Vatican Radio REPORT “To
doubt the divinity of Jesus…is to oppose God's work”, said Pope Benedict XVI
Sunday, as he continued his Angelus reflections on the Gospel of John Chapter 6,
on Jesus as the Bread of Life.
The inner courtyard of the Apostolic Palace in Castel Gandolfo was packed from early morning. As the bells of the nearby church struck noon, the Holy Father appeared at the tiny balcony to the joy of the pilgrims gathered below.
In comments in Italian he said, like those who doubt Christ’s divinity in today’s Gospel – His being the Living Bread from Heaven that gives eternal life - we too must ask ourselves if we really feel this hunger, “hunger for the word of God, hunger to know the real meaning of life. Only those who are attracted by God the Father, who listen and allow themselves to be instructed by Him can believe in Jesus, encounter Him and nourish themselves of Him and this find true life, the path of life, justice, truth and love”.
Below a Vatican Radio translation of Pope Benedict XVI’s Angelus reflections
Dear brothers and sisters!
The reading of the 6th chapter of the Gospel of John, which accompanies us in the Sunday Liturgies, led us to reflect last Sunday on the miraculous multiplication of bread with which or Lord fed a crowd of five thousand and on Jesus’ invitation to those whom he had satisfied to busy themselves in procuring a food that endures for eternal life. Jesus wants to help them understand the deeper meaning of the miracle that he has worked: in miraculous satisfying their physical hunger, he prepares them to welcome the announcement that He is the bread which came down from heaven (cf. John 6:41), that satisfies in a permanent way. Even the Jewish people during the long journey in the desert, had experienced a bread that came down from heaven, manna, which had kept them alive until their arrival in the promised land. Now, Jesus speaks of himself as the true bread which came down from heaven, able to keep alive, not for a moment or part of the journey, but forever. He is the food that gives eternal life, because he is the only begotten Son of God, who is in the bosom of the Father, who came to give man life to the full, to introduce man into the life of God.
In Jewish thought it was clear that the true bread from heaven, that nourished Israel was the Law, the word of God. The people of Israel clearly recognized that the Torah was the fundamental and lasting gift of Moses and that the fundamental element that distinguished them from other people lay in their knowing God's will and therefore the right path of life. Now Jesus, in revealing himself as the bread of heaven, testifies that He is the Word of God in person, the Word incarnate, through which man can make God's will his food (cf. Jn 4:34), which guides and supports our existence.
Thus doubting the divinity of Jesus, as do the Jews of today's Gospel passage, means opposing God's work. They in fact say: Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph? Do we not know his father and mother! (John 6.42). They do not go beyond his earthly origins, and therefore refuse to welcome Him as the Word of God made flesh. St. Augustine in his homly on the Gospel of John thus comments, "they were far off from the bread of heaven, and knew not how to hunger after it. They had the jaws of their heart languid... This bread, indeed, requires the hunger of the inner man "(Homilies on the Gospel of John 26.1). And we too must ask ourselves if we really feel this hunger, hunger for the word of God, hunger to know the real meaning of life. Only those who are attracted by God the Father, who listen and allow themselves to be instructed by Him can believe in Jesus, encounter Him and nourish themselves of Him and this find true life, the path of life, justice, truth and love. St. Augustine adds: "... the Lord said He was the bread that came down from heaven, exhorting us to believe on Him. For to believe on Him is to eat the living bread. He that believes eats; he is sated invisibly, because invisibly is he born again. A babe within, a new man within. Where he is made new, there he is satisfied with food "(ibid.).
Invoking the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, we ask her to guide us to the encounter with Jesus so that our friendship with Him be always more intense; we ask her to introduce us into the full communion of love with her Son, the living bread which came down from heaven, so as to be renewed by Him in our innermost selves.
POST ANGELUS
Dear brothers and sisters,
My thoughts go at this time to the people of Asia, especially to the Philippines, the People’s Republic of China, hardest hit by violent rains, as well as those of the North-west Iran, hit by a violent earthquake. These events have caused numerous deaths and injuries, thousands of displaced people and extensive damage. I invite you to join me in prayer for those who have lost their lives and for all the people tried by such a devastating disaster. May our solidarity and our support not be lacking to these our brothers and sisters.
I am pleased to greet the English-speaking pilgrims gathered for this Angelus prayer. The readings from today’s Mass invite us to put our faith in Jesus, the “bread of life” who offers himself to us in the Eucharist and promises us the joy of the resurrection. During these summer holidays, may you and your families respond to the Lord’s invitation by actively participating in the Eucharistic sacrifice and by generous acts of charity. Upon all of you I invoke his blessings of joy and peace!
SHARED FROM RADIO VATICANA
The inner courtyard of the Apostolic Palace in Castel Gandolfo was packed from early morning. As the bells of the nearby church struck noon, the Holy Father appeared at the tiny balcony to the joy of the pilgrims gathered below.
