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June 2009 - Sharing the faith… in English: We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, "The best remedy for dryness of spirit, is to picture ourselves as beggars in the presence of God and the Saints, and like a beggar, to go first to one saint, then to another, to ask a spiritual alms of them with the same earnestness as a poor fellow in the streets would ask an alms of us". St. Philip Neri's Maxims found on the blog: A Catholic Mom in Hawaii here. Today is Saint Cyril of Alexandria (Egypt) who fought against heresies and wrote very clearly about "Theotokos", about Mary being the Mother of God; tomorrow is Saint Irenaeus, bishop and martyr in Lyons (France) who also wrote against many heresies, mainly gnosticism (which is still very active today). Irenaeus' writings unfold the unity of God's purpose in creation and in redemption and, in the process, show the sanctification of the world. And Monday is Sts Peter & Paul’s the two mega-saints! What a fertile and fervent time of the liturgical year! This is called the Communion of Saints, the fact that we are all linked together and held up by the goodness and truth and strength of the best among us, whether in the visible or the invisible world. Prayers are powerful. Faith and Charity are the answers. Today is the Birth of John the Baptist. Was he the last Prophet or the first Saint? Was he a forerunner or a follower, or both? How can you be both? I must admit that I had never really thought before of the paradox involved in applying these various titles to John the Baptist. Even if I had heard them mentioned, I had never probed the depth of their meanings and I certainly never grasped the theological implications of these titles but, within the first few pages of Prof. Burke's book, I was intrigued, I was fascinated and I was hooked! See the review of Prof. Burke's book on "John the Baptist" here . The Devil's Doctrine. By Brother André Marie. "There is a doctrine so diabolical, so sinister and wicked that it deserves, in this author's opinion, a unique claim to the name "The Devil's Doctrine." This teaching is sheer poison to the soul which embraces it. Like a spiritual AIDS, it kills the soul's built-in immune system, the conscience, and it convicts the sinner in his sins and errors almost without hope of conversion. It either throws the sinner into a bottomless despair for his sins, or (more often today) it forces him into another sin against the virtue of hope: the deadly sin of presumption. The doctrine is none other than the familiar Calvinist one of "perseverance of the saints," commonly expressed by that snidely presented query: "Are you saved, brother"? The teaching is totally unbiblical and untraditional. In other words, it isn't Christian." Read more here The Monastery of Christ in the Desert. Stories from the Desert Fathers: one story on the damages of "an uncontrolled tongue, the mother of all the passions" then a second one on the importance of the prayer to God and finally, the last short story on anger. Read more here and check out their web site: http://christdesert.org/About_Us/index.html The love of God and the True Faith. "Reading more on the life and teaching of St. Silouan of Mt. Athos, I found it interesting that what he thought of as “true faith” was the manifestation of the love of God in us towards all the world. " Read more here "Caritas In Veritate" Within the next week or so will be published " Caritas In Veritate " and I can hardly wait! According to my antennas, it will be a re-evaluation of capitalism (the free market economy so dear to the West) and it will be a very rational, logical and instructive account (because that's how the author works!) on the fact that the AIM OF THE MARKET HAS TO BE THE COMMON GOOD, sharing resources and exercising solidarity with all (because that is the heart of Catholic social doctrines). The timing is absolutely perfect. Thanks to the internet, we will be able to read (and comment) this encyclical right away. I told you, I can't wait! Stay tuned. Not for Lightweights . A Baptist preacher attends the Divine Liturgy at the Orthodox church of Saint Anthony the Great. Read his account of this different experience of worship, of this "challenge" to the faithful: " Shelby tried to tough it out. We were following along in the 40 page liturgy book that was only an abbreviation of the service we were experiencing. I got lost no less than 10 times. After 50 minutes Shelby leaned over and asked how much longer the service would be. I was trying to keep from locking my knees because my thighs had gotten numb. I showed her the book. We were on page 15. I flipped through the remaining 25 pages to show her how much more there was. Her mouth fell open. I made it through the entire 1 hour and 50 minutes of worship without sitting down, but my back was sore". Read more here . The Caves of Cappadocia by Thomas Colyandro. Standing in the middle of this roughly 1,500-year-old Church I couldn’t believe I was physically touching one of those ancient sites made holy by Christians who understood what it meant to believe. These people of Asia Minor knew in the pits of their stomachs that God became man; that He lived, died and rose again. At the very center of their lives - and often at the very cost of their lives - they believed that “God so loved the world that he gave his only Son". These people - who cut through rock with the most basic tools in order to build a temple for the Lord - knew without questioning. They knew their job was to honor Jesus and model themselves after Mary. They knew then by practice what we know by definition: that true worship is standing forever before God with your mind in your heart. Read more here on Catholic Exchange. The concert at NDV last Saturday evening was great !
