.</p>
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<title>The Daily Register: Cardinal Wuerl: Church Must Continue to ‘Speak the Truth and Minister With Love’</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2015 23:02:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>By PETER JESSERER SMITH | Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington participated in this fall’s synod on the family in Rome. In this interview with the Register, he discusses the major themes of the gathering and the takeaway lessons, including ministry...<img alt="" height="1" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NCRegisterDailyBlog/~4/dyZ3gXjcfH0" width="1" />]]></description>
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<title>Adelante la Fe: Meditación: de las penas del infierno</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2015 23:01:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><img alt="infierno" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" height="264" src="http://www.adelantelafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/infierno-1024x438.jpg" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;" width="618" /><p style="text-align: center;"> <strong>Para el viernes primero de Adviento</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="wpsdc-drop-cap">P</span><strong>UNTO PRIMERO.</strong> Considera en el mismo lugar en que te hayas una boca cómo de un pozo profundo, que llega al centro de la tierra, a donde está un calabozo oscuro, y como dice el santo Job, tenebroso, cubierto de sombras de muerte, de miseria y de tinieblas, a donde no hay orden ni concierto, sino eterna confusión; a donde no se oye otra cosa sino confusa vocería de atormentadores y atormentados, llantos, gemidos, aullidos, blasfemias y crujir de dientes, despechos y maldiciones contra Dios y sus santos; y no se siente sino cieno y hedor insoportable, fuego que abrasa y no alumbra, ahogos y congojas intolerables, sin esperanza de un rayo de luz o una respiración de aire tan estrecho por la multitud de los condenados, que no se pueden mover, ni rodear, sino que, como dice Isaías, del lado que cayere el leño ha de quedar para Siempre: ahonda en este profundo, contempla la pena que será estar en un lugar tan lleno de tormentos sin esperanza de salir de él, y cobra grande temor de la justicia divina y de caer en tal abismo.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>PUNTO II.</strong> Discurre por todos los sentidos y por las potencias del alma y considera cómo en el infierno cada uno tiene estipulado y particular tormento: los ojos viendo cosas feísimas y espantosísimas; los oídos oyendo aquellos gemidos y aullidos y gritos lamentables y desordenados con indecible confusión; el olfato con el hedor intolerable; el gusto amargado con hiel de dragones; el tacto con todo género de dolores y tormentos; por que como dice San Bernardo, no hay acá enfermedad, por penosa y exquisita que sea, que no la padezca en el infierno cualquiera de los condenados; y así cada una de las partes y miembros del cuerpo padecerá su particular tormento; y luego la memoria, el entendimiento y la voluntad y la imaginativa y todas las potencias del alma perderán su orden, y cada una padecerá este tormento; y como el condenado será despojado de todos los hábitos de las virtudes, y quedará sin fe, sin esperanza y sin caridad, sin prudencia, sin paciencia, sin habilidad para cosa buena, en cada uno se hallará una avenida de penas y tormentos inaplicable, sin tolerancia, ni consuelo ni alivio. Saca de aquí la grandeza de aquellos tormentos, y si no puedes sufrir una calentura ardiente por dos horas, o una chispa que acaso te cayó en la mano por un momento, ¿cómo podrás sufrir tantos y tan grandes tormentos juntos sin fin? Propón firmísimamente de mortificar ahora tus sentidos, y entrar por la senda estrecha de la penitencia para que entonces no caigas en las penas del infierno.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>PUNTO III.</strong> Considera otra pena común a todos los condenados, que llaman los teólogos pena de daño, y es la negación que tienen de ver y gozar de Dios para siempre, porque sin duda es la mayor de todas cuantas padecen; y así como el ver a Dios es el mayor de todos los bienes, así por el contrario el carecer de Dios es el mayor de todos los males, y origen y raíz de cuanto padecen los condenados en el infierno. Santo era Tobías, y decía con sentimiento que no podía tener gozo alguno en cosa de la tierra, porque no podía ver la luz del cielo. ¡Cuánto más, privados estarán de tener gozo ni contento en cosa alguna, sino antes duro tormento los que carecerán de la vista de Dios, sin esperanza de gozarle eternamente! ¡Oh qué rabioso dolor les causará el gusano roedor de su conciencia, dándoles Dios noticia de lo que perdieron, y viendo con cuán poco pudo ganar y escapar de tan terribles tormentos! ¡Oh qué gemidos! ¡Oh qué gemidos! ¡0h qué sollozos y llantos darán, y tan temerosos pero sin fruto, porque no les aprovechará nada! Aprende ahora a llorar tus pecados, cuando tus lágrimas son fructuosas y tus gemidos aceptables, y no esperes a tiempo en que no han de aprovechar.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>PUNTO IV.</strong> Considera que fuera de lo dicho cada uno de los condenados padecerá su particular tormento, conforme a los delitos que cometió, disponiendo la justicia divina que se le dé a cada uno la pena a medida de su culpa: y así los lujuriosos, amadores de deleites, tendrán su pena particular por este pecado, y los soberbios la tendrán de confusión y desprecio por el suyo, y los glotones, como el rico avariento, de hambre y sed rabiosa por su pecado; y de la misma manera todos los demás; pero todo lo sella la duración de estas penas, en que has de cargar el peso de la consideración; porque ellas son tales; que si se dieran por un año, pareciera rigurosísimo castigo, y si por diez intolerable, y si por ciento insoportable, y si por mil imposible; pero no es el plazo de ciento, ni de mil, ni de cien mil, sino por una eternidad sin fin, ni plazo, ni término, ni esperanza de acabarse o disminuirse jamás; y después de millones de años han de empezar con el mismo dolor y sentimiento, que al principio, sin término, ni refrigerio, disminución, de suerte que si de cien mil a cien mil años llorara un condenado una lágrima en el cóncavo que hay entre el cielo y la tierra, con ser un espacio tan dilatado, y en llenándole, como llena el agua el seno de la mar, se hubieran de acabar sus penas, les fuera de refrigerio; porque aunque agota el entendimiento pensar el tiempo que se había de tardar, al fin, al fin era limitado, y tenía fin; pero sus penas no le tendrán, y después de lleno el espacio señalado en el modo dicho, han de volver a empezar, sin esperanza de acabarse jamás; y después de millones de millones de siglos se han de hallar tan al principio, como el primer día que empezaron a padecer. Cava en este pensamiento, y extiende los ojos a este camino sin paradero y este mar sin lindes, ni suelo, ni número, y mira por cuánto no quisieras caer en él, y da mil gracias a Dios nuestro Señor, porque mereciéndolo por tus pecados, no te ha lanzado en el infierno, sino que te ha dado lugar de hacer penitencia, y hazla en adelante tal, que merezcas gozar eternamente de su santa gloria.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Padre Alonso de Andrade, S.J</strong></p>]]></description>
