Confirmed!
They have until June 30.
Any sales before the closing of the store?
No idea.
But I certainly pity the employees of the store.
The owner. Nah.
Their books don't sell at all.
Ha!
The blog of a group of Filipino Catholics and their frank commentary on anything that affects their lives as a citizen of the Philippines and as a Roman Catholics.
Friday, June 15, 2012
BREAKING NEWS: Liturgica closing shop!
Barely two years in operation, Liturgica is closing shop.
Confirmed!
They have until June 30.
Any sales before the closing of the store?
No idea.
But I certainly pity the employees of the store.
The owner. Nah.
Their books don't sell at all.
Ha!
Confirmed!
They have until June 30.
Any sales before the closing of the store?
No idea.
But I certainly pity the employees of the store.
The owner. Nah.
Their books don't sell at all.
Ha!
Not your ordinary 4th degree Knights
I have had more than a couple of times been asked if the Knights are exclusively for the Catholic Church.
Duh!
Of course!
Then I was also asked if there are Knights in the Eastern Churches as well.
Duh!
Of course!
The Easterners are also our brothers, ok?
"But hey Sir Knight TPC, where is your proof?"
Duh!
Here it is!
These fourth degree Knights, based on the ribbons of their officers jewels (they are not called medals, ok?) and the lining of the social baldric (they are not called sash, ok?) these men are Canadian Knights. Yup, we take the national colors as identifying colors of our country of origin. So 4th degree Knights of the USA and the Philippines have the red, white and blue.
These Catholic gentlemen are members of Bishop Nykyta Budka Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus Assembly #2755 - Saskatoon
Blessed Bishop & Martyr, Nykyta Budka, is the first Ukrainian Catholic Eparch of Canada and the patron saint of the Assembly.
Want to know more about them, click here and visit their site.
You'll sure learn more about the Knights being present in all of the Catholic Church, West or East, Novus Ordo or TLM.
Of course!
Duh.
Duh!
Of course!
Then I was also asked if there are Knights in the Eastern Churches as well.
Duh!
Of course!
The Easterners are also our brothers, ok?
"But hey Sir Knight TPC, where is your proof?"
Duh!
Here it is!
These fourth degree Knights, based on the ribbons of their officers jewels (they are not called medals, ok?) and the lining of the social baldric (they are not called sash, ok?) these men are Canadian Knights. Yup, we take the national colors as identifying colors of our country of origin. So 4th degree Knights of the USA and the Philippines have the red, white and blue.
These Catholic gentlemen are members of Bishop Nykyta Budka Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus Assembly #2755 - Saskatoon
Blessed Bishop & Martyr, Nykyta Budka, is the first Ukrainian Catholic Eparch of Canada and the patron saint of the Assembly.
Want to know more about them, click here and visit their site.
You'll sure learn more about the Knights being present in all of the Catholic Church, West or East, Novus Ordo or TLM.
Of course!
Duh.
Today is the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart
Go to confession, Mass and receive Holy Communion!
Make an Act of Reparation!
And pray for me as I pray for you too.
May the Heart of Jesus present in all tabernacles of the world be honored, praised and glorified now unto the end of ages. Amen!
Make an Act of Reparation!
And pray for me as I pray for you too.
May the Heart of Jesus present in all tabernacles of the world be honored, praised and glorified now unto the end of ages. Amen!
Thursday, June 14, 2012
The best way to celebrate Corpus Christi
I am not saying it is the only way. I am saying that it is probably the best way to show your love of Christ and giving him public honor.
It is always done in Rome.
And also here, albeit quite rarely, in the Philippines.
Thank the Lord for this!
Photo credits from Sense of the Sacred of Rev. Fr. Jojo Zerrudo of the Diocese of Cubao.
Sung TLM. Yup. That little kid is serving because as haters of the TLM say, the kid does not understand Latin and does not understand what is going on. Try talking to that kid and you'll be surprised.
So, who is the one who does not understand, eh?
As the saying in Tagalog goes:
"Kung gusto hahanapan ng paraan. Kung ayaw, hahanapan ng dahilan."
Street procession of the Blessed Sacrament. Yeah, Fr. Zerrudo is just following liturgical laws. Why would your parish priest not do this?
Hmmm...let me answer that.
LAZY!
The procession of the Blessed Sacrament outside of the church or chapel happens only twice a year: Corpus Christi and Christ the King.
Only two. And your friendly neighborhood TV Mass priest would not dare have it.
Guess airtime is too short for him, eh? But not the SOBRE!
Ha!
The procession goes back to the church patio where the Benediction was done.
This is how you promote religious fervor among the faithful!
