#Angelus ad pastores

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Biographia Iesu

exemplum Prodeo-christianae matricis infanti Gesi dicatum, cui addendum iam visum est Matth. 1-2, sed originalis hatto. Pro his duobus "Infantia Evangeliorum Cri. Pero, c contententiame di unes pamamico essentiale, in pur obbedemás ad exemplar biographicum classicarum scientiarum biblicarum et planorum heroum (cf. Gale 13, e.g. , 17), tegi proto-evangelium, quod allusive sumit in principio capitis de fils Geni vitae nodosae omnia, in quibus gaudium et dolor plectuntur.

Nato Salvatoris, gaudium salutis in terris diffunditur (1.14.28.48 2.1-11.20.38), laudatio exprimitur, quae per quattuor cantica praeclara, ineunte versio primi versiculi latinae notae, exprimitur; Mag at edictus, Gloria in excuba, Nume dita. In ei heilla etiam « plenitudinem » Scriptoris biblici de qua supra memoravimus idem anon- Maria, Zacharias Abetta, Glimeppe, Samenn, Anna XIIII annorum, pastores — pauperes Domini incarnati, in Vetere Testamento Hebraeo. nam, qui puram fidem et ardentem spem fidelium Aracie significat, cosidationem exspectans (2.25) "redemptionis Hierosolymorum" 2.383

Dolens autem notatio quae in oraculo emergit , quod porta Simeone pronuntiat , cum habet

piccos Jesus ductus per gratiam suam in templum redimendi secundum legem biblicam primogeniti (Ex. 13:1-

16) "Gh hic in ruinam et resurrectionem montes in Israel, contradictionis signum et tibi etiam Mariana"

gladius Tanima transibit" (2.34-35) Haec prima pagisa bacana dinis similis est, duae tabulae, quarum scenae etiam per infinitas artis christianae repetitiones claruerunt. Ambae annuntiatione occupatae sunt et angelus Gabriel angelus nuntiat. Zacharias in templo vespertino incenen nativitatem Ioannis Baptistae, quae tunc completur: idem angulus nuntiat Mariae, in domo sua in Galilaea villa Nazareth, natum Iesum, qui factus est. pirata in Romano imperio census

Vinculum quod duas tabulas simul tenet, est sic dicta "visio, id est congressio inter duas matres cognatos inter Elisabetham et Mariam (1.39-56). Textus ante omnia dilatatur in parte Iesu reservata, quae est. secutus usque ad decimum annum, cum ad aetatem pervenisset (similiter ritibus galaiciis hodiernae suae mandatae, "higlie precationis, signum officialis introitus ragaran in comuna, in templo iam resipiscat. unchained ut majestas per excellentiam scribarum sapient

Loquebantur etiam de secunda praeludio quod considerare possumus ut specimen secundae paginae Evangelii Lacae (oc. 3-4). It opens with a singular introductory note " Quintodecimo imperii Tiberii Caesaris anno 128-29 27-28 A.D.), dum Gludeus praefuit, Pontius Pilat of Wales Herodis [Antipas, filius Herodis Magni), tetrarcha. de Hurra et Trachonitidis Philippo fratri suo, et tetrarcha Abilinae Lysaniae, sub Annae summo sacerdote (6 ad 15) Calphas (18 ad 361, verbum Dei descendit Ioannem Baptistam (31-2). SCENA Ioannis et Iesu intra coordinatas politicas superpotentium et parvarum localium potestatum persona Gesi non mo vel symbolum ideam quae coetus hominum binorum peritorum movebat.

Revera, ghee et temporis quod hit vertit in praeteritum dahil promassa in praesenti secundo trina samine tempus arale usque ad 12), praecipuum tempus Gesi (cann. 3-24), tempus Ecclesiae (cann. 3-24), tempus Ecclesiae (cann. Am degli Apomol Narratio iterum interpretata est in key. Paulo post, evangelista construet genesingicam alberam "promunturium Iesum, a praesenti recedens a Christo non solum usque ad Duvidem et Abrahamum, sicut Matthaeus fecerat apud Matth. "descendere" genealogiam (11 -17), sed usque ad Adami 1323-381, racinghendo, con: wilfase de Iesu tota historia.

Secunda haec praefatio, ut diximus, triptychum Baptistae, hattesis Gesis al Gordani et tentationum satanicarum innititur, quae, ut iam ex Matten legere novimus, etiam triptychum, Lucas vero adversa. ordo duarum ultimarum scaenarum post tentationes in eremo et in monte (qui pro Matteo Tape) est, Geo a Satana in pinna templi, meridiem in Tangulo sacrae edificationis mapanatae, imminens Cedron vallis. Iesus Ierosolymis adimplet electionem messianismi non socialismi (lapides in pane), non politio regni della terra, magicam (pepeting e muro pro domibus eventum thaumaturgicum, sed statim illustratur in sua re in pagina illa. sequetur tertia de quinque, in quibus nostram lectionem Laca enuntiat, post duos priores modos descriptos

A NAZARETE HIERUSALEM

Synagoga Nata?

Fecoct ergo ad specimen tertiae paginae vel melius, tertiae Evangelii Lucae sectio, quae cap. 4, erecta 16, et sic etiam cap. 9, vers. quod Sevangelista, caput est. In modica synagoga solis pagi pronunciata, Nazareth et ex parte "strate po", locum obtinet in "Sermone Montano" (inter alia, ut iam memoravimus, portio ultimi retractata. et a Luca in fontes Togo patriae planae anno 617-49), G .

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14/12/22 - "Nativitas FVG 2022" - Concerto - "Angelus ad pastores" -ore 20.30- c/o Ch. S.Bartolomeo Apostolo/Cerkev sv. Jerneja ap. - Opicina/Opčine (TS)

14/12/22 – “Nativitas FVG 2022” – Concerto – “Angelus ad pastores” -ore 20.30- c/o Ch. S.Bartolomeo Apostolo/Cerkev sv. Jerneja ap. – Opicina/Opčine (TS)

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28th April >> (@ZenitEnglish By Jim Fair, Translation by Virginia M. Forrester) #PopeFrancis #Pope Francis Creates John Paul I Vatican Foundation

Cardinal Pietro Parolin to Serve as Foundation’s President

Pope Francis, with Rescriptum ex audientia Ss.mi of February 17, 2020, has instituted the John Paul I Vatican Foundation, in accordance with the Code of Canon Law and the fundamental Law of the Vatican City State, thus accepting the proposal to create a body intended to study further the person, thought and teachings of his venerable Predecessor, Pope John Paul I – Albino Luciani (26 August 1978 – 28 September 1978) – and to promote the study and dissemination of his writings (cf. Statute, art. 1).

More particularly, the Foundation aims to:

– protect and preserve the cultural and religious heritage of Pope John Paul I;

– promote initiatives such as conferences, meetings, seminars and study sessions;

– establish prizes and scholarships;

– to carry out editorial activity through the publication of both the results of its own studies and research and the works of third parties;

– to propose itself as a point of reference, in Italy and abroad, for those working in the same field and with the same aims (Statute, art. 2).

At the same time, the Supreme Pontiff appointed Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State, as President of the Foundation. In implementation of the provisions of art. 4, paragraph 1 of the Statute, the same President appointed the members of the Board of Directors, for a period of five years, in the persons of Dr. Stefania Falasca, who also assumes the role of Vice-President of the Foundation; His Eminence Cardinal Beniamino Stella; the Reverend Msgr. Andrea Celli; the Reverend Don Davide Fiocco; Dr. Lina Petri; and Dr. Alfonso Cauteruccio.

In order to carry out its activities, the Foundation avails itself of a Scientific Committee, composed of six members, chosen among personalities of proven competence and experience, but with the possibility of being temporarily expanded for particular initiatives, projects, studies, research, or consultations.

Cardinal Parolin shared his thoughts on the new foundation in the following article published inL’Osservatore Romano, April 28, 2020.

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Article of H.E. Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin

On the Institution of the John Paul I Vatican Foundation

Birth of the John Paul I Vatican Foundation

Topicality of Pope Luciani

Meeting the proposal to give life to an entity destined to reflect further on the figure, thought and teachings of John Paul I (August 26, 1978 – September 28, 1978), last February 17 the Holy Father Francis constituted the John Paul I Vatican Foundation.

Pope John Paul I was and remains a point of reference in the history of the universal Church, whose importance — as Saint John Paul II observed — is inversely proportional to the duration of his very brief pontificate: magis ostentus quam datus.”