Music of Orlande de Lassus at Notre Dame des Victoires,
![]() "Paul, in fresh perspective" a book by N.T. Wright here My comment in the picture above is derived from this very good book and I believe that the message "Jesus is Lord and Caesar is not" applies to TODAY! You can replace "Caesar" by the name of any famous and powerful leader, whether they are President, King or Queen, or climate guru, famous scientist past of present (such as Darwin or Dawkins) or by any one of the powerful billionaire Good Club (whether it is Bill Gates or Buffett, Rockefeller, Soros or Turner), any one of them should remember to say to the person that they see every morning in the mirror: "Jesus is Lord and I am not"... "Saint Paul, pray for us!" It is Pentecost ! May the fruits of the Holy Spirit bring us peace and justice, wisdom and charity,
may these fruits blossom through us, in our actions and in our voices, in our hearts and in our minds and in our souls. We need you, Holy Spirit! The Rose Garden in the Golden Gate Park is in full bloom at this time of the year. It is really a lovely spot, quiet and sheltered from the wind, it is like a little retreat in the center of the City and it is free. Bring a book, sit on a bench, and "befriend" the roses... Talk about Slow Food for the soul! See my own slide show of the roses of 2009 here
I just finished a wonderful book about the lives and
faith of Benedictines nuns in England in the early sixties. The story
starts when one highly successful business woman, a leader, a widower,
leaves her career to enter the Abbey. The book will cover the next ten
years, her vocation development, her faith maturity. The story of the
whole abbey is told in the process, and it is wonderfully told, with much
love and respect and a keen understanding of the Church as the Body of
Christ. The story includes young postulants, the period of testing, the
ones who make it and the ones who do not, the working of the abbey, how
it is run, what it needs to survive, the relationships between the nuns,
the young and the old ones, with their impact on their own families and
friends and the world at large. It is amazing how much happens in one
monastery with silent cloistered nuns! Death and life, suffering and struggling,
joy and happiness and forgiveness, friends vs rivals, devotions or doubts,
artists, writers, zeal and faithfulness from a far away country (Japan),
and the constant singing and praying forming one huge symphony for the
love of God! The book is: In this house
of Brede, by Rumer Godden. Here are some excerpts:
The Ascension. Andrew Burgess: The Ascension in Karl Barth: "For Barth, “the ascension informs a dynamic of presence and absence – Jesus Christ’s coincident presence and absence during ‘this time between’”. The church is the community that exists in this “time between,” in the dialectical space between Christ’s presence and absence. Burgess thus highlights the significance of ascension in Barth’s conception of time. Through his lordly agency, Jesus “reaches into the lives of His people … in such a way that they are now made to share His time”. Barth’s whole account of ecclesiology and Christian life is thus structured by this view of the church’s existence in the “time between.” You can read more here on Faith and Theology, the blog of Ben Myers. Catholic Vote Org has come up with another terrific video! It asks the question what is the common thread between such different people as: Babe Ruth and John Lennon, Bill Clinton and Nancy Reagan and many more? I won't tell you the answer, I will let you find it out. The song is lovely, the content is developed in an intriguing manner and the punch line is great. It's all about cherishing life! It is not your standard pro-life message (although it is definitively about it) but it is different, it does not address abortion directly and I think by focusing like this on the great possibilities of every life, it will reach more people, it is certainly done in such a way that it should "talk" to any one. In the next few days, it's going to be viewed by millions of viewers on TV. Be the first one to see it here . Paul "When we tie together the multi-coloured threads of Paul's theology, an place them within not only the Jewish but also the Hellenistic and Roman worlds in which he lived, we ought to be struck (though many have not been!) by a world of meaning which would have been obvious, second nature we might say, to Paul and his hearers. By hailing Jesus as king, as son of God, as the world's true Lord; by declaring that with his coming God's new age had begun, so that the "good news" of his accession to world sovereignty must ring out round the world; by announcing that one day his "royal presence" would appear and call everyone to celebration and to account; by insisting that through this Jesus were to be found salvation, justice and peace - in all these ways and more, Paul was saying that Jesus was Lord, and that Caesar was not." ("Paul" by N T Wright)
