Advent: the visitation of God who enters our lives

Pope on Advent: With Jesus, there is no life without meaning

Vatican City, Nov 29, 2009 / CNA).-

On Saturday night, Pope Benedict XVI officiated a celebration in St. Peter's Basilica of first vespers before the first Sunday of the Advent season. His message in the homily was one of 'silence and hope' during the season of Advent.

The Holy Father ushered the Church into the new liturgical year, telling those in attendance at yesterday evening's celebration of first vespers that "Advent invites us to pause in silence to understand a Presence."

In his homily, Pope Benedict, gave a short lesson on the meaning of 'advent' to those early Christians who adopted the word "to explain their relationship with Jesus Christ." He taught that the word adventus would have been understood by them in that time to mean "God is here, he hasn't retired to his world, he hasn't left us alone." He further explained that an additional definition of the word could be " a visit from God."

His Holiness implored that the faithful put aside the activities, amusements, and multiple societal interests that "possess us" and can "sweep us away" to take the time observe silence and seek to understand signs of God that are present in every day life. These signs, he said, illustrate the presence of His love.

The Pontiff explained that "Advent invites and stimulates us to contemplate the Lord present."

It's also a time of expectation and hope, the Pope said. "It is a favorable occasion for our salvation." But, he continued, one has "hoped too little if beyond the profession or social position he has nothing left to hope in"

"Hope signals the path for humanity, and for Christians," he continued, " this is encouraged by a certainty: the Lord is present in our lives."

Through this relationship, he said, when a person's "time is full of sense, and in each instant we perceive something specific and valid, then the joy of the expectation makes the present more precious."

Pope Benedict called the congregation to "live the present intensely" and to "project it towards the future" with the gifts given to each of them. "In this way," he related, "the Christian Advent becomes occasion for a reawakening of the true meaning of expectation in us, returning to the heart of our faith that the mystery of Christ, the much awaited Messiah... "

"And if Jesus is present there no longer exists any time without meaning and empty," said the Holy Father, "if He is present, we can continue to hope even when others can no longer assure us of support, even when the present becomes difficult."

"Advent is a time of the presence and the expectation in the eternal," he stated. "Exactly for this reason, it is... the time of joy, an internalized joy, that no suffering can negate. Joy because God is made child."

Third phase of Catholic/Anglican dialogue to include cooperative investigation of 'divisive' issues

Vatican City, Nov 27, 2009 / (CNA).-

An interview on Vatican Radio Wednesday morning revealed that the third phase of official dialogue between the the Catholic Church and the Anglican communion, to take place within the next year, will include what Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams deemed last week to be 'divisive' issues.

Discussions will focus on the relationship between the universal church and the local church.

Interviewed for the radio report was Monsignor Mark Langham, responsible for advancing Catholic/Anglican dialogue at the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity.

Msgr. Langham said that the “starting point” of the talks between the two churches would be "the broader question of the relationship between the universal church and the local church." He explained that cooperative investigations into issues that have arisen in the Anglican church in recent years, particularly the ordinations of women and practicing homosexuals as well as same-sex marriage within the church's discipline, could be fruitful.

In a conference last week in Rome, Archbishop Williams noted that these “divisive” issues should be avoided. However, following talks between representatives from the two churches in recent days it appears that it will be precisely those issues that will be discussed in the third, and likely final, phase of ecumenical dialogue.

Langham added that dialogue, intended to further cooperation "on all sorts of levels," is essential to the relationship, but that they would like to make headway beyond the meeting table.

ARCIC, the Anglican—Roman Catholic International Commission, is looking to promote a "wide range of possibilities for encounters," from the parish level all the way up to leadership within both communities.

Despite criticism as to the validity of these dialogues, leaders from both churches are hoping for positive outcomes.

The churches will complete their 40th year since the inauguration of the first phase of these ecumenical dialogues in 2010.

Laity must bear witness to Christ, says Cardinal Bertone

Assisi, Italy, Nov 26, 2009 / (CNA).-

During a Mass this week in Assisi celebrating the 10th anniversary of the reopening of the Basilica of St. Francis, Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, reminded the Catholic laity that they must bear “concrete witness that Christ the King, the liberator and savior of every man and all mankind.”

During the Mass celebrated on Sunday, Cardinal Bertone said the laity, in light of their baptism, are called to bear witness to Christ and help the poor and marginalized feel closeness to Him.

The cardinal added that the royalty of Christ, “passed on to you through the Cross, continues to be made manifest to the world today through the community of the redeemed,” that is, through Christians.

For this reason, the laity have the task of “working for the promotion of the human person, animating the temporal realities with the gospel spirit and thus bearing concrete witness that Christ the King is the liberator and savior of every man and all mankind.”

“To serve and to reign, says an ancient formula used for catechetical teaching. Christ the King has reigned on the wood of the cross, after giving an example to the disciples with the washing of the feet. St. Francis reigned loving 'sister poverty,' dressing only in a habit and animated by a sincere love for his Lord and for the poor,” the cardinal said.

“We, dear brothers and sisters, should follow our path of faith to share, on the day of our death, the same crown of glory,” he added.

Pope: Human relations inspired by communion of love

Pope challenges pilgrims to use Holy Trinity as model in relationships

Vatican City, Nov 25, 2009 / (CNA).-

Continuing the theme of Christian culture in the Middle Ages in his weekly catecheses, Pope Benedict chose Hugh and Richard of Saint Victor's Monastery in Paris as the subjects of today's address at his general audience. These 12th century theologians "remind us that theology is grounded in the contemplation born of faith and the pursuit of understanding, and brings with it the immense joy of experiencing the eternal love of the Blessed Trinity."

Hugh of Saint Victor is known for his treatise, “On the Sacraments of the Christian Faith,” which was an influential document in defining the nature of a sacrament. He reached considerable status in his time, to the point of being called "a second St. Augustine." Hugh was known for inculcating the desire in his disciples to constantly seek the truth.

In his famous treatise, he emphasized the institution of sacraments by Christ and the communication of grace through the sacraments. Also proposed in the document was the value of sacraments as outward signs.

Among Hugh's students at the monastery was Richard, a disciple who would later become the prior of Saint Victor. In Richard's teachings there was an emphasis on the allegorical sense of Scripture and on the continuous observance of virtue, both of which were promoted in his instruction as fundamental to achieving human maturity and contemplative wisdom.

Richard's treatise “On the Trinity” studied the mystery of the triune God by analyzing love, whereby the mutual giving and receiving between two persons finds its perfection in the creation of a third.

Pope Benedict XVI said the authors such as these two move us to the contemplation of heavenly realities and the admiration of the Holy Trinity as a perfect model of communion.

"How much the world would change if in families, parishes and any type of community, if relationships had as a model the three divine Persons, that not only live with the others, but for them and in them!" the Holy Father exclaimed.

