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Jun
30
July All Night Vigil
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| July 4, 2008 9:00 pm | to | July 5, 2008 5:00 am |
O come let us adore Him…every First Friday. We will meet at 9:00 P.M. at Our Lady of Peace Church to spend time in prayer and adoration of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He is the reason we exist, and to Him we owe everything.
Church of Our Lady of Peace
237 E. 62nd St
New York, NY 10021
For Information About This Event, Please Contact:
Patrick Howley / (212) 753-2261 x295 / info@cspya.org
Jun
30
Co-Workers of the Truth 6/30
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Recognition of the papacy does not belittle the role of Christ, the Head of the Church; it is rather a recognition of the triumphant power of his grace; it is a recognition of what he effects through human beings, of what only he can effect. It may be objected here that theoretically this is all fine and good, but how does it work in practice? How can we claim that our sole focus is Christ when the Pope is the visible focus of the Church’s unity? The answer is perhaps nowhere so clearly evident as in the fundamental prayer of the Church, the Eucharist, in which the center of her life is not only expressed, but consummated day after day. Christ is profoundly and solely the center of the Eucharist. He prays for us, he puts his prayer on our lips, for only he can say: “This is my Body…; this is my Blood”. In this way he incorporates us into his life, into his act of eternal love. Following an ancient tradition, we, for our part, say at each celebration of the Eucharist: we celebrate it together with our Pope. Christ gives himself in the Eucharist and he is, in every place, the one Christ; therefore wherever the Eucharist is celebrated the whole mystery of the Church is present. Precisely because the whole, undivided, and indivisible Christ is present in the Eucharist, the Eucharist can be properly celebrated only when it is celebrated with the whole Church. We have Christ only when we have him with others. Because the Eucharist is solely about Christ, it is, for that reason, the sacrament of the Church. And, for the same reason, it can be celebrated only in the unity of the whole Church and with the fullness of her power. That is why the Pope has a place in the eucharistic prayer. Communion with him is communion with the whole; without it, there is no communion with Christ.
From: Ordinariatskorrespondenz, June 5, 1977
Jun
30
Matthew 8:18-22
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18 Now when Jesus saw great crowds around him, he gave orders to go over to the other side.
19 And a scribe came up and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”
20 And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head.”
21 Another of the disciples said to him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.”
22 But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.”
Jun
30
Pope John Paul II
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The Transfiguration is not only the revelation of Christ’s glory but also a preparation for facing Christ’s cross. It involves both “going up the mountain” and “coming down the mountain.” The disciples who have enjoyed this intimacy with the Master, surrounded by the splendor of the Trinitarian life, “…are immediately brought back to daily reality, where they see ‘Jesus only,’ in the lowliness of his human nature.”
– Pope John Paul II
Jun
27
Matthew 8: 1 - 4
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1 When he came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him;
2 and behold, a leper came to him and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.”
3 And he stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I will; be clean.” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
4 And Jesus said to him, “See that you say nothing to any one; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a proof to the people.”
Jun
27
St John Vianney
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The reason why our times are so irreligious is on account of the unchristian families. Where the wrong was, there must be the remedy. All the authority of Church and State is useless if the family does not co-operate.
– St John Vianney
Jun
26
June 28 Recollection (Free Event)
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| June 28, 2008 | ||
| 2:30 am |
Where:: Chapel of San Lorenzo Ruiz, 378 Broome St., NYC (bet Mott & Mulberry)
Our Beloved Holy Father, in his address to the Youth at Dunwoodie asked us:
“And what of today? Who bears witness to the Good News of Jesus on the streets of New York, in the troubled neighborhoods of large cities, in the places where the young gather, seeking someone in whom they can trust? How then can we as believers help others to walk the path of freedom which brings fulfillment and lasting happiness?
What about today? What are you seeking? What is God whispering to you?
It is from within the Church that you too will find the courage and support to walk the way of the Lord. Nourished by personal prayer, prompted in silence, shaped by the Church’s liturgy you will discover the particular vocation God has for you. Embrace it with joy. You are Christ’s disciples today.
Shine his light upon this great city and beyond. Show the world the reason for the hope that resonates within you. Tell others about the truth that sets you free.
Take courage! Let your imaginations soar freely along the limitless expanse of the horizons of Christian discipleship.”
And so with this I invite you to take part of this discipleship. Share in the opportunity to be witnesses of Christ. Email your friends, share to them the Hope that we have in Christ, especially through the Sacraments of the Church. Let us all together learn more about these treasures, THE SACRAMENTS, on June 28 by joining us as we spend an afternoon of recollection with Rev. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP. Thank you and May God bless you always.
