On Earth as it is in Heaven
Issue 17 - Dec 25 2016
To Defend & Proclaim the Word of Christ and the Catholic Church
Christmas - Dec 25 2016
Flight into Egypt - Jerónimo Ezquerra (1660–1737) 1
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- Editorial - Seibo Charity Event Tokyo - Fatima 1917-2017 - Asia Youth Day 2017 - A World Undone without Christmas - Christmas Carols - Media Notes - Majestica - Onspiration - 800th Jubille Celebrations of the Dominicans - Meditation with Gregorian Chants - Militiae Spirituali (Spiritual Warfare) - Catholic Truth - Quotes on Catholicism - Catholic Adoration & Hymns - Christianity and Philosophy - Christianity and Science - Know Your Faith - Aduno (Unity) & WYD 2016 - Catholic Truth - Encounter - FIRES Encounter - Inspiration (God's Beautiful Creations) - AFew Thoughts About Dayly Knightly The aim of Dayly Knightly and its Newsletter is to provide a platform for people to share the latest news and events that concern Catholics, to defend and proclaim the Catholic faith and to support people in their faith foundation and journey. To that end, Dayly Knighly humbly asks for graces from God, the support of the Holy Spirit and the Saints, the guidance and Mother Mary and the wisdom, courage and strength of Christ to carry out its mission. We also give praise and thanks to God for all the love and gifts He has given us and ask Him to continue to love and protect us from harm, temptations and the evil forcrs fo this world. Prayer to St. Michael Holy Michael, the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our safeguard against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray; and do you, O Prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who wander through the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.
Watch the new Christmas music video released by the Dominican friars Washington D.C., Dec 24, 2016 / 07:25 am (CNA/ EWTN News).- If you're itching to welcome in the yuletide with Christmas carols, a new album released by the friars of the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. might just hold the holiday tune you’ve been searching for. From traditional classics such as Away in a Manger, Silent Night, and Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, the Dominicans of the Eastern Province have released their Christmas album Christ Was Born to Save, available on CD or for digital download on iTunes. Read more here. 2
EDITORIAL
Fake News Over the years but in particular, from the misleading, fear-mongering reporting of the nuclear accident stemming from the Tohoku earthquake in Japan in 2011 to the more the recent US Presidential election campaign between Trump and Clinton, it became clear once and for all that in the world today we have main stream media (MSM) engaged in flagrantly dishonest reporting. Even Pope Francis has had to appeal to journalists to carefully carry out their responsibility to report truthfully to the public. The topic has its own identifier now, namely, 'Fake News' but what is troubling is that most of the MSM organisations (CNN, ABC, MSNBC, BBC etc.,) seem to think this problem belongs not to them but to the new social media news groups (e.g. BREITBART) that inhabit the Internet. In the US, MSM engaged in overly biased and vindictive reporting against President-Elect Trump while barely highlighting any of the laws Clinton had allegedly broken for which clear evidence had been shown. No wonder MSM popular ratings plummeted to 8% as the election was being held. Then we witnessed their shock (including a certain social media entity) at Trump's election victory because they believed in polls which had Clinton winning, yet in fact many of these polls were the MSM's own creation. The MSM were not just blinded, they willfully blinded themselves. President Kennedy in his 1961 address to media organisations reminded the media of their deep responsibility in being even-handed and truthful in their reporting and spoke of the need of such reporting even if at times governments did not like that which was being reported about them. Governments were to be held accountable and should welcome a media which can provide a critical oversight to government actions. Sadly, most MSM organisations are owned or are given large financial donations by billionaire elitists such as George Soros who influence agendas in the political arena. The result is the gradual subversion of the traditional role of journalists to that of following these agendas. Currently, this agenda is essentially a Left wing progressive agenda, which is aggressively stamping secular and atheistic rules over the West and its Christian-Judeo heritage. We see this in the removal of Christianity from public life and the military, the blackmailing of business and religious groups over their religious beliefs and the weakening of society's stability by continuous attacks on the family unit through extremely liberal marriage/divorce and abortion laws. Most attacks can be traced back to a cabal of elitist billionaire atheists who have created a lapdog MSM to foist their agenda on a public which has been dumbed down on a diet of garish, unwholesome and sensationalistic yet bland media offerings and education programs. Trump's victory has completely shocked and shook up the elitist agenda. Though Trump may not be perfect and certainly has his own flaws, that he has been elected President on a campaign that supports Christian and PRO-LIFE values is a cause for optimism. Yes be critical of his policies as his term unfolds but do so in the manner that genuinely seeks and disseminates the truth. However, the underlying problem of Fake News still remains. Today, it is clear that we have main stream media groups which cannot be trusted to carry out their role. It is absolutely necessary for citizens to do their own homework and search for the real truth regarding important social and religious issues. To that end, defending Christianity will need greater alertness and monitoring by believers over the media, a greater understanding of the anti-Christian agendas of Leftist elitists and a greater willingness to stand up to these oppressive forces. Dayly Knightly for one is willing to do its part to carry out this defense.
