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Edited by  Fr John Wotherspoon O.M.I.         jdwomi@gmail.com 

"Reform of the reform" agenda     (at request of a USA reader - "let more people see it" - this file now at top, not bottom,  of this page)
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 of Vatican II burning in the middle of the road
 
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Sunday
August 19
Happy Eid to all Muslim friends!
Eid is like Easter at end of Lent

The Anatomy of a Peruvian Catastrophe
  David Timbs
(Sunday blogger from Australia).
16 out of 31 bishops are Opus Dei.
Opus Dei has become an institution at odds with the People of God. It has morphed into a church within the Church and  has employed pretence, fabrication, self-interest and sheer power to wage ideological warfare against its fellow Catholics

A Parish Charter
 to celebrate Vatican II
Catholics for Ministry/Renewal

Saturday August 25
Sydney - Theology Study Day:
Vatican II after 50 years
Fr Kevin O'Shea cssr

Canadian Medical Association:
babies not human till after birth
Peter Baklinski (LifeSiteNews)
Canada continues down the drain

US Catholic Relief Services not violating church teaching (CNS)
c.f. campaign against Caritas Intl

This week's smile
Heavenly camera!

Vatican II  Reflection 236
Ordain catechists !


Bible Plan: August 19
 Readings for 20th Sunday of Year
"Come and eat"

John W:  Daily Blog - August 19
"My name is Ali" !

Monday August 20

Vatican II called for the laity to be given more responsibility.
But for some clergy, this is a threat.
 Oblate founder Eugene de Mazenod saw the laity not as a threat 
but as partners in spreading 
the love of the Gospel:

Frédéric Ozanam & the Oblates

“If one day these men have nothing else to give to the poor, I’ll take the bread from my mouth and give it to them.”
 

At the tender age of 88,
 
Brian Lewis our Monday blogger from Australia, has retired from blogging. Thank you Brian for
 all your articles. If you would ever like to send another post, 
this space is always yours. 
Notice how Brian always applied Gospel  teaching to particular situations with the compassion that Jesus showed  to those in difficulty

See comments at David Timb's 
article on yesterday's menu

Letters Extra (Tablet) 
Has post by UK blogger
Chris McDonnell: More data needed 

Poland: Catholics & Orthodox apologise   (VI)
Reader: And now for that bit in the Latin Nicene Creed?

4-course Bible meal for August 20
You have deleted your old self, 
and have
downloaded a fresh copy 
of the divine image

Vatican II  Reflection 237
Religious institutes and missions

John W:  Daily Blog - August 20
 Macau  Aug 19 to Aug 21


Tuesday
August 21

A Pilgrimage to 
Paray-le-Monial

Martin Mallon
(Tuesday blogger from Ireland)
The Cardinal said that coming to Paray was a source of strength 
from the heart of Jesus.

The case against Peter Singer
Stella Young (ABC)
"I was a disabled baby"

 
Jesus' plan was not to "Occupy Jerusalem"
Pope Benedict (VI)
Reader: Jesus did not march on Jerusalem, but he had serious issues with 
the Temple authorities

 

On the menu of July 26, 
I asked if anyone knew if Benedict XVI had published final report on 2008 Synod on the Bible,
after he received Synod's recommendations in October the same year.
A kind reader has provided the answer: Verbum Domini (Sep 2010)

Vocations: older is better?
Joan Chittester (NCR)
Change in age for new vocations nothing to fear

 

The United States of Dependency?
(IBD Editorial)

c.f. Gov should end welfare
(Debate.org)

c.f. History of Welfare
(Wikipedia)

Bible plan: July August 14
A rich 4-course meal!
- prayer for family tree
- the beginning of wisdom
- what to wear today
- healing sick people

Vatican II  Reflection 238
When your football team finishes the season last !

John W:   Daily Blog - August 21
Hello from Macau!


Wednesday
August 15
Feast of the Assumption of Mary

A public holiday in c.20 countries
...and in Heaven!

Henri Nouwen - an honest pilgrim
Chris McDonnell
(Wednesday blogger from UK)
Nouwen's constant concern:
 that there is a necessity to share the suffering of others, not with high flown words, but just by being there, being alongside those in need, the silence of the caring hug, the touch of shared concern

Assumption reflection 01
John Bucki SJ
(Educ. for Justice)
 Mary's spirituality reflects values of Catholic Social Teaching

Assumption reflection 02 John W
 Vatican II encourages a healthy love for the mother of Jesus

The butler had an accomplice!
Marco Tosatti
(VI)
 
Reader: Only the laity hang !

