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Matthew 19: 23 - 30

reynor — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:20:06 +0000

23 And Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly, I say to you, it will be hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.
24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”
25 When the disciples heard this they were greatly astonished, saying, “Who then can be saved?”
26 But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
27 Then Peter said in reply, “Lo, we have left everything and followed you. What then shall we have?”
28 Jesus said to them, “Truly, I say to you, in the new world, when the Son of man shall sit on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
29 And every one who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life.
30 But many that are first will be last, and the last first.

St. Louis

reynor — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:50:59 +0000

I worry until midnight, and from then on I let God worry.

– St. Louis

Matthew 19: 16 - 22

reynor — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:31:21 +0000

16 And behold, one came up to him, saying, “Teacher, what good deed must I do, to have eternal life?”
17 And he said to him, “Why do you ask me about what is good? One there is who is good. If you would enter life, keep the commandments.”
18 He said to him, “Which?” And Jesus said, “You shall not kill, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness,
19 Honor your father and mother, and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
20 The young man said to him, “All these I have observed; what do I still lack?”
21 Jesus said to him, “If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”
22 When the young man heard this he went away sorrowful; for he had great possessions.

St. Vincent of Lerins

reynor — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:29:56 +0000

“Guard” says St Paul, “what has been committed”. What does it mean? It is what has been faithfully entrusted to you, not what has been discovered by you; what you have received, not what you have thought up; be not the leader but the follower!

– St. Vincent of Lerins

Co-Workers of the Truth 8/17

reynor — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:55:38 +0000

When we read the newspaper or watch television we discover very quickly that only one theme is dominant: soccer and the soccer championship. Soccer has become a global event that, irrespective of boundaries, links humanity around the world in one and the same state of tension: in its hopes, its fears, its emotions, its joys. This tells us that some primeval human instinct is at play here and raises the question as to the source of the spell this game exerts.

The pessimist will say that it was the same in ancient Rome: panem et circences: bread and circus. Even if we accept this explanation, we must still ask: Why is this game so fascinating that it ranks on an equal with bread? To find an answer we might look once more to ancient Rome: the cry for bread and games was in reality the expresssion of a longing for the paradisal life - an escape from the wearisome enslavement of daily life. It has, moreover, another characteristic that is especially pertinent in the case of children: it is a training for life.

It seems to me that the fascination of soccer consists essentialy in the fact that it links these two aspects in a very convincing manner. It teaches us first to be disciplines and fair in competition. As they watch, people are caught up in the game and so share in the togetherness and competition it engenders. All this can, of course, be destroyed by money and the spirit of commercialism. Perhaps as we ponder it, this game can really teach us anew what life is: human freedom lives by rules, by self-discipline. The game is life in miniature; when we consider it in depth, the phenomenon of a world enthralled by soccer can give us more than just entertainment.

From: Deutsche Tagespost, June 7, 1978

ATENEO CHAMBER SINGERS IN NYC

reynor — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:16:27 +0000

September 19, 2008
7:30 pm

ATENEO CHAMBER SINGERS IN NYC

September 19, 2008, Friday 7:30 pm – Ateneo Alumni Northeast, Inc presents the Ateneo Chamber Singers in “Umawit Sa Kagalakan” (2nd U.S. Tour) – a concert of classical & spiritual songs at the Our Lady of Pompeii Church at 25 Carmine St. corner Bleeker St (A,B, C, D, E, F, V – W.4th/PATH – Christopher St). For the benefit of the Ateneo Scholarship Foundation. $20.00 advance sale/$25.00 at the door. For details: Mike (732) 241-4361; Cynthia (646) 318-3539: Yiying (347) 677-3487.. To purchase tickets online visit the website www.atenista-usa.org VISA, MC, AMEX accepted”

Thank you very much.

For Ateneo Alumni Northeast, Inc.
Antero “Ner” Martinez

Matthew 15: 21 - 28

reynor — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:13:28 +0000

21 And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.
22 And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and cried, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely possessed by a demon.”
23 But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away, for she is crying after us.”
24 He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
25 But she came and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, help me.”
26 And he answered, “It is not fair to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”
27 She said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.”
28 Then Jesus answered her, “O woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed instantly.

St. Francis de Sales

reynor — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:11:43 +0000

Who doesn’t see that the world is an unjust judge, gracious and favorable to its own children, but harsh towards the children of God? Whatever we do the, the world will wage war against us.

— St. Francis de Sales

Co-Workers of the Truth 8/16

reynor — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:33:00 +0000

There is taking place at the present time a silent exodus from the Church. The inner consensus of belief seems, somehow, to have lost the power to control it that it would perhaps have had a generation ago…One problem here is that the Church can present to us only what she has and what she is. But we cannot begin with the way she presents herself; we must go to the roots. If there do not exist in the Church strengths that have something to offer us today, then her presentation of herself will be of little value to us.

These strengths undoubtedly do exist in the Church, for the Gospel has not become void and Christ has not departed from us. We do not place our hope in strategies; on the contrary, Christ is our hope. We must proceed to and from his presence. What is central must remain central.

The Church erred when she yielded to a perhaps half-hearted desire to prove that even without the good news of God and his Christ she was still a good and useful philantropic organization. Granted, the philanthropic contribution of the Church is of enormous importance - a task imposed on her by the Lord. But we must realize that she is not just one welfare organization among others that wants to assure her place in the social scene, but that her activity springs from the deeper power of a love that wants only to communicate itself, that she is active, not because she wants to be in the limelight, but because “the love of Christ urges us on”. It must be evident that God is something of which humanity stands in need.

The Church must proclaim her belief courageously and without embarassment, must confess what she knows is salvific: that she has to do with God and God has to do with us; that she can therefore bring humanity into contact with him…It would be a great error, however, to think we are reflecting the views of Pope John XXIII and the Council merely because we follow every fashion that is considered modern.

To be courageous can also mean to be nonconformist, to oppose something that everyone else accepts and so in a moment’s time to find oneself suddenly in the minority. In the last analysis, the world is ultimately governed by courageous minorities that really have something to offer, not by some superficial mass phenomenon.

From: Deutsche Tagespost, July 29, 1989

Matthew 19: 13 - 15

reynor — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:23:14 +0000

13 Then children were brought to him that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples rebuked the people;
14 but Jesus said, “Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them; for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.”
15 And he laid his hands on them and went away.