This document provides the schedule and summaries of speeches given by Pope Benedict XVI during his Apostolic Journey to Cologne, Germany for the 20th World Youth Day from August 18-21, 2005. The schedule includes visits to Cologne Cathedral and a synagogue, meetings with seminarians, Muslim leaders, and German bishops, a vigil with youth, and mass. In his speeches, the Pope emphasizes opening hearts to God, finding truth and meaning through Christ, interfaith understanding, and the importance of faith, hope and love, especially for youth.
St. Gregory the Great proved himself a brilliant and loving shepherd as Pope. During the Lombard invasion of Italy in the 6th century, he organized both charitable relief for the people and military resistance. Among his greatest successes were the conversion of Barbarians like the Lombards to Christianity and the reformation of Church rituals and liturgy through regulations that still influence practices today.
The Christian community in Corinth in the first century was both enthusiastic and problematic when St Paul addressed his epistles to them, and in the second century St Clement of Rome likewise had to praise and scold this enthusiastic and problematic community.
St Clement was an early Pope of Rome, and his Epistle to the Corinthians is the first recorded Epistle from a Roman Pope to a Christian community outside of his diocese, implicitly claiming authority over the Church of Corinth. St Clement was a Second Century Apostolic Church Father who knew both St Peter and St Paul personally, and perhaps many other apostles who walked with Jesus.
Tradition held that St Clement was exiled by the Roman officials to work a quarry near the Black Sea, where he struck a rock so his fellow prisoners could drink. He was martyred when the Roman officials tied him to an anchor and threw him into the Black Sea to drown. Saints Cyril and Methodius found his relics and transferred them to Rome.
Although this epistle was known to the early church, it had been lost until it was discovered in a Bible given to King Charles I by the patriarch of Jerusalem in 1628, and a second Greek manuscript was discovered in Constantinople in 1873.
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The document celebrates the 325th anniversary of the founding of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo in Belgium in 1684. It provides details on the founder, Fr. Adrien Bresy, the first five sisters, and their patron St. Charles Borromeo. It then discusses the expansion of the congregation over centuries through establishing schools, hospitals, and missions across Europe and India.
The "Tametsi Futura" for Blessed Giacomo AlberioneNorman Pena
The document discusses Pope Leo XIII's 1900 encyclical "Tametsi Futura" which called for a rediscovery of Christ as the redeemer in response to society abandoning the Catholic faith. It also talks about how Blessed James Alberione was inspired by this encyclical to found the Pauline Family and propose devotion to Jesus as the master, way, truth, and life as a spirituality to bring people back to the faith.
The Pope's message summarizes Father Matteo Ricci's arrival in Beijing 400 years ago and his impact on cultural exchange between China and the West. Ricci spent 28 years in China, mastering the language and culture. He introduced European science and sought to inculturate Catholicism in a Chinese context. The Pope expresses hope that renewed dialogue between the Holy See and China can help overcome past misunderstandings and build friendship and cooperation for the good of both sides.
The document summarizes the key points from a Synod of Bishops for Oceania held in 1998 in Rome. It discusses how the Church in Oceania gives glory to God at the dawn of the new millennium. It then describes how the Synod focused on finding ways to present Jesus Christ to the peoples of Oceania today as their Lord and Savior. The Synod Fathers discussed challenges in evangelization but were hopeful that the Church could be an effective instrument for Christ to meet Oceania's peoples in new ways. The document outlines how Christ is the universal Shepherd, Prophet and Priest for all people as the revelation of God and way of salvation.
This document provides information about the Petrobrusians, a 12th century Christian sect that was one of the earliest groups to oppose the authority of the Roman Catholic priesthood. It describes their founder, Peter of Bruys, who began preaching against Catholic corruption and clerical vices in southeastern France between 1117-1120. The document outlines five main teachings of the Petrobrusians that were criticized by Peter the Venerable in his treatise responding to their beliefs, including their rejection of infant baptism, building of churches, veneration of crosses, transubstantiation, and prayers for the dead. It concludes by stating that Peter of Bruys was publicly burned to death by an angry Catholic
St. Gregory the Great proved himself a brilliant and loving shepherd as Pope. During the Lombard invasion of Italy in the 6th century, he organized both charitable relief for the people and military resistance. Among his greatest successes were the conversion of Barbarians like the Lombards to Christianity and the reformation of Church rituals and liturgy through regulations that still influence practices today.
The Christian community in Corinth in the first century was both enthusiastic and problematic when St Paul addressed his epistles to them, and in the second century St Clement of Rome likewise had to praise and scold this enthusiastic and problematic community.
St Clement was an early Pope of Rome, and his Epistle to the Corinthians is the first recorded Epistle from a Roman Pope to a Christian community outside of his diocese, implicitly claiming authority over the Church of Corinth. St Clement was a Second Century Apostolic Church Father who knew both St Peter and St Paul personally, and perhaps many other apostles who walked with Jesus.
Tradition held that St Clement was exiled by the Roman officials to work a quarry near the Black Sea, where he struck a rock so his fellow prisoners could drink. He was martyred when the Roman officials tied him to an anchor and threw him into the Black Sea to drown. Saints Cyril and Methodius found his relics and transferred them to Rome.
Although this epistle was known to the early church, it had been lost until it was discovered in a Bible given to King Charles I by the patriarch of Jerusalem in 1628, and a second Greek manuscript was discovered in Constantinople in 1873.
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The document celebrates the 325th anniversary of the founding of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo in Belgium in 1684. It provides details on the founder, Fr. Adrien Bresy, the first five sisters, and their patron St. Charles Borromeo. It then discusses the expansion of the congregation over centuries through establishing schools, hospitals, and missions across Europe and India.
The "Tametsi Futura" for Blessed Giacomo AlberioneNorman Pena
The document discusses Pope Leo XIII's 1900 encyclical "Tametsi Futura" which called for a rediscovery of Christ as the redeemer in response to society abandoning the Catholic faith. It also talks about how Blessed James Alberione was inspired by this encyclical to found the Pauline Family and propose devotion to Jesus as the master, way, truth, and life as a spirituality to bring people back to the faith.
The Pope's message summarizes Father Matteo Ricci's arrival in Beijing 400 years ago and his impact on cultural exchange between China and the West. Ricci spent 28 years in China, mastering the language and culture. He introduced European science and sought to inculturate Catholicism in a Chinese context. The Pope expresses hope that renewed dialogue between the Holy See and China can help overcome past misunderstandings and build friendship and cooperation for the good of both sides.
The document summarizes the key points from a Synod of Bishops for Oceania held in 1998 in Rome. It discusses how the Church in Oceania gives glory to God at the dawn of the new millennium. It then describes how the Synod focused on finding ways to present Jesus Christ to the peoples of Oceania today as their Lord and Savior. The Synod Fathers discussed challenges in evangelization but were hopeful that the Church could be an effective instrument for Christ to meet Oceania's peoples in new ways. The document outlines how Christ is the universal Shepherd, Prophet and Priest for all people as the revelation of God and way of salvation.