If you don't hold processions, how do you expect people to develop that love and devotion to the Mass and the Eucharist? By your jokes in your homily? By singing and dancing at Mass? By asking them to clap at the end of a lousy, empty homily?
This is the right way to do it!
And this one is the way to sure failure!
KSPs............
I bet that this Willie Revillame priest did not have a Corpus Christi procession.
It is always done in Rome.
And also here, albeit quite rarely, in the Philippines.
Thank the Lord for this!
Photo credits from Sense of the Sacred of Rev. Fr. Jojo Zerrudo of the Diocese of Cubao.
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So, who is the one who does not understand, eh?
As the saying in Tagalog goes:
"Kung gusto hahanapan ng paraan. Kung ayaw, hahanapan ng dahilan."
Hmmm...let me answer that.
LAZY!
The procession of the Blessed Sacrament outside of the church or chapel happens only twice a year: Corpus Christi and Christ the King.
Only two. And your friendly neighborhood TV Mass priest would not dare have it.
Guess airtime is too short for him, eh? But not the SOBRE!
Ha!
If you don't hold processions, how do you expect people to develop that love and devotion to the Mass and the Eucharist? By your jokes in your homily? By singing and dancing at Mass? By asking them to clap at the end of a lousy, empty homily?
This is the right way to do it!
And this one is the way to sure failure!
KSPs............
I bet that this Willie Revillame priest did not have a Corpus Christi procession.
Guess where they had been
The sisters posing after attending a seminar....
......about Pranic Healing!
Sooooo, Catholic!
Booyah!
If you have Catholic nuns like this spending more time learning to become more Hindu, then who needs a yogi to drive you away from the teachings of the Church?
Pranic healing heals you through cosmic energies called prana. We, Catholic believe that we are healed by Grace, through the mercy and providence of the Almighty, not through the waving of hands, not through the channeling of good prana or chi.
God's grace of healing comes to us through his instruments, be it a sacred relic, like the helm of the Lord's garment (Mt. 9:20), the handkerchief of Peter (Acts 19:12), even the mere shadow of Peter can heal (Acts 5:12-16)!
Pranic healing masks itself as channeling the healing power of the Holy Spirit since He is the source of all good energies. This is baloney. Pranic healing requires you to follow steps on which chakras or energy centers to "clean" and you also "wash" yourself of bad energy using salt and water (huh? copying from Catholics? hehe).
If indeed the Holy Spirit heals, why focus on each chakra? Why not just go and touch!
So Pranic Healing and other New Age stuff that these "Catholic" nuns woould like to learn, most probably in order for them to become..."healers", like all those televangelists you see and hear are.....as Fr. John Trigilio of EWTN calls it: "NONSENSE!"
Hahaha!
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
St. Anthony of Padua!
Ora pro nobis eo!
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And here is a very great article about the life and works of St. Anthony, including why he is the patron to ask for prayers in finding lost things, the miracle of the donkey and the Blessed Sacrament and why he is represented with the Baby Jesus in his arms.
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Why is St. Anthony the patron saint of lost things?
Before actually addressing why St. Anthony is the patron saint of lost things, we ought to take some time to review his life.
St. Anthony was born in Lisbon in 1195 and was baptized "Ferdinand." His parents were of nobility. Some writers of the fifteenth century posited that his father was Martin Bouillon, a descendant of the famous Godfrey de Bouillon, commander of the First Crusade; and his mother, Theresa Tavejra, was a descendant of Froila I, fourth king of Asturia. However, this genealogy is unproven. Nevertheless, his parents were faithful and sought to hand their faith onto their son. He also was privileged to receive his early education at the cathedral school of Lisbon.
At the age of 15, Ferdinand joined the Canons Regular of St. Augustine in Lisbon. Two years later, he transferred to the monastery in Coimbra to avoid the distractions from frequent visits of relatives and friends. During this time, he studied diligently and, being gifted with an excellent memory, he attained an excellent knowledge of theology, sacred Scripture and the Church fathers.
In 1220, the five bodies of the first Franciscan Martyrs, who were martyred in Morocco at the hands of the Moslems, were returned to Portugal. They were brought to the Church of Santa Croce in Coimbra for burial where Ferdinand was stationed. Moved by their witness of faith in suffering martyrdom, Ferdinand also desired to preach the gospel to the Moslems and even give his own life for our Lord. To pursue this desire, he left the Augustinians and joined the Order of Friars Minor, the Franciscans, and took the name "Anthony."
