Archive for January, 2009
THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN
looks into the eyes of the Bridegroom and calls out: “Splendor and majesty are in his
presence; power and beauty are in his sanctuary.”1
The Wedding Feast of the Lamb described in the Book of Revelation actually
describes the Sacred Liturgy of the Church.2 In the climax of her heavenly worship,
the Bride reflects the image of the Bridegroom – the image of the Word-Made-Flesh,
who is Beauty-Incarnate.
For the world, the maxim, “beauty is in the eye of the beholder,”3 is a subjective
statement. For the Bride of Christ, this is a concrete reality of the Incarnation!
Sadly in our own times, the banal and vulgar have invaded our sanctuaries, following
“a misguided sense of creativity.”4 Nothing, therefore, is more important today than
the restoration of the beauty of the Sacred Liturgy, the restoration of the sacred.
Hans Urs von Balthasar, the 20th century’s most notable writer on the theology of
beauty, said: “We can be sure that whoever sneers at Beauty’s name…can no longer
pray and soon will no longer be able to love.”5
In order celebrate the Sacred Liturgy with due reverence and beauty, the Church must
be able to “distinguish between the sacred and the profane.”6 When false types of
“inculturation” pollute liturgical worship we must be mindful that “all is not valid; all
is not licit; all is not good.”7 The secular, the cheap, the inferior and the inartistic “are
not meant to cross the threshold of God’s temple.”8
In order to “restore the sacred” we must, first and foremost, contemplate the beauty
of Christ in the Sacred Liturgy – “a sacred action surpassing all others.”9 This begins
with external fidelity to the rubrics, but leads to internal union with Christ, for “those
who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”10
You shall lament and weep, but the world shall rejoice; and you shall be made sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy -St. John 16f
Amen, amen I say to you,
that you shall lament and weep,
but the world shall rejoice;
and you shall be made sorrowful,
but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
A woman, when she is in labor, hath sorrow,
because her hour is come;
but when she hath brought forth the child,
she remembereth no more the anguish,
for joy that a man is born into the world.
So also you now indeed have sorrow;
but I will see you again,
and your heart shall rejoice;
and your joy
no man shall take from you.
During the Hours of the Divine Office we bring before the Father all that is human:
In union with Christ and the Church, His Bride, during the Hours of the Divine Office we bring before the Father all that is human: joy and sorrow; hope and anxiety; innocence and sin; patience and anger; life and death. We pray these Hours in the Holy Spirit, Who inspired the texts of the Sacred Liturgy and Whose breath breathes in them.”
Spiritual Foundations of the Constitutions Meherau Congregation Cistercian Order
33 Salutations to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Thirty-Three Salutations To the Sacred Heart
Hail, Heart of my Jesus, save me!
Hail, Heart of my Savior, deliver me!
Hail, Heart of my Judge, pardon me!
Hail, Heart of my Spouse, love me!
Hail, Heart of my Master, teach me!
Hail, Heart of my King, crown me!
Hail, Heart of my Benefactor, enrich me!
Hail, Heart of my Pastor, keep me!
Hail, Heart of my Friend, caress me!
Hail, Heart of the Infant Jesus, attract me!
Hail, Heart of Jesus dying on the Cross, atone for me!
Hail, Heart of Jesus in all its Conditions, give Thyself to me!
Hail, Heart of my Brother, remain with me!
Hail, Heart of incomparable Goodness, forgive me!
Hail, Heart most Glorious, shine forth in me!
Hail, Heart most Amiable, inflame me!
Hail, Heart most Charitable, work in me!
Hail, Heart most Merciful, answer for me!
Hail, Heart most Humble, repose in me!
Hail, Heart most Patient, bear with me!
Hail, Heart most Faithful, make satisfaction for me!
Hail, Heart most Adorable and most Worthy, bless me!
Hail, Heart most Peaceful, calm me!
Hail, Heart most Desirable and most Beautiful, delight me!
Hail, Heart most Illustrious and most Perfect, ennoble me!
Hail, Heart most Holy, Balm most Precious, preserve and sanctify me!
Hail, Heart most Holy and most Salutary, reform me!
Hail, Heart most Blessed, true Physician and Remedy for all our ills, heal me!
Hail, Heart of Jesus, Consolation of the afflicted, comfort me!
Hail, Heart most loving, ardent Furnace burning with Love, consume me!
Hail, Heart of Jesus, Model of Perfection, enlighten me!
