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| - | ====== WLOF -- Calling All Catholics (On Second Thought) ====== | + | |
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| - | [[http://moleski.net/wlof_files/countdown.htm|Start timer]] | + | |
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| - | For the time being, I am scheduled for Fridays on //Calling All Catholics// on [[http://www.wlof.net/|WLOF, The Station of the Cross (FM 101.7)]], 4:00 PM. | + | |
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| - | We are calling all Catholics **to see how the world looks through the eyes of faith**. | + | |
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| - | Blind faith (a.k.a. "fideism") is a vice, not a virtue. | + | |
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| - | God created us as intelligent beings. It's part of being in the "image and likeness" of God (Gen 1:27-18). God is not offended by our thinking about what and why we believe. On the contrary, Peter tells us we should "always be ready to give an explanation [Greek: //apologos//] to anyone who asks you for a reason [Greek: //logos//--word, logic] for your hope" (1 Pet 3:15). | + | |
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| - | Faith is a //vision of reality// granted to us by God-revealing-God. | + | |
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| - | **Everything looks different when we see the world from the perspective of the faith.** | + | |
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| - | We have //good reasons// for what we believe. | + | |
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| - | Teaching faith to think and reason to believe is the task of systematic theology. St. Thomas Aquinas set the pattern for the union of faith and reason in the 13th century (1225-1274 AD). In his view, a sound philosophy is the handmaid of theology, just as today mathematics is the handmaid of science. Philosophy is not theology, nor is mathematics physics, but it is impossible to do theology without a philosophy or to do physics without mathematics. If the philosophical assumptions used in theological reasoning are unsound, the theology will be unsound. | + | |
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| - | The goal is to **think faithfully and believe intelligently.** | + | |
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| - | I want to believe what the Church teaches and teach what the Church believes. | + | |
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| - | The purpose of Vatican II: "To strive calmly to show the strength and beauty of the doctrine of the faith" (John Paul II, [[http://www.vatican.va/archive/catechism/aposcons.|Fidei Depositum]]). | + | |
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| - | ===== Some Scriptural exhortations ===== | + | |
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| - | **Love the Lord your God\\ | + | |
| - | with all your heart,\\ | + | |
| - | with all your soul,\\ | + | |
| - | //with all your mind,//\\ | + | |
| - | and with all your strength.** (Mk 12:30) | + | |
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| - | "When I was a child, I used to talk as a child, think as a child, reason as a child; when I became a man, I put aside childish things" (1 Cor 13:11). | + | |
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| - | **The gifts of the Magisterium are meant to help us "live the truth in love":** | + | |
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| - | "And he gave some as apostles, others as prophets, others as evangelists, others as pastors and teachers, to equip the holy ones for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of faith and knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the extent of the full stature of Christ, so that we may no longer be infants, tossed by waves and swept along by every wind of teaching arising from human trickery, from their cunning in the interests of deceitful scheming. Rather, living the truth in love, we should grow in every way into him who is the head, Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, with the proper functioning of each part, brings about the body's growth and builds itself up in love" ([[http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/ephesians/ephesians4.htm|Eph 4:11-16]]). | + | |
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| - | ====== The Year of Priests ====== | + | |
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| - | |[[azariah|The Prayer of Azariah.]]\\ [[Saying of the week]].\\ [[Year of Priests|Documents.]]\\ [[priesthood-themes|Themes.]]|{{:wlof:st-john-vianney-medal.png|}}| | + | |
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| - | ====== Every Friday is a Good Friday ====== | + | |
| - | * Catholics are asked to choose some religious practice to honor the day on which Jesus laid down His life for us. | + | |
| - | * Once upon a time, the Church made abstinence from meat a serious obligation. Now we are free to choose our own way of setting this day apart from the rest of the week. | + | |
| - | ====== The Lord and Giver of Life ====== | + | |
| - | [[http://moleski.net/dokuwiki/wlof/gifts-and-fruits-of-the-spirit|Gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit]] | + | |
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| - | ====== The Liturgical Year ====== | + | |
| - | ===== Advent and Christmas ===== | + | |
| - | * [[Advent|Celebrating the first and second coming of Jesus, the Christ]] | + | |
| - | * [[Christmas-Season|Christmas Season]] | + | |
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| - | ===== Ordinary Time ===== | + | |
| - | * Following Jesus through his public ministry. | + | |
| - | * Matthew - Year A (2010-2011) | + | |
| - | * Mark - Year B (2008-2009) | + | |
| - | * Luke - Year C (2009-2010) | + | |
| - | * John: featured in Lent, Holy week, Easter season | + | |
| - | * 529 different passages for the Sunday readings (160 Old Testament, 369 New Testament). | + | |
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| - | Up until Advent (the end of Ordinary Time), we are in Year B for Sundays and Year I for weekday readings. | + | |
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| - | ===== Lent/Easter ===== | + | |
| - | * [[Lent-and-Easter|The Paschal Mystery]] | + | |
| - | * [[Lent|Forty days of Lent?]] | + | |
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| - | ====== Podcasts for CAC ====== | + | |
| - | * [[http://www.wlof.net/feed/wlof/callingallcatholics.xml|Podcast archive.]] | + | |
| - | ====== March 12 ====== | + | |
| - | * [[http://www.usccb.org/nab/today.shtml|Today's readings.]] | + | |
| - | * Month of St. Joseph. | + | |
| - | * Title of [[http://www.cuf.org/faithfacts/details_view.asp?ffID=180|Patron of the Universal Church]] bestowed by Pius IX ("Pio Nono") in 1870. | + | |