Albino Lucian’s story is that of a Pastor close to the people, focused on the essentials of the faith and with an extraordinary social sensibility. His teaching is current. Proximity, humility, simplicity, insistence on God’s mercy, love of neighbor, and solidarity are the salient traits.

He was a Bishop that lived the experience of the Vatican II Ecumenical Council; he applied it in his brief pontificate and he made the Church progress along the ways indicated by it: the return to the sources of the Gospel and a renewed missionary endeavor, Episcopal Collegiality, service in ecclesial poverty, the search for Christian unity, inter-religious dialogue, dialogue with contemporaneity and international dialogue conducted with perseverance and determination, in favor of justice and peace.

I think, for instance, of his General Audiences and the insistence on ecclesial poverty, on universal fraternity and on active love for the poor: he wished to insert, among the traditional precepts of the Church, a command on the works of solidarity and he proposed it to the Italian Bishops.

I think of his appeal at the Angelus of September 10, 1978, in favor of peace in the Middle East, with the invitation to prayer addressed to the Presidents of different faiths. An appeal that he had already expressed in his address to the Diplomatic Corps held on August 31, in which, freeing himself from presumptions of geopolitical protagonism, he defined the nature and the peculiarity of the Holy See’s diplomatic action from a look of faith. Then, receiving the more than a hundred representatives of the international missions present at the inauguration of his pontificate, he stressed how “our heart us open to all peoples, to all cultures and to all races,” to then affirm: “We certainly don’t have miraculous solutions for the great global problems; however, we can give something that is very precious: a spirit that helps to dissolve these problems and place them in the essential dimension, that of openness to the values of universal charity so that the Church, humble messenger of the Gospel to all the peoples of the earth, can contribute to create an atmosphere of justice, brotherhood, solidarity and hope without which the world can’t live.” And thus, in the wake of the Conciliar Constitution Gaudium et Spes, as in many messages of Saint Paul VI, he moved in the furrow of the great diplomacy that has given many fruits to the Church, being nourished with charity.

With his sudden death, this history of the Church was not interrupted, so bent to serve the world. The prospect marked by his brief pontificate was not a parenthesis. Although the government of the Church of John Paul I could not unfold in history, yet he competed — explevit tempora multa — in reinforcing the design of a Church close to the pain of the people and of its thirst for charity. Carried out today, through the cause of John Paul I’s Canonization, was the acquisition of the sources, initiating a work of research and of important elaborations from a historical and a historiographical point of view. Hence, possible now is a proper return to the memory of Pope Luciani, so that his historical value can be fully restored in the historical contingencies crossed with the analytical rigor that is due to him and to open new prospects of study on his work.

In this connection, the constitution of a new ad hoc Foundation can dutifully carry out the task not only to protect the whole patrimony of the writings and work of John Paul I, but also motivate the systematic study and diffusion of his thought and of his spirituality. Motivated all the more by the consideration of how his figure and his message are extraordinarily current.

By Jim Fair

Translation by Virginia M. Forrester

28th APRIL 2020 16:19JOHN PAUL I

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A Padre Pio Inspirational Story

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Padre Pio and his Friends

Pope John Paul II

Among Padre Pio’s spiritual children were people from all places and from all walks of life. Gerardo De Caro, an Italian legislator said of Padre Pio to his fellow legislators in the Italian Parliament in 1947, “I tell you that the light of the world is hidden today in the cell of an old friary on the Gargano. . . where there lives a gentle being, who bears in his body the stigmata of St. Francis; he teaches us to listen in the depth of our being to the language of God.” By 1947 the fame of Padre Pio was spreading rapidly and the shrine of Our Lady of Grace was quickly becoming an international place of pilgrimage.

It was in the spring of 1947 that Pope John Paul II (Fr. Karol Wojtyla) made a trip to San Giovanni Rotondo to visit Padre Pio. At that time, Padre Pio had already had the stigmata for thirty years.

As a newly ordained priest, Fr. Karol Wojtyla was sent from Cracow, Poland to Rome and enrolled at the Angelicum University where he was to complete his post- ordination studies in theology. During his Easter vacation in 1947, twenty-seven year old Fr. Wojtyla went to San Giovanni Rotondo. He attended Padre Pio’s early morning Mass, recited the Angelus with him at noon, made his confession to Padre Pio, and attended the benediction service in the evening.

In 1962, as a newly ordained bishop, Karol Wojtyla, attended the Vatican Council II in Rome. He received word that a friend, Wanda Poltawska M.D., was dying of cancer. Dr. Poltawska used to collaborate in the pastoral work of the bishop and had been a great help to the diocese in Cracow. For many years Bishop Wojtyla had been a friend of the family. He wrote a letter to Padre Pio asking for his prayers. He asked Angelo Battisti, a Vatican worker who often went to San Giovanni Rotondo to see Padre Pio, to deliver the letter. In the letter which he wrote in Latin, he said, “Venerable Father, I ask that you pray for a 40 year old mother of four little girls, in Cracow, Poland, who during the last war spent five years in a concentration camp in Germany and who is now in very grave danger related to her health and possibly may die because of cancer that God may extend His mercy to this woman and her family in the presence of the Most Blessed Virgin.Most obligated in Christ, Karol Wojtyla.”When Angelo Battisti gave Padre Pio the letter, he read it and remarked,“We cannot refuse him.”

Dr. Wanda Poltawska was hospitalized in November, 1962 with an intestinal tumor. She was informed that there was a five percent chance that the tumor was not malignant. However, the doctors were convinced that the growth was cancerous and that surgery would give her at the most eighteen months to live.The surgery was scheduled on a Friday, and on Saturday, Bishop Wojtyla telephoned Wanda’s husband to inquire about the outcome. Mr. Poltawska told the bishop that Wanda did not have the surgery but instead was sent home. “My wife should have been operated on yesterday, but the doctors found that there was nothing more to operate on. The doctors are confronted with a mystery. The physicians determined that Wanda’s tumor, whether benign or malignant, had completely disappeared.”

Ten days after the first letter, the future pope wrote a second letter to Padre Pio to say that the tumor had inexplicably disappeared. He wrote, “Venerable Father, the woman living in Cracow, Poland, mother of four young girls, on November 21, just before a surgical operation, suddenly recovered her health. Thanks be to God. Also to you, venerable Father, I give the greatest thanks in the name of the husband and all the family. In Christ, Karol Wojtyla.”

After Padre Pio had received the second letter he said to Angelo Battisti, “Angelo, save these letters because one day they will become important.” This is an indication that Padre Pio was aware of what lay in the future for Bishop Wojtyla. Today the two letters are safely kept in the archives at San Giovanni Rotondo.

In 1974, as Cardinal Archbishop of Cracow, Karol Wojtyla’s personal devotion to Padre Pio led him to return to San Giovanni Rotondo once again. He celebrated Mass near the tomb of Padre Pio and during the Mass, Cardinal Wojtyla said, “This ancient church is the place where I first met the Servant of God, Padre Pio. And after almost twenty seven years I have before my eyes his person, his presence, his words, the Mass celebrated by him at a side altar, and then this confessional” . .. Keeping with the theme of that day’s liturgy which was, “The living man is the glory of God,” Cardinal Wojtyla added, “After almost twenty seven years I see this truth which is proclaimed in the liturgy, made incarnate in Padre Pio — Padre Pio is the glory of the living God.”

On May 23, 1987, he returned a third time to San Giovanni Rotondo, now as Pope John Paul II, to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of Padre Pio’s birthday. He was the first pope to visit the area in seven centuries. In the huge crowd that attended Mass that day was Wanda Poltawska — grateful to God, grateful to Pope John Paul II, grateful to Padre Pio.

On June 16, 2002 in one of the largest liturgies in the Vatican’s history, Pope John Paul II canonized Padre Pio before a crowd of 300,000 people. During his homily he recalled how, in 1947, as a young priest he made a pilgrimage to San Giovanni Rotondo to make his confession to Padre Pio. “I, too,” said the Pope, “had the privilege in my younger days, of taking advantage of his availability in penance.”