Could these trees be in the Middle East? "(The) task is the challenge
to cultivate for the good, Pope Calls for Universal Recognition of the Natural Law as the Basis of Human Rights Pope Benedict XVI strongly reaffirmed the position of the Catholic Church that there is a Natural Law and that this Natural Law can be known by all men and women through the exercise of reason. He affirmed that this Natural Law has also made known to all men and women the existence of fundamental human rights which are binding upon all Nations and for all time: “The Church has always affirmed that fundamental rights, above and beyond the different ways in which they are formulated and the different degrees of importance they may have in various cultural contexts, are to be upheld and accorded universal recognition because they are inherent in the very nature of man, who is created in the image and likeness of God. If all human beings are created in the image and likeness of God, then they share a common nature that binds them together and calls for universal respect.” Read more here on Catholic On Line. It’s All Crazy, It’s All False. By Joel Hartse "I think I’ll just have to tell the truth: the first time I woke up in a Muslim country, I was terrified. And not of fundamentalist militias or mujahedeen, but music... this is the same way I felt the first time I hear the Pennsylvania rock band mewithoutYou, driving home from work in Seattle some years ago. On my Subaru’s radio, Aaron Weiss came unhinged, bleating “Why pluck one string when you can STRUM THE GUITAR! STRUM THE GUITAR! STRUM THE GUITAR! STRUM THE GUITAR!” Read more here Found on the site: Image - Art/Faith/Mystery at http://imagejournal.org/ Read this very moving story of love and suffering and the intricate consequences of witnessing to this love. the premise of the book is that each of us is connected to other people and affects other people profoundly, often without even realizing it. And after reading the story, I began to think about people who had touched my life. I'm a nurse, and I work with patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation… Read more here on the Catholic blog Acts 17 verse 28. May 1rst, Feast of Saint Joseph The Worker "Whatever
you do, work at it with your whole being. Do it for the Lord rather than
for men, since you know full well you will receive an inheritance form
him as your reward. Be slaves of Christ the Lord". (Col 3:23-24). Jesus
devoted many years of his life on earth at the carpenter's bench in Joseph's
workshop. Jesus condemned the behavior of the useless servant who hides
his talent in the ground (Mat 25:14-30) and Jesus praises the faithful
and prudent servant whom the Master finds hard at work (Mat 24:46). He
describes his own mission as that of working:
"My Father is working still and I am working". (Jn 5:17)
Although there is great dignity in work, Jesus also teaches not to be
enslaved by work and to be concerned about our soul before all else (Mk
8:36).
The prayer Anima
Christi here in English,
in French and in Latin.
Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls, the Papal Basilica A very good site with the history of the Basilica, with numerous pictures, with many texts on the different stages of Saint Paul's journey, the calendar of The Year of Saint Paul, and all this in various languages. Check it out here Today is the Feast Day of Saint Mark The Evangelist!
Mark, who accompanied Barnabas and Paul on their missionary journeys,
who turned back for some unknown reason and therefore angered Paul although
he reconciled with him later; Mark, who may have been Peter's interpreter
or secretary, who performed many miracles himself and who wrote his Gospel
while imprisoned in Rome, where the Golden Legend says that they put a
rope around his neck and dragged him through the streets and the stones
were drenched with his blood. Mark's Gospel is the shortest of the 4 Gospels,
the first one written, the most fast-paced and breathless one, with a
great sense of urgency for repentance and conversion and faith; Mark wrote
many details about Jesus miracles and stressed the importance of the mystery
of God's reign breaking into human life with its reversal of values :
My God, Here is a wonderful video which shows what you can do with one song: "Stands by me" and a global team working together for the love of music; it gives such a sense of brotherhood and peace, of true harmony and cooperation going beyond geographical and cultural borders. See the fascinating result of achieving peace through music: on vimeo here. As of today, it has been played more than 5 million times on vimeo and it has been seen by more than a million people on YouTube. Gary Anderson wrote a terrific article on "Faith
& Finance". In it, he showed very clearly and pointedly how trust
is "the glue that binds the whole systems together" and how the problem
"of trust - of faith - appears in places beyond the current credit crises".