This document provides information about the Petrobrusians, a 12th century Christian sect that was one of the earliest groups to oppose the authority of the Roman Catholic priesthood. It describes their founder, Peter of Bruys, who began preaching against Catholic corruption and clerical vices in southeastern France between 1117-1120. The document outlines five main teachings of the Petrobrusians that were criticized by Peter the Venerable in his treatise responding to their beliefs, including their rejection of infant baptism, building of churches, veneration of crosses, transubstantiation, and prayers for the dead. It concludes by stating that Peter of Bruys was publicly burned to death by an angry Catholic
What is the Way of Life? You shall Love God with all of your heart and with all of your soul and all of your mind and with all of your strength, and you should love your neighbor as yourself, and you should never do to others what you do not want done to yourself. This admonition of this two-fold love opens the first paragraph of the Didache.
The Didache belongs to the writings of the Apostolic Church Fathers, who were the second generation of Church Fathers, after the Apostles, but before the New Testament canon had been finalized by consensus. Scholars believe that the Didache was possibly the earliest post-apostolic writing because it refers to travelling evangelists and prophets that visit the new churches, much like St Paul had done.
The second half of the Didache is a simple church manual that contains instructions on:
• Baptism
• The Eucharist
• Sunday Worship and Liturgy
• Fasting and prayer
• Praying the Lords Prayer three times a day
• Proper treatment of missionaries and prophets
• Election of local church officials
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The document provides an overview of the book "Donec Formetur Christus in Vobis" ("Until Christ Be Formed in You") by James Alberione, the founder of the Pauline Family. It describes Alberione's spiritual journey and how he established the Pauline Family in the early 20th century to spread the gospel using modern media like print. It details the growth of the Pauline printing press and religious communities from small beginnings in the 1910s to hundreds of members and widespread publication by the 1920s.
Francis Clet was a French Vincentian missionary who spent over 25 years ministering in China in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He faced many challenges including language barriers, cultural adjustments, isolation, and periods of anti-Christian persecution where he was forced into hiding with a price on his head. Despite obstacles, Francis dedicated himself to pastoral work like catechizing, baptizing, and hearing confessions. He was eventually captured in 1819 due to betrayal and accepted death rather than renounce his faith, becoming a martyr.
The document summarizes the key events and impacts of the Protestant Reformation that began in 1517 when Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses criticizing the Catholic Church. This led to the establishment of Protestant churches not under the authority of the Pope and divisions in Christianity across Europe between Catholics and Protestants. The printing press, invented by Johannes Gutenberg in the 1440s, allowed for widespread distribution of the Bible and spread of new religious ideas supporting both the Protestant Reformation and divisions in European Christianity over centuries.
The Roman Catholic Church has four key beliefs that distinguish it from Protestant denominations: 1) the role of tradition in addition to scripture in guiding doctrine, 2) belief in 7 sacraments including baptism, communion, confirmation and anointing of the sick, 3) the existence of purgatory as a state of purification for sins before entering heaven, and 4) the communion of saints which recognizes spiritual connection between living members, souls in purgatory, and saints in heaven. The document then provides details on each of these distinguishing beliefs.
Justin de Jacobis, a 19th century Vincentian missionary to Ethiopia with a great gift of understanding, learned by the example of his founder St. Vincent de Paul to follow God's Providence.
Obviously Paul's preaching is the consum-
mation of an experience, not merely of an in-
cident at Athens, but of a personal life of his
own. His theology was based on his personal
experience. No theology is worth much in its
preaching that is not so based. Theology has
been called a science and religion a philoso-
phy, but it has been sometimes forgotten in
its speculations that it is and must be
preached and experienced, or it fails of its
object. It was intensely so with Paul
This document provides biographical details about the life of St. Francis Regis Clet. It describes his childhood in France and vocation to the Congregation of the Mission. He was ordained and first served as a professor of theology before being sent as a missionary to China in 1791. There, he faced many hardships including isolation, poverty, and periods of persecution but continued evangelizing for over 20 years until his martyrdom in 1820. The document outlines the various places he served, difficulties he encountered like the deaths of fellow missionaries, and his dedication to the mission until the end of his life.
Fr. Robert Maloney praises St. Francis Regis Clet as a model of holiness who lived with compassion and trusted in God's providence. Clet was born in France in 1748 and taught theology for 15 years before the French Revolution, after which he volunteered to go to China as a missionary in 1791 at age 44. He worked there for 26 years, ministering secretly as a priest was illegal, until he was arrested and executed by strangulation in 1820 at age 70, becoming the first Vincentian martyr in China. He was beatified in 1900 and canonized in 2000.
The document discusses the Euphrasiana Basilica consecrated in 550 AD in Parenzo, Croatia. It contains the oldest surviving apse mosaic of Mary. The apse mosaic depicts Mary sitting erect holding her son, with female saints offering martyrs' crowns and gifts encircling the apse. To the left of the altar is a mosaic of the Annunciation and to the right is a mosaic of the Visitation, both showing Mary and Elizabeth wearing a pallium, an early Christian representation of the white sash with a cross worn by bishops and popes.
Fr. Robert P. Maloney, C.M. offers a few reflections on Vincent's capacity to unite action and contemplation. From an article that originally appeared in Vincentiana (https://via.library.depaul.edu/vincentiana/vol44/iss2/13)
The document provides a brief history of the Catholic Church from the time of Christ and the Apostles to the Council of Trent in the 16th century. It describes how the Apostles' faith was renewed after Christ's resurrection, allowing them to spread the Gospel to all ends of the earth. It discusses the early persecutions faced by Christians in the Roman Empire, ending with the Edict of Milan in 313 AD which legalized Christianity. It then covers the rise of monasticism, the Great Schism between the Western and Eastern churches, the Protestant Reformation, and the Council of Trent which responded to Protestant reforms.
This document provides an overview of Jewish, early Christian, and Byzantine art from the 4th century AD to the late Byzantine period. It begins with descriptions of 4th century frescoes from the Catacombs of Commodilla in Rome depicting Jesus as the Alpha and Omega. It then discusses symbols used in early Christian art such as the fish, cross, and lamb. Architectural developments are reviewed including early basilica and centralized plans as well as specific churches from Rome, Ravenna, and Constantinople. The document concludes with a discussion of the development of icons and iconoclasm during the Middle Byzantine period followed by examples of art and architecture through the late Byzantine era.
Some where between heaven and earth lesson 6 church hist. 1Andre Fernandez
The document provides an overview of some key differences between Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Roman Catholicism. It discusses the Great Schism of 1054 that resulted in the excommunication of the Eastern Orthodox Church from the Roman Catholic Church. Some key beliefs of Eastern Orthodoxy are outlined, such as the equal authority of scripture and tradition, the veneration of icons and saints, and salvation occurring through cooperation with God rather than predestination. Differences in views of the role of the church, clergy, and salvation are also summarized.
Messaggio della Consigliera, Sr. Alaide Deretti_14 ottobre 2018_ENGMaike Loes
This letter discusses the importance of listening to young people, especially in light of the Synod on Youth taking place. It encourages the sisters to listen to the stories and needs of young migrants to better understand them and share the Gospel. It also invites the sisters to participate in the canonization of Pope Paul VI and reflects on his commitment to listening to youth.