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<title>Adelante la Fe: Alice Von Hildebrand sobre feminismo y feminidad</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2015 23:00:09 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><img alt="alicevonhildebrand" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" height="264" src="http://www.adelantelafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/alicevonhildebrand-1024x438.jpg" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;" width="618" /><p style="text-align: center;"><strong><em>“Dedicamos este artículo a todas las mujeres que visitan este humilde blog”</em></strong></p>
<p><em>Alice, dice que las mujeres pueden escapar de una trampa imitando la fuerza y humildad de María</em></p>
<p><em>New Rochelle, Nueva York, noviembre 26. 2003 (Zenit) – Las mujeres en el mundo secularizado necesitan que se les recuerde que el cumplimiento de su función materna es infinitamente valiosa a los ojos de Dios, dice la esposa del filósofo Dietrich Von Hildebrand.</em></p>
<p><em>Alice Von Hildebrand, autora de “El privilegio de ser mujer” nos compartió cómo cada mujer puede encontrar la fuerza sobrenatural en lo que el feminismo percibe como su debilidad y mirar a María como modelo de feminidad perfecta.</em></p>
<p><em>Von Hildebrand obtuvo su doctorado en filosofía en la Universidad de Fordham y es profesor emérito de Hunter College de la City University de Nueva York.</em></p>
<p><strong>Pregunta: ¿Qué te inspiró a escribir este libro?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Von Hildebrand:</strong> <em>El veneno de la laicidad. Que ha penetrado profundamente en nuestra sociedad. Lo hizo por etapas. Los hombres fueron sus primeras víctimas: Se fueron transformando cada vez más convencidos de que para ser alguien, tenían que triunfar en el mundo. El éxito significa dinero, el poder, la fama, el reconocimiento, la creatividad, la inventiva, etc.</em></p>
<p><em>Muchos de ellos sacrificaron su vida familiar con el fin de lograr este objetivo: Ellos vinieron a casa para relajarse o divertirse simplemente. El trabajo era la parte más seria de su vida.</em></p>
<p><em>Matrimonios Innumerables han sido arruinados por esta actitud. Muchas esposas con razón sentían que eran meros apéndices, una relación necesaria. Los esposos tuvieron poco tiempo para intercambios amorosos ya que estaban demasiado ocupados. Los niños vieron muy poco a sus padres. El sufrimiento de esas esposas era no sólo comprensible sino también legítimo.</em></p>
<p><strong>Pregunta: ¿Por qué las mujeres tienen que estar convencidas de que es bueno ser una mujer?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Von Hildebrand:</strong> <em>Lo sorprendente es que el feminismo, en vez de hacer a las mujeres más profundamente consciente de la belleza y la dignidad de su papel como esposas, como madres, y del poder espiritual que puedan ejercer sobre sus maridos, las convenció de que ellas, también tenían que  adoptar una mentalidad secularista: Ellas también deben entrar en la fuerza de trabajo; ellas también deben llegar a ser ellas mismas, ser alguien, obteniendo diplomas, competir con los hombres en el mercado de trabajo, demostrando que eran sus iguales, y que cuando se les deba esa oportunidad podrían ser más astutas que ellos.</em></p>
<p><em>Se han dejado convencer de que la feminidad significa debilidad. Ellas comenzaron a mirar malos ojos a las virtudes tales como la paciencia, la abnegación, la entrega, la ternura y ser sumisas. Para llegar así a equiparse a los hombres en todas las cosas. Algunas de ellas incluso se convencieron de que tenían que utilizar lenguaje grosero con el fin de mostrar que eran el  sexo “fuerte” que no eran las delicadas muñecas frágiles e insignificantes que los hombres creían que eran.</em></p>
<p><em>La guerra de los sexos estaba en marcha. Las que cayeron en las trampas del feminismo querían ser como los hombres en todas las cosas y vendieron su primogenitura por un plato de lentejas. Se convirtieron en ciegas ante el hecho de que los hombres y mujeres, aunque iguales en dignidad ontológica, se hicieron diferentes por la elección de Dios: Varón y hembra los hizo. Diferentes y complementarios.</em></p>
<p><em>Cada sexo tiene sus fortalezas; cada sexo tiene sus debilidades. Según el plan admirable de Dios, el del  marido es ayudar a su esposa a superar estas debilidades, para que todos los tesoros de su feminidad vengan a plena floración, y viceversa.</em></p>
<p><em>Cuántos hombres verdaderamente se convierten en tales gracias al amor de sus esposas. Cómo las esposas pueden ser transformadas por la fuerza y ​​el coraje de sus maridos.</em></p>
<p><em>La tragedia del mundo en el que vivimos es que nos hemos convertido en apóstatas. Muchos han abandonado los tesoros que nos ha dado la revelación, lo sobrenatural.</em></p>
<p><em>El pecado original fue esencialmente un ataque a la jerarquía de valores: El hombre quiso ser como Dios, y sin Dios. El castigo era terrible: El cuerpo del hombre se rebeló contra su alma. Hoy en día, esta inversión de la jerarquía de valores va tan lejos que Peter Singer niega la superioridad del hombre sobre los animales, y que los ballenatos se preserven de todo peligro mientras que los bebés humanos son asesinados.</em></p>
<p><em>Todo se ha vuelto al revés: los matrimonios se rompen; muchos ni siquiera consideran casarse; la asociación dura sólo el tiempo que se cumplen unos a otros. Relaciones antinaturales tan severamente condenadas por Platón están de moda y reclaman su derecho a ponerse en el mismo nivel  de aquellos que Dios ha ordenado.</em></p>
<p><strong>PREGUNTA: ¿Cómo puede la supuesta debilidad de las mujeres verse como una fuerza?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Von Hildebrand:</strong> <em>Por supuesto que desde un punto de vista naturalista, los hombres son más fuertes: no sólo porque son físicamente más fuertes, sino también porque son más creativos, tienen más creatividad y son más productivos. Las más grandes obras en la teología, la filosofía y las artes plásticas siempre fueron hechas por hombres. Ellos son los grandes ingenieros, los grandes arquitectos.</em></p>
