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Also known as
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11 October
catholicnewsagency on Nov 12, 2008 Pope Blessed John XXIII
Also known as
Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli
Memorial
11 October
Tuesday of the Twenty-eighth week in Ordinary Time
Commentary of the day
Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582), Carmelite, Doctor of the Church
Way of Perfection, ch.28 (© Institute of Carmelite Studies)
"Did not the maker of the outside also make the inside?"
In my opinion, if I had understood as I do now that in this little palace of my soul dwelt so great a King, I would not have left Him alone so …More
Tuesday of the Twenty-eighth week in Ordinary Time
Commentary of the day
Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582), Carmelite, Doctor of the Church
Way of Perfection, ch.28 (© Institute of Carmelite Studies)
"Did not the maker of the outside also make the inside?"
In my opinion, if I had understood as I do now that in this little palace of my soul dwelt so great a King, I would not have left Him alone so often. I would have remained with Him at times and striven more so as not to be so unclean. But what a marvelous thing, that He who would fill a thousand worlds and many more with His grandeur would enclose Himself in something so small! In fact, since He is Lord He is free to do what He wants, and since He loves us He adapts Himself to our size.
So that the soul won't be disturbed in the beginning by seeing that it is too small to have something so great within itself, the Lord doesn't give it this knowledge until He enlarges it little by little and it has the capacity to receive what He will place within it. For this reason I say He is free to do what He wants since He has the power to make this palace a large one. The whole point is that we should give ourselves to Him with complete determination, and we should empty the soul in such a way that He can store things there or take them away as though it were His own property. And since His Majesty has the rights of ownership, let us not oppose Him. And since He doesn't force our will, He takes what we give Him; but He doesn't give Himself completely until we give ourselves completely.
This fact is certain; and because it is so important, I bring it to your minds so often. He never works in the soul as He does when it is totally His without any obstacle, nor do I see how He could. He is the friend of all good order. Now, then, if we fill the palace with lowly people and trifles, how will there be room for the Lord with His court? He does enough by remaining just a little while in the midst of so much confusion.
www.dailygospel.org
Commentary of the day
Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582), Carmelite, Doctor of the Church
Way of Perfection, ch.28 (© Institute of Carmelite Studies)
"Did not the maker of the outside also make the inside?"
In my opinion, if I had understood as I do now that in this little palace of my soul dwelt so great a King, I would not have left Him alone so often. I would have remained with Him at times and striven more so as not to be so unclean. But what a marvelous thing, that He who would fill a thousand worlds and many more with His grandeur would enclose Himself in something so small! In fact, since He is Lord He is free to do what He wants, and since He loves us He adapts Himself to our size.
So that the soul won't be disturbed in the beginning by seeing that it is too small to have something so great within itself, the Lord doesn't give it this knowledge until He enlarges it little by little and it has the capacity to receive what He will place within it. For this reason I say He is free to do what He wants since He has the power to make this palace a large one. The whole point is that we should give ourselves to Him with complete determination, and we should empty the soul in such a way that He can store things there or take them away as though it were His own property. And since His Majesty has the rights of ownership, let us not oppose Him. And since He doesn't force our will, He takes what we give Him; but He doesn't give Himself completely until we give ourselves completely.
This fact is certain; and because it is so important, I bring it to your minds so often. He never works in the soul as He does when it is totally His without any obstacle, nor do I see how He could. He is the friend of all good order. Now, then, if we fill the palace with lowly people and trifles, how will there be room for the Lord with His court? He does enough by remaining just a little while in the midst of so much confusion.
www.dailygospel.org
Tuesday of the Twenty-eighth week in Ordinary Time
Letter to the Romans 1:16-25.
For I am not ashamed of the gospel. It is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: for Jew first, and then Greek.
For in it is revealed the righteousness of God from faith to faith; as it is written, "The one who is righteous by faith will live."
The wrath of God is indeed being revealed from heaven …More
Tuesday of the Twenty-eighth week in Ordinary Time
Letter to the Romans 1:16-25.
For I am not ashamed of the gospel. It is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: for Jew first, and then Greek.
For in it is revealed the righteousness of God from faith to faith; as it is written, "The one who is righteous by faith will live."
The wrath of God is indeed being revealed from heaven against every impiety and wickedness of those who suppress the truth by their wickedness.
For what can be known about God is evident to them, because God made it evident to them.
Ever since the creation of the world, his invisible attributes of eternal power and divinity have been able to be understood and perceived in what he has made. As a result, they have no excuse;
for although they knew God they did not accord him glory as God or give him thanks. Instead, they became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless minds were darkened.