He develops his first point (the importance of trust and confidence in
financial and credit transactions) with numerous examples and comments
and Scripture quotes and, in the process, he cleverly introduces his second
point which is about the two values of the works of mercy to the poor,
whether the value lies in social justice (restoring the balance of social
justice in the world) or whether works of charity to the poor are "a full
service ATM" for our own salvation; "a direct conduit for transferring
funds to a heavenly account" since "gifts to the poor are really loans
to God". Each of these points are complex and profound and with numerous
consequences for the life of the world and for the life of our souls.
Misunderstandings and misinterpretations of these very issues were (one
of the) reasons for Luther to break away from the Church and I wondered
if Gary Anderson gets many Protestant students in his classes at Notre
Dame and maybe that is why he is very cautious in developing his arguments
and anchoring them in quotes from OT and NT passages.
Very interesting article on Twitter and our moral compass on the numbing and deadening dangers of streams of information received too fast…. "Rapid-fire TV news bulletins or getting updates via social-networking tools such as Twitter could numb our sense of morality and make us indifferent to human suffering" scientists say. "For moral decision-making about other people's situations, we need to allow for adequate time and reflection". Read more here . Twenty years ago (before the age of email and Facebook and Twitter) Neil Postman had said: "The problem is not that television presents us with entertaining subject matter but that all subject matter is presented as entertaining" in Amusing ourselves to death. Easter! The wonderful and amazing Holy Days of the 2009 Triduum: Holy Thursday and the Washing of the Feet and the Institution of the Eucharist; Holy Friday and the Way of the Cross through North Beach, then the Good Friday service at Notre Dame des Victoires; Holy Saturday and the great silence, the stillness and the waiting; then the very moving Easter Vigil and the newly Baptized entering the Catholic Church (7 adults and one child in my parish; in the US, it is a total of 150 000 people joining the Church…) and finally Easter day is here!: see pictures and icons, scriptures and reflections here The current crises and the next crises. I have written an article on the current crises and the next one, linking the current financial mess that we are in now with the very messy decisions taken nowadays in bio-ethics, both situations being the result of a lack of moral standards, of putting greed and fame, personal gains and personal comfort before reason, the truth and the common good. If it is now obvious to all how something went terribly wrong in our economy and the consequences it is having on all of us, on our jobs, our houses, our 401Ks, there is another critical field where ethics (or the lack of) could really mess up the whole fabric of our society and affect our future and that is the field of science and medicine. Bio-ethics is a wide-open field largely unregulated for now.... From eugenics to euthanasia, from abortion at all terms of gestation to organ trafficking to medical tourism, from fetal farming to human-animal hybrid work, from assisted suicide to designer babies, the temptations are that much stronger because of the new technological and scientific advances and because of a precipitous decline in our moral ethics. here "The story of a friendship" or How God will lead us on surprising detours... Read this moving story of how much more we receive when we allow ourselves to give more: "Remember the kids who were ringing my doorbell and running? They kept doing it. I talked to them about it again, as kindly and calmly as possible, and yet they kept at it, usually waking up my children and shattering my free time in the process." Read it here on Jennifer's blog: Conversion diary. African Catholics show their support for the Pope. A group of about 100 African Catholics were in Saint Peter's Square waving African flags and banners that read "Africa Loves the Pope". Faithful from various African countries during Pope Benedict XVI's Angelus noon prayer in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, 29 Mar 2009. Pope Benedict has said the Catholic Church teaching of abstinence and fidelity is the only way to combat the AIDS problem. Read more here |
juin 2009 - Le partage de la foi… en français: Taizé: les icônes dans la prière. Les icônes viennent soutenir la beauté de la prière. Elles sont comme des fenêtres qui s’ouvrent sur les réalités du Royaume de Dieu et les rendent présentes dans notre prière sur la terre. En lire plus ici sur le site de Taizé. Le fœtus, cet être sensible. Les études sur la sensorialité du fœtus ont montré depuis longtemps déjà que,
dans la seconde moitié de la gestation, il est capable de voir, entendre, goûter, sentir...
C’est le dernier tiers de la grossesse qui serait, dans tous les cas, le plus sensible et le plus vulnérable au stress.