The Rise and Fall of Women Leaders in Christianity & Adventismniwres
This document discusses the role of women in Christianity from biblical times to the present. It notes that women played prominent leadership roles in Jesus' ministry and the early church as prophets, heads of churches, and teachers. However, it describes how women's roles became suppressed over time as patriarchal systems reasserted dominance. The document provides examples of the first women ordained in different Christian denominations in modern times, showing a gradual increase in women's leadership opportunities over the 19th-20th centuries. It also highlights some of the first Adventist women licensed and ordained as ministers in the late 19th century.
John Gabriel Perboyre was born in 1802 in France to a devout Catholic family. He felt called to become a priest from a young age and joined the Congregation of the Mission. Perboyre was sent as a missionary to China where he worked diligently despite poor health. When persecution broke out in 1839, he was betrayed, imprisoned and tortured for over a year for his faith but refused to renounce Christianity. On September 11, 1840, Perboyre was executed by strangulation and became the first French saint in China. He was beatified in 1889 and canonized in 1996, with many miracles attributed to his intercession.
John Knox and the Reformation of ScotlandPeter Hammond
This document provides an overview of the life and work of John Knox, a key figure in the Scottish Reformation. It summarizes his early conversion to Protestantism, his time as a galley slave after being captured for his beliefs, and his eventual release. It describes Knox's preaching against Catholicism in Scotland and Switzerland, and his view that Christians had an obligation to revolt against tyrannical rulers promoting idolatry. The document outlines Knox's call for resistance against Queen Mary I of England and his belief that no woman could legitimately rule as queen.
The document discusses the Catholic sacrament of the Holy Eucharist. It states that the Eucharist completes Christian initiation by allowing the faithful to participate in Christ's sacrifice. The Eucharist commemorates Christ's death and resurrection and is both the source and summit of ecclesial life. The different parts of the Catholic mass are also outlined, including the liturgy of the word, presentation of offerings, consecration, and communion.
*'In quietness and in confidence shall be
your strength," that was the motto which
Keble chose for the Christian year, a motto
which every Christian, day by day, may con-
sider his own. ' ' He shall not strive nor cry. ' '
The evangelist who saw the fulfilment of those
words in his Master had also seen the quiet-
ness and confidence of Christ as they stood
out in clearest contrast to the contentions of
the rabbis and the wrangling of the scribes.
This document is Pope John Paul II's encyclical "Redemptor Hominis" from 1979. In the first section, he discusses inheriting the mission of the papacy at the end of the second millennium. He expresses trust in the Holy Spirit and references Pope Paul VI's emphasis on the Church's mission to bring all people closer to God. The next sections explore the mystery of redemption through Christ's incarnation and the human and divine aspects of redemption. Finally, he addresses the situation of redeemed man in the modern world, including threats like a lack of social love, uncontrolled technology, and unjust economic systems. Throughout, he emphasizes that Christ is the way for the Church and all people to
What is the Way of Life? You shall Love God with all of your heart and with all of your soul and all of your mind and with all of your strength, and you should love your neighbor as yourself, and you should never do to others what you do not want done to yourself. This admonition of this two-fold love opens the first paragraph of the Didache.
The Didache belongs to the writings of the Apostolic Church Fathers, who were the second generation of Church Fathers, after the Apostles, but before the New Testament canon had been finalized by consensus. Scholars believe that the Didache was possibly the earliest post-apostolic writing because it refers to travelling evangelists and prophets that visit the new churches, much like St Paul had done.
The second half of the Didache is a simple church manual that contains instructions on:
• Baptism
• The Eucharist
• Sunday Worship and Liturgy
• Fasting and prayer
• Praying the Lords Prayer three times a day
• Proper treatment of missionaries and prophets
• Election of local church officials
Our YouTube video: https://youtu.be/vcNK5_xpEh4
This video draws from this blog:
http://www.seekingvirtueandwisdom.com/didache-early-church-writing/
This country song also teaches us that if we do not love our neighbor, we do not Love God: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR2rpVd5Lwo
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The History of the Church: From Christ to Constantine, by Eusebius (263-339)
Penguin Classic, introduction by Andrew Louth
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Kindle: The Complete Ante-Nicene, Nicene and Post-Nicene Collection of Early Church Fathers
https://amzn.to/3kMFdBa
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History of Early Christian Literature (Midway Reprint Series), by Edgar Johnson Goodspeed
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The Path of Christianity: The First Thousand Years Hardcover, by John Anthony McGuckin
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The Early Church, by Henry Chadwick
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The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine, Vol. 1: The Emergence of the Catholic Tradition (100-600) (Volume 1) Paperback – August 15, 1975, by Jaroslav Pelikan
https://amzn.to/2UB183E
Early Christian Writings, The Apostolic Fathers
Penguin Classic, introduction by Andrew Louth
https://amzn.to/2V84r1S
Faith of the Early Fathers, (Volume 1)
https://amzn.to/36TQsj9
The Apostolic Fathers: Greek Texts and English Translations, by Michael W. Holmes
https://amzn.to/3hXiBfq
Please share with your friends!
The document provides an overview of the book "Donec Formetur Christus in Vobis" ("Until Christ Be Formed in You") by James Alberione, the founder of the Pauline Family. It describes Alberione's spiritual journey and how he established the Pauline Family in the early 20th century to spread the gospel using modern media like print. It details the growth of the Pauline printing press and religious communities from small beginnings in the 1910s to hundreds of members and widespread publication by the 1920s.
Francis Clet was a French Vincentian missionary who spent over 25 years ministering in China in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He faced many challenges including language barriers, cultural adjustments, isolation, and periods of anti-Christian persecution where he was forced into hiding with a price on his head. Despite obstacles, Francis dedicated himself to pastoral work like catechizing, baptizing, and hearing confessions. He was eventually captured in 1819 due to betrayal and accepted death rather than renounce his faith, becoming a martyr.
The document summarizes the key events and impacts of the Protestant Reformation that began in 1517 when Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses criticizing the Catholic Church. This led to the establishment of Protestant churches not under the authority of the Pope and divisions in Christianity across Europe between Catholics and Protestants. The printing press, invented by Johannes Gutenberg in the 1440s, allowed for widespread distribution of the Bible and spread of new religious ideas supporting both the Protestant Reformation and divisions in European Christianity over centuries.
The Roman Catholic Church has four key beliefs that distinguish it from Protestant denominations: 1) the role of tradition in addition to scripture in guiding doctrine, 2) belief in 7 sacraments including baptism, communion, confirmation and anointing of the sick, 3) the existence of purgatory as a state of purification for sins before entering heaven, and 4) the communion of saints which recognizes spiritual connection between living members, souls in purgatory, and saints in heaven. The document then provides details on each of these distinguishing beliefs.
Justin de Jacobis, a 19th century Vincentian missionary to Ethiopia with a great gift of understanding, learned by the example of his founder St. Vincent de Paul to follow God's Providence.
Obviously Paul's preaching is the consum-
mation of an experience, not merely of an in-
cident at Athens, but of a personal life of his
own. His theology was based on his personal
experience. No theology is worth much in its
preaching that is not so based. Theology has
been called a science and religion a philoso-
phy, but it has been sometimes forgotten in
its speculations that it is and must be
preached and experienced, or it fails of its
object. It was intensely so with Paul
This document provides biographical details about the life of St. Francis Regis Clet. It describes his childhood in France and vocation to the Congregation of the Mission. He was ordained and first served as a professor of theology before being sent as a missionary to China in 1791. There, he faced many hardships including isolation, poverty, and periods of persecution but continued evangelizing for over 20 years until his martyrdom in 1820. The document outlines the various places he served, difficulties he encountered like the deaths of fellow missionaries, and his dedication to the mission until the end of his life.
Fr. Robert Maloney praises St. Francis Regis Clet as a model of holiness who lived with compassion and trusted in God's providence. Clet was born in France in 1748 and taught theology for 15 years before the French Revolution, after which he volunteered to go to China as a missionary in 1791 at age 44. He worked there for 26 years, ministering secretly as a priest was illegal, until he was arrested and executed by strangulation in 1820 at age 70, becoming the first Vincentian martyr in China. He was beatified in 1900 and canonized in 2000.
The document discusses the Euphrasiana Basilica consecrated in 550 AD in Parenzo, Croatia. It contains the oldest surviving apse mosaic of Mary. The apse mosaic depicts Mary sitting erect holding her son, with female saints offering martyrs' crowns and gifts encircling the apse. To the left of the altar is a mosaic of the Annunciation and to the right is a mosaic of the Visitation, both showing Mary and Elizabeth wearing a pallium, an early Christian representation of the white sash with a cross worn by bishops and popes.
Fr. Robert P. Maloney, C.M. offers a few reflections on Vincent's capacity to unite action and contemplation. From an article that originally appeared in Vincentiana (https://via.library.depaul.edu/vincentiana/vol44/iss2/13)
The document provides a brief history of the Catholic Church from the time of Christ and the Apostles to the Council of Trent in the 16th century. It describes how the Apostles' faith was renewed after Christ's resurrection, allowing them to spread the Gospel to all ends of the earth. It discusses the early persecutions faced by Christians in the Roman Empire, ending with the Edict of Milan in 313 AD which legalized Christianity. It then covers the rise of monasticism, the Great Schism between the Western and Eastern churches, the Protestant Reformation, and the Council of Trent which responded to Protestant reforms.
This document provides an overview of Jewish, early Christian, and Byzantine art from the 4th century AD to the late Byzantine period. It begins with descriptions of 4th century frescoes from the Catacombs of Commodilla in Rome depicting Jesus as the Alpha and Omega. It then discusses symbols used in early Christian art such as the fish, cross, and lamb. Architectural developments are reviewed including early basilica and centralized plans as well as specific churches from Rome, Ravenna, and Constantinople. The document concludes with a discussion of the development of icons and iconoclasm during the Middle Byzantine period followed by examples of art and architecture through the late Byzantine era.
Some where between heaven and earth lesson 6 church hist. 1Andre Fernandez
The document provides an overview of some key differences between Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Roman Catholicism. It discusses the Great Schism of 1054 that resulted in the excommunication of the Eastern Orthodox Church from the Roman Catholic Church. Some key beliefs of Eastern Orthodoxy are outlined, such as the equal authority of scripture and tradition, the veneration of icons and saints, and salvation occurring through cooperation with God rather than predestination. Differences in views of the role of the church, clergy, and salvation are also summarized.
Messaggio della Consigliera, Sr. Alaide Deretti_14 ottobre 2018_ENGMaike Loes
This letter discusses the importance of listening to young people, especially in light of the Synod on Youth taking place. It encourages the sisters to listen to the stories and needs of young migrants to better understand them and share the Gospel. It also invites the sisters to participate in the canonization of Pope Paul VI and reflects on his commitment to listening to youth.
The Rise and Fall of Women Leaders in Christianity & Adventismniwres
This document discusses the role of women in Christianity from biblical times to the present. It notes that women played prominent leadership roles in Jesus' ministry and the early church as prophets, heads of churches, and teachers. However, it describes how women's roles became suppressed over time as patriarchal systems reasserted dominance. The document provides examples of the first women ordained in different Christian denominations in modern times, showing a gradual increase in women's leadership opportunities over the 19th-20th centuries. It also highlights some of the first Adventist women licensed and ordained as ministers in the late 19th century.
John Gabriel Perboyre was born in 1802 in France to a devout Catholic family. He felt called to become a priest from a young age and joined the Congregation of the Mission. Perboyre was sent as a missionary to China where he worked diligently despite poor health. When persecution broke out in 1839, he was betrayed, imprisoned and tortured for over a year for his faith but refused to renounce Christianity. On September 11, 1840, Perboyre was executed by strangulation and became the first French saint in China. He was beatified in 1889 and canonized in 1996, with many miracles attributed to his intercession.
John Knox and the Reformation of ScotlandPeter Hammond
This document provides an overview of the life and work of John Knox, a key figure in the Scottish Reformation. It summarizes his early conversion to Protestantism, his time as a galley slave after being captured for his beliefs, and his eventual release. It describes Knox's preaching against Catholicism in Scotland and Switzerland, and his view that Christians had an obligation to revolt against tyrannical rulers promoting idolatry. The document outlines Knox's call for resistance against Queen Mary I of England and his belief that no woman could legitimately rule as queen.
The document discusses the Catholic sacrament of the Holy Eucharist. It states that the Eucharist completes Christian initiation by allowing the faithful to participate in Christ's sacrifice. The Eucharist commemorates Christ's death and resurrection and is both the source and summit of ecclesial life. The different parts of the Catholic mass are also outlined, including the liturgy of the word, presentation of offerings, consecration, and communion.
*'In quietness and in confidence shall be
your strength," that was the motto which
Keble chose for the Christian year, a motto
which every Christian, day by day, may con-
sider his own. ' ' He shall not strive nor cry. ' '
The evangelist who saw the fulfilment of those
words in his Master had also seen the quiet-
ness and confidence of Christ as they stood
out in clearest contrast to the contentions of
the rabbis and the wrangling of the scribes.
This document is Pope John Paul II's encyclical "Redemptor Hominis" from 1979. In the first section, he discusses inheriting the mission of the papacy at the end of the second millennium. He expresses trust in the Holy Spirit and references Pope Paul VI's emphasis on the Church's mission to bring all people closer to God. The next sections explore the mystery of redemption through Christ's incarnation and the human and divine aspects of redemption. Finally, he addresses the situation of redeemed man in the modern world, including threats like a lack of social love, uncontrolled technology, and unjust economic systems. Throughout, he emphasizes that Christ is the way for the Church and all people to
The Pope visited Slovakia from September 12-15, 2021. On the first day, he arrived in Bratislava and had an ecumenical meeting and private meeting with Jesuits. The next day's events included a welcome ceremony, meeting with officials and clergy, and visiting a charity center. He also met with the Jewish community and emphasized the dignity of all people. The Pope's messages focused on themes of freedom, solidarity, responsibility, and caring for the vulnerable. He drew on Slovak history and figures to encourage building a society of justice, forgiveness, and sharing.