While claiming to be wise, they became fools
and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for the likeness of an image of mortal man or of birds or of four-legged animals or of snakes.
Therefore, God handed them over to impurity through the lusts of their hearts for the mutual degradation of their bodies.
They exchanged the truth of God for a lie and revered and worshiped the creature rather than the creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
Psalms 19(18):2-3.4-5.
The heavens declare the glory of God; the sky proclaims its builder's craft.
One day to the next conveys that message; one night to the next imparts that knowledge.
There is no word or sound; no voice is heard;
Yet their report goes forth through all the earth, their message, to the ends of the world. God has pitched there a tent for the sun;
www.dailygospel.org
Letter to the Romans 1:16-25.
For I am not ashamed of the gospel. It is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: for Jew first, and then Greek.
For in it is revealed the righteousness of God from faith to faith; as it is written, "The one who is righteous by faith will live."
The wrath of God is indeed being revealed from heaven against every impiety and wickedness of those who suppress the truth by their wickedness.
For what can be known about God is evident to them, because God made it evident to them.
Ever since the creation of the world, his invisible attributes of eternal power and divinity have been able to be understood and perceived in what he has made. As a result, they have no excuse;
for although they knew God they did not accord him glory as God or give him thanks. Instead, they became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless minds were darkened.
While claiming to be wise, they became fools
and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for the likeness of an image of mortal man or of birds or of four-legged animals or of snakes.
Therefore, God handed them over to impurity through the lusts of their hearts for the mutual degradation of their bodies.
They exchanged the truth of God for a lie and revered and worshiped the creature rather than the creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
Psalms 19(18):2-3.4-5.
The heavens declare the glory of God; the sky proclaims its builder's craft.
One day to the next conveys that message; one night to the next imparts that knowledge.
There is no word or sound; no voice is heard;
Yet their report goes forth through all the earth, their message, to the ends of the world. God has pitched there a tent for the sun;
www.dailygospel.org
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OCTOBER 11, 2011
DAILY PRAYER WITH REGNUM CHRISTI
LAWS THAT BIND OR FREE
Father Daniel Ray, LC
Luke 11: 37-41
After Jesus had spoken, a Pharisee invited him to dine at his home.
He entered and reclined at table to eat. The Pharisee was amazed to
see that he did not observe the prescribed washing before the meal.
The Lord said to him, "Oh you Pharisees! Although you cleanse the
outside of the cup …More
OCTOBER 11, 2011
DAILY PRAYER WITH REGNUM CHRISTI
LAWS THAT BIND OR FREE
Father Daniel Ray, LC
Luke 11: 37-41
After Jesus had spoken, a Pharisee invited him to dine at his home.
He entered and reclined at table to eat. The Pharisee was amazed to
see that he did not observe the prescribed washing before the meal.
The Lord said to him, "Oh you Pharisees! Although you cleanse the
outside of the cup and the dish, inside you are filled with plunder
and evil. You fools! Did not the maker of the outside also make the
inside? But as to what is within, give alms, and behold, everything
will be clean for you."
Introductory Prayer: Lord, I believe that you are present here as I
turn to you in prayer. I trust and have confidence in your desire to
give me every grace I need to receive today. Thank you for your
love, thank you for your immense generosity toward me. I give you my
life and my love in return.
Petition: Lord, grant me this grace of conversion.
1. Law for the Law's Sake: The Mosaic Law was intended to free them
for worship, delivering them from slavery to pagan gods and from
slavery to sin. When the Law (and the added customs and regulations)
became an end in itself, it was truncated and severed from the One to
whom it was meant to lead. Today in the Catholic Church there are
enough laws, customs and regulations to make even the most rigorous
Pharisee proud. The danger is that we can fall into one of two traps.
First, we can adhere to them with such vigor that we lose sight of
the One they are freeing us to worship. We don't allow our hearts
and minds to be educated and formed by them, we just follow them
blindly. We wind up cleaning the outside of the cup and stopping
there, without going on to see God's love and let it purify our
hearts.
2. The Second Trap: The second trap we can fall into is at the other
extreme: to give ourselves an easy pass by presuming that "if my
heart is in the right place, I don't need to worry about all these
rules and such." With a lax attitude we permit ourselves to ease up
on fulfilling these laws which in truth will free us. "I know today
is Sunday and I should go to Mass, but it's vacation! God knows I'm
a good person." Yet it is in the Sunday Mass that we receive the many
graces necessary toward our being that "good person". The commandment
to keep the Sabbath holy, as with any of the Ten Commandments and
customs of the Church, is there to lead us to God. These free us from
our often confused subjective conclusions about how we should worship
God and live our lives.