« Cela me fait dire, conclut-il, que la tendance actuelle qu’ont beaucoup de femmes à repousser leur congé de maternité
après la naissance du bébé pour être “avec lui” est une erreur, car elles sont aussi avant sa naissance “avec lui”
et elles devraient conserver dans ce dernier trimestre de leur grossesse une période de calme, autant que possible sans stress ;
les environnements de stress au travail devraient être considérés comme des événements dangereux pour les jeunes mères. »
"Caritas In Veritate" Dans les jours qui viennent va être publié "Caritas In Veritate" et j'attend cet événement avec la plus grande impatience ! D'après ce que j'ai déjà compris, ce sera une réévaluation du capitalisme et ce sera un compte rendu basé sur la raison et la foi, très instructif (car c'est comme ca que l'auteur s'exprime!) et sur le fait que l'économie des marchés libres doit êtres basée sur le bien commun, le partage des ressources et la solidarité entre tous (car c'est ça le coeur des doctrines sociales de l'Eglise). Grace a l'internet, nous pourrons tous lire (et commenter) cet encyclique dès sa parution.
Chaque vie est un témoignage.
Toute créature est faite pour rendre témoignage à Dieu puisque toute créature est comme une preuve de sa bonté.
La grandeur de sa création témoigne à sa manière de la force et de la toute-puissance divines, et sa beauté témoigne
de la divine Sagesse. Certains hommes reçoivent de Dieu une mission spéciale: ils rendent témoignage à Dieu non seulement
à un point de vue naturel, par le fait qu'ils existent, mais bien plutôt de manière spirituelle par leurs bonnes oeuvres.
Tous les saints sont des témoins de Dieu, car leurs bonnes oeuvres glorifient le Seigneur auprès des hommes... ![]() ![]() Le royaume de Dieu ne consiste pas en des questions de nourriture ou de boisson ; il est justice, paix et joie dans l’Esprit Saint. Celui qui sert le Christ de cette manière-là plaît à Dieu, et il est approuvé par les hommes. Recherchons donc ce qui contribue à la paix, et ce qui nous associe les uns aux autres en vue de la même construction On approche de la fin de l'année Saint Paul, l'homme des 3 cultures: le Saint-Père a rappelé que Paul a été appelé "l'homme des trois cultures", regroupement de ses origines juives, de la langue grecque et de son statut de citoyen romain, dont témoigne son nom latin Paul. On trouve aussi dans sa formation intellectuelle la philosophie stoïcienne, dominante à son époque, porteuse "de hautes valeurs humaines et morales qui seront inclues par le christianisme". Et puis, c'était un moment agité par une crise de la religion traditionnelle, principalement sous ses aspects mythologiques ou sociologiques. «Puisse l'exemple de saint Paul nous enseigner à témoigner infatigablement du Christ et à affronter avec courage les épreuves de la vie pour les placer sous le regard de Dieu. Ayons comme lui le souci des nations dans nos prières et dans notre engagement missionnaire.» Lire plus ici C'est la Pentecôte! Et nous avons tous bien besoin des
fruits de l'Esprit Saint, il y a tant de divisions, de souffrance et de
menaces autour de nous, bien trop de guerres et de conflits, bien trop
d'égoïsme économique et financier ou le seul critère est le profit. Esprit
Saint, guide nous sur les chemins de charité et de justice, donne nous
le courage de proclamer l'Evangile autour de nous et d'être ferme sur
l'importance de la famille au cœur de nos sociétés modernes.