Hail, Divine Heart, Source of all Happiness, strengthen me!
Hail, Heart of eternal Benediction, call me to Thee!
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source:
http://jscottbaileycssr.googlepages.com/sacredheartdevotions
The Indwelling of Divine Love: The Revelation of God’s Abiding Presence in the Human Heart – Fr. Thomas Dubay,S.M.- Letter & Spirit, vol. 4 (2008)
The Indwelling of Divine Love: The Revelation of God’s Abiding Presence in the Human Heart Thomas S. Dubay, S.M.
http://www.letterandspirit.org/archive/06%20DuBay%209-18.pdf
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The Indwelling of Divine Love: The Revelation of God’s Abiding Presence in the Human Heart Thomas S. Dubay, S.M.
http://www.letterandspirit.org/archive/06%20DuBay%209-18.pdf
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off on The Indwelling of Divine Love: The Revelation of God’s Abiding Presence in the Human Heart – Fr. Thomas Dubay,S.M.- Letter & Spirit, vol. 4 (2008) )Novena of Reparation for Roe vs Wade – Isaiah 13:18f
http://love2learnblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/novena-of-reparation-for-roe-vs-wade.html
The fruit of the womb they shall not spare,
nor shall they have eyes of pity for children.
And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms,
and glory and pride of the Chaldeans,
shall be overthrown by God
like Sodom and like Gomorrah.
Isaiah 13:18-19
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off on Novena of Reparation for Roe vs Wade – Isaiah 13:18f )One in a billion – Fr. Cranky
I found this quote today:
He did not quiz anyone in line. All he did was state the Church’s teachings at the end of his homily, and leave the decision whether to present themselves for Communion up to them. He also offered the opportunity for the Sacrament of Penance following Mass.Fr. Cranky, Fr. Cranky, Jan 2009
You should read the whole article.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off on One in a billion – Fr. Cranky )Fr. George W. Rutler’s Weekly Letter
Fr. George W. Rutler
January 11, 2009
http://www.oursaviournyc.org
The Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord celebrates the “new baptism” which Christ offers: not a symbolic washing in a desire for purity, but an actual wiping away of mankind’s original sin, which is the pride which substitutes the illusory affectation of human power for the omnipotence of God. By baptism, man is reborn into innocence. The traditional antiphon for the first Sunday after Easter quotes 1 Peter 2:2, “Like newborn infants…” In Latin the first words are “Quasi modo” and in Victor Hugo’s 1831 novel about Notre Dame Cathedral, a crippled infant is abandoned at the cathedral on that day and is named from the antiphon for he seems “almost like” a normal human. Hugo wrote the novel in part to publicize the danger to the great building which had suffered so much damage in the French Revolution. It actually was in danger of being torn down because of its decrepitude and also because its architecture was considered “old fashioned.” Hugo helped inspire the Gothic Revival and saved that great building from the hands of faddists who in their nervous ways resembled those who in recent decades have done so much damage to our own fine churches. In the 1939 film, Quasimodo was portrayed by Charles Laughton and Maureen O’Hara was Esmeralda. Laughton was reared a Catholic and attended the English Jesuit school Stonyhurst, but lapsed in the course of his personally confused older years. Maureen O’Hara has long been a presence in our archdiocese and once, at the end of a mission I preached, she told me that Laughton returned to the Faith on his deathbed. This she was told by Laughton’s wife Elsa Lanchester who, while an abrupt atheist, knew that his friend would be glad that he had died with the Sacraments. All this is by way of announcing that we have fixed our carillon as a project of our Restoration Fund. After fifty years, the machinery needed replacement. This has been done by the company that installed the original works. The sound of bells, albeit electronically amplified, is an important part of life in our neighborhood, summoning the faithful to worship and reminding passers-by of the hours. It would have been sorely missed. Through advances in computer technology, we can now program the carillon for hundreds of special changes and swings, and hymns according to the liturgical season, and for weddings and funerals. This computerized Quasimodo will not need repairs for at least twenty-five years. So at the start of the new year, the sound of bells will most appropriately celebrate this fiftieth anniversary year of the dedication of our church. It is customary for bells to sound the “Angelus” thrice daily. As not all our neighbors would rejoice with the angels at 6:00 am, the summons is at Noon and 6:00 pm.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off on Fr. George W. Rutler’s Weekly Letter )when the President of the World first declared the developement of his policy – Benson The Lord of the World
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