<p><em>Pero el mensaje cristiano nos dice que estas invenciones son valiosas como el polvo y la ceniza en comparación con cada acto de virtud. Una mujer por su propia naturaleza esta llamada a ser madre y, es asi para todas las mujeres, ya sea casada o soltera, está llamada a ser una madre biológica, psicológica o espiritual. Ella sabe intuitivamente que dar, para nutrir,  para cuidar a los demás, para sufrir con y para ellos, porque la maternidad implica sufrimiento, y este sufrimiento materno es infinitamente más valioso a los ojos de Dios que la conquista de las naciones y  el volar a la luna.</em></p>
<p><em>Cuando uno lee la vida de Santa Teresa de Jesús o San Teresita de Lisieux, llama la atención el hecho de que constantemente se refieren a su “debilidad”. Las vidas de estas mujeres heroicas (y hay muchas) nos enseñan que el conocimiento y la aceptación de la debilidad de uno, junto con una confianza sin límites en el amor y el poder de Dios, otorgan a estas almas privilegiadas una fuerza que es tan grande porque es sobrenatural.</em></p>
<p><em>La fuerza natural no puede competir con la fuerza sobrenatural. Esta es la razón por la que María, la bendita, es “fuerte como un ejército listo para la batalla.” Y, sin embargo, ella se llama “Clemens, pía, dulcís Virgo María.”</em></p>
<p><em>Esta fuerza sobrenatural explica cómo ha sido mencionado por Dom Prosper Guéranger en “El Año Litúrgico”  que el diablo teme a esta humilde Virgen más que a Dios porque su fuerza sobrenatural que aplasta la cabeza es más humillante para él que la fuerza de Dios.</em></p>
<p><em>Por ello, el Maligno hoy se levanta con su peor ataque a la feminidad que ha tenido lugar en la historia del mundo. Al final de los tiempos, y sabiendo que su derrota será total, redobla sus esfuerzos para atacar su único gran enemigo: la mujer. Se dice en Génesis 3:15: “Y pondré enemistad entre ti y la mujer”. La victoria final es de ella, como se ve en la mujer coronada con el sol.</em></p>
<p><strong>PREGUNTA: ¿Por qué crees que las mujeres tienen poder moral?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Von Hildebrand:</strong> <em>La misión de la mujer de hoy es de vital importancia. De alguna manera, tienen la clave para la cordura, el primer paso hacia una conversión. Por lo sobrenatural, base de la naturaleza, y a no ser que volvamos a una solidez natural, la sublimidad del mensaje sobrenatural se perderá para la mayoría de nosotras.</em></p>
<p><em>¿Por qué tienen la llave? Debido a su influencia en los hombres, que es enorme cuando realmente entienden su papel y su misión. Una y otra vez escucho sacerdotes que dicen que deben su vocación a la abuela o la madre.</em></p>
<p><em>Santa Mónica, en colaboración con Dios, trajo a su hijo descarriado hacia la conversión. La madre de San Bernardo,  la madre de San Francisco de Sales(que sólo tenía 15 años mayor que él) y la madre de San Juan Bosco fueron factores clave en su camino espiritual hacia la santidad.</em></p>
<p><strong>PREGUNTA: ¿Cómo es María un modelo de feminidad?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Von Hildebrand: </strong><em>Las mujeres tienen la clave, ya que son los guardianes de la pureza. Esto ya está claramente indicado por la estructura de sus cuerpos, que oculta castamente sus órganos íntimos. Debido a que sus órganos están“velados”, con indicación de su misterio y sacralidad, las mujeres tienen el inmenso privilegio de compartir el sexo de la Bendita: María, la más santa de todas las criaturas.</em></p>
<p><em>El feminismo comenzó en los países protestantes, por la sencilla razón de que habían dado la espalda a la madre de Cristo, como si el Salvador del mundo se sentiría privado del honor dado a su amada Madre.</em></p>
<p><em>María, por lo que se refiere gloriosamente en el Apocalípsis, es el modelo de la mujer. Es mirando hacia ella, orando con ella y contemplando sus virtudes que las mujeres encontrarán su camino de regreso a la belleza y la dignidad de su misión.</em></p>
<p><strong>PREGUNTA: ¿Cómo escribir este libro ayuda a crecer en el aprecio de ser mujer?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Von Hildebrand:</strong> <em>Escribir este libro ha sido un privilegio. Me dio una oportunidad única para meditar en la grandeza de la misión de la mujer, siguiendo los pasos de la Santa Virgen.</em></p>
<p><em>María nos enseña dos reglas que conducen a la santidad. Una de ellas es: “Yo soy la esclava del Señor, hágase en mí según tu palabra.”. Esto indica que la misión de la mujer es dejarse fecundar por la gracia, la receptividad santa. El segundo es: “Haced lo que Él os diga”.</em></p>
<p><em>Este es el programa de santidad que la Iglesia nos ofrece. Sin duda, si las mujeres entendieran este mensaje, el matrimonio, la familia y la Iglesia podrían superar la terrible crisis que nos afecta. Como la liturgia dice: “Dios ha puesto la salvación en las manos de una mujer.”</em></p>
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<title>The Eponymous Flower: Pope Francis Blames Benedict for Corruption Passes Buck on Chaoqui</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2015 22:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 5px 0px;">Edit: there are suggestions that Francesca Chaoqui is a member of the Italian Secret Police, but it's impossible to believe that Pope Francis didn't know more about her when she was brought on board, than he suggests in his interview. She was a high profile appointment obviously conceived to present a more open, inclusive Vatican. It's difficult to discern what he's saying, but it also looks like he's accusing Pope Benedict of the corruption he's pretending to fight with the C9, made up mostly of some of the most liberal and princely Cardinals of the Church. It's hard to call most of them Catholic.<br /><br />(Paris) The <em>Vatileaks 2</em> scandal is substantiated in a lawsuit by the Vatican court. Therin, none of the details are spared that make for all the ingredients of the perfect S<em>ex, Crime and Vatican</em><em>Story</em>. That the bustling Francesca Chaouqui should betray her Vatican mentor, Msgr. Lucio Angel Vallejo Balda, since the police of the Vatican showed up, makes them even more interesting to the media and even more embarrassing for the Vatican. Her appointment shall be directly attributed to Pope Francis on the recommendation of Msgr Vallejo Balda<br /><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em;">When questioned by journalists, Pope Francis gave reply on the return journey from Africa regarding</span><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em;"> </span><em style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em;">Vatileaks 2</em><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em;">.