| - | * Meeting with Sr. Joan from the Sisters of //St. Joseph.// Joan is looking for [[http://moleski.net/dokuwiki/wlof/home#looking_for_a_few_good_women|women who want to explore religious life.]] //In the Year of the Priest, I find myself praying for a renewal of vocations to the sisterhood. I was put in touch with the Jesuits through the persistent efforts of a Black Franciscan. I imagine one reason why there is a shortage of priests (really, a shortage of faith, hope, and love) is the decline in the number of women religious.// | + | |
| - | * John from Facebook: "Father, I just wanted to say thanks for your prayers. I called in one day and was discussing once saved always saved with you and I asked you to pray for my mom as we were having operations. Everything came out good for my mom. Everything is good so far with me. I really love your show. Thanks!" | + | |
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| - | ===== Questions for March 12 ===== | + | |
| - | ==== We need married saints today ==== | + | |
| - | * Big question that arose last week raised by John from Wilson: [[annulment|grounds for annulments]]. | + | |
| - | * Condolences, sympathy, and prayers for John and for all who have been abandoned by their spouses. Adultery is one of the great evils of our day. Our culture cultivates sin rather than virtue. That makes it easier to sin and harder to be virtuous. (Not that chastity ever has been easy. Catholics have routinely violated the standards that Jesus sets for us.) | + | |
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| - | ==== The destruction of Catholic universities ==== | + | |
| - | === From Kevin in Buffalo === | + | |
| - | * To what degree do you think your students’ religious and moral beliefs are affected by pre-college influences (family, school, life experiences, etc.)? I often find, when interacting with other students, that the “seeds” of moral relativism and anti-religious sentiment seem to have been planted long before they actually attend college. | + | |
| - | * You once described RST 101 as “Lose your Faith 101,” but do you think that most of the “blame” lies mainly with something about those classes per se or with the fruition of ideas/attitudes previously held by the students? | + | |
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| - | === From Ed in Detroit === | + | |
| - | 1. I spoke to a friend who has seen the University of Detroit charter and it is officially a public trust - no real connection to the Society of Jesus, nor to the Catholic Church. This is virtually the same as at Santa Clara and I am sure it is likewise at other Jesuit institutions as well. Frankly, this is very troubling to me. | + | |
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| - | [[http://www.scu.edu/scujesuits/faq.cfm|Santa Clara University FAQ]]: | + | |
| - | * Is the University owned by the Catholic Church? | + | |
| - | * The University is chartered by the State of California as a public trust, and governed by a board of trustees. Neither the Catholic Church nor the Society of Jesus owns the University, but the inspiration for the University is its Catholic and Jesuit heritage. | + | |
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| - | 2. The other thing of note is why in the heck was this allowed to happen. That same friend told me to look up [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tracy_Ellis|John Tracy Ellis]], who had a profound influence on Jesuits in the 1950s and 1960s (Vatican II era). What I found was that--at least from what I could gather--Msgr. Ellis was intent on secularizing the Church, pushing us away from the "ghetto mentality," as he referred to it. | + | |
| - | ===== Last week's questions ===== | + | |
| - | * John from Wilson: Has a question on Annulments. He's divorced. His ex-wife hasn't annulled. By him not getting one, is that helping her sin? | + | |
| - | * St. Joseph: Patron of the Universal Church - catholic.org | + | |
| - | * Jeff from Rochester: What happens to the soul of the fertilized cell during cell divisions that occur during the formation of 'mirror-image twins' | + | |
| - | * Brendan from Niagara Falls: I went to St. Lawrence last week, and they have their Holy Water Font covered with a purple cloth. :^( | + | |
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| - | ====== March 5 ====== | + | |
| - | * [[http://www.usccb.org/nab/today.shtml|Today's readings.]] | + | |
| - | * Month of St. Joseph. | + | |
| - | * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tertullian|Tertullian.]] | + | |
| - | * **"Be angry but sin not"** ([[http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/ephesians/ephesians4.htm|Eph 4:26]]). | + | |
| - | * Sin happens--the Judas Factor. | + | |
| - | * Modernism dominates the life of the United States Church. | + | |
| - | * //Anger and rage is not helpful.// Going to the text of the catechism won't change the hearts of the pastor and the congregation. Pharisaism doesn't work. We must not "strain the gnat and swallow the camel" ([[http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/matthew/matthew23.htm|Mt 23:24]]). The arrangement of our worship space--and all of the details of celebrating the sacraments--is really small stuff compared to the sin of hating our enemies. It is not easy to identify members of the Church as enemies, but when we do, Jesus' law of love comes into play: forgive them, bless them, pray for them, love them with God's own love. It is not OK in the name of adherence to Church law (the gnat) to transgress Jesus' law of love (the camel). | + | |
| - | * God's wrath is a function of His perfect love for His children. | + | |
| - | * God's anger is completely disinterested. God is not angry for His sake, but for ours. We cannot be happy when sin separates us from God, from our neighbor, and from our true self. We are made for love; sin cuts us off from love. God hates that which is destroying us. | + | |
| - | * God's anger is perfectly proportionate to the evil we have done. | + | |
| - | * God's anger has a goal and does not last forever: God wants us to repent of our sins and repair the damage we have done. //This is our bliss!// | + | |
| - | * The fact that we can easily tell that someone is breaking God's law or the laws of the Church does not give us freedom to hate or despise them. They and their sins are God's problems, not ours. We are not God. If we have some say in the matter, we can voice our protest; if not, we can keep peace in our hearts and pray for them as Jesus commands us to pray. | + | |
| - | * God never rages. He does not lose control of Himself. He does not lash out blindly. He does not lose His cool. | + | |