St. Anthony set sail to go to Morocco in the spring of 1221. Almost as soon as he arrived, he was stricken with a severe illness, which, after several weeks, necessitated his to return to Portugal. On his return journey, a violent storm drove the ship off course, and eventually it docked in Messina, Sicily. He remained there until he regained his health. He learned that a general chapter of the Franciscans was to take place on May 30 in Assisi, so he traveled there to take part and to meet St. Francis.
During the chapter, St. Anthony asked to be assigned to live in a place in solitude and penance. His superior, Father Graziano, sent him to the hermitage of Monte Paolo near Forli and Bologna. One day, St. Anthony was attending an ordination of Franciscan and Dominican priests at Forli. (Possibly, at this time, St. Anthony himself was ordained as a priest.) When the time came for the sermon, they discovered that no one had been appointed to preach. The Dominicans declined because no one was prepared. The Franciscans then offered St. Anthony, who they thought could read only the Missal and the Breviary. They told him to preach whatever the Holy Spirit put into his mouth. This he did. He astonished everyone not only with his zeal and eloquence, but also with his profound theological knowledge. This event launched St. Anthony’s preaching and teaching career. The provincial assigned St. Anthony to preach through the Lombardy region, and he had great success in converting many heretics and renewing the faith of many people.
St. Francis himself soon heard of St. Anthony’s ability. In 1224, he wrote, "To Brother Anthony, Brother Francis sends his greetings. It is my pleasure that you teach theology to the brethren, provided, however, that as the Rule prescribes, the spirit of prayer and devotion may not be extinguished. Farewell." St. Anthony taught at Bologna, Montpellier and Toulouse.
In 1230, he moved to Padua, a monastery he helped establish and where he would spend his remaining life. Besides preaching, he organized relief for the poor, the abolition of debtors prisons, and the release of prisoners captured in the wars between city-states.
Nevertheless, St. Anthony was most known for his eloquent and compelling preaching. St. Anthony exhorted the faithful to conversion, laity and clergy alike. He preached against the vices of luxury, avarice and tyranny. At a time of fighting between the city-states of Italy, his sermons inspired peaceful reconciliations. He also converted many heretics to the faith with his solid, persuasive and compassionate arguments. He was especially noted for his defense of the Real Presence of Christ in the Holy Eucharist, the Immaculate Conception and Assumption of Mary, and the infallibility of the Pope. By the end of his life, 30,000 people would gather in Padua to listen to him; moreover, so many were moved to repentance that more priests had to be found to hear confessions. For these reasons, he was given the title "Hammer of Heretics" and "Ark of the Covenant." (Pope Gregory IX, who heard St. Anthony preach, in his canonization decree gave him the title "Ark of the Covenant," for just as the original Ark held the sacred Scriptures, so did St. Anthony in his person.) Pope Pius XII remarked, "If anyone attentively considers the sermons of the Paduan, Anthony will stand forth as a most skilled master of the Scriptures, an outstanding theologian in examining doctrine, an excellent doctor and master in treating of ascetical and mystical things."
Several miracles are attributed to St. Anthony during his lifetime. One miracle occurred when he was preaching on Holy Thursday evening in the Church of St. Pierre du Queriox in Limoges, France. He remembered that he had to sing a lesson in the Divine Office back at his monastery. He appeared simultaneously preaching in the church and singing the lesson at the monastery. Here is the miracle of bilocation.
Another famous miracle involved the defense of the Real Presence of the Holy Eucharist. (The same story is told with different antagonists — one a Jewish merchant, the other, a heretic named "Bonillo"; for this article, the former will be used.) The Jewish merchant challenged St. Anthony to prove the "fable" of the holy Eucharist and devised a contest. The merchant would starve a donkey for three days, denying it any kind of food. Meanwhile, St. Anthony retreated to the forest where he would fast and pray for three days. At the end of the three days, St. Anthony returned to town, and went to the church where he obtained the Blessed Sacrament. He then went to the town square where the donkey was. The merchant placed a bale of hay 20 feet from the hungry donkey. The donkey was untied and walked toward the hay. St. Anthony then exposed the Blessed Sacrament and called to the donkey, "Mule, in the name of the Lord our God, I command you to come here and adore your Creator!" The donkey stopped as though someone had pulled him by a bridle, turned and walked to St. Anthony. The donkey bent his forelegs, bowing to the Blessed Sacrament with his head toward the ground. The Jewish merchant was astonished, asked St. Anthony for forgiveness and converted. These and other miracles during and after St. Anthony’s death merited him the name, "Miracle Worker."