In comments in Italian he said, like those who doubt Christ’s divinity in today’s Gospel – His being the Living Bread from Heaven that gives eternal life - we too must ask ourselves if we really feel this hunger, “hunger for the word of God, hunger to know the real meaning of life. Only those who are attracted by God the Father, who listen and allow themselves to be instructed by Him can believe in Jesus, encounter Him and nourish themselves of Him and this find true life, the path of life, justice, truth and love”.
Below a Vatican Radio translation of Pope Benedict XVI’s Angelus reflections
Dear brothers and sisters!
The reading of the 6th chapter of the Gospel of John, which accompanies us in the Sunday Liturgies, led us to reflect last Sunday on the miraculous multiplication of bread with which or Lord fed a crowd of five thousand and on Jesus’ invitation to those whom he had satisfied to busy themselves in procuring a food that endures for eternal life. Jesus wants to help them understand the deeper meaning of the miracle that he has worked: in miraculous satisfying their physical hunger, he prepares them to welcome the announcement that He is the bread which came down from heaven (cf. John 6:41), that satisfies in a permanent way. Even the Jewish people during the long journey in the desert, had experienced a bread that came down from heaven, manna, which had kept them alive until their arrival in the promised land. Now, Jesus speaks of himself as the true bread which came down from heaven, able to keep alive, not for a moment or part of the journey, but forever. He is the food that gives eternal life, because he is the only begotten Son of God, who is in the bosom of the Father, who came to give man life to the full, to introduce man into the life of God.
In Jewish thought it was clear that the true bread from heaven, that nourished Israel was the Law, the word of God. The people of Israel clearly recognized that the Torah was the fundamental and lasting gift of Moses and that the fundamental element that distinguished them from other people lay in their knowing God's will and therefore the right path of life. Now Jesus, in revealing himself as the bread of heaven, testifies that He is the Word of God in person, the Word incarnate, through which man can make God's will his food (cf. Jn 4:34), which guides and supports our existence.
Thus doubting the divinity of Jesus, as do the Jews of today's Gospel passage, means opposing God's work. They in fact say: Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph? Do we not know his father and mother! (John 6.42). They do not go beyond his earthly origins, and therefore refuse to welcome Him as the Word of God made flesh. St. Augustine in his homly on the Gospel of John thus comments, "they were far off from the bread of heaven, and knew not how to hunger after it. They had the jaws of their heart languid... This bread, indeed, requires the hunger of the inner man "(Homilies on the Gospel of John 26.1). And we too must ask ourselves if we really feel this hunger, hunger for the word of God, hunger to know the real meaning of life. Only those who are attracted by God the Father, who listen and allow themselves to be instructed by Him can believe in Jesus, encounter Him and nourish themselves of Him and this find true life, the path of life, justice, truth and love. St. Augustine adds: "... the Lord said He was the bread that came down from heaven, exhorting us to believe on Him. For to believe on Him is to eat the living bread. He that believes eats; he is sated invisibly, because invisibly is he born again. A babe within, a new man within. Where he is made new, there he is satisfied with food "(ibid.).
Invoking the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, we ask her to guide us to the encounter with Jesus so that our friendship with Him be always more intense; we ask her to introduce us into the full communion of love with her Son, the living bread which came down from heaven, so as to be renewed by Him in our innermost selves.
POST ANGELUS
Dear brothers and sisters,
My thoughts go at this time to the people of Asia, especially to the Philippines, the People’s Republic of China, hardest hit by violent rains, as well as those of the North-west Iran, hit by a violent earthquake. These events have caused numerous deaths and injuries, thousands of displaced people and extensive damage. I invite you to join me in prayer for those who have lost their lives and for all the people tried by such a devastating disaster. May our solidarity and our support not be lacking to these our brothers and sisters.
I am pleased to greet the English-speaking pilgrims gathered for this Angelus prayer. The readings from today’s Mass invite us to put our faith in Jesus, the “bread of life” who offers himself to us in the Eucharist and promises us the joy of the resurrection. During these summer holidays, may you and your families respond to the Lord’s invitation by actively participating in the Eucharistic sacrifice and by generous acts of charity. Upon all of you I invoke his blessings of joy and peace!
SHARED FROM RADIO VATICANA
NOVENA TO OUR LADY : OFFICIAL FOR ASSUMPTION FEAST - PLENARY INDULGENCE - DAY 7
OFFICIAL RACCOLTA NOVENA PRAYER WITH INDULGENCE:
i. An indulgence of 300 days, daily.
ii. A plenary indulgence to all who shall assist at these Novenas every day, and who shall afterwards, either on the Feast-day itself, to which each Novena respectively has reference, or on some one day in its Octave, after Confession and Communion, pray to our Lord and to the Blessed Virgin ac cording to the pious intention of the Sovereign Pontiff.
