God’s Will Requires A Transformed Mind The first reading highlights Jeremiah’s struggle with God’s will, questioning why God allows suffering despite his call to preach. The second reading emphasizes the need for a transformed mind to discern God’s will, which often involves trials and suffering. These trials, while challenging, are necessary for spiritual growth and strengthening our faith, ultimately conforming us to Christ. God desires us to be the center of our lives, loving Him with all our heart, soul, and strength, and striving to do His will. This requires a transformation of our minds, aligning our thoughts and desires with His, which can only be achieved through prayer and a commitment to living according to His teachings. While this path may be challenging, it leads to fulfillment, peace, and joy, as it conforms us to our true nature as beings created in His image. Fr. Altier is a Priest at Holy Trinity Parish in South St. Paul: Home | Holy Trinity Parish You can also find …More
Pope Leo XIV was the first pope to travel by boat during the traditional procession on Lake Albano. He was accompanied by a good dozen boats. During the trip, he waved and blessed the people on the shore and on the lake. The trip was accompanied by music and meditations. After about half an hour, the pope’s boat docked again at the shore.
Leo XIV becomes the first Pope in history to take part by boat in the procession for the Feast of Our Lady of the Lake in Castel Gandolfo
Nie tylko oddał hołd, ale brał czynny udział w kulcie paczamamy. Nie widziałeś jeszcze fotografii z 1995r. ? Nie wyrzekł się tego, nie wyraził publicznie żalu i nie ogłosił pokuty, więc Co najmniej od tamtego czasu, jest poza Kościołem Katolickim. Kłania się prawo kanoniczne - Konstytucja „Cum ex apostolatus §6" Wedle Prawa Kościoła, nigdy Papieżem nie był i nie jest.
Trump says we have 'too many non-working holidays. Rest is for LOSERS! As he plays golf all day on Christmas 2025. Then throws a party at night. And again a weird party on New Year's. What happened to those bone spurs? In the mean time Putin Attends Christmas Mass In Moscow, Sends Christmas Greetings. Standing on his feet for nearly 7 hours!!!!! Then meets with Military and Children for special messages.
1 Corinthians 2:1-5 Do not let your faith rest on the faith of Paul, but on the love of the Trinity. Luke 4:16-30 The Holy Spirit is Good News; this Good News is Jesus, and it is for humanity, for every person. Biblical texts: NAB-RE Normand Thomas.
Video >> youtube.com/watch?v=5JhDztHlzL8 Father Thomas Joseph White is a Dominican priest, theologian, and rector of the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (the Angelicum) in Rome. One of the leading Catholic theologians of his generation, his work focuses on metaphysics, Christology, ecclesiology, Thomism, and the relationship between faith and reason. He is the author of numerous books, including The Light of Christ: An Introduction to Catholicism. In this conversation, he explores the theological meaning of the Vatican, the papacy, and the Catholic Church's claim to teach with authority in matters of faith and morals. He discusses the role of the Pope, the nature of Catholic doctrine, the relationship between conscience and truth, and how Catholics understand the development and transmission of Christian teaching through history. Father White's book: Amazon.com >>youtube.com/watch?v=5JhDztHlzL8
On August 28, the U.S. Justice Department released a 231-page report on the FBI’s 2023 Richmond Catholic memo, including evidence of surveillance of traditionalist Catholic clergy. The FBI investigated two priests and conducted surveillance connected to them. One belonged to the Priestly Fraternity of St. Pius X (FSSPX); the other, his uncle, was associated with SSPX Resistance and had been ordained by Bishop Richard Williamson. Agents researched travel and credit-card records. FBI personnel in Boston surveilled the second priest at the airport, while Customs and Border Protection questioned him and searched his phone. Both investigations were subsequently closed after the FBI found no identified national-security threat and no alleged violation of federal law. Among the exhibits in the DOJ report is an FBI PowerPoint titled “Traditionalist Catholicism Overview” - essentially a rudimentary guide to the various traditionalist Catholic groups and sects. Remarkably, the presentation included …More
