So referred Pope Benedict XVI to the young people at World Youth Day in Australia. We offer a summary, in 35 brief passages, of what the Holy Father said to them and to the youth of the world.
1. “As the source of our new life in Christ, the Holy Spirit is also, in a very real way, the soul of the Church, the love that binds us to the Lord and to one another, and the light that opens our eyes to see all around us the wonders of God’s grace.” (CM)
2. “We have to let God’s love break through the hard crust of our indifference, our spiritual weariness, our blind conformity to the spirit of this age. Only then can we let it ignite our imagination and shape our deepest desires. That is why prayer is so important: daily prayer, private prayer in the quiet of our hearts and before the Blessed Sacrament, and liturgical prayer in the heart of the Church.” (CM)
3. “Dear young people: What will you leave to the next generation? Are you building your lives on firm foundations? Are you living in a way that opens a space for the Spirit in the midst of a world that wants to forget God, or even rejects him in the name of a falsely-conceived freedom? How are you using the gifts you have been given, the ‘power’ that the Holy Spirit is even now prepared to release within you?” (CM)
4. “A new generation of Christians is being called to help build a world in which God’s gift of life is welcomed, respected and cherished—not rejected, feared as a threat and destroyed. A new age in which love is not greedy or self-seeking, but pure, faithful and genuinely free, open to others, respectful of their dignity, seeking their good, radiating joy and beauty—a new age in which hope liberates us from the shallowness, apathy and self-absorption that deaden our souls and poison our relationships.” (CM)
5. “Dear young friends, the Lord is asking you to be prophets of this new age, messengers of his love, drawing people to the Father and building a future of hope for all humanity.” (CM)
6. “The world needs this renewal! In so many of our societies, side by side with material prosperity, a spiritual desert is spreading interior emptiness, unnamed fears, a quiet sense of despair. How many of our contemporaries have built broken and empty cisterns in a desperate search for meaning—the ultimate meaning that only love can give?....The Church also needs this renewal! She needs your faith, your idealism and your generosity, so that she can always be young in the Spirit!” (CM)
7. “Do not be afraid to say ‘yes’ to Jesus, to find your joy in doing his will, giving yourself completely to the pursuit of holiness, and using all your talents in the service of others!” (CM)
8. “ ‘There is more joy in giving than in receiving.’ Never doubt the truth of our Lord’s promise that whatever we give him of our creativity, our resources, our persons, will come back to us in abundance.” (CM)
9. “A harmonious relationship between religion and public life is all the more important at a time when some people have come to consider religion a cause of division rather than a force for unity. In a world threatened by sinister and indiscriminate forms of violence, the unified voice of religious people urges nations and communities to resolve conflicts through peaceful means and with full regard for human dignity.” (IM)
10. “The religious sense planted within the human heart leads us to meet the needs of others and to search for concrete ways to contribute to the common good. Religion has a special role in this regard, for it teaches people that authentic service requires sacrifice and self-discipline, which in turn must be cultivated through self-denial, temperance and a moderate use of the world’s goods.” (IM)
11. “By reminding us of human finitude and weakness, religion also enjoins us not to place our ultimate hope in this passing world.” (IM)
12. “The true source of freedom is found in the person of Jesus of Nazareth. Christians believe it is he who fully discloses the human potential for virtue and goodness, and it is he who liberates us from sin and darkness.” (IM)
13. “You might think that in today’s world people are unlikely to start worshipping other gods. But sometimes people do worship ‘other gods’ without realizing it. False ‘gods’ are nearly always associated with the worship of three things: material possessions, possessive love, or power.” (DY)
14. “Material possessions in themselves are good. We would not survive for long without money, clothing, shelter and food. Yet if we refuse to share what we have with the hungry and the poor, we make of our possessions a false god. How many voices in our materialist society tell us that happiness is to be found by acquiring as many possessions and luxuries as we can! But this is to make possessions into a false god. Instead of bringing life, they bring death.” (DY)
