Today the Church celebrates the Feast of the Presentation of the Child Jesus. This specific Feast represents well the total and free offering of self to God, because it was on this day that Mary offered Jesus to the Father. All the faithful, through our baptismal consecration, can imitate today’s mystery by offering our littleness to the Father through the hands of Mary.
0 Comments
Br. Peter Trinko Today Holy Mother Church calls us to celebrate the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul. Perhaps the greatest persecutor of the Church is transformed by the grace of Christ, and freely becomes a great Apostle to the gentiles and eventually a martyr. In the letters of St. Paul, which have fed the souls of the saints and all Christians since the beginning of the Church, we can find many profound insights to the mystery of Christ and His Church, although perhaps none more profound than his understanding of the mystery of the Holy Trinity dwelling within us[1]. In this blog, taking points from Fr. Raoul Plus, S.J.’s God Within Us, we aim to bring awareness to the great mystery “hidden from ages” of the dwelling of the Holy Trinity within souls by grace. Br. Peter Trinko In his masterpiece Life of Christ, Venerable Fulton Sheens begins by pointing that there have been many men throughout history who claim to be from God, or that they were gods, or they bore messages from God. In our modern culture we also often hear that Jesus Christ is not the Word made flesh, but rather simply another moral teacher. As Catholics, how can we respond to these arguments reducing our Lord to ‘just another great religious figure’? Fr. Alberto Barattero, IVE A couple of months ago a person remarked, “Today Christ seems like a weak king.” “Why?” someone else asked. “Because he seems like a king that does not reign.” “Sorry, I do not understand you”, said the other man. “Christ” responded the person – “should be the King of the Universe, but, in fact, He does not reign since: a third of the world does not know Him; a third of the world knows Him but does not love Him (those who practice another religion other than Christianity, such as Muslims and Hindus, belong to this group); and the majority of those who confess Him in fact deny Him through their actions (bad Christians).” Interesting reasoning, isn’t it? Are we right to be celebrating the Feast of Christ the King of the Universe? Must we confess that Christ is the King of the Universe? Yes, we must confess this, as Pope Leo XIII states: “His empire includes not only Catholic nations, not only baptized persons who, though of right |
Archives
October 2023
Categories
All
|