God, as Tolkien notes, “won’t be dictated to even by high ecclesiastics whom he himself has appointed.” Jonah’s prophetic authority doesn’t give him the right to decide who is beyond redemption. God’s grace is His alone to give, and it often defies human expectations. The Book of Jonah is, in the end, a comedy — not because it’s funny (though it often is), but because it ends in unexpected joy. It invites you to marvel at God’s mercy, laugh at Jonah’s stubbornness, and reflect on the ways in which you might be more like him than you’d care to admit. As Tolkien’s one-sentence analysis reminds us, the real point of Jonah isn’t the whale. Rather, it’s the radical, unexpected, and boundless mercy of a God who refuses to be put in a box. >> The Curious Book of Jonah
[theculturist] In 1966, J.R.R. Tolkien translated the Book of Jonah for the Jerusalem Bible. In doing so, he also provided what is arguably the most succinct summary of the book to date: “[The whale] is quite unimportant. The real point is that God is much more merciful than ‘prophets’, is easily moved by penitence, and won’t be dictated to even by high ecclesiastics whom he himself has appointed.” Now, if you grew up with the Sunday school version of this story, Tolkien’s summary of the Book of Jonah might sound quite odd — and even more so when you consider that, if people know anything about Jonah, it’s that he was swallowed by a whale! But Tolkien’s analysis, as so often, is spot on. Today, we explore the Book of Jonah: what it’s really about, why it’s hilarious, and how it challenges you to turn your conception of God on its head… Read more: The Curious Book of Jonah
For decades, legend claimed that the pilot who dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima became a Carthusian monk at Serra San Bruno in Calabria. The truth was different. Father Tony Lehmann, a former U.S. soldier, visited Hiroshima after the war and, deeply affected by its devastation, chose to become a “man of peace.” He later joined the Carthusians, living at Serra San Bruno, before becoming a Jesuit devoted to pastoral service. He was no “penitent pilot,” but a witness to Hiroshima who chose peace, prayer and service. Father Tony died of leukemia on March 8, 2002, aged 73.
The Impeded Papacy The Katechon, the Obstacle to the Legitimate Holder, and the Eclipse of the Petrine Function Introduction — A question more precise than that of the “pope in contradiction with the Papacy” The present crisis compels us to ask a question that goes beyond the simple alternative between “a legitimate but bad pope” and “an empty see.” The problem can be formulated as follows: What if the Papacy, as a perpetual divine institution, remained intact, while its legitimate occupation were prevented by a power that had seized the visible structures of the Church and presented itself to the world as the Church itself? An ecclesiological hypothesis This hypothesis makes it possible to understand the contemporary paradox differently. On the one hand, Catholicism teaches that the Church is a visible, hierarchical society, founded by Our Lord and visibly governed by a head who holds the place of Peter. Pius XII recalled in 1943 that Christ willed a visible Church and that, after His …More
The Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, the top Catholic in the holy city, said Thursday that the West Bank has turned into “a lawless land” as the Israeli settlers’ aggression in the region continues, Vatican News quoted the cleric as saying. The West Bank has now become “a lawless land,” Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa told reporters at a Catholic festival in Rimini, northern Italy, adding that the situation continues “without any effective security or legal restraints.” Read: West Bank has become ‘a lawless land,’ says top … facebook.com/share/p/1Bgio5jmiT/
German Church Cancels November Synodal Conference as Vatican Delays Approval: The first “Synodal Conference” of the Church in Germany, scheduled to take place in Stuttgart on November 6–7, has been postponed, Domradio reported on August 28. The main reason is that the statutes are still awaiting the necessary recognition from the Vatican. Hotel rooms that had been reserved for the November meeting have been cancelled. The president of the German Bishops’ Conference, Bishop Heiner Wilmer of Hildesheim, had already said in May that, given the ongoing review by several Vatican dicasteries, he no longer expected the Synodal Conference to begin in November.
Gute Nachrichten: Synodalkonferenz der deutschen Kirche für November abgesagt.
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