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Sunday October 7
Another
Disaster in the making?
David
Timbs
(Sunday
blogger from Australia)
Commenting
on the introduction of the new English-language translation of the
Roman Missal, Fr Thomas Reece sj described it as a ‘train wreck in slow motion.’ Signs are that
it may well have collided with an immovable force long ago. That force is the
re-emerging mass confusion, disquiet, criticism, protest and resistance to the
translation.
Alternative
prayers Sunday 27(B)
and
Sun
27(B) Gospel in drama form:
What God has joined
Priests
have earned the right to
speak about the state of the Church
Brendan Hoban
(ACP)
The
Vatican's very own revolution
Barney Zwartz
(The Age)
No
more Vatican - SSPX talks?
Chicago
Tribune
Alain
Woodrow's take on the
Vatican II diaries of Yves Congar
(Tablet)
China
will embrace democracy
- John Howard (The Age)
This
week's smile
Three Pope John XXIII jokes
Vatican II Reflection 285
The role of Christian social action
Bible
Plan: Sun 27 readings
Marriage and divorce
John W: Daily Blog - Oct 7
Sad: lights on
during the day
Glad: new
edition of "Dr Jesus"
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Monday October
8
QQ
& AA re Oct 7-28 Synod
John Allen (NCR)
Pope's
homily at Synod opening
Hans Kung: Guardian
interview
End
Church's "authoritarian" rule
"Vatican like Kremlin"
c.f. Kung's
letter to bishops
50
years after Vatican II, should Pope John XXIII be a saint?
(NCR)
John XXIII's council saved the Church from perhaps
inevitable calcification and possible collapse.
c.f. John XXIII's Journal
of a Soul
What
can we do about child slavery?
Tim Costello (The
Age)
215 million children work
in slave conditions
Vatican II Reflection 286
Lay people should seek out
and help the poor
John W: Daily Blog - Oct 8
Photos from last night
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Tuesday
October 9
The formation of conscience
Martin Mallon
(Tuesday blogger from Ireland)
The teaching of Vatican II indicates the way forward as regards
conscience. As the people of
God
we should use our consciences and not just rely on Church teachings
c.f. articles
on conscience by Brian Lewis Born
on this day in 1623,
Ferdinand
Verbiest, a Jesuit priest who was a close friend of the Chinese
emperor, and who designed the world's first auto mobile!
Back-pedaling
on Vatican II
Fr Michael Kelly
(Eureka Street)
The Pope's plan seems to be an
intellectualised version of the ghetto Vatican II sought to break
down. Vatican
II only "half realised"
Cardinal Kasper
(Tablet)
e.g. Episcopal collegiality
e.g. Co-responsibility of the laity In
case you're wondering where Australian blogger
Bill Mulcahy has
been recently, please
check this ! Philippines
peace deal will work?
Historic deal with Muslims (Guard)
| 4-Course
Bible meal for Oct 9
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| When people
dishearten us |
| When
people make fun of us |
| When
people are difficult to get along with |
| When Jesus was
discouraged |
Vatican II Reflection 287
Co-responsibility of the laity ???
John
W: Daily Blog - Oct 9
A lot of goodness in the world!
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Wednesday October 3
John
W: Daily Blog - Oct 3
HK mourning 38 ferry deaths
Edgeland
Chris McDonnell
(Wednesday blogger from UK)
There
is a stillness and solitude in the hour before dawn. In that darkness
there is a time when we can open ourselves to listening to the Lord
Vatican
& Religious:
going backwards or forwards?
Martin Mallon (Ireland
blogger)
The archbishop appears to be overly optimistic as the evidence suggests
the Holy See appears to be intent on going backwards, as demonstrated by
the new translation of the Mass and the Visitation of the US LCWR
Imagining
Easter in October
Judith Lynch
(CathBlog)
I want to anticipate Holy Week's liturgy during Winter's tedious days
What
is the role of a priest? (Part 1)
Dr John Collins
(Catholica)
Paper given at workshop to mark
50th Anniversary of Vatican II
Plutocracy's
Boot Boys
At: www.monbiot.com
Colombia's president has cancer
See comment by John W !
Vatican
II Reflection 281
All Christians are meant to be JWs,
not Jehovah's Witnesses,
but
Jesus' Witnesses!
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Thursday
October 4
Feast
of St Francis of Assisi
who was proclaimed by JPII as "heavenly
patron of those who promote ecology".
Today a good day to promote
concern about climate
change
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Every Thursday, Daniel
Daring's reflection on the Sunday readings,
to help us prepare for Sunday:
Sun
27B: God's vision
and human tragedy
Is it lawful for a man to have a mistress? Many Catholic men
in Asia follow that acceptable Asian practice. Is it lawful for a battered wife to sacrifice her life and risk
daily physical and
psychological torment to avoid divorce? |
Unhappy
Feet John W
Comment on the 86% (Aust) and 70% (Bavaria)
who've left Church
What
is the role of a priest? (Part 2)
Dr John Collins
(Catholica)
Vat II 50th Anniversary talk
Bible Plan for Oct 4:
Readings
for Feast of St Francis
Francis was a stigmatic.
He had the marks of Jesus' passion on his body,
& he followed Jesus in simplicity
Vatican II Reflection 282
How much do lay people pray?
What's the best way of encouraging
lay people to pray?
John W: Daily Blog - Oct 4
HK ferry tragedy: in future
all passengers should wear life jackets?
This
website's statistics for Sep
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Friday
October 5
The
vision of Vatican II
Martin Mallon (Ireland blogger)
A powerful commentary on the inspirational
America Magazine
interview with
Ladislas Orsy SJ
John XXIII was advised to be
careful because if you make concessions to the bishops then they will run away
with the Council. Apparently the Pope responded: “They too”, meaning the
bishops, “have the Holy Spirit.” The Pope obeyed the Spirit as he discovered
the Spirit in the bishops, and without that the Council would have been very
different; it would have been a restatement of the status quo of the last two or
three centuries. The
bishops' first responsibility is to the Holy Spirit, not to the Pope, not to
the bishops’ conference The
dumbing new translation (pt 2)
Dr Anthony Lowes (Catholica)
"Under my roof" ?
"For you and for many/all" ?
On
being cyberbullied
Sr Carmel Pilcher (CathBlog)
Vatican II Reflection 283
7-24 Christians ?
| 4-Course
Bible meal for Oct 5
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| When most
leaders were not good |
| Always on our
lips (not lipstick) |
| Put up with
hardships for .... |
| Shout louder
when they say "quiet" |
John
W: Daily Blog - Oct 5
* Let's pray for Oct 7-28 Synod
* HK 3 days of mourning for 38
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Saturday October 6
Jesuit
theologian to launch
Vatican II book at Heythrop
UK readers: hope you can attend Fr Gerald O'Collins' lecture
on Oct 18!
Listening
to God's people
Cardinal Martini's way
Elizabeth McKenzie (CathBlog)
With the availability of Church documents and
insightful theological studies, it is surely time those members of the plebs
Dei who have started to grow up, and who are hungry for a more mature
experience of ‘Church’ than the one currently on offer, should be
listened to
Australian
Rosemary Goldie
was pioneer for Catholic women
at the Vatican (NCR)
"Since in our times women have an ever more active share in society,
it is very important that they participate more widely also in the various
fields of the Church's apostolate."
Vat
II and the Australian impact
(ABC Radio)
Vatican
II Reflection 284
True apostles look for opportunities to
spread the Good News
John W: Daily Blog - Oct 6
Interesting history re
"The Church of Christ in China"
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