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SEIBO CHARITY EVENT TOKYO
Sunday March 19 2017 “Warm Hearts” チャリティーコンサート 主催： NPO法人聖母/ Organised by NPO Seibo 場所： What the Dickens （恵比寿駅から3分）/ Location: What The Dickens, Ebisu http://www.whatthedickens.jp/ 日にち： 3/19（日）/ Sunday 19th of March, 2017 入場： 午後6時 / Doors Open: 5pm イベント内容：3/18－19にかけて、東京の表参道と代々木公園でSt. Patrick’s Day（セイント・ パトリックス・デー／聖パトリックの祭日）のイベントが行われます。また、20日は国連が定め る「世界幸福デー」で、世界中でこの日をお祝いしています。そこで私たちは、世界中の恵まれ ない子供たちにもこの日をきっかけに少しでも幸せな気持ちを感じてもらいたいと考え、そうい ったイベントを組み合わせて、19日の夜をとても楽しい一夜にしたいと考えております。 Event Info: On the 18th & 19th of March, Tokyo turns green for the St. Patrick's Day Celebrations in Omotesando/Yoyogi area. On the 20th of March Tokyo then celebrates International Happiness Daybut what about the night time? On the 19th of March we host a fun night of music and fun all for a great cause - all funds raised on the door going direct to Malawi to provide school meals for vulnerable children and share the happiness. International Happiness Day is a U.N specified day which aims to bring happiness to all people around the world Contact: 080-4200-9923/ info@seibojapan.or.jp http://www.seibojapan.or.jp/thanksamillionconcert0317/?la=en 4
Fatima 1917-2017
Our Lady of Fatima Ven Bishop Fulton J Sheen 5
Asia Youth Day 2017
Asia Youth Day 2017 30 July - 06 Aug 2017
Joyful Asian Youth! Living the Gospel in Multicultural Asia - Video
「アジアの若者よ、多様性あふれたアジアの文化の中で、福音を喜んで生きなさい！ 」 （使徒行録 2･1‐11 特に 7‐11、新共同訳）
◆ アジアン・ユース・デー（ＡＹＤ） とは？ ＡＹＤはアジア約 28 カ国のカトリック教会青年代表およそ 2,0００人が集い、ホスト国の文化・社会と教会の福音的な 取り組みに触れながら、典礼、体験学習、ホームステイ、文化交流、自国紹介など、８日間共に祈り、共に学びます。 信仰を生きるアジアの仲間と出会い、お互いの連帯と信仰を深めるアジアの青年大会です。 第 7 回目となる今回はインドネシア・ジョグジャカルタ市 (Jogjakarta) で開かれ、日本から 50 名の青年が招かれ ています。さまざまなプログラムを通して、テーマ「Joyful Asian Youth ! Living the Gospel in Multicultural Asia
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の若者よ、多様性あふれたアジアの文化の中で、福音を喜んで生きなさい！」を深めていきます。 開催地
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参加費（およそ \25,000） ＋ 旅費 （インドネシアまでの往復旅費は自己負担です）
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詳細については後日、カトリック中央協議会 HP に掲載します。 〔教区での日々〕
7 月 30 日（日）～8 月 1 日（火） 〔ＡＹＤ本大会〕
8 月 2 日 （水） ～6 日 （日）昼食後、解散 日々のテーマ １日目：多様性に富んだアジアの国が一つに集う ２日目：多様性に感謝し、祝う ３日目：文化的多様性の中で一つになる ４日目：交わりを祝う ５日目：福音の喜びを生き、分かち合う 主催： アジア司教協議会連盟（ＦＡＢＣ） 信徒局－ユースデスク
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A World Undone without Christmas
Sermon - Dec 23 2016 -
Without Christmas, man destroys himself... whole nations and continents commit suicide... as is clearly evident in the nearly continuous stream of atheistic wars over the last two and half centuries... most notably World War I and World War II. Only when Christ is once again recognized as Our King, will these evils be averted. For more please visit http://www.reginaprophetarum.org & remember to say 3 Hail Marys for the priest. Click for sermon here or on any photo image.