Veni Sancte Spiritus, reple tuorum corda fidelium, et tui amoris in eis ignem accende.
V. Emitte Spiritum tuum, et creabuntur.
R. Et renovabis faciem terrae.
Oremus.
Deus, qui corda fidelium Sancti Spiritus illustratione docuisti: da nobis in eodem Spiritu recta sapere, et de ejus semper consolatione gaudere. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. R. Amen.
TRANSLATION.
Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Thy faithful, and kindle in them the fire of Thy love.
V. Send forth Thy Spirit, and they shall be created.
R. And Thou shalt renew the face of the earth.
Let us pray.
O God, who hast taught the hearts of Thy faithful people by the light of the Holy Spirit; grant us in the same Spirit to relish what is right, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort. Through Christ our Lord. R. Amen.
HYMN.
O gloriosa Virginum,
Sublimis inter sidera,
Qui te creavit, parvulum
Lactente nutris ubere.
Quod Heva tristis abstulit,
Tu reddis almo germine:
Intrent ut astra flebiles,
Coeli recludis cardines.
Tu regis alti janua,
Et aula lucis fulgida:
Vitam datam per Virginem,
Gentes redemptae plaudite.
Jesu, tibi sit gloria,
Qui natus es de Virgine,
Cum Patre, et almo Spiritu
In sempiterna saecula. Amen.
TRANSLATION.
O Queen of all the Virgin choir,
Enthroned above the starry sky;
Who with pure milk from thy own breast
Thy own Creator didst supply.
What man hath lost in hapless Eve,
Thy sacred womb to man restores;
Thou to the sorrowing here beneath
Hast open’d Heaven’s eternal doors.
Hail, O refulgent Hall of light!
Hail, Gate sublime of Heaven’s high King!
Through thee redeem’d to endless life,
Thy praise let all the nations sing.
O Jesu! born of Virgin bright,
Immortal glory be to Thee;
Praise to the Father infinite,
And Holy Ghost eternally.
GLORY OF MARY AFTER DEATH.
In her Assumption into heaven.
Let us meditate how glorious Mary is in heaven, because she is enthroned there as Queen of the universe, and is ever receiving homage and veneration from countless hosts of angels and of saints; and assisting at her royal throne, let us implore her aid:
i. Sovereign Queen of the universe, who for thy incomparable merit art raised to such high glory in the heavens; in thy pity look upon our miseries, and rule us with the gentle sway of thy protection.
Three Ave Marias.
ii. Sovereign Queen of the universe, who art ever receiving the worship and homage from all the heavenly hosts; accept, we pray thee, these our invocations, offered with such reverence as befits thy dignity and greatness.
Three Ave Marias.
iii. Sovereign Queen of the universe; by that glory which thou hast by reason of thy high place in heaven, vouchsafe to take us into the number of thy servants, and obtain for us grace that, with quick and ready will, we may faithfully keep the precepts of our God and Lord.
Three Ave Maria’s.
Let us take part in the joy of the angels praising Mary, and rejoice because we know that she is raised to the dignity of Queen of the universe; while with the seventh choir we sing:
The Litany of Our Lady :
| Lord,
have mercy on us. (Christ have mercy on us.) Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, hear us. (Christ graciously hear us.) God, the Father of heaven, (have mercy on us.) God the Son, Redeemer of the world, (have mercy on us.) God the Holy Ghost, (have mercy on us.) Holy Trinity, one God, (have mercy on us.) | |
| Holy
Mary, Holy Mother of God, Holy Virgin of virgins, Mother of Christ, Mother of the Church Mother of divine grace, Mother most pure, Mother most chaste, Mother inviolate, Mother undefiled, Mother most amiable, Mother most admirable, Mother of good counsel, Mother of our Creator, Mother of our Savior, Virgin most prudent, Virgin most venerable, Virgin most renouned, Virgin most powerful, Virgin most merciful, Virgin most faithful, Mirror of justice, Seat of wisdom, Cause of our joy, Spiritual vessel, Vessel of honor, Singular vessel of devotion, Mystical rose, Tower of David, Tower of ivory, House of gold, Ark of the covenant, Gate of heaven, Morning star, Health of the sick, Refuge of sinners, Comforter of the afflicted, Help of Christians, Queen of Angels, Queen of Patriarchs, Queen of Prophets, Queen of Apostles, Queen of Martyrs, Queen of Confessors, Queen of Virgins, Queen of all Saints, Queen conceived without original sin, Queen assumed into heaven, Queen of the most holy Rosary. Queen of the family, Queen of Peace, |
p
r a y f o r u s |
|
Lamb
of God, who takest away the sins of the world, (spare us, O
Lord.)