15. “Authentic love is obviously something good. When we love we become most fully human. But people often consider themselves loving when actually they are possessive or manipulative. People sometimes treat others as objects to satisfy their own needs. How easy it is to be deceived by the many voices in our society that advocate a permissive approach to sexuality, without regard for modesty, self-respect or the moral values that bring quality into human relationships! This is worship of a false god; instead of bringing life, it brings death.” (DY)
16. “All through the Gospels, it was those who had taken wrong turns who were particularly loved by Jesus because once they recognized their mistake, they were all the more open to his healing message. It was those who were willing to rebuild their lives who were most ready to listen to Jesus and become his disciples. You can follow in their footsteps; you too can grow particularly close to Jesus because you have chosen to return to him.” (DY)
17. “We can be tempted to make the life of faith a matter of mere sentiment, thus blunting its power to inspire a consistent vision of the world and a rigorous dialogue with the many other visions competing for the minds and hearts of our contemporaries.” (MC)
18. “Walk in Christ’s light daily through fidelity to personal and liturgical prayer, nourished by meditation on the inspired word of God…. Make the daily celebration of the Eucharist the center of your life.” (MC)
19. “Celibacy for the sake of the Kingdom means embracing a life completely devoted to love, a love that enables you to commit yourselves fully to God’s service and to be totally present to your brothers and sisters, especially those in need.” (MC)
20. “Society today is being fragmented by a way of thinking that is inherently short-sighted because it disregards the full horizon of truth—the truth about God and about us. By its nature, relativism fails to see the whole picture. It ignores the very principles that enable us to live and flourish in unity, order and harmony.” (YV)
21. “The Holy Spirit! This is the Spirit’s role: to bring Christ’s work to fulfillment. Enriched with the Spirit’s gifts, you will have the power to move beyond the piecemeal, the hollow utopia, the fleeting, to offer the consistency and certainty of Christian witness!” (YV)
22. “Love has a particular trait: it has a task or purpose to fulfill—to abide. By its nature, love is enduring. The Holy Spirit offers our world love that dispels uncertainty; love that overcomes the fear of betrayal; love that carries eternity within; the true love that draws us into a unity that abides!” (YV)
23. “The Holy Spirit is God eternally giving himself; like a never-ending spring he pours forth nothing less than himself. In view of this ceaseless gift, we come to see the limitations of all that perishes, the folly of the consumerist mindset. We begin to understand why the quest for novelty leaves us unsatisfied and wanting. Are we not looking for an eternal gift? For the spring that will never run dry?” (YV)
24. “Dear young people, we have seen that it is the Holy Spirit who brings about the wonderful communion of believers in Jesus Christ. True to his nature as giver and gift alike, he is even now working through you. Let unifying love be your measure; abiding love your challenge; self-giving love your mission!” (YV)
25. “You are called to exercise the Spirit’s gifts amidst the ups and downs of your daily life. Let your faith mature through your studies, work, sports, music and art. Let it be sustained by prayer and nurtured by the sacraments.” (YV)
26. “To be truly alive is to be transformed from within, open to the energy of God’s love. In accepting the power of the Holy Spirit you can also transform your families, communities and nations. Set free the gifts! Let wisdom, courage, awe and reverence be the marks of greatness!” (YV)
27. “Through the Spirit’s action may the young people gathered here have the courage to become saints! This is what the world needs more than anything else.” (GH)
28. “There is something sinister that stems from the fact that freedom and tolerance are so often separated from truth. This is fuelled by the notion, widely held today, that there are no absolute truths to guide our lives. Relativism, by indiscriminately giving value to practically everything, has made ‘experience’ all-important.” (PW)