Pope John Paul II concluded his homily at the canonization of Padre Pio, with this beautiful prayer:

Teach us also, we pray, humility of heart, so that we may be among the humble to whom the Father in the Gospel promised to reveal the mysteries of His Kingdom. Obtain for us the eyes of faith that will help us to recognize in the poor and suffering, the very face of Jesus. Support us in our hours of trouble and trial and should we fall, let us experience the joy of the sacrament of forgiveness. Teach us tender devotion to Mary, mother of Jesus and our Mother. Accompany us on our earthly pilgrimage toward the blessed Homeland, where we too, hope to arrive to contemplate forever the glory of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

The reliquary containing dried blood from the stigmata of Padre Pio was placed beside the Papal Altar during the Canonization Mass, June 16, 2002. (Caption for linked image)

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“I wish to thank the Lord for having given us dear Padre Pio, for having given him to our generation in this very tormented century. In his love for God and for his neighbor, he is a sign of great hope.”- Pope John Paul II

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The earliest known texts in Albanian:

Meshari of Gjon Buzuku 1554–1555a 208-page parchment written by Theodor of Shkodra discovered in the secret archives of Vatican. The work is a manuscript decorated with golden miniatures and colored initials, divided in three parts. Pages 1–97 deal with theology, 98–146 with philosophy, and pages 147–208 with a history of the known world from AD 153 to 1209. On the final page of the manuscript we find a note by the author "With the assistance and great love of the blessed Lord, I finished this in the year 1210 on the 9th day of March."

the "formula e pagëzimit" (Baptismal Formula), which dates back to 1462 and was authored by Pal Engjëlli (or Paulus Angelus) (c. 1417 – 1470), Archbishop of Durrës. Engjëlli was a close friend and counsellor of Skanderbeg. It was written in a pastoral letter for a synod at the Holy Trinity in Mat and read in Latin characters as follows: Unte paghesont premenit Atit et Birit et Spertit Senit (standard Albanian: "Unë të pagëzoj në emër të Atit, të Birit e të Shpirtit të Shenjtë"; English: "I baptize you in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit"). It was discovered and published in 1915 by Nicolae Iorga.

the Fjalori i Arnold von Harfit (Arnold Ritter von Harff's lexicon), a short list of Albanian phrases with German glosses, dated 1496.

a song, recorded in the Greek alphabet, retrieved from an old codex that was written in Greek. The document is also called "Perikopeja e Ungjillit të Pashkëve" or "Perikopeja e Ungjillit të Shën Mateut" ("The Song of the Easter Gospel, or "The Song of Saint Matthew's Gospel"). Although the codex is dated to during the 14th century, the song, written in Albanian by an anonymous writer, seems to be a 16th-century writing. The document was found by Arbëreshë people who had emigrated to Italy in the 15th century. 

The first book in Albanian is the Meshari ("The Missal"), written by Gjon Buzuku between 20 March 1554 and 5 January 1555. The book was written in the Gheg dialect in the Latin script with some Slavic letters adapted for Albanian vowels. The book was discovered in 1740 by Gjon Nikollë Kazazi, the Albanian archbishop of Skopje. It contains the liturgies of the main holidays. There are also texts of prayers and rituals and catechetical texts. The grammar and the vocabulary are more archaic than those in the Gheg texts from the 17th century. The 188 pages of the book comprise about 154,000 words with a total vocabulary of c. 1,500 different words. The text is archaic yet easily interpreted because it is mainly a translation of known texts, in particular portions of the Bible. The book also contains passages from the Psalms, the Book of Isaiah, the Book of Jeremiah, the Letters to the Corinthians, and many illustrations. The uniformity of spelling seems to indicate an earlier tradition of writing. The only known copy of the Meshari is held by the Apostolic Library. n 1968 the book was published with transliterations and comments by linguists.

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Holy Week activities in Metro Manila suspended

#PHnews: Holy Week activities in Metro Manila suspended

MANILA -- Catholic prelates in Metro Manila have suspended Holy Week activities set next month in response to the declaration of the government putting entire Luzon in an enhanced community quarantine to stop the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).

In Pastoral Statement of the Bishops of Metro Manila issued Monday, the heads of the archdiocese, dioceses, and Military Vicariate in the country have agreed to cancel the Holy Week activities such as Palm Sunday, Visita Iglesia, Siete Palabras, Good Friday procession and Easter Sunday 'salubong'.

“Since the dates for the Metro Manila Community Quarantine will coincide with the last three Sundays of Lent, and Holy Week, it would mean that the liturgical celebrations during this days, including Palm Sunday, the rest of the Holy Week and Easter Sunday will not be open to the public,” it said.

The faithful are encouraged to stay home and follow the said activities on television, radio, or online.

"The faithful are called upon to pray the Rosary as it is a good prayer to meditate on the mysteries of the life of the Lord that we intensely celebrate in the universal Church during the Holy Week,” it said.

The observance of Holy Week this year is from April 5, Palm Sunday, until April 12, Easter Sunday.

At the same time, clergy members and local government units (LGUs) are urged to give donations for the poor people and workers that are affected.

“The month-long community quarantine will affect the poor and the daily wage earners heavily. Let our parishes and church institutions, in close coordination with their local government units (LGUs), be creative in going out of their way to help the people in their basic needs. We appeal for donations to help the poor and the sick,” it added.

The prelates also reiterated their call for the churches to ring their bells at 12 noon and 8 p.m. to call the faithful to pray the Oratio Imperata together with the praying of the Angelus at noon and the family rosary in the evening.

“Our present situation is fluid. For the moment these are our common actions in our dioceses. Other developments and subsequent instructions may come in the future. Let us be vigilant. We offer to the Lord the difficulties and uncertainties that confront us in the spirit of Lent, which is the spirit of fervent prayer, penance, and generosity. We assured of Easter. Life will overcome death. This virus will pass us by,” the Church leaders added.

The statement was signed by Antipolo Auxiliary Bishop Nolly Buco, Antipolo Bishop Francisco de Leon, Novaliches Bishop Roberto Gaa, Apostolic Administrator of Archdiocese of Manila Bishop Broderick Pabillo, Pasig Bishop Mylo Hubert Vergara, Kalookan Pablo Virgilio David, Military Ordinariate of the Philippines Bishop Oscar Florencio, Parañaque Bishop Jesse Mercado, Cubao Bishop Honesto Ongtioco and Malolos Bishop Dennis Villarojo.

President Rodrigo Duterte declared the implementation of an enhanced community quarantine in the entire Luzon effective Monday night. (PNA)

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References:

* Philippine News Agency. "Holy Week activities in Metro Manila suspended." Philippine News Agency. https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1096823 (accessed March 17, 2020 at 07:07PM UTC+14).

* Philippine News Agency. "Holy Week activities in Metro Manila suspended." Archive Today. https://archive.ph/?run=1&url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1096823 (archived).

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“The reason Jesus raised the dead is because not everyone dies in God’s timing. Jesus could tell, and He would interrupt that funeral, He would interrupt that process that some would just call the sovereignty of God. And He’d raise the little girl, he’d raise the adult person from the dead.”

That’s the reason Bill Johnson, senior pastor at Bethel Church Redding, asserts for his church’s request for prayer to raise a dead two-year-old girl according to his interpretation of this portion of the gospel but it begs the question: is that the real reason Jesus raised the dead?

Johnson released a video message Wednesday in response to the outcry and criticism explaining that he and his church family believe God has called them to follow the precedent that Jesus set forth by commanding His followers to raise the dead.

“Saturday, just a few days ago, we had a great tragedy, one of the key individuals in our world, their 2-year-old little girl died, quite unexpectedly, just out of nowhere. So we’ve been praying for the miracle of God. Mom and dad, Andrew and Kelly, have asked us to pray for resurrection. We’ve joined with them,” Johnson said in a video clip posted on Instagram.

Johnson addressed their church’s beliefs in the video.

“We have a biblical precedent, Jesus raised the dead! Not only that, He introduced Himself as the resurrection and the life. In fact, in John 11 verse 40, He says, ‘If you believe you will see the glory of God,’” Johnson said.

“So seeing what Jesus has accomplished, what He did in His lifetime, and then when you add to that He commanded His followers, His disciples, in Matthew Chapter 10, verse 8, ‘to heal the sick, to raise the dead, to cast out devils, to cleanse the lepers.’ None of those are things that we can actually do. Yet He commanded us because somehow, in our Yes, He gives us the ability to carry out His mission. Being commissioned means we’ve said yes to His mission,” the Redding, California-based church leader continued.

  The leader said when there is breakthrough or a miracle, Jesus gets the credit, adding, “but when it doesn’t work, we don’t blame God. We give him the glory. We give him the praise. We celebrate his goodness, his kindness, because nothing about our experience – difficult or not – changes who he is.”