| - | * The suffering of the souls in Purgatory will come to an end. They are making progress toward eternal bliss. They suffer only as much as is necessary for them to live in perfect happiness with those whom they have harmed and no more. | + | |
| - | * **E-mail from Kevin:** Survey about the rate of unchaste behavior on Catholic campuses. | + | |
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| - | ===== Questions received ... ===== | + | |
| - | * Steve from Amherst: Does the shape of the host make any difference? Sometimes the priest gives me triangular pieces broken from a larger host. | + | |
| - | * Kevin from Buffalo: | + | |
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| - | I thought you would find this article interesting (despite the somewhat distasteful title). | + | |
| - | http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/guestvoices/2010/03/catholic_girls_gone_wild.html | + | |
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| - | It looks like recent research indicates that many Catholic colleges are not only as bad as secular campuses, but actually worse at inculcating moral values among students: | + | |
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| - | 'Researchers from Mississippi State University considered a survey of 1,000 college students nationwide and were surprised to find that "women attending colleges and universities affiliated with the Catholic Church are almost four times as likely to have participated in 'hooking up' compared to women at secular schools."' | + | |
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| - | It's a curious trend. Do you think there is something particularly permissive at many Catholic campuses? | + | |
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| - | When I read things like this, I sometimes wonder whether the Jesuits could strengthen the Catholic identity of their schools by "pruning" the de facto secular schools and concentrating their personnel on the universities and colleges with healthier Catholicism. In your article in Conversations, I recall, you focused more on the "how" of the secularization of Jesuit schools. What do you think are the options available to the Jesuits to reverse some of those trends? | + | |
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| - | ===== From last week ===== | + | |
| - | * **Be angry but sin not"** (Eph 4:26). | + | |
| - | * Debra. A question for this afternoons CAC show: what is the meaning of the word AMEN and how is it pronounced? I have heard it enunciated with a short a sound, a long a sound. I have also heard the word it self is Hebrew shorthand for something like Almighty God Be Merciful. Any insight on AMEN will be greatly appreciated. (I am a Podcast listener) | + | |
| - | * Dave from Mobile | + | |
| - | * Lent: Is confused about taking Sunday off. | + | |
| - | * In the back of the Church bulletin, (from what I understand) there's an OBGYN who's offering abortions or advice of such | + | |
| - | * Bill from Ellicotville: Question about Divine Foreknowledge. | + | |
| - | * Sue Ellen: My daughter's 10th birthday this year falls on Good Friday. How can we celebrate this appropriately? | + | |
| - | * Dave from Tonawanada: Thought that Lent concluded on Holy Thursday. | + | |
| - | * Scott from Tonawanda: Has Fr. ever heard of the Templars? | + | |
| - | * Bill from Ellicottville: Who was Tertullion and are his writings still available for purchase? | + | |
| - | * Kevin from Buffalo: Tertullian was a heretic later in life. | + | |
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| - | ====== February 26 ====== | + | |
| - | - "If I were a good Christian, then ..." | + | |
| - | - Psalm 51. The joy of repentance. | + | |
| - | * **Landmail from a listener:** Inspired by the story of the conversion of "St. A" ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie-Alphonse_Ratisbonne|Alphonse Ratisbonne]]--thanks to Kevin for the correction), this listener said 100 Memorare's in front of the Blessed Sacrament for a very special intention, using a Rosary to count the prayers. The favor has not yet been granted, but our listener felt blessed by making the effort. | + | |
| - | * **E-mail from Name Withheld**: "Before I took the faith as seriously as I do now, I was friends with a woman who claims to be a 'green witch.' I'm not really sure exactly what that is but I'm not comfortable with it since my conversion. I guess my concern is with any evil spirits she has attaching themselves to us. ... Is this a rational fear? Should I keep my distance or only meet her in a public place? I don't feel comfortable with her in my home and I'm not keen on the idea of going to her house either." | + | |
| - | * If she has real magical powers, they are not of God. | + | |
| - | * If she does not have real magical powers, she is delusional. | + | |
| - | * **Amy from e-mail:** "Why is Good Friday on a Friday and Easter on a Sunday if Jesus rose on the third day?" | + | |
| - | * Another Name Withheld: How do you discern a vocation to the priesthood and religious life? | + | |
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| - | ===== From last week ===== | + | |
| - | * "It is not that we have loved God but that God has loved us" (1 John 4:10). | + | |
| - | * Marsha from Rochester: Could Fr. explain the Communion of Saints as if he were talking to a Non-Catholic? | + | |
| - | * Jamie from Batavia: Wants to ask about parishes that put sand in their holy water fonts. Can the holy water be removed from fonts during Lent? | + | |
| - | * No. Here is a letter from the Congregation for Divine Worship responding to this question on 3/14/03: | + | |
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| - | Prot. N. 569/00/L | + | |
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| - | Dear Father: | + | |
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| - | This Congregation for Divine Worship has received your letter sent by fax in which you ask whether it is in accord with liturgical law to remove the Holy Water from the fonts for the duration of the season of Lent. | + | |
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| - | This Dicastery is able to respond that the removing of Holy Water from the fonts during the season of Lent is not permitted, in particular, for two reasons: | + | |
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| - | 1. The liturgical legislation in force does not foresee this innovation, which in addition to being praeter legem is contrary to a balanced understanding of the season of Lent, which though truly being a season of penance, is also a season rich in the symbolism of water and baptism, constantly evoked in liturgical texts. | + | |