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Christmas Carols
The Priests - Silent Night
AndrĂŠ Rieu and The Boys and Girls Japanese Choir - Silent Night, Holy Night
The Priests - O Holy Night
O Come, O Come Emmanuel Traditional Choir
Joy to the World (St Mary Choir and Orchestra)
The First Noel Choir of Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin
Away In A Manger Choir of Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin 8
Media Notes
SILENCE International Trailer (2016) Martin Scorsese 映画『沈黙－サイレンス－』本予告
Live! Catholic Network TV
The German Army Christmas Truce of 1914
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MAJESTICA
Over 1 Hour of Beautiful Gregorian Music
Litany of the Holy Name of Jesus Gregorian Sung Prayer for Meditation
GMG 2016, MISERICORDES SICUT PATER
Gregorian Chant - "Salve Regina" 10
INSPIRATION
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception Crypt - Washington D.C. Website
Catholic Church's Amazing Churches 11
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INSPIRATION Wild Life
- Member of Japanese Mafia - Deported from Japan - Drug User - Prison
Conversion
Filipina Women & the Holy Rosary
Fr. Donald Calloway: An Episcopalian Who Became Catholic The Journey Home
Original Big surprise for Bride and Groom Fr. Ray Kelly sings Halleiuah 13
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800th Jubilee Celebrations - Order of the Preachers
The Dominicans
800th Jubilee: History of the Order of Preachers
On May 21, 2016, during the 800th anniversary of the founding of the Order of Preachers, a record number of eleven men from the Province of St. Joseph were ordained to the holy priesthood
Dominican Friars - Order of Preachers The Order of Preachers (Dominicans) is a Roman Catholic Religious Order founded by St Dominic de Guzman
THE ROSARY CONFRATERNITY
Fr. Donald Calloway "The Rosary as a Weapon!"
Welcome! We are headquarters of the Rosary Confraternity of the Catholic Church, a world-wide movement of prayer for peace. We are administered by the Dominican Fathers, Fr. Dismas Sayre, O.P., Director. We are located next to the Holy Rosary Church in Portland, Oregon, USA, the city of roses. Included is how to pray the rosary. Those who pray the Rosary regularly would do well to be enrolled in the Confraternity to gain extra spiritual benefits for each Rosary they pray. Enroll in the confraternity. Read more here. 15
Meditation with Gregorian Chants
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MILITIAE SPIRITUALI - Religious Persecution
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Anti-Christian persecution is being overlooked, says Prince Charles - Catholic Herald
Prince Charles has said that the scale of anti-Christian persecution is “not widely appreciated”. Speaking on Radio 4’s Thought for the Day, the Prince of Wales recalled meeting a Jesuit priest from Syria who gave him “a graphic account of what life is like for those Christians he was forced to leave behind”. Persecution, especially by ISIS, has led many Middle East Christians to flee their homes. Iraq’s Christian population has decreased from 1.4 million to 250,000. Read full article here. No Christian persecution in the US? Try telling that to these Christians - LifeSite News "Elaine and Jonathan Huguenin were forced by a court in New Mexico to pay more than $6,600 in fines in 2012 after they declined to use their business, Elane Photography, to photograph a lesbian “commitment ceremony.” - Read More here
Who Will Endure the Coming Persecution?