St. Anthony also received an apparition of the Infant Jesus. (French writers maintain that it happened at the Castle of Chateauneuf-la-Foret near Limoges, and Italian writers maintain that it happened at Camposanpiero near Padua.) St. Anthony, before going to bed for the night, was reading his Bible. Suddenly, the Infant Jesus appeared resting on the Bible and in the arms of St. Anthony. The Infant Jesus stroked St. Anthony’s face. Here the word of God appeared to the man who had so well preached His word. For this reason, most images of St. Anthony depict him holding a Bible with the Infant Jesus.
St. Anthony is invoked as the patron saint of lost things. A little jingle goes like this: "St. Anthony, please look around; something is lost and must be found." This attribution comes from an incident where a novice carried off a valuable psalter St. Anthony was using. St. Anthony prayed very hard that the psalter would be found. After seeing an alarming apparition of St. Anthony, the novice returned the psalter. However, many suggest he is more importantly the patron of lost souls — those who have fallen to mortal sin, have abandoned the Church and have grown apathetic to the practice of the faith.
This beloved saint died on June 13, 1231 at the age of 36. Right before his death, he went to confession, sang a hymn to the Blessed Mother, and was anointed; he was asked, "Do you see anything?" to which he replied, "I see my Lord." Upon his death, the children of Padua ran through the streets, crying, "The holy Father is dead. St. Anthony is dead." Thirty years after his burial, the vault was opened and his body had deteriorated to dust except for his tongue, which remained preserved and incorrupt: St. Bonaventure took the tongue in his hands and kissed it, exclaiming, "O Blessed tongue that always praised the Lord, and made others bless Him, now it is evident what great merit thou hast before God." Moreover, to this day, many faithful have received miracles at the tomb of St. Anthony in Padua.
Pope Pius XII declared St. Anthony a Doctor of the Church on January 16, 1946. His apostolic letter began as follows: "Exult, happy Portugal, rejoice, happy Padua; for you have given birth for earth and heaven to a shining star, a man who has illuminated and still dazzles with a radiant light the whole earth, not only by holiness of life and fame of miracles, but by the splendor of his celestial teaching."
PS: The Donkey falls on its knees while you opt to stand during the consecration and Communion and receive him using your hands.
If that donkey could ever speak...
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| The Skeleton of St. Anthony |
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| The incorrupt tongue of St. Anthony |
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And here is a very great article about the life and works of St. Anthony, including why he is the patron to ask for prayers in finding lost things, the miracle of the donkey and the Blessed Sacrament and why he is represented with the Baby Jesus in his arms.
***
Why is St. Anthony the patron saint of lost things?
Before actually addressing why St. Anthony is the patron saint of lost things, we ought to take some time to review his life.
St. Anthony was born in Lisbon in 1195 and was baptized "Ferdinand." His parents were of nobility. Some writers of the fifteenth century posited that his father was Martin Bouillon, a descendant of the famous Godfrey de Bouillon, commander of the First Crusade; and his mother, Theresa Tavejra, was a descendant of Froila I, fourth king of Asturia. However, this genealogy is unproven. Nevertheless, his parents were faithful and sought to hand their faith onto their son. He also was privileged to receive his early education at the cathedral school of Lisbon.
At the age of 15, Ferdinand joined the Canons Regular of St. Augustine in Lisbon. Two years later, he transferred to the monastery in Coimbra to avoid the distractions from frequent visits of relatives and friends. During this time, he studied diligently and, being gifted with an excellent memory, he attained an excellent knowledge of theology, sacred Scripture and the Church fathers.
In 1220, the five bodies of the first Franciscan Martyrs, who were martyred in Morocco at the hands of the Moslems, were returned to Portugal. They were brought to the Church of Santa Croce in Coimbra for burial where Ferdinand was stationed. Moved by their witness of faith in suffering martyrdom, Ferdinand also desired to preach the gospel to the Moslems and even give his own life for our Lord. To pursue this desire, he left the Augustinians and joined the Order of Friars Minor, the Franciscans, and took the name "Anthony."
St. Anthony set sail to go to Morocco in the spring of 1221. Almost as soon as he arrived, he was stricken with a severe illness, which, after several weeks, necessitated his to return to Portugal. On his return journey, a violent storm drove the ship off course, and eventually it docked in Messina, Sicily. He remained there until he regained his health. He learned that a general chapter of the Franciscans was to take place on May 30 in Assisi, so he traveled there to take part and to meet St. Francis.