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, (graciously hear us O Lord.) Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, (have mercy on us.) Pray for us, O holy Mother of God. (That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.) Let us pray. Grant, we beseech Thee, O Lord God, unto us Thy servants, that we may rejoice in continual health of mind and body; and, by the glorious intercession of Blessed Mary ever Virgin, may be delivered from present sadness, and enter into the joy of Thine eternal gladness. Through Christ our Lord. (Amen.) | |
R. Super choros angelorum ad coelestia regna.
Oremus.
Famulorum tuorum, quaesumus Domine, delictis ignosce: ut qui tibi placere de actibus nostris non valemus, Genitricis Filii tui Domini nostri intercessione salvemur.
Oremus.
Deus, qui corda fidelium Sancti Spiritus illustratione docuisti: da nobis in eodem Spiritu recta sapere, et de ejus semper consolatione gaudere. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. R. Amen
TRANSLATION.
V. The holy Mother of God is exalted.
R. Into the heavenly kingdom above the angel choirs.
Let us pray.
We beseech thee, Lord, pardon the shortcomings of Thy servants; that we who by our own works are not able to please Thee, may be saved by the intercession of the Mother of thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ.. Who, & c.
Let us pray.
O God, who hast taught the hearts of Thy faithful people by the light of the Holy Spirit; grant us in the same Spirit to relish what is right, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort. Through Christ our Lord. R. AMEN
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ASIA : KOREA : POLICE KNOCK PRIEST DOWN AND STEP ON EUCHARIST HOSTS
UCAN REPORT:
Witness says
police knocked down priest and trod on Eucharist
Fr Mun attempts to retrieve the Eucharist after
allegedly being knocked to the ground by police (Photo courtesy of Gangjeong
village)
Cheju diocese has demanded an official apology
after about 20 riot police disrupted a Mass yesterday on Jeju island. The police
were clearing a path for a cement truck to enter the construction site of a
controversial new naval base.
Father Bartholomew Mun Jung-hyun, who was presiding over the Mass at the gates of the site, was knocked to the ground while administering communion. It is claimed that a policeman also trod on the Eucharist.
Father John Ko Buyeong-soo, president of Cheju diocese’s Committee for Justice and Peace, visited the site shortly after the disturbance.
He told ucanews.com that he would demand an explanation and an apology from police.
“To step on or damage the Eucharist is an insult to Catholics,” he said.
The Jeju Provincial Police Agency yesterday issued a press statement in which it denied any wrongdoing.
“There was no violent force throwing Fr Mun to the ground or stepping on the Eucharist,” the statement said.
Woo Jeong-sik, chief inspector of Jeju police, later said it remained unclear whether Fr Mun was knocked down and added: “the policeman who allegedly stepped on the Eucharist said he did not do so.”
But Cheong Seon-nyo, head of the Gangjeong mission station, told ucanews.com yesterday that she was with Fr Mun when the incident occurred.
“I clearly saw a policeman step on the Eucharist that had fallen to the ground,” she said.
The construction of the naval base on Jeju island, which will become home to a new fleet of 20 warships and other vessels, has sparked vigorous protests from local residents, environmental activists and religious leaders.
Protesters say the project would cause irreparable damage to the ecosystem of the island, which is a popular tourism destination and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Father Bartholomew Mun Jung-hyun, who was presiding over the Mass at the gates of the site, was knocked to the ground while administering communion. It is claimed that a policeman also trod on the Eucharist.
Father John Ko Buyeong-soo, president of Cheju diocese’s Committee for Justice and Peace, visited the site shortly after the disturbance.
He told ucanews.com that he would demand an explanation and an apology from police.
“To step on or damage the Eucharist is an insult to Catholics,” he said.
The Jeju Provincial Police Agency yesterday issued a press statement in which it denied any wrongdoing.
“There was no violent force throwing Fr Mun to the ground or stepping on the Eucharist,” the statement said.
Woo Jeong-sik, chief inspector of Jeju police, later said it remained unclear whether Fr Mun was knocked down and added: “the policeman who allegedly stepped on the Eucharist said he did not do so.”
But Cheong Seon-nyo, head of the Gangjeong mission station, told ucanews.com yesterday that she was with Fr Mun when the incident occurred.
“I clearly saw a policeman step on the Eucharist that had fallen to the ground,” she said.
The construction of the naval base on Jeju island, which will become home to a new fleet of 20 warships and other vessels, has sparked vigorous protests from local residents, environmental activists and religious leaders.
Protesters say the project would cause irreparable damage to the ecosystem of the island, which is a popular tourism destination and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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AUSTRALIA : 8 PRIESTS ORDAINED IN CATHEDRAL
Catholic Communications, Sydney Archdiocese
REPORT
10 Aug 2012
The Archbishop of Sydney said the Feast Day of St John
Vianney, patron saint of priests, was a wonderful day for the ordination of
eight new priests in the Archdiocese of Sydney.