Johnson said he and his church members are committed to living with a conviction and a devotion to what Jesus taught them to do. While in this period of believing for a miracle and hosting worship services to pray for Olive to “wake up,” some have criticized the church and its leadership for giving the family “false hope” or interfering with God’s will, but the minister says he believed this death was not God’s timing. 

“Some have asked, ‘isn’t this interrupting the sovereignty of God?’ And my response is, ‘First of all, we don’t ever want to violate the sovereignty of God. God is sovereign. He chooses what He wants and we cooperate with Him. There’s no question.’ But then my question is, why did Jesus raise the dead? Did He violate the sovereignty of God? Did the Father will one thing, and Jesus will another? Of course not!” Johnson emphasized.

He added: “The reason Jesus raised the dead is because not everyone dies in God’s timing. Jesus could tell, and He would interrupt that funeral, He would interrupt that process that some would just call the sovereignty of God. And He’d raise the little girl, he’d raise the adult person from the dead.”

Johnson maintained that Jesus set a precedent for the church to follow and that is what they are doing at a time when they are unsure of how to proceed other than believing for a miracle.

Playing God

The dangers of interpreting scripture are very real. Christ’s encounter with the devil in the desert proves even Satan has knowledge of the Scripture. The key is discerning who is speaking them in Truth. Christ demonstrates that same knowledge and greater discernment in His response to the devil (See Mark 1:12-13; Luke 4:1-13).

The danger in taking Scripture at piecemeal (or even face value) rather than in its intended context is that we are behaving just like the devil. We are putting God’s words together in a way that justifies our own behavior rather than exalts the actual glory of God. In essence, we too, like the devil, are guilty of playing God.

Johnson uses a quote from John 11:40 where the author is retelling the account of Jesus Raising Lazarus’ from the Tomb. Jesus is speaking to Lazarus’ sister, Martha.

Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise.”

Martha said to him, “I know he will rise, in the resurrection on the last day.”

Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live,

Fast forward a few lines and a very perturbed Jesus is speaking:

Jesus said, “Take away the stone.”

Martha, the dead man’s sister, said to him, “Lord, by now there will be a stench; he has been dead for four days.”

Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believe you will see the glory of God?”

Why is Jesus perturbed?

Because the people are not understanding what he is preaching. They are looking only at the reality of the situation and the physical actions occurring rather than the spiritual implications of what Christ is actually demonstrating.

Why does Scripture say Jesus raised the dead?

It has nothing to do with him noticing that Lazarus’ death was ill-timed. The answer is right there in Scripture:

So they took away the stone. And Jesus raised his eyes and said, “Father,* I thank you for hearing me. I know that you always hear me; but because of the crowd here (that unbelieving, see only the physical account and not the spiritual crowd who had perturbed Jesus) I have said this, that they may believe that you sent me.”

In fact, none of the accounts of those Jesus raises from the dead give any indication in Scripture that their death is out of timing with God. What is clearly demonstrated is Jesus’ power over death in those circumstances. A demonstration which Jesus only performs at certain times according to the Father’s will.

Is Jesus the resurrection and the life? Absolutely! But does that mean that all of us are to experience our Resurrection Day all at once just because someone in church stands up and says, he believes our day is here? No!

This is one of my problems with the Church today. There is so much focus on using the gifts of the Holy Spirit to imitate Jesus to the world and not enough focus on imitating Jesus’ prayer life, his discernment, and his unity with the Father. Knowledge and Love of the Giver is more important than using His gifts. Christ came to show the world the Father not glorify himself in reckless use of power. He prayed more than he performed miracles. The Bible records Jesus praying continually while it records only 7 major miracles. If the Acts Church appear to be demonstrating the gifts more than they are praying then either the Scriptures are simply leaving out prayer recordings because it’s a matter of public record they too would have prayed continually like Jesus or they were already imitating Him falsely. There is more to the Word of God than what is written, there is more to the lifestyle of Jesus than what is read.

Knowledge and Discernment of the Scriptures is vital in this Age, lest we be lead astray following the doctrine of demons who are not God but only playing at trying to be Him (Read 1 Tim. 4:1).

Playing Church

Johnson concludes his argument with a final vague explanation of how his church will operate moving forward.

“There’s no manual that tells us to fast this many days, pray this many hours. We don’t have any of that. What we do have is a biblical precedent, Jesus’ lifestyle and Jesus’ commands,” he said, adding, “Someone asked, ‘How long do you pray, when do you quit praying?’ I don’t have a good answer. We’re kind of in the middle of that journey right now.”

Is that true? Is there really no manual? Have we no other guidance than simply ‘Jesus’ lifestyle and commands’?

Pope Francis and others don’t seem to agree and offer another explanation of Jesus’ raising the dead.

“Jesus can raise everyone from the tomb of a dead, tired soul,” Pope Francis says.

His remarks came during a late afternoon visit to the Church of St. Gregory the Great on the outskirts of Rome. Before he celebrated Mass, he met with young people, the sick and elderly and heard the confessions of a number of parishioners.

“Come out from the dark cave of pride, sin and death and into the light of a new life with Christ,” Pope Francis said. “Take away the stone of shame” that is keeping you trapped inside a life that is dead or painful and be raised up again by Christ.”

In his homily and during his Angelus address at noon with pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square, the pope spoke about the day’s Gospel reading from the Gospel of John (11:1-45), which recounts Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead.

When Jesus went to Lazarus’ tomb, he asked that the stone sealing the entrance be taken away. He then “cried out in a loud voice, ‘Lazarus come out!’ And the dead man came out,” the Gospel says.

Jesus is saying the same thing to people today, the pope said at the Mass, “because we’re all marked by death” and sin. “All of us have some areas, some parts of our hearts that are not alive, that are a little dead and other people have a lot of their heart that’s dead — a real spiritual necrosis!”

The parts of a person’s heart that have died have become “tombs of sin,” he said, and some people become trapped inside, either because they are afraid or embarrassed to come out or they have become “attached” to their sin and corrupted.

The pope asked people to think about what part of their hearts have died, that have become a dark tomb, and then listen to Jesus calling, like he called Lazarus: “Come out!”

“Christ doesn’t give up in front of the tombs we have built by our choosing evil and death, by our mistakes, our sins,” the pope said. Jesus “calls us incessantly to get out of the darkness of the prison we’ve locked ourselves into by making do with a false, egotistical, mediocre life.”

“‘Come out!’ is a beautiful invitation to true freedom,” he said.

“Our resurrection begins here, when we decide to obey Jesus’ command, to come out into the light, to life,” he said.

Just as Jesus asked that the burial cloths that were wrapped around Lazarus’ hands, feet and face be untied, so Christians today need to uncover their true selves.

“Many times we are masked by sin; the masks must fall and we will rediscover the courage of our original face,” created in the image of God.

There is no limit to how much love and mercy God offers to everyone, he said.

I have the utmost respect for Pastors who are trying to lead their flock in Truth. The community at Bethel has no doubt brought a wealth of deposits to the Faith in areas of worship and healing evangelism. However, it is obvious from Pastor Johnson’s message that a little more surety could be added to their faith. This is where Faith and Reason must begin to align together within the Church Body. We cannot rely solely on the gift of faith where the work of reason is also necessary. Jesus demonstrated both Faith and Works of Reason were necessary to advance the Kingdom.

If we’re to follow Johnson’s formula of Biblical precedence then it should be obvious that Jesus was never unsure about anything he did. Everything Jesus did was done in accordance with the will of Our Heavenly Father and with perfect accuracy. There was no room for error or wounding on part of an over zealous Christ who “got it wrong” or “heard another Jesus” speaking. If the Church is to advance in this Apostolic Age, it needs to stop playing dress up and start demanding of itself a greater maturity in both discernment and accuracy. This can only be done in places where hearts are committed to the Battle of Prayer and becoming completely united, undivided, with the heart of the Father through Jesus and the works of Wisdom by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Johnson was truly right about one thing, Jesus did command us to raise the dead and since we do not have the ability to do so in our own strength “He commanded us because somehow, in our Yes, He gives us the ability to carry out His mission. Being commissioned means we’ve said yes to His mission.” My only question is are we going about the same mission or are we playing church? Pretending we don’t know what Jesus was really preaching that day, refusing to listen to others in the Church who can offer spiritual guidance and wisdom of the Holy Spirit.

If your faith rests solely in the interpretation of one person’s account of the Scriptures, you are sorely missing out on the fuller expression of the Gospel.

To believe that any one man (or even a few) is capable of receiving the full deposit of faith in his lifetime is prideful. If we are to live by the lifestyle and commands of Jesus then we have to recognize that his entire life is the embodiment of every soul to have ever lived. Within Jesus is the wisdom given to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Enoch, Elijah, and all the prophets through John the Baptist. Jesus is the living embodiment of the collective Wisdom deposited into mankind (1 Corinthians 1:30). No one man can pull that out of Him. Jesus is the singular man who pulls Wisdom out from all of us.

In the tradition of the Jews and the Apostles, there is a collective Truth handed down through the Ages that is represented in the saints of all churches, the popes, bishops, priests and even martyrs. Among Catholics it is known as the Magisterium or “Deposit of Faith” which has been collected and protected and defended (even if at times imperfectly) throughout the Ages since Jesus handed the key of David – ‘O Key of Wisdom’ – to Peter.

So, yes, there is a manual for us all to follow.

And, I pray we do start following it, together. So that we can stop playing church and start being the Church.

There is no need for us to wander without answers when we have been given the gift of Jesus’ Wisdom in the Holy Spirit. My prayers go out to the fellowship at Bethel that they might discover the fullness of Truth, with an undivided heart, a greater level of discernment, and demonstrate Him with accuracy, so that more might be healed and come to know the real Christ than are wounded and led astray by the other Christ (2 Corinthians 11:14).

May the Body of Christ truly unite ourselves to Christ’s mission, “that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me” John 17:21. Come Holy Spirit! Before we desire your gifts may we desire more the heart of the Giver. Grow us in prayer and discernment that we may be made worthy of your gifts.

The Danger Against Playing Church, Playing God: Bethel Responds to #WakeUpOlive “The reason Jesus raised the dead is because not everyone dies in God's timing. Jesus could tell, and He would interrupt that funeral, He would interrupt that process that some would just call the sovereignty of God.

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Pope announces Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon region

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has announced a special assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon region that will focus on the needs of its indigenous people, on new paths for evangelization and on the crisis of the rain forest.

The Pope’s announcement came on Sunday during the Angelus after a canonization Mass during which he canonized 35 new saints, including three indigenous children martyred in 16th century Mexico.

“Accepting the desire of some Catholic Bishops’ Conferences in Latin America, as well as the voice of various pastors and faithful from other parts of the world, I have decided to convene a Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon region, which will take place in Rome in the month October 2019”  he said.

Evangelization, indigenous people, crisis of rain forest 

The main purpose of the Amazon synod, the Pope explained, will be to “identify new paths for the evangelization of God’s people in that region”.

Special attention, he added, will be paid to the indigenous people who are “often forgotten and without the prospect of a serene future, also because of the crisis of the Amazonian rain forest, a ‘lung’ of primary importance for our planet.”

REPAM

In 2014 The Catholic Church in Pan-Amazonia founded a Pan-Amazon Ecclesial Network – REPAM - as “God's answer to this heartfelt and urgent need to care for the life of people so they are able to live in harmony with nature, starting from the widespread and varied presence of members and structures of the Church in Pan-Amazonia”.

REPAM is constituted not only by the regional Bishops’ Conferences, but also by priests, missionaries of congregations who work in the Amazon jungle, national representatives of Caritas and laypeople belonging to various Church bodies in the region. 

As reported on the REPAM website “The Amazon territory is the largest tropical forest in the world. It covers six million square kilometers and includes the territories of Guyana, Suriname and French Guyana, Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru and Brazil. It is home to 2,779,478 indigenous people, comprising 390 indigenous tribes and 137 isolated (uncontacted) peoples with their valuable ancestral cultures, and 240 spoken languages belonging to 49 linguistic families”. 

It is “a territory that is devastated and threatened by the concessions made by States to transnational corporations. Large-scale mining projects, monoculture and climate change place its lands and natural environment at great risk”, leading to the destruction of cultures, undermining the self-determination of peoples and above all affronting Christ incarnate in the people who live there (indigenous and riparian peoples, peasant farmers, afro-descendants and urban populations). 

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27/11/22 - "Nativitas FVG 2022" - Concerto - "Angelus ad pastores" - ore 20.30 - c/o Duomo - Codroipo (UD)

27/11/22 – “Nativitas FVG 2022” – Concerto – “Angelus ad pastores” – ore 20.30 – c/o Duomo – Codroipo (UD)

Vi informiamo che: domenica 27 novembre 2022Codroipo (Ud) Duomo, ore 20.30Angelus ad pastores Coro Sante Sabide | Goricizza di Codroipo (Ud)direttore | Cristian CozzuttiCoro Giovanile Regionale del Friuli Venezia Giulia direttore | Mirko Ferlan (tratto dal sito https://uscifvg.it/it/cosa-facciamo/nativitas-fvg-2022/calendario-degli-eventi) “Non scegli Tu la musica! E’ la Musica che sceglie…

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..PAPA FRANCESCO..ANGELUS..Piazza San Pietro..Cari fratelli e sorelle, buongiorno!..Il brano evangelico di questa domenica (Mt 18,21-35) ci offre un insegnamento sul perdono, che non nega il torto subito ma riconosce che l’essere umano, creato ad immagine di Dio, è sempre più grande del male che commette. San Pietro domanda a Gesù..Se il mio fratello commette colpe contro di me, quante volte dovrò perdonargli? Fino a sette volte?..(v. 21). A Pietro sembra già il massimo perdonare sette volte a una stessa persona; e forse a noi sembra già molto farlo due volte. Ma Gesù risponde..Non ti dico fino a sette volte, ma fino a settanta volte sette..(v. 22), vale a dire sempre: tu devi perdonare sempre. E lo conferma raccontando la parabola del re misericordioso e del servo spietato, nella quale mostra l’incoerenza di colui che prima è stato perdonato e poi si rifiuta di perdonare..Il re della parabola è un uomo generoso che, preso da compassione, condona un debito enorme..diecimila talenti..enorme..a un servo che lo supplica. Ma quello stesso servo, appena incontra un altro servo come lui che gli deve cento denari..cioè molto meno..si comporta in modo spietato, facendolo gettare in prigione. L’atteggiamento incoerente di questo servo è anche il nostro quando rifiutiamo il perdono ai nostri fratelli. Mentre il re della parabola è l’immagine di Dio che ci ama di un amore così ricco di misericordia da accoglierci, e amarci e perdonarci continuamente..Fin dal nostro Battesimo Dio ci ha perdonati, condonandoci un debito insolvibile: il peccato originale. Ma, quella è la prima volta. Poi, con una misericordia senza limiti, Egli ci perdona tutte le colpe non appena mostriamo anche solo un piccolo segno di pentimento. Dio è così: misericordioso. Quando siamo tentati di chiudere il nostro cuore a chi ci ha offeso e ci chiede scusa, ricordiamoci delle parole del Padre celeste al servo spietato..Io ti ho condonato tutto quel debito perché tu mi hai pregato. Non dovevi anche tu aver pietà del tuo compagno, così come io ho avuto pietà di te?..(vv. 32-33). Chiunque abbia sperimentato la gioia, la pace e la libertà interiore che viene dall’essere perdonato può aprirsi alla possibilità di perdonare a sua volta..Nella preghiera del Padre Nostro, Gesù ha voluto inserire lo stesso insegnamento di questa parabola. Ha messo in relazione diretta il perdono che chiediamo a Dio con il perdono che dobbiamo concedere ai nostri fratelli..Rimetti a noi i nostri debiti come anche noi li rimettiamo ai nostri debitori..(Mt 6,12). Il perdono di Dio è il segno del suo straripante amore per ciascuno di noi; è l’amore che ci lascia liberi di allontanarci, come il figlio prodigo, ma che attende ogni giorno il nostro ritorno; è l’amore intraprendente del pastore per la pecora perduta; è la tenerezza che accoglie ogni peccatore che bussa alla sua porta. Il Padre celeste..nostro Padre..è pieno, è pieno di amore e vuole offrircelo, ma non lo può fare se chiudiamo il nostro cuore all’amore per gli altri..La Vergine Maria ci aiuti ad essere sempre più consapevoli della gratuità e della grandezza del perdono ricevuto da Dio, per diventare misericordiosi come Lui, Padre buono, lento all’ira e grande nell’amore..Dopo l'Angelus..Cari fratelli e sorelle, Saluto i partecipanti alla corsa podistica Via Pacis, che ha toccato luoghi di culto delle diverse confessioni religiose presenti a Roma. Auspico che questa iniziativa culturale e sportiva possa favorire il dialogo, la convivenza e la pace. Saluto i numerosi giovani venuti da Loreto, accompagnati dai Frati Cappuccini, che hanno iniziato oggi una giornata di riflessione e meditazione: voi ci portate il ..profumo.. del Santuario della Santa Casa, grazie! Saluto anche i volontari Pro Loco e i camminatori che iniziano oggi la staffetta per Assisi. Buon cammino!..A tutti auguro una buona domenica. Per favore, non dimenticatevi di pregare per me. Buon pranzo e arrivederci!..

