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The
new translation - a Humanae Vitae moment?
John W
The unreasonableness of the new
translation is not unlike the unreasonableness (for many people) of
Humanae Vitae. Both the translation and HV impinge on, (trample on?) very
sensitive areas: liturgical life and sexual life
This
week's smile
Water changed to wine...
Reading Reflection Prayer
- with readers' comments
Menu for today Jan 20: |
Readings for Sun 2
which speak of God's
intoxicating? love for us! |
Please add your comments. Why
did Jesus
change water to wine?! |
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See comments Jan
19 |
This website
is
one
year old today DG!
Vatican
II Reflection 390
Good for "Western" church
to have patriarchates
J
Ratzinger suggested the Western Church should have patriarchates!
(paragraph 7)
Wikipedia:
Patriarch
Historical
overview
... not a simple topic!
As
UK freezes in snow,
Sydney has record
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John W - Blog - Jan 20
This website one year old
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How
well do we
identify with the poor?
(Questions from a Ewe)
After introducing this topic about poverty,
(Cardinal Dolan) said he had to limit discussion to “14 minutes or the
pasta will not be al dente” and the brothers responded with laughter. This
country has tens of millions of hungry people – many of them children.
Yet, Dolan - who looks like he has never involuntarily skipped a single
meal - limits discussion about the poor to just a few minutes lest it
impact his lunch. The poor are so important that the bishops can mock them
by trivializing discussion about the hungry so that these very well-fed
bishops won't experience a delay or impediment to their meal's quality
What
kind of bishops
are they appointing?
Joseph Girzone
Israel's
new settlements
Reading Reflection Prayer
- with readers' comments
Menu for today Jan 21 |
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Choose good, not junk, food |
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Wisdom can't
be bought from supermarket or internet |
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Give Him our
unsolvable problems |
OK to speak
up
when treated unjustly |
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Please add comments about any of these readings |
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See
comments Jan 20 |
Vatican II Reflection 391
Acknowledging the validity
of others' sacraments
John W - Blog - Jan 21
Photos of "harmonious
society" on Gold Coast
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The
Disconnect between the People of God and the Hierarchy
Martin Mallon
(Tuesday blogger from Ireland)
In the case of Humanae Vitae, the People of God
ignore and ridicule institutional church teaching, whereas with the new
translation of the Mass they either grin and bear it or leave the church.
This disconnect between the laity and
the hierarchy cannot continue indefinitely, on the level of church
teaching (e.g. HV) and practical decisions (e.g. Mass translations). Is
there a good shepherd out there?
Vatican II
Reflection 392
Asia/Africa should not have to
follow a European liturgical calendar
Reading Reflection Prayer
- with readers' comments
Menu for today Jan 22 |
Words put into
practice
by Matteo Ricci |
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The good Jew is a person who cares
for the poor |
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Thou Art
Worthy YouTube |
Jesus pleads guilty
to being a king |
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Please add a comment! |
John W - Blog - Jan
22
Technological progress means unemployment
...and an impersonal world
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Our
Baptism
Chris McDonnell
(UK Wed blogger)
We celebrate, each year, our birthday, the occasion when we achieved
independence from our Mother’s nurturing care and brought joy to our
family.
Would it not be a good
idea to do the same for our anniversary of Baptism? And if we don’t know
the date, how about finding out?
New York Times Best
Seller for the last 10 weeks:
Proof of Heaven
by Dr Eben
Alexander
Reading Reflection Prayer
- with readers' comments
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Love God, avoid evil,
...good for health |
Doing right
makes us glad.
Doing bad makes us sad |
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Beware of bad
leaders |
Being a
Christian is not
a popularity contest |
Bang
goes the Theory
George Monbiot
In 2012, the world’s 100 richest people
became $241 billion richer. They are now worth $1.9 trillion: just a
little less than the GDP of the United Kingdom.
Vatican II
Reflection 386
Who are the Eastern
Catholic Churches?
John W - Blog - Jan 16
Books like "Proof of Heaven" a great encouragement to
grieving families
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From Hazel
(UK):
I'm getting so disillusioned with
theology. Using theology you seem to be able to prove anything. Jesus was
a very simple person and when we look at the way John proclaimed his
message, it was simply, "love, love, love all the way." All
these great intellectuals seem to twist and change things with very big
EXCEPTS. Why can't we reach out to other Christians, why can't we even
pray together. When the Pope says "pray alongside" how
ridiculous is that! and how demeaning to others. It is saying they are not
good enough to pray with us! Come back, Blessed Pope John and set
them all right!