In closing, the Pontiff extended a welcome to pilgrims from all nations, including those on pilgrimage from Japan to celebrate the first anniversary of the beatification of Blessed Peter Kibe and Companions.

Vatican official explains that Anglican conversions are fruit of authentic ecumenism

Vatican City, Nov 23, 2009 /(CNA).-

Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity, explained last week that the entrance of Anglicans into the Catholic Church is the fruit of authentic ecumenism inspired by the Second Vatican Council.

On the eve of a scheduled meeting between Pope Benedict XVI and the leader of the Anglican Church, Archbishop Rowan Williams, Cardinal Kasper commented on the openness of the Catholic Church to Anglicans who asked to be admitted into full communion.

Ecumenism is not an “option” that the Church can accept or reject but is rather “a sacred duty,” he said.

“Ecumenism is not an appendix of our pastoral obligations or a luxury. The principles of the Vatican II decree ‘Unitatis redintegratio,’ that is, ecumenism in truth and love, are also valid for the future. This decree is the magna carta of our ecumenical journey towards the future,” the cardinal said.

The decree "Unitatis redintegratio” states that “promoting the restoration of unity between all Christians is one of the main ends proposed by the sacrosanct Vatican Council II,” he added.

Cardinal Kasper added that the effort to reach out to Anglicans is in complete conformity with the decree, “which distinguishes between conversions and ecumenism as dialogue with the other churches for the purpose of full communion.”

He reiterated that the decree does not represent “a new ecumenism,” but rather the fruit of the ecumenical dialogue of recent decades, “a strong drive to move ahead in our ecumenical commitment.”

Bishops of England and Wales establish commission to help Anglicans join Catholic church

London, England, Nov 23, 2009 / (CNA).-

The Catholic Bishops of England and Wales have set up a commission to help as many as 200 Anglican congregations join the Catholic Church under the new Apostolic Constitution.

John Broadhurst, the Anglican Bishop of Fulham and chairman of the Anglo-Catholic group Forward in Faith, said mass conversion was a real prospect, the Daily Mail reports.

“We have a thousand priest members in my organization and there are many others who agree with us,” Bishop Broadhurst said. “The main issue for many Anglican priests is now the ownership of parish churches.”

The commission may consider the possibility of church sharing or making 100-year leases of some Anglican buildings.

Apparently in response to news of Pope Benedict XVI’s provision for Anglicans who want to become Catholic, one Anglo-Catholic parish has been vandalized and its vicar has received a threatening phone call.

Fr. David Waller of St. Saviour’s Church in Walthamstow in North East London discovered the church sign defaced with the words “C of E No Pope” painted in white.

According to the Telegraph blogger Damien Thompson, the priest found a message on his answering machine threatening him with physical violence.

However, the message was distorted and “sounded drunken,” the Anglican priest reported, saying he didn’t want to “make too much of it.”

The parish is part of Forward in Faith.

Fr. Waller said that the parish has not made a decision about its future, but he is encouraged by the Pope’s offer of a Personal Ordinariate for Anglicans.

“The key players in the parish, including the churchwardens, are completely disillusioned with the Church of England and see the Ordinariate as the solution,” the priest told Thompson. “I can’t speak for all the silent folk in the pews, but a significant number of them are Eastern European Roman Catholics, so I don’t think it would be a problem for them.”

Christ the King brings peace and defeats the 'dominion of death,’ Pope Benedict says

Vatican City, Nov 22, 2009 / (CNA).-

In his message on the Feast of Christ the King to the tens of thousands of people gathered on St Peter's Square, Pope Benedict XVI explained that the "power" of Christ is different from that of "the great of this world." Choosing Christ the King, he said, does not guarantee success, but peace and joy.

"Choosing Christ does not guarantee success according to the criteria of today’s world, but ensures that peace and joy that only He can give,” Pope Benedict added. “This is shown, in every age, by the experience of many men and women who, in Christ's name, in the name of truth and justice, have been able to resist the lure of earthly powers, with their different forms, until their fidelity was sealed with martyrdom.”

The Feast of Christ the King, he continued, is "a celebration of relatively recent introduction, but it has deep biblical and theological roots."

"It begins with the expression ‘King of the Jews' arriving then to that of ‘universal King,’ Lord of the cosmos and of history, so far beyond the expectation of the same Jewish people."

Benedict XVI expounded on the regal power of Jesus: “It is not that of the kings and great of this world, it is the divine power to give eternal life to free us from evil, to defeat the dominion of death. It is the power of love, which knows how to derive good from evil, soften a hardened heart, bring peace to the bitterest conflict, turn the thickest darkness into hope.”

“This kingdom of grace cannot impose anything, and always respects our freedom,” he added. “Christ came to 'bear witness to the truth', as stated before Pilate. Whoever receives his testimony, comes under his ‘banner,’ according to an image that was dear to St. Ignatius of Loyola.”

“Choosing Christ,” the Pope concluded, “does not guarantee success according to the criteria of this world, but ensures that peace and joy that only He can give."

After the Angelus, the Holy Father commemorated the beatification in Nazareth on Sunday of Sr. Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas, in the presence of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Archbishop Fouad Twal, and the prefect for the Congregation of Saints, Archbishop Angelo Amato.

Sr. Marie-Alphonsine was born in Jerusalem in 1843 into a Christian family, which included nineteen children. “She discovered her vocation to religious life early on, and passionately pursued it despite initial difficulties raised by her family,” the Pontiff said.

“To her goes the credit of founding a congregation formed only of local women, with the aim of religious education, to overcome illiteracy and raise the conditions of women of that time in the land where Jesus exalts his dignity. The Central point of this new spirituality and intense devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the beacon of life wholly consecrated to God was the Holy Rosary, her constant prayer, her lifeline, her source of grace.”

“The beatification of this most significant female figure is of particular comfort to the Catholic community in the Holy Land and is an invitation to trust always, with firm hope, in Divine Providence and the maternal protection of Mary,” Pope Benedict concluded.

Also, Benedict XVI recalled yesterday’s “Pro Orantibus” Day, dedicated to cloistered religious communities, on the day of Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Temple.

"I welcome the chance,” he added, “to extend my cordial greetings to them and renew my invitation to all to support them in their needs. I am also glad, on this occasion to publicly thank the nuns who have in turn occupied the small monastery here in the Vatican: the Poor Clares, Carmelites, Benedictines and, recently, the Visitation sisters. Your prayer, dear sisters, is most valuable to my ministry."

Common Desire for Ecumenism Between Rome and Canterbury

Pope and Anglican Primate meet for 20 minutes, say dialogue will continue

Vatican City, Nov 21, 2009 / (CNA).-

Pope Benedict XVI and the Anglican Primate Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, have agreed to maintain momentum in the ecumenical dialogue between the two churches despite the fact that the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum Coetibus will imply the reception of some half a million Anglicans into the Catholic Church.

The Pope received Williams this Saturday morning, and according to a Vatican press release, "in the course of the cordial discussions attention turned to the challenges facing all Christian communities at the beginning of this millennium, and to the need to promote forms of collaboration and shared witness in facing these challenges."

The private meeting also “focused on recent events affecting relations between the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion, reiterating the shared will to continue and to consolidate the ecumenical relationship between Catholics and Anglicans," the press release said.

Both the Holy Father and the Anglican Primate expressed their hope in the Anglican - Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC), due to meet in the next days to start the "third phase" of ecumenical dialogue.

ARCIC was established by Pope Paul VI and the Archbishop of Canterbury Michael Ramsey in 1967. It worked in two phases. The first phase was completed with the publication of a report in 1981, dealing with three topics: the Eucharist, Ministry and Authority.

The second phase covered a vast range of topics including: Salvation and the Church, in 1986; The Church as Communion, in 1991; Life in Christ: Morals, Communion and the Church, in 1993; The Gift of Authority, in 1999. It culminated with the publication of "Mary: Grace and Hope in Christ," in 2005.

Despite the advancement in theological dialogue, the effort toward unity was critically damaged by the 1992 decision of the Anglican Communion to allow the ordination of women.

A preparatory commission for a third phase of ARCIC met in London in October 2007. Over coming days, the commission entrusted with preparing the third phase of the international theological dialogue is due to meet and establish the next issues to be discussed.

During a conference in Rome early this week, the Archbishop of Canterbury said that "divisive" issues such as the ordination of women should be avoided to focus on other ecclesiological, less conflictive issues.

But well-known British Catholic commentator Damien Thompson asked skeptically on Saturday:

"There’s going to be a 'third phase' of this waffle? To discuss what? Tips on where to buy the tastiest organic biscuits to serve after Sunday morning services?"

Benedict XVI: Study and Prayer both necessary

There is an urgent need to reunite faith and culture, Pope tells universities

Vatican City, Nov 19, 2009 / (CNA).-

This afternoon Pope Benedict XVI met with professors and students of Roman Pontifical Universities and discussed the “urgent need, which still persists today, to overcome the separation between faith and culture.”

Speaking as well to participants in the International Federation of Catholic Universities (FIUC), the Holy Father drew from John Paul II's Apostolic Constitution “Sapienta christiana,” which has its 30th anniversary this year, and stated its continued relevance in today's society.

The concepts of “Sapienta christiana,” the Pope continued, “still retain their validity. Indeed in modern society where knowledge is becoming ever more specialized and sectorial but is profoundly marked by relativism, it is even more necessary to open oneself to the wisdom which comes from the Gospel.”

“Man, in fact, is incapable of gaining a full understanding of himself and the world without Jesus Christ,” continued the Holy Father. “He alone illuminates man's true dignity, his vocation and ultimate destiny, and opens his heart to a firm and lasting hope.”

Pope Benedict then discussed the methods for reuniting faith and culture and called for “a greater commitment to evangelization in the firm conviction that Christian Revelation is a transforming power.”

“It is capable of of illuminating, purifying and renewing man's conduct and his cultures,” continued the Pontiff, “and must remain the focal point for teaching and research...”

Professors and students “must never lose sight of the goal to be pursued,” said the Pope, which is “that of becoming instruments for the announcement of the Gospel.”

The Pope concluded his address by saying, “Catholic Universities, faithful to an identity which makes a specific point of Christian inspiration, are called to promote a 'new humanistic synthesis,' knowledge that is 'wisdom capable of directing man in the light of his first beginnings and his final ends,' knowledge illuminated by faith.”

Church and State Collaboration in Suriname

Benedict XVI meets with president of Suriname

Vatican City, Nov 20, 2009 / (CNA).-

Today the Holy Father met with Dr. Ronald Venetiaan, president of Suriname. The two heads of state discussed issues of concern in the South American country, with particular focus on the government's social policies.

According to the Vatican press office, the meeting also focused on “the defense of the environment and on fields of collaboration between Church and State."

President Venetiaan then met with Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone as well as Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, secretary for Relations with States.

Letter on marriage clarifies opposition to divorce, cohabitation and same sex unions

Baltimore, Md., Nov 18, 2009 / (CNA).-

On the final day of their annual meeting, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops published a pastoral letter on marriage titled “Marriage: Love and Life in the Divine Plan,” which restates and clarifies the Church's teachings to empower those seeking to defend marriage against the cultural currents of cohabitation, contraception, divorce and same sex unions.

“Thank goodness this is out there, clearly stated, with ample documentation and very reasonably put forward,” Baltimore's Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien told the Baltimore Sun. “I think it's going to be a very positive document.”

The pastoral letter does not represent any new teaching on the part of the Catholic Church or the USCCB. Instead, it strives to be a definitive source used as a reference for those defending traditional marriage.

Noting that “couples too often reflect a lack of understanding of the purposes of marriage,” the document states that “marriage is a lifelong partnership of the whole of life, of mutual and exclusive fidelity, by mutual consent between a man and a woman, and ordered towards the good of the and the procreation of offspring.”

“Marriage is not merely a private institution,” the bishops wrote. “It is the foundation for the family, where children learn the values and virtues that will make good Christians as well as good citizens,” which demonstrates the integral nature of marriage in society.

The letter emphasizes that “male-female complementarity is essential to marriage.” This is because “man and woman are two different ways of being a human person.” “They are different as male and female, but the same as human persons who are uniquely suited to be partners or helpmates for each other.”

Also important to the complementarity aspect of marriage is the fact that “marriage does not exist solely for the reproduction of another member of the species, but for the creation of a communion of persons.” Thus, the document asserts, marriage has two ends or purposes. It is both unitive and procreative. This means it is oriented towards the good of the spouses as well as the raising of children. These two goods of marriage cannot be separated.

The pastoral letter also addresses the sanctity of marriage as a vocation and gives encouragement in dealing with the threats of contraception, cohabitation, divorce, and the call for legal recognition of same sex unions.

"People are entering into marriage probably without an adequate appreciation of the beauty of marriage and the gift that it is," Archbishop O'Brien said. "The document is meant to strengthen Christian marriage, to prepare people who are going to be married before they enter that bond to appreciate what the commitment is, and also to open a discussion in our culture as to what the differences are today and to try to reach some common ground."

The Pope: "The University needs true teachers"

Jesus Christ’s words are eternal amidst a creation ‘destined to end,’ Pope Benedict says

Vatican City, Nov 15, 2009 / (CNA).-

With thousands of faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the Sunday Angelus, Pope Benedict XVI focused his address on Sunday’s Mass reading from the Gospel of St. Mark. While creation is “destined to end,” he said, Jesus’ words are "eternal."

On the second-to-last Sunday of the liturgical year, Pope Benedict expressed his thanks to God for another year in “the great family of the Church” almost complete: “It is an inestimable gift, which permits us to live in history the mystery of Christ, welcoming in the paths of our personal and communal existence the seed of the Word of God, an eternal seed that from the inside transforms this world and opens it to the Kingdom of Heaven.”

St. Mark, he added, today presents us a part of the discourse of Jesus on the end times: “In this discourse, there is a sentence that is striking for its clear synthesis: ‘Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.’”

The expression “Heaven and earth,” Benedict XVI explained, appears frequently in the Bible to indicate all the universe, the entire cosmos. “Jesus,” he added, “declares that all that is destined to pass away, not only earth, but Heaven, which is included here in the cosmic sense, not as synonymous of God.”

“Sacred Scripture is unambiguous. All creation is destined to end, including elements divinized by ancient mythology. There is no confusion between creation and the Creator, but a clear difference.”

“With such clear distinction, Jesus affirms his words ‘will not pass away,’ which stand by the part of God and accordingly, are eternal,” the Pope expounded. “Pronounced with the concreteness of his early existence, these are prophetic words par excellence, as Jesus affirms (in the Gospel of St. John) when he turns to the heavenly Father: ‘the words you gave to me I have given to them, and they accepted them and truly understood that I came from you, and they have believed that you sent me.’”

In a well-known parable in the Gospel of St. Matthew, Jesus compares himself to a sower and explains that the seed is the Word. “The ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit” are part of the Kingdom of God, the Holy Father said.

“That is, they live under his rule, remaining in the world, but no longer part of the world. They bear in themselves…a principle of transformation that already now manifests itself in a good life, animated by love, and in the end, will produce the resurrection of the body. Behold the power of the Word of God.”

The Pontiff concluded by explaining that the Blessed Virgin Mary is the living sign of this truth: “Her heart was “good earth” that welcomed with complete openness the Word of God, such that all her existence, transformed according to the image of the Son, was introduced to eternity, soul and body, anticipating the eternal vocation of each human being.”

“Now, in prayer, let us make our own her response to the Angel ‘may it be done to me according to your word,’ so that following Christ along the way of the cross, we too can reach the glory of the resurrection.”

Catholic charity is not mere social work, Vatican dicastery warns

Vatican City, Nov 15, 2009 / (CNA).-

The Pontifical Council Cor Unum, the Vatican dicastery responsible for coordinating Catholic charitable organizations around the world, issued a statement on Saturday recalling that Catholic Christian charity is not merely social work, and that workers in Catholic organizations need to be renewed in their faith.

At the end of its 28th Plenary Assembly, held at the Vatican on November 12-14, the President of Cor Unum, Cardinal Paul Joseph Cordes, said that “two key guidelines have emerged from those responsible of the Church's charitable activity: first, that the ultimate goal of our work is to bear Christian witness by means of helping the poorest, but to witness Christ means to first have encountered him.”

Second, “to evangelize requires first to be constantly educated, otherwise, along the work of charity operators, there is the risk of assuming the priorities established by other international organizations alien to the Church, The Church cannot silence its own foundation in Faith,” the statement ads.

On Friday Nov. 13, upon receiving the members of Cor Unum, Pope Benedict XVI highlighted that “Faith is a spiritual force that purifies reason in the search for a just order, freeing it from the risk of being confused by selfishness, interest and power.”

On Saturday Cardinal Cordes said that Pope Benedict XVI's encyclical Deus Caritas Est "set the agenda" of Cor Unum's future.

"The dicastery will continue to promote, in the varied world of charity and volunteering, the constructive witness of Christian individuals and communities," he explained.

DI TRINTITRES DJADUMINGU SIKLO B

Promé Lektura : Daniel 12. 1-3
Salmo : Salmo 16, 5. 8-11
Di dos Lektura : Hebreonan 10, 11-14. 18
Evangelio : Marko 13, 24-32

Ki dia fin di mundu lo yega?
No ta straño topa riba nos kayanan persona ku ta pertenesé na distinto grupo religioso bisando nos ku señalnan di fin di mundu ya ta presente. Nan ta bisa nos ku mundu "ta asina malu..." i nan ta mira den guera i violensia señalnan mas ku kla ku pronto e ta yega.
Ki dia Hesus lo bini atrobe?
E Evangelio di awe ta hasi referensia no na fin di mundu sino na e di dos binida di Hesus. Tur dos realidat por bai huntu, pero nan tin nifikashon mas ku distinto.
Tin kristian ku ta mira e último momentonan komo señal di tragedia si no ta di inmenso doló i sufrimentu. Tin hopi hende ku te ainda no a duna nan mes kuenta ku kere den Hesus semper ta e regalu mas bunita ku un ser humano por risibí. Binimentu bèk di Hesus na final di tempu no ta motibu di tristesa sino di speransa.
E Palabra di awe ta bisa nos ku "Lo e reuní esnan ku e skohe for di e kuater skinanan kardinal di mundu". Yegada nobo di Hesus ta pa reuní esnan ku a laga buraku den nan bida den su mensahe i den su persona. No ta pa establesé kondena sino pa uni den amor i plenitut ku riba e kaminda diario di bida semper nos falta. Binida di Hesus di nobo ta salbashon.
E final ku Hesus ta trese pa nos no ta fin natural di mundu sino final di e mundu di piká i di morto.
Nos ta asina kustumbrá di biba den e bida aki rondoná di piká i di morto, ku inklusive riba nos kaminda di tur dia nos mester un fin i un kuminsamentu di nobo. E ehersisio aki nos ta hasiendo kada bia di nobo. Kiko ta konfeshon si no ta un finalisá un bida ku intenshon di keda den un eksistensia nobo?
Pa hudiunan di e époka di Hesus destrukshon di e tèmpel tabata mará na fin di tempu. Hesus ta laga nan mira ku esaki no ta asina. Realidat ta ku Hesus a muri i a resusitá i e tèmpel a keda destruí pero no a yega ainda na final di tempu i di historia.
Señor ta hasi uso di e lenguahe i figuranan ku hopi hudiu tabata konosé i tabata usa ya pa basta siglo i a laga sa ku e lo bolbe di nobo. Si na prinsipio di Beibel ta bisa nos ku Dios a krea solo, streanan, shelu ... den e teksto di awe e ta bisa nos ku nan lo para e loke a krea nan p’e; nan ta spera un kreashon nobo. Fecha di e binida nobo aki ta mantené su mes den e mas apsoluto sekreto. E Parusía —e binida di e Yu di Hende— ta e punto kulminante i meta di hinter istoria humano.
A lo largu di siglonan nos komo ser humano a resistí tantu komo individual komo den grupo na mandato di Dios; historia humano ta ehèmpel kla di e resistensia aki. Nos a avansá den hopi realidat ku ta afektá e ser humano, pero nos no por bisa ku nos proyekto- i ambishonnan ta orientá totalmente riba Dios. Banda di e trigo yerba shimaron ta krese i siglonan ku su historia no por a konvensé tur hende ku Dios ta spera algu di nos i di e mundu riba kua nos ta. Binida definitivo di Hesus ta e gran triunfo di Dios riba e kreashon desviá di su kaminda.
Evangelio di San Huan ta bisa nos ku "na prinsipio tabata e Palabra..." E teksto aki ta rekordá nos ku na final di tur kos e palabra aki lo keda ku "e lo no pasa bai".
Mi mester konfesá ku ya tin algun aña ku kada bia di nobo den mi memoria ta aparesé un frase di Evangelio ku ta konsolá i animá mi. E ta esun di Hesus riba krus ku e ladron na kua e ta lansa su promesa: "awe lo bo ta huntu ku mi den paraiso..." E no ta laga pa spera final di tempu pa laga sali na kla su delaster lugá, E ta bis’é "awe" sabiendo Señor bon ku ora nos muri nos ta pafó di tempu i di historia. E "Awe" aki ta mas ku un anunsio i un promesa, ta e siguridat di ku esun ku pone su mes ku konfiansa den brasa di esun krusifiká tin bida nobo.
Un final paresido pa historia humano ta e promesa ku Hesus ta hasi na nos. E ta bisa nos ku na final di e kaminda E ta spera nos i ku E no ta laga nos keda nos so den e duresa di kamindanan di bida.
Final di tempu ta awe, nan ta e señalnan ku ta mira ku ta animá pa buska Dios i laga nos ser transformá pa E.
Mi ta kere ku ateo- i gnóstikonan igual ku kreyentenan mester di e binida nobo di Señor. Nos a kere pa medio di fe, sin mira; nan mester mir’é di nobo p’asina nan kurason kere. Den fondo e binida nobo di Hesus ta oportunidat definitivo ku e ta duna hende p’asina yega na e magnífiko enkuentro aki entre Dios i sernan humano. Señor ta stima nos asina tantu ku e ta bolbe di nobo p’asina loke el a krea no ta pèrdí leu di su paraiso. Historia di ser humano ta kuminsá den un paraiso i ta terminá den un paraiso. Den e promé Dios tei ku ta mira desobediensia di e ser humano; den e di dos E ta reuní ku nos di nobo pa ofresé nos su amor eterno. Ta dos momentu di un mesun historia, historia di Dios i di humanidat liberá.
Ku ami tin miedu di fin di mundu? Ni den lo mas mínimo. "Awe lo bo ta ku Mi den paraiso..."