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6th October >> (@VaticanNews) #PopeFrancis #Pope Francis celebrates #Mass in St Peter’s Basilica for the Opening of the Special Assembly of the #Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon Region. In his #homily, the Pope urges the Bishops to take to heart the message of Saint Paul in his Letter to Timothy.

Pope Francis opens Synod for the Amazon, calling for fidelity to the newness of the Spirit

Pope Francis celebrates Mass in St Peter’s Basilica for the Opening of the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon Region. In his homily, the Pope urges the Bishops to take to heart the message of Saint Paul in his Letter to Timothy.

By Vatican News

It was at the Angelus of 15 October 2017 that Pope Francis first announced he was convoking a Special Assembly of Bishops in order to “identify new pathways for the Church and for an integral ecology”.

Paul to Timothy

On Sunday, the Pope celebrated Mass for the opening of that Synod, invoking Saint Paul, “the greatest missionary in the Church’s history”. The Apostle “helps us to make this ‘synod’, this ‘journey together’”, he said.

Pope Francis quoted Paul’s words to Timothy, when he writes: “I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is within you through the laying on of my hands”.

Hands

The Pope went on to remind the Bishops gathered from all over the world for this Synod that hands were laid on their heads, so that they might raise their hands to intercede before the Father, and extend their hands to help their brothers and sisters.

Gifts

“We received a gift so that we might become a gift”, said the Pope. “Gifts are not bought, traded or sold; they are received and given away”, he added. “If we hold on to them, if we make ourselves the centre and not the gift we have received, we become bureaucrats, not shepherds”.

Service

“Thanks to the gift we have received, our lives are directed to service”, continued Pope Francis. “We do not serve for the sake of personal profit or gain, but because we received freely and want to give freely in return”, he added, insisting that the Bishops “put God’s gift at the centre”.

Fidelity

The Pope returned to Saint Paul when he spoke of how that gift must be rekindled, like a fire, “if we are to be faithful to our calling”. A fire does not burn by itself, he continued, “it has to be fed or else it dies and turns to ashes”. We cannot spend our days “defending the status quo”, said the Pope. “Jesus did not come to bring a gentle evening breeze, but to light a fire on the earth”.

Prudence

Pope Francis identified that fire as the Holy Spirit, “the giver of gifts”. Saint Paul tells Timothy: “God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power and love and prudence”. Paul places prudence in opposition to timidity, explained Pope Francis. He then quoted the Catechism’s definition of prudence as: “the virtue that disposes practical reason to discern our true good in every circumstance and to choose the right means of achieving it”.

Discernment

“Prudence is the virtue of the pastor who, in order to serve with wisdom, is able to discern, to be receptive to the newness of the Spirit”, continued the Pope. “Rekindling our gift in the fire of the Spirit is the opposite of letting things take their course without doing anything”.

Pope Francis prayed that the Spirit may “give us his own daring prudence”, and “inspire our Synod to renew the paths of the Church in Amazonia, so that the fire of mission will continue to burn”.

Fire

“When peoples and cultures are devoured without love and without respect”, said Pope Francis, “it is not God’s fire but that of the world”. “May God preserve us from the greed of new forms of colonialism”, he added.

Referring to the fire that recently devastated Amazonia, the Pope said it “is not the fire of the Gospel”. God’s fire “is fed by sharing, not by profits”, he added. “The fire that destroys”, said Pope Francis, “blazes up when people want to promote only their own ideas… in the attempt to make everyone and everything uniform”.

Witness

The Pope concluded by repeating Saint Paul’s request to Timothy “to bear witness to the Gospel”. To preach the Gospel, said Pope Francis “is to live as an offering, to bear witness to the end, to become all things to all people, to love even to the point of martyrdom”. He noted, too, that there are some Cardinals who have themselves experienced “the cross of martyrdom”.

We serve the Gospel, said the Pope, “by persevering in humble love, by believing that the only real way to possess life is to lose it through love”.

Amazonia

Pope Francis’ last words were for our brothers and sisters in Amazonia: they are “bearing heavy crosses and awaiting the liberating consolation of the Gospel, the Church’s caress of love”, he said.

“So many of our brothers and sisters in Amazonia have poured out their life”, the Pope added. He quoted “our beloved Cardinal Hummes”, who, he noted, regularly goes to the cemeteries of the small towns he visits in the Amazon. “And then, with a little shrewdness” the Pope said, the Cardinal told him not to forget them, saying, “They deserve to be canonized.”

“For them”, the Pope concluded, “for these [people] who are giving their life now, for those who have poured out their life, and with them, let us journey together”.

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Tomàs Casat, Bernat Tarrés & Eduard Boadas - Angelus ad pastores [Spain] Escolania de Montserrat

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THE PROPHECY OF Zacharias - From The Douay-Rheims Bible - Latin Vulgate

Chapter 10

INTRODUCTION.

Zacharias or Zachariah began to prophesy in the same year as Aggeus, and upon the same occasion. His prophecy is full of mysterious figures and promises of blessings, partly relating to the synagogue and partly to the Church of Christ. Ch. --- He is the "most obscure and longest of the twelve;" (S. Jer.) though Osee wrote the same number of chapters. H. --- Zacharias has been confounded with many others of the same name. Little is known concerning his life. Some have asserted that the ninth and two following chapters were written by Jeremias, in whose name C. xi. 12. is quoted Mat. xxvii. 9. But that is more probably a mistake of transcribers. Zacharias speaks more plainly of the Messias and of the last siege of Jerusalem than the rest, as he live nearer those times. C. --- His name signifies, "the memory of the Lord." S. Jer. --- He appeared only two months after Aggeus, and shewed that the Church should flourish in the synagogue, and much more after the coming of Christ, who would select his first preachers from among the Jews. Yet few of them shall embrace the gospel, in comparison with the Gentiles, though they shall at last be converted. S. Jer. ad Paulin. W.

The additional Notes in this Edition of the New Testament will be marked with the letter A. Such as are taken from various Interpreters and Commentators, will be marked as in the Old Testament. B. Bristow, C. Calmet, Ch. Challoner, D. Du Hamel, E. Estius, J. Jansenius, M. Menochius, Po. Polus, P. Pastorini, T. Tirinus, V. Bible de Vence, W. Worthington, Wi. Witham. — The names of other authors, who may be occasionally consulted, will be given at full length.

Verses are in English and Latin.

HAYDOCK CATHOLIC BIBLE COMMENTARY

This Catholic commentary on the Old Testament, following the Douay-Rheims Bible text, was originally compiled by Catholic priest and biblical scholar Rev. George Leo Haydock (1774-1849). This transcription is based on Haydock's notes as they appear in the 1859 edition of Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary printed by Edward Dunigan and Brother, New York, New York.

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

Changes made to the original text for this transcription include the following:

Greek letters. The original text sometimes includes Greek expressions spelled out in Greek letters. In this transcription, those expressions have been transliterated from Greek letters to English letters, put in italics, and underlined. The following substitution scheme has been used: A for Alpha; B for Beta; G for Gamma; D for Delta; E for Epsilon; Z for Zeta; E for Eta; Th for Theta; I for Iota; K for Kappa; L for Lamda; M for Mu; N for Nu; X for Xi; O for Omicron; P for Pi; R for Rho; S for Sigma; T for Tau; U for Upsilon; Ph for Phi; Ch for Chi; Ps for Psi; O for Omega. For example, where the name, Jesus, is spelled out in the original text in Greek letters, Iota-eta-sigma-omicron-upsilon-sigma, it is transliterated in this transcription as, Iesous. Greek diacritical marks have not been represented in this transcription.

Footnotes. The original text indicates footnotes with special characters, including the astrisk (*) and printers' marks, such as the dagger mark, the double dagger mark, the section mark, the parallels mark, and the paragraph mark. In this transcription all these special characters have been replaced by numbers in square brackets, such as [1], [2], [3], etc.