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| - | 2. The encouragement of the Church that the faithful avail themselves frequently of the [sic] of her sacraments is to be understood to apply also to the season of Lent. The “fast” and “abstinence” which the faithful embrace in this season does not extend to abstaining from the sacraments or sacramentals of the Church. The practice of the Church has been to empty the Holy Water fonts on the days of the Sacred Triduum in preparation of the blessing of the water at the Easter Vigil, and it corresponds to those days on which the Eucharist is not celebrated (i.e., Good Friday and Holy Saturda). | + | |
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| - | Hoping that this resolves the question with every good wish and kind regard, I am, | + | |
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| - | Sincerely yours in Christ, | + | |
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| - | Mons. Mario Marini | + | |
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| - | [[http://catholicinformation.aquinasandmore.com/2007/02/22/removing-holy-water-during-lent/|From Catholic Information--Aquinas and More]] | + | |
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| - | * Tommy from Tonawada: Question about temptation. | + | |
| - | * Phillip from Medina: The fellow that kid the abortion doctor, is he guilty of committing a sin even though he stopped an even greater one? | + | |
| - | * Michelle from Buffalo: Has a question about the Eucharist. About Genuflecting, taking it on Tongue, and general care of the Eucharist. | + | |
| - | * Gina from Amherst: 'Michelle, you should come to St. Greg's tonight at 7.00pm for the YA meeting.' | + | |
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| - | ====== February 19 ====== | + | |
| - | * **"In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as expiation for our sins"** ([[http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/1john/1john4.htm|1 John 4:10]]). | + | |
| - | * [[http://www.usccb.org/nab/today.shtml|Today's readings.]] | + | |
| - | * Friday of the first week of Lent. **John from Webster**: //"Please talk about the season of Lent. During Lent, how far can we go in treating each Sunday as a 'little' Easter? A friend of mine scoffed at a church bulletin announcement 'Donuts after 11 am Sunday mass' during Lent!"// | + | |
| - | * Origin: catechumens prepared for Baptism at Easter time by fasting and praying for 40 days. | + | |
| - | * The English word "Lent" comes from the same root as "lengthen." Lent is the time of lengthening daylight--it's spring time both seasonally and spiritually. | + | |
| - | * Lent is one of the greatest successes of Catholic culture. People love to get ashes on Ash Wednesday. Making sacrifices for Lent causes us to be //mindful// of God in our day-to-day life. All healthy adult Catholics are required to abstain from meat on the Fridays of Lent and to fast as well as abstain on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. | + | |
| - | * Lent is a time to repent of sin and to repair the wrong we have done (AA: "making amends"). We do not repent or make reparation alone, as if our will-power could make God love us; we repent and make reparation because we see how much God has loved us in sending His only Son to be our Savior (Jn 3:16). | + | |
| - | * **Amy from east of Buffalo**: //"Today I attended mass at a church ... for my Goddaughter's Baptism and was very concerned. There were no kneelers in the Church, no statues, and no visible tabernacle--the Blessed Sacrament Chapel is hidden behind the altar. I ran home and opened my catechism. I just am not sure how that qualifies as a 'most worthy place with the greatest honor'! Can you help me here? Why is this allowed? It felt as Jesus said to St. Faustina in her Diary about people treating him as a dead object in the Eucharist. I can't see how a church can be allowed to show the Blessed Sacrament this much disrespect. There was not a crucifix to be found in the church, either. They claimed to not have statues because they gave money to the poor instead of spending on such things."// | + | |
| - | * **Last week's topic**: Learning how to choose between good and good. Prudence, justice, temperance (moderation), and fortitude (endurance) are natural virtues that are perfected by the supernatural gifts of faith, hope, and love. "Grace builds on nature." | + | |
| - | * The problem: we promote every spiritual insight to the level of dogma and every guideline that the Church gives us to a commandment. We perfectionists develop exactly the mentality of the Pharisees. //Stamp out perfectionism!"// | + | |
| - | * Prudential judgments: "There is always more than one way to skin a cat." | + | |
| - | * Matters of taste: "De gustibus non disputandum." | + | |
| - | * Distinguish between **dogma** and **discipline.** Dogma is taught with the highest degree of authority in the Church; decisions about how our communal life is organized are not dogma--they are very variable from time to time and from place to place. E.g.: funeral of Avery Cardinal Dulles, SJ, at St. Patrick's Cathedral in NYC vs. mass in the Erie County Holding Center last Saturday night. The essentials were the same; the sacrament was the same; all of the differences are theologically negligible but aesthetically significant. | + | |
| - | * Principle of subsidiarity: decisions are made at the lowest possible level of authority; it is rare for Catholic superiors (bishops, archbishops, cardinals, the pope) to intervene in such local decisions. Decisions should be made by those who are most affected by them. | + | |
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| - | ====== February 12 ====== | + | |
| - | * **"Virtue is the mean between extremes."** | + | |
| - | * St. Ignatius Loyola, SJ: Two different kinds of "discernment of spirits" in the //Spiritual Exercises//: | + | |
| - | * First week: recognize and reject the temptation to break the commandments. John Paul II: four universal negative prohibitions: no murder, adultery, theft, or lying. Tommy DiLorenzo: "You don't pray about whether to commit adultery. God has already told us all we need to know about that temptation." | + | |
| - | * Second week: recognizing and choosing the right good. //Most of the choices we face in life are of this kind. How should we pray? What is our vocation? Whom should we marry? Where should we live and work? How should we invest the wealth God has given us? When should we call or write The Station of the Cross with a question?// | + | |
| - | * The Catechism discusses [[http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p3s1c1a7.htm|the virtuous life]] in detail: | + | |
| - | * Theological virtues: faith, hope, and love. These are supernatural gifts that cause us to share in God's own life. They place us in a relationship that we could not have without God's personal, salvific action in our lives. | + | |