3. Cleaning the Cup: "Charity covers a multitude of sin" (1 Peter
4:8). The law of love is the most important of all the commandments
of the Lord. In Chapter 12 of the Gospel of Mark, Christ responds to
a scribe's question about the first of all the commandments: "The
first is this: ‘Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is Lord alone!
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your
soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.' The second is
this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no
other commandment greater than these." Love of God and neighbor is
both the source and the summit of the Law of the Old Covenant and of
the New. Living these two greatest commandments purifies and cleanses
our hearts—the inside of the cup. So when Christ says to give
alms, he is telling the Pharisees to love their neighbors. Then
their hearts will be clean.
Conversation with Christ: Lord, I want my heart always to be focused
on you. I need your guidance, for I can't do it alone. I need you to
teach me how to love you, how to worship and serve you. The laws you
give me free me and guide me toward you. Help me to see your hand
leading me ever closer to you.
Resolution:If there is a rule or custom of the Church that I don't
understand or don't practice, I will read up on it to come to
understand better how it frees me and guides me in my relationship
with Christ. meditation.regnumchristi.org
DAILY PRAYER WITH REGNUM CHRISTI
LAWS THAT BIND OR FREE
Father Daniel Ray, LC
Luke 11: 37-41
After Jesus had spoken, a Pharisee invited him to dine at his home.
He entered and reclined at table to eat. The Pharisee was amazed to
see that he did not observe the prescribed washing before the meal.
The Lord said to him, "Oh you Pharisees! Although you cleanse the
outside of the cup and the dish, inside you are filled with plunder
and evil. You fools! Did not the maker of the outside also make the
inside? But as to what is within, give alms, and behold, everything
will be clean for you."
Introductory Prayer: Lord, I believe that you are present here as I
turn to you in prayer. I trust and have confidence in your desire to
give me every grace I need to receive today. Thank you for your
love, thank you for your immense generosity toward me. I give you my
life and my love in return.
Petition: Lord, grant me this grace of conversion.
1. Law for the Law's Sake: The Mosaic Law was intended to free them
for worship, delivering them from slavery to pagan gods and from
slavery to sin. When the Law (and the added customs and regulations)
became an end in itself, it was truncated and severed from the One to
whom it was meant to lead. Today in the Catholic Church there are
enough laws, customs and regulations to make even the most rigorous
Pharisee proud. The danger is that we can fall into one of two traps.
First, we can adhere to them with such vigor that we lose sight of
the One they are freeing us to worship. We don't allow our hearts
and minds to be educated and formed by them, we just follow them
blindly. We wind up cleaning the outside of the cup and stopping
there, without going on to see God's love and let it purify our
hearts.
2. The Second Trap: The second trap we can fall into is at the other
extreme: to give ourselves an easy pass by presuming that "if my
heart is in the right place, I don't need to worry about all these
rules and such." With a lax attitude we permit ourselves to ease up
on fulfilling these laws which in truth will free us. "I know today
is Sunday and I should go to Mass, but it's vacation! God knows I'm
a good person." Yet it is in the Sunday Mass that we receive the many
graces necessary toward our being that "good person". The commandment
to keep the Sabbath holy, as with any of the Ten Commandments and
customs of the Church, is there to lead us to God. These free us from
our often confused subjective conclusions about how we should worship
God and live our lives.
3. Cleaning the Cup: "Charity covers a multitude of sin" (1 Peter
4:8). The law of love is the most important of all the commandments
of the Lord. In Chapter 12 of the Gospel of Mark, Christ responds to
a scribe's question about the first of all the commandments: "The
first is this: ‘Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is Lord alone!
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your
soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.' The second is
this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no
other commandment greater than these." Love of God and neighbor is
both the source and the summit of the Law of the Old Covenant and of
the New. Living these two greatest commandments purifies and cleanses
our hearts—the inside of the cup. So when Christ says to give
alms, he is telling the Pharisees to love their neighbors. Then
their hearts will be clean.
Conversation with Christ: Lord, I want my heart always to be focused
on you. I need your guidance, for I can't do it alone. I need you to
teach me how to love you, how to worship and serve you. The laws you
give me free me and guide me toward you. Help me to see your hand
leading me ever closer to you.