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Jun
26
Pope Prefers Communion on the Tongue
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Source: Catholic Online
WASHINGTON, DC (Catholic Online) – Reports are circulating, in circles which are intensely attuned to the continued warming of relations between the Orthodox and Catholic Churches, of a statement and proposal allegedly made by Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople.
If they are confirmed, it may signal a major move toward communion between Eastern Catholics and their Orthodox Brethren.It may also open the path to dialogue on communion between the Churches even wider.
The Religious Information Service of the Ukraine, associated with the Ukranian Catholic University, was cited as one source for the articles. Another was a German Ecumenical Journal named after the great Bishops Cyril and Methodius.
Both of these sources allege that the Orthodox Patriarch made an unusual gesture toward Eastern Catholic Churches which are in union with Rome, proposing that the members of those Churches somehow “return to Orthodoxy without breaking unity with Rome”. Continue reading here.
Jun
26
Bishops ready to back Filipino Church on mining: Putney
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On a visit to the Philippines, Townsville Bishop Michael Putney has said Australia’s Catholic bishops are ready to assist Filipino bishops in their campaign against Australian-controlled mining operations.
The Philippines Sun-Star reports Filipino bishops have found an ally in Australia in their bid to stop mining activities operated by Australian firms in the country.
The paper quotes Bishop Michael Putney as saying Australia’s bishops are willing to help if asked by the Filipino prelates. Continue reading here.
From: Catholic News
Jun
26
Co-Workers of the Truth 6/26
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One who preaches to the peope the word of faith is not saying things that are likely to please them, but must expect to meet with opposition. Jesus did not promise upholstered chairs or Cabinet posts, but only his Baptism and his chalice. In saying that, we have identified the two fundamental sacraments, Baptism and Holy Eucharist, as the essence of gift to humanity. But we have also made clear what it means to receive Baptism and Holy Eucharist: being ready to suffer for the truth and for love. The Pope knows this. That is why, in an address to the American bishops, he alluded to the words of Saint Paul: ”Brothers in Christ, when we preach the truth in love, we must expect to be criticized, for we cannot please everyone. But we do nevertheless, have a genuine contribution to make to the salvation of everyone. For that reason, we are humbly convinced that God is with us in our service to the truth and that he ‘does not give us the spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline’ (2Tim 1:7)”.
The spirit of cowardice -that is assuredly not a characteristic that one would attribute to John Paul II. That is why it had to be realized from the beginning [of his papacy] that one day, sooner or later, he would have to face opposition. Significantly, that opposition was strongest when the Pope, in his talks in America, addressed the world that is typically Western- when he addressed our world, when he brought into it the salt of the Gospel, when he exposed our wounds to the light of Christ’s message and revealed them as wounds.
In this criticism there are some elements that we might even find humorous. In the so-called “position papers” with which we were bombarded before the papal election, we were told: above all, a Pope must be open to the world. And I find it somewhat comical that the same people are telling him now that he should not go so much into the world, but should spend more time at home and read. We were also told: the Pope must be charismatic, not bureaucratic. And I find it amusing that it is precisely the individual who customarily speaks of the hierarchy as a “Church of wolves” who now reminds the Pope that the Church cannot be led by charism alone. But there are other, more serious, criticisms that must be taken more seriously. We are told, for example, that the Pope is the product of a conservative theology that is appropriate for a conservative country, but that he is obviously not familiar with the West and its quite different situation. It is said, moreover, that, by reason of his pastoral role, he should not simply decree and decide; he should discuss and convince.
But one who truly listens knows that this Pope has not spent his life in a small and narrow world -and not just because he has already travelled widely in the world, because he has always been surrounded by young people whose enthusiasms, problems, and questions about a world that is, in this sense, still undivided are everywhere the same, but also, more especially, because, as a man, he has himself known and endured all the depths of human life and its sufferings.
In the realm of the human heart, he has discovered the world of the human being and has pondered and suffered it anew. By reason of such journeyings into the adventure of human existence, he can speak with intimate knowledge and can make the word of faith perceptible again in all its permanence -the word that, in that sense, is certainly conservative, for it protects the ground of human nature. But, precisely in so doing, it is creative because it thus bestows ont he individual the possibility of maturity and progress, which cannot exist without a goal. One who listens carefully to the Pope’s words, sees as well that they are not issued as commands, but bear within them the whole history of a life that has been nourished by the centuries-long history of the Faith, and regards humanity anew from this perspective; that he looks at himself with self-criticism, whereas we usually turn away and do not look at ourselves. Thus the Pope makes visible to us why what is permanent is also always something new.
From: Ordinariatskorrespondenz, no23, October 25, 1979
