The Ceiling light in the kitchen is not working so now I will investigate to rectify the problem.
http://www.familyhandyman.com/electrical/how-to-hang-a-ceiling-light-fixture/step-by-step
Viewing daily life as the pilgrimage of sacrifice, but experiencing the Power of God to overcome and cleanse the hearts of us sinners
Children & Discipline
According tho this article 98% of people do not discipline correctly. I was glad to have this article from Catholic Digest to help me discipline myself rather than my children in order to remind them that I love them when I correct them even in the face of improper conduct.
Flanders, Nancy. "How to Discipline Your Children without Yelling." Catholic Digest May 2013: 13-17. Print.
Flanders, Nancy. "How to Discipline Your Children without Yelling." Catholic Digest May 2013: 13-17. Print.
The Rosary: Why Pray It? & the history
The other day a man and woman asked me about the history of the rosary. I knew briefly in my mind the biblical origin, but the exact date and time the rosary began as a devotion eluded me in that moment. I told them I did not know, but I would gladly refer them to some resources nearby. (I was in a Catholic book store.) I offered: The Rosary hand book and Unabridged Christianity and a website so they could briefly read it, but they said they were not interested in 'reading' at the moment, but would gladly visit catholicscomehome.org at a later time. Finding out later that it was the month of the Rosary I thought I would share these two articles my wife found. They were a very helpful brief summary of the devotion and History of the Rosary.
Rev. Pellerin, Kieth. From the Collar: Why Do Catholics Pray the Rosary. Lake Charles: J.S. Paluch, 2013. Print.
Rev. Pellerin, Kieth. From the Collar: The History of the Rosary. Lake Charles: J.S. Paluch, 2013. Print.
Rev. Pellerin, Kieth. From the Collar: Why Do Catholics Pray the Rosary. Lake Charles: J.S. Paluch, 2013. Print.
Rev. Pellerin, Kieth. From the Collar: The History of the Rosary. Lake Charles: J.S. Paluch, 2013. Print.
My Beautiful Wife
My wife continually reminds me of the more important things in life. I thought more people could see more of why my wife continually reminds me of the love of God.
Concerning Children
Concerning Children
Lumen Fidei (The Light of Faith)
National Catholic Register covers the story about the encyclical
http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/lumen-fidei-guidance-for-an-increasingly-irreligious-world/
The Encyclicals involved
The New Encyclical by Pope Francis
Lumen Fidei (The Light of Faith)
By Pope Benedict XVI
Spe Salvi (Saved in Hope)
Deus Caritas Est (God Is Love)
http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/lumen-fidei-guidance-for-an-increasingly-irreligious-world/
The Encyclicals involved
The New Encyclical by Pope Francis
Lumen Fidei (The Light of Faith)
By Pope Benedict XVI
Spe Salvi (Saved in Hope)
Deus Caritas Est (God Is Love)
me
My Wife
I am the most blessed man on earth to be married to the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. We have four beautiful children. Lucia, Joseph, Cecilia, and Peter. We are Pro-Life. We advocate the protection of the lives of the defenseless and innocent like the unborn baby and as well as those who are in dire need like the woman who carries the said child alone. Pro-Life is the protection of human life from conception to natural death. We as a family believe that traditional marriage should be upheld and defended and that the family is at war with sin as the likes of pornography, contraception, and abortion as well as other mortal sins that kill the soul.
We are broken, but in our brokenness we find strength, reconciliation, and healing in the constant loving activity of The One True God. Who when he deems necessary consoles the heart or tames our longing to long for Who created this longing.
I am the most blessed man on earth to be married to the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. We have four beautiful children. Lucia, Joseph, Cecilia, and Peter. We are Pro-Life. We advocate the protection of the lives of the defenseless and innocent like the unborn baby and as well as those who are in dire need like the woman who carries the said child alone. Pro-Life is the protection of human life from conception to natural death. We as a family believe that traditional marriage should be upheld and defended and that the family is at war with sin as the likes of pornography, contraception, and abortion as well as other mortal sins that kill the soul.
We are broken, but in our brokenness we find strength, reconciliation, and healing in the constant loving activity of The One True God. Who when he deems necessary consoles the heart or tames our longing to long for Who created this longing.
Fireworks we saw with the kids!
Rally for Religious Freedom
It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to
obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His
protection and favor.