The Ordination which brings to 23 the number of new priest ordained by the Cardinal since 2009 and is the largest number of priests to be ordained in more than 20 years, was held at St Mary's Cathedral last weekend on Saturday, 4 August.
Four of the new priests were trained at the Seminary of the Good Shepherd and the other four at Chester Hill's Redemptoris Mater Missionary Seminary of the Neocatechumenal Way. They are Father Michael Lanzon, Father Samuel Lynch, Father Paul Phan Dinh Nguyen and Father Ioane Epeli Qimaquima, who studied at the Seminary of the Good Shepherd, and Father Allan Casquejo, Father Norvin Dias, Pierluigi Passoni and Pasquale Pizzoferro from the Redemptoris Seminary.
"God chooses all sorts of people for His good purposes," the Cardinal said and paid tribute to the multicultural backgrounds of the ordinands describing it as a "true reflection of the multicultural nature of our Archdiocese where half the Catholics are migrants or children of migrants."
Concelebrating with His Eminence at the Ordination Mass were Bishops Julian Porteous, Peter Comensoli and Terry Brady as well as a large gathering of priests from around the Archdiocese.
More than two thousand family and friends were also treated to the magnificent harmonies of the St Mary's Cathedral choir, under the direction of Thomas Wilson.
A group of followers from the Neocatechumenal Way also
welcomed their newly ordained priests in their own particular musical fashion,
delighting everyone.
Addressing the packed Cathedral on behalf of the ordinands, Fr Samuel Lynch paid particular tribute to Cardinal Pell saying it was his insight and leadership that had helped reverse the decline in vocations and the renewed interest in a religious and priestly life.
"I think it is very fitting in his 25th year as bishop that God should give him eight new priests," he said.
The eight priests have already been assigned parishes across the Archdiocese and at each of these parishes Masses of Thanksgiving were held the day after the Ordination on Sunday 5 August.
Father Allan Casquejo is now assistant priest at St Dominic's Church, Flemington; Fr Norvin Dias is assistant Priest at St Therese Parish, Denistone; Fr Michael Lanzon is at Our Lady of the Rosary, Fairfield; Fr Samuel Lynch is at St Aloysius Gonzaga Catholic Church, Cronulla; Fr Paul Phan Dinh Nguyen will do double duty as assistant priest at St Michael's Catholic Church Ryde as well as celebrating Masses in the Vietnam language at Cabramatta; Fr Pierluigi Passoni has been appointed to the Parish of the Sacred Heart, Villawood; Fr Pasquale Pizzoferro is at St Anthony of Padua parish, Clovelly and Fr Ionane Epeli Qimaquima is assistant priest at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Mosman.
"Every new priest is a great blessing and a reason to celebrate," the Cardinal said.
The Ordination was video-recorded and anyone interested in purchasing copy can contact Catholic Communication during office hours on 93905312.
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10 Aug 2012
The eight priests ordained at St Mary's
Cathedral
The Ordination which brings to 23 the number of new priest ordained by the Cardinal since 2009 and is the largest number of priests to be ordained in more than 20 years, was held at St Mary's Cathedral last weekend on Saturday, 4 August.
Four of the new priests were trained at the Seminary of the Good Shepherd and the other four at Chester Hill's Redemptoris Mater Missionary Seminary of the Neocatechumenal Way. They are Father Michael Lanzon, Father Samuel Lynch, Father Paul Phan Dinh Nguyen and Father Ioane Epeli Qimaquima, who studied at the Seminary of the Good Shepherd, and Father Allan Casquejo, Father Norvin Dias, Pierluigi Passoni and Pasquale Pizzoferro from the Redemptoris Seminary.
"God chooses all sorts of people for His good purposes," the Cardinal said and paid tribute to the multicultural backgrounds of the ordinands describing it as a "true reflection of the multicultural nature of our Archdiocese where half the Catholics are migrants or children of migrants."
Concelebrating with His Eminence at the Ordination Mass were Bishops Julian Porteous, Peter Comensoli and Terry Brady as well as a large gathering of priests from around the Archdiocese.
More than two thousand family and friends were also treated to the magnificent harmonies of the St Mary's Cathedral choir, under the direction of Thomas Wilson.
Cardinal Pell has ordained 23 priests since
2009 in Sydney
Addressing the packed Cathedral on behalf of the ordinands, Fr Samuel Lynch paid particular tribute to Cardinal Pell saying it was his insight and leadership that had helped reverse the decline in vocations and the renewed interest in a religious and priestly life.
"I think it is very fitting in his 25th year as bishop that God should give him eight new priests," he said.
The eight priests have already been assigned parishes across the Archdiocese and at each of these parishes Masses of Thanksgiving were held the day after the Ordination on Sunday 5 August.