Investors prepare for Euro collapse
Martin Hesse
(Spiegel)

Hunger Games
George Monbiot (Gaurdian)

Infrequent worshippers
and the new Mass texts
Teresa Berger (Pray Tell)

Vatican II  Reflection 232

Becoming a Catholic for right motive

Bible plan: August 15
Readings for Feast of Assumption

John W: Daily Blog - August 15
China tourists buy HK magazines 


Thursday
August 16

"Must read":
Charism beyond borders
Bishop Greg O'Kelly SJ
(Vincentian News)
Clericalism placed both heavy demands and unwarranted power in the hands of the ordained, at the same time relegating the laity to a role of passive and subservient dependence on the clergy... 

Waging peace at drone convention
Fr John Dear SJ (NCR)
Much of the focus now is about how they are going to open up the U.S. air space to sell drones to the 18,000 U.S. police departments. 

The shallow quest for gold
Sr Carmel Pilcher
(CathBlog)
Gold and lavish vestments are even creeping into our churches

Archbishop Coleridge backs mandatory reporting of abuse
(CathNews)
Reader: A strong message to the Episcopal Conference, I hope!

4-Course Bible meal for August 16
- a refugee named David
- most people forgot God
- avoid false teaching
- Listening with both ears

Vatican  II  Reflection 233
One of the great fruits of Vat II:
the restored catechumenate

John W:  Daily Blog - August 16
Brilliant SCMP headline ! 


Friday
August 17
Indonesia's Independence Day

Walk for Water
Bill Mulcahy
(Friday blogger from Australia)
This weekend: 
annual walk by Bill and his students!

Navigation aids: 
Scripture and the poor
John W
How to keep sailing the course mapped out by Vatican II,  despite extreme winds from Left and Right

Catholic vicariate moves
 from Kuwait to Bahrain
 
(CathNewsUSA)
Reader: Very important news for the tens of thousands of Christians who work in the Arabian Peninsula

More than four Eucharistic Prayers
Elizabeth Harrington (Leader)
10 Eucharistic Prayers may be used

Key
Kevin Walters
A poetic meditation

4-course Bible meal for August 17
- civil war in Israel
- desert, prison, sickness
- the fullness of divinity
- Jesus' mother and brothers

Vatican II  Reflection 234
Ecumenical spirit essential
 for new Christians

John W:   Daily Blog - August 17
Diaoyu dispute & "Japan bashing"


Saturday
August 18

Lone Voices
Judith Lynch (Australia)
Beautiful reflection on pioneering run at London Olympics by 23 year old woman from Afghanistan 

Letters Extra of Tablet (updated)
Has post by UK blogger
Chris McDonnell: More data needed 

Philippines reproductive health bill
survives Catholic "Prayer Power"
N.J. Viehland (NCR)

Where are the penitents?
John Cornwell (Tablet)
Trends in Confession

USA: Positive beginning for 
dialogue between nuns and bishop

Maria Pederiva
(VI)
Reader: Inquisitors getting message?

Sun is nature's most perfect sphere
Geraint Jones (Guardian)

Movement to end atrocities
(UEG)

Abuse cost Church  millions
(ABC)

Vatican II Reflection 234
Priests getting money for ????


4-course Bible meal for August 18
 - 30 year old becomes king
- prayer for difficult situation
- focus on heaven
- Calming our life's storms

John W:  Daily Blog -August 18
Twin baby girls have little brother

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Calendar      (any other items?):

Sep 14 - 16: Pope to Lebanon 

Sep 19-22: Melbourne
Three-day conference on Vatican II 
organised by  theological institutes 

Oct 7 -28 Synod of Bishops

Oct 10 - Heythrop, London: 
Call to Action meeting 

More bloggers wanted!
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Let's encourage more people 
to see 1-10  re Bishop Bill Morris
1: Judge's conclusions
2: Canon lawyer's report
 
3: Radio interview with judge

4:  "The Age" file of letters
5: Summary re Rome
 6: Frank Brennan's update
7: ABC radio Fr Frank Brennan

8. Update from Frank Brennan

9. Vatileaks & Bp Bill Morris

10: Tablet letter - Frank Brennan

After reading 1-10, check the "Pravda" report of CNA.
How can a Catholic agency 
publish such blatant lies?


Google "Morris" at top of this page
for many articles re Bishop BM

Church is too Western/European

 Bp Bill Morris   
Bp Pat Power
Bp Geoff Robinson
Bruce Duncan
Catalyst for Renewal
Catholics for Ministry  
Frank Brennan
Peter Johnstone     
The Swag
 

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Misguided Missal
   

Current bloggers  

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David Timbs    
Harry Winter 
  
John Wotherspoon

Previous bloggers

Hazel of Old Windsor
 
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Judith Lynch
 Des O'Donnell
  Peter Wilkinson  

Hans Kung's letter to bishops
(the best description of what's happening)

Fr J. Ratzinger's writings on Vat II

US priests: reassess new translation

Open letter to US bishops re new translation

Making do with a faulty translation

Irish priests use 1998 ICE  - not new translation

Priests say 9 Masses a day - need to ordain married men

The evil of compulsory celibacy


Why are women not being ordained to priesthood?

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