During the chapter, St. Anthony asked to be assigned to live in a place in solitude and penance. His superior, Father Graziano, sent him to the hermitage of Monte Paolo near Forli and Bologna. One day, St. Anthony was attending an ordination of Franciscan and Dominican priests at Forli. (Possibly, at this time, St. Anthony himself was ordained as a priest.) When the time came for the sermon, they discovered that no one had been appointed to preach. The Dominicans declined because no one was prepared. The Franciscans then offered St. Anthony, who they thought could read only the Missal and the Breviary. They told him to preach whatever the Holy Spirit put into his mouth. This he did. He astonished everyone not only with his zeal and eloquence, but also with his profound theological knowledge. This event launched St. Anthony’s preaching and teaching career. The provincial assigned St. Anthony to preach through the Lombardy region, and he had great success in converting many heretics and renewing the faith of many people.
St. Francis himself soon heard of St. Anthony’s ability. In 1224, he wrote, "To Brother Anthony, Brother Francis sends his greetings. It is my pleasure that you teach theology to the brethren, provided, however, that as the Rule prescribes, the spirit of prayer and devotion may not be extinguished. Farewell." St. Anthony taught at Bologna, Montpellier and Toulouse.
In 1230, he moved to Padua, a monastery he helped establish and where he would spend his remaining life. Besides preaching, he organized relief for the poor, the abolition of debtors prisons, and the release of prisoners captured in the wars between city-states.
Nevertheless, St. Anthony was most known for his eloquent and compelling preaching. St. Anthony exhorted the faithful to conversion, laity and clergy alike. He preached against the vices of luxury, avarice and tyranny. At a time of fighting between the city-states of Italy, his sermons inspired peaceful reconciliations. He also converted many heretics to the faith with his solid, persuasive and compassionate arguments. He was especially noted for his defense of the Real Presence of Christ in the Holy Eucharist, the Immaculate Conception and Assumption of Mary, and the infallibility of the Pope. By the end of his life, 30,000 people would gather in Padua to listen to him; moreover, so many were moved to repentance that more priests had to be found to hear confessions. For these reasons, he was given the title "Hammer of Heretics" and "Ark of the Covenant." (Pope Gregory IX, who heard St. Anthony preach, in his canonization decree gave him the title "Ark of the Covenant," for just as the original Ark held the sacred Scriptures, so did St. Anthony in his person.) Pope Pius XII remarked, "If anyone attentively considers the sermons of the Paduan, Anthony will stand forth as a most skilled master of the Scriptures, an outstanding theologian in examining doctrine, an excellent doctor and master in treating of ascetical and mystical things."
Several miracles are attributed to St. Anthony during his lifetime. One miracle occurred when he was preaching on Holy Thursday evening in the Church of St. Pierre du Queriox in Limoges, France. He remembered that he had to sing a lesson in the Divine Office back at his monastery. He appeared simultaneously preaching in the church and singing the lesson at the monastery. Here is the miracle of bilocation.
Another famous miracle involved the defense of the Real Presence of the Holy Eucharist. (The same story is told with different antagonists — one a Jewish merchant, the other, a heretic named "Bonillo"; for this article, the former will be used.) The Jewish merchant challenged St. Anthony to prove the "fable" of the holy Eucharist and devised a contest. The merchant would starve a donkey for three days, denying it any kind of food. Meanwhile, St. Anthony retreated to the forest where he would fast and pray for three days. At the end of the three days, St. Anthony returned to town, and went to the church where he obtained the Blessed Sacrament. He then went to the town square where the donkey was. The merchant placed a bale of hay 20 feet from the hungry donkey. The donkey was untied and walked toward the hay. St. Anthony then exposed the Blessed Sacrament and called to the donkey, "Mule, in the name of the Lord our God, I command you to come here and adore your Creator!" The donkey stopped as though someone had pulled him by a bridle, turned and walked to St. Anthony. The donkey bent his forelegs, bowing to the Blessed Sacrament with his head toward the ground. The Jewish merchant was astonished, asked St. Anthony for forgiveness and converted. These and other miracles during and after St. Anthony’s death merited him the name, "Miracle Worker."
St. Anthony also received an apparition of the Infant Jesus. (French writers maintain that it happened at the Castle of Chateauneuf-la-Foret near Limoges, and Italian writers maintain that it happened at Camposanpiero near Padua.) St. Anthony, before going to bed for the night, was reading his Bible. Suddenly, the Infant Jesus appeared resting on the Bible and in the arms of St. Anthony. The Infant Jesus stroked St. Anthony’s face. Here the word of God appeared to the man who had so well preached His word. For this reason, most images of St. Anthony depict him holding a Bible with the Infant Jesus.