- Jonathan B. Coe, Crisis Magazine
During the days when David was king (1010-970 BC), the leaders of the tribe of Issachar were lauded because they “were endowed with an understanding of the times and … knew what Israel had to do…” (I Chron. 13:33). Jesus rebuked the crowds for not understanding their present age: they knew how to predict the weather, whether it was going to rain or be hot, but they didn’t know how to interpret the times they lived in (Luke 12:54-56). In the West, in the battle between the armies of secularism and those promoting Judeo-Christian values, if the armies of light don’t understand the times, they won’t have a strategy for taking action. D-Day was only possible because General Eisenhower had a sufficient, though not exhaustive, understanding of the dynamics and details of the world conflict, in general, and, specifically, in relation to the beaches of Normandy and surrounding environs. Read more here. 17
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Iraqi Christians celebrate first Christmas post Islamic State
21 year old Iraqi christian girl talks to UNHRC about Iraqi christians persecution by ISIS
Unafraid of ISIS, Iraqi Girl's Faith Beyond Viral
Islam Faith Collapsing? Muslims Find Jesus Christ During Middle East Crisis
Former Muslim Terrorist Sees Jesus And Becomes A Christian
Franciscan University Presents: Islam and ISIS
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Iraqi Christian fighters raise the cross on the churches of Bartella after its liberation from ISIS
Now Liberated, Bishop Blesses Iraqi Church The first church service was held in the recently liberated Iraqi town of Qaraqosh by the bishop of the dicese of Mosul, Kirkuk and Kurdistan, who blessed the Church of the Immaculate Conception. 19
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- Crisis of Our Times –
Too Many Men Are Effeminate Fr. Chad Ripperger
"In this monumental lecture, Fr. Chad Ripperger tears off the veil concealing the greatest tragedy facing civilization … Men are being conditioned to be effeminate wimps. And, before any man shrugs this off as not applying to them, listen to what Fr. Ripperger points to as signs of effeminacy in men … this is eye-opening!" View the video presentation here. Read more here - Roman Catholic Man
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The BBC conceded it was false to describe the Church as being 'silent' in the face of Nazism
The BBC’s internal watchdog has found that a programme wrongly accused the Catholic Church of “silence” about the Holocaust. After Pope Francis’s visit to Auschwitz in July, BBC One’s 6pm news bulletin carried a report which stated: “Silence was the response of the Catholic Church when Nazi Germany demonised Jewish people and then attempted to eradicate Jews from Europe.” In response, the cross-bench peer Lord Alton of Liverpool and Fr Leo Chamberlain, the former headmaster of Ampleforth, made an official complaint. Read more here.
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MILITIAE SPIRITUALI - PRO LIFE ISSUES before birth.” “It is interesting that in his decision Mr Justice Humphreys dismissed as ‘entirely without merit’ the argument made by the State that the only relevant right of an unborn child was a right to life,” she said. “This ruling reminds us that we are a human being from conception and that our human rights must be protected and upheld from that point,” said the Life Institute spokeswoman.
High Court in Ireland Rules an Unborn Baby Has a Right to Life A High Court judge has ruled that the word ‘unborn’ in the Irish Constitution means an “unborn child” with rights beyond the right to life which “must be taken seriously” by the State. The Irish Times reports that Mr Justice Richard Humphreys said that the unborn child, including the unborn child of a parent facing deportation, enjoys “significant” rights and legal position at common law, by statute, and under the Constitution, “going well beyond the right to life alone”. The judgement was made in a judical review of a deportation order. Mr Justice Humphreys said many of those rights were “actually effective” rather than merely prospective. He also said that Article 42a of the Constitution, inserted by a 2012 referendum, obliges the State to protect “all” children and that because an “unborn” is “clearly a child”, Article 42a applied to all children “both before and after birth”. Niamh Uí Bhriain of the Life Institute said that this was a significant ruling which confirmed that the unborn baby was deserving of all the rights and protections to which every other person was entitled. She added that the ruling was a blow to those who were seeking to discriminate against children before birth and who argued that the preborn child was not fully human or entitled to human rights. “This is an important ruling which provides useful clarity at a time when the media and abortion campaigners are arguing that preborn children should be denied even the most fundamental right – the right to life,” she said. “Mr Justice Humphreys has ruled that preborn children not only have a right to life, but that the State is obliged to ensure that all the rights accruing to every child are upheld for children
Donald Trump: “I Am Pro-Life and I Will be Appointing Pro-Life Judges” to the Supreme Court During tonight’s presidential debate Donald Trump made it very clear that he will appoint pro-life justices to the Supreme Court who would be likely to overturn the Roe versus Wade decision that has led to 58 million abortions. Trump said he is pro-life and the kinds of Judges he would put on the nation’s highest court are those that would be the kind pro-life voters would appreciate. For pro-life voters, the Supreme Court is probably the most important election issue this year as the nation’s highest court could control the fate of abortion for decades to come and whether another 58 million abortions happen or if unborn children will eventually enjoy legal protection. “The Supreme Court – it’s what it’s all about. Our country is so, just so imperative that we have the right justices,” Trump said. ” I feel that the justices that I am going to appoint– and I’ve named 20 of them. The justices that I’m going to appoint will be pro-life. They will have a conservative bent.“ Trump talked about the kind of temperament that is best for a potential Supreme Court justice to have. 23
MILITIAE SPIRITUALI - PRO LIFE ISSUES “They are great scholars in all cases, and they are people of tremendous respect. They will interpret the Constitution the way the founders wanted it interpreted. And I believe that’s very, very important. I don’t think we should have the justices appointed that decide what they want to hear,” he said. “It’s all about the Constitution of — and so important — the Constitution, the way it was meant to be. And those are the people that I will appoint. “ Asked if Roe v. wade would be overturned by judges Trump would appoint, he said that would be the case. “Well, if that would happen because I am pro-life, and I will be appointing pro-life judges,” Trump said. “Well if we put another two or perhaps three justices on that’s really what’s going to be — that will happen. It’ll happen automatically in my opinion because I am putting pro-life justices on the court.”