A flexible canonical structure for Anglicans

Provision for Anglicans published, celibacy question answered

Vatican City, Nov 9, 2009 / (CNA).-

Anglicans who wish to enter into communion with the Catholic Church received the path for doing so today as the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) published the papal declaration “Anglicaoranum coetibus.” The document clears up questions about married priests and the power of the ordinariates' bishops among other issues.

The president of the Bishops Conference of England and Wales, Archbishop Vincent Nichols, welcomed the publication of the Apostolic Constitution and accompanying norms saying, “This now makes clear the provision made by the Holy See and enables those who have made requests to the Holy See to study it in detail.”

“It is important to remember that this is a response to requests made to the Holy See by Anglicans and former Anglicans from across the world. It is not a provision specifically for England & Wales and clearly there is much reflection to be done by all concerned,” Archbishop Nichols underscored.

Both the Apostolic Constitution and the norms for implementing it are dated November 4, the feast of St. Charles Borromeo, and are signed by Cardinal William Joseph Levada and Archbishop Luis F. Ladaria S.J., respectively prefect and secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

The newly published declaration “introduces a canonical structure that provides for such corporate reunion by establishing personal ordinariates, which will allow the above mentioned groups to enter full communion with the Catholic Church while preserving elements of the distinctive Anglican spiritual and liturgical patrimony,” the Vatican press office announced. The Anglican provision is accompanied by a set of complementary norms which will guide its implementation.

The provision is being presented by the CDF as a move to strengthen Christian unity and the diversity of expression of the Faith.

The congregation also pointed out that the Anglican provision is “not an initiative on the part of the Holy See, but a generous response from the Holy Father to the legitimate aspirations of these Anglican groups. The provision of this new structure is consistent with the commitment to ecumenical dialogue, which continues to be a priority for the Catholic Church.”

The sticky issue of married priests within the new Anglican ordinariates was also addressed by the CDF, which said, "The possibility envisioned by the Apostolic Constitution for some married clergy within the personal ordinariates does not signify any change in the Church's discipline of clerical celibacy.”

Moreover, married Anglican clergy who wish to continue serving as clerics in the new ordinariates will be required to apply for admission to the Catholic priesthood on a case-by-case basis. Seminarians studying to become priests in the ordinariate will be required to remain celibate.

The CDF reminded the faithful in its statement today that, “According to the Vatican Council II, priestly celibacy is a sign and a stimulus for pastoral charity and radiantly proclaims the reign of God."

The Apostolic Constitution contains 13 sections which concern, among other things: the formation of the new ordinariates; the power of the bishop, "to be exercised jointly with that of the local diocesan bishop in those cases provided for in the Complementary Norms;" candidates for Holy Orders; the creation of new Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life; the "ad limina" visit of the ordinary, etc.

Finally, the Constitution says that all Anglican lay faithful as well as members of Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life must make known their desire to enter into communion with the Catholic Church in writing.

DI TRINTA I DOS DJADUMINGU SIKLO B

Promé Lektura : 1Reinan 17, 10-15
Salmo : Salmo 146, 6c-10
Di dos Lektura : Hebreonan 9, 24-28
Evangelio : Marko 12, 38-44