Father Allan Casquejo is now assistant priest at St Dominic's Church, Flemington; Fr Norvin Dias is assistant Priest at St Therese Parish, Denistone; Fr Michael Lanzon is at Our Lady of the Rosary, Fairfield; Fr Samuel Lynch is at St Aloysius Gonzaga Catholic Church, Cronulla; Fr Paul Phan Dinh Nguyen will do double duty as assistant priest at St Michael's Catholic Church Ryde as well as celebrating Masses in the Vietnam language at Cabramatta; Fr Pierluigi Passoni has been appointed to the Parish of the Sacred Heart, Villawood; Fr Pasquale Pizzoferro is at St Anthony of Padua parish, Clovelly and Fr Ionane Epeli Qimaquima is assistant priest at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Mosman.
"Every new priest is a great blessing and a reason to celebrate," the Cardinal said.
The Ordination was video-recorded and anyone interested in purchasing copy can contact Catholic Communication during office hours on 93905312.
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EUROPE : PRO-LIFERS HOLD VIGILS DESPITE LEGAL THREAT - 40 DAYS FOR LIFE
CATHOLIC HERALD REPORT:
By Madeleine
Teahan on Thursday, 9 August 2012
A vigil outside a BPAS clinic at
Bedford Square in central London
Pro-life prayer vigils outside abortion clinics are
expected to increase across London despite the threat of legal action from a
global abortion provider.
The pro-life prayer group 40 Days for Life will hold vigils outside abortion clinics in Brixton, Bedford Square and the Marie Stopes clinic in Whitfield Street between September 26 and November 4 of this year.
The prayer vigils have become increasingly controversial since abortion provider Marie Stopes tried to secure a legal injunction against another pro-life group, the Good Counsel Network, for praying outside their clinic holding “baby pink and blue rosary beads”.
During the latest prayer vigil led by 40 Days for Life outside the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) clinic in Bedford Square, London, the organisation Abortion Rights launched a counter-protest following accusations that members of 40 Days for Life had filmed women entering abortion clinics.
Responding to criticisms in a blog post last week, a spokeswoman for 40 Days for Life said that the media had “massively twisted what happens at 40 Days For Life”.
She continued: “They have tried to present it as an American-style ‘protest’ which it isn’t at all. At all vigils there is a sign displayed prominently saying ‘we are here to help’. And the help that is on offer is real, as many women will attest. No one is judging, condemning or bullying but trying to offer a lifeline.
“It is grotesquely wrong and unfair to conflate peaceful pro-life outreach with the murder of abortionists. All pro-lifers are appalled by violence, because we believe that all human life is worthy of our respect and protection. A few lone crazies do not represent any organisation or movement. It would be equally wrong to tar all peaceful Muslims with the 9/11 brush, or all atheists with the murderous purges of Stalin, Pol Pot or the French Revolution.”
SHARED FROM CATHOLIC HERALD
The pro-life prayer group 40 Days for Life will hold vigils outside abortion clinics in Brixton, Bedford Square and the Marie Stopes clinic in Whitfield Street between September 26 and November 4 of this year.
The prayer vigils have become increasingly controversial since abortion provider Marie Stopes tried to secure a legal injunction against another pro-life group, the Good Counsel Network, for praying outside their clinic holding “baby pink and blue rosary beads”.
During the latest prayer vigil led by 40 Days for Life outside the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) clinic in Bedford Square, London, the organisation Abortion Rights launched a counter-protest following accusations that members of 40 Days for Life had filmed women entering abortion clinics.
Responding to criticisms in a blog post last week, a spokeswoman for 40 Days for Life said that the media had “massively twisted what happens at 40 Days For Life”.
She continued: “They have tried to present it as an American-style ‘protest’ which it isn’t at all. At all vigils there is a sign displayed prominently saying ‘we are here to help’. And the help that is on offer is real, as many women will attest. No one is judging, condemning or bullying but trying to offer a lifeline.
“It is grotesquely wrong and unfair to conflate peaceful pro-life outreach with the murder of abortionists. All pro-lifers are appalled by violence, because we believe that all human life is worthy of our respect and protection. A few lone crazies do not represent any organisation or movement. It would be equally wrong to tar all peaceful Muslims with the 9/11 brush, or all atheists with the murderous purges of Stalin, Pol Pot or the French Revolution.”
SHARED FROM CATHOLIC HERALD
AFRICA : ZAMBIA : PRIEST EXPELLED BY AUTHORITIES - CLERGY PROTEST
Agenzia Fides report- The government is taking into
serious consideration the withdrawal of Fr. Viateur Banyangandora’s deportation,
the priest of Rwandese origin expelled by the authorities of Zambia at the end
of July. This is what 130 diocesan priests ask for in a statement released on
the occasion of the National Conference of the Association of Zambian Diocesan
Catholic Clergy (AZADCC), which ended today, August 9.