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Martyrs Know Apostasy Can Not Be Justified John Paul Meehan - Crisis Magazine
“At its pivotal moment, Silence’s protagonist, the Jesuit missionary Sebastian Rodrigues, faces a terrible choice: He can hold fast to orthodoxy, or he can repudiate it and thereby alleviate the serious, immediate, and temporal sufferings of a people he has come to love.” Read more here. 26
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The Facts About Equality Why the Left Hates Inequality & God TFP Student Action
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Spiritual Warfare Quotes from the Popes Pope Francis
“In this generation, like so many others, people have been led to believe that the devil is a myth, a figure, an idea, the idea of evil. But the devil exists and we must fight against him.”
The Haunting Stories of 5 Saints Who Battled Demons - ChurchPop
The spiritual world is real, and there is a battle going on. Though Satan and his demons rarely reveal themselves to ordinary people, when it comes to those who are strong in the Lord like the saints, demons apparently sometimes make open attacks. Of course, Jesus has already overcome Satan and all the evil forces of this world. Though Satan rages on, looking for souls to pull down to hell with him, any person who abides in Jesus cannot be separated from God. So don’t let these stories frighten you. Rather, let these stories be reminders that Satan and his temptations to sin are real – even if you don’t see him like these saints did. Read more here.
“Maybe his [Satan’s] greatest achievement in these times has been to make us believe that he does not exist, and that all can be fixed on a purely human level.”
Pope Benedict XVI
”The more one understands the holiness of God, the more one understands the opposite of what is holy, namely, the deceptive masks of the devil”
Pope Jojn Paul II
“‘Spiritual combat’ is another element of life which needs to be taught anew and proposed once more to all Christians today. It is a secret and interior art, an invisible struggle in which (we) engage every day against the temptations, the evil suggestions that the demon tries to plant in (our) hearts.” “He who does not believe in the devil does not believe in the Gospel.” 29
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Catholic Truth
Scrupulosity: The Occupational Hazard of the Catholic Moral Life By: Mark Lowery, Catholic Answers
God’s grace is the most powerful thing on earth. By making his own life available to us, God demonstrates his sovereign love and power. It must have been tempting for God to build man with freedom but to prevent him from misusing it in any serious way. But that would have made the gift of freedom an illusion. This great gift of love is freely offered, and we are free to accept or reject it. If it were forced upon us, it would have no value. The gift of freedom is a twin with the gift of grace. As grace without freedom is not grace, so freedom without grace is not freedom. Freedom as an end in itself, freedom to "do what I want," leaves us with a profound restlessness and despair. Freedom is in its fullest splendor when it is aligned with truth. Scrupulosity is a corruption of freedom. The scrupulous person is anxious that he has committed a sin when in fact he has not or is convinced that his venial sins are mortal when they are not.