George Washington
Rally for Religious Freedom
(Click to download & Listen to the Speakers)
Charles Schrumph, Sulphur Court Judge
The Founding Fathers and Religious Freedom: Why is Free Exercise of Religion Protected? Whom does it protect?
Rev. Edward Richard, Pastor of Our Lady of Prompt Succor Church
David Ritchie, 14th Judicial District Court Judge
Does the Free Exercise Clause Protect only Freedom of Worship?
Mike Danahay, State Representative
Protection of the Right to Religious Freedom in the Legislature
Veronica Allison, Sulphur City Councilwoman
Freedom of Religion: Living It in Our Community
Presentation by Jenny Finch, Olympic Gold Medalist
The Discipline 25 for Religious Freedom
(due to a technical error this presentation or part of it is contained in two parts)
Part1
Part2
Dr. Ronnie Burke, Pastor Maplewood First Baptist Church, Sulphur Ministerial Alliance
The Truth About Marriage and the Freedom of Religion
Ulysses Gene Thibodeaux, Chief Justice of Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal
Religious Freedom in Our Local Towns and Communities
Mitchell Wyninger, 2013 Sulphur High Graduate
Religious Freedom: Why This Concerns the Youth of Today
Jennifer Page, Sulphur City Prosecutor
Protecting the Rights of Conscience
John DeRosier, Calcasieu Parish District Attorney
Freedom of Religion and the Good of Society: Religious Freedom Supports a Just Society
Operation Hope is a local project with a goal of raising awareness of Human Trafficking and funds that will go toward the fight to ending Human Trafficking.
Special Thanks for everyone involved with this event
George Washington
Rally for Religious Freedom
(Click to download & Listen to the Speakers)
The Fortnight of Freedom Initiative and the importance of Cooperation for the Preservation of Religious Freedom: Our Faith in the Public Square
Charles Schrumph, Sulphur Court Judge
The Founding Fathers and Religious Freedom: Why is Free Exercise of Religion Protected? Whom does it protect?
Rev. Edward Richard, Pastor of Our Lady of Prompt Succor Church
David Ritchie, 14th Judicial District Court Judge
Does the Free Exercise Clause Protect only Freedom of Worship?
Mike Danahay, State Representative
Protection of the Right to Religious Freedom in the Legislature
Veronica Allison, Sulphur City Councilwoman
Freedom of Religion: Living It in Our Community
Presentation by Jenny Finch, Olympic Gold Medalist
The Discipline 25 for Religious Freedom
(due to a technical error this presentation or part of it is contained in two parts)
Part1
Part2
Dr. Ronnie Burke, Pastor Maplewood First Baptist Church, Sulphur Ministerial Alliance
The Truth About Marriage and the Freedom of Religion
Ulysses Gene Thibodeaux, Chief Justice of Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal
Religious Freedom in Our Local Towns and Communities
Mitchell Wyninger, 2013 Sulphur High Graduate
Religious Freedom: Why This Concerns the Youth of Today
Jennifer Page, Sulphur City Prosecutor
Protecting the Rights of Conscience
John DeRosier, Calcasieu Parish District Attorney
Freedom of Religion and the Good of Society: Religious Freedom Supports a Just Society
Operation Hope is a local project with a goal of raising awareness of Human Trafficking and funds that will go toward the fight to ending Human Trafficking.
Special Thanks for everyone involved with this event
Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.
Blessed John Paul II
Today was a regular day. The children got to spend time with Nana (grandma) and play at her house. I keep forgetting about not being too cranky too often. Anger is something I really have to work at especially when I am tired.
Sometimes I expect a certain part of my day to play out a certain way in my mind and I find that just the opposite of what I wanted came about. It is difficult to say in the moment, but often when I believe I am being taken advantage of with my time I discover I am actually being selfish with it.
Sometimes I want to write or create or blog or just MAKE SOMETHING, but the reality is that if I made kindness and generosity more of my goal I would be emulating our Lord better.
Sometimes I expect a certain part of my day to play out a certain way in my mind and I find that just the opposite of what I wanted came about. It is difficult to say in the moment, but often when I believe I am being taken advantage of with my time I discover I am actually being selfish with it.
Sometimes I want to write or create or blog or just MAKE SOMETHING, but the reality is that if I made kindness and generosity more of my goal I would be emulating our Lord better.