St. Anthony is invoked as the patron saint of lost things. A little jingle goes like this: "St. Anthony, please look around; something is lost and must be found." This attribution comes from an incident where a novice carried off a valuable psalter St. Anthony was using. St. Anthony prayed very hard that the psalter would be found. After seeing an alarming apparition of St. Anthony, the novice returned the psalter. However, many suggest he is more importantly the patron of lost souls — those who have fallen to mortal sin, have abandoned the Church and have grown apathetic to the practice of the faith.
This beloved saint died on June 13, 1231 at the age of 36. Right before his death, he went to confession, sang a hymn to the Blessed Mother, and was anointed; he was asked, "Do you see anything?" to which he replied, "I see my Lord." Upon his death, the children of Padua ran through the streets, crying, "The holy Father is dead. St. Anthony is dead." Thirty years after his burial, the vault was opened and his body had deteriorated to dust except for his tongue, which remained preserved and incorrupt: St. Bonaventure took the tongue in his hands and kissed it, exclaiming, "O Blessed tongue that always praised the Lord, and made others bless Him, now it is evident what great merit thou hast before God." Moreover, to this day, many faithful have received miracles at the tomb of St. Anthony in Padua.
Pope Pius XII declared St. Anthony a Doctor of the Church on January 16, 1946. His apostolic letter began as follows: "Exult, happy Portugal, rejoice, happy Padua; for you have given birth for earth and heaven to a shining star, a man who has illuminated and still dazzles with a radiant light the whole earth, not only by holiness of life and fame of miracles, but by the splendor of his celestial teaching."
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| A monument commemorating the miracle of the Eucharist and the Donkey |
PS: The Donkey falls on its knees while you opt to stand during the consecration and Communion and receive him using your hands.
If that donkey could ever speak...
Key Curial appointments: Müller and Tagle and more!
Hmmm....
Let's read Whispers in the Loggia.
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While the Stateside audience has spent the morning fixed on the CDF's LCWR summit, a much less conspicuous piece of related news slipped into today's Vatican's Daily Bollettino could prove at least as significant.
Amid months of speculation that's increasingly tipped him as the front-runner to succeed the soon-to-retire Cardinal William Levada at the helm of the former "Holy Office," Bishop Gerhard Ludwig Müller of Regensburg was quietly given a seat on two key Curial dicasteries at Roman Noon by the Pope. [So he really is headed to Rome.]
Said to be particularly close to Benedict [that is the management style of the Holy Father, which quite frankly is not surprising.]-- whose held his last professorship in Regensburg during the 1970s -- the 64 year-old theologian was surreptitiously added to the memberships of the Congregation for Catholic Education and the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.
Given the crucial tie-in of doctrinal matters with the church's educational institutions and ecumenical efforts, Levada is the lone senior Curialist who currently has a vote in both offices.
On the reigning pontiff's appointment, Muller -- bishop of Regensburg since 1992 -- has been a member of CDF for the last several years.
Beyond the long trail of buzz pointing to the German as the next "Grand Inquisitor," the announcement is likely to spike chatter as, at least for some, today's move recalls an apparent precedent.
In early May 2008, it sparked notice in some quarters when then-Archbishop Raymond Burke of St Louis was quietly named to two dicasteries, the Congregation for the Clergy and the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts. Less than two months later, Benedict called Burke to Rome full-time as prefect of the Apostolic Signatura, the church's "chief justice."
[This gets interesting here.]
Other notable prelates figured into this morning's batch of nods to the two offices. Among them, Manila's Archbishop Chito Tagle -- the 54 year-old CUA alum named to lead Asia's largest diocese late last year -- and Bishop Charles Morerod OP of Lausanne and Geneva (a former rector of the Angelicum) were tapped to join the Catholic Education table, while Bishop Don Bolen of Saskatoon, the onetime lead pointman for the church's relations with Anglicans and Methodists at the Unity council, now returns to his alma mater as a member.
Considering his expertise on (and close engagement with) the Orthodox world, likewise named to the latter body was the head of Catholicism's largest Eastern church: the de facto patriarch of the 6 million-member Ukrainian Greek-Catholic flock, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kiev, who at 42 is almost certain to become the youngest cardinal in the last half-century in the not too distant future.
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Interesting movements in the Vatican.
So, after the pallium this June 24 for Tagle, the red hat soon?
With all indication, it might be.
Let's read Whispers in the Loggia.
***
While the Stateside audience has spent the morning fixed on the CDF's LCWR summit, a much less conspicuous piece of related news slipped into today's Vatican's Daily Bollettino could prove at least as significant.
