Aquila and Priscilla spouses, martyrs (Ponto Eusino, Mar Nero - Rome I century)
Boys&girls! Don't twist your souls rocking your bodies ;)
God loves you!
venerdì 8 luglio 2011
giovedì 7 luglio 2011
China
Antonino Fantosati Bishop (Trevi, Perugia 1842 - Hoang-Scia-Wan, China July 1900)
For his ministry the description like an elephant in a china shop does not apply. Instead, he integrated into the societal difficulties of the time and with great delicacy carried out his ministry.
(with daily thanks to Luisa Zerbini from whose book "Il grande libro dei santi" I daily pinch a piece of info)
For his ministry the description like an elephant in a china shop does not apply. Instead, he integrated into the societal difficulties of the time and with great delicacy carried out his ministry.
(with daily thanks to Luisa Zerbini from whose book "Il grande libro dei santi" I daily pinch a piece of info)
martedì 5 luglio 2011
Holy Orders?
Santa Maria Goretti
Powerlessness of women? Meditate then on the strength flowing from her Faith and the shakiness of the rock onto which God founded his Church: Peter. Three times he denied Jesus. Yet Jesus, the Son of God, entrusted the flock to him and the first Twelve Apostles, under the prayerful eyes of Mother Mary waiting with them in the upper room for the investing descent of the Holy Spirit on that day of Pentecost.
It is not a human institution but a divinely set one. Unclutter your eyes from a worldly vision that sees the pastoral role of the priest in purely human terms. Do this in memory of me. Eat of my Flesh and drink of my Blood to partake of that Eternal Life. The Mass is a memorial of the Death and Resurrection and offering of the Lord on the altar of Sacrifice for the redemption of our sins via the offering of his Son Jesus Christ. The priest on the altar acts in persona Christi. Via the uninterrupted annointing that sprang on and from the Twelve on that day 2000 years ago.
It is not a question of skills and talents. We are all frail and lacking, holy in our human qualities, and Holy in our divine potential. Since the old Testament till now women have played an essential role in the ministry and evangelisation. Numberless are the lives of the Saints. Weak and in need of God's guidance and strengthening no less and no more than men.
Nothing is missing in the Orders. What is failing is our willingness to look at human history with God's eyes.
http://www.usao.edu/~facshaferi/NCCB.HTML
Powerlessness of women? Meditate then on the strength flowing from her Faith and the shakiness of the rock onto which God founded his Church: Peter. Three times he denied Jesus. Yet Jesus, the Son of God, entrusted the flock to him and the first Twelve Apostles, under the prayerful eyes of Mother Mary waiting with them in the upper room for the investing descent of the Holy Spirit on that day of Pentecost.
It is not a human institution but a divinely set one. Unclutter your eyes from a worldly vision that sees the pastoral role of the priest in purely human terms. Do this in memory of me. Eat of my Flesh and drink of my Blood to partake of that Eternal Life. The Mass is a memorial of the Death and Resurrection and offering of the Lord on the altar of Sacrifice for the redemption of our sins via the offering of his Son Jesus Christ. The priest on the altar acts in persona Christi. Via the uninterrupted annointing that sprang on and from the Twelve on that day 2000 years ago.
It is not a question of skills and talents. We are all frail and lacking, holy in our human qualities, and Holy in our divine potential. Since the old Testament till now women have played an essential role in the ministry and evangelisation. Numberless are the lives of the Saints. Weak and in need of God's guidance and strengthening no less and no more than men.
Nothing is missing in the Orders. What is failing is our willingness to look at human history with God's eyes.
http://www.usao.edu/~facshaferi/NCCB.HTML
Lay down your cards
Saint Anthony Zacariah (Cremona 1502-1539)
First community of priests devoted to society. First nunnery where nuns were not bound to clausura. First community of lay married men involved in the apostolic work.
Which lay forces have you got to play in your parish array?
First community of priests devoted to society. First nunnery where nuns were not bound to clausura. First community of lay married men involved in the apostolic work.
Which lay forces have you got to play in your parish array?
lunedì 4 luglio 2011
Crowns
Elisabeth of Portugal (Saragoze, Spain, 1271 - Estremoz, Portugal, 4th July 1336)
Another crowned head
http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/patron02.htm
the life of whom you can find recounted in the above web page or in one of the many others that have sprung in the latest cyber decades.
My invitation for the reflection of your day is: what crown of ministry thorns were you called to wear today? and how can you make those thorns flower tomorrow?
Do not think...place it at the feet of Our Lady and let the repose of the tired heart bring its answer in due time. God's time.
Another crowned head
http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/patron02.htm
the life of whom you can find recounted in the above web page or in one of the many others that have sprung in the latest cyber decades.
My invitation for the reflection of your day is: what crown of ministry thorns were you called to wear today? and how can you make those thorns flower tomorrow?
Do not think...place it at the feet of Our Lady and let the repose of the tired heart bring its answer in due time. God's time.
domenica 3 luglio 2011
Maria
Minor girls abducted unnoticed from discoes to be raped, when not also killed, gay lobbyst pushing their agendas even at kindergarten level without parental consent, paedophiles ready to flee with their daughter to have her abort the innocent offspring of their, the adults, incestuous violence, parents denied rights to parental consent for kids as young as eight for access to contraception and abortion in the name of sexual freedom ratified at UN level (including the right to have sex with objects) and governments issuing school directives inviting school kids to have an orgasm a day.
Yet should we bring up during Catechism the real too story of Maria Goretti who aged 12 was pleading her rapist to stop otherwise HE would go to hell, we would be accused of shocking the children with age inappropriateness, when not of other accuses.
Why? Saint Thomas help us understand
Santa Maria Goretti (1890-1902)
Yet should we bring up during Catechism the real too story of Maria Goretti who aged 12 was pleading her rapist to stop otherwise HE would go to hell, we would be accused of shocking the children with age inappropriateness, when not of other accuses.
Why? Saint Thomas help us understand
Santa Maria Goretti (1890-1902)
sabato 2 luglio 2011
Ladislao King (Poland, 1040 - Transilvania Romania)
Ester Queen (first half of the V century a.C, for her life see Bible OT)
Monegonda (Chartres, France - Tours, France VI century)
A King, a Queen and a lay woman. Both the latter married...Monegonda seeked life in the shadow healing the sick. In the shadow Esther acted to ensure the Jews did not fall in Aman's trap revealing his true intentions to her husband. Ladislao ruled his country with an illumined heart.All bore Jesus' Lamp of Truth and Love wherever the Lord planted them.
Ester Queen (first half of the V century a.C, for her life see Bible OT)
Monegonda (Chartres, France - Tours, France VI century)
A King, a Queen and a lay woman. Both the latter married...Monegonda seeked life in the shadow healing the sick. In the shadow Esther acted to ensure the Jews did not fall in Aman's trap revealing his true intentions to her husband. Ladislao ruled his country with an illumined heart.All bore Jesus' Lamp of Truth and Love wherever the Lord planted them.
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