The Descent into Scrupulosity
This is the kind of reasoning that can lead a person into scrupulosity: - It’s one thing to offend a human person. These offenses can be forgiven. - Things start to get bad when you offend a person of high dignity. - The more sovereign the person offended, the more dangerous the offense. - Things get really bad when you offend the greatest person—or rather, the three greatest Persons, namely, the Trinity. - Even if the offense seems minor, it is still an offense against an infinite being. - Though there are different degrees of sin, all sin is of one kind; all offenses against God are equall serious. - Given the inevitability of sin, there’s not much hope of salvation. One is now in the realm of scrupulosity. It’s the occupational hazard of the Catholic moral life. If you take morality seriously, you are vulnerable to this error. Like most mistakes, it gets half the picture right, which is why scrupulosity is attractive. It is right about the seriousness of human freedom, which is not a game. We do have the power to dislodge God’s grace from our hearts through sin. But scrupulosity gets the other half of the grace/freedom picture wrong: It fails to take into account that God’s grace is so powerful that it is not as easily dislodged from the heart as the scrupulous person thinks. Scrupulosity takes myriad forms. Here are a few descriptions that depict the errors a scrupulous person can fall into: - The scrupulous person may believe that the difference between venial and mortal sin is only one of degree. The misuse of freedom that offends the Trinity, of whatever degree, is serious. - The scrupulous person may believe that his faults are sins or are so rooted in sin that to show a fault is tantamount to sin. - The scrupulous person may believe that his psychological disorder is the result of sin, and actions stemming from it are sins. He may believe that those who think psychological disorders minimize or negate our freedom are wrong. - The scrupulous person may believe that having even a fleeting impure thought (maybe sexual thoughts or thought about revenge) is sinful. He may believe that we are able to control our minds completely, so that if anything impure enters it has been freely chosen and therefore sinful. - The scrupulous person may believe that any imperfection puts a barrier between him and God. - The scrupulous person may believe that our only hope is the sacrament of reconciliation, and be cause sin happens constantly, he must receive the sacrament continually. There are good intentions behind this way of thinking. It is meant to emphasize our freedom and our responsibility and to uphold God’s sovereignty. Read more here. 31
Quotes on Catholicism “ The political and journalistic world can boast of very few heroes who compare with Father Damien of Molokai. The Catholic Church, on the contrary, counts by the thousands those who after the example of Fr. Damien have devoted themselves to the victims of leprosy. It is worthwhile to look for the sources of such heroism. ” — Mahatma Gandhi “ The Church has ever proved indestructible. Her persecutors have failed to destroy her; in fact, it was during times of persecution that the Church grew more and more; while the persecutors themselves,... ..., are the very ones who came to nothing. ” — Saint Thomas Aquinas “ In the most difficult hours of which we Jews of Romania have passed through, the generous assistance of the Holy See…was decisive and salutary. It is not easy for us to find the right words to express the warmth and consolation we experienced because of the concern of the supreme pontiff, who offered a large sum to relieve the sufferings of deported Jews…. The Jews of Romania will never forget these facts of historic importance. ” — Alexander Safran “ After the great Pope John Paul II, the Cardinals have elected me, a simple and humble labourer in the vineyard of the Lord. The fact that the Lord knows how to work and to act even with inadequate instruments comforts me, and above all I entrust myself to your prayers. ” — Benedict XVI “ Since God has given us the papacy, let us enjoy it. ”
— Pope Leo X
“ Jesus Christ, whose body and blood are truly contained in the sacrament of the altar under the forms of bread and wine; the bread being changed (transsubstantiatio) by divine power into the body, and the wine into the blood, so that to realize the mystery of unity we may receive of Him what He has received of us. And this sacrament no one can effect except the priest who has been duly ordained in accordance with the keys of the Church, which Jesus Christ Himself gave to the Apostles and their successors. ” — Fourth Council of the Lateran “ Every prophet, every ancient writer, every revolution of the state, every law, every ceremony of the old covenant points only to Christ, announces only him, represents only him. ” — Eusebius of Caesarea “ Sharing in solicitude for all the Churches, bishops exercise this episcopal office of theirs, received through episcopal consecration, in communion with and under the authority of the Supreme Pontiff. All are united in a college or body with respect to teaching the universal Church of God and governing her as shepherds. ” — Robert Bellarmine Decree on the Bishops' Pastoral Office “ Praise consists in the love of God, in wonder at the goodness of God, in recognition of the gifts of God, in seeing God in all things He gives us, ay, and even in the things that He refuses to us; so as to see our whole life in the light of God; and seeing this, to bless Him, adore Him, and glorify Him. ” — Henry Edward Cardinal Mannin “ I cannot keep silent, nor would it be proper, so many favours and graces has the Lord deigned to bestow on me in the land of my captivity. ” — Saint Patