Category: Jesus

CATHOLIC FAITHWATCH: “[Jesus is the Vine, We Are the Branches;] Pope Benedict XVI, Fifth Sunday of Easter, Regina Caeli 2012” – VaticanVa

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“… Jesus said to His Disciples, ‘I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser’ … The True Vine of God, True Life, is Jesus who with His Sacrifice of Love gives us Salvation, opens to us the way to be part of this vine. … as Jesus remains in the Love of God the Father, the Disciples too, wisely pruned by the Word of the Master … if they remain profoundly united in Him … become Fruitful Branches that bear an abundant Harvest. St Francis de Sales wrote: ‘The vine-sprig, united and joined to the stock, brings forth fruit not by its own power but in virtue of the stock. … we are united by charity unto our Redeemer as members to their head, and hence it is that … good works, drawing their worth from Him, merit Life Everlasting” (Treatise on the love of God, XI, 6). * * * … each one of us is like a branch that only lives if its union with the Lord grows every day in prayer, in participation in the Sacraments and in charity. … Let us pray to the Mother of God that … all our actions may have their beginning and end in [Jesus].”

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CATHOLIC FAITHWATCH: “Saint John Paul II’s Christological Catechesis” – VaticanVa

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“1.Catechesis as contemplation of the mystery of Christ:
From 7th January 1987 to 19th April 1989 the Holy Father John Paul II gave extensive catechesis on the second article of the Creed: “I believe in Jesus Christ”. It consists of 85 chapters of a Christological itinerary divided into eight stages:
a. Jesus Christ in the Old and New Testaments (1-13);
Christ Breaking Bread, Photograph of Painting, adapted from image at loc.gov with credit to Detroit Publishing Co.b. Jesus Christ Son of God (14-33);
c. Miracles as “signs” of Jesus’ divinity (34-40);
d. Jesus Christ man among men (41-44);
e. The Church’s faith in Jesus Christ (45-49);
f. Jesus Christ’s mission (50-64);
g. Jesus Christ’s sacrifice (65-76);
h. Jesus Christ’s Resurrection and glorification (77-85). …”

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CATHOLIC FAITHWATCH: “Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, Homily of His Holiness Saint John Paul II, 21st Anniversary of the Death of Paul VI, Friday, 6 August 1999” – vatican.va 8.6.99

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“Today, the Eucharist which we are preparing to celebrate takes us in spirit to Mount Tabor together with the Apostles Peter, James and John, to admire in rapture the splendour of the transfigured Lord. In the event of the Transfiguration we contemplate the mysterious encounter between history, which is being built every day, and the blessed inheritance that awaits us in heaven in full union with Christ, the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. 

We, pilgrims on earth, are granted to rejoice in the company of the transfigured Lord when we immerse ourselves in the things of above through prayer and the celebration of the divine mysteries. But, like the disciples, we too must descend from Tabor into daily life where human events challenge our faith. On the mountain we saw; on the paths of life we are asked tirelessly to proclaim the #Gospel which illuminates the steps of believers. …”

Click here for: “Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, Homily of His Holiness Saint John Paul II, 21st Anniversary of the Death of Paul VI, Friday, 6 August 1999” – vatican.va 8.6.99

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Homily of His Holiness Benedict XVI, Holy Mass for Religious on the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, World Day Of Consecrated Life 2.2.06”

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“… Today’s Feast of Jesus’ Presentation at the temple 40 days after his birth places before our eyes a special moment in the life of the Holy Family: Mary and Joseph, in accordance with Mosaic law, took the tiny Jesus to the temple of Jerusalem to offer him to the Lord (cf. Lk 2: 22). Simeon and Anna, inspired by God, recognized that Child as the long-awaited Messiah and prophesied about him. We are in the presence of a mystery, both simple and solemn, in which Holy Church celebrates Christ, the Anointed One of the Father, the firstborn of the new humanity. …”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Becoming a True Image of God; Sermon for the 22nd Sunday after Pentecost, 2-5 ; Opera omnia 8, 335” – Saint Lawrence of Brindisi / DailyGospel

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“… ‘Therefore give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.’ We are to give back to each their due. Now this is a saying that is truly full of wisdom and heavenly understanding because it teaches us that there are two sorts of power, one earthly and human, the other heavenly and divine… * * * We have been created in the Image and Likeness of God (Gn 1:26). …. From now on if I ask with Christ: ‘Whose image and inscription are these?’, you reply: ‘God’s’. And I answer: ‘So why do you not give back to God what is His?’ If we truly want to be God’s image then we must resemble Christ, since he is the Image of God’s Goodness and ‘the very imprint of His Being” (Heb 1:3). ….”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “God and God Alone – A Homily for the 29th Sunday of the Year” – Archdiocese of Washington/Msgr. Charles Pope

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“… Here are some things we might include in a list of what we owe to God:
1. Adoration, love, and gratitude
2. Obedience to His Word and His Law
3. Worship
4. Repentance
5. Support of His Church by attendance at sacred worship, financial support, and sharing of our gifts and talents
6. Proclamation of his Word both verbally and by witness
7. Devoted reception of the sacraments
8. Raising our children in His truth and in reverence of Him
9. Evangelization (making disciples)
10. Preparing for death and judgment through a holy and reverent sojourn in this world. …”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “[‘Obedient to the Father in the footsteps of the Son’] Meditation for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross” – Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross [Edith Stein]/ Institute of Carmelite Studies/ DailyGospel

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“‘Your will be done!’ (Mt 6,10). This was the content of the Savior’s life. He came into the world to fulfill the Father’s will, not only to atone for the sin of disobedience through his obedience (Rom 5,19), but also to lead people back to their destiny by the way of obedience.

The created will is not destined to be free to exalt itself. It is called to come into unison with the divine will. If it freely submits itself to this unison, then it is permitted in freedom to participate in the perfection of creation. If a free creature declines this unison, it lapses into bondage. The human will continues to retain the possibility of choice, but it is constrained by creatures that pull and pres­sure it in directions straying from the development of the nature desired by God, and so away from the goal toward which it itself was directed by its original freedom. With the loss of this original freedom, it also loses security in making decisions. It becomes unsteady and wavering, buf­feted by doubt and scruples or obdurate in its error. …”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “[‘Herod sought to see Jesus’] Commentary on St. Luke’s Gospel” – Saint Ambrose/ DailyGospel

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“Our Lord is only seen in this world when He wills. What is surprising about that? Even at the resurrection it was only given to those of pure heart to see God. ‘Blessed are the pure in heart for they will see God’ (Mt 5:8). How many persons who are blessed had he not already listed but even so he had not promised these the possibility of seeing God. So it those of pure heart will see God then certainly the others will not see him…; someone who has not wished to see God cannot see God. …”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “[‘My mother and my brothers’] Woman’s position within the Church” – Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross [Edith Stein]/ Institute of Carmelite Studies

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“In spite of the real organic oneness of head and body, the Church stands by the side of Christ like an independent person. Christ lived prior to all time and all humanity as Son of the eternal Father. Humankind came into being by the act of creation before Christ assumed its nature and entered into it. By entering into creation, he brought his divine life into it. From himself, he generated human nature anew, in that, through his redemption, he made humanity receptive to His grace and fulfilled it by grace. The Church is that humanity newly created and redeemed through Christ.

The original cell of all redeemed humanity is Mary, in whom purification and sanctification through Christ, and impregnation by the Holy Spirit, first took place. Before the Son of Man was born of the Virgin, the Son of God conceived of this very virgin as one full of grace, and He created the Church in and with her. …”

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