Something perhaps to be considered in all that is taking place today...as actually the culmination of everything that has led up to this moment. Received this one today in my daily selections of meditations from St. Faustina's diary....from the Divine Mercy Center: See the Human Race Meditation: Then Jesus said to me, Look and see the human race in its present condition. In an instant, I saw horrible things: the executioners left Jesus, and other people started scourging Him; they seized the scourges and struck the Lord mercilessly. These were priests, religious men and women, and high dignitaries of the Church, which surprised me greatly. There were lay people of all ages and walks of life. All vented their malice on the innocent Jesus. Seeing this, my heart fell as if into a mortal agony. And while the executioners had been scourging Him, Jesus had been silent and looking into the distance; but when those other souls I mentioned scourged Him, Jesus closed His eyes, and a soft but most painful moan escaped from His Heart. And Jesus gave me to know in detail the gravity of the malice of these ungrateful souls: You see, this is a torture greater than My death.Then my lips too fell silent, and I began to experience the agony of death ... (Diary, 445).
Yes I think they are often like buisness managers often. I sometimes wonder if the circles they usually move about in are very different from the circles ordinary working Catholics go about in and so it kind of changes them. I have never ,ever been to a formal do in my life but I would say iof I did the way the rich and famous dress and talk and think about things would seem like another planet to me. This is why maybe when the Holy Spirit picks people like Sr Lucia or St Bernadette they are almost always kinda country hicks. Peasants and what the world would call backward. There is a funny story of Pope St John 23rd when he was Papal Delegate to France. He went to a big dinner party were one of the ladies had a every low decollage and they were all looking at him wondering what he would say and kind of sniggering. St John made a funny comment with a barb. But I would imagine if you went to a big dinner party now there would be so much to comment on your head would fall off. https://www.loyolapress.com/our-cat...-reflections/the-humor-and-love-of-john-xxiii 'But the passage that made me laugh in the retreat house (and drew pointed glances from more silent retreatants) was one that placed the pope in a Roman hospital called the Hospital of the Holy Spirit. Shortly after entering the building, he was introduced to the sister who ran the hospital. “Holy Father,” she said, “I am the superior of the Holy Spirit.” “You’re very lucky,” said the pope, delighted. “I’m only the Vicar of Christ!”' .......... And I had already heard his famous answer to the journalist who asked innocently, “How many people work in the Vatican?” “About half of them,” said His Holiness.
Raymond Arroyo discusses the Met Gala on this week's World Over at the @52 min. mark, Edited to add: Raymond Arroyo also touches on the Intercommunion Proposal made by some German Bishops @18 min. mark.
Good news. In Poland lay catholics have done a campaign rejecting Amoris Laetitia new paradigm for the divorced and remarried. They have submitted the final document, with more than 145.000 signatures to the bishops of Poland: http://www.eng.pch24.pl/polonia-sem...signatures-submitted-to-bishops-,58885,i.html Polonia Semper Fidelis, a campaign initiated by laypersons, was a great organisational success. Within a short time, an appeal to defend the indissolubility of marriage was supported by over 145,000 persons. As previously announced, the gathered letters were submitted to the office of the Conference of the Episcopate of Poland. Representatives of the Father Piotr Skarga Institute submitted over 145,000 signatures gathered under the Polonia Semper Fidelis campaign to the office of the Conference of the Episcopate of Poland. This is the voice of the laypersons who made a filial request to bishops for confirmation of the permanency of the teaching of the Church about the indissolubility of marriage. Parcels along with letters of support were handed over to Rev. Przemysław Drąg – Director of the National Centre for Pastoral Care of Families at the Conference of the Episcopate of Poland. Rev. Drąg expressed his gratitude to the Father Piotr Skarga Institute for its initiative and to all signatories for their participation in the campaign. – I think this is tremendously important in these days, when there have been attempts to interpret in various ways the Pope’s text about the Holy Communion for persons who live in a new relationship after the break-up of their sacramental marriage – he stressed. The priest of families appreciated the mobilisation of laypersons in the Church in Poland, their conscious involvement