Pope Francis will make an apostolic journey to Hungary from April 28-30, 2023. His schedule includes official welcome ceremonies, meetings with political and religious leaders, and events with young people, families, and academics. The Pope will say mass and give other addresses focusing on themes of mercy, solidarity, and working together across divisions. He will emphasize the importance of caring for the poor and most vulnerable.
The document contains prayers and scripture passages for praying the Rosary with a focus on the Joyful Mysteries. It provides 10 scripture verses for each decade of the Rosary that correspond to each Mystery. The verses highlight the fidelity and strength of Christ. The document instructs the reader on how to pray the Rosary and includes the standard prayers used.
Pope Francis visited Slovakia from September 12-15, 2021. The document outlines the Pope's daily schedule and activities during the visit. On September 14, he held a Divine Liturgy in Prešov and later met with the Roma community in Košice. In the evening, he met with young people at a stadium in Košice. On September 15, he prayed with bishops and held mass at the National Shrine of Šaštin before departing for Rome.
Sacred heart 2 - church teaching, tradition and cultureMartin M Flynn
This document provides an overview of the history and theological basis of the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It discusses how the devotion originated in the Middle Ages and was promoted by various saints. It gained widespread popularity due to the visions of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque in the 17th century. Pope Pius XII further encouraged the devotion in his encyclical Haurietis Aquas, emphasizing that the Sacred Heart represents Jesus' love for all humanity. The devotion has since spread globally and is expressed through various prayers, acts of consecration, and religious structures dedicated to the Sacred Heart.
The document outlines Pope Francis's itinerary for his apostolic journey to Egypt from April 28-29, 2017. The schedule includes his arrival in Cairo, meetings with political leaders, an interfaith peace conference with the Grand Imam of al-Azhar, mass, and a meeting with clergy and religious. The key topics covered are promoting interreligious dialogue and cooperation, and condemning violence in the name of religion.
This is a book you will surely love to read. it probes into the virtue of humility with JESUS CHRIST us the GREAT OBJECT OF STUDY. I hope after reading this book you will really enjoy it and be changed by it
I. A Great Leader,
II. Death, the Interpreter,
III. The Necessity of Progress,
IV. The Law of Progress, .
V. Grapes of Gall,
VI. The Religion of Humanity,
VII. The AGNosTiasM of Paul, .
VIII. The Dogmatism of Paul,
IX. The Church's One Foundation,
X. The Power of the Keys,
" Ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in
God."— Co\, 3: 3.
NO one can suppose a saying like this to
be addrest indiscriminately to the
world at large. The class of persons
whom it indicates, the audience who will
grasp and appreciate its meaning, is limited
in kind. It is not that the text is obscure. It
is not that it belongs to an age so far away
from ours. It is not that it raises needless
barriers. Only it takes for granted that we
have passed through a great experience, and
that this experience has brought us into a new
world. In short, it touches as very few verses
even of the Bible do the vital source and cen-
ter of the Christian life. It tells the open
secret of discipleship, and lays its finger on
the pulse of personal religion.
- The document discusses several topics related to Pope John Paul II's teachings on marriage, family, and building a civilization of love. It provides quotes from Pope John Paul II on the beauty of marriage, the battle between good and evil, the family as the domestic church, and hope for the future.
- The document proposes making a virtual pilgrimage focused on consecrating oneself to Our Lady as an apostle for the family and new springtime, providing resources to aid in this. It also discusses sharing educational media resources with children and parishes to help the next generation.
- The conclusion encourages taking St. Joseph as a guide and protector and having small group discussions on specific steps to take the teachings into one
Pope Francis visited Hungary for the conclusion of the 52nd International Eucharistic Congress. During his visit he met with government leaders, bishops, and representatives of other Christian faiths and Jewish communities. He celebrated an open-air mass in Heroes' Square, where in his homily he emphasized the announcement of Jesus, discernment with Jesus, and following Jesus on the Christian journey. The congress marked the starting point for continuing that journey of faith.
This document outlines a daily and weekly Lenten program with a focus on making it easy to be good and hard to be bad. The weekly program includes receiving and offering God's mercy, practicing a superabundant mercy, and forgiving persecutors. It discusses the sacrament of confession and examines St. Maximillian Kolbe's life of redemptive love, including his volunteering to die in another man's place. The document calls readers to receive God's mercy and offer it to others superabundantly by preventing sin and forgiving enemies. It concludes by encouraging confession, seeking forgiveness, and receiving communion on Easter while consecrating oneself to Mary.
WMoF 2022 Roma - Festival of the Families (Russian).pptxMartin M Flynn
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Pope Francis in Portugal - WYD 2023 - 1.pptxMartin M Flynn
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THE CRUCIFIX – A POWERFUL SYMBOL ... EVEN FOR MODERN DAY UNITARIANSDr Ian Ellis-Jones
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Benedict XVI identifies several challenges facing people today, including overcoming relativism, prioritizing materialism over faith, and presenting a real Jesus rather than an empty figure. Relativism makes it impossible for true education by leaving people with only their own desires as a measure. Materialism replaces spiritual growth with a thirst for wealth and power. An authentic faith requires presenting Jesus as he is in the Gospels rather than a romanticized version.
Trinity Kings World Leadership: King Teola "Tee" Patillo II of the Patillo Fa...Terrell Patillo
Matthew 6:9-13King James Version (KJV)
9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
John 10:30
King James Version (KJV)
30 I and my Father are one.
John 5:19-20,22-24
New International Version (NIV)
19 Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. 20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does. Yes, and he will show him even greater works than these, so that you will be amazed.
22 Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son, 23 that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him.
24 “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life.
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Pope benedict xvi in germany, wyd 2005
1. Apostolic Journey
of His Holiness
Benedict XVI
to Cologne
Germany
for the 20th
World Youth Day
August 18-21, 2005
2. PROGRAMME
Welcome ceremony - International Airport of Cologne/Bonn: Address Aug 18, 2005)
Papal Welcoming Ceremony on the Poller Rheinwiesen bank in Cologne: Aug 18, 2005)
Visit to the Cathedral of Cologne: Greetings (August 18, 2005)
Visit to the Synagogue of Cologne: Greetings (August 19, 2005)
Meeting with seminarians at the Church of St Pantaleon in Cologne: Address (August 19, 2005)
Ecumenical meeting at the Archbishopric of Cologne: Address (August 19, 2005)
Meeting with representatives of Muslim Communities, at the Archbishopric of
Cologne: Address (August 20, 2005)
Vigil with youth at Marienfeld area: Address (August 20, 2005)
Mass at Marienfeld area: Homily (August 21, 2005)
Recital of the Angelus (August 21, 2005)
Meeting with German Bishops in the Piussaal (Pius Hall) of the Seminary of
Cologne: Address (August 21, 2005)
Farewell ceremony at the International Airport of Cologne/Bonn: Greetings (August 21, 2005)
7. “I have come to Cologne in very deep
continuity with my great and beloved
Predecessor John Paul II, who had this
intuition - I should say this inspiration - of
the World Youth Days, in this way creating
not a single event of exceptional religious
and ecclesial meaning, but also human,
which takes people beyond the borderlines
between one and the other and contributes
to building a common future”.