| - | * Cardinal virtues: prudence, justice, fortitude (patience, endurance), moderation (temperance). | + | |
| - | * Prudential judgments: applying general norms to particular situations. | + | |
| - | * This is the Goldilocks world. In these kinds of decisions, we can err by doing too much or too little. "Moderation in all things" (except sin!): we don't want to eat too much or too little, rest too much or too little, spend too much or too little, etc. | + | |
| - | * The temptation of perfectionism: when the enemy of our human nature realizes that he cannot tempt us to break the commandments (temptations of the first week), he "comes to us as an angel of light" ([[http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/2corinthians/2corinthians11.htm|2 Corinthians 11:14]]) and tempts us to do the wrong good or to do good intemperately. | + | |
| - | * There have been many forms of Christian perfectionism down through the centuries. Some Pharisees tried to impose the whole of the old Law on Gentile converts; Pharisaism is a continual temptation for us when we pay too much attention to the legalistic dimension of the gospel and neglect God's gracious sovereignty. Variations: Pelagianism, Jansenism, Puritanism. | + | |
| - | * Two ways to go wrong: too little concern for what God asks of us (being unscrupulous) and too much concern (scrupulosity). **"Perfectionism breeds depression."** God does invite and expect us to become perfect--we all have a common vocation to become saints--but the work of being transformed into "other Christs" is done more by God's love poured into our hearts than by self-will. We do have our part in it, of course--"Grace cooperates with nature"--but grace comes first. | + | |
| - | * Catholic minimalism: "What is the very least I have to do not to go to hell?" | + | |
| - | * Catholic maximalism: Turning ideals into laws. "If you don't make the sign of the Cross every time you pray, you are not a good Catholic." | + | |
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| - | ====== February 5 ====== | + | |
| - | * [[http://www.usccb.org/nab/today.shtml|Today's readings.]] | + | |
| - | * Memorial of Saint Agatha, virgin and martyr. First Eucharistic Prayer: "For ourselves, too, we ask some share in the fellowship of your apostles and martyrs, with John the Baptist, Stephen, Matthias, Barnabas, (Ignatius, Alexander, Marcellinus, Peter, Felicity, Perpetua, Agatha, Lucy, Agnes, Cecilia, Anastasia) and all the saints." | + | |
| - | * e-mail from Jim about a listener who thought I was denying the teaching authority of the Catechism. | + | |
| - | * "I just want to let you know that I took a call from a listener this morning who was upset about a remark you made on Friday when we were talking about the Sign of the Cross. She said that you made a comment, after I quoted a passage from the Catechism. She claims you said something like 'we don’t need to follow everything in the Catechism.' I went back and listened and what you actually said was that 'not every sentence in the Catechism sets law.' So what you actually said and what she heard you say were two very different things. Perhaps, you could just clarify on the 2/5 show what you said and what you meant by it. I know that would please her a great deal. It’s also a good teaching opportunity to proclaim the nature of the Catechism – what a gift it is to us, and what its limitations are. I think I would personally gain a great deal in hearing you address that question." | + | |
| - | * My goal is //to believe what the Church teaches and teach what the Church believes.// John Paul II's Catechism contains the authentic teaching of the Church. We have to discriminate between what is dogma, what is traditional teaching consistent with dogma, what is law, and what is a matter of legitimate and pious custom. "A catechism should faithfully and systematically present the teaching of Sacred Scripture, the living Tradition in the Church and the authentic Magisterium, as well as the spiritual heritage of the Fathers, Doctors and saints of the Church, to allow for a better knowledge of the Christian mystery and for enlivening the faith of the People of God. It should take into account the doctrinal statements which down the centuries the Holy Spirit has intimated to his Church. It should also help to illumine with the light of faith the new situations and problems which had not yet emerged in the past. ... I declare it to be a sure norm for teaching the faith and thus a valid and legitimate instrument for ecclesial communion." ([[http://www.vatican.va/archive/catechism/aposcons.htm|Apostolic Constitution, 2-3]]). | + | |
| - | * The disputed passage is in the teaching on the [[http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p3s2c1a2.htm#2157|Second Commandment]]. Where there is law imposed on the conscience of Catholics, the passages are very explicit. In the case of the sign of the Cross, it does not say that Catholics must use the sign at the beginning of every prayer; there is no cross-reference to a conciliar teaching or an ordinance of the Church; it is hortatory, not obligatory--the text exhorts us to use this sacramental in our prayer but it does not impose that as a matter of law. | + | |
| - | * The [[http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/__P3.HTM|Code of Canon Law]] explains the conditions under which laws may be promulgated and gives guidelines about how to interpret such laws. It is clear that no law has been written that says, "All private Catholic prayer must begin with the sign of the cross." If there were such a law, the Catechism would refer to it. | + | |
| - | * Contrast the passage on the sign of the Cross with the [[http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p3s2c2a6.htm#2383|teaching on the sixth commandment.]] Here the Church's interpretations of the Commandment are tracked in the footnotes, with references to the Code of Canon law, papal documents, conciliar teachings, scripture references, etc. | + | |
| - | * From the 22nd: | + | |
| - | * Correction from Kevin: Alphonse Ratisbonne. | + | |
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| - | ====== January 22 ====== | + | |
| - | * Unhappy anniversary: Roe vs. Wade, 1973. 37 years of murdering the most innocent and defenseless human beings. May God have mercy on us all! | + | |
| - | * Saint Vincent, deacon and martyr. | + | |
| - | * "Day of penance for violations to the dignity of the human person committed through acts of abortion, and of prayer for the full restoration of the legal guarantee of the right to life. The Mass should be celebrated with violet vestments (see “General Instruction of the Roman Missal,” no. 373)]." | + | |
| - | * Continuation of theme from last week: //Jesus left a Body, not a book.// We do not find the sentence, "Abortion is an unspeakably evil act that offends God, wounds the parents, destroys the conscience of medical personnel, and creates a culture of death with many catastrophic consequences." But that is the //meaning// of the Scriptures--"for those who have eyes to see." | + | |
| - | * Understanding Scripture is a matter of interpretation. The Church has given us some very definite guidance on how to understand the Scriptures and apply them to the decisions we face in the world today. | + | |
| - | * The Scriptures (especially the New Testament) are the work of the Church. The Church came first; the Scriptures were written after the Church was established. No book of the Bible lists all of the books of the Bible. The **canon** (official list) of the books of the Old and New Testament was created by the Church. | + | |
| - | * It was the Church that identified and preserved the 27 books of the New Testament. | + | |
| - | * Where in the Bible does it say that the Church can only teach what it says in the Bible? The idea that the Church's teaching authority is limited to "what is in the Bible" is an extra-Biblical and anti-Biblical dogma. | + | |
| - | * [[http://www.usccb.org/nab/today.shtml|Today's readings.]] | + | |
| - | * **From last week:** | + | |
| - | * **"Jesus left a Body, not a book."** | + | |
| - | * Brendan from Amherst: Received a one-volume copy of the Liturgy of the Hours a few years back, but has no idea how to use it. Does Father have any advice, references, Idiot's Guides To, etc. on how to use it? | + | |
| - | * Dan from LeRoy: Would like information about Fatima. | + | |
| - | * Lara from Buffalo: Can God uncreate things that He's created? What is the status of the fallen angels and the damned? | + | |
| - | * Patrick from Rochester: What was the meaning of the Transfiguration? | + | |
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| - | ====== January 15 ====== | + | |
| - | * Thank God for Ordinary Time. We spend it following Jesus with His disciples. | + | |
| - | * [[http://www.usccb.org/nab/today.shtml|Today's readings.]] | + | |
| - | * Main topic: [[canon|The development of the Old and New Testament canons.]] Related to the development of the Magisterium and development of doctrine. The big question: **"What is the right way to interpret the Scriptures?"** The big answer is: //According to the mind of the Church.// Jesus left behind a living Body, not a book. The Revelation that He gave to His disciples has never disappeared; we do not start from //the book// and derive the Church; we start with the Church and find out how the writings fit into what God has given us in the Deposit of Faith. | + | |
| - | * Last week's questions: | + | |
| - | * Chris on a cell phone: Why are Venial Sins forgiven during Mass and not mortal sins? | + | |
| - | * John from Lakeview: Is it possible for reconciliation during the sacrament of confession not taken place w/o purpose of amendment | + | |
| - | * Jonathan from E Amherst: How many Dogmas of the Church? | + | |
| - | * Joseph from Rochester: As we prepare for the Baptism of the Lord, he's trying to better understand how St. John the Baptist recognized Christ as the Lord before he was revealed. | + | |
| - | * Karena on Facebook: My non-Catholic Christian friend and I were discussing apparitions of Mary. And he asked me a question I did not have an answer to. He asked "Has anyone seen any apparitions of Jesus?" I said "not to my knowledge" and I imagine this is because when we see Jesus next, it will be his "2nd coming" and Mary appears to remind us of this! Could you elaborate on this question a little more? Thanks! ~ Karena | + | |
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| - | ====== January 8 ====== | + | |
| - | * **Merry Christmas!** //It's Christmas season up until the Baptism of the Lord (January 10, 2010).// | + | |
| - | * **Happy Anniversary!** I've been doing the Friday show for two years (!). | + | |
| - | * [[http://www.usccb.org/nab/today.shtml|Today's readings.]] | + | |
| - | **Accumulated questions:** | + | |
| - | * Amy from East of Buffalo: Questions about the Church's teachings on breastfeeding: "Do you know of any church teachings/guides on Motherhood? I guess more specifically, on infant bonding, breastfeeding, etc. I am looking for something to encourage more of my friends and family to nurse and to discourage so much of the material 'needs' that our culture throws at new moms. Any thoughts would be appreciated!" | + | |
| - | * [[http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=catholic+teaching+breastfeeding&sourceid=navclient-ff&rlz=1B3GGLL_enUS358US358&ie=UTF-8|A Google search on "Catholic teaching breastfeeding."]] | + | |
| - | * [[http://www.llli.org/|La Leche League International.]] | + | |
| - | * Vatican II (I think): //"ministry of like to like."// | + | |
| - | * John Paul II: "Theology of the Body." //Catholicism is counter-cultural. Our culture is largely dominated by an un-Catholic, even anti-Catholic understanding of the meaning and purpose of our bodily life.// | + | |
| - | * [[http://www.catholic.org/featured/headline.php?ID=1586|History of vestment colors (including rose).]] White was used pretty universally until about the 7th century; a larger range of colors was in use by the 13th (including yellow). | + | |
| - | * A parishioner at St. Aloysius asked me about the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_sea_scrolls|Dead Sea Scrolls.]] | + | |
| - | * On Miracle Monday (Dec 28th), a caller asked about the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpetual_virginity_of_Mary|perpetual virginity of Mary.]] | + | |
| - | * Another Monday caller asked about purgatory in the Bible. This raises the question of the [[http://www3.canisius.edu/~moleski/handouts/canon.pdf|difference between the Protestant and Catholic canons of the Old Testament.]] | + | |
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| - | ====== Odds 'n' Ends ====== | + | |
| - | ===== Reiki theraphy ===== | + | |
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| - | [[http://www.usccb.org/comm/archives/2009/09-067.shtml]] | + | |
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| - | The current trend of the use or participation in Reiki therapy has been raised many times in discussions with Catholics, particularly women, (like MOMS), and I thought I would send this article along because finally there is a response with some guidance from the USCCB (Most Reverend William E. Lori). | + | |
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| - | ===== Conscience and the Catholic Voter ===== | + | |
| - | Reverend William E. Lori: [[http://www.usccb.org/prolife/programs/rlp/lori.pdf|"Conscience and the Catholic Voter."]] | + | |
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| - | ===== "Brothers" in the Scriptures ===== | + | |
| - | The language of the Scriptures is not as technical as our own. | + | |
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| - | "Brother" does not necessarily mean "son of the same mother and father." | + | |
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| - | It can mean "close blood relative"--a cousin or nephew: | + | |
| - | * Genesis 13:11 | + | |
| - | * 1 Thess 2:9 | + | |
| - | * Lev 10:4 | + | |
| - | * Gen 29:15 | + | |
| - | * 1 Chr 23:21-22 | + | |
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| - | I deal with this and other questions on [[http://www3.canisius.edu/~moleski/answers.htm|my College website]]. | + | |
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| - | ===== Catholicism ===== | + | |
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| - | "The Church is not Catholic because she is spread abroad over the whole of the earth and can reckon on a large number of members. She was already Catholic on the morning of Pentecost, when all her members could be contained in a small room, as she was when the Arian waves seemed on the point of swamping her; she would still be Catholic if tomorrow apostasy on a vast scale deprived her of almost all the faithful. For fundamentally Catholicity has nothing to do with geography or statistics. If it is true that it should be displayed over all the earth and be manifest to all, yet its nature is not material but spiritual. Like sanctity, Catholicity is primarily an intrinsic feature of the Church" (DeLubac, //Catholicism//, 48-49). | + | |
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| - | ===== Misreading the book of Job ===== | + | |
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| - | * "God won't let bad things happen to good people." | + | |
| - | * "We're supposed to have 'the patience of Job.'" | + | |
| - | * "Don't question God. Just shut up and suffer. If you ask God questions, He will get angry." | + | |
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| - | It is all one! therefore I say: Both the innocent and the wicked he destroys. | + | |
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| - | When the scourge slays suddenly, he laughs at the despair of the innocent. | + | |
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| - | The earth is given into the hands of the wicked; he covers the faces of its judges. If it is not he, who then is it? | + | |
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| - | * [[sacred_vessels|From the GIRM on the Vatican website.]] | + | |
| - | * "117. Sacred vessels for containing the Body and Blood of the Lord must be made in strict conformity with the norms of tradition and of the liturgical books.[205]The Bishops’ Conferences have the faculty to decide whether it is appropriate, once their decisions have been given the recognitio by the Apostolic See, for sacred vessels to be made of other solid materials as well. It is strictly required, however, that such materials be truly noble in the common estimation within a given region,[206]so that honour will be given to the Lord by their use, and all risk of diminishing the doctrine of the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharistic species in the eyes of the faithful will be avoided. Reprobated, therefore, is any practice of using for the celebration of Mass common vessels, or others lacking in quality, or devoid of all artistic merit or which are mere containers, as also other vessels made from glass, earthenware, clay, or other materials that break easily. This norm is to be applied even as regards metals and other materials that easily rust or deteriorate" ([[http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/ccdds/documents/rc_con_ccdds_doc_20040423_redemptionis-sacramentum_en.html|Redemptionis Sacramentum]]). | + | |
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| - | ===== Liturgical Abuses ===== | + | |
| - | Don't "strain the gnat and swallow the camel" (([[http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/matthew/matthew23.htm|Mt 23:24]]). We have to love our enemies, even if they are the priests who are engaging in liturgical abuse. The law of love must overrule the laws of the liturgy. | + | |
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| - | ==== GIRM ==== | + | |
| - | * [[http://www.usccb.org/liturgy/current/revmissalisromanien.shtml|GIRM]] | + | |
| - | === Preference to have priest face the table and the People === | + | |
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| - | 295. The sanctuary is the place where the altar stands, where the word of God is proclaimed, and where the priest, the deacon, and the other ministers exercise their offices. It should suitably be marked off from the body of the church either by its being somewhat elevated or by a particular structure and ornamentation. It should, however, be large enough to allow the Eucharist to be celebrated properly and easily seen.115 | + | |
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| - | **The Altar and Its Appointments** | + | |
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| - | 296. The altar on which the Sacrifice of the Cross is made present under sacramental signs is also the table of the Lord to which the People of God is called together to participate in the Mass, as well as the center of the thanksgiving that is accomplished through the Eucharist. | + | |
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| - | ==== Other resources ==== | + | |
| - | * [[http://catholicrc.org]]--Pamphlet: "End Liturgical Abuse Now." | + | |
| - | * [[http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/ccdds/documents/rc_con_ccdds_doc_20040423_redemptionis-sacramentum_en.html|Redemptionis Sacramentum]]--"On Certain matters to be observed or to be avoided regarding the Most Holy Eucharist" (Congregation for Divine Worship, April 23, 2004). | + | |
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| - | ===== My affirmations ===== | + | |
| - | //The first section is the First Principle and Foundation from St. Ignatius' **Spiritual Exercises**. The second part is a list of truths that I use to help me counter depression.//\\ | + | |
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| - | I was created to praise, reverence, and serve God,\\ | + | |
| - | our Lord, and by this means to save my soul.\\ | + | |
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| - | All other things on the face of the earth are created\\ | + | |
| - | to help me attain this end.\\ | + | |
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| - | I must use them insofar as\\ | + | |
| - | they help me attain my end and avoid them insofar as\\ | + | |
| - | they keep me from attaining my end.\\ | + | |
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| - | I am a man of God.\\ | + | |