In the document, sent to Fides Agency, the diocesan priests agree with what was written by His Exc. Mgr. George Cosmas Zumaire Lungu, Bishop of Chipata, in a message that will be read in all parishes of the diocese on Sunday, August 12 (see Fides 07/08/2012).
"Fr. Viateur was ordained in 2004, in the diocese of Chipata in which he served. Many of us have studied, lived and worked with him. We know he is a good priest and a man of peace and integrity " is what is stated in the declaration.
The priests claim to be "surprised and not satisfied" by the reasons presented by the government to justify Fr. Viateur’s deportation, and reveal that they have received "an official statement from the diocese Ruhengeri in Rwanda, that Fr. Viateur should not respond to any inquiry by the government of that Country. "
Based on the foregoing considerations, it therefore calls for the government to reconsider the priest’s deportation. The priests also ask the authorities to join the Church to promote harmony in the Church-State relations, and launch an appeal so that they face the real problems affecting the poor, such as the price of corn, cotton and other agricultural products. Fr. Viateur was expelled after a sermon in which he tackled the problem of the very low price of cotton, which threatens the ability of farmers to obtain a minimum income for subsistence.
"We implore the Catholic community and the priests of the diocese of Chipata, and all people of good will, to remain calm, peace and to pray during this time of waiting for Fr. Viateur’s return. May the good Lord bless us and guide us through the intercession of Mary our Mother," the statement concludes. (L.M.)
In the document, sent to Fides Agency, the diocesan priests agree with what was written by His Exc. Mgr. George Cosmas Zumaire Lungu, Bishop of Chipata, in a message that will be read in all parishes of the diocese on Sunday, August 12 (see Fides 07/08/2012).
"Fr. Viateur was ordained in 2004, in the diocese of Chipata in which he served. Many of us have studied, lived and worked with him. We know he is a good priest and a man of peace and integrity " is what is stated in the declaration.
The priests claim to be "surprised and not satisfied" by the reasons presented by the government to justify Fr. Viateur’s deportation, and reveal that they have received "an official statement from the diocese Ruhengeri in Rwanda, that Fr. Viateur should not respond to any inquiry by the government of that Country. "
Based on the foregoing considerations, it therefore calls for the government to reconsider the priest’s deportation. The priests also ask the authorities to join the Church to promote harmony in the Church-State relations, and launch an appeal so that they face the real problems affecting the poor, such as the price of corn, cotton and other agricultural products. Fr. Viateur was expelled after a sermon in which he tackled the problem of the very low price of cotton, which threatens the ability of farmers to obtain a minimum income for subsistence.
"We implore the Catholic community and the priests of the diocese of Chipata, and all people of good will, to remain calm, peace and to pray during this time of waiting for Fr. Viateur’s return. May the good Lord bless us and guide us through the intercession of Mary our Mother," the statement concludes. (L.M.)
2012
TODAY'S SAINT: AUG. 12: ST. JANE FRANCES DE CHANTAL
ST. JANE FRANCES DE CHANTAL : FOUNDRESS
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Born
at Dijon, France, 28 January, 1572; died at the Visitation Convent Moulins, 13
December, 1641.
Her
father was president of the Parliament of Burgundy, and leader of the royalist
party during the League that brought about the triumph of the cause of Henry IV.
In 1592 she married Baron de Chantal, and lived in the feudal castle of
Bourbilly. She restored order in the household, which was on the brink of ruin,
and brought back prosperity. During her husband's absence at the court, or with
the army, when reproached for her extremely sober manner of dressing, her reply
was: "The eyes which I must please are a hundred miles from here". She found
more than once that God blessed with miracles the care she gave the suffering
members of Christ. St. Francis de Sales' eulogy of her characterizes her life at
Bourbilly and everywhere else: "In Madame de Chantal I have found the perfect
woman, whom Solomon had difficulty in finding in Jerusalem". Baron de Chantal
was accidently killed by a harquebus while out shooting in 1601. Left a widow at
twenty-eight, with four children, the broken-hearted baroness took a vow of
chastity. In all her prayers she besought God to send her a guide and God, in a
vision, showed her the spiritual director He held in reserve for her. In order
to safeguard her children's property, she was obliged to go and live at
Monthelon in the home of her father-in-law, who was ruled over by an arrogant
and wicked servant. This was real servitude, which she bore patiently and gently
for seven years. At last her virtue triumphed over the ill will of the old man
and house keeper.
During
Lent, 1604, she visited her father at Dijon, where St. Francis de Sales was
preaching at the Sainte Chapelle. She recognized in him the mysterious director
who had been shown her, and placed herself under his guidance. Then began an
admirable correspondence between the two saints. Unfortunately, the greater
number of letters are no longer in existence, as she destroyed them after the
death of the holy bishop. When she had assured the future security of children,
and when she had provided the education of Celse-Benigne, her fourteen year old
son, whom she left to her father and her brother, the Archbishop of Bourges, she
started for Annecy, where God was calling her to found the Congregation of the
Visitation. She took her two remaining daughters with her, the elder having
recently married the Baron of Thorens, a brother of St. Francis de Sales.
