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| Elizabeth
Harrington |
Communion
should be from the altar, not from the tabernacle
(I know of more than one parish which has gone back to the old practice of
Communion from the tabernacle at daily Mass - jw) |
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Today is also the anniversary of
one of the world's greatest missionaries...very few Catholics have ever
heard of him: Hudson
Taylor - he followed Matteo Ricci
in respect and love for Chinese culture and language, in wearing Chinese
dress (for which he was laughed at by other foreign missionaries in his
early ministry), a great spirit of Ecumenism
("non-denominationalism") and he had a great trust in God -
refusing to engage in fund-raising...his motto being: "God's
work, done in God's way, will never lack God's supplies"
....a contrast to our modern way of running the Church like a business. He
was responsible for more than 800 missionaries going to China ....and he
laid the foundation for the phenomenal growth of evangelical house
churches in China today |
| Martin O'Brien |
Towards
a complementary Church There is real hunger for debate on
women’s role in the Church |
| S.J. Report |
Jesuit
numbers going down (...not just Jesuits...) |
| China-UK |
Why China is
Britain's best bet for future prosperity (...not just
Britain's ....) |
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Interactive
Bible Quiz - Deuteronomy
Based on the actual words of the Bible.
How
many times you can get 3/3 ?! |
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Reading, Reflection, Prayer for today, June 3
(comments
welcome):
- despite his personal problems, Jeremiah
kept the big picture in mind
- a basic part of the big picture: the meaning of life
- a good Roman
- Apostles to the apostles
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Vatican
II Reflection 108
Are today's signs of the times on the Church's
radar?
John
W - Blog - June 3
On this night in
Beijing 24 years ago.....
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Terrance W.
Klein
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Bungling
the Body and Blood
If we fail to find our own ways to reverence the mystery of the Eucharist,
it will fade away, like all neglected loves. The commonplace cannot convey
it. And in a world where the rich try harder than ever to
forget the poor, where neighborhoods are increasingly insular, we need to
worry about eating and drinking judgement onto ourselves for our failure
to recognize and to reverence the Christ who remains among us in those who
suffer want. |
Pray-as-you-go.org
Daily prayer with
beautiful music
Bishop
Geoff Robinson
and Bishop Bill Morris:
Petition to Pope Francis
to stop sexual abuse
and to reform Church
- & calling for a new
Ecumenical Council !
(John W has signed petition)
Brian
Coyne (Catholica):
Support
this petition
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Engagements
of Pope Francis
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Many
thanks for checking
this website each day
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Darlene Starrs
Canada Sunday blogger
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A
prophetic flicker out of Canada
If I were to offer an alternative to the traditional
parish, it would be to divide a parish into zones, and in those zones,
create many "cell groups" of Catholic Base Communities who would
not only come together to worship, but, who would be actively proclaiming
the Gospel of Jesus Christ beyond the perimeters of their basic
communities.
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Full
text of Pope Francis' homily for the Solemnity
of the Body and Blood of Christ:
Tonight we are the crowd of the Gospel, we
seek to follow Jesus to listen to him, to enter into communion with him in
the Eucharist. Let us ask ourselves: how do I follow I Jesus? Jesus speaks
in silence in the mystery of the Eucharist and each time reminds us that
following him means coming out of ourselves and making our life not our
own, but a gift to him and to others
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In the blue
corner: Crusader
recruits Catholics to force Vatican rethink about sexual abuse
Bishop Geoff Robinson's new book to be launched Tuesday June 4
...calling for Vatican III.
In the red corner, Cardinal George
Pell: "I
won't be recommending Vatican III"
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China
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Monthly
report re human rights lawyers - may this terrible situation soon
change.
China urgently needs rule of law
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Survey
of elderly in China is wake-up call for government
The
full report
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New Translation
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German
priests to bishops: Don't use NT
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Vatican observer
to UN
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Eradicate
world hunger (article has excellent update re world situation)
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| This week's smile |
A: YouTube:
Rembrandt's "Guards of the Night" brought to
life B: Two
nuns at 7-11 |
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Today is the anniversary of Dr Kenneth McAll who died on this day in
2001.
