On Peter Chrysologus and Ignatius of Loyola
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We are sorry for not being able to post last July 19,
Thursday, due to other concerns that need attending to.
However, we try to compensate by giving you the same
volume of content that was given last July 12. If you
wish to review the content that was published last
July 12, you may do so by clicking here.
The current post for today contains ten new articles,
posts, and news clips from Zenit:
We still post the Lectionary reading for the 16th Sunday
of the Year for review together with the 17th Sunday of
the Year - which will be celebrated this July 29. Also,
the promotional page of Ignatius Press that was supposed
to be posted last week is also published here for your
review. The new posts and articles for this week are
two news clips from Zenit news, an article on St. Peter
Chrysologus [whose feast will be celebrated on July 30],
a biographical data article on St. Ignatius of Loyola
[whose feast will be celebrated on July 31], and site
news on a new web log - Welling Up to Eternal Life.
This post features:
- Zenit News: Pope Calls Holy
Spirit the “Great Unknown” - Saint Peter Chrysologus, Bishop
and Doctor - Site News: New Web Log, Zenit
News, and Revised eBook - Welling Up to Eternal
Life - Matthew 12:38-42 - Slovenia Hosts Congress
- Scholar Says Bible Reveals Benevolent Creator - Biographical Data on St.
Ignatius of Loyola, Priest and Founder - Lectionary Readings for
the 17th Sunday of the Year, Year C - On Chesterton, “The Imitation
of Christ”, and Miracle Shrines - Last Sunday’s Readings
- the 16th Sunday of the Year, Year C - Best Writings of Pope Benedict
XVI - Featuring Deus Caritas Est
Zenit: On the Holy Spirit
As World Youth Day 2008 is fast approaching, Pope
Benedict asks the youth to reflect on the Holy Spirit
as the “Great Unknown”. He urges the youth to reflect
on three things about the Holy Spirit: to recognize the
true identity of the Spirit by listening to God’s word
in the Bible; to learn about His continuous and active
presence in the life of the Church, especially in the
sacraments; and, to “deepen their understanding of Jesus,
of whom the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Jesus. Pope
Benedict says that the preparation for the Sydney World
Youth Day will be a good opportunity to make the quality
of our faith in the Holy Spirit stronger and to cherish
that faith as a companion to our faith in the Father
and the Son, Jesus Christ.”
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Saint Peter Chrysologus
St. Peter a.k.a. Chrysologus, got this name because of
his eloquence and exceptional preaching abilities. His
sermons were so powerful and full of vehemence that it
made him stop sometimes in stillness out of excitement.
The story of his being made a bishop of Ravenna is founded
on a legend. Someone was already elected by the people
for bishop. But Pope St. Sixtus III had a vision from
St. Apollinaris, the first bishop of Ravenna, that told
him to select St. Peter Chrysologus instead. And so,
Peter Chrysologus was chosen bishop of Ravenna and governed
his see with a reformative spirit - eliminating pockets
of paganism in his diocese. St. Peter Chrysologus left
us one hundred sixty-seven sermons - some of which are
in the back pages of the breviary - in the non-biblical
section of readings.
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Site News: Zenit, new Web Log and eBook
Following up on the site news last July 7: there is a
new web log created entitled, “Welling Up to Eternal Life”;
if you notice in your feeds we also incorporate Zenit news
clips - we will continue to do so to augment whatever
information you may need in relation to family, business
ethics, theology and spirituality, and technology used
for evangelization; we also would like to remind our
readers of our new and revised eBook that can be freely
downloaded - you can study this and “earn while you
learn”; on July 23 will be the feast day of St. Bridget
of Sweden - we have an article that mentions her as one
of the four mystics who wrote on the life of the Blessed
Virgin Mary.
