Evangelii Gaudium, Apostolic Exhortation of Pope Francis, 2013 The joy of the gospel [1] I. A joy ever new, a joy which is shared [2-8] II. Eternal newness [11-13] III. The scope and limits of this Exhortation [16-18] I. Taking the first step, being involved and supportive, bearing fruit and rejoicing [24] II. An ecclesial renewal which cannot be deferred [27-33] III. IV. V. I. No to an economy of exclusion [53-54] No to the new idolatry of money [55-56] No to a financial system which rules rather than serves [57-58] No to the inequality which spawns violence [59-60] Some cultural challenges [61-67] Challenges to inculturating the faith [68-70] Challenges from urban cultures [71-75] II. Yes to the challenge of a missionary spirituality [78-80] No to selfishness and spiritual sloth [81-83] No to a sterile pessimism [84-86] Yes to the new relationships brought by Christ [87-92] No to spiritual worldliness [93-97] No to warring among ourselves [98-101] Other ecclesial challenges [102-109] I. II. III. I.
St. Paul Center For Biblical Theology Watch Free Full Length Christian Movies Online - 2010 1. TBN Films - Here are several full length movies you can watch online. 2. GodTube (Now Tangle) - Similar to YouTube, but a lot of Christian videos. 3. Way of the Master - Witnessing videos with Kirk Cameron and Ray Comfort. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Looking the Internet over for the best free Christian movies and videos to watch online? Become a Christian Forecaster member and get the latest updates by simply entering your first name and an email address below! Home | Catholic Charities Beyond Countercultural Catholicism - Catholic Exchange Over the last three years, serving the Church professionally in various ways, I have heard a lot about the need for a “countercultural” Catholic witness. Clergy and lay leaders regularly stress certain ways in which our faith goes against the grain of popular culture, especially regarding secularization and certain moral issues. We have heard often about the “countercultural” nature of pro-life advocacy, authentic marriage, and sexual morality. Likewise, it is said that Christian belief itself – and orthodox Catholicism in particular – is countercultural, in an age of relativism and hyper-pluralism. There is some truth to this. On a practical level, too, the rhetoric of “tradition as counterculture” has its place. Nonetheless, I have come to question this deployment of “counterculture” language, to describe religious orthodoxy and traditional morality. I am afraid that, in speaking this way, we obscure the deeper radicalism of the Gospel – the radicalism of Jesus Christ. Why not?
The Integrated Catholic Life Faith & Reason Ministries VIEJA IGLESIA CATÓLICA ROMANA – RITO LATINO EN SURAMÉRICA Discipleship In a Consumer World - Catholic Exchange It is hard to live a Christian life in the modern world. But the main difficulty does not come from the overt enemies of the Church, or the issues on which the so-called “culture wars” turn. Of course, I acknowledge the threat from those who would usurp the Church’s freedom, and degrade cultural morality. In our everyday lives, however, such radicalism is not the main obstacle to discipleship. The difficulty of Christian life in our culture has more to do with a general atmosphere of indifference to truth, made worse by a culture of consumerism. Our challenge is to live faithfully in a society that tries to reduce everything – even God Himself – to the level of a lifestyle accessory. Pope Francis understands this problem. The Pope also speaks of the “tide of secularism”: a force that can “reduce the faith and the Church to the sphere of the private and personal,” by “completely rejecting the transcendent” in the realm of culture and public life. How can I live without hypocrisy?
Mary's Touch home The Commentaries of John Paul II and Benedict XVI on the Psalms and Canticles of Lauds (Morning Prayer) and Vespers (Evening Pra Notes This was completed on Friday, October 5, 2007 - all of the commentaries that were delivered by the two popes are now linked. Pope Benedict XVI omitted some psalms and canticles that Pope John Paul II had already commented upon. Morning Prayer: Psalms and Canticles Evening Prayer: Psalms and Canticles The Canticle of Mary (the Magnificat) View My Stats
Triumph of the Cross and Our Lady of Sorrows : Family in Feast and Feria We adore You, O Christ, and praise You. Because by Your Cross You have redeemed the world. (from the Stations of the Cross)This is the Wood of the Cross, on which hung the Savior of the World Come, let us worship! (From the Good Friday Liturgy)1 Cor 1:23: For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. September 14 is the Feast of the Triumph of the Cross, also called "Exaltation of the Cross", and the following day is the Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows. As usual, I have lots of thoughts and ideas on how to celebrate the upcoming feast, but something else has come up and I have to trim away some extra plans. Today's feast is triumphant, as we celebrate Christ's victory over sin and death through his dying on the cross. First stop, attending Mass. Then our picture book reading.
Popin' Ain't Easy: Evangelii Gaudium, Part One One of my (many) resolutions for 2014 is to keep up with this blog on a more regular basis, which includes finishing off our series on Sacrosanctum Concilium and Our Favorite Popes. On another point, though, we're going to go through Evangelii Gaudium. For no other reason, we pretty much have to from all the emails we've gotten about it. Just a note first. So let's begin: The joy of the gospel fills the hearts and lives of all who encounter Jesus. Sounds good. 2. This will not be the last time the Pope speaks of a world overrun by materialism and lacking in charity. 3. This kind of call to penance is more than worthwhile. 6. This last quote from Pope Benedict is a good way to understand Pope Francis’s comments that we can’t always just be talking about abortion or contraception. I was really hoping that this section would turn into a broadside against prosperity gospel types. Is this true? 12. This is significant for what comes after. 15. Ah, “proselytizing.” Mark this well. No joke. 19.