E Evangelio di awe ta presentá nos dos forma di biba religiosidat. Un, yen di onor, di kosnan bunita i rèspèt, ta steril i Hesus ta spièrta nos kontra di esaki. Ta religiosidat di esun ku ta risibí i di esun ku semper ke risibí…
E otro ta e religiosidat sin komplikashon eksterno. Ta e kontesta di esun pober ku ta duna tur loke e tin. Esaki ta e forma di biba ku Kristu ta proponé na nos. Bida di e kreyente semper ta lora entre e dos ekstremonan aki.
Algun ta buska pa nan religiosidat ser mirá korespondiendo na mundu i su proyektonan. Nan mester di rekonosementu di mundu pa sa ku nan ta esnan mas santu, esnan ku ta mas serka di Dios. Nan ta respetá Dios pero nan ke pa otronan rekonosé nan trabou i inkluso nan mes. E forma aki di religiosidat ta marka distansia, Dios ta ariba i ami ta purba di ta ku Dios… di manera ku ami ta ariba i otronan lo tin ku rekonosé esaki Añanan a pasa pero kurason di e ser humano no a kambia muchu. Te ainda awe e forma aki di religiosidat steril ta ripití su mes kada biaha di nobo.
Biba asina ku kriterionan di mundu ta e antife den Kristu i alehamentu di Dios.
Kaminda Evangelio ta bisa “nan no tin ni saku di kuminda ni paña pa tapa lomba …”, nan tin kantidat di paña…”; kaminda Evangelio ta kòrdá nos pa “sea humilde…”, nan ta buska “reverensia na lugá públiko.”; kaminda Evangelio ta bisa nos ku “e publikano a keda te patras den snoa implorando pordon di Dios…”, nan tabata buska “ promé puestonan…”; e Palabra ta bisa nos ku “ora bo asistí na un bankete, no bai sinta na promé lugá…”, nan tabata buska presisamente e asientonan t’e dilanti i mas rekonosé…; kaminda e Palabra ta sita na nos “duna na esnan pober…”, nan tabata gara propiedat di e biudanan… Loke ta mas tristu den tur esaki ta ku nan ta kombensí ku nan forma di biba fe ta esun ku Dios ke .
Pa nan e Evangelio no tin hopi sentido pasobra santa Skritura ta papia ku nos di entrega i nan ta mas preokupá den risibí…
Nos mester tene masha kuidou ku e fanátikonan hambrá di nos tempu. Nan forma di biba fe por yega na ekstremo máksimo di krueldat humano i spiritual. No ta referí na e tradishonalistanan ku ta komprendé ku Dios a keda den e pasado humano i splendoroso di Iglesia… Tambe nos ta mira na hopi okashon kon kristiannan ku ta konsiderá nan mes “revolushonario”, ta igual steril ku nan rumannan intransigente den fe.
Ningun religiosidat ku no ta duna nos pas interior ta bin di Dios. Normalmente nan ta kamuflahe di e berdadero fe den Kristu ku no ta yena ningun hende, ni sikiera esnan ku ta formulá e apresiashonnan.
Awe nos mester ta lúsido pa deskubrí nos mediokridat spiritual i humano. Nos tin ku mira kua ta nos promé puesto i nos rekonosementu di awendia. Nos tin ku pone nos dilanti e loke i ken realmente nos ta bai buskando…
E otro banda di e esena ta okupá pa un persona sosialmente insignifikante. E ta un biuda. Biudanan, prinsipalmente esnan ku no tin yu, tabata ser konsiderá komo e prototipo di pobresa den e pueblo de Israel. Ora e Palabra ta bisa: “lo bo yuda e huérfano i e biuda…” e ta rekordando e israelita su ekstremo situashon di pobresa.
Hesus ta pone nos dilanti e ehèmpel di e biuda pasobra e ta lo kontrali di esun anterior. E biuda no ta okupá puesto importante, ni ta risibí halago ni ta ser stimá pa ningun hende. E ta pasa su so den di bida, hopi bia den silensio; su pobresa no ta hasié atraktivo…
Den e biuda aki ta mira alma di e kreyente, di e berdadero kreyente. Apesar di su pobresa e ta kapas di duna Kristu i otronan di loke e tin pa biba. Asina ta pasa ku bida di hopi di nos ku ta purba di sigui Kristu: nos ta esnan pober ku ta duna òf , manera Santa Skritura ta bisa: “siendo pober, nos ta enrikesé hopi hende…”
E pober aki ta duna nos ehèmpel no únikamente pa e kantidat ku ela duna sino pa e aktitut di desprendimento ku tal entrega ta nifiká. Ta resultá ku ora nos duna di kurason, pa kon pober ku nos ta, semper nos lo entregá un gran rikesa. Duna ku duele ta sera kurason.
Den un mundu asina materialista manera esun di nos den kua ta kosta pa ekonómikamente yega na fin di luna, nos bon muhé di awe ta siña nos ku e entrega apsoluto na Kristu ta e mihó regalu ku nos por tin, ta p'esei e no tene miedu di duna loke bo tin pa biba. Nos tampoko lo tin problema di duna tur kos si realmente nos biba manera apòstel Pablo esta ku “pa ami, bida ta Kristu…” Si realmente nos biba esaki, tur kos i siguridat material lo parse nos insignifikante…
Awe Hesus ta pone pa nos komo ehèmpel un muhé i pa kolmo pober. E Evangelio ta asina. E ta konfundí nos pasobra e ta usa kriterionan diferente na esnan di mundu. No ta kla pa nos si nos lo ta kapas pa siña di nos tempu di awe di esnan ku tin alma di hende pober dilanti Dios i dilanti otronan…

Traditional Anglican Communion of U.K. first to accept Pope's offer

London, England, Nov 6, 2009 / (CNA).-

Members of The Traditional Anglican Church in Great Britain have announced that they will enter into communion with the Vatican under Pope Benedict XVI's Apostolic Constitution for Anglicans.

According to the group's website, members met on October 29 for their October 2009 Assembly. They scrapped their initial itinerary for the meeting following the Vatican's Oct. 20 announcement that an Apostolic Constitution was being prepared in response to requests from groups of Anglican clergy and faithful wanting to enter into full communion with the Church. Instead, the assembly focused on what the news from the Vatican meant for the small group of Anglicans who are part of the Traditional Anglican Communion.

Anglican Bishop David Moyer released a statement describing the October Assembly as “grace-filled,” noting that everyone in attendance became “aware of the movement of the Holy Spirit.”

“The bishops, priests, ordinands, and lay representatives were brought to a place of 'being in full accord and of one mind,' as St. Paul prayed for the Church in Philippi,” Bishop Moyer wrote.

During the assembly, Bishop Moyer as well as Anglican Bishops John Hepworth and Robert Mercer fielded questions about the Vatican proposal before the Assembly unanimously passed resolutions written to carefully “and clearly reflect TTAC’s corporate desire and intention.”

The resolutions state that the Traditional Anglican Commuion in Great Britian “offers its joyful thanks to Pope Benedict XVI for his forthcoming Apostolic Constitution allowing the corporate reunion of Anglicans with the Holy See, and requests the Primate and College of Bishops of the Traditional Anglican Communion to take the steps necessary to implement this Constitution.”

Bishop Moyer added, “All present realised that the requirement for the days ahead is patience, charity, and openness to the Holy Spirit.”

Though the Apostolic Constituion is not yet available, Cardinal William Joseph Levada, Prefect of the Congregation of the Doctrine for the Faith announced on Oct. 31 that it will be ready “by the end of the first week of November.”

Mass in suffrage for cardinals and bishops who died

Benedict XVI addresses anxiety, death and 'hope of immortality'

Vatican City, Nov 5, 2009 / (CNA).-

This morning, Pope Benedict celebrated a Mass for the souls of the cardinals and bishops who have died over the past year. In his homily, the Holy Father described death as “an enigma charged with anxiety,” and noted the importance of faith, hope and mercy in times “of human sadness and distress.”