Welcome ceremony at the
International Airport of
Cologne/Bonn: (August 18, 2005)
8. It is a fine thing that on such occasions the virtue of hospitality,
which has almost disappeared and is one of man's original virtues,
should be renewed and enable people of all states of life to meet.
9. Like the Magi, all believers - and young people in particular - have been called to
set out on the journey of life in search of truth, justice and love. We must seek this
star, we must follow it. The ultimate goal of the journey can only be found through
an encounter with Christ, an encounter which cannot take place without faith.
10. Here we find a very rich cultural and spiritual heritage which even today, in the heart
of Europe, testifies to the fruitfulness of the Christian faith and tradition
which we must rekindle, because it has within it new strength for the future.
11. I think of St Boniface,
St Ursula,
St Albert the Great,
and, in more
recent times,
St Teresa Benedicta
of the Cross
(Edith Stein) and
Bl. Adolph Kolping.
12. CELEBRATION WELCOMING THE YOUNG PEOPLE
Cologne - Poller Wiesen - Thursday, 18 August 2005
Like yourselves, I too have set out to join you in kneeling
before the consecrated white Host in which the eyes of
faith recognize the Real Presence of the Saviour of the
world. Together, we will continue to meditate
on the theme of this World Youth Day:
"We have come to worship him" (Mt 2: 2).
13. To all of you I appeal: Open wide your hearts to God!
Let yourselves be surprised by Christ! Let him have
"the right of free speech" during these days!
Open the doors of your freedom to his merciful love!
Share your joys and pains with Christ,
and let him enlighten your minds with his light
and touch your hearts with his grace.
14. In these days blessed with sharing and joy, may you have a liberating experience
of the Church as the place where God's merciful love reaches out to all people.
In the Church and through the Church you will meet Christ, who is waiting for you.
15. we are concerned for the
state of the world and we
are asking: "Where do I find
standards to live by, what
are the criteria that govern
responsible cooperation
in building the present and
the future of our world?
On whom can I rely?
To whom shall I entrust
myself? Where is the One
who can offer me the
response capable of
satisfying my heart's
deepest desires?".
16. which direction do we take? The one prompted
by the passions or the one indicated by
the star which shines in your conscience?
17. it is in Bethlehem - the "House of Bread" - that we can always encounter
the inconceivable greatness of a God who humbled himself even to
appearing in a manger, to giving himself as food on the altar.
18. Only faith enabled them to recognize in the face
of that Child the King whom they were seeking,
the God to whom the star had guided them.
In him, crossing the abyss between the finite
and the infinite, the visible and the invisible,
the Eternal entered time, the Mystery became
known by entrusting himself to us in
the frail body of a small child.
19. "If we let Christ into our
lives, we lose nothing,
nothing, absolutely
nothing of what
Makes life free,
beautiful and great.
No! Only in this friendship
are the doors of life
opened wide. Only in this
friendship is the great
potential of human
existence truly revealed.
Only in this friendship do
we experience beauty
and liberation"
20. the gift of faith which we will celebrate together, making it manifest
to the world from this land in the heart of Europe, a Europe which
owes so much to the Gospel and its witnesses down the centuries.
21.
22.
23. VISIT TO THE CATHEDRAL OF COLOGNE
Cologne – Roncalliplatz - Thursday, 18 August 2005
in 1164 the relics of the Magi were escorted by the Archbishop of
Cologne, Reinald von Dassel, from Milan, across the Alps, all the
way to Cologne, where they were received with great jubilation.
24. VISIT TO THE SYNAGOGUE OF COLOGNE
Cologne – Synagogue - Friday, 19 August 2005
25. And in the 20th century,
in the darkest period of
German and European
history, an insane racist
ideology, born of neo-
paganism, gave rise to the
attempt, planned and
systematically carried out by
the regime, to exterminate
European Jewry.
26. "I bow my head before all those who experienced this manifestation of
the mysterium iniquitatis. " The terrible events of that time must "never cease
to rouse consciences, to resolve conflicts, to inspire the building of peace"
27. On the basis of our shared human dignity the Catholic Church "condemns as foreign
to the mind of Christ any kind of discrimnation whatsoever between people, or
harassment of them, done by reason of race or colour, class or religion" (n. 5).
28. The Catholic Church is committed - I reaffirm this
again today - to tolerance, respect, friendship and
peace between all peoples, cultures and religions
29. Our rich common heritage and our fraternal and more trusting relations call upon
us to join in giving an ever more harmonious witness and to work together on the
practical level for the defence and promotion of human rights and the sacredness
of human life, for family values, for social justice and for peace in the world.
30. MEETING WITH SEMINARIANS
Cologne - Saint Pantaleon - Friday, 19 August 2005
The seminarian experiences the beauty of that call in a moment of grace which
could be defined as "falling in love". His soul is filled with amazement,
1which makes him ask in prayer: "Lord, why me?". But love knows no "why";
it is a free gift to which one responds with the gift of self.
31. Such study can at times seem arduous, but it is an indispensable part of our encounter with
Christ and our vocation to proclaim him. All this is aimed at shaping a steady and balanced
personality, one capable of receiving validly and fulfilling responsibly the priestly mission.
32. The seminary years are a time of journeying, of exploration, but above all of discovering
Christ. It is only when a young man has had a personal experience of Christ that he can truly
understand the Lord's will and consequently his own vocation.
33. The better you know Jesus the more his mystery attracts you. The more
you discover him, the more you are moved to seek him. This is a
movement of the Spirit which lasts throughout life, and which makes
the seminary a time of immense promise, a true "springtime".
34. the young seminarian: he no longer sees the Church "from
the outside", but rather, as it were, "from the inside", and
he comes to sense that she is his "home", inasmuch as she
is the home of Christ, where "Mary his mother" dwells.
35. It is Mary who shows him Jesus her Son;
she introduces him and in a sense enables him to see
and touch Jesus, and to take him into his arms.
Mary teaches the seminarian to contemplate Jesus with
the eyes of the heart and to make Jesus his very life.
36. encounter becomes adoration; it blossoms into an act of faith and love
which acknowledges in Jesus, born of Mary, the Son of God made man.
37. the Magi surely had to deal with dangers, weariness, disorientation,
doubts. The star was no longer there to guide them! The light was now
within them. Their task was to guard and nourish it in the constant
memory of Christ, of his Holy Face, of his ineffable Love.
38. May Christ be everything for you. Dear seminarians, be the first to offer him
what is most precious to you, as Pope John Paul II suggested in his Message
for this World Youth Day: the gold of your freedom, the incense of your
ardent prayer, the myrrh of your most profound affection (cf. n. 4).
39. Our Lady, who introduces everyone to an encounter with Christ in the silence of
meditation, prayer and fraternity…. Here is the secret of your vocation and your
mission! It is kept in the Immaculate Heart of Mary, who watches over each one of
you with a mother's love. Have recourse to Mary, often and with confidence.
40. in the supernatural reality of the one Baptism which makes us
all members of the one Body of Christ (cf. I Cor 12: 13; Gal 3: 28; Col 2: 12).
ECUMENICAL MEETING
Cologne - Archbishop’s House - Friday, 19 August 2005
41. with the contribution of theologians it led to the important Joint Declaration on the Doctrine
of Justification (1999) and to an agreement on basic issues that had been a subject
of controversy since the 16th century…… We should also acknowledge with gratitude
the results of our common stand on important matters, such as the fundamental
questions involving the defence of life and the promotion of justice and peace.