in the life of the Church, the public expression of faith and support for pastors in connection with the campaign. ‘In this way, this community of the faithful – laymen and pastors – feels more united and encouraged. These signatures have their own gravity, and I felt this on my hands,’ said Rev. Drąg. He noted that the voice of lay Catholics would certainly spread out into the world. Because it shows that Poland is not ashamed of its Christian roots, that Poles want to live in marriage and family in accordance with the teaching of Christ and that building a normal marriage based on a man and woman is a great virtue and source of happiness for them. An expression of concern, care and support The Polonia Semper Fidelis campaign arose out of the kindness of the heart and great care for the fate of the Church and its traditional Teaching. Concerned about news coming from the West, laypersons wanted to support Polish bishops, hoping that they would stand up for the Church’s 2,000 - year teaching about the indissolubility of the sacrament of marriage. – It is not an attempt to exert pressure or enforce bishops’ opinion, but a filial request. A request made by children to their parents, their fathers, that they stand up for sacramental marriage and the Catholic family. We hope for this. And this is also what Catholics outside Poland expect; we receive many such voices of hope that our pastors will be those who give testimony in response to designs on the sacred institution of marriage and in the face of a massive attack on the family – said Sławomir Skiba, a member of the Management Board of the Father Piotr Skarga Institute. He noticed that this issue strongly affects laypersons living in sacramental marriages. ‘This is why we feel obliged to take action and urged by Providence to bravely defend the marriage and family and to support our Pastors, who, as we trust, will also assume this position – faithful to the Gospel and the eternal teaching of the Church,’ he added. This support may prove particularly important because the Polish Episcopate is still working on the interpretation of the apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia. The faithful believe that Polish Pastors will not yield to the modernist fashion and will refuse to accept the admission of divorced persons living in new relationships to the Holy Communion in spite of their persistence in sin. Unfortunately, such progressive interpretations of the papal document have already been made in some countries, such as Germany. For this reason, the faithful considered it necessary to give testimony and to show hierarchs that they are not alone and can count on strong support in their fight for the permanency of the Teaching. Over 145,000 proofs of support for bishops, most of them gathered by traditional mail within only a few weeks, are only a small but tangible sample of the power existing within the Polish Church. And, as disciples of Saint John Paul II, hierarchs certainly feel particularly responsible for the future of the Church – for its sanctity, the permanency of its Teaching and its universality. – In this particularly difficult situation being experienced by Christian marriages and families, the absence of an official document confirming clearly the Church’s position expressed so far on the aforementioned issues, for example by the Holy Father John Paul II in his exhortation Familiaris Consortio, contributes to a growing number of doubts and deviations from the centuries-long teaching and practice with regard to the sacrament of marriage and the Eucharist – stress the authors of the appeal addressed to His Excellency Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, the chairman of the Conference of the Episcopate of Poland. – Bearing in mind the firm position of Polish bishops, who bravely stood up for the teaching of the Church and the spiritual heritage of the Polish Pope during synods devoted to the family, I expect with love and trust the confirmation of this teaching by the Conference of the Episcopate of Poland - we can read in the letter of laypersons. Remember: Polonia Semper Fidelis – Poland always faithful!
My daughters would call this a Dad joke. Along the lines of this one... What's the internal temp of a Tauntaun? Luke WARM! WA WA WAAAAAAAA!!
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I think this German Archbishop's understanding is quite right; that Pope Francis does support giving Holy Communion to Protestants. https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/g...s-has-given-nod-of-approval-to-intercommunion
These matters are beyond my pay-grade to decide definitively, but one has one's suspicions and fears. That's why I try and pray three Hail Marys for Pope Francis every day.
Always a wonderful idea. And always worth it. We don't know what's going on in the Pope's head. We can still pray.