The Mass, which is a traditional November occurrence, was concelebrated by members of the College of Cardinals.

Among the many men remembered during the celebration were the following cardinals: Pio Laghi, Stephanos II Ghattas, Stephen Kim Sou-hwan, Paul Joseph Pham Dinh Tung, Umberto Betti, and Jean Margeot, and the American Jesuit Avery Dulles.

The Pope spoke of death as “an enigma charged with anxiety,” acknowledging that separation from loved ones is painful. However, he continued, “the faith sustains us in these moments full of human sadness and distress.” It is from the faith that our “hope of immortality” springs.

In today’s second reading, the Pontiff continued, St. Peter encourages us to “maintain the prospect of hope, a ‘living hope,’ alive in our hearts… because God in his great mercy has regenerated us ‘through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead’.”

This mercy and hope, Pope Benedict added, "is the reason we must be 'full of joy', even if we are afflicted by suffering. If, indeed, we persevere in goodness, then our faith, purified by many trials, will one day shine forth in all its splendor.”

The Holy Father concluded that, with the end goal of our faith being the salvation of souls, we are to “exult 'with an indescribable and glorious joy,’” having such reason for hope despite the temporal separation of death.

Pope: Healthy theological discussion is useful

Pope recalls errors of 12th century scholar to warn against relativism

Vatican City, Nov 4, 2009 /(CNA)

Speaking to almost 15,000 people in St. Peter's Square during the Wednesday General Audience, Pope Benedict XVI continued last week’s comparison of the monastic and scholastic theology in the twelfth century. In the area of theological discussion, the Holy Father cautioned against ethical relativism influencing the Faith.

Pope Benedict dedicated his catechesis to the twelfth-century debate between St. Bernard of Clairvaux and Abelard. He began by recalling, "to understand this confrontation between the two great masters, we must remember that theology is the search for a rational understanding, as far as possible, of the mysteries of the Christian faith."

For St. Bernard, Benedict XVI explained, "faith itself is endowed with inner certainty, strengthened by the testimony of the saints and the inspiration of the Holy Spirit in the hearts of believers, and in case of doubt, by the exercise of the Magisterium of the Church."

The Pope added, “In his view, the critical examination of reason risks intellectualism, the relativization of truth, that could even lead to questioning one’s own faith.”

"For Bernard, theology has the sole purpose of promoting the intimate experience of God, to love the Lord more and more," he continued. "There are varying stages in this journey until the culmination is reached, when the soul of the believer is intoxicated by the summits of love."

Above all, the abbot of Clairvaux taught that theology "must be nourished by contemplative prayer," the Pope said.

Turning to Abelard, the Pontiff noted that “among other things introduced the term 'theology' as we understand it today, ... originally studied philosophy then applied the results achieved in this discipline to theology."

However, Abelard was a conflicted person. Pope Benedict explained that he had a "religious spirit but a restless personality, and his life was rich in dramatic events: he challenged his teachers and had a child by a cultured and intelligent woman, Eloise. ... He also suffered ecclesiastical condemnations, although he died in full communion with the Church to whose authority he submitted with a spirit of faith."

On the academic plain, the Holy Father said an “excessive use of philosophy rendered Abelard's Trinitarian doctrine dangerously fragile.” In the field of morals Abelard’s teaching was not without ambiguity as he insisted on considering the intention of the subject as the only source for describing the goodness or malice of moral acts, ignoring the objective moral significance and value of actions.

"This aspect", Benedict XVI went on, "is highly relevant for our own age, in which culture often seems marked by a growing tendency to ethical relativism.”

The Pope also underlined "some of Abelard’s insights, such as when he says that in non-Christian religious traditions there is already a preparation for the reception of Christ, the Word of God."

The Holy Father concluded by stressing that "the theological confrontation ended with a full reconciliation between the two, thanks to their mutual friend, Peter the Venerable. Abelard showed humility in recognizing his errors, Bernard great kindness. ”

Benedict XVI: we are never alone!

'We are never alone,' Pope exclaims on All Saints Day

Vatican City, Nov 1, 2009 / (CNA)

To the faithful gathered on Sunday in St. Peter’s Square for the Angelus, Pope Benedict XVI presented the communion of saints, a “beautiful and comforting” reality that says “we are never alone.” In particular he held up the ancient cult of martyrs in the early Church, and in this Year for Priests, “the saintly priests, both those canonized…and those many more that are known to the Lord.”

Pope Benedict also spoke of Monday’s commemoration of the faithful departed, also known as All Souls Day. "I would ask,” he said, “that this liturgical memory be lived in a genuine Christian spirit, that is, in light of the Paschal Mystery.”

Benedict XVI explained that Christ died and rose again and opened the door to the house of the Father, the kingdom of life and peace: “Those who follow Jesus in this life are welcomed where He came before us. So as we visit cemeteries, let us remember that there, in the tombs, are only the mortal remains of our loved ones awaiting the final resurrection.”

Pope Benedict concluded his remarks by teaching that the most proper and effective way to honor and pray for the faithful departed is by offering acts of faith, hope and charity: “In union with the Eucharistic Sacrifice, we can intercede for their eternal salvation, and experience the deepest communion, as we wait to find ourselves together again, to enjoy forever the Love that created and redeemed us."

After the Angelus prayer, the Pope recalled the 10th anniversary of the signing of the Joint Declaration between the World Lutheran Federation and the Catholic Church. "That document,” he said, “attests to an agreement between Lutherans and Catholics on the fundamental truth of the doctrine of justification, a truth that brings us to the very heart of the Gospel and the essential issues of our lives.”

The Holy Father expounded on the acceptance and redemption of man by God, saying, “Our existence is part of the horizon of grace. It is led by a merciful God who forgives our sin and calls us to a new life following in the footsteps of his Son. We live by the grace of God and are called to respond to his gift. This frees us from fear and gives us hope and courage in a world full of uncertainty, anxiety, suffering."

This anniversary, the Pontiff explained, is an occasion to remember the truth about the justification of man, witnessed together, to unite Catholics and Lutherans in ecumenical celebrations and to further investigate this issue and others that are the subject of ecumenical dialogue.

“I sincerely hope that this important anniversary will help bring forward the path towards the full visible unity of all the disciples of Christ.”

Cardinal Levada: No 'celibacy issue' exists in reception of Anglicans into Church

Vatican City, Oct 31, 2009 / (CNA)

In an extensive clarification released on Saturday by the Vatican press office, Fr. Federico Lombardi made clear, on behalf of the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal Joseph Levada, that there is no “celibacy issue” delaying the publication of the Constitution that will establish the procedure for Anglicans to be received into the Catholic Church.

In a statement released in English –breaking the common use of Italian- Fr. Lombardi explained that “there has been widespread speculation, based on supposedly knowledgeable remarks by an Italian correspondent Andrea Tornielli.

The Vatican analyst suggested that the delay in the publication of the Apostolic Constitution on Personal Ordinariates for Anglicans entering into full communion with the Catholic Church is due to "more than ‘technical’ reasons.”

“According to this speculation, there is a serious substantial issue at the root of the delay, namely, disagreement about whether celibacy will be the norm for the future clergy of the Provision,” Fr. Lombardi’s said.

Responding to other claims that the rule of celibacy for Latin rite clergy would be open to discussion, Fr. Lombardi offered the official comments of Cardinal Levada.

“Had I been asked I would happily have clarified any doubt about my remarks at the press conference. There is no substance to such speculation. No one at the Vatican has mentioned any such issue to me.”

According to Cardinal Levada, Pope Benedict’s Apostolic Constitution will be ready “by the end of the first week of November” and its delay “is purely technical in the sense of ensuring consistency in canonical language and references.”

The Prefect of the Congregation also explained that “the drafts prepared by the working group, and submitted for study and approval through the usual process followed by his congregation, have all included the following statement, which is currently Article VI of the Constitution:

- 1. Those who ministered as Anglican deacons, priests, or bishops, and who fulfill the requisites established by canon law and are not impeded by irregularities or other impediments may be accepted by the Ordinary as candidates for Holy Orders in the Catholic Church. In the case of married ministers, the norms established in the Encyclical Letter of Pope Paul VI Sacerdotalis coelibatus, n. 42 and in the Statement "In June" are to be observed. Unmarried ministers must submit to the norm of clerical celibacy of Code of Canon Law 277, §1.

- 2. The Ordinary, in full observance of the discipline of celibate clergy in the Latin Church, as a rule (pro regula) will admit only celibate men to the order of presbyter. He may also petition the Roman Pontiff, as derogation from can. 277, §1, for the admission of married men to the order of presbyter on a case by case basis, according to objective criteria approved by the Holy See.”

Cardinal Levada further explains that “this article is to be understood as consistent with the current practice of the Church, in which married former Anglican ministers may be admitted to priestly ministry in the Catholic Church on a case by case basis.”

With regard to future seminarians, the Cardinal explains that “it was considered purely speculative whether there might be some cases in which a dispensation from the celibacy rule might be petitioned.”

“Objective criteria about any such possibilities (e.g. married seminarians already in preparation) are to be developed jointly by the Personal Ordinariate and the Episcopal Conference, and submitted for approval of the Holy See,” Cardinal Levada said.

Fiesta di tur Santu

Promé Lektura : Revelashon 7, 2-4, 9-14
Salmo : Salmo 24, 1-4a. 5-6
Di dos Lektura : 1Huan 3, 1-3
Evangelio : Mateo 5, 1-12a

Dia promé di novèmber ta selebrá fiesta di Tur Santu. Pa hinter Iglesia ta un gran selebrashon pasobra tin gran fiesta den shelu. Pa nos ta un gran oportunidat pa gradisí pa tur benefisio, pa tur grasia ku Dios a drama riba hende ku a biba riba e tera aki i ku tabata manera nos, ku mesun debilidatnan i ku tur e fortalesa ku ta bini di Dios mes . Nos ta selebrá e dia aki ku un kurason gradesidu, pasobra Dios tabata grandi ku nos i nos ta kontentu.

Awe ta un bon dia pa reflekshoná riba tur e bon spiritual i material ku pa medio di interseshon di santunan nos a risibí i nos tin te dia djawe, pues e santunan ku a deseá Gloria di Dios for di aki riba tera lo sigui dese’é den vishon beatífiko, i ta kompartí e mesun deseo di Nos Señor Hesukristu di ku tur hende lo ta salbá, ku tur hende ta glorifiká Nos Señor.

Iglesia a instituí Fiesta di Tur Santu pa e siguiente motibunan:


1. Pa alabá i gradisí Señor pa e fabor ku ela hasi na su sirbidónan, santifikando nan riba tera i koronando nan ku gloria den shelu.

2. Pa honra riba e dia aki mas e Santunan pa kende no ta hasi fiesta partikular durante aña.

3. Pa nos risibí hopi mas grasia multiplikando esnan ku intersedé.

4. Pa koregí riba e dia aki e faltanan ku den transkurso di aña nos a kometé riba fiesta partikular di Santunan.

5. Pa animá nos mas na birtut ku ehèmpelnan di tur Santu di tur edat, sekso i kondishon, ku memoria di e rekompensa ku nan ta gosa di dje den shelu.

Mester kurashá nos pa imitá en santunan i konsiderá ku nan tabata mes debil ku nos i eksponé na mesun pashonnan; ku, fortifiká pa e grasia dibino, a bira santu dor di medionan ku nos tambe por hasi uso di dje, i pa méritonan di Hesukristu a primintí nos e mesun gloria ku nan ta gosa di dje den shelu.

Ta selebrá fiesta di Tur Santu ku tantu solemnidat pasobra e ta kubri tur otro fiesta ku durante aña ta selebrá na honor di Santunan i ta símbolo di e fiesta eterno di e gloria.

Pa selebrá fiesta di Tur Santu di manera digno nos mester:

1. Alabá i glorifiká Señor pa e fabornan ku el a hasi pa su sirbidónan i pidiE pa asina tambe konsedé esakinan na nos.

2. Honrá tur Santu komo amigu di Dios i invoká ku mas konfiansa su protekshon.

3. Hasi propósito di imitá su ehèmpelnan pa un dia ser partisipante di e mesun gloria.

Ta importante pa riba e dia asina importante pa Iglesia pa nos para un ratu ketu pa pensa riba tur e bon ku Dios a duna humanidat pa medio di tantu hòmber i muhé ku fiel na bondat di Dios, fiel na su amor tabata testigu di e Reino di Señor. E kantidat di santu, i mártirnan ku a laga marka asina profundo di nan pasashi riba e tera aki ku ni tempu ni kambio di generashonnan no tabata por a kita. I si nos bisa ku ta di tur Santu ta pasobra nos tambe ta selebrá tantu Santu i Mártirnan ku Dios tabata ke tene den anonimato, i ku nos no konosé nan na nòmber pero nos sa ku pa medio di fe ku nan ta dunando gloria na Dios.

Laga nos selebrá e dia aki ku goso, i laga nos pidi Dios Nos Señor permití pa nos por disfrutá riba e tera aki di protekshon di su santunan i ku un dia e permití pa nos pa ta huntu ku nan pa glorifikE den su eternidat.

Ku Mama Maria, Reina di santunan konsedé na nos e alegria di sirbi e tera aki pa por mira i gosa di djE den bida eterno.