42. when we speak of ecclesiology and of ministry we must preferably speak in this combination
of Word, witness and rule of faith, and consider it as an ecclesiological matter, and therefore
together as a question of the Word of God, of his sovereignty and humility inasmuch as
the Lord entrusts his Word, and concedes its interpretation, to witnesses which, however,
must always be compared to the "regula fidei" and the integrity of the Word.
43. the Catholic Church also has as her goal the full visible unity of the disciples of Christ…..
dialogue has its own contribution to make. More than an exchange of thoughts,
an academic exercise, it is an exchange of gifts (cf. Ut Unum Sint, n. 28), in which
the Churches and the Ecclesial Communities can make available their own riches
44. I would also like in this context to remember the great pioneer of unity,
Bro. Roger Schutz, who was so tragically snatched from life. I had known
him personally for a long time and had a cordial friendship with him.
45. I am convinced that if more and more people unite themselves interiorly
to the Lord's prayer "that all may be one" (Jn 17: 21), then this prayer,
made in the Name of Jesus, will not go unheard (cf. Jn 14: 13; 15: 7, 16, etc.).
47. terrorism. I know that many of you have firmly rejected, also
publicly, in particular any connection between your faith and
terrorism and have condemned it. I am grateful to you for
this, for it contributes to the climate of trust that we need.
48. Terrorist activity is continually recurring in various parts of the world, plunging
people into grief and despair. Those who instigate and plan these attacks evidently
wish to poison our relations and destroy trust, making use of all means, including
religion, to oppose every attempt to build a peaceful and serene life together.
49. Thanks be to God, we agree on the fact that terrorism of any kind is a
perverse and cruel choice which shows contempt for the sacred right
to life and undermines the very foundations of all civil coexistence.
50. If together we can succeed in eliminating from hearts any trace of rancour,
in resisting every form of intolerance and in opposing every manifestation
of violence, we will turn back the wave of cruel fanaticism that endangers
the lives of so many people and hinders progress towards world peace.
51. The task is difficult but not impossible. The believer - and all of us,
as Christians and Muslims, are believers - knows that, despite
his weakness, he can count on the spiritual power of prayer.
52. Dear friends, I am
profoundly convinced
that we must not yield
to the negative
pressures in our midst,
but must affirm the
values of mutual
respect, solidarity and
peace. The life of every
human being is sacred,
both for Christians and
for Muslims. There is
plenty of scope for us
to act together in the
service of fundamental
moral values.
53. Only through recognition of the centrality of the person can a common basis for
understanding be found, one which enables us to move beyond cultural conflicts
and which neutralizes the disruptive power of ideologies.
54. How many pages of history record battles and wars that have been waged, with both
sides invoking the Name of God, as if fighting and killing, the enemy could be pleasing to him.
The recollection of these sad events should fill us with shame, for we know
only too well what atrocities have been committed in the name of religion.
55. We must seek paths of reconciliation and learn to live with respect for each other's
identity. The defence of religious freedom, in this sense, is a permanent imperative,
and respect for minorities is a clear sign of true civilization.
56. They worship the one God living and subsistent, merciful and
almighty, creator of heaven and earth, who has spoken to
humanity and to whose decrees, even the hidden ones, they
seek to submit themselves whole-heartedly, just as Abraham
57. Christians and Muslims, we must face together the many challenges of
our time. There is no room for apathy and disengagement, and even
less for partiality and sectarianism. We must not yield to fear or
pessimism. Rather, we must cultivate optimism and hope.
58. "Going into the house (over which the star had halted), they saw the child
with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshipped him" (Mt 2: 11).
YOUTH VIGIL
Cologne – Marienfeld - Saturday, 20 August 2005
59.
60. They had to change their ideas about power, about God and about man,
and in so doing, they also had to change themselves. Now they were able
to see that God's power is not like that of the powerful of this world.
God's ways are not as we imagine them or as we might wish them to be.
61. He contrasts the noisy and
ostentatious power of this world
with the defenceless power of love,
which succumbs to death on
the Cross and dies ever anew
throughout history; yet it is this
same love which constitutes the
new divine intervention that
opposes injustice and ushers in
the Kingdom of God.
62. they have to learn that this cannot be achieved
simply through issuing commands from a throne on high.
Now they have to learn to give themselves - no lesser gift
would be sufficient for this King. Now they have to learn
that their lives must be conformed to this divine way
of exercising power, to God's own way of being.
63. In the last century we experienced
revolutions with a common
programme - expecting nothing
more from God, they assumed total
responsibility for the cause of the
world in order to change it.
And this, as we saw, meant that a
human and partial point of view
was always taken as an absolute
guiding principle. Absolutizing what
is not absolute but relative is called
totalitarianism. It does not liberate
man, but takes away his dignity
and enslaves him.
It is not ideologies that save the
world, but only a return to the living
God, our Creator, the guarantor
of our freedom, the guarantor
of what is really good and true.
64. we are not constructing a private God, we are not constructing a
private Jesus, but that we believe and worship the Jesus who is
manifested to us by the Sacred Scriptures and who reveals himself
to be alive in the great procession of the faithful called the Church,
always alongside us and always before us.
65. The Church is like a human family, but at the same time it is also the
great family of God, through which he establishes an overarching
communion and unity that embraces every continent, culture and nation.
66. Here in Cologne we discover the joy of belonging to a family as vast as the
world, including Heaven and earth, the past, the present, the future and
every part of the earth. In this great band of pilgrims we walk side by side
with Christ, we walk with the star that enlightens our history.
67. Here in the Sacred Host he is present before us and in our midst.
As at that time, so now he is mysteriously veiled in a sacred silence;
as at that time, it is here that the true face of God is revealed.
68. EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATION
Cologne – Marienfeld - Sunday, 21 August 2005
By making the bread into his Body and the wine into his Blood, he anticipates his death,
he accepts it in his heart, and he transforms it into an action of love. What on the outside
is simply brutal violence - the Crucifixion - from within becomes an act of total
self-giving love. This is the substantial transformation which was accomplished at the
Last Supper and was destined to set in motion a series of transformations leading
ultimately to the transformation of the world when God will be all in all (cf. I Cor 15: 28).
69. To use an image well known to us today, this is like inducing nuclear fission in the
very heart of being - the victory of love over hatred, the victory of love over death.
Only this intimate explosion of good conquering evil can then trigger off
the series of transformations that little by little will change the world.
70. But it must not stop there; on the contrary, the process of transformation must
now gather momentum. The Body and Blood of Christ are given to us so that
we ourselves will be transformed in our turn. We are to become the Body of Christ,
his own Flesh and Blood. - We all eat the one bread, and this means that we
ourselves become one. In this way, adoration, as we said earlier, becomes union.
71. recognition of God as our true measure, supplying the norm that we choose to follow.
