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Sunday October 28
The
Alienation of the Boomers
David
Timbs
(Sunday
blogger from Australia)
If
the leadership of the Church is to succeed in winning back the trust
and confidence of the Boomer generation, it will need to learn quickly
the lost art of listening to and conversing with an adult laity which is no
longer prepared to bleat like sheep and mutely follow the shepherd. The Church
at Vatican II called for a mature and educated laity and now it has got what it
wished for. The big challenge now is, can the institutional Church catch up and
keep pace with them?
Synod
missed the boat
Jesuit
Superior-General reflects on how Synod ignored history.
Full
text of his address to Synod. What
an important speech....which is why I hoped Synod might check
these
arts
John W: Daily Blog - Oct 28
14 year old suicide & HK
media
Vat
II DID
make a difference
Rober
Blair Kaiser
(Tablet)
Be aware during the coming year of efforts to dumb the Council
down, to convince you that the Council didn't change the Church
very much. After you recall what kind of Church we
lived in before Vatican II, I think you will agree with me, and rejoice
with me and be glad for what the Council did do, irreversibly, I hope
This
week's smile Irish
Ghost?
Vatican II Reflection 306
Let the laity get on with it!
Bible
Plan: Sun 30 readings
Son of David, have mercy on me!
I"m due to be
in Australia Dec 27 - Jan 30. If any readers in Melb, Syd, Bris or G Coast would like to meet up for a chat ...
love to see you!
My
schedule so far John W
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Monday October
29
Warning: beware
of Google/Gmail "verification" - a dangerous monster that lost
me many hours over the past few days
until I could cancel it!
Spirituality
that appeals to Gen Y
David Timbs (CathBlog)
While
Gen Y has little or no time for the institutional Church, its youth do
relate very positively to the no-nonsense, down to earth and challenging
figure of Jesus. Serendipity and dogma are lost on them but not the real
Jesus of the Gospels who connects with their experience of being human. He
can speak to them and for them with persuasion and intelligibility.
Vatican
II - unfinished business
Paul
Collins
Congar says he felt that historically Vatican II came 25 years "too
early", that only the youngest bishops had imbibed the renewed
theological, historical and scriptural studies that underpinned the
conciliar documents. The result: the Council was forced to compromise on
several important issues, and we are still working through the
consequences of those compromises today. Congar thought the Council
"had stopped half-way on many questions.
Australia
in the Asian Century (ABC)
"All
students will have access to at least one priority Asian language: Mand.,
Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese
Vatican II Reflection 307
Example from Chariots of Fire
John W: Daily Blog - Oct 29
First time in a bed for several years!
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Tuesday
October 30
New
Evangelisation
Martin Mallon
(Tuesday blogger from Ireland)
So
we are in a situation where the New Evangelisation is directed at “those
who, though baptized, have drifted away from the Church” and
yet we are expected to believe that liturgy will bring these lapsed
Catholics back to the Church, even though many will have experienced the
liturgy before they left the Church and in some cases liturgy was a reason
for leaving. How can they experience the liturgy if they are not
physically in the Church?
Concentration
on liturgy is going to evangelise few lapsed Catholics. Concentration on
our daily lives, ecumenism and the poor appears to be the way forward and
constantly deepening our relationship with Jesus is the engine of growth. Synod
interview with
HK's Cardinal John Tong
Call for 4 dialogues Update:
Peru
University
saga re use of "Catholic"
c.f. David Timbs' article
Peruvian
Catastrophe
Oct 26
menu had
this art by Card George re a world without religion. Last week I met an inmate (!) who is editor of this "world
without religion" site which he says
has a big following in HK
Prostate
cancer tests do
"more harm than good"
Dec
1: HK Oxfam gathering
Vatican II
Reflection 308
The Holy See/Sea
John W: Daily Blog -
Oct 30
Mexico: priest in drug war zone
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Wednesday October 24
United
Nations Day
State
of the Nation, State of our Church Chris McDonnell
(Wednesday blogger from UK)
Obama and Romny at charity dinner
are a lesson for us
as we debate
and argue the circumstances of the church 50 years after Vat II
Women
and New Evangelization
Sr Inigo Joachim SSA, India
The Synod's
preparatory document
does not refer to women at all.
In
the
parable of the lost coin, what the woman is searching for is not the lost coin, but her lost
dignity and equality. Women are not asking for privileges, but for opportunities to serve the Church and
society
Will
Synod bite clericalism bullet?
John W
Vic inquiry & Synod: same Church?
Synod:
upgrade for Catechists?
Vat
II - unlike any other council
Cardinal Godfried Danneels
Reader: long
but important article
Remembering
Fr Vincent Lebbe
Belgian who embraced China
US
Catholics: focus on poverty
rather than abortion (Reuters)
(Reader: should focus on both!)
A
feminist reading of the Koran
Ruby Hamad (Eureka Street)
What an important article!
Vatican
II Reflection 302
Ecumenical summer or winter?
John
W: Daily Blog - Oct 24
United Nations reflection
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Thursday
October 25
Increase
my faith Lord!
Sr Inigo Joachim SSA, India
It is our hope that the Year of Faith will not only be
filled with exemplary initiatives and beautiful celebrations, but also promote a
sense of renewal in the profound relationship between God, his Son and believers, against the ever decreasing awareness of the religious dimension
of human life
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Every Thursday, Daniel
Daring's reflection on the Sunday readings,
to help us prepare for Sunday:
30B:
Bartimaeus’
Faith in Jesus
Peter
and demons were told not to reveal Jesus' identity. Bartimaeus
was allowed to proclaim to the whole world his expectant faith
in Jesus as the Messiah. Those
who wanted Bartimaeus to be quiet were those who were leaving Jericho with
Jesus. It's often the case: in order to reach Jesus, you have to bypass
the circle of the so-called pious ones, those who assume that they
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SSPX
expels holocaust denier Six
new cardinals
Synod:
Financial transparency Vatican II Reflection
303
Stay grounded!
John W: Daily Blog - Oct 25
The dumbing down of society
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Friday
October 26
Retreat
preaching: My experience
Sr Inigo Joachim SSA, India
A retreat is time away
from the crowd, like Jesus, and entering into the cave of our own
hearts. In the name of active ministry and busy schedules we have lost
this cave experience. Our retreats too have become seminars and input
sessions
Small and held captives
Daniel Daring
In a world where the economy has
taken a leading role in shaping how we think and make decisions on the
domestic and international level, it is difficult to inject some
theological discussion about God and His role in the affairs of the world. Bishop
Pat Power in Rome on
Oct 11 anniversary of Vat II Seriousness
of US secularization
Cardinal Francis George OMI
The
inner journey to peace
Sr Joan Chittister (Catholica)
A really beautiful 10 minute video Afghanistan:
help local level
Alleviation of poverty the main aim
Vatican II Reflection 304
School students with apostolic spirit
John
W: Daily Blog - Oct 26
Helping poor people
....and being helped in return
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Saturday October 27
Vatican
II anniversary:
Homily by Bishop Geoff Robinson
I remember that first exhilarating month when
John XXIII left the Vatican more often than the pope before him had in nineteen years. I remember him visiting the major
prison in Rome and, rather than delivering a profound discourse on the morality of
prison life, telling the prisoners of an uncle of his who had done time for sheep
stealing. He won my imagination and my undying affection, as he did for millions
of other people
Proposal
to kick-start
China-Vatican dialogue
Card Filoni's excellent suggestion
Vat
II betrayed by lack of discipline
Reader: hanging
judge at it again
For many years I've been
intrigued by this reflection:
A way to cut unemployment
God Calling (Oct
25)
Amazing
TV interview (in English)
with Kim Jong Il's grandsonson
How
a famous English cricketer
spent his last years helping the poor
(Enlarge for less difficult reading)
Vatican
II Reflection 305
Compassionate from childhood
John W: Daily Blog - Oct 27
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