Amazon
reviews of his healing book
A 1992
article about Dr Kenneth and his doctor wife Frances
Some people are very critical of McAll - like this
AD2000 article which shows no evidence of having read the book...just
evidence of having read the back cover, and then uses extreme examples to
ridicule McAll.
But I for one am most grateful for his teaching. Over
the past 20 years I have used it to help hundreds of people ....like
this lady ......and
this one (lower half of p. 25)
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Reading, Reflection, Prayer for today, June 2
(comments
welcome):
- the Bible's first priest, Melchizedek,
offering bread and wine
- the Bible's greatest priest, Jesus, changing bread and wine into his
Body and Blood
- Jesus multiplying loaves and fish, a symbol of multiplying his Body and
Blood
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Vatican
II Reflection 107
Deep down, everyone thinks deeply
John
W - Blog - June 2
Corpus Christi:
emphasis in 2013 not on processions but on feeding the hungry
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John W
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Today is also the anniversary of someone most
Catholics have never heard of: Watchman Nee, who died on this day 1972 in a
Shanghai prison. This
article tries to show that Nee's life and
teachings hold many valuable lessons for Christianity in all parts of the
world
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Sacred
Space
Daily prayer online.
Available in 19 languages
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Please encourage more
people to see 1-10
re Bishop Bill Morris:
1:
Judge's conclusions
2: Canon lawyer's report
3: Radio interview with judge
4: "The Age" file of letters
5:
Summary re Rome
6:
Frank Brennan's update
7: ABC radio Fr Frank Brennan
8. Update from Frank Brennan
9. Vatileaks & Bp Bill Morris
10: Tablet letter - Frank Brennan
After
reading 1-10, check the "Pravda" report of CNA
Google "Morris" at top of this page for many articles re
Bishop BM, the most recent being talk of March 26, 2013: Reclaiming
the Spirit of Vatican II
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Pope Francis celebrates Corpus Christi, May 30 - and says:
We ignore other people’s needs,
sending them away with the pitiful remark “May God help you” because I
can’t see you.” “But Jesus surprises the disciples by giving them a
completely different solution: “You give them something to eat.”
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Tablet editorial
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Pope
Francis' view of Heaven (can atheists get to Heaven?)
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Middle East
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"Terrible
mistakes": Gaza's cycle of revenge (Shame, Israel, Shame
...)
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Great article about Pope Francis on
yesterday's learning English page of HK quality newspaper Ming Pao.
Article is on
MP website (for a day or so) and has a linked CNN video
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Cambodia
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Khmer
Rouge leader remorseful over genocide
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Gary J.
Everett
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Caring
for the elderly Is it too late to expect that the Church might
actually pursue in a serious way, programs that could assist our elderly
parishioners to be generative in a Christian sense?
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Questions from a Ewe
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US
bishops June meeting Luxurious setting not conducive to caring
for the poor
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Dr John C. Keng
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Vatican
reform may be slow, but it is inevitable
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Annual
US spelling bee nearing final c.f. Akeelah
and the Bee a great movie for teenagers. Link has Chicago Sun-Times
quote:
"In our winning-obsessed culture, it is
inspiring to see a young woman like Akeelah Anderson instinctively
understand, with empathy and generosity, that doing the right thing
involves more than winning. That's what makes the film particularly
valuable for young audiences. I don't care if they leave the theater
wanting to spell better, but if they have learned from Akeelah, they will
want to live better."
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Prego (Wales)
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Background
notes for the Gospels of June 2013
Corpus
Christi reflection
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R.I.P.
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Fr
Andrew Greely - fine tribute from John Allen
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Reading, Reflection, Prayer for today, June 1 (comments
welcome):
- God's word, a source of joy and suffering
for Jeremiah
- God's universe, a source of joy for humans
- Roman Law, a source of hope for Paul
- Jesus tomb, a source of life for humans
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Vatican
II Reflection 106
Idea very similar to that of Pope Francis: Church
must not run away from the world
John
W - Blog - June 1
Two men who went two
different ways
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John W
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Mary
got involved, from start to finish
- Mary a model re Pope Francis' words "get out", "get
involved", "look outwards"
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Homeless Jesus
Humble photo
Barefoot man in cold and rain
St Peter's Square 2013-03-12
praying for conclave
Pope
Francis:
Thank
you Holy Spirit
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YouTube
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The
Visitation (please let me know of a better YouTube Visitation!)