Don't look for big things, just do small things with great love. -Mother Teresa
Pope Stresses Selfless Service
National Catholic Register (ncregister.com)
Pope Stresses Selfless Service to Youth at Holy Thursday Mass
The Holy Father opened the Triduum by spending it with young men and women at a youth detention center in Rome.
by EDWARD PENTIN 03/28/2013
Rome Reports
Pope Francis delivers his Holy Thursday homily at Casa del Marmo youth detention center in Rome.
– Rome Reports
VATICAN CITY — At a young people’s detention center just outside of Rome this evening, Pope Francis urged a group of jailed teens to be at the service of one another, reminding them that Jesus came to serve and help mankind.
The Holy Father made the comments at the Casa del Marmo youth detention center, where he celebrated the Mass of Our Lord’s Supper for 50 young offenders, including 11 girls, as well as staff, volunteers and dignitaries.
Among those concelebrating the Mass with the Holy Father were the vicar of Rome, Cardinal Agostino Vallini; the deputy secretary of state, Archbishop Giovanni Angelo Becciu; private secretary Msgr. Alfred Xuereb; and the detention center chaplain, Father Gaetano Greco.
The Vatican said that during the Mass the Pope “washed the feet of 12 young guests of the penal institute, of different nationalities and religious confessions, among them two girls.”
The decision to celebrate the Mass there was a break with papal tradition, which is normally celebrated in the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome. The Holy Father has not yet formally taken possession of the basilica as the bishop of Rome.
In his unscripted homily, Pope Francis recalled the “moving” washing of the feet by Jesus and the Lord’s explanation of his action.
“Jesus washes the feet of his disciples,” he recounted. “Peter understands nothing. He refuses, but Jesus explains to him. Jesus, God, did this, and he himself explains it to the disciples: ‘Do you realize what I have done for you? You call me teacher and master, and rightly so, for indeed I am. If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another’s feet. I have given you a model to follow, so that as I have done for you, you should also do.’”
The Holy Father explained that the foot-washing is important for Jesus “because among us the one who is highest up must be at the service of others.”
“This is a symbol; it is a sign — washing your feet means I am at your service,” he said. “And we are too, among each other, but we don’t have to wash each other’s feet each day. So what does this mean? That we have to help each other.”
“Sometimes I would get angry with someone, but we must let it go; and if they ask a favor of you, do it!” the Pope said.
‘Help One Another’
He continued, “Help one another. This is what Jesus teaches us. This is what I do. And I do it with my heart. I do this with my heart because it is my duty. As a priest and bishop, I must be at your service. But it is a duty that comes from my heart and a duty I love. I love doing it because this is what the Lord has taught me. But you too must help us and help each other, always. And thus, in helping each other, we will do good for each other.”
In closing, the Pope said the ceremony of the washing of the feet should prompt each person to question, “Am I really willing to help others? Just think of that. Think that this sign is Christ’s caress, because Jesus came just for this: to serve us, to help us.”
As cardinal archbishop of Buenos Aires, Pope Francis would celebrate the Mass of the Lord’s Supper in prisons or hospices and sometimes wash the feet of girls. This is in variance from the normal canonical practice that only men should have their feet washed, as it signifies the fact that Christ’s apostles were all male.
Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Mass in the Casa del Marmo during Lent in 2007.
Since his election, Pope Francis has sought to encourage the Church to look outwards more, and he reminded Catholics of the Church’s special role in caring for the poor and marginalized.
Presents for the Pope
At the end of Mass, before returning to the Vatican, Pope Francis met members of the institute, as well as government ministers in the prison gym. The boys in the prison gave the Pope a wooden crucifix and a kneeler that they had made in the institute workshop.
The Mass of the Lord’s Supper marks the beginning of the Easter Triduum. Tomorrow afternoon, the Holy Father will celebrate the Passion of the Lord in St. Peter’s Basilica, and, in the evening, he will lead the Via Crucis at the Colosseum.
Edward Pentin is the Register’s Rome correspondent.
Read more: http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/pope-stresses-selfless-service-to-youth-at-holy-thursday-mass/#ixzz2OtrbFP2U
Pope Stresses Selfless Service to Youth at Holy Thursday Mass
The Holy Father opened the Triduum by spending it with young men and women at a youth detention center in Rome.
by EDWARD PENTIN 03/28/2013
Rome Reports
Pope Francis delivers his Holy Thursday homily at Casa del Marmo youth detention center in Rome.
– Rome Reports
VATICAN CITY — At a young people’s detention center just outside of Rome this evening, Pope Francis urged a group of jailed teens to be at the service of one another, reminding them that Jesus came to serve and help mankind.