Celse-Benigne, impetous like those of her race, barred his mother's way by lying
across the threshold. Mme de Chantal stopped, overcome: " Can the tears of a
child shake her resolution? " said a holy and learned priest, the tutor of
Celse-Benigne. "Oh! no", replied the saint, "but after all I am a mother!" And
she stepped over child's body.
The
Congregation of the Visitation was canonically established at Annecy on Trinity
Sunday, 6 June, 1610. Its aim was to receive, with a view to their spiritual
advancement, young girls and even widows who had not the desire or strength to
subject themselves to the austere ascetical practices in force in all the
religious orders at that time. St. Francis de Sales was especially desirous of
seeing the realization of his cherished method of attaining perfection, which
consisted in always keeping one's will united to the Divine will, in taking so
to speak one's soul, heart, and longings into one's hands and giving them into
God's keeping, and in seeking always to do what is pleasing to Him. "I do always
the things that please him" (John, viii, 29). The two holy founders saw their
undertaking prosper. At the time of the death of St. Francis de Sales in 1622,
the order already counted thirteen houses; there were eighty-six when St. Jane
Frances died; and 164 when she was canonized.
The
remainder of the saint's life was spent under the protection of the cloister in
the practice of the most admirable virtues. If a gentle kindness, vivified and
strengthened by a complete spirit of renunciation, predominates in St. Francis
de Sales, it is firmness and great vigour which prevails in St. Jane Frances;
she did not like to see her daughters giving way to human weakness. Her trials
were continuous and borne bravely, and yet she was exceedingly sensitive.
Celse-Benigne was an incorrigible duellist. She prayed so fervently that he was
given the grace to die a Christian death on the battle-field, during the
campaign against the Isle of Re (1627). He left a daughter who became the famous
Marquise de Sevigne. To family troubles God added interior crosses which,
particularly during the last nine years of her life, kept her in agony of soul
from which she was not freed until three months before her death.
Her
reputation for sanctity was widespread. Queens, princes, and princesses flocked
to the reception-room of the Visitation. Wherever she went to establish
foundations, the people gave her ovations. "These people", she would say
confused, "do not know me; they are mistaken". Her body is venerated with that
of St. Francis de Sales in the church of the Visitation at Annecy. She was
beatified in 1751, canonized in 1767, and 21 August was appointed as her feast
day.
The
life of the saint was written in the seventeenth century, with inimitable charm,
by her secretary, Mother de Chaugy. Monsignor Bougaud, who died Bishop of Laval,
published in 1863 a "Histoire de Sainte Chantal" which had a great and
well-deserved success.
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TODAY'S MASS ONLINE : SUNDAY AUGUST 12, 2012 - 19TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME - B
| 1 Kings
19: 4 - 8
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| 4 | But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree; and he asked that he might die, saying, "It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am no better than my fathers." |
| 5 | And he lay down and slept under a broom tree; and behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, "Arise and eat." |
| 6 | And he looked, and behold, there was at his head a cake baked on hot stones and a jar of water. And he ate and drank, and lay down again. |
| 7 | And the angel of the LORD came again a second time, and touched him, and said, "Arise and eat, else the journey will be too great for you." |
| 8 | And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God. |
| Psalms
34: 2 - 9
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| 2 | My soul makes its boast in the LORD; let the afflicted hear and be glad. |
| 3 | O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together! |
| 4 | I sought the LORD, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears. |
| 5 | Look to him, and be radiant; so your faces shall never be ashamed. |
| 6 | This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. |
| 7 | The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them. |
| 8 | O taste and see that the LORD is good! Happy is the man who takes refuge in him! |
| 9 | O fear the LORD, you his saints, for those who fear him have no want! |
| Ephesians
4: 30 - 32
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| 30 | And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. |
| 31 | Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, with all malice, |
| 32 | and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. |
| Ephesians
5: 1 - 2
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| 1 | Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. |
| 2 | And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. |
| John
6: 41 - 51
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| 41 | The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, "I am the bread which came down from heaven." |
| 42 | They said, "Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, `I have come down from heaven'?" |
| 43 | Jesus answered them, "Do not murmur among yourselves. |
| 44 | No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day. |
| 45 | It is written in the prophets, `And they shall all be taught by God.' Every one who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me. |
| 46 | Not that any one has seen the Father except him who is from God; he has seen the Father. |
| 47 | Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes has eternal life. |
| 48 | I am the bread of life. |
| 49 | Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. |
| 50 | This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that a man may eat of it and not die. |
| 51 | I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if any one eats of this bread, he will live for ever; and the bread which I shall give for the life of the world is my flesh." |
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