| - | I am a man of the Church.\\ | + | |
| - | I am full of grace.\\ | + | |
| - | I am a masterpiece of grace.\\ | + | |
| - | I am God's handiwork.\\ | + | |
| - | I am a child of God.\\ | + | |
| - | I am a son of the Father.\\ | + | |
| - | I am a brother of Jesus.\\ | + | |
| - | I am a spouse of the Holy Spirit.\\ | + | |
| - | I am beautiful because I am loved.\\ | + | |
| - | I am beautiful as I am because I am loved as I am.\\ | + | |
| - | I am beautiful now because I am loved now.\\ | + | |
| - | God loves me totally.\\ | + | |
| - | God loves me now.\\ | + | |
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| - | ====== Teachings of Vatican II ====== | + | |
| - | I believe and intend to teach all that the Church believes and teaches. The official teaching of the Church in our most recent council is not up in the sky somewhere, but is in the [[http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/|official documents of the council]]. | + | |
| - | ^ Latin title ^ English title ^ | + | |
| - | | **Constitutions** || | + | |
| - | ^ Dei Verbum^[[http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19651118_dei-verbum_en.html|Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation]]^ | + | |
| - | ^ Lumen Gentium^[[http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19641121_lumen-gentium_en.html|Dogmatic Constitution on the Church]]^ | + | |
| - | | Sacrosanctum Concilium|[[http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19631204_sacrosanctum-concilium_en.html|Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy]]| | + | |
| - | | Gaudium et spes|[[http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19651207_gaudium-et-spes_en.html|Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World]]| | + | |
| - | | **Declarations** || | + | |
| - | | Gravissimum Educationis|[[http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_decl_19651028_gravissimum-educationis_en.html|Declaration on Christian Education]]| | + | |
| - | | Nostra aetate|[[http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_decl_19651028_nostra-aetate_en.html|Declaration on the Relationship of the Church to non-Christian religions]]| | + | |
| - | | Dignitatis humanae|[[http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_decl_19651207_dignitatis-humanae_en.html|Declaration on Religious Freedom]]| | + | |
| - | | **Decrees** || | + | |
| - | | Ad gentes|[[http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_decree_19651207_ad-gentes_en.html|Decree on the Mission Activity of the Church]]| | + | |
| - | | Presbyterorum Ordinis|[[http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_decree_19651207_presbyterorum-ordinis_en.html|Decree on the Ministry and Life of Priests]]| | + | |
| - | | Apostolicam actuositatem|[[http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_decree_19651118_apostolicam-actuositatem_en.html|Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity]]| | + | |
| - | | Optatam totius|[[http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_decree_19651028_optatam-totius_en.html|Decree on Priestly Training]]| | + | |
| - | | Perfectae Caritatis|[[http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_decree_19651028_perfectae-caritatis_en.html|Decree on the Adaptation and Renewal of Christian Life]]| | + | |
| - | | Christus Dominus|[[http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_decree_19651028_christus-dominus_en.html|Decree Concerning the Pastoral Office of Bishops]]| | + | |
| - | | Unitatis redintegratio|[[http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_decree_19641121_unitatis-redintegratio_en.html|Decree on Ecumenism]]| | + | |
| - | | Orientalium ecclesiarum|[[http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_decree_19641121_orientalium-ecclesiarum_en.html|Decree on the Catholic Churches of the Eastern Rite]]| | + | |
| - | | Inter mirifica|[[http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_decree_19631204_inter-mirifica_en.html|Decree on the Media of Social Communications]]| | + | |
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| - | * If the Church were infallible, nothing in the Church would ever change. | + | |
| - | * Many things have changed in the Church. | + | |
| - | * Therefore, the Church is not infallible. | + | |
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| - | //Every change made by the Council and by the pope and bishops after the Council has been a change in **discipline,** not in **dogma**.// | + | |
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| - | ====== Benedict's encyclicals ====== | + | |
| - | [[encyclicals|"Let those who have ears to hear, hear!"]] | + | |
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| - | ====== Archive ====== | + | |
| - | * [[cac-2009|2009 notes]] | + | |
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| - | ====== Unanswered questions ====== | + | |
| - | [[unanswered-questions|The page of neglected questions.]] | + | |
| - | ====== Looking for a few good women ====== | + | |
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| - | WANTED: women (a cut above the ordinary) who would like a live-in communal experience with the intent of growing spiritually. The commitment required for this form of religious life (an aggregée) is temporary but renewable. Some may find it sufficiently satisfying to remain in the community for many years; others may use their time in the community to clarify what God is doing in their life. | + | |
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| - | Sr. Joan Wagner, SSJ | + | |
| - | (716) 759-6893, x128 | + | |
| - | [[jwagnerssj@live.com]] | + | |
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| - | ====== Resources ====== | + | |
| - | <html><div align="center"><h3></html>[[Miracle Mondays]]<html></h3></div></html> | + | |
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| - | |[[http://www.usccb.org/liturgy/current/2010cal.pdf|Liturgical Calendar]]|USCCB| | + | |
| - | |[[http://www.carl-olson.com/|carl-olson.com]]|Carl E. Olson, Catholic apologetics| | + | |
| - | |[[http://www.ignatius.com/index.aspx|ignatius.com]]|Ignatius Press| | + | |
| - | | |[[Obama and abortion]]| | + | |
| - | | |[[An-Idea-of-a-Catholic-University|An Idea of a Catholic University]]| | + | |
| - | | |[[Works-of-mercy|Works of Mercy]]| | + | |
| - | |http://www.catholicresourcecenter.org|[[http://www.catholicresourcecenter.org/free_stuff.shtml|End Liturgical Abuse Now!]]| | + | |
| - | |Vatican website|[[http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/apost_constitutions/documents/hf_ben-xvi_apc_20091104_anglicanorum-coetibus_en.html|Anglican ordinariates]]| | + | |
| - | |Salesian blog|[[http://salesianity.blogspot.com/2010/03/100-us-anglican-parishes-convert-to.html|Anglican conversions]]| | + | |