Amid months of speculation that's increasingly tipped him as the front-runner to succeed the soon-to-retire Cardinal William Levada at the helm of the former "Holy Office," Bishop Gerhard Ludwig Müller of Regensburg was quietly given a seat on two key Curial dicasteries at Roman Noon by the Pope. [So he really is headed to Rome.]
Said to be particularly close to Benedict [that is the management style of the Holy Father, which quite frankly is not surprising.]-- whose held his last professorship in Regensburg during the 1970s -- the 64 year-old theologian was surreptitiously added to the memberships of the Congregation for Catholic Education and the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.
Given the crucial tie-in of doctrinal matters with the church's educational institutions and ecumenical efforts, Levada is the lone senior Curialist who currently has a vote in both offices.
On the reigning pontiff's appointment, Muller -- bishop of Regensburg since 1992 -- has been a member of CDF for the last several years.
Beyond the long trail of buzz pointing to the German as the next "Grand Inquisitor," the announcement is likely to spike chatter as, at least for some, today's move recalls an apparent precedent.
In early May 2008, it sparked notice in some quarters when then-Archbishop Raymond Burke of St Louis was quietly named to two dicasteries, the Congregation for the Clergy and the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts. Less than two months later, Benedict called Burke to Rome full-time as prefect of the Apostolic Signatura, the church's "chief justice."
[This gets interesting here.]
Other notable prelates figured into this morning's batch of nods to the two offices. Among them, Manila's Archbishop Chito Tagle -- the 54 year-old CUA alum named to lead Asia's largest diocese late last year -- and Bishop Charles Morerod OP of Lausanne and Geneva (a former rector of the Angelicum) were tapped to join the Catholic Education table, while Bishop Don Bolen of Saskatoon, the onetime lead pointman for the church's relations with Anglicans and Methodists at the Unity council, now returns to his alma mater as a member.
Considering his expertise on (and close engagement with) the Orthodox world, likewise named to the latter body was the head of Catholicism's largest Eastern church: the de facto patriarch of the 6 million-member Ukrainian Greek-Catholic flock, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kiev, who at 42 is almost certain to become the youngest cardinal in the last half-century in the not too distant future.
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Interesting movements in the Vatican.
So, after the pallium this June 24 for Tagle, the red hat soon?
With all indication, it might be.
GULP Alert: When you have trouble identifying the right tinge
Then choose all the available swatches of purple you could find.
Scene from the International Eucharistic Congress
How will you promote respect to the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament if you have communion during an International Eucharistic Congress with this?
Look! The girl is not even paying attention to what she was doing!
She might not even be saying "Amen." to the archbishop.
Singing the Communion Hymn while receiving the Blessed Sacrament?
Most probably.
Look! The girl is not even paying attention to what she was doing!
She might not even be saying "Amen." to the archbishop.
Singing the Communion Hymn while receiving the Blessed Sacrament?
Most probably.
Monday, June 11, 2012
GULP Alert: Sit-down Mass...getting common?
Isn't this liturgical abuse getting a bit common nowadays? Like in retreats and recollections?
Oh come on, admit it. You too had been to this sit down, campers-type or Buddhist type of a Mass, dont ya?
And as some people would say: "May sinira na namang buhay si TPC."
I call out the liturgical abuse and I destroyed a life.
Yeah. Guess they think like the abusers themselves, eh?
"Walang basagan ng trip!" So, it's just tripping doing liturgical abuse?!
Just leave them alone as they continue this travesty.
Liturgical abuse is no simple matter.
It is a desecration of what is Holy.
It taking things for granted.
And it is not any simple thing that we can take things, uhm, sitting down.
Yeah, pun intended.
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Thanks to DKB for the tip!
Oh come on, admit it. You too had been to this sit down, campers-type or Buddhist type of a Mass, dont ya?
And as some people would say: "May sinira na namang buhay si TPC."
I call out the liturgical abuse and I destroyed a life.
Yeah. Guess they think like the abusers themselves, eh?
"Walang basagan ng trip!" So, it's just tripping doing liturgical abuse?!
Just leave them alone as they continue this travesty.
Liturgical abuse is no simple matter.
It is a desecration of what is Holy.
It taking things for granted.
And it is not any simple thing that we can take things, uhm, sitting down.
Yeah, pun intended.
***
Thanks to DKB for the tip!
The Saints about the Most Holy Sacrament
"If we but paused for a moment to consider attentively what takes place in this Sacrament, I am sure that the thought of Christ's love for us would transform the coldness of our hearts into a fire of love and gratitude."
- St. Angela of Foligno
"Christ held Himself in His hands when He gave His Body to His disciples saying: 'This is My Body.' No one partakes of this Flesh before he has adored it."