Il faut fleurir où Dieu nous a semés. Vous tous, les oiseaux
dans le ciel, Men and birds flying together mini-vidéo : Chercher Dieu en toutes choses MINI VIDEOS DE SAINT JOSEMARIA: Le fondateur de l'Opus Dei nous conseille de tirer profit des situations ordinaires - le travail, les loisirs, etc - pour fréquenter Dieu et lui rendre gloire. ici. " Bienheureuse es-tu parce que tu as cru", dit Elisabeth à notre Mère. L'union à Dieu, la vie surnaturelle, comporte toujours l'exercice attrayant des vertus humaines: parce qu'Elle "porte" le Christ, Marie apporte la joie chez sa cousine. "Il s'agit du défi de développer
en vue du bien, La loi naturelle, fondement de la morale chrétienne On la croyait disparue, victime de la sécularisation, de Mai 68 et autres « interdit d’interdire ». Il n’en est rien ! La loi naturelle , ce vieux concept gréco-romain, remis en lumière par saint Thomas d’Aquin, fait son retour dans l’Église comme fondement de la morale. La problématique de la loi naturelle est en effet au cœur du pontificat de Benoît XVI, constate la théologienne Geneviève Médevielle, professeur de théologie morale à l’Institut catholique de Paris . Aux yeux du pape, cette notion est capable de répondre à la crise de sens de notre monde. Face à un relativisme qui met tout sur le même plan sans pouvoir donner une échelle de valeurs, « il est important de créer dans la culture et dans la société civile et politique les conditions indispensables pour une pleine prise de conscience de la valeur incontournable de la loi morale naturelle », explique-t-il en décembre 2008, devant la Commission théologique internationale. Lire la suite ici sur le site de La Croix
Que savez-vous réellement sur le sujet Création / Evolution ? Questions : 1) Que savez-vous sur l'évolution ? 2) Connaissez-vous des arguments pour réfuter cette théorie ? 3) Que dit la Bible sur la création ? 4) Comment comprenez-vous ce que dit la Bible ? 5) Et les dinosaures ? L'évolution est une théorie inventée par Darwin pour nier l'existence de Dieu. Cette théorie décrit l'origine de l'univers et de l'homme sans l'aide de Dieu. C'est un bel exercice de style, mais Darwin s'est heurté à de nombreux problèmes... Bien que cette théorie ait eu du mal à "tenir la route", elle est passée "comme une lettre à la poste" partout dans le monde.... Lire la suite ici. Le 1er mai c'est la fete de Saint Joseph, le travailleur, le charpentier. Joseph était "un homme juste", il fit "ce que l’ange lui avait prescrit", il fut le guardien de la Sainte Famille, il est le patron des artisans, il répond toujours a nos prières et c'est pourquoi il est d'une grande aide pour la vie interieure et il a même son propre site internet ici grâce a La Famille de Saint Joseph (www.fsj.fr) avec articles, prières et devotions. Pour une tres bonne liste internationale de Josephologie: voir ici.
La priere Anima
Christi ici en anglais,
en francais et en latin. La Basilique Papale Saint-Paul-hors-les-murs Un bon site avec des photos, des textes et des descriptions de la Basilique et de son histoire, l'Année Saint-Paul, et aussi des textes sur toutes les étapes de la vie de Saint Paul, en plusieurs langues ici Une liste de sites à voir: Lourdes, Jubilate, Le site de l'année paulienne, en différentes langues; la nouvelle version du site de la Conférence des évêques de France; Liturgie de la Parole avec les enfants; L'Evangile au quotidien; Prière du Temps Présent en ligne; La traduction liturgique de la Bible enfin en ligne; Arcabas : la galerie d'art avec nos amis dominicains du Canada; Marie de Nazareth : son mystère, son musée, son site; Un superbe musée à domicile : insecula.com; Le site pour découvrir Madeleine Delbrêl; le site de Taizé; etc... Une tres bonne liste de liens utiles ici sur Notre Dame du Web. Le trésor du silence. Tout homme qui se plaît dans l'abondance des paroles, même s'il dit des choses admirables, est vide au-dedans. Si vous aimez la vérité, soyez un amant du silence.... Lire plus ici sur le site de Dominique Le Tourneau Une tres bonne vidéo que je recommande chaudement! La chanson est en anglais (Stand by me) mais le language de la musique est universelle et cette (courte) vidéo reflècte bien cette qualité universelle et fraternelle de la musique. Sur "vimeo" ici .