</span><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em;">His full answers:</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 5px 0px;"><span id="more-53187"></span></div><div id="frage" style="background-color: white; color: #779d03; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 5px 0px;">Question: There is much talk about Vatileaks. Without going into details about the process, which takes place just: How important is the free and secular press in uncovering the corruption?</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 5px 0px;">Pope Francis: The Free Press, the secular and ecclesiastical, but professional in any case: The professionalism of the press may be secular or religious. It is important that it has professionals and that the messages are not tampered with. For me it is important because the accusation of injustice and corruption is a good work. The professional press have to say anything, but without falling into the three most common sins: disinformation, which is to tell only half the story, and the rest not; defamation, if the non-professional public spotted the people; and the defamation that has things to say, which takes the reputation of a person. These are the three flaws that threaten the professionalism of the press. We need professionalism. And when it comes to corruption, it's good things to say: "Corruption exists here, here and here." And if a truly professional journalist was wrong, he apologizes.</div><div id="frage" style="background-color: white; color: #779d03; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 5px 0px;">Question: We could get into the COSEA appointing Monsignor Lucio Angel Vallejo Balda and Francesca Chaouqui.?Think of having made a mistake?</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="color: #222222;">Pope Francis: I think that was a mistake. Vallejo joined because of the role he had and did have up until now: he was secretary of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See. How did she get in: I am not sure, but I think I am right in saying that it was he who said she was someone who was well acquainted with the world of business relations. They worked and when the work was complete, COSEA’s members kept some positions in the Vatican. Mrs. Chaouqui did not stay in the Vatican: some say she was angry about this. The judges will tell us what her real intentions were, how they did it. It did not come as a surprise to me, I didn’t lose any sleep over it because they showed everyone the work begun with the commission of nine cardinals, to root out corruption and the things that are wrong. There’s one thing I want to say, not about Vallejo and Chaouqui. Thirteen days before John Paul II’s death, during the via Crucis, the then Cardinal Ratzinger, talked about the filth in the Church. He denounced the first one. Then John Paul II died and Ratzinger, who was a dean on the "pro eligendo Pontefice” Mass, talked about the same thing. We elected him because of his openness about things. </span><span style="color: red;">It is since that time that there has been corruption in the air in the Vatican.</span><span style="color: #222222;"> Regarding the trial: I have not read the charges in full. I would have liked the whole thing to have been over and done with before the Jubilee but I don’t think that’s possible because I want all the defence lawyers to have time to do their job and the freedom of defence.” </span></div><div id="frage" style="background-color: white; color: #779d03; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 5px 0px;"><span class="goog-text-highlight" style="background-color: #c9d7f1;">Question: How will you proceed, to prevent the recurrence of these things?</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 5px 0px;">Pope Francis: I thank God that there is no longer Lucrezia Borgia! [laughs] But I do not know, with the Cardinals, to do away with the Commission. Not true? Thank you.</div><div id="quelle" style="background-color: white; color: #779d03; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; padding: 5px 0px;">Text: Giuseppe Nardi/Vatican Reports translation<br />Image: Mil</div>Trans of Nardi's Text: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com Link to Katholisches... AMDG<img alt="" height="1" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheEponymousFlower/~4/KqYKHgvArwM" width="1" />]]></description>
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<title>RORATE CÆLI: Liturgical calendar -- Papa Stronsay style!</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2015 22:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: justify;">Take a look at the <a href="http://www.papastronsay.com/calendar">calendar</a>, and the video. Gotta admire the confidence in their product!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>A note to you, our readers, from the F.SS.R:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer would like to thank <i>Rorate</i> readers for their continued support. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">As you may have read already, the 2016 Papa Stronsay Calendar is now available, bringing so much of your Catholic year together into one place. Have a look at the video and see what you're missing out on. If you would like a Papa Stronsay Calendar, <b><a href="http://www.papastronsay.com/calendar">you can obtain one here</a></b>.</span></div>]]></description>
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<title>Traditional Catholic Priest: What Can A Catholic Do In These Times?</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2015 22:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Go over to the St. Louis Catholic Blog.  Tim, the man behind the wheel of the blog, has put up a very sensible, and shall I say, Holy way of dealing with the current state of affairs in the church.  I completely echo his sentiment and I love that he reference to Our Lady of Fatima. Check …</p>
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<title>Chiesa -: A Jubilee By Popular Acclaim</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2015 22:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>CNA Daily News: Fighting injustice 'is going to hurt' – the legacy of Rosa Parks</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2015 22:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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“I think that it is a powerful image for us as individuals, to know that justice hurts,” said Michael Howard of the National Black Catholic Congress in an interview with CNA about Parks’ arrest.<br />
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“To stand up for justice, it’s going to hurt. But yet in the end, the reward is that the Lord will bless us, and so we stand up for people who are ridiculed and mistreated.”<br />
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Dec. 1 marked the 60th anniversary of Rosa Parks’ arrest in Montgomery, Ala. for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus.<br />
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Parks, a 42 year old black woman traveling home from work, was ordered by the bus driver to move to the back of the bus and stand in the section reserved for African-Americans so that a white passenger could take her seat in the middle seating area. The whites-only section in the front of the bus was full.<br />
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By the city’s law in 1955, she had to obey the bus driver. Parks calmly refused and the bus driver had her arrested.<br />
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Following her arrest, Martin Luther King, Jr., then a 26 year-old pastor, earned fame as he led a peaceful 381-day boycott of the city’s segregated bus system. Parks appealed her case against the system in court and the Supreme Court, ruling on another challenge, struck down laws segregating public transit systems in 1956 in <em>Browder v. Gayle</em>.<br />
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President Obama praised the legacy of Parks as a precursor to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, in a statement released by the White House Dec. 1.<br />
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“Because Rosa Parks kept her seat, thousands of ordinary commuters walked instead of rode. Because they walked, countless other quiet heroes marched. Because they marched, our union is more perfect. Today, we remember their heroism. Most of all, we recommit ourselves to continuing their march,” he stated.<br />
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Today’s Catholics should learn from Parks’ “tenacity” in fighting injustice, Howard explained.<br />
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Problems of poverty, homelessness, and neglect of the elderly all plague society today under a general disrespect for life, he added. People should uphold the dignity of life “from the womb to the tomb.”<br />
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Most importantly, Catholics should seek to receive mercy first in the sacrament of Confession before giving it to others, he insisted.<br />
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“Go to Reconciliation,” he said, in light of the upcoming Jubilee Year of Mercy which begins Dec. 8, “so that we can give mercy to others who are in such dire need of mercy right now.”<br />
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Catholics must stop heeding calls to be silent in the face of injustice, he said.<br />
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“One of the things that, as African-Americans in general experienced over the years is that we’re always taught to succumb to the forces of evil. When told to do something, we’re told to do it without asking questions,” he said. “And that is perhaps how a lot of African-Americans were able to survive through the years of the 60s and 70s.”<br />
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This pressure to keep silent continues today, he added, when young black men are warned to “be careful how they speak to police officers and how they talk to higher authority, because you just don’t know what’s going to happen behind closed doors.”<br />
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However, Parks’ legacy is that she “was willing to take that risk and speak about justice.”<br />
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“As Martin Luther King Jr. always said, we will stand up for justice or we’ll fall for anything.”<br /><br /></p><div class="feedflare">
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<title>John G. Brungardt, Ph.L.: De Koninck on “The Great State”</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2015 21:51:57 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>An excerpt from reading Vallée’s introduction to De Koninck’s <em>Œuvres, II.3</em>:</p>
<blockquote><p>The Great State [Le Grand État] is an evil in itself, writes de Jouvenal, for a fundamental reason relating to the very nature of the human mind. Incapable of considering the innumerable relations linking a great quantity of objects, it considers them only by reducing them to a small number of classes, a number determined in advance by the quality of the mind. If, then, the quantity of objects is greatly increased, it must happen that the classes embracing each of the growing quantity of objects be of the sort that, if the objects have an individuality, the classes constituted by the mind be a view increasingly distant from reality. . . .  The administration of a State is necessarily, especially blind to individual realities insofar as the State is the larger. It is more inhuman, more geometric, more automatic. . . .</p>
<p>Now, what prevents the Great State from being a political society, that which renders it ineluctably despotic, is not simply the fact that the human mind is incapable of considering the innumerable relations linking a great quantity of objects. The characteristic difficulty arises from this, that the objects in question are despite everything political animals. That man is by nature a political animal is one of these necessities that liberty presupposes but which the Great State cannot tolerate except in name. The Great State faces the past, customs, at all types of contingencies which have shaped persons, peoples, and their diversity. It is this matter—so complex, heterogeneous—which men are . . . [and] which the Great State is constrained to homogenize.</p>
<p>~ C. De Koninck, “La Confederation, rempart contre le Grant État,” 80, 81 (Œuvres II.3; translation mine)</p></blockquote>
<p>One wonders whether or not the advent of modern computing technology—the aid to a massive bureaucracy and its the “homogenization” that De Koninck critiques—in fact overcomes the “epistemological-political problem” in the first paragraph. It strikes me that the answer is no, for the reason given in the second paragraph. These thoughts are a work in progress.</p><br /> <a href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/johnofstthomas.wordpress.com/1804/" rel="nofollow"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/johnofstthomas.wordpress.com/1804/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=johngbrungardt.com&blog=14017465&post=1804&subd=johnofstthomas&ref=&feed=1" width="1" />]]></description>
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<title>The Daily Register: ‘St. Nicholas’ Makes Surprise Appearance in St. Peter’s Square</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2015 21:38:01 GMT</pubDate>
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A “St. Nicholas” in full costume came all the way from Germany to offer some holiday...<img alt="" height="1" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NCRegisterDailyBlog/~4/ac7WMTpqpF8" width="1" />]]></description>
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<title>The Eponymous Flower: Jihadist Terror Cell Uncovered in Italy, Allegedly Planning Attack Against Pope</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2015 21:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 5px 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6kHibVqu3dg/VmCzuiLZf0I/AAAAAAAASI0/7j1Q4yC_SwQ/s1600/Antiterroraktion-Papst.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6kHibVqu3dg/VmCzuiLZf0I/AAAAAAAASI0/7j1Q4yC_SwQ/s320/Antiterroraktion-Papst.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 5px 0px;">(Rome) in Italy a jihadist cell was exposed. The Italian and Kosovar police led in a joint anti-terror operation in Italy and in Kosovo. Four Islamists were arrested on Tuesday. All those arrested are from Kosovo and the Muslims are of Albanian origin. They are accused of having planned an assassination attempt against Pope Francis. "This is the last pope" is a quote from an Internet entry of the aforementioned Islamists.<span id="more-53253"></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 5px 0px;">Internet surveillance is supposed to have brought the four suspects under investigation. They have published "unique" images which identified them as sympathizers of the <em>Islamic State</em>identifies (IS). They have regularly visited websites by jihadist groups, and maintain contacts with Islamists in Syria.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 5px 0px;">The group had directed threats against Pope Francis and Tracey Ann Jacobson, who was until August 2015, the US ambassador in Kosovo. The suspects "celebrated" the attacks in Paris and urged further attacks.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 5px 0px;">According to police, the group's leader was arrested in Kosovo. Weapons were seized n his house. The base of the cell, however, is to have been in the Italian province of Brescia, where three other people were arrested.</div><h3 style="background-color: white; color: #6fb4fc; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 15px; margin: 12px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 2px;">"We are in your streets"</h3><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 5px 0px;">In recent months, many Muslims were detained in several police actions. At the end of July two Islamists, a Tunisian and a Pakistani were arrested. They had leaflets with the black banner of the <em>Islamic State</em> (IS) and circulated the text: "Islamic State in Rome. We are in your streets." Similar pamphlets have surfaced in recent years in several Italian cities.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 5px 0px;">On the day before the attacks in Paris, Islamists were arrested in various provinces, 17 of them in the South Tyrolean town of Merano. Among them is also Abdulrahman Nauroz. He and his cell, according to police, recruit new fighters for the Jihad militias in Syria and Iraq. Contacts existed in Switzerland and Finland. Whether this group also had contacts with the Islamist scene in Austria and the Federal Republic of Germany, has not been announced by the investigators so far.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 5px 0px;"><span class="">Italian security agencies fear that Islamic terrorist militia could be planning an attack in Rome during the Holy Year, which begins this coming December 8.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 5px 0px;">Text: Giuseppe Nardi<br />Image: Polizia di Stato / TG5 (screenshots)</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 5px 0px;">Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 5px 0px;"><a href="http://www.katholisches.info/2015/12/02/dschihad-zelle-in-italien-ausgehoben-planten-islamisten-attentat-gegen-papst-franziskus/">Link to Katholisches...</a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 5px 0px;">AMDG</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 5px 0px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 5px 0px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 5px 0px;"><br /></div><img alt="" height="1" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheEponymousFlower/~4/ZQNM92_1h-4" width="1" />]]></description>
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<title>Creative Minority Report: Does CAIR Often Refute Workplace Violence?</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2015 21:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Some headlines from today:<br />ABC News:Motive Still a Mystery in San Bernardino Shooting as Police Investigate Shooters<br /><br />BBC News:San Bernardino: Police seek motive in mass shooting <br /><br />MSNBC: What was the motive in San Bernardino shooting? <br /><br />Workplace violence? In most of the stories I've read there's no mention that the two shooters were Muslim. But why if this is just workplace violence did CAIR come out and hold a press conference.<br /><br /><a href="https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/2015/12/3/shooters-brother-in-law-at-cair-presser-i-have-no-idea-why-he-would-do-that">PJ Media</a>:<blockquote>The Council on American-Islamic Relations in Los Angeles pulled together a press conference after the name of one of the San Bernardino shooters was identified as Syed Farook.<br /><br />Farook's brother-in-law, Farhan Khan, was brought to the microphone by CAIR to make a family statement -- but was shielded from questions about the degree of Farook's faith or other details about the shooter.<br /><br />Farook, a U.S. citizen, worked as an inspector for the county health department that was holding the Christmas party at the site of the shooting, the Inland Regional Center's auditorium. Khan's sister was married to Farook.<br /><br />"We unequivocally condemn the horrific act that happened today," said Hussam Auyloush, executive director of the CAIR chapter, at the press conference, adding "there is absolutely nothing that can justify" the mass shooting that killed 14 and wounded 17. He mused that the cause could be workplace violence, mental illness or extremism.<br /><br />Muzammil Siddiqi, director of the Islamic Society of Orange County, said Southern California Muslims stood "in solidarity" with the victims and condemn the attack.</blockquote>Does CAIR often come out and hold press conferences about workplace violence issues?<br /><br />It's interesting that CAIR is the only organization acknowledging the elephant in the room. Hint: The Elephant prays to Mecca three times a day.<br /><br /><br /><br /> <div style="height: 0px; width: 0px;">*subhead*Put Your Blurb Here.*subhead*</div>]]></description>
