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Just for today, no comment box with
articles. Reason: comment box is causing articles to open very slowly, and
also sometimes not working at all. New comment box program tomorrow DV
Moving
to Ireland
Darlene Starrs
(Canada
Sunday blogger)
Wishing you a
safe trip and every blessing in Ireland, Darlene. I guess this means that
from now on you are an Ireland blogger! Anyone know someone in Canada who'd like to be a blogger for this website?
(jdwomi@gmail.com)
Pope
Francis on "Triumphalism"
Pope
selects 8 cardinals
as special advisors
(please excuse the triumphalism
but see Feb
18 wish for 8 helpers!)
Don't
imitate Francis
and wash women's feet !
UK liturgy
secretary !
Cardinal
Kasper: Pope Francis will bring new life
Rosary
beads at deathbed:
John W
Yesterday
I spent a hour or two at deathbed of 21 year old inmate in a local
hospital. Inmate was a Catholic and parents appreciated presence of padre.
After the anointing of the sick and parts of the psalms and a few other
prayers, I found myself, not for the first time, falling back on my trusty
rosary beads. At first praying the normal Rosary, then using short lines
from the Gospels ....e.g. for the ten beads of one decade I used the words
"Jesus, you are the Way, the Truth and the Life" (repeating it
slowly 10 times). Once again I experienced the consolation, for the
dying man and his parents, of the sight of the beads being used
Saint
Oscar Romero
AUD$205 drugs from HK found in carpet cleaner!
Only
China can control
North Korea
This
week's smile
Wardrobe changes at the Vatican
Reading Reflection Prayer
Menu for today April 14 |
Obedience
to God comes before
human obedience |
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Not
left among the dead |
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The
Lamb who was on Cross |
Without Jesus,
no fish.
With Jesus, many fish |
Vatican
II Reflection 58
"Chastity" not the
same as
"Evangelical chastity"
John W - Blog - April 14
"Asia's
World City":
Hong Kong
or ...
Brisbane? !
She
did it! 25/25 !
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Trial of new comment box program from today - thanks to
Imitating
Pope Francis'
simple lifestyle John W
I
suppose the psychologists would say we first need to downsize our image, our
"keeping up with or surpassing the Joneses" ego
(Please post a comment!)
Reading Reflection Prayer
- with readers' comments
Menu for today April
15 |
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God-with-us
(Emmanuel) |
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Good
for health: saying sorry |
Maybe
Paul had a
"near death experience"? |
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Selfishness ruins a life |
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Scientists:
millions face starvation as world warms
Returning
to spiritual basics
Brother Andrew
(co-founder of the Brothers of Charity)
Cardinal
Kasper: Pope will bring new life John
Thavis
It
takes good manners
to be grateful to God
Vatican
II Reflection 59
Concept of "Religious
life"
needs re-thinking
John W - Blog - April 15
Pope
Francis: 2 of my dreams have come true...as will the 3rd DV!
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Francis'
Revolution
Martin Mallon
(Tuesday blogger from Ireland)
This pontificate
keeps getting better and better. The feeling of peace that has enveloped
the Church since the election of Pope Francis witnesses to the Holy Spirit
carrying out a new work
Pope's
Sunday address:
Pray for persecuted Christians
Austrian
Bishops:
Keep using "for all",
don't use "for many"
Cardinal Bergoglio
celebrated Hannukah
with Argentine Jews (video)
Commonwealth
summit should not be held in Sri Lanka
Reading Reflection Prayer
- with readers' comments
Menu for today April 16 |
Christmas
peace, hope, joy
at any time of the year |
Love
makes the universe
go round |
No
unnecessary
religious burdens |
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Mountain
climbing |
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Vatican II
Reflection 60
Can anyone suggest a better
name than ""Religious life"?
John W - Blog - April 16
Wearing
a Jesus bill board
on the street
“Some day, after we have mastered
the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the
energies of love. Then for the second time in the history of the world, we
will have discovered fire.”
― Pierre
Teilhard de Chardin
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Opportunity
for renewal
Reflection on the anniversary
of Martin Luther King
Chris McDonnell (UK
Wed blogger)
Recently I have used the word ‘exhilaration’ to
describe these early days of Francis, for the Church seems to be emerging from a
dark night.
Today
is the anniversary of
Teilhard
de Chardin Pope
Benedict quotes Teilhard
- undeclared patron saint of
Catholic ecology
Toward the end
of a reflection upon the Letter to the Romans, in which St. Paul
writes that the world itself will one day become a form of living
worship, the pope said, "It's the great vision that later
Teilhard de Chardin also had: At the end we will have a true cosmic
liturgy, where the cosmos becomes a living host"
Maybe
Pope Francis will lift
1962 ban on his confrere? |
Out
of African and on a mission
Reader:
short term solution
for Church's Eldest Daughter
c.f
Global priest shortages
and Indiana
priest shortage
Reading Reflection Prayer
- with readers' comments
Menu for today April 10 |
A
truly Christian nation
should be a peaceful nation |
Remembering
and longing
produce hope and courage |
Some Christians are
called
to be full-time Gospel workers |
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Moral/spiritual cleanliness more important than physical
c'ness |
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Gun
control: a pro-life issue Gun
control as a 'Pro Life' issue is what many Trad/Conservatives have
rejected as they say it 'hijacks' the anti-abortion lobby. Single issue
moralisms do not serve the great truth about life issues - Reader
Vatican II Reflection 54
Not
all priests will get pension?
John W - Blog - April 10
Many Jesuits on this menu!
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Email from reader:
Thank you for the fascinating pages from
Ricci's Journals.
I did not know that this book existed. I am reading the new pages you
upload each day
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The Journals of Matteo Ricci
More here on line:
The
story of Matteo Ricci
in Zhaoqing
(pp 127-174)
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China-Australia:
list of new deals!
and see: Gillard
chalks up win
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Every Thursday, Daniel
Daring's reflection on the Sunday readings,
to help us prepare for Sunday:
This week - Easter
3 (C):
Without Jesus,
nothing works.
With Jesus, all is well again
The
tragedy is that for many of us, Jesus continues to be in the grave. So, like
Peter and his friends, we want to go back to our previous life and do business
as usual. We want to forget our failures as Christians and find success in
something else: our work. But what is the outcome of this decision? “So they
went out and got into the boat, but that night caught nothing”
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Kenya's
slums at tipping point
Reading Reflection Prayer
- with readers' comments
Menu for today April
11 |
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Why
nations decline and fall |
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Prayer
in time of danger |
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Missionaries
expelled |
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Healing and faith: a link |
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Afghanistan's
first female
military helicopter pilot
Vatican II Reflection 55
Our whole day can be a
prayer! John
W - Blog - April 11
Kiss
my foot?!
Don't gossip! -
Pope Francis
“When we gossip about others, criticize others-
these are everyday things that happen to everyone, including me – these
are the temptations of the evil one who does not want the Spirit to come
to us and bring about peace and meekness in the Christian community".
He
then outlined the correct behavior for a Christian. First, "do not
judge anyone" because "the only Judge is the Lord." Then
"keep quiet" and if you have something to say, say it to the
interested parties, to those "who can remedy the situation," but
"not to the entire neighborhood."
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A Dream:
that before Nelson Mandela passes to the next life,
Barack Obama & Desmund Tutu will arrange and attend a meeting of African leaders - in South Africa - and in Mandela's presence get the leaders to sign up
to deals for peace, justice, economic co-operation, human rights etc . If
this doesn't happen soon, maybe it will happen when they all gather for
Mandela's funeral.
But how much better for it to happen before rather than after!
"The Mandela Africa Plan"
Rubrics
and Pope Francis
& notice candles/flowers
Reading Reflection Prayer
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Menu for today April 12 |
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People
who have no time for God, no interest in God |
David
believed in
Heavenly healing! |
Luke,
a doctor,
believed in miracles |
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Healings
at the feet of Jesus |
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See comments April
10 |
Argentina
martyrs might be beatified, with Pope's help?
Vatican
II Reflection 56
Sickness:
time for carrying Cross
& time for praying for healing
John W - Blog - April
12
Photos of new arrivals
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Andrew Ross
A
Vision Betrayed
- The Jesuits in Japan and
China, 1542-1742
p. 41: In the 3 years 1571-74, 58 Jesuits died in
India (!)
P.63: extreme shows of anger
or high spirits were unacceptable forms of behaviour and were very
distressing to Japanese people, since a civilised person always
behaved with quiet dignity. . ..Many missionaries behaved in ways
which in Japanese eyes made them appear ignorant louts. "We
forfeited the respect and esteem of the Japanese, and we remained
strangers, to to speak, to the Christians"
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A Hope: that the
Church under Pope Francis will quickly give more attention to the burning
issues of our day...issues within the Church and issues in the wider
society.
Wider society issues have been on the back-burner for many years as
Catholics fought among themselves over liturgy and other matters. But the
Church has something worthwhile to say about wider issues and will be
listened to, as is borne out by the articles below about Pacem in
Terris. John XXIII was offering a practical and wise response to
the threat of war in 1962....and he was listened to...and his words helped
prevent war.
Now is the time for the Church to speak out again about current threats to
the peace and stability of the human family: the international drug
trade, the arms race, increasing unemployment caused by increasing
mechanisation, climate change etc.
A
humble priest is a credible priest Bp
Malcolm McMahon
The message of humility is a gift that Pope Francis
has given to us in a time of crisis for the Church
Obama
honours the valour
of Fr Emil Kapaun
- surely a case for canonisation
50th
Anniversary of "Pacem in Terris" by Pope John XXIII
A pope was giving much-needed moral leadership
c.f. How
Pacem in Terris
prevented war in 1962
Reading Reflection Prayer
- with readers' comments
Menu for today April 13 |
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Every
Christian is a messenger of God's love |
When
no one wanted
to know Matteo Ricci |
Once again: a link
between
faith and healing |
How important is Jesus
in my life? |
Vatican
II Reflection 57
All Christians must be prepared
to die for the faith !
John W - Blog - April 13
Please Pope Francis:
address international drug issue
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Humble photo
Barefoot man in cold and rain
St Peter's Square
2013-03-12
praying for conclave
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