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Welling Up to Eternal Life
In this gospel passage, we see the scribes and the Pharisees
asking Jesus for a sign. They wanted a sign to know if
He really was the Messiah. However, Jesus responded that
no sign would be given to their generation except the sign
of Jonah. Just as the prophet Jonah was three days and
three nights in the belly of the whale, so shall Jesus
be in the belly of the earth three days and three nights
before He rises again from the dead. Jesus and His
resurrection will attest to the fact that “there is
something greater than Jonah here” and “there is something
greater than Solomon here”.
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Slovenia Holds Old Testament Congress
Slovenia will be hosting an Old Testament Congress that
will include Christians of many denominations. This news
clip from Zenit news, dated July 20, tells that there will
be a great meeting of Biblical scholars of Jewish, Catholic,
Orthodox, and Protestant churches. The goal of this convention
has two specific goals: mark the Year of the Bible underway
in Slovenia; and prepare for the synod of bishops to be held
in Rome in 2008 on “The Word of God in the Life and Mission
of the Church.” A new development to this year’s congress
includes the presence of Orthodox experts who will present
their tradition’s principle of Bible study, underlining the
importance of Jesus as the main principle in Scriptural
interpretation.
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Biographical Data: St. Ignatius
St. Ignatius of Loyola is not a devotional nor popular saint
in the Catholic faith but he has influenced much of the
Catholic world through his spirituality and through the
religious order of men he founded. This page gives quite
a detailed biographical data of highlights in his life and
in his founding of the Society of Jesus. At the onset, he
was involved with the Inquisition because he wrote a book
called the Spiritual Exercises - writing this book without
yet studying theology. This thus caused quite a stir among
ecclesiastics. Eventually however, as history unfolded, this
spirituality in which he lived and the religious order of
men he founded, have led the Church and created great scholars
and learned leaders of influence who educated much of Europe
through universities and libraries that bore their spirit.
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Lectionary Readings
The readings for the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time are taken
from: the book of Genesis, the letter of Paul to the
Colossians, and the gospel of Luke. In the book of Genesis,
we find the story of Abraham pleading with God to spare the
destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah for the sake of ten righteous
men living there. In the letter to the Colossians, Paul
continues to teach that it is by our baptism that we share
in the dying of Christ on the cross and His rising again
to new life. And finally in the gospel reading, Jesus
teaches on the theme of prayer - teaching the Our Father
and also teaching about the importance of faith and action
in prayer: “ask, and you shall receive; seek, and you shall
find; knock and it shall be opened to you”.
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On Chesterton and Miracle Shrines
This page features items of various topics. There is one
on the great writer, G.K.Chesterton. It is to be noted that
one of the best biographies made on St. Francis of Assisi
was written by him. There is also the spiritual classic,
“The Imitation of Christ”. Many saints began their life of
conversion to holiness through the reading of this book.
Another book item is one on the miracle sites of the world -
like Lourdes, Fatima and Knock. In these miracle shrines,
we see how the Blessed Virgin Mary appears to her little
servants so that people all over the world may be reminded
of the Lord and His desire to bring us back to His fold
through conversion, repentance and penance for our sins.
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Last Sunday’s Readings
The readings for the 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time are
taken from: the book of Genesis, the letter of Paul to
the Colossians, and the gospel of Luke. In the book of
Genesis, we find the story of God’s angels visiting Abraham.
Upon accepting Abraham’s invitation to rest in his home,
these angels gave Abraham the news that Sarah would soon
be pregnant with child upon their next visit. In the
letter of Paul to the Colossians, we find Paul writing
about the mystery of Christ that is given to us so that
we may see Christ as our hope of glory. In the gospel
reading, we see the story of Christ visiting the home
of Martha and Mary. We find in this story how Christ
favors Mary for her attention to Him while Martha is
busy and active in her service to Him.
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Best Writings of Pope Benedict XVI
Like his predecessor, John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI is
also a very good writer. Though more theologically-minded
in his writings, he writes surprisingly in simple and very
understandable style - as exemplified by his document,
Deus Caritas Est. This page features some of his best
written works - though he has written much about many
subjects and topics in theology. Not to be passed over
as one of your personal resources as a Catholic is his
very good writing on “God is Love” [Deus Caritas Est].
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