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<title>New Liturgical Movement: The Feast of St Francis Xavier in Rome - A Small Step in the Right Direction</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2015 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<div class="dropcap">In many different years, I have been able to visit the Jesuit mother church in Rome, popularly known as the Gesù (but formally “the Church of the Holy Name of Jesus”), on the feast of St Francis Xavier. The altar of the right transept is dedicated to him, and just over it is suspended a reliquary which contains his right arm, the arm by which he baptized hundreds of thousands of people during his long career as a missionary in India and the Far East. The altar has the normal number of steps, the lowest of which rests on a platform extending slightly away from it, a step above the main floor level. This platform is surrounded by a communion rail, and the space inside the rail, while not huge, can certainly accommodate a decent number of concelebrants, or even a solemn Mass in the rite for which it was built. Nevertheless, every time I have been there on the feast day, a table was set up outside the rail, on the same level as the main floor, and the Masses of St Francis celebrated on the table. That is, until this year, when there was no table, and I saw part of a Mass, OF in Spanish, celebrated <i>versus Deum</i> at the principal altar. Just a small step, but one in the right direction.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3a9zFUm8PS4/VmCYAUvKzoI/AAAAAAAAE8w/pfZ-Vc-9jP8/s1600/01.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3a9zFUm8PS4/VmCYAUvKzoI/AAAAAAAAE8w/pfZ-Vc-9jP8/s400/01.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The altar, designed by Pietro da Cortona, contains the painting of “The Death of St Francis Xavier” by Carlo Maratta, and the reliquary of his arm (closer view below).</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Uqhcd7Vt-E4/VmCYAe5835I/AAAAAAAAE8s/swDVzJQl_Zs/s1600/02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Uqhcd7Vt-E4/VmCYAe5835I/AAAAAAAAE8s/swDVzJQl_Zs/s400/02.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UtLRMxERjk8/VmCYDPLWsVI/AAAAAAAAE9E/4sj7j6OJuy4/s1600/04.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UtLRMxERjk8/VmCYDPLWsVI/AAAAAAAAE9E/4sj7j6OJuy4/s400/04.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;">The Trinity Crowning St Francis Xavier, by Giovanni Andrea Carlone. The saint is not represented in the fresco itself, but in the stucco relief below it set on top of the altar piece. (In the next photograph.) The representation of the death scene below, the Saint rising into Heaven in the middle, and the glory of Heaven above, also reinforces the idea of the Saint as a mediator between us and God, an important theme of the Counter-Reformation period which this church exemplifies. Various miracles of the St Francis are represented on either side of the window, and to the left and right of the Trinity.</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0acxKHbmiyQ/VmCYAcw1AMI/AAAAAAAAE8o/o1nkTWRUgIQ/s1600/03.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0acxKHbmiyQ/VmCYAcw1AMI/AAAAAAAAE8o/o1nkTWRUgIQ/s400/03.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">St Francis Xavier Assumed into Glory in Heaven </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nTXGaeZMAHs/VmCYEqb8-vI/AAAAAAAAE9M/FjhWmTU3LIo/s1600/05.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nTXGaeZMAHs/VmCYEqb8-vI/AAAAAAAAE9M/FjhWmTU3LIo/s400/05.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Db-qfTaBZrI/VmCYEVxVamI/AAAAAAAAE9I/rCET0M0xsGw/s1600/06.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Db-qfTaBZrI/VmCYEVxVamI/AAAAAAAAE9I/rCET0M0xsGw/s400/06.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><img alt="" height="1" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheNewLiturgicalMovement/~4/7m5-4hSe-Ns" width="1" />]]></description>
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<title>katholon: Wenn sie sonst nix sündigen</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2015 20:32:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<div class="wp-caption alignleft" id="attachment_323" style="width: 210px;"><a href="http://i2.wp.com/katholon.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMGP0293.jpg"><img alt="Hans-Josef Becker Erzbischof von Paderborn" class="size-medium wp-image-323" src="http://i2.wp.com/katholon.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMGP0293.jpg?resize=200%2C300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Hans-Josef Becker<br />Erzbischof von Paderborn</p></div>
<p>Es kann ja bekanntlich jede Sünde vergeben werden, außer der Sünde wider die Umwelt.</p>
<p>Oder nein, halt! Das war ganz anders.</p>
<p>Es kann jede Sünde vergeben werden, außer der Sünde wider den Heiligen Geist. Also Entwarnung, unser Episkopat bekommt noch eine Chance.</p>
<p>Erneut hat in diesem Jahr die DUH (Deutsche Umwelthilfe) eine Umfrage unter deutschen Bischöfen veranstaltet, bei dem die Oberhirten in einen Wettstreit um <del>die dickste Karre</del> den geringsten CO<sub>2 </sub>– Ausstoß treten durften.</p>
<p>Da erfährt man dann so ganz nebenbei, daß man in Paderborn jetzt von schwäbischen Autos auf bayrische Fahrzeuge umgestiegen ist. Der Erzbischof sitzt hinter 3 Liter Hubraum, die Weihbischöfe lassen sich von 2 Liter Hubraum bewegen. Kein Benz mehr in Paderborn. O Tempora, o mores.</p>
<p>Was man sonst so fährt? Audi, VW, BMW alles eher obere Mittelklasse.</p>
<p><a href="http://autobilderklub.de/rolls-royce-phantom.html" target="_blank">Also echt, unter einer fetten Karre stelle ich mir was ganz anderes vor.</a></p>
<p>Auch ansonsten birgt die Studie keine sonderliche Überraschung. Allein, daß der Bischof von Essen stur auf Phaeton beharrt und eine rote Karte von der DUH kassiert, verwundert doch etwas. Man gibt sich in Essen doch sonst so öffentlichkeitsgeschmeidig. Die langen Beine des Bischofs fordern ihren Preis. Wer wollte es ihm verübeln. Überhaupt muß man bei nüchterner Betrachtung sagen, daß die Größe und Leistung deutscher Bischofskarossen sich in Grenzen hält. Der allgemeine Trend geht nämlich in die Gegenrichtung. Die SUVs werden immer größer und leistungsstärker. Bei Bischofs begnügt man sich in der Regel mit 150 kw Leitung in einer soliden Limousine.</p>
<p>Logischerweise müssen die Autos der Bischöfe langstreckentauglich sein, sie müssen geeignet sein, von einem Fahrer gefahren zu werden, verlangen also ein Mindestmaß an Platzangebot. Auf langen Fahrten ist das Auto der Arbeitsplatz, in dem Akten studiert und Telefonate geführt werden müssen.</p>