San Francisco et sa
région. Lettres à un jeune chrétien par Gérard Defois. Durant votre jeunesse, porté par la famille et les amis, en général vous étiez entouré. Cette ambiance collective fut un soutien. Elle fut peut-être aussi un artifice. Désormais vous savez que vous devrez vous porter vous-même. Et il est indispensable d'en passer par la. Assumer sa solitude est le point de départ de relations saines. Seuls ceux qui sont capables de solitude et de responsabilité de leur vie, en particulier de leurs échecs, peuvent avoir avec autrui des relations libres et libérantes. Ce qui ne veut pas dire nécessairement un repli sur soi, maïs l'humilité vis-à-vis de soi. Elle permet à l'autre d'exister et à soi-même d'être soutenu par la confiance que l'on exprime a notre égard. Le printemps est la! La fin du monde. Voici un site fascinant et qui est tout entier concentré sur la théologie eschatologique: "La Révélation chrétienne est explicite pour enseigner que le monde ne durera pas toujours. Dieu sait combien d’êtres humains doivent naître. A l’heure dite, celle que lui seul connaît, il mettra fin au monde terrestre. Cette heure n’a rien à voir avec... " Lire plus ici sur le site http://eschatologie.free.fr/ Malade du sida, Dominique Morin remercie le Pape d’avoir brisé un tabou. Pour famillechretienne.fr, il réagit à la polémique et explique pourquoi le préservatif répond à une logique de peur. "Aujourd’hui, les jeunes pensent qu’une sexualité pulsionnelle, instinctive, est leur seul horizon. Or, derrière leur demande "Dis-moi comment avoir une partie de jambes en l’air tranquille" se cache une aspiration profonde, le désir d’aimer sans savoir comment s’y prendre. Dire qu’un jeune est obligé d’avoir des relations sexuelles pour se découvrir et apprendre à aimer correspond à la logique freudienne, qui est fausse. Pour des catholiques, faire de Freud un docteur de l’Eglise en dit long sur leur vision de l’homme ! Il existe une autre voie que celle de la pornographie, la masturbation, les relations instables. Oublier de leur dire cette vérité revient à leur mentir. Celui qui leur dit d’utiliser un préservatif se lave les mains et s’offre une bonne conscience à peu de frais." Lire plus ici Le Carême : Temps de purification du Temple intérieur . L’évangile de Jean en ce 3e dimanche de Carême nous présente Jésus sous un autre angle. L’interprétation traditionnelle de son geste consiste à dire qu’il chassait des voleurs et des forbans, des gens malhonnête, fourbes et irrespectueux des lieux. Une autre interprétation plus théologique fait aussi cours. Celle où Jésus aurait voulu signifier la fin du culte sacrificiel. Car jusque là, tous ces gens pratiquaient un commerce licite et utile au culte. Marie et Joseph avait bien acheté un couple de colombes pour présenter en sacrifice lors de la présentation de Jésus au temple... Lire plus ici sur U N M O M E N T S A C R É MANIFESTE DE CAREME : « BENOIT, J’AI CONFIANCE EN TOI ! » Dans les tempêtes médiatiques successives qu’essuient l’Eglise catholique et son représentant Benoît XVI, nous, simples baptisés et paroissiens oubliés des medias, poursuivons notre Carême en disant humblement mais publiquement notre foi, notre fidélité et notre confiance dans l’Eglise fondée par Jésus-Christ, et confiée par Lui à Benoît XVI, successeur de l’apôtre Pierre. Signer le manifeste: ici Le texte de la lettre du Pape aux Evêques, avec
ses raisons, ses explications et ses conseils pour " contribuer ainsi
à la paix dans l'Église ". En voici des extraits:
PELERINAGE au Sanctuaire NOTRE DAME DE LA SALETTE. C'est un reportage tres complet avec des photos magnifiques! Aller faire un tour sur ce site: ici et vous verrez ce que je veux dire. Il y a des photos récentes prises en janvier 2009, avec La Salette sous la neige, et des photos souvenirs d'un autre pèlerinage en 1960. Vous y trouverez aussi un historique de l'apparition de Notre Dame aux deux jeunes enfants: Maximin et Mélanie, ainsi que le texte des messages. Un site entier dedié a Saint Michel! Avec les prières et neuvaines, les fêtes et les apparitions, les ecrits et les dévotions pour la propagation du culte de Saint Michel. "Pour les chrétiens, Saint Michel est vénéré avant tout comme le plus puissant défenseur contre le démon. Pour cette raison l'iconographie, tant orientale qu'occidentale, le représente comme un guerrier qui, avec l'épée ou la lance, frappe à mort le dragon sous ses pieds". Lire plus ici
Jeûner: avoir faim de Dieu. Demain, c'est le mercredi des Cendres, c'est le début du carême 2009! Quel beau temoignage d'amour et de foi! Quelle est belle l'histoire de la conversion de Rosy, de sa decouverte de l'amour du Seigneur, et comme elle s'exprime bien quand elle parle de son mariage avec François ici Regardez cette vidéo trouvée sur le site de Jeunesse-Lumière. Acte de Foi Photos de Cuisine et Photos
de Nature! Je viens d'ajouter deux nouvelles
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