The Church in the Wilderness Recently, the American commentator Tucker Carlson said in his weekly column: “Is God dead? That’s the question that Time Magazine famously asked way back in 1966 when Time Magazine mattered. The answer then and now is no, God is not dead, but a lot of the people who believed in […]
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Contemplation and Witness Directory of Consecrated Life, 234 It is necessary to affirm that the current crisis of religious life is preponderantly and principally rooted in the deviation, lack, or simple abandoning of an authentic and profound life of prayer. The Holy Father himself said: “We are facing a ‘hemorrhage’ that is weakening consecrated life
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When ‘the Church’ Lets Us Down Every now and then, people find counterfeit money, yet no one would ever say that the American dollar isn’t worth anything. Astronomers have discovered spots on the sun; nevertheless, we have never heard anyone deny that the sun is the light that illumines the world. And yet, we know
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Our joy should be spiritual and supernatural Directory of Consecrated Life, 392 Fulton Shen says that “Our world is growing old with seriousness…The priest today has a mission to maintain the diaphanous character of the universe and thus preserve humor.”[1] Within a few days time we are going to celebrate together with all the Christians
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For the Sake of the Kingdom of Heaven[1] Constitutions, 257 Each year the Institute of the Incarnate Word’s members make the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola wherein the Spanish saint “invites [us] to the great conquest of sanctity.”[2] Throughout the ‘second week’ of said Exercises, we are given the opportunity to meditate
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Rome, June 1, 2019 United in the Mission Directory of Fraternal Life, 25 Dear Fathers, Brothers, Seminarians, and Novices, During the month that the Church dedicates to contemplating and honoring the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, which in the Last Supper proclaimed us his friends – after having first told us to love one another
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Pumpenai, Lithuania, April 1st, 2019 For freedom Christ set us free Gal 5: 1 Dear Fathers, Brothers, Seminarians, and Novices: In a couple of weeks, we will solemnly celebrate Holy Week, appropriately called the Great Week of all Christendom. During this week we will contemplate Jesus Christ, Crucified and Risen, “who gave himself for us
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Directory of Misiones Ad Gentes Rome, Italy, October 1, 2018. Saint Therese of the Child Jesus, Doctor of the Church and Patron of the missions Dearest Fathers, Brothers, Seminarians and Novices, The Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen wrote, “The most difficult thing to encounter in today’s world is controversy. This is because there are few who
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Constitutions, 7 Rome, Italy, November 1, 2017. Solemnity of All Saints Dear Fathers, Brothers, Seminarians, and Novices, Pope John XXII, in a very renowned phrase, affirmed “Give me a religious who has been faithful to the rule for his whole life and I will canonize him without any further examination.” This sentence, both brief and
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February 1, 2017 Dear Fathers, Brothers, and Seminarians: The feast of the Presentation of our Lord in the temple, celebrated on February 2, was instituted by St. John Paul II as the day in which the entire Church gives thanks to God for consecrated life, recognizing in it “a precious and necessary gift for the
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