<p>Darin unterscheidet sich der Bischof einer Diözese kaum von einem normalen Manager. Ob das so sein muß, mag an anderer Stelle mal diskutiert werden. In Deutschland werden Bischöfe wie Ministerpräsidenten besoldet und haben Anspruch auf vergleichbare Dienstwagen. Neidhammeldebatten sind da völlig fehl am Platz. Ebenso muß man die Arme-Kirche-Romantiker hier mal schlicht und knallhart enttäuschen. Die Kirche bewegt sich in unserer Gesellschaft auf Basis der Konventionen unserer Gesellschaft. Das gilt auch automobil.</p>
<p>Als Fazit der Umfrage, die in etwa so überflüssig sein dürfte, wie ein Kropf und daher von hier auch nicht verlinkt wird, man mag sie halt selber googlen, darf man feststellen, daß unsere Bischöfe zumindest automobil garantiert keine Großmannssucht pflegen.</p>
<p>Mein eigenes Gefährt pustet übrigens  nach Herstellerangaben 118g CO<sub>2</sub>/km in die Luft.</p>
<p>Das hält sich ja zum Glück noch in Grenzen.</p>
<p>Wieviel g CO<sub>2 </sub>/ Stunde stoßen eigentlich linksgrüne Gutmenschen bei einer gut gepflegten Empörungsveranstaltung aus?<br />
Und kann man das vielleicht noch ein wenig reduzieren?<br />
Mal beim DUH anfragen …</p>
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<title>Beiboot Petri: Sandro Magister- Ist die Ehe schon verloren?</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2015 20:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><br /><b><span><br /></span></b><b><span>"MEHR ALS NUR EINE KRISE- DIE KRISE DER EHE IST EINE NIEDERLAGE"</span></b><br /><div class="post-entry" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(237, 237, 237); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 25px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="color: #444444; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;"><br /><img alt="nozze" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-10966" height="250" src="http://magister.blogautore.espresso.repubblica.it/files/2015/12/nozze.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="311" /></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;"><div style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"Dum Romae consulitur Saguntum expugnatur". </span></div><div style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"Während Rom verhandelt, wird Sagunt erobert"</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Das bezieht sich zwar auf den 2.Punischen Krieg, als Hannibal die iberische Stadt Sagunt lange belagerte, die auf Hilfe aus Rom hoffte, die aber nicht kam.....</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">aber </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Sandro Magister</b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> fühlt sich an die Synode erinnert, bei der verhandelt wurde, während die Ehe- jedenfalls nach der These des italienischen Demographen Roberto Volpi, dessen Artikel aus dem Osservatore Romano er im L´Espresso abdruckte, ihrem Ende entgegengeht- und innerhalb von 2-3 Dezennien in Westeuropa verschwinden wird, unterdes wir voller Ungeduld auf ein Wort von Papst Franziskus zur Kommunion für die wiederverheirateten Geschiedenen warten. Hier geht´s zum Original: </span><b style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://magister.blogautore.espresso.repubblica.it/?topic=03/04/09/3080386">klicken</a></b></div><div style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Wenn also einige Synodenväter diesen berühmten Satz des römischen Historikers Titus Livius zitiert haben, wozu es bei der Synode mehr als nur einen Anlass gab, sind sie doch am Niedergang der Ehe nicht Schuld. Die Ehe nähert sich dem Aus- und das nicht nur in den von Säkularisierung verwüsteten Ländern sondern auch in einem Land, das allgemein als besonders familienfreundlich und katholisch angesehen wird- wie Italien.</span></div><div style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In seinem Artikel "DAS IST KEINE EINFACHE KRISE" legt Volpi seine These vom Ende der Ehe in Westeuropa anhand der statistischen Zahlen für Italien dar.</span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana; line-height: 25px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #444444; line-height: 25px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Gab es <b>2009</b> noch <b>230.613</b> geschlossene Ehen, waren es (bei höherer Einwohnerzahl) <b>2014</b> noch <b>189.765. </b></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Das entspricht einem Verlust von 18%.</span></div><div style="color: #444444; line-height: 25px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>1972</b>, dem Jahr vor dem italienischen Referendum zur Ehescheidung, waren es<b> 418.000</b> geschlossene Ehen, davon <b>386.000</b> in kirchlicher Trauung, gegenüber <b>108.000</b> heute ( minus 55%). </span></div><div style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dabei konnte die Zivilehe nicht die Verluste an kirchlich geschlossenen Ehen auffangen.</span></div><br /><a name="more"></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Mit anderen Worten: es ist die Institution Ehe selbst, die in Italien in einer tiefen Krise steckt, aus der es keine Rückkehr zu geben scheint.</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ebenso stellt Volpi ein Auseinanderfallen der Institutionen Ehe und Familie fest, die Ehe wird nicht mehr allgemein als Voraussetzung für das In-die-Weltsetzen von Kindern betrachtet.</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dennoch gibt es nicht nur weniger Ehen sondern auch weniger Familien in Italien.</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Die Zahl der 1-Personen-Haushalte lag vor 2 Jahren bei 7, 1 Millionen und dürfte inzwischen die 8 Millionen erreicht haben und bei einer Bevölkerung von 61 Millionen Menschen haben 13, 7 Millionen, die als Ehepaare oder in Lebensgemeinschaften leben, keine Kinder.</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Aus der Tatsache, dass das mittlere Alter der Frauen bei der Geburt ihres ersten Kindes unter dem durchschnittlichen Alter bei der Eheschließung liegt, schließt der Autor auf die Dissoziation von Ehe und Familienplanung.</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Der geneigte Beobachter der Synode und der großen Schlacht um die Ehedoktrin und die wiederverheirateten Geschiedenen (die immer noch andauert) könnte auf die Idee kommen, daß Sagunt- sprich die Ehe, ob katholisch oder nicht- verloren ist und um eine längst verblichene Institution gestritten wurde/wird.</span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Quelle: Settimo Cielo, Sandor Magister, Roberto Volpi</span><br /><br /></div></div><div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div></div>]]></description>
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