The Holy Father made the comments at the Casa del Marmo youth detention center, where he celebrated the Mass of Our Lord’s Supper for 50 young offenders, including 11 girls, as well as staff, volunteers and dignitaries.
Among those concelebrating the Mass with the Holy Father were the vicar of Rome, Cardinal Agostino Vallini; the deputy secretary of state, Archbishop Giovanni Angelo Becciu; private secretary Msgr. Alfred Xuereb; and the detention center chaplain, Father Gaetano Greco.
The Vatican said that during the Mass the Pope “washed the feet of 12 young guests of the penal institute, of different nationalities and religious confessions, among them two girls.”
The decision to celebrate the Mass there was a break with papal tradition, which is normally celebrated in the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome. The Holy Father has not yet formally taken possession of the basilica as the bishop of Rome.
In his unscripted homily, Pope Francis recalled the “moving” washing of the feet by Jesus and the Lord’s explanation of his action.
“Jesus washes the feet of his disciples,” he recounted. “Peter understands nothing. He refuses, but Jesus explains to him. Jesus, God, did this, and he himself explains it to the disciples: ‘Do you realize what I have done for you? You call me teacher and master, and rightly so, for indeed I am. If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another’s feet. I have given you a model to follow, so that as I have done for you, you should also do.’”
The Holy Father explained that the foot-washing is important for Jesus “because among us the one who is highest up must be at the service of others.”
“This is a symbol; it is a sign — washing your feet means I am at your service,” he said. “And we are too, among each other, but we don’t have to wash each other’s feet each day. So what does this mean? That we have to help each other.”
“Sometimes I would get angry with someone, but we must let it go; and if they ask a favor of you, do it!” the Pope said.
‘Help One Another’
He continued, “Help one another. This is what Jesus teaches us. This is what I do. And I do it with my heart. I do this with my heart because it is my duty. As a priest and bishop, I must be at your service. But it is a duty that comes from my heart and a duty I love. I love doing it because this is what the Lord has taught me. But you too must help us and help each other, always. And thus, in helping each other, we will do good for each other.”
In closing, the Pope said the ceremony of the washing of the feet should prompt each person to question, “Am I really willing to help others? Just think of that. Think that this sign is Christ’s caress, because Jesus came just for this: to serve us, to help us.”
As cardinal archbishop of Buenos Aires, Pope Francis would celebrate the Mass of the Lord’s Supper in prisons or hospices and sometimes wash the feet of girls. This is in variance from the normal canonical practice that only men should have their feet washed, as it signifies the fact that Christ’s apostles were all male.
Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Mass in the Casa del Marmo during Lent in 2007.
Since his election, Pope Francis has sought to encourage the Church to look outwards more, and he reminded Catholics of the Church’s special role in caring for the poor and marginalized.
Presents for the Pope
At the end of Mass, before returning to the Vatican, Pope Francis met members of the institute, as well as government ministers in the prison gym. The boys in the prison gave the Pope a wooden crucifix and a kneeler that they had made in the institute workshop.
The Mass of the Lord’s Supper marks the beginning of the Easter Triduum. Tomorrow afternoon, the Holy Father will celebrate the Passion of the Lord in St. Peter’s Basilica, and, in the evening, he will lead the Via Crucis at the Colosseum.
Edward Pentin is the Register’s Rome correspondent.
Read more: http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/pope-stresses-selfless-service-to-youth-at-holy-thursday-mass/#ixzz2OtrbFP2U
Did the Pope Bless Slavery?
Click this to read the Paper
There I was sitting in my Louisiana History class and on the power point I saw the words : Pope Blessed Slavery. This was part of my teacher's lecture at my local college. Being a Catholic I could see that this was based on nothing. I did not know the technical details, but I knew that Our Lord would not give the keys to the kingdom of heaven and authority on earth just so one of the later popes could blow it on slavery. I knew that the gates of hell would never prevail against Holy Mother Church.
My class was assigned a topic of our choice for a term paper so I naturally chose slavery knowing that as a result I probably would not make the greatest grade, but I could at least live with expressing the truth about the matter.
As a result I was basically told as well as written on my paper in the traditional red ink (not verbatim): ' Jee that is a lot of new information I've never seen before and I still don't fully believe you, ...but I will take that out of my lecture." (Bold was written)
It was really difficult even establishing the topic because when she questioned me about it I could tell she probably wanted some kind of strong response from me like "I can't believe you actually think I should belong to a belief that ever supported slavery!" Thankfully our Lord's grace was with me and I was able to handle the truth with ease.