Resolution:If there is a rule or custom of the Church that I don't
understand or don't practice, I will read up on it to come to
understand better how it frees me and guides me in my relationship
with Christ. meditation.regnumchristi.org
Oct. 11 Pope Blessed John XXIII
Also known as
Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli
Born to an Italian peasant family. Educated at Bergamo and the Pontifical Roman Seminary. Ordained on 10 August 1904. Secretary to the bishop of Bergamo, Italy from 1904 to 1914, during which he wrote the basis for his five-volume biography of Saint Charles Borromeo. Served in World War I in the medical corps, and as a …More
Oct. 11 Pope Blessed John XXIII
Also known as
Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli
Born to an Italian peasant family. Educated at Bergamo and the Pontifical Roman Seminary. Ordained on 10 August 1904. Secretary to the bishop of Bergamo, Italy from 1904 to 1914, during which he wrote the basis for his five-volume biography of Saint Charles Borromeo. Served in World War I in the medical corps, and as a chaplain. Worked in Rome, Italy after the war, and reorganized the Society for the Propagation of the Faith. Titular archbishop of Areopolis on 3 March 1925. Vatican diplomatic representative to Bulgaria on 16 October 1931, then to Turkey and Greece on 12 January 1935. Titular archbishop of Mesembria on 30 November 1934. Papal nuncio to France on 23 December 1944 where he mediated between conservative and socially radical clergy. Created cardinal on 12 January 1953, and patriarch of Venice, Italy on 15 January 1953. Elected 261st pope on 28 October 1958.
As pope he stressed his own pastoral duties as well as those of other bishops and clergy. Promoted social reforms for workers, poor people, orphans, and the outcast. He advanced cooperation with other faiths and traditions including Protestant, Greek Orthodox, Church of England, and even Shinto. In April 1959 he forbade Catholics to vote for parties supporting Communism. His encyclical, Mater et Magistra of 14 July 1961 advocated social reform, assistance to underdeveloped countries, a living wage for all workers, and support for socialist measures that promised real benefit to society.
He nearly doubled the number of cardinals, making the college the largest in history. On 25 January 1959, he announced his intent to call a council to consider ways to renew the Church in the modern world, promote diversity within the unity of the Church, and consider reforms promoted by ecumenical and liturgical movements. Convening the council, known as Vatican II, on 11 October 1962, was the high point of his reign.
His heartiness, his overflowing love for humanity individually and collectively, and his freshness of approach to ecclesiastical affairs made John one of the best-loved popes of modern times.
Born
25 November 1881 at Sotto il Monte, diocese of Bergamo, Italy as Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli
Papal Ascension
elected 28 October 1958
installed on 4 November 1958
Died
3 June 1963 at Rome, Italy of natural causes
buried in Saint Peter’s basilica, Vatican City
Venerated
20 December 1999 by Pope John Paul II
Beatified
3 September 2000 by Pope John Paul II at Saint Peter’s Square, Rome
Canonized
if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Pope John, contact
Associazione “Amici Papa Giovanni XXIII”
Via Brusicco, 9
24039 Sotto il Monte (BG), ITALY
www.papagiovanni.com
Patronage
papal delegates
Additional Infomation
Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, by Salvador Miranda
Catholic-Hierarchy.Org
L’Osservatore Romano
L’Osservatore Romano
Vatican.va
Images
Gallery images of Pope John XIII
Readings
Everyone remembers the image of Pope John’s smiling face and two outstretched arms embracing the whole world. How many people were won over by his simplicity of heart, combined with a broad experience of people and things! The breath of newness he brought certainly did not concern doctrine, but rather the way to explain it; his style of speaking and acting was new, as was his friendly approach to ordinary people and to the powerful of the world. It was in this spirit that he called the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, thereby turning a new page in the Church’s history Christians heard themselves called to proclaim the Gospel with renewed courage and greater attentiveness to the “signs” of the times. The Council was a truly prophetic insight of this elderly Pontiff who, even amid many difficulties, opened a season of hope for Christians and for humanity. In the last moments of his earthly life, he entrusted his testament to the Church: “What counts the most in life is blessed Jesus Christ, his holy Church, his Gospel, truth and goodness”. - Pope John Paul II
Beatifications
Blessed Elena Guerra
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
Canonizations
Saint Antony Mary Pucci
Saint Charles of Sezze
Saint Juan de Ribera
Saint Maria Bertilla Boscardin
Saint Martin de Porres
Founded
Diocese of Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Diocese of San Angelo, Texas
Elevated
Writings
Pope Blessed John XXIII: Aeterna Dei Sapientia - Commemorating the Fifteenthe Centennial of the Death of Pope Saint Leo the Great, 11 November 1961
Pope John XXIII: Mater et Magistra - On Christianity and Social Progress, 15 May 1961
Pope John XXIII: Pacem in Terris - Peace on Earth, 11 April 1963
Pope John XXIII: Sacerdotii Nostri Primordia - On Saint John Vianney, 1 August 1959
saints.sqpn.com/pope-blessed-john-xxiii
Also known as
Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli
Born to an Italian peasant family. Educated at Bergamo and the Pontifical Roman Seminary. Ordained on 10 August 1904. Secretary to the bishop of Bergamo, Italy from 1904 to 1914, during which he wrote the basis for his five-volume biography of Saint Charles Borromeo. Served in World War I in the medical corps, and as a chaplain. Worked in Rome, Italy after the war, and reorganized the Society for the Propagation of the Faith. Titular archbishop of Areopolis on 3 March 1925. Vatican diplomatic representative to Bulgaria on 16 October 1931, then to Turkey and Greece on 12 January 1935. Titular archbishop of Mesembria on 30 November 1934. Papal nuncio to France on 23 December 1944 where he mediated between conservative and socially radical clergy. Created cardinal on 12 January 1953, and patriarch of Venice, Italy on 15 January 1953. Elected 261st pope on 28 October 1958.
