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June 10
Solemnity of the Body and Blood
of Christ (Corpus Christi) Lunch
in Ducal Hall
David Timbs
(Sunday blogger from Australia)
Really excellent update
of present Vatican situation
For more information re Vat
situation
David recommends reading
Vat
crackdown on renegade nuns
Christopher Brauchli (CounterPunch)
New
thinking vital to meet
crisis of vocations and faith
Patsy McGarry
(Irish Times)
“The difficult truth is that priests will have effectively
disappeared in Ireland in two to three decades”.
c.f. these 3 articles:
Australia
facing disaster?
Peter Wilkinson
(Catholica)
Elephant
in the Room
Fr Michael Kelly SJ (Eureka
St)
Priests
saying 9 Masses a day
John Allen
(NCR) Reflection:
This issue is really serious,
but only the pope can change things. For the sake of the Church, I pray
that Ben has either a change of heart, or a change of
address...soon. And may
the present mess in the Vatican make it possible for someone with
the vision of Vat II to be next pope |
Woman-man
polarity in Church
c.f. this
review by Christine Cargill Benedict
in Milan, Vatileaks,
LCWR and Farley
John Allen
(NCR) The Ego's 4 splits:
The 4th split:
Acceptable
Self
from Unacceptable Self
Fr Richard Rohr OFM
Finding God at the bottom...
Abortion
& breast cancer link
Jerry Novotny OMI (LifeIssues) This
week's smile
The bagpiper's story
Vatican II Reflection 167
Migrant workers
Bible
Plan: June 10
Readings for Corpus Christi John
W: Daily Blog - June 10
Corpus Christi makes my blood boil
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Monday June 11
Morality and Law
Brian Lewis
(Monday blogger from Australia)
There is a realm of private morality that is
not the business of the law
Dublin:
Eucharistic Congress opens
Gerard O'Connell
(VI)
Power
of dying hierarchy an illusion
Joe Orso (NCR)
See comment by John W
The
Body and Blood of Christ
Elizabeth Harrington
(Leader)
Can we ignore Jesus' invitation?
c.f.r. No more chalice !
Guidelines
for talking about Church
Melissa Nussbaum
(NCR)
A lot of food for thought here!
Catholicism
Now
Series in Irish Times
New
missal: spot the (clumsy) difference in these prayers
Elizabeth Harrington
(Leader)
Bp
Pat Power's resignation
James Robertson (SMH)
Hey, James:
- Bp resigned, not exited/left!
- A bishop is not "Mr"!
Bp Pat: movement away from Vat II
"a great disappointment"
Vatican
Hegemonism
Sr Charlene Ozanick & John
Churchman (Catholica)
Telling it as it has been
Pope
has "pruned dead branches"
(AsiaOne)
Pope's secretary now an Abp?!
Classroom
exercise re next pope
Sandro Magister
(Chiesa)
Vatican II Reflection 168
Draw a 2nd salary as you work!
Bible
plan: June 11
Remembering encouraging Barnabas
John W:
Daily Blog - June 11
Sad Corpus Christi reflection
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Tuesday
June 12
Bishop
Bill Morris: further analysis,
having regard to the Pope's notes
Fr Frank Brennan SJ Retired
bishop criticises Vatican
Lexi Metherell (ABC)
Hey Lexi:
"Bishop", not "Father"!
Bishop Pat Power says
"keep pressure on Vat to reform"
Forgiveness
Richard Rohr
Don't put cart before horse
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Fr
Ambrose Mong Ih-Ren OFM,
originally from Singapore, joined me yesterday for a prison visit.
Ambrose has published a number of articles that will be of
interest to readers of v2catholic. e.g:
Hans
Küng’s Humanum and the Quest for the True Religion
The
Liberal Spirit of John Henry Newman (page
5 of this PDF)
The latest "Ecumenical
Trends"
from USA has an article by Fr
Ambrose re the influence of St Augustine on one J. Ratzinger.
This article, together with an article by Alan Schreck re "The
Little Flock" and an article by Henry Winter OMI re former OMI
Sup Gen Marcello Zago
will DV be on tomorrow's menu.
