As Cardinal Jospeh Ratzinger said in his book, Spirit of the Liturgy, “Wherever applause breaks out in the liturgy because of some human achievement, it is a sure sign that the essence of liturgy has totally disappeared and been replaced by a kind of religious entertainment.”
September 29, 2006
September 26, 2006
Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo Has Incurred Excommunication
VATICAN CITY, SEP 26, 2006 (VIS) – The Holy See Press Office today released a communique concerning the present ecclesial position of Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo. The text of the communique is given below:
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September 14, 2006
9/15/03 Legion of Mary Tip (cont)
In a marriage man is the head; woman is the neck. Wives should obey their husbands as the Lord. Woman can also be likened to the heart.
The teachings that wives should obey their husbands is still relevant today.Â
Likewise, the Church — the people of God — should obey God, as the Church is His bride.
September 13, 2006
From Pope Benedict XVI’s Trip to Germany
Faith, Reason and the University
Memories and Reflections
Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen,It is a moving experience for me to stand and give a lecture at this university podium once again. I think back to those years when, after a pleasant period at the Freisinger Hochschule, I began teaching at the University of Bonn. This was in 1959, in the days of the old university made up of ordinary professors. The various chairs had neither assistants nor secretaries, but in recompense there was much direct contact with students and in particular among the professors themselves. (more…)
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September 10, 2006
July 15, 2003 Legion of Mary tip
It was at the Council of Hippo in 393 AD that the Church determined the composition of the Bible. It is not the Bible that makes the Church, but the Church that made the Bible.Â
Jesus never wrote; rather than passing on writing, He passed on His Spirit. (more…)
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Need for Evangelization
The Pope on Sunday during his trip to his home country of Munich reminded the Catholics of Germany for the need of spreading the Gospel Message. He mentioned social projects are important, but that more emphasis needs to be placed on the faith and the spread of the faith.Â
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September 8, 2006
Happy Birthday Mary and the Legion of Mary
On this Feast of the Nativity and 85th Anniversary of the Legion, let us pray for a renewed Spirit in the Legion, a spread of the Legion of Mary in Tidewater, but also throughout the world, for our Legion brothers, sisters, and fathers who are sick or who have departed us in these 85 years, for all us active and auxiliary members now to continue in the Spirit of our Lady and of the Legion in our works and prayers, for all those who the Legion has touched in any way, and for many many more years.
From the Opening Chapter in the Legion Handbook…
The first corporate act of those legionaries was to go on their knees. The earnest young heads were bent down. The invocation and prayer of the Holy Spirit were said; and then through the fingers which had, during the day, been toilsomely employed, slipped the beads of the simplest of all devotions. When the final ejaculations died away, they sat up, and under the auspices of Mary (as represented by her statue), they set themselves to the consideration of how they could best please God and make him loved in his world. From that discussion came forth the Legion of Mary, as it is today, in all its features.
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September 7, 2006
Time and the Legion of Mary
All we have is time. For each part of each second, all we have is a choice. A choice to love God or to reject Him. In all we do, we can choose to live our life as Jesus lived his or to live it differently.
When we fall short of living every second in humble prayer to God, God runs to us with love and offers us healing through the sacrament of Confession.
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