It means that freedom is not simply about enjoying life in total autonomy, but rather about
living by the measure of truth and goodness, so that we ourselves can become true and good
72. The Latin word for adoration is ad-oratio - mouth to mouth
contact, a kiss, an embrace, and hence, ultimately love. Submission
becomes union, because he to whom we submit is Love
73. The new prayer - which the Church calls the "Eucharistic Prayer" - brings the Eucharist into
being. It is the word of power which transforms the gifts of the earth in an entirely new way
into God's gift of himself, and it draws us into this process of transformation.
That is why we call this action "Eucharist", which is a translation of the Hebrew
word beracha - thanksgiving, praise, blessing, and a transformation worked by the Lord:
74. On Easter morning,
first the women and
then the disciples
had the grace of
seeing the Lord.
From that moment
on, they knew that
the first day of the
week, Sunday,
would be his day,
the day of Christ the
Lord. The day when
creation began
became the day
when creation was
renewed. Creation
and redemption
belong together.
75. The pilgrimage that the Magi from the East first pointed this out to us.
The spontaneity of new communities is important, but it is also important
to preserve communion with the Pope and with the Bishops
76. MEETING WITH THE GERMAN BISHOPS
Cologne - Archbishop’s House - Sunday, 21 August 2005
Just as he led the Church in Germany to unity with the Successor of Peter, he is also guiding me
to lasting fraternal communion with the Bishops of Germany, with the Church in Germany.
77. Here in Germany
we are accustomed
primarily, and I as a
Professor in particular,
to see especially the
problems. However,
I believe we should
admit that all this
has been possible
because in Germany,
despite all the
Church's problems,
despite all possible
questionable things,
a living Church
truly exists.
78. We know that secularism and dechristianization are gaining ground, that relativism
is growing and that the influence of Catholic ethics and morals is in constant decline
79. it is once again
up to us to understand
the priority of worship.
We must make
youth, ourselves and
our communities,
aware of the fact
that it is not a luxury
of our confused epoch
that we cannot
permit ourselves
but a priority.
80. we in turn must inculcate in young people patience, without which nothing can be found;
we must teach them discernment, a healthy realism, the capacity to be decisive.
82. LIST OF PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH
Revised 5-9-2020
Advent and Christmas – time of hope and peace
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – In the Light of the Word
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – The Experiences and Challenges of Families
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 - Looking to Jesus, the Vocation of the Family
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - Love in Marriage
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Love made Fruitfuol
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Some Pastoral Perspectives
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Towards a better education of children
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Accompanying, discerning and integrating weaknwss
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – The Spirituality of Marriage and the Family
Beloved Amazon 1ª – A Social Dream
Beloved Amazon 2 - A Cultural Dream
Beloved Amazon 3 – An Ecological Dream
Beloved Amazon 4 - An Ecclesiastical Dream
Carnival
Christ is Alive
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – Church and Family today
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - God’s plan for the family
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – family as a Community
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – serving life and education
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – mission of the family in society
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - Family in the Church
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Football in Spain
Haurietis aquas – devotion to the Sacred Heart by Pius XII
Holidays and Holy Days
Holy Spirit
Holy Week – drawings for children
Holy Week – glmjpses of the last hours of JC
Inauguration of President Donald Trump
Juno explores Jupiter
Laudato si 1 – care for the common home
Laudato si 2 – Gospel of creation
Laudato si 3 – Human roots of the ecological crisis
Laudato si 4 – integral ecology
Laudato si 5 – lines of approach and action
Laudato si 6 – Education y Ecological Spirituality
Love and Marriage 1-
Love and Marriage 2 – growing up to sexual maturity
Love and Marriage 3 – psychological differences and complimentarity
Love and Marriage 4- causes of sexual attraction
Love and Marriage 5- freedom and intimacy
Love and Marriage 6 - human love
Love and Marriage 7 - destiny of human love
Love and Marriage 8- marriage between Christian believers
Love and Marriage 9 – sacrament of marriage
Lumen Fidei – ch 1,2,3,4
Medjugore Pilgrimage
Misericordiae Vultus in English
Mother Teresa of Calcuta – Saint
Pope Franciss in Thailand
Pope Francis in Japan
Pope Francis in Sweden
Pope Francis in America
Pope Francis in the WYD in Poland 2016
Pope Francis in the Holy Land – Jordan, Palestine, Israel
Querida Amazonia
Resurrection of Jesus Christ –according to the Gospels
Russian Revolution and Communismo 3 civil war 1918.1921
Russian Revolution and Communism 1
Russian Revolution and Communismo 2
Saint Joseph
Saint Patrick and Ireland
Sunday – day of the Lord
Thanksgiving – History and Customs
The Body, the cult – (Eucharist)
Valentine
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Way of the Cross – drawings for children
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83. LISTA DE PRESENTACIONES EN ESPAÑOL
Revisado 27-5-2020
Abuelos
Adviento y Navidad, tiempo de esperanza
Amor y Matrimonio 1 - 9
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – A la luz de la Palabre
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – Realidad y Desafíos de las Familias
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 La mirada puesta en Jesús: Vocación de la Familia
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - El Amor en el Matrimonio
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Amor que se vuelve fecundo
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Algunas Perspectivas Pastorales
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Fortalecer la educacion de los hijos
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Acompañar, discernir e integrar la fragilidad
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – Espiritualidad Matrimonial y Familiar
Carnaval
Cristo Vive
Domingo – día del Señor
El camino de la cruz de JC en dibujos para niños
El Cuerpo, el culto – (eucarisía)
Espíritu Santo
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – iglesia y familia hoy
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - el plan de Dios para la familia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – familia como comunidad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – servicio a la vida y educación
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – misión de la familia en la sociedad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - participación de la familia en la iglesia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Fátima – Historia de las Apariciones de la Virgen
Feria de Sevilla
Haurietis aquas – el culto al Sagrado Corazón
Hermandades y cofradías
Hispanidad
Laudato si 1 – cuidado del hogar común
Laudato si 2 – evangelio de creación
Laudato si 3 – La raíz de la crisis ecológica
Laudato si 4 – ecología integral
Laudato si 5 – líneas de acción
Laudato si 6 – Educación y Espiritualidad Ecológica
Lumen Fidei – cap 1,2,3,4
Madre Teresa de Calcuta – Santa
María y la Biblia
Medjugore peregrinación
Misericordiae Vultus en Español
Papa Francisco en Bulgaria
Papa Francisco en Rumania
Papa Francisco en Marruecos
Papa Francisco en México
Papa Francisco – mensaje para la Jornada Mundial Juventud 2016
Papa Francisco – visita a Chile
Papa Francisco – visita a Perú
Papa Francisco en Colombia 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Cuba
Papa Francisco en Fátima
Papa Francisco en la JMJ 2016 – Polonia
Queridas Amazoznia 1 un sueños social
Queridas Amazoznia 2 un suepo cultural
Queridas Amazoznia 3 un seuños ecologico
Queridas Amazoznia 4 un sueño eclesial
Redemptor hominis – el Redentor del Hombre
Resurrección de Jesucristo – según los Evangelios
Revolución Rusa y Comunismo 1
Revolución Rusa y comunismo 2
Revolución Rusa y Comunismo 3
San José
Santiago Apóstol
Semana santa – Vistas de las últimas horas de JC
Vacaciones Cristianas
Valentín
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