'Person-hood' that is truly the underlying topic: Did the Roman Catholic Church ever neglect the person-hood of human beings? We see the Church defending life on terms of the abortion of children in the womb and euthanasia and we see the Church love and respect the lives of the poor, but I was considerably glad to establish here in my paper: 'Slavery in Louisiana and Roman Catholic Teaching' that the Church in her long standing tradition of defending and valuing the person-hood of every human being did so even there in history when it was so obviously neglected within the years of 1700 to 1865 in the United States of America.
There I was sitting in my Louisiana History class and on the power point I saw the words : Pope Blessed Slavery. This was part of my teacher's lecture at my local college. Being a Catholic I could see that this was based on nothing. I did not know the technical details, but I knew that Our Lord would not give the keys to the kingdom of heaven and authority on earth just so one of the later popes could blow it on slavery. I knew that the gates of hell would never prevail against Holy Mother Church.
My class was assigned a topic of our choice for a term paper so I naturally chose slavery knowing that as a result I probably would not make the greatest grade, but I could at least live with expressing the truth about the matter.
As a result I was basically told as well as written on my paper in the traditional red ink (not verbatim): ' Jee that is a lot of new information I've never seen before and I still don't fully believe you, ...but I will take that out of my lecture." (Bold was written)
It was really difficult even establishing the topic because when she questioned me about it I could tell she probably wanted some kind of strong response from me like "I can't believe you actually think I should belong to a belief that ever supported slavery!" Thankfully our Lord's grace was with me and I was able to handle the truth with ease.
'Person-hood' that is truly the underlying topic: Did the Roman Catholic Church ever neglect the person-hood of human beings? We see the Church defending life on terms of the abortion of children in the womb and euthanasia and we see the Church love and respect the lives of the poor, but I was considerably glad to establish here in my paper: 'Slavery in Louisiana and Roman Catholic Teaching' that the Church in her long standing tradition of defending and valuing the person-hood of every human being did so even there in history when it was so obviously neglected within the years of 1700 to 1865 in the United States of America.
Why the Bibles between Catholics and Protestants are different.
This video has other reliable sources and is very informative
It is a brief history of the Bible.
'The Missing Books of the Bible' Click to read article
The 7 Books of the Bible that are omitted from Protestant Bibles
Catholics refer to this as "the Deuterocanonical Books"
Protestants refer to them as "the Apocrypha"
Tobit
Judith
1 Maccabees
2 Maccabees
Wisdom
Sirach
Baruch
Also in the Catholic " Deuterocanonical Books" are fuller versions of the Old Testament books of Daniel and Esther.
The colors indicate the sources of these writings everything in [brackets] are the meanings the authors conveyed.
When was the Old Testament compiled? Some would decide for about the year 430 B.C., under Esdras and Nehemiah, resting upon the authority of the famous Jew, Josephus, who lived immediately after our Lord and who declares that since the death of Ataxerxes, 424 B.C., "No one had dared to add anything to the Jewish Scriptures, to take anything from them, or to make any change in them."
Alexander the Great ended Persian rule at the Battle of Issus (Syria) in 333 B.C. He established Greek rule and cultural influence by setting up a series of military colonies and founding Greek-style cities, the most important being Alexandria (331 B.C.) in Egypt. The Greek language and way of life began to penetrate the eastern Mediterranean world.
...The Jews, in spite of the tenacity of their own religious and cultural traditions, were also affected by this Hellenistic movement, particularly those scattered beyond the confines of Palestine.
... A Greek translation of the Biblical books appeared in Alexandria around 200 B.C. This became known as the Septuagint (from the Latin for 'seventy'), because of the legend that the translation had been done by seventy-two translators, six from each of the twelve tribes. The Septuagint became the Bible of the Jews of the Diaspora (those 'dispersed' in foreign lands).
Other authorities, again, contend that it was not till near 100 B.C. that the Old Testament volume was finally closed by the inclusion of the Writings.
[Whether around 430 BC or 100 BC] one thing at least is certain, that by this last date--that is, for one hundred years before the birth of our Blessed Lord-- the Old Testament [46 books] existed precisely as we have it now.