29. “Life is not governed by chance; it is not random. Your very existence has been willed by God, blessed and given a purpose! Life is not just a succession of events or experiences. It is a search for the true, the good and the beautiful. It is to this end that we make our choices; it is for this that we exercise our freedom; it is in this—in truth, in goodness, and in beauty—that we find happiness and joy.” (PW)
30. “Do not be fooled by those who see you as just another consumer in a market of undifferentiated possibilities, where choice itself becomes the good, novelty usurps beauty, and subjective experience displaces truth.” (PW)
31. “Christ offers more! Indeed he offers everything! Only he who is the Truth can be the Way and hence also he Life.” (PW)
32. “Many people today lack hope. They are perplexed by the questions that present themselves ever more urgently in a confusing world, and they are often uncertain which way to turn for answers. They see poverty and injustice and they long to find solutions. They are challenged by the arguments of those who deny the existence of God and they wonder how to respond…. Where can we look for answers? The Spirit points us towards the way that leads to life, to love and to truth. The Spirit points us towards Jesus Christ. In him we find the answers we are seeking.” (YP)
33. “For [the Virgin] Mary there were many struggles ahead as she lived out the consequences of the ‘yes’ she had given to the Lord. Simeon prophesied that a sword would pierce her heart. When Jesus was twelve she experienced every parent’s worst nightmare when for three days the child was missing. And after his public ministry she suffered the agony of witnessing his crucifixion and death. Throughout her trials she remained faithful to her promise, sustained by the Spirit of fortitude. And she was generously rewarded.” (AC)
34. “We too must remain faithful to the ‘yes’ we have given to the Lord’s offer of friendship. We know that he will never abandon us. We know that he will always sustain us through the gifts of the Spirit. Mary accepted the Lord’s ‘proposal’ in our name. So let us turn to her and ask her to guide us as we struggle to remain faithful to the life-giving relationship God has established with each one of us.” (AC)
35. “The time has come for me to say good-bye—or better, ‘arrivederci!’… World Youth Day 2011 will take place in Madrid, Spain. Until then, let us continue to pray for one another, and let us joyfully bear witness to Christ before the world.” (AC)
The above passages are taken from the following addresses and homilies:
CM Closing Mass (7/19/08)
IM Inter-religious Meeting (7/17/08)
DY Disadvantaged Youth (7/18/08)
MC Mass with the Clergy (7/18/08)
YV Youth Day Vigil (7/19/08)
GH Government House Ceremony (7/16/08)
PW Papal Welcome (7/17/08)
YP Young Pilgrims (7/13/08)
AC Angelus following the Closing Mass (7/19/08)
vrijdag 25 juli 2008
“Prophets of a New Age”
dinsdag 22 juli 2008
maandag 21 juli 2008
Paus neemt afscheid van WJD
Oudste Bijbel ter wereld integraal op internet
Hilversum (ANP/Van onze redactie) 21 juli 2008 - Het eerste deel van de Codex Sinaiticus, de oudste Bijbel ter wereld, is vanaf 24 juli op internet te lezen. Dat heeft de bibliotheek van de Universiteit van Leipzig vandaag meegedeeld.
British Library
Het internationale digitaliseringproject is het initiatief van de British Library in Londen. Zo’n 400 pagina’s manuscripten, geschreven op rundlederen perkament tussen de jaren 330 en 350, zijn gedigitaliseerd, genummerd en gereed gemaakt voor publicatie op het wereldwijde web.
Nieuwe Testament
Oorspronkelijk bevatte de codex zowel het Oude als het Nieuwe Testament, beide in het Grieks. Slechts enkele delen van de Septuaginta, de Grieks-joodse vertaling van het Oude Testament, overleefden. Ook bewaard bleven het complete Nieuwe Testament én de Brief van Barnabas en de Pastor van Hermas. Volgens sommige theorieën zouden de laatste geschriften door bepaalde lokale tradities in de vierde eeuw als canonieke bijbelgeschriften zijn beschouwd.
Verspreid in vier delen
De Codex Sinaiticus was lange tijd niet meer integraal te bekijken. Het boek is in vier ongelijke delen verspreid over vier landen: de universiteitsbibliotheek van Leipzig, de British Library in Londen, de Russische Nationale Bibliotheek in Sint Petersburg en het Grieks-orthodoxe Sint-Catharinaklooster op de Sinaï in Egypte. Het is nooit echt duidelijk geworden wanneer en waarom de codex ooit werd gesplitst. Het is onmogelijk dat de delen fysiek bij elkaar worden gebracht; daar is het materiaal te kwetsbaar voor. Vandaar het belang van een virtuele reconstructie van de codex.
