Posted on 06/13/2010 12:16:24 PM PDT by markomalley
.- Thousands of pilgrims and faithful gathered at noon Sunday in St. Peter’s Square to pray the Angelus with the Holy Father. Before the prayer, he said that the fruits of the recently ended Year for Priests could never be measured, but are already visible and will continue to be ever more so.
“The priest is a gift from the heart of Christ, a gift for the Church and for the world. From the heart of the Son of God, overflowing with love, all the goods of the Church spring forth,” proclaimed Pope Benedict XVI. “One of those goods is the vocations of those men who, conquered by the Lord Jesus, leave everything behind to dedicate themselves completely to the Christian community, following the example of the Good Shepherd.”
The Holy Father described the priest as having been formed by “the same charity of Christ, that love which compelled him to give his life for his friends and to forgive his enemies.”
“Therefore,” he continued, “priests are the primary builders of the civilization of love.”
Benedict XVI exhorted priests to always seek the intercession of St. John Marie Vianney, whose prayer, the “Act of Love,” was prayed frequently during the Year for Priests, and “continues to fuel our dialogue with God.”
The pontiff also spoke about the close of the Year for Priests, which took place this past week and culminated with the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. He emphasized “the unforgettable days in the presence of more than 15,000 priests from around the world.”
The feast of the Sacred Heart is traditionally a “day of priestly holiness,” but this time it was especially so, Benedict XVI remarked.
Pope Benedict concluded his comments by noting that, in contemplating history, “one observes so many pages of authentic social and spiritual renewal which have been written by the decisive contribution of Catholic priests.” These were inspired “only by their passion for the Gospel and for mankind, for his true civil and religious freedom.”
“So many initiatives that promote the entire human being have begun with the intuition of a priestly heart,” he exclaimed.
The Pope then prayed the Angelus, greeted those present in various languages, and imparted his apostolic blessing.
Dispelling another myth - you really can tell the players without a scorecard!
When they are sufficiently strange, they are easier to remember. Most of remember Congressman Waxman from California, if not for his liberal / fascist beliefs, then for his overactive and cavernous nostrils.
So where is the “adding” in the above?
aka Nostrildamus.
"But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God'. (1 Cor. 2:10).
aka Nostrildamus.
It's as plain as the nose on his face...
I base nothing on Dismas being the certifiable name of the Good Thief.
That Jesus does not answer the petition directly is not atypical. In today’s readings, for example, someone tells Jesus that he intends to follow Him, to whcih Jesus replies “birds have nests...”
I see Jesus’s statement to the Thief perfectly fulfilling the task, to assure him of supernatural happiness that awaits the elect upon death.
Mark, the subject was Christ's perfect obeidnece in his human nature to his divine nature. I am not sure what is there not to understand. The only way for a man not to sin is to be in perfrect obedience to God's law. Therefore, he did't do what his human nature tempted him to do but what his divine nature demaneded. This way his human character becomes transparent, invisible, and all we see is him acting out his divine will. When does he act out his human will contrary to his divine will?
I've read from a number of sources and still don't quite get it. Not saying that it is not so, definitely not, but I don't quite get it
The Church defined orthodox Chrisitlogy at the Council of Chalcedon (5th century). One Person, tewo natures, two wills, one divine and another one human. Chirst is in perfect harmony with his natures, which are unconfused but inseparable (hypostatic union).
No one can say they "understand" it.
Nothing I said and nothing I believe contradicts anything in the Bible. I am, after all, Catholic. If Catholicism surprises you that must be because you spend too much time running away the the scripture rather than toward it, with your “dividing”.
Ha! Well you can start with the Catholic Church's teaching that it is Israel. Where is that found in the Bible?
You don’t think it is consistent with Christianity being fulfillment of the Hebrew Law, and the graft on the stock of Israel? I am frankly surprised anyone considers it even a bit controversial.
“Losing” the tetragrammaton was one way of “Christianizing” the Old Testament”
Given the importance of “The Name” in the Hebrew Scriptures, leaving it out makes “Hallowed by thy name” rather ambiguous at best.
Kosta, one of the things that we learn is that Jesus' human and divine will are in harmony. If the human nature is in subservience to the divine will, how is that harmony? How is that perfectly human and perfectly divine? As I said, I don't quite understand it. The Church has proclaimed, and therefore it is, but I don't quite get it. And that bugs me, the engineer. I like to get it...
No one can say they "understand" it.
Okay...
we are not in the Dispensation of the Law, we are in the Dispensation of the Grace of God. The Church the Body of Christ. The One New Man. We had a definite beginning and we have a definite ending.
*This is the point I was trying to make. I apologize if I didn't explain it clearly.
Irenaues was not infallible, he was a fallible man that sometimes disagreed with what the RC teaches.. See that is the problem with the catholic tradition driven religion.. it is not infallible there is no means of verification it is all faith alone..
Sola Ecclesia Romanus
Only the Church of Rome is the Rule of Faith
“Read more Scripture.”
Understand more scripture.
1 Cor. 11:24, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this to remember me.”
1 Cor. 11:25, ““This cup is the new promise made with my blood. Every time you drink from it, do it to remember me.”
Where’s the teaching in the Bible that Mary was born without sin?
Or that she remained a virgin her entire life?
Or that she was assumed and did not see death?
Or that we are to pray to her for anything?
Or that people are to be canonized as saints and prayed to?
Where are the instructions to the church in selecting Peter’s successors?
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