It was later adopted by Christian missionaries when they took the Gospel into the Hellenistic world of the Roman Empire. The New Testament written in Greek, records 300 of its 350 quotations from the Septuagint version of the Old Testament instead of in direct translation from the Hebrew.
...During the formative days of the Christian Church, the Jews did not possess a formal or explicit canon of the Old Testament books. The Christian writers quoted the broad library of sacred writings used among contemporary Jews. The Jews continued their own discussions about the sacred books, and in the late second or early third century A.D. canonized the shorter collection that Jews and Protestants use today. Modern study by all parties to the current debate have raised questions about the correctness of this late Jewish decision to exclude some of the books which had been accepted as Scripture for more than 200 years.
The Christians did not establish their Old Testament canon as early as the Jews.
... The question of the Old Testament canon rested [with 46 books of the OT] during the next 1,000years until it was raised again by the reformers in the sixteenth century.
[Within that 1,000 years] the seven firmly-established Old Testament books were repeatedly declared by numerous early Christian Councils [393, 397,417 A.D. etc...] to be the inspired Word of God, [these] were later deleted from the "Protestant" Old Testament canon decided by Martin Luther and successive Reformers more than eleven centuries later.
[I]n debating purgatory with J. Maier of Eck (1519), it was Luther who broke with Church tradition and began a new era in discussions on the Old Testament canon... Confronted by 2 Macc 12:46 as 'scriptural proof' for the doctrine of purgatory, Luther rejected 2 Macc as Scripture.
The early reformers were not eager to reject the ...[deuterocanonical books] altogether, since they had been in ecclesiastical use for more than a millenium.
In his translation of 1534, Martin Luther grouped the deuterocanonical books together at the end of the Old Testament as books which 'are not held equal to the sacred scriptures and yet are useful and good for reading.' The Reformers, in deciding to get back to the situation at the time of the Church's origin, wanted to adopt as scripture the books that made up the Old Testament used by the early Christians. They presumed that the books revered by the Jews of their own time had always been the canonical Old Testament, and so the shorter list of books became the Old Testament of the Reformers. They did not know that the decision for a shorter Old Testament canon had been late in coming, and that during the first century both Jews and Christians held a wider selection of Old Testament books. In reaction to the Reformers, the Council of Trent in 1546 [formally] defined the longer Old Testament canon as inspired scripture."
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Special thanks to the book:
Unabridged Christianity
By Fr. Mario Romero
Where the green and yellow sources came from
The Catholic Bible Study Handbook
by
Jerome Kodell, O.S.B.
Where We Got the Bible: Our debt to the Catholic Church
by
Henry G. Graham
The New Jerome Biblical Commentary
(editors) Raymond Brown, Joseph Fitzmyer, and Roland Murphy
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What Are good Catholic Bibles?
We love you Pope Benedict XVI !
I will forever miss the Pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI
A Visual gift from the Vatican to everyone who loves our Holy Father, now Cardinal Ratzinger
http://www.vatican.va/bxvi/omaggio/index_en.html
A Visual gift from the Vatican to everyone who loves our Holy Father, now Cardinal Ratzinger
http://www.vatican.va/bxvi/omaggio/index_en.html
National Catholic Register. "Pope Benedict XVI to Step Down Feb. 28." Pope Benedict XVI to Step Down Feb. 28.
National Catholic Register, 10 Feb. 2013. Web. 11 Feb. 2013.
<http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/pope-benedict-xvi-to-step-down-feb.-28/>.
Pope Benedict XVI to Step Down Feb. 28
BY THE EDITORS
|Posted 2/11/13 at 9:03 AM
The Holy Father, who became the leader of the
world's more than 1 billion Catholics nearly eight years ago, says 'my
strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate
exercise of the Petrine ministry.'
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Dear brothers,
I have convoked you to this consistory, not only for the three canonizations, but also to communicate to you a decision of great importance for the life of the Church. After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry. I am well aware that this ministry, due to its essential spiritual nature, must be carried out not only with words and deeds, but no less with prayer and suffering. However, in today’s world, subject to so many rapid changes and shaken by questions of deep relevance for the life of faith, in order to govern the barque of St. Peter and proclaim the Gospel, both strength of mind and body are necessary, strength which, in the last few months, has deteriorated in me to the extent that I have had to recognize my incapacity to adequately fulfill the ministry entrusted to me. For this reason, and well aware of the seriousness of this act, with full freedom I declare that I renounce the ministry of Bishop of Rome, Successor of St. Peter, entrusted to me by the cardinals on April 19, 2005, in such a way, that as from Feb. 28, 2013, at 20:00 hours, the See of Rome, the See of St. Peter, will be vacant and a conclave to elect the new Supreme Pontiff will have to be convoked by those whose competence it is.