Rommel in een mand
De 400 pagina’s werden in de loop van de 19e eeuw ontdekt door de Duitse geleerde Konstantin von Tischendorf uit Leipzig. Ze bevonden zich in het Sint-Catharinaklooster op de Sinaï, vandaar de naam Codex Sinaiticus. Sommige manuscripten lagen ergens in een mand. Volgens Von Tischendorf zei een kloosterbilbliothecaris dat het rommel was en op het punt stond verbrand te worden.
Digitalisering
Het digitaliseren van oude bijbels lijkt een populaire bezigheid in bibliofiele kringen. Sinds 18 juli is de Delftse Bijbel, het eerste gedrukte boek in de Nederlandse taal, op het Internet te lezen. En sinds mei is ook de Statenvertaling op het wereldwijde web terug te vinden.
Bron: www.katholieknederland.nl
Vaticaan waarschuwt voor gevolgen anglicaanse crisis
Hilversum (Van onze redactie) 21 juli 2008 - De Vaticaanse staatssecretaris kardinaal Tarcisio Bertone waarschuwt in een eergisteren gepubliceerde brief aan de Lambeth Conference voor de gevolgen van de huidige crisis in de anglicaanse Kerk.
Eenheid in gevaar
In de brief aan de tienjaarlijkse kerkvergadering van de anglicaanse gemeenschap zegt Bertone dat de problemen waarmee de anglicanen momenteel kampen de “volledige en zichtbare eenheid met Rome” in gevaar brengen. Vooral de wijding van vrouwelijke bisschoppen die door de Amerikaanse episcopaalse Kerk en de Engelse Church of England wordt toegestaan is een obstakel voor de oecumenische toenadering tussen Rome en Canterbury.
Topdelegatie
Keith Pecklers, professor liturgie aan de Gregoriaanse Universiteit in Rome, benadrukt in een interview met de Engelse krant The Guardian dat het Vaticaan nog nooit eerder zo nadrukkelijk op het tienjaarlijks overleg aanwezig is geweest. Het belang dat Rome aan Lambeth hecht blijkt volgens Pecklers ook uit de omvang van de Vaticaanse delegatie, waarvan onder anderen kardinaal Walter Kasper, voorzitter van de Pauselijke Raad voor de Eenheid onder de Christenen, en kardinaal Cormac Murphy O'Connor, de katholieke prelaat van Engeland deel van uitmaken.
Ruzie
Binnen en buiten de Lambeth Conference liggen conservatieve en liberale anglicanen met elkaar overhoop. Honderden bisschoppen boycotten de vergadering. Leiders van de Global Anglican Future Conference, de tegenbeweging van conservatieve anglicanen, beschuldigden de anglicaanse opperherder Rowan Williams van “onjuiste leerstellingen die zonde rechtvaardigen in naam van het christendom”. De conservatieve bisschop Tom Wright van Durham beschuldigde progressieve anglicanen van ‘impliciete arrogantie’ en vergeleek de koers van de liberale episcopaalse Kerk met de inval in Irak.
Bron: www.katholieknederland.nl
zondag 20 juli 2008
DI DIESEIS DJADUMINGU SIKLO A
Promé Lektura : Sabiduria 12, 13. 16-19
Salmo : Salmo 86, 5-6. 9-10. 15
Di dos Lektura : Romanonan 8, 26-27
Evangelio : Mateo 13, 24-43
Vários ta e parabelnan ku Hesus a kompartí ku nos pa trata na splika kon Reino di shelu ku ya ta asina serka tabata. Algun di esakinan nos ta haña den vários evangelista, pero esaki di trigo i yerba shimaron ta eksklusivo di Mateo. SA esaki ta sirbi nos pa guia nos un poko den nos reflekshon. Mateo ta skirbi pa un komunidat hudiu i por lo tantu, e no ta spar signonan ku ta komun pa hudiunan, pero sinembargo pa algun di nos nan por ta straño.
