Posted on 06/13/2010 12:16:24 PM PDT by markomalley
.- Thousands of pilgrims and faithful gathered at noon Sunday in St. Peter’s Square to pray the Angelus with the Holy Father. Before the prayer, he said that the fruits of the recently ended Year for Priests could never be measured, but are already visible and will continue to be ever more so.
“The priest is a gift from the heart of Christ, a gift for the Church and for the world. From the heart of the Son of God, overflowing with love, all the goods of the Church spring forth,” proclaimed Pope Benedict XVI. “One of those goods is the vocations of those men who, conquered by the Lord Jesus, leave everything behind to dedicate themselves completely to the Christian community, following the example of the Good Shepherd.”
The Holy Father described the priest as having been formed by “the same charity of Christ, that love which compelled him to give his life for his friends and to forgive his enemies.”
“Therefore,” he continued, “priests are the primary builders of the civilization of love.”
Benedict XVI exhorted priests to always seek the intercession of St. John Marie Vianney, whose prayer, the “Act of Love,” was prayed frequently during the Year for Priests, and “continues to fuel our dialogue with God.”
The pontiff also spoke about the close of the Year for Priests, which took place this past week and culminated with the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. He emphasized “the unforgettable days in the presence of more than 15,000 priests from around the world.”
The feast of the Sacred Heart is traditionally a “day of priestly holiness,” but this time it was especially so, Benedict XVI remarked.
Pope Benedict concluded his comments by noting that, in contemplating history, “one observes so many pages of authentic social and spiritual renewal which have been written by the decisive contribution of Catholic priests.” These were inspired “only by their passion for the Gospel and for mankind, for his true civil and religious freedom.”
“So many initiatives that promote the entire human being have begun with the intuition of a priestly heart,” he exclaimed.
The Pope then prayed the Angelus, greeted those present in various languages, and imparted his apostolic blessing.
Oh, come on. Humour me, a poor sinner.
Can you gather together all the quotes from the Risen Lord to Paul? Umm, besides the encounter on the road to Damascus?
Perhaps just for kicks, the Proddys could come up with a
We could applaud every NURSE RACHET type post--gleefully highlighting each one in bolded black.
Or maybe instead of a HAPPY HOUR, we could have a
NEUTER NURSE RACHET HOUR
During which all replies to such posts would be 100% sweetness and light . . . just for an interesting contrast.
LOL.
27God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us. 28'For in him we live and move and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'We are his offspring.'Paul was talking about the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man, and he was doing it in scripture.
29"Therefore since we are God's offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone—an image made by man's design and skill.
--Acts 17:27-29 (New International Version)
Another response to the same post. Kindly recall that I have no personal interest in you, or in any opinion you may have of me. Again, I note that there is no religious content to your post, other than possibly a baiting comment.
No. I’ve done it before. You do it. You have a Bible. Or find the post that I painstakingly put together for you, giving you the scriptures.
They did TRY.
However, I have a new module installed . . . it filters out many of the outrageous hypocritical absurdities from the rabid clique Nastiness Special Forces Platoon.
They just sound like a bumble bee briefly flying in one car window and out the other for scant seconds.
That's interesting considering that no mention of heaven is made! The thief asks Christ to remember him in his kingdom, and Jesus replies to him that he will be with him in paradise, not heaven (!?). Is paradise his kingdom? Is paradise "heaven?" Hardly.
Neither the kingdom (in Judaism) nor paradise (in Greek) mean "heaven." Furthermore, Judaism has NO CONCEPT of paradise and there is no such word in Hebrew or Aramaic Old Testament.
So, how does Jesus introduce it into the New Testament conversations? Easy, the New Testament is written in Greek, and the Greeks did have a place in the underworld (Hades), which is hardly heaven, which they called the paradise. So, to a Greek, that makes perfect sense (even thought it's not heaven). But there were no Greeks on the cross, just Jews.
So, now we have a dying Jesus speaking to a dying Jewish thief n Greek (by necessity, since there is no word paradise in Hebrew of Aramaic) that is alien to the Jewish faith. Never mind that paradise is not the place where Jesus would have ended up. In fact, the Church teaches that he descended to hell for three days, so how could he promise the thief he will be with him in paradise that same day?!?
This is just another example (like John 3:3-4) in the New Testament (Luke 23:43) of an invented conversation that did not take place unless the Jews were speaking and thinking Greek!
Of course, the author of Luke wasn't concerned with such pedantic details getting in the way of his inspiration. He was writing a gospel in Greek and for the Greeks who knew next to nothing about the Jews and their beliefs, so no one would see a discrepancy.
Thus, sadly, another pillar of Christianity, the famous thief on the cross story, turns out to be a fable.
I suppose that it’s a reasonable misperception that in responding to your posts, I was responding
to
!YOU!
However, many folks have past the terrible two’s and realize it’s not ALWAYS ABOUT THEM!
Tires are creepy? Who knew?
Maybe that's the problem here; stop holding the Bible upside down. It MAY make more sense....lol!
No. I think it is their fear showing. If they enter into a real discussion they have to confront their error.
This is the third personal post you have made to me, without any religious content. Rather, the content is personal, and appears to invite a dogpile.
I request that you cease the personal posts, and get back on track with the theology of the NT, the role of St. Paul, etc.
All works-based religions are the same -- do this and be saved. Scripture tells us the correct perspective is receive this and be saved.
The former is our own effort and toil; the latter is the work of God because faith is a free gift given according to mercy and not debt.
How would you know it works?
Yes, but one example is sufficient to show your comment was wrong. Next..
INDEED. EXACTLY RIGHT. TO THE MAX.
This is the fourth personal post to me that you have made in the past 100.
Since the posts are devoid of religious content, I request that you quit harassing me.
THAT MIGHT
explain it.
Though, GIVEN THE DEGREE OF ERROR,
They must cut it into tiny scraps of paper with a few words on each one and then put them in a whirlwind . . . and read the result . . .
No wonder it takes a magicsterical to make sense out of THAT!
I wonder if we could come up with an children’s book . . . maybe for early teens . . . maybe a warning about the horrible idolatrous, blasphemous dogmas of the RCC . . . say particularly about the caricatured Mary . . .
We could have Nurse Rachett as our main foil sort of character . . .
We could have Nurse Rachett pontificating shrilly about all the STATIONS OF THE WHITE HANKY in such a way as to send the youngsters fleeing all association with such from then on! LOL. ROTFLOL.
Yet they will deny it to the end.
All works-based religions are the same -- do this and be saved. Scripture tells us the correct perspective is receive this and be saved.
You are so right. It is so liberating to understand that God is in control not some politically motivated group of guys.
The former is our own effort and toil; the latter is the work of God because faith is a free gift given according to mercy and not debt.
AMEN!
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