Kathryn Lopez
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"Do not accept anything as truth if it lacks #love & do not accept anything as love if it lacks #truth.”-Edith Stein (St. Teresa Benedicta)
— Fr. James Bromwich (@NeriInstitute) May 19, 2015
2. Love is concrete – including the love in a cloister – Pope Francis said over the weekend.
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— Fr. Robert Barron (@FrRobertBarron) May 18, 2015
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We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe.
Bl. John Henry Cardinal Newman
— Fr. Patrick Brennan (@Pathound) May 18, 2015
5.Not to be missed On the Holy Spirit by Saint Basil the Great in the Liturgy of the Hours today:
The titles given to the Holy Spirit must surely stir the soul of anyone who hears them, and make him realize that they speak of nothing less than the supreme Being. Is he not called the Spirit of God, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, the steadfast Spirit, the guiding Spirit? But his principal and most personal title is the Holy Spirit.
To the Spirit all creatures turn in their need for sanctification; all living things seek him according to their ability. His breath empowers each to achieve its own natural end.
The Spirit is the source of holiness, a spiritual light, and he offers his own light to every mind to help it in its search for truth. By nature the Spirit is beyond the reach of our mind, but we can know him by his goodness. The power of the Spirit fills the whole universe, but he gives himself only to those who are worthy, acting in each according to the measure of his faith.
Simple in himself, the Spirit is manifold in his mighty works. The whole of his being is present to each individual; the whole of his being is present everywhere. Though shared in by many, he remains unchanged; his self-giving is no loss to himself. Like the sunshine, which permeates all the atmosphere, spreading over land and sea, and yet is enjoyed by each person as though it were for him alone, so the Spirit pours forth his grace in full measure, sufficient for all, and yet is present as though exclusively to everyone who can receive him. To all creatures that share in him he gives a delight limited only by their own nature, not by his ability to give.
The Spirit raises our hearts to heaven, guides the steps of the weak, and brings to perfection those who are making progress. He enlightens those who have been cleansed from every stain of sin and makes them spiritual by communion with himself.
As clear, transparent substances become very bright when sunlight falls on them and shine with a new radiance, so also souls in whom the Spirit dwells, and who are enlightened by the Spirit, become spiritual themselves and a source of grace for others.
From the Spirit comes foreknowledge of the future, understanding of the mysteries of faith, insight into the hidden meaning of Scripture, and other special gifts. Through the Spirit we become citizens of heaven, we enter into eternal happiness, and abide in God. Through the Spirit we acquire a likeness to God; indeed, we attain what is beyond our most sublime aspirations—we become God.
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In the Eucharist we are not left with a mere substitute for Christ, now ascended into heaven, but Christ himself. #HomilyTweet
— Fr James Bradley (@FrJamesBradley) May 19, 2015
7. Thinking about the final farewell?
8. From an interview with Philadelphia archbishop Charles J. Chaput:
[Q:] How do I, in my middle class or upper class neighborhood or parish, know the poor? What do I do to recognize the face of the poor person, not just the concept of the poor person?
[A:] I think what you ought to do is sit down with members of your parish and pastor to talk about this question, “What do we do to engage the poor?” I think most of us will find poor in our neighborhood. There are some neighborhoods that have no poor people, that’s obvious, but there are some that have many, many poor people. It seems to be that those areas that don’t have any, would have a duty in some sense to twin with other groups that do have poor. And not to just send them a check but to be involved in community service in those communities.
There are great opportunities to do that. We have some of the poorest areas in the United States here in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and the city of Philadelphia itself, and in other parts of the archdiocese not just in Philadelphia. It seems to me we would really please the holy father, and one of the fruits of his visit would be if we would commit ourselves as individual Catholics to do something about this personally.[Q:] Do you think pastors and bishops could encourage people to do that, those sorts of parish partnerships?
[A:] I think bishops and pastors ought to encourage us to be Christian all the time but there’s no reason another Christian can’t encourage the bishops and the priests to be Christian. So I don’t think that encouragement only comes from the leadership. It should come from the membership. Lay people are called to lead as much as bishops are called, in a different way, but in a real way. Evangelization in the early church was not done by priests, it was done by the laity, by good example. People became Christians because they saw the fruit of Christian life in their neighbors. I think that’s the way of the new evangelization. That’s the way to renew Christian life in our time; for the laity to decide this is not something for clergy alone but it’s something for all of us.
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Received my copy today of @pficnews Prof Fr. Thomas Joseph White's new book: The Incarnate Lord. Ready to dig in. pic.twitter.com/HptJAvglW0
— Fr. Thomas Petri, OP (@petriop) May 18, 2015
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.@BishopOlmsted reflects on God’s happiest saint: St. Philip Neri http://t.co/joDBGqkLpr pic.twitter.com/mSyjpUxhCF
— The Catholic Sun (@thecatholicsun) May 19, 2015
PLUS: Today’s readings.
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