As pope he stressed his own pastoral duties as well as those of other bishops and clergy. Promoted social reforms for workers, poor people, orphans, and the outcast. He advanced cooperation with other faiths and traditions including Protestant, Greek Orthodox, Church of England, and even Shinto. In April 1959 he forbade Catholics to vote for parties supporting Communism. His encyclical, Mater et Magistra of 14 July 1961 advocated social reform, assistance to underdeveloped countries, a living wage for all workers, and support for socialist measures that promised real benefit to society.
He nearly doubled the number of cardinals, making the college the largest in history. On 25 January 1959, he announced his intent to call a council to consider ways to renew the Church in the modern world, promote diversity within the unity of the Church, and consider reforms promoted by ecumenical and liturgical movements. Convening the council, known as Vatican II, on 11 October 1962, was the high point of his reign.
His heartiness, his overflowing love for humanity individually and collectively, and his freshness of approach to ecclesiastical affairs made John one of the best-loved popes of modern times.
Born
25 November 1881 at Sotto il Monte, diocese of Bergamo, Italy as Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli
Papal Ascension
elected 28 October 1958
installed on 4 November 1958
Died
3 June 1963 at Rome, Italy of natural causes
buried in Saint Peter’s basilica, Vatican City
Venerated
20 December 1999 by Pope John Paul II
Beatified
3 September 2000 by Pope John Paul II at Saint Peter’s Square, Rome
Canonized
if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Pope John, contact
Associazione “Amici Papa Giovanni XXIII”
Via Brusicco, 9
24039 Sotto il Monte (BG), ITALY
www.papagiovanni.com
Patronage
papal delegates
Additional Infomation
Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, by Salvador Miranda
Catholic-Hierarchy.Org
L’Osservatore Romano
L’Osservatore Romano
Vatican.va
Images
Gallery images of Pope John XIII
Readings
Everyone remembers the image of Pope John’s smiling face and two outstretched arms embracing the whole world. How many people were won over by his simplicity of heart, combined with a broad experience of people and things! The breath of newness he brought certainly did not concern doctrine, but rather the way to explain it; his style of speaking and acting was new, as was his friendly approach to ordinary people and to the powerful of the world. It was in this spirit that he called the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, thereby turning a new page in the Church’s history Christians heard themselves called to proclaim the Gospel with renewed courage and greater attentiveness to the “signs” of the times. The Council was a truly prophetic insight of this elderly Pontiff who, even amid many difficulties, opened a season of hope for Christians and for humanity. In the last moments of his earthly life, he entrusted his testament to the Church: “What counts the most in life is blessed Jesus Christ, his holy Church, his Gospel, truth and goodness”. - Pope John Paul II
Beatifications
Blessed Elena Guerra
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
Canonizations
Saint Antony Mary Pucci
Saint Charles of Sezze
Saint Juan de Ribera
Saint Maria Bertilla Boscardin
Saint Martin de Porres
Founded
Diocese of Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Diocese of San Angelo, Texas
Elevated
Writings
Pope Blessed John XXIII: Aeterna Dei Sapientia - Commemorating the Fifteenthe Centennial of the Death of Pope Saint Leo the Great, 11 November 1961
Pope John XXIII: Mater et Magistra - On Christianity and Social Progress, 15 May 1961
Pope John XXIII: Pacem in Terris - Peace on Earth, 11 April 1963
Pope John XXIII: Sacerdotii Nostri Primordia - On Saint John Vianney, 1 August 1959
saints.sqpn.com/pope-blessed-john-xxiii