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Apr
30
John 10:1-10
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1 Amen, amen I say to you: He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up another way, the same is a thief and a robber. 2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. 4 And when he hath let out his own sheep, he goeth before them: and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice. 5 But a stranger they follow not, but fly from him, because they know not the voice of strangers.
6 This proverb Jesus spoke to them. But they understood not what he spoke to them. 7 Jesus therefore said to them again: Amen, amen I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. 8 All others, as many as have come, are thieves and robbers: and the sheep heard them not. 9 I am the door. By me, if any man enter in, he shall be saved: and he shall go in, and go out, and shall find pastures. 10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I am come that they may have life, and may have it more abundantly.
Apr
29
Woo Hoo! I am Pius XII
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Which Twentieth Century Pope Are You?
You are Pope Pius XII. You’re efficient and dedicated, but not very approachable.
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I could do worse!
Apr
29
Co-Workers of the Truth 4/29
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You will stretch out your hands, and someone else will fasten a belt around you and take you where you do not wish to go” (Jn 21:18). This is doubtless a reference to the death that Peter, the disciple of Christ, will suffer with hands outstretched and bound to a cross.
I am always reminded, when I read this passage, of a small ritual that affected me most profoundly at ordination. At that time, afrer the hands had been annointed with oil, they were bound together, and with one’s hands thus bound one received the chalice - the hands and, in them, one’s whole being seemed, as it were, linked to the chalice. The chalice- that brought to mind the question Jesus addressed to the brothers James and John: “Are you able to drink the cup that I drink?” (Mk 10:38).
The Eucharistic Chalice, center of the priestly life, always recalls these words to my mind. And then the hands, bound together and annointed with the Messianic oil of chrism. Hands are expression of the power we have over our own lives, of the power we possess: with them we can take hold of things, take possession of them, defend ourselves. Hands bound together, on the other hand, are an expression of powerlessness, of the renunciation of power. They are placed in Jesus’ hands; they are laid on the chalice. This small ritual symbolizes the fact that the Eucharist is the center of the priestly form of life. My hands are bound together; I no longer belong to myself. I belong to him and through him to others as well. Discipleship is a readiness to be bound, to permanence, just as he bound himself permanently to us. The hands bound together are, in reality, open hands - hands outstretched, as the Gospel says. The courage to bind oneself permanently, the unconditional Yes - that is discipleship. It is only in this unconditional Yes that we go the whole way of which we have already spoken. And the whole way is the true way, for truth and love cannot be separated.
From: Diener eurer Freude, pp. 70-71
Apr
29
John 10:27-30
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27 My sheep hear my voice: and I know them, and they follow me. 28 And I give them life everlasting; and they shall not perish for ever, and no man shall pluck them out of my hand. 29 That which my Father hath given me, is greater than all: and no one can snatch them out of the hand of my Father. 30 I and the Father are one.
Apr
28
Weblinks at the Forum
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I posted a new link to a collection of videos of the Pope. Check it out at the new Forum.
Apr
28
John 6:60-69
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60 These things he said, teaching in the synagogue, in Capharnaum.61 Many therefore of his disciples, hearing it, said: This saying is hard, and who can hear it? 62 But Jesus, knowing in himself, that his disciples murmured at this, said to them: Doth this scandalize you? 63 If then you shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before? 64 It is the spirit that quickeneth: the flesh profiteth nothing. Read more
Apr
27
What if…
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I’ve been giving a lot of thought lately to the big “what if” in my life right now. Of course, that ‘what if” has two sides, and neither of them is completely appealing.
Apr
27
VATICAN CITY, APR 27, 2007 (VIS) - Yesterday afternoon, Holy See Press Office Director Fr. Federico Lombardi S.J. announced that Benedict XVI has accepted the invitation presented recently by Ban Ki-moon, secretary general of the United Nations, to visit the headquarters of that organization in New York. Read more
Apr
27
Reflections On Mark 5:25-34
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Mark 5: 25 ” And a woman who was under an issue of blood twelve years, 26 And had suffered many things from many physicians; and had spent all that she had, and was nothing the better, but rather worse, 27 When she had heard of Jesus, came in the crowd behind him, and touched his garment. 28 For she said: If I shall touch but his garment, I shall be whole. 29 And forthwith the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of the evil. 30 And immediately Jesus knowing in himself the virtue that had proceeded from him, turning to the multitude, said: Who hath touched my garments?
Apr
27
John 6:52-59
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52 If any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever; and the bread that I will give, is my flesh, for the life of the world. 53 The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying: How can this man give us his flesh to eat? 54 Read more
