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Sunday August 12
Index
of 2012 and 2011 articles
David
Timbs
(Sunday
blogger from Australia)
A rich source
of information about
current issues affecting the Church
Priests
who lie: the dilemma of sexual orientation and the priesthood
Tom
Rastrelli (ACP)
These
nuns are the real thing
Thomas Fox (NCR)
What
does Jesus mean when he says he's the bread of life?
Bishop Thomas
Gumbleton
(NCR)
So what Jesus is asking of these people now is to
develop a relationship with him, come to know him. In quiet prayer
experience his presence. Deepen awareness of who he is, the way of life
that he lived
Missionary
to Africa finds images of God among the poorest and least
Sr Camille D'Arienzo (NCR)
Beautiful story of Marj Humphrey
who spent 17 years in Africa
How
Britain's multicultural capital
won the hearts of people
from every nation
Kenfrey Kiberenge (Guardian)
Our
Gold Medal nomination for best Olympic article is this one
by Andy Bull (Guardian)
Rudisha
breaks world record
Rudisha pulled the field around behind him, like a
speedboat leading seven water-skiers. The pace was so ferocious that the
silver medallist had to be carried from the track in a stretcher. He went
off waving cheerily to the crowd
This
week's smile
Charge for batteries
Vatican II Reflection 229
2 billion yet to hear Good News
Bible
Plan: August 5
Readings for 19th Sunday of Year
John
W: Daily Blog - August 12
Same advice from two wise men
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Monday August
13
2012 and
previous articles
Brian Lewis
(Monday blogger from Australia)
Notice
how Brian always applies Gospel teaching to particular situations with the compassion that Jesus
showed to those in difficulty
Katie
Taylor - gold medal Christian
Jo
O'Sullivan (ACP)
Irish
Olympic champion's first
thought after victory was to give praise to her Creator
"Surprising
support" and the
future of the center-left
John
Allen (NCR
The center-left, however, sometimes seems
adrift. You can find these folks working in chanceries, ministering
in parishes and teaching in Catholic schools, not to mention making
up a good chunk of the rank-and-file. They don't like some of what
they're seeing from Rome and the U.S. bishops, but they don't want
to end up in opposition either
See comment by Tom Acemoglu
(Aug 10) which begins
As a "center-right" Catholic, I have found that the
most fruitful dialogue happens amongst the "center-left"
and the "center-right". The "center-left" can be
a prophetic reminder of the needs of the poor and marginalized. They
also aren't trying to undo the Church but try to work within a
system that they feel needs reforms that aren't necessarily systemic
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What
happened in St Louis?
Ken
Briggs (NCR)
"I'm
disappointed at final resolution"
4-course Bible
meal for August 13
- Saul on
ecstasy
- wine is for cheering our hearts
- grand plan of reconciliation
- much forgiveness, much love
Vatican II Reflection 230
God bless Muslim inmates!
John W:
Daily Blog - August 13
Add oil!
(with extra message for Australians!)
Yesterday I discovered that the links
"cud" and "resolution" on Bible meal files were not
working. Fixed now.
Had not been working for some time. If you notice a broken link on this
website, please let me know. John W
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Tuesday
August 14
Congar
and the Council
Martin Mallon
(Tuesday blogger from Ireland)
Congar
never took his eye off the ball and commenting on the closing Mass of the
Council remarked that “...there was something wrong. It was all about the
pope. It gave the impression the pope was above the church rather than in
it"...The Council planted the seeds of a new
ecclesiology – a new church. But the obstructionism
of the Roman Curia and of the forces of the right led to too many
essential points being expressed as compromises
Cameron
hosts world hunger meeting
(RTHK)
Olympic meeting attended by
sports stars and politicians Excellent reflection on
London 2012
John Williams
(Guardian)
Well done London!
Bible plan: July August 7
A rich 4-course meal!
- David kind to Saul even though...
- make the Lord known
- "Bind us together, Lord"
- certain women
Vatican II Reflection 231
Reaching out like Jesus John W: Daily Blog -
August 14
A sad anniversary today
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Wednesday August 8
Saint Mary
MacKillop
Atomic
bombs, no. Curiosity, yes
Chris McDonnell
(Wednesday blogger from UK)
The
rapidity of change emphasises our need to live the message of the Vatican
Council by looking forward
(Congrats,
Chris & all UK friends
on UK's success at Olympics.
These days in HK I'm trying to avoid Brits...and New Zealanders! jw)
Also:
Chris would like to encourage readers to use comment box
at bottom of his articles
10
reasons not to ordain men
Stasi (Feminary)
The New Evangelisation
Sean OConaill
(ACP)
“In the
Catholic Church it has often seemed that a sin of the flesh was the only
sin, and obedience the only virtue.” This observation by Yves
Congar still seems to me to sum up the predicament of the Church in
contemplating ‘New Evangelisation’
China:
Mainland Malaise
Why
Chinese people fear future:
A review of The
End of the Chinese Dream by
Gerard Lemos
Loretta Tofani (America)
Ethical investment
focus
Bishop Peter Selby
(Tablet)
It has become clear that a major cause of our
economic difficulties
has been the ever more intriguing ways found to make money out of
money, at an ever-increasing distance from real economic activity
More
on same-sex marriage
and gay lifestyle
Laura
Kuntz
With response from John W
Annual
gathering of US nuns
Maria Pederiva (VI)z
Reader: A report
without spin
Vat
II according to JP I (One)
Andrea Tornielli (VI)
Reader: What a
Ratzinger spin
Tornielli puts on JP I.
c.f. comment
by John W
(Catholica)
Vatican
II Reflection 225
Spreading the Gospel "Ad Gentes"
Bible
plan: August 8
Readings
for Mary MacKillop
John
W: Daily Blog - August 8
Mary MacKillop like Bill Morris
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Thursday
August 9
How
to interpret Vatican II
Fr Harry Winter OMI
(Thursday blogger from USA)
In 1965, the sixteen documents, and the
energy of Vatican II, arose in a certain direction.
But several very important events soon occurred, practically
unforeseen by the Council Fathers, which have affected how we view Vatican
II
Vatican
II has already made us free
Robert Blair Kaiser (NCR)
With J O'Malley's famous words: "from commands to invitations,
from laws to ideals, from definition to mystery, from threats to
persuasion, from coercion to conscience, from monologue to dialogue, from
ruling to service, from withdrawn to integrated, from vertical to
horizontal, from exclusion to inclusion, from hostility to friendship,
from rivalry to partnership, from suspicion to trust"
Speaking of synagogues, recently
at a HK prison I met a Rabbi visiting some of his sheep. He belongs to the
Chabad of China which has
this very professional
website A few weeks ago
I was in contact with someone affected by Anxiety Attacks, someone who
needed a place to go for an understanding chat during the day. I could not
find such a place. But yesterday I met people from Joyful
Mental Health (holding a fund raising function). JMH
will help AA people
Olympics:
alternative medal table
(Guardian)
4-Course
Bible meal for August 9
- spirit came down on David
- avoid slander
- God gives us strength
- a Roman friendly to Jews
Vatican II Reflection 226
There's more than one way
to baptize a cat(holic)
John
W: Daily Blog - August 9
Anyone for (early!) breakfast
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Friday
August 10
Does
Mary MacKillop inspire you?
Bill Mulcahy
(Friday
blogger from Australia)
“Never
see a need without trying to do something about it.”
Instead of attributing such weight to John Paul II's Assisi meeting in taking the sting out of Vatican II, could we not just say that the determining factor - far beyond any influence from the charismatic movement - was the election of John Paul II himself? The next most significant factor was his appointment of Cardinal Ratzinger to head up CDF This
most interesting reflection was posted in comment box of How
to interpret Vat II
by Fr Harry Winter OMI (Aug
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Olympics: Story of Kenya's 800m champion & an Irish brother
Adharanand Finn (Guardian)
India:
Christian film aims to curb human trafficking (CRIB)
Dalits comprise close to one quarter of
India’s 1.2 billion population, but because of the caste system,
are seen as inherently worthless. So they face discrimination &
poverty, making them extremely vulnerable to traffickers More
liturgical terms explained
Elizabeth Harrington (Leader)
History
of Chinese phrase "Ga Yau!" ("Go,
Go, Go, keep going!")
4-course Bible meal for August 10
- how to fight giants
- prayer in distress
- hope makes us more loving
- command prayer for dead man
Vatican II Reflection 227
Christianity not a "Western" religion
John
W: Daily Blog - August 10
HK: 1 in 6 couples infertile
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Issues to study & take a
stand on:
1.
The movement to re-interpret Vatican II
2 The
movement to re-interpret marriage
Trying to stay in the middle
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Saturday August 11
A
( new?) way of understanding
"Gone home to Heaven"
John W
Missionary
should not be deported
Giacomo Galeazzi (VI)
Reader: I seem to recall someone else who got into trouble for mixing with this kind of
people
Tomorrow:
LCWR meeting
with bishop in St Louis
Fabrizio Mastrofini (VI)
Reader: Transparency is a huge issue here: the CDF needs, for credibility's sake, to be very definite and precise in what it accuses the
LCWR
Five
major challenges
facing the Church
China Church Voices
Anglicans
divest from News Corp
Trevor Grundy (NCR)
Vatican
II Reflection 228
Jesus upgrades our lives
4-course Bible
meal for August 11
- Saul jealous of David
- how to feel young again
- out of darkness
- leaders thwarted God's plan
John W: Daily Blog -August 11
Canada: primary one taught
there are three types of families
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John, I MUCH appreciate your taking the time
and energy to answer my question -- one that may have "put you on the
spot." I am trying to find where I fit right now, whether there is
any hope for me in any sense in the Catholic church, perhaps even on the
fringes, or whether I need to build a future for myself and my family, as
appropriate, in an Episcopalian church or other tradition. To be truthful,
I am so "done" with the woman priest issue, gay issue, and have
been done for years with the birth control issue. I think that your blog
does a very good service for those who wish to change some things about
the church, perhaps bring it up to date to a degree. But, the church is so
far behind, and has created so many wounds, I'm not sure whether it can
become anything but a relic in Europe, and, down the line, in the States
as it continues to lose relevance - Laura
Kuntz
(part of her comment at article
"Where
do you stand on the issue of same-sex marriage?"
(Aug 4)
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for checking
this website each day
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