- St. Augustine
"Recognize in this bread what hung on the cross, and in this chalice what flowed from His side... whatever was in many and varied ways announced beforehand in the sacrifices of the Old Testament pertains to this one sacrifice which is revealed in the New Testament."
- from the writings of St. Augustine, Sermon 3, 2; circa A.D. 410 {original translation}
"O Lord, we cannot go to the pool of Siloe to which you sent the blind man. But we have the chalice of Your Precious Blood, filled with life and light. The purer we are, the more we receive."
- St. Ephraem
"When the bee has gathered the dew of heaven and the earth's sweetest nectar from the flowers, it turns it into honey, then hastens to its hive. In the same way, the priest, having taken from the altar the Son of God (who is as the dew from heaven, and true son of Mary, flower of our humanity), gives him to you as delicious food."
- St. Francis de Sales
"When you have received Him, stir up your heart to do Him homage; speak to Him about your spiritual life, gazing upon Him in your soul where He is present for your happiness; welcome Him as warmly as possible, and behave outwardly in such a way that your actions may give proof to all of His Presence."
- St. Francis de Sales
"What wonderful majesty! What stupendous condescension! O sublime humility! That the Lord of the whole universe, God and the Son of God, should humble Himself like this under the form of a little bread, for our salvation"
"...In this world I cannot see the Most High Son of God with my own eyes, except for His Most Holy Body and Blood."
- St. Francis of Assisi
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and you just receive Him by hand?
Goodness me.
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Franciscan Brothers support the Magisterium of Nuns
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The brothers have come to the sisters' defense.
Franciscan friars in the U.S. called a Vatican crackdown on American nuns "excessive."
The Franciscan friars are believed to be the first Catholic religious order to voice support for the Leadership Conference of Women Religious since the Vatican announced a full-scale makeover of the group in April.
The Vatican said the LCWR, which represents most of the nation's 57,000 nuns, does not adequately advocate against gay marriage, abortion and women's ordination. [In fact they support it! Like most religious orders here in the country, like.....BUT! If the Franciscan brothers support the liberal nuns openly, then GOOD! We know now who to purge after the nuns, eh?]
The Vatican's "doctrinal assessment" also faulted the sisters for sponsoring conferences that featured "a prevalence of certain radical feminist themes incompatible with the Catholic faith." [and the Franciscan brothers support these group of mad angry women and their teachings which are incompatible with the Catholic faith!]
The sisters have been wrestling with complex contemporary issues, the Franciscans said, and those deliberations should not be equated with disobedience to Catholic doctrine. [Wrestling is the last word I'd describe the actions these nuns have been doing. How could they be wrestling with the fact when they are already teaching and advocating them?]
"The efforts of LCWR to facilitate honest and faithful dialogue on critical issues of our times must not result in a level of ecclesial oversight that could, in effect, quash all further discernment," the Franciscans said. [But my dear little brothers! Matters on abortion, euthanasia, women's ordination are not up for dialogue anymore. They are on the level of "If you can't live with it, the door is open."]
Catholics since the Middle Ages have disagreed about how to apply church doctrine to public policy, the friars argued, [Wah?! You can quote me on this one. Wah?!] and seldom were those disputes deemed "equivalent to questioning the authority of the Church's magisterium." [The Brothers are either denying the truth or they have stayed too long in a cave to meditate, which is highly unlikely for all Franciscans today, or they have been into cryogenics! Ha!]
Many church observers suspect the Vatican crackdown was at least partially a response to prominent Catholic sisters' support for President Obama's health care overhaul, despite bishops' objections. [Just that? Nothing about doing their jobs as shepherd of the Church? Nothing about that? Hmmm...Strange. The Vatican II document these liberals love to quote mentions something about the Primacy of Peter and the bishops in communion with him in teaching matters of faith and morals. Hmmm... Really cryogenics.]
"Rather than excessive oversight of LCWR, perhaps a better service to the people of God might be a renewed effort to articulate the nuances of our complex moral tradition," the friars said. [That phrase I bolden is code for liberals and modernists. Take note of that folks! Take it from someone who studied with them. Ha!]
The LCWR itself has called the Vatican's assessment "unsubstantiated" and a source of "scandal and pain."
LCWR leaders will meet on June 12 in Rome with Cardinal William Levada, the former archbishop of San Francisco who now heads the Vatican's doctrine office, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
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As if something concrete will come out of that meeting.
I say....
There is a reason why our bodies flush out toxins.
Same thing in every organization, be humanly established or divinely founded.
What do you do with bad eggs?
Yup. Throw them out.
Up next............AMRSP!
Yebah!!!
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