(full comment
is here)
New
translation , joke!
A good,
one!
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Every Thursday, Daniel
Daring's reflection on the Sunday readings,
to help us prepare for Sunday:
This week - Sunday 2(C):
Is it possible?
Faced
with the miracle of water being changed into
wine, we have two choices: explain
it or embrace it. Seeing 600 liters of best quality
wine, we can sense how extravagant Jesus is when it comes to gifting us with grace
and blessing and new chances in life. |
Change
the way
bishops are selected (NCR)
Vatican II Reflection 387
"Variety the spice of life"
or "When in any place,
do as the Romans do"?
Reading Reflection Prayer
- with readers' comments
Menu for today Jan 17 |
Let your wife's love
always hold you captive |
Each of us can
remember
a time when we were rescued from physical or moral danger |
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Rotten apple
people |
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Our New Friend |
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Please add your own comments about any of these readings |
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See Jan 15
comments |
John
W - Blog - Jan 17
Australia's friendly spirit
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Giving
Bakhita
(Friday Africa blogger)
Was my aunty a stranger and I didn’t invite
her? Would God accept my tithe and find it worthy when indeed I should have
given to someone who was in need?
Good
& bad shepherds
Joseph
Girzone
re the type of priests being produced by today's seminaries
Using poor language
in the liturgy
Andrew
Hamilton
At a time when Christians increasingly experience a
gap between faith and their world, a language of liturgy that is
disconnected from the ways in which people can speak about things that
matter puts unnecessary lead in the Catholic saddlebag.
And see the many, many comments, like this
one from
Graham Quinlivan:
I am a member of one of the largest
multi-cultural parishes in Australia and I can't help wondering what the
wonderful devout people around me each week make of this archaic,
incomprehensible jargon we are forced to endure....
HK
inter-denominational
youth gathering
A
good news story!
Reading
Reflection Prayer
- with readers' comments
Menu for today Jan 18 |
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The science of being a good
person. This is what schools should teach |
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Getting up a
dawn...not so easy after TV/internet at night |
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The world's
Doorkeeper! |
Private
conversation
made public |
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Please add your own comments about any of these readings |
Second
NCR research article re women and the history of ordination
This time: how women were gradually excluded
Vatican
II Reflection 388
The right to "rule themselves"
John W - Blog - Jan 18
We notice more on foot!
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Mini-reflection
John W
As so many problems afflict our world, our Church, our families, our
hearts.....the more we need wisdom and courage from God. One
of the best ways to download a daily program of such wisdom and courage is
to give a few minutes to the Bible. Saying we
don't have time for or interest in the Bible is like a sick person saying
they don't have time for or interest in a doctor.
May I again warmly invite all readers to use
the reading-reflection-prayer
menu below. DG according to this
website's
December
statistics more than 30 readers have been checking the RRP most days,
with 69 the record so far.
As a way of committing yourself to using this
RRP, you might like to make a resolution to post a small comment on the
RRP each day. No need to use your real name.
No need to write more than a sentence or two.
But the exercise/commitment to posting a
daily comment
will help you get into the habit of giving a few (extra) minutes to the
Bible. And after a few days, I promise you,
such posting will become a pleasure rather than a duty....as you notice
the blessings of wisdom and courage in your life coming from the Heavenly
Server.
Give it a try now on the menu below
for today!
Reading Reflection Prayer
- with readers' comments
Menu for today Jan 19 |
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"No fool like an old
fool" |
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Best thing to
do when people send words of hate |
Lukewarm
students
a cross for teachers |
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God arrested |
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Please add your own comments about any of these readings |
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See comments
Jan
17 |
Africa:
Excellent
report re current crisis in Mali
c.f. Intervention
welcomed by Christians
Secular scrutiny
can save the Church
Fr Michael Kelly SJ
RIP:
Tisa
Balasuriya OMI
Vatican
II Reflection 389
Rights and rites
John W - Blog - Jan 19
Bikinis on the
beach!
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any thanks for checking
this website each day
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