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90,000
in rain on May 29 hear Pope speak about the Church:
The word “Church”, from the Greek ekklesia, means
“convocation”. God calls us, urges us to escape from individualism,
from the tendency to withdraw into ourselves, and calls us – convokes us
– to be a part of His family
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Pray Tell
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Pope
Francis has made liturgy boring again (and he gave
Communion by intinction to people standing...)
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Ireland
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Ireland's
priests will have almost disappeared in 20 years. What then?
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UK
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Afghan
invasion has cost UK more than 37 billion pounds ...and see the death
figures
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Ireland
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Eucharist
is not an ace card to be dealt in debate c.f. Abortion:
a true story
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Chris
McDonnell
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UK blogger Chris' article Spirit
of Freedom (menu of Wed 29) has been published at
website of ACP
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Sex abuse petition
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Bishop
Robinson's petition now has more than 10,000 signatures (inclu jw)
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Legionaries, Regnum C
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Members
begin novena of atonement (see comments calling for groups to be
shut down)
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Four Australian travellers a day are arrested
around the world |
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Reading, Reflection, Prayer for today, May 31 (comments
welcome):
- from the Feast of the Visitation, with a
lovely hymn "The Visit"
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Vatican
II Reflection 105
A beautiful item for the Feast
of the Visitation: "Gaudium
et Spes" article 1 - get
involved in the world!
John
W - Blog - May 31
Month of May book-ended by
Joseph and Mary
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Chris
McDonnell
(UK Wed blogger)
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Spirit
of Freedom
The dove, being
released by Papa Francesco, is gaining again the freedom of the skies and
there is immense joy on the face of Francis that he is giving the dove its
liberty.
Each
one of us who profess the Risen Christ has that freedom of the Spirit who
now lives in us, freedom to act, to pray and to share the gift that is
given us. And with that Spirit comes responsibility to be honest with each
other, to care for each other and to give voice to the issues of
conscience that beset our times.
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Hans
Küng: Letter to
bishops
Revolution
to stop authoritarianism
Fr Joseph Ratzinger:
Writings
on Vat II
(link gone...anyone
able to find it?)
Robert
Mickens:
Vatican
Implosion
Nicholas Lash:
Vatican II:
Of
Happy Memory - and Hope?
Robert McNally:
Crisis
& Criticism in the Church
Ron Schmit: 1962
Mass a condemnation of Vatican II
Priests
9 Masses a day - need to ordain married men
The
evil of compulsory celibacy
Link between compulsory celibacy and sexual abuse
Why
are women not being ordained to priesthood?
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Pope's
Sunday dialogue homily with children |
| Pope's
Tuesday homily: comfortable life style makes us lazy, selfish
and lacking in courage
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| 60 years ago today
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Hillary
and Tenzing reached peak of Mt Everest (Hillary
!?)
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| Good news
story
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Bulgarian beggar who gives it all
away: YouTube
Article
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| Vic sex abuse inquiry
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Cardinal Pell's interview: CathNewsUSA
report Guardian
report Comment
by Beehive
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| Environment
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New book from George Monbiot: Feral
- "Searching for enchantment on the frontiers of rewilding"
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| Ireland
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Humanist
funerals popular
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| Australia
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"The
world's happiest nation" (OECD) (these are
only economic indicators....to be taken with
grain of salt...e.g. "voter turnout 93%" ....thanks to compulsory voting)
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Reading, Reflection, Prayer for today, May 29 (comments
welcome):
- Time for Facebook, but no time for FaceBook
- A Middle East Union (like European Union) based in Jerusalem?
- the courage and initiative of Paul's sister and her son
- did Jesus die on a cross or a tree?
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Vatican
II Reflection 103
Church art & vestments: "noble
beauty rather than sumptuous display"
John
W - Blog - May 29
30 year old handicapped
woman beggar from China ....
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