Dear brothers, I thank you most sincerely for all the love and work with which you have supported me in my ministry, and I ask pardon for all my defects. And now, let us entrust the holy Church to the care of our Supreme Pastor, Our Lord Jesus Christ, and implore his holy Mother Mary, so that she may assist the cardinal fathers with her maternal solicitude in electing a new Supreme Pontiff. With regard to myself, I wish to also devotedly serve the holy Church of God in the future through a life dedicated to prayer.
From the Vatican, February 10, 2013
BENEDICTUS PP XVI
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Noble love
I had to post this letter my wife found. Its just beautiful truth!
Dear Mr. Chesterton,
You seem to support the Catholic notion that the chief object of marriage is the procreation of children. It is the typical masculine and mediaeval argument, smacking of the stud farm. You apparently think nothing of nobler aspect of love and sex.
Signed,
Mr. Herbert
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Dear Mr. Herbert,
Well, Catholics will not resent being called masculine and are used to being called mediaeval. But what strikes me as truly extraordinary is the implication that there is something low about the objective being the birth of a child. Whereas it is obvious that this great natural miracle is the one creative, imaginative and disinterested part of the whole business. The creation of a new creature, not ourselves, of a new conscious center, of a new and independent focus of experience and enjoyment, is an immeasurably more grand and godlike act even than a real love affair; how much more superior to a momentary physical satisfaction. If creating another self is not noble, why is pure self-indulgence nobler?
Your friend,
G.K. Chesterton
learn more fun like this at chesterton.org
Dear Mr. Chesterton,
You seem to support the Catholic notion that the chief object of marriage is the procreation of children. It is the typical masculine and mediaeval argument, smacking of the stud farm. You apparently think nothing of nobler aspect of love and sex.
Signed,
Mr. Herbert
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Dear Mr. Herbert,
Well, Catholics will not resent being called masculine and are used to being called mediaeval. But what strikes me as truly extraordinary is the implication that there is something low about the objective being the birth of a child. Whereas it is obvious that this great natural miracle is the one creative, imaginative and disinterested part of the whole business. The creation of a new creature, not ourselves, of a new conscious center, of a new and independent focus of experience and enjoyment, is an immeasurably more grand and godlike act even than a real love affair; how much more superior to a momentary physical satisfaction. If creating another self is not noble, why is pure self-indulgence nobler?
Your friend,
G.K. Chesterton
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Ate a Cookie lately?
Initially, before typing here I figured I would describe my sick days and tell of the events of my life as of late (probably just complaints), but it occurred to me almost immediately that there are those (such as in Haiti) who are in dire need. I wanted the comforts of health, but with the realization that with local medicine provided I will eventually get better.
There are many other places of the world who are in dire need so I do not know exactly why Haiti came to mind, but that country is the most impoverished nation on the Western Hemisphere of the planet. In order to survive they eat cookies. No not cookies like the ones we think of during our abundance during the last week of advent and the first day of Christmas, but cookies made of a type of clay. They eat dirt cooked by the sun in order to get the nutrients contained in the soil to avoid total starvation and death. Imagine all of the dysentery caused by this with out access to medicine this makes life very hard. I don't write this to condemn the practices of the celebrations of our Lord and Savior these are good and fine, but our Lord did call us by His example to help those in need. If anyone wishes to find out more try foodforthepoor.org This organization helps countries with no strings attached (unlike the UN)
There are many other places of the world who are in dire need so I do not know exactly why Haiti came to mind, but that country is the most impoverished nation on the Western Hemisphere of the planet. In order to survive they eat cookies. No not cookies like the ones we think of during our abundance during the last week of advent and the first day of Christmas, but cookies made of a type of clay. They eat dirt cooked by the sun in order to get the nutrients contained in the soil to avoid total starvation and death. Imagine all of the dysentery caused by this with out access to medicine this makes life very hard. I don't write this to condemn the practices of the celebrations of our Lord and Savior these are good and fine, but our Lord did call us by His example to help those in need. If anyone wishes to find out more try foodforthepoor.org This organization helps countries with no strings attached (unlike the UN)
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