The full title of tomorrow's article by
Ambrose is:
"Anti-Pluralism: Influence of St Augustine and St Bonaventure
on the thought of Joseph Ratzinger"
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Vatican II Reflection 169
"Well-kept secret" social doctrine
Bible plan:
June 12
Jesus did not "sit on
fence"
John W: Daily Blog - June
12
Beer before horse....
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Wednesday June 13
Chris McDonnell
(Wednesday blogger from UK)
Re statement by English priests
(updated June 9)
Vatican II Reflection 163
Vat II re tourism
& sport!
Bible plan: June 13
Many problems...but no despair
John W: Daily
Blog - June 6
Encouraging feedback; tent making
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Thursday
June 7
Must-read:
Vat II history re
the debate on birth control
from Robert Kaiser's book
The
Politics of Sex & Religion
(Catholica)
What
exactly was
"the spirit of Vat II" ?
Sean O'Conaill (ACP)
Magisterium betrayed Lumen G
See John W's comment
Reflection
re All Hallows meeting
Martin Murray (ACP)
We need more, not less, discontent
Vatican
assault coming in October John Sivalon, M.M.
See 2 comments by John W
Philadelphia
trial has fully exposed Catholic leadership worldwide
Gerald Slevin (Bilgrimage)
A depressing but important story
Vatileaks:
Cardinal George's role in politics
Manya Brachear
(Kansas City Star)
Good news story:
Dr Mary Glowrey
JMJ
Gabrielle McMullen (CathBlog)
Australian nun who worked in India
for 37 years - someday a saint?
Vatican II Reflection 164
Vat II re
literature & the
arts
Bible
Plan for June 7
How to fix "a den of thieves" !
John
W: Daily Blog - June 7
Hot cakes....
Previous 2012 linked articles
can be found here:
May
articles
April articles
March articles
Jan-Feb articles
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Friday
June 8
End
Poverty...Build Relationships
...Make it Personal
Bill Mulcahy
(Friday blogger from Australia)
With update email & photo from Bill
Our
sickness must grow worse
Richard Rohr (ACP)
"We are
clearly in a very strategic period of history where people are grabbing
for power because they do not know how to heal, restore,
or bring
life"
A recent article on website
of the
Association of Catholic Priests (Ireland) had a most interesting article
from Sean O'Conaill.
See menu of yesterday, June 7.
More such articles
can be found at
Sean's website
USA:
why is Church veering right?
Dr Don Fausel (Catholica)
A disturbing article.... What
gay parents are worth
Frank Brennan
(Eureka Street) Butler
quizzed re Pope's documents
Nick Squires
(The Age) Atheism
to defeat religion by 2038
Nigel Barber (Huff Post) Webpage
of Future Church
Many articles re current issues
by US group which won fight
to prevent church from being closed
Vatican II Reflection 165
An issue that should
greatly concern Church leaders
Bible
plan: June 8
Words to revive a drooping spirit
John
W: Daily Blog - June 8
Busy but happy yesterday
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Saturday June 9
Bread
and Wine
Judith Lynch
(Saturday blogger from Australia)
"This is my blood" means
"I love you with all my heart"
Letter to
Tablet
re call to action by 7 UK priests
Chris McDonnell, UK
Germany:
Communion for divorcees
Alessandro Speciale (VI)
Bethlehem
Basilica bunfight
Giorgio Bernardelli (VI)
Congar
- a great mind of Vat II
Stefan Gigacz (CathBlog)
Australian launch of My Journal of the
Council. For previous articles on this topic, put "Congar"
into Google search at top of this page
Fr
Robert Barron to be
in charge of Chicago seminary
(Chicagoland)
As
a straight parent, I feel I'm being made to feel like (....) (Catholica)
and this
second post
Vatican II Reflection 166
Too few have too much control
Bible
plan: June 9
Beware of religious leaders who....
John W: Daily Blog -June 9
Today is Feast of Columba of Iona
Black
Caviar arrives in England
ABC
Has won 21 straight races
...and never been hit with a whip
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Pentecost Season!
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