Si nos analisá e teksto di awe, nos ta haña tres parabel i un splikashon: e trigo i e yerba shimaron; e simia di mòster; e zürdeg ; i e splikashon di e promé parabel. E parabelnan di e simia di mòster i zürdeg parse di ta referí na e simplesa ku kua presensia di Reino ta kuminsá, i di otro banda, e enorme mishon na kua esnan ku ta buska pa konstruí e reino aki ta yamá. Asina nos ta haña, pasenshi, simplesa, e parti chikí dilanti mundu manera komienso di Reino; di otro banda, e grandesa, plenitut, totalidat di e Reino de Dios.
E parabel di e trigo i yerba shimaron, nos lo por reflekshoná riba dje mas profundo. Den dje nos ta haña imágennan semehante na esun di siman pasá: un sembradó, algun simia i kresementu di esakinan; mas e mensahe awe ta mas amplio. Awe Hesus ta papia ku nos tokante di eksistensia di e bon i e malu mará na otro den konstrukshon di su Reino. Nos lo por a mira den dje un toleransia, kasi den sentido di fatalidat (“pues no tin moda, e mester eksistí”) di eksistensia di loke ta malu; sin embargo, si nos ta mas atento den nos lesamentu di e parabel, Hesus ta hala nos atenshon nos pa tin prekoushon den nos desaroyo komo kristian, pasobra fásilmente“miéntras nos ta drumi”,yerba shimaron por krese den nos kontesta òf den nos komunidat. Di otro un banda, Hesus ta siña nos pa tin mas pasenshi i no destruí e bon ku ta eksistí tumando posishon intolerante dilanti loke ta malu. Ken lo por proklamá su mes simia puru di manera ku e por señalá yerba shimaron?
Un aplikashon den nos bida nos lo por a haña den nos relashon ku Dios i ku otronan. Kuantu biaha den nos relashon ku Dios nos lo tabata ke mira ku nos ta perfekto, ku nos no ta kometé ningun piká? Ma sin embargo, nos ta enfrentá un realidat masha distinto: nos ta mira kon nos ta kai kada bia den e mesun erornan , den e mesun fayonan sin por kibra ku nan apesar di a purba esaki pa hopi aña. Tin biaha nos lo tabata ke Sali di e realidat aki i buska otro kaminda pa biba, otro famia kaminda nos por desaroyá nos mes, kuminsá ku un relashon nobo, bolbe biba adolesensia òf hubentut di nobo pa no kometé e mesun erornan ets. Pero Hesus ta yama nos pa tin PASENSHI, konfiá mas den Dios ku den hende, pa permití ku e bon den nos ta krese i e malu ta bai ta disparsiendo. Tambe e ta yama nos pa tin KUIDOU dilanti e malu ku ta buska pa desanimá nos, kita nos pas i speransa di e viktoria final di bida riba morto; i alabes e ta reta nos na KRESEMENTU manera e simia di mòster òf zürdeg.
Ku otro palabra, den konstrukshon di nos felisidat i esun di nos rumannan, den konstrukshon di e Reino, nos tin ku akseptá pa biba den tenshon eterno entre loke nos ke i mester ta i loke nos ta alkansá pa realisá; rekordando semper ku kristianismo ta un kaminda ku nos tin ku kana hinter nos bida; ku nunka nos por bisa: "ya mi ta Un kristian kompletu" sin ta te ora ku nos alkansá enkuentro definitivo ku Señor.
Den nos relashon ku Dios i ku otronan, kier men, den nos kolaborashon pa konstruí e Reino di Dios, nos a kai den hopi bisio ku ya nos no ta alkansá na mira pasobra e okupá ku nos ta ku nos dianan no ta permití nos esaki. E siman aki, laga nos hasi un "inventario" di nos relashonnan (ku Dios i ku otronan) i laga nos trata pa REKONOSÉ, kon e yerba shimaron a krese, pues talbes nos bida lo parse mas un tereno di yerba shimaron ku a invadí e trigo!. Laga nos konvensé nos mes di e importansia di nos aporte pa konstrukshon di e Reino
