Category: Jesus

CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “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 #ucharist 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. …”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “MASS DEDICATED TO THE HEART OF CHRIST – HOMILY OF POPE JOHN PAUL II (1984)” – VaticanVa

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“‘My soul, give thanks to the Lord, all my being, Bless His Holy Name'” (Ps. 103 (102), 1).

1. With these words of today’s liturgy, dear brothers and sisters, I wish to address myself, together with all of you, to the God of Love. And I wish to do so through the mystery of the Heart of Christ.

I choose these words because they speak of our human heart – what the Psalm refers to as “all my being”. It is precisely this that we have in mind when we speak of the “heart”: our whole being, all that is within each one of us. All that forms us from within, in the depths of our being. All that makes up our entire humanity, our whole person in its spiritual and physical dimension. All that expresses itself as a unique and unrepeatable person in its “inner self” and at the same time in its “transcendence”.

The words of the Psalm – “My soul give thanks to the Lord, all my being bless his holy name” – say that our human “heart” addresses God in all the unimaginable majesty of his divinity and his holiness and, at the same time, in his wonderful “openness” to mankind: in his “condescension”.

In this way “heart” meets “Heart”; “heart” speaks to the “Heart”. …”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Foundations of the Faith Part 4: The Central Mystery of Our Faith: Christians Worship the Holy Trinity, One God in Three Persons — Father, Son and Holy Spirit” – OSV Newsweekly/ David Werning

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Holy Trinity and Scenes From Scripture

“… The Athanasian Creed, written around the fourth or fifth century, puts it this way: ‘We worship one God in Trinity and Trinity in Unity, neither confounding the persons nor dividing the substance.’ …”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT” – Catechism of the Catholic Church (1992)/ VaticanVa

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Holy Trinity and Scenes From Scripture

“… The mystery of the Most Holy Trinity is the central mystery of Christian faith and life. It is the mystery of God in himself. It is therefore the source of all the other mysteries of faith, the light that enlightens them. It is the most fundamental and essential teaching in the “hierarchy of the truths of faith”.56 The whole history of salvation is identical with the history of the way and the means by which the one true God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, reveals himself to men “and reconciles and unites with himself those who turn away from sin”…. ”

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FAITHLINK: “Listen to Him: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Second Sunday of #Lent” – St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology

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“… In #Jesus’ #Transfiguration today, He is revealed as the One through whom #God fulfills His Divine Plan from of old. Not only a new Moses, Jesus is also the “Beloved Son” promised to Abraham and again to David (see Genesis 22:15-18; Psalm 2:7; Matthew 1:1). …”

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FAITHLINK: “Sermon for the Transfiguration 1,3-4 ” – Saint Ephrem/DailyGospel

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“He leads them up on a high mountain to show them the Glory of His Divinity and to let them know that He was Israel’s Savior, as revealed by His Prophets … He leads them up on a high mountain so that the Father may call Him ‘My Son’ and show them that He really was His Son and that He was #God. … shows them His Royalty before suffering, His Power before dying, His Glory before being insulted and His honor before undergoing ignominy. In this way, when He will be captured and crucified, His Apostles will understand that He did not undergo this because of weakness, but to consent and willingly for the Salvation of the world. ….”

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FAITHLINK: “#Mary, Mother of #God” – #Catholic Exchange/Marcellino D’Ambrosio

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Immaculate Heart of Mary

“… in 431, the Council of Ephesus met, under Cyril’s leadership, and solemnly proclaimed that #Mary is indeed rightly to be honored as the #Theotokos, the Mother of #God. It proclaimed that from the moment of his conception, God truly became man. Of course Mary is a creature and could never be the origin of the eternal Trinity, God without beginning or end. But the second person of the blessed Trinity chose to truly become man. He did not just come and borrow a human body and drive it around for awhile, ascend back to heaven, and discard it like an old car. …”

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FAITHLINK: #Catholic #Mass Readings: The Octave Day of #Christmas, Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin #Mary, the Mother of God, Sunday 1.1.17 – USCCB/NABRV

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Historic Bible

“The shepherds went in haste to #Bethlehem and found #Mary and Joseph,
and the Infant lying in the manger.
… they made known the Message
that had been told them about this Child.
… Mary kept all these things,
reflecting on them in her heart.
… the shepherds returned,
glorifying and praising #God ….

… He was named #Jesus, the Name given Him by the #Angel
before He was Conceived in the Womb.”

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FAITHLINK Catholic Exchange/Fr. Ed Broom, OMV: “Advent is a Time for Greater Silence and Prayer”

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“Advent is a season of very special graces! It is time of waiting, hope and joy. Waiting—for the Birth of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; Hope—because Jesus came to save us; finally Joy — because Jesus’ birth, Life and Resurrection is a promise of Eternal Life for those who obey His Commandments and love Him. …”

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FAITHWATCH: “Pope Francis: Advent Calls Us to Enlarge Our Horizons” – News.Va/ Vatican Radio

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“Pope Francis marked the beginning of the new liturgical year at the Angelus for the First Sunday of Advent. … the Gospel introduces us to one of the most ‘evocative’ themes of the Advent season: the visit of the Lord to humanity. Pope Francis pointed out three visits of the Lord: the first … the Incarnation, and Birth of Jesus at Christmas; the second, in the present, as Jesus visits us continually, every day; and the final visit, in the future, when Jesus ‘will come again in Glory to judge the living and the dead.’ * * * … During Advent … ‘we are called to enlarge the horizons of our hearts, to be surprised by the life that is presented each day with its newness. In order to do this we need to learn to not depend on our own securities, our own established plans, because the Lord comes in the hour which we don’t imagine.'”

Click here for News.Va/Vatican Radio: “Pope Francis: Advent calls us to enlarge our horizons”

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