Accent marks. The original text contains some English letters represented with accent marks. In this transcription, those letters have been rendered in this transcription without their accent marks.

Other special characters.

Solid horizontal lines of various lengths that appear in the original text have been represented as a series of consecutive hyphens of approximately the same length, such as ---.

Ligatures, single characters containing two letters united, in the original text in some Latin expressions have been represented in this transcription as separate letters. The ligature formed by uniting A and E is represented as Ae, that of a and e as ae, that of O and E as Oe, and that of o and e as oe.

Monetary sums in the original text represented with a preceding British pound sterling symbol (a stylized L, transected by a short horizontal line) are represented in this transcription with a following pound symbol, l.

The half symbol (1/2) and three-quarters symbol (3/4) in the original text have been represented in this transcription with their decimal equivalent, (.5) and (.75) respectively.

Unreadable text. Places where the transcriber's copy of the original text is unreadable have been indicated in this transcription by an empty set of square brackets, [].

Chapter 10

God is to be sought to, and not idols. The victories of his church, which shall arise originally from the Jewish nation.

[1] Ask ye of the Lord rain in the latter season, and the Lord will make snows, and will give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.

Petite a Domino pluviam in tempore serotino, et Dominus faciet nives : et pluviam imbris dabit eis, singulis herbam in agro.

[2] For the idols have spoken what was unprofitable, and the diviners have seen a lie, and the dreamers have spoken vanity: they comforted in vain: therefore they were led away as a flock: they shall be afflicted, because they have no shepherd.

Quia simulacra locuta sunt inutile, et divini viderunt mendacium : et somniatores locuti sunt frustra, vane consolabantur : idcirco abducti sunt quasi grex : affligentur, quia non est eis pastor.

[3] My wrath is kindled against the shepherds, and I will visit upon the buck goats: for the Lord of hosts hath visited his flock, the house of Juda, and hath made them as the horse of his glory in the battle.

Super pastores iratus est furor meus, et super hircos visitabo : quia visitavit Dominus exercituum gregem suum, domum Juda, et posuit eos quasi equum gloriae suae in bello.

[4] Out of him shall come forth the corner, out of him the pin, out of him the bow of battle, out of him every exacter together.

Ex ipso angelus, ex ipso paxillas, ex ipso arcus praelii, ex ipso egredietur omnis exactor simul.

[5] And they shall be as mighty men, treading under foot the mire of the ways in battle: and they shall fight, because the Lord is with them, and the riders of horses shall be confounded.

Et erunt quasi fortes conculcantes lutum viarum in praelio, et bellabunt, quia Dominus cum eis : et confundentur ascensores equorum.

[6] And I will strengthen the house of Juda, and save the house of Joseph: and I will bring them back again, because I will have mercy on them: and they shall be as they were when I had cast them off, for I am the Lord their God, and will hear them.

Et confortabo domum Juda, et domum Joseph salvabo : et convertam eos, quia miserebor eorum : et erunt sicut fuerunt quando non projeceram eos : ego enim Dominus Deus eorum, et exaudiam eos.

[7] And they shall be as the valiant men of Ephraim, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: and their children shall see, and shall rejoice, and their heart shall be joyful in the Lord.

Et erunt quasi fortes Ephraim, et laetabitur cor eorum quasi a vino : et filii eorum videbunt, et laetabuntur, et exsultabit cor eorum in Domino.

[8] I will whistle for them, and I will gather them together, because I have redeemed them: and I will multiply them as they were multiplied before.

Sibilabo eis, et congregabo illos, quia redemi eos : et multiplicabo eos sicut ante fuerant multiplicati.

[9] And I will sow them among peoples: and from afar they shall remember me: and they shall live with their children, and shall return.

Et seminabo eos in populis, et de longe recordabuntur mei : et vivent cum filiis suis, et revertentur.

[10] And I will bring them back out of the land of Egypt, and will gather them from among the Assyrians: and will bring them to the land of Galaad, and Libanus, and place shall not be found for them.

Et reducam eos de terra Aegypti, et de Assyriis congregabo eos, et ad terram Galaad et Libani adducam eos, et non invenietur eis locus :

[11] And he shall pass over the strait of the sea, and shall strike the waves in the sea, and all the depths of the river shall be confounded, and the pride of Assyria shall be humbled, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart.

et transibit in maris freto, et percutiet in mari fluctus, et confundentur omnia profunda fluminis : et humiliabitur superbia Assur, et sceptrum Aegypti recedet.

[12] I will strengthen them in the Lord, and they shall walk in his name, saith the Lord.

Confortabo eos in Domino, et in nomine ejus ambulabunt, dicit Dominus.

Commentary:

Ver. 1. Snows. Prot. "Bright clouds," or "lightnings." H. --- God will presently grant your requests, after the persecution of Epiphanes. C. --- The latter season is when fruit ripens, the acceptable time to sue for grace. W.

Ver. 2. Vanity. Jason prevailed on many to imitate the Gentiles. 1 Mac. i. 12.

Ver. 3. Goats; the leaders of the people. Jer. l. 8. C. --- Vir gregis ipse caper. Virg. Ec. vii. --- Jason died in exile, Lysimachus was slain in the temple, Alcimus perished miserably, and Menelaus was hurled among ashes. 2 Mac. v. 5. and iv. 39. and xiii. 4. and 1 Mac. ix. 54. --- Battle. The apostates have suffered: God will not abandon his flock, but raises up Mathathias, &c.

Ver. 4. Corner, to connect the building. The Machabees were not of the tribe of Juda; but it was the chief, and gave name to the rest. Judas was also a figure of Christ, the chief corner-stone, and he should be born of that tribe. --- Pin, to fasten down the tent, or to hang things upon. These comparisons were not deemed mean, 1 Esd. ix. 8. and Is. xxii. 23. --- Exactor. The term may have a good as well as a bad sense. Taxes must be paid for the support of lawful governments. Judas forced other nations to pay tribute. C. --- The same term in Ethiopia, means "a king." De Dieu.

Ver. 5. Riders. The Syrians, with (H.) all their cavalry, were routed by a few ill-armed infantry. C.

Ver. 6. Joseph. All the tribes shall embrace the gospel at last. W. --- Back, from the caverns to which they had fled.

Ver. 7. Valiant. Ephraim was a powerful and valiant tribe. Deut. xxxiii. 17. C.

Ver. 8. Whistle. Christians are sweetly drawn by inspirations, without clamorous words. S. Cyr. W. --- This expression shews the sovereign dominion of God. C. --- Sept. "I will give them a sign." H.

Ver. 9. Me. The Jews were spread throughout the world, and adhered to their own customs. Philo.  See Acts ii. 8. --- While they enjoyed the greatest prosperity, they kept together in a small territory. It is wonderful how they have since increased.

Ver. 10. For them. They returned from the places to which they had been dispersed during former wars, when Judas had liberated his country. C.

Ver. 11. Sea. The Jews pretend that the Bosphorus' straits were dried up, to afford them a passage. S. Jer. --- But they must produce some stronger text to prove such a miracle. No obstacles shall be able to retard God's people. Is. xi. 16. --- Assyria. After Epiphanes, the kingdom subsisted only about seventy years. --- Egypt. The Ptolemies excluded the natural princes, who have never regained the throne. They who had so often disturbed the Jews, were deprived of their power over them by the Syrians, and never could prevail there again after the Machabees. C. - When the faithful are confirmed in their religion, the enemy cannot hurt them. W.

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23rd June >> (@ZenitEnglish By Deborah Castellano Lubov) #Pope Francis #PopeFrancis Vatican-provided text of the Pope Francis’ homily on Corpus Christi: Do Not Take Eucharist Habitually; Must Be Always Like Our 1st Holy Communion (Full Homily)

Pope Francis on Corpus Christi: Do Not Take Eucharist Habitually; Must Be Always Like Our 1st Holy Communion (Full Homily)

Presides at Mass Before Eucharistic Procession in Roman Zone of Casal Bertone

“It is Jesus, Jesus alive, but we must not get used to it: it must be every time as if it were our First Communion.”

Pope Francis gave this impassioned reminder this Solemnity of Corpus Christi, during his Angelus address at noon. In the afternoon, he presided at the Eucharistic Celebration in the zone of Casal Bertone in Rome, followed by a Eucharistic procession.

The Director of the Holy See Press Office, Alessandro Gisotti, announced the Holy Father’s to do so, in a June 10 statement, noting: “On Sunday June 23, on the Solemnity of the Holy Body and Blood of Christ, at 6 p.m., Pope Francis will celebrate Mass on the churchyard of the Church of Santa Maria Consolatrice, in the Casal Bertone district of Rome.”

“At the end of the Eucharistic Celebration,” he noted, “the procession with the Blessed Sacrament will take place in the streets of the neighborhood, ending with the Eucharistic blessing imparted by the Holy Father.”

“Tonight,” the Holy Father reminded this Solemnity of Corpus Christi, “we will be nourished by His body given up for us.”

The Pope noted that if we receive it into our hearts, the power of love, will be released in us. “We will feel blessed and loved,” he said, stating: “and we will want to bless and love in turn, beginning here, in our city, in the streets where we will process this evening.”

“The Lord comes to our streets in order to speak a blessing for us and to give us courage. He asks that we too be blessing and gift for others,” Francis underscored.

During the Pope’s Angelus today, he reflected on the Feast Day and how we must never get used to, and just take for granted, receiving the Eucharist.

The feast of Corpus Domini, the Holy Father reminded, “invites us every year to renew the wonder and joy for this stupendous gift of the Lord, which is the Eucharist.”

He called on faithful to receive it “with gratitude,” “not in a passive, habitual way.”

“We must not get used to the Eucharist and go to Communion out of habit: no!” he said, adding that every time, we approach the altar to receive the Eucharist, “we must truly renew our “Amen” to the Body of Christ. “When the priest says to us “the Body of Christ,” we say “Amen,” but it must be an “Amen” that comes from the heart, with conviction.”

Francis stressed that the Eucharist “is Jesus,” Jesus “who has saved me” and “given me the strength to live.”

Pope Francis underscored: “It is Jesus, Jesus alive, but we must not get used to it: it must be every time as if it were our First Communion.”

Angelus Address: On the Feast of Corpus Christi

After some 100 years without the Eucharistic Procession in Rome, Pope John Paul II had restored the Roman tradition in 1982. Last year, 2018, marked the first year since then without it.

In the past for Corpus Christi, Pope Francis presided over the Eucharistic celebration for the Solemnity of Corpus Christi in the courtyard of the Basilica of Saint John Lateran. After the Pope would lead the traditional procession that took place to the nearby Basilica of Saint Mary Major, the Pontiff would impart the solemn Eucharistic Blessing.

All faithful interested in attending the Papal Mass, and partaking in the procession which followed, were welcome to attend. Tickets were not needed, as faithful had free access to the square to take part in the celebration.

Tradition involves candle-carrying faithful taking part in the procession, thereby the candles illuminated an otherwise dark Via Merulana, the arterial street leading from the archbasilica of St. John Lateran to the Marian Basilica of St. Mary Major.

The festivities of the evening used to conclude in front of Saint Mary Major, with the Pope’s benediction with the Blessed Sacrament.

Last year, Pope Francis celebrated Mass and led the procession in Ostia.

Here is the Vatican-provided text of the Pope’s homily today:

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Today, God’s word helps us to appreciate more deeply two verbs that are simple and yet essential for daily life: to speak and to give.

To speak. In the first reading, Melchizedek says: “Blessed be Abram by God Most High… and blessed be God Most High” (Gen 14:19-20). For Melchizedek, to speak is to bless. He blesses Abraham, in whom all the families of the earth will be blessed (cf. Gen 12:3; Gal 3:8). Everything begins with blessing: words of goodness create a history of goodness. The same thing happens in the Gospel: before multiplying the loaves, Jesus blesses them: “Taking the five loaves, he looked up to heaven and blessed and broke them, and gave them to the disciples” (Lk 9:16). A blessing turns five loaves into food enough for a great crowd: the blessing releases a cascade of goodness.

Why is it good to bless? Because it turns a word into a gift. When we bless, we are not doing something for ourselves, but for others. Blessing is not about saying nice words or trite phrases; it is about speaking goodness, speaking with love. That is what Melchizedek did, when he spontaneously blessed Abram, who had not said or done anything for him. Jesus did the same thing, and he showed what the blessing meant by freely distributing the loaves. How many times too, have we been blessed, in church or in our homes? How many times have we received words of encouragement, or a sign of the cross on our forehead? We were blessed on the day of our baptism, and we are blessed at the end of every Mass. The Eucharist is itself a school of blessing. God blesses us, his beloved children, and thus encourages us to keep going. And we, in turn, bless God in our assemblies (cf. Ps 68:26), rediscovering the joy of praise that liberates and heals the heart. We come to Mass, certain that we will be blessed by the Lord, and we leave in order to bless others in turn, to be channels of goodness in the world.

It is important for us pastors to keep blessing God’s people. Dear priests, do not be afraid to utter a blessing, for the Lord wants to bless his people; he is happy to make us feel his affection for us. Only as those who are themselves blessed, can we in turn bless others with that same anointing of love. It is sad to think of how easily people today speak words not of blessing but of contempt and insult. In the general frenzy, we lose control and vent our rage on everything and everyone. Sadly, those who shout most and loudest, those angriest, often appeal to others and persuade them. Let us avoid being infected by that arrogance; let us not let ourselves be overcome by bitterness, for we eat the Bread that contains all sweetness within it. God’s people love to praise, not complain; we were created to bless, not grumble. In the presence of the Eucharist, Jesus who becomes bread, this simple bread that contains the entire reality of the Church, let us learn to bless all that we have, to praise God, to bless and not curse all that has led us to this moment, and to speak words of encouragement to others.

The second verb is to give. “Speaking” is thus followed by “giving”. This was the case with Abraham who, after being blessed by Melchizedek, “gave him a tenth of everything” (Gen 14:20). It was the case, too, with Jesus who after reciting the blessing, gave the loaves to be distributed among the crowd. This tells us something very beautiful. Bread is not only something to be consumed; it is a means of sharing. Surprisingly, the account of the multiplication of the loaves does not mention the multiplication itself. On the contrary, the words that stand out are: “break”, “give” and “distribute” (cf. Lk 9:16). In effect, the emphasis is not on the multiplication but the act of sharing. This is important. Jesus does not perform a magic trick; he does not change five loaves into five thousand and then to announce: “There! Distribute them!” No. Jesus first prays, then blesses the five loaves and begins to break them, trusting in the Father. And those five loaves never run out. This is no magic trick; it is an act of trust in God and his providence.

In the world, we are always trying to increase our profits, to raise our income. But why? Is it to give, or to have? To share or to accumulate? The “economy” of the Gospel multiplies through sharing, nourishes through distributing. It does not sate the greed of a few, but gives life to the world (cf. Jn 6:33). The verb Jesus uses is not to have but to give.

He tells his disciples straight out: “You give them something to eat” (Lk 9:13). We can imagine the thoughts that went through their minds: “We don’t have enough bread for ourselves, and now we are supposed to think about others? Why do we have to give them something to eat, if they came to hear our Teacher? If they didn’t bring their own food, let them go back home, or give us some money so that we can buy it”. This way of thinking is not wrong, but it isn’t the way Jesus thinks. He will have none of it: “You give them something to eat”. Whatever we have can bear fruit if we give it away – that is what Jesus wants to tell us – and it does not matter whether it is great or small. The Lord does great things with our littleness, as he did with the five loaves. He does not work spectacular miracles, but uses simple things, breaking bread in his hands, giving, distributing and sharing it. God’s omnipotence is lowly, made up of love alone. And love can accomplish great things with little. The Eucharist teaches us this: for there we find God himself contained in a piece of bread. Being simple and essential, bread broken and shared, the Eucharist we receive allows us to see things as God does. It inspires us to give ourselves to others. It is the antidote to the mindset that says: “Sorry, that is not my problem”, or: “I have no time, I can’t help you, it’s none of my business”.

In our city that hungers for love and care, that suffers from decay and neglect, that contains so many elderly people living alone, families in difficulty, young people struggling to earn their bread and to realize their dreams, the Lord says to each one of you: “You yourself give them something to eat”. You may answer: “But I have so little; I am not up to it”. That is not true; your “little” has great value in the eyes of Jesus, provided that you don’t keep it to yourself, but put it in play. And you are not alone, for you have the Eucharist, bread for the journey, the bread of Jesus. Tonight too, we will be nourished by his body given up for us. If we receive it into our hearts, this bread will release in us the power of love. We will feel blessed and loved, and we will want to bless and love in turn, beginning here, in our city, in the streets where we will process this evening. The Lord comes to our streets in order to speak a blessing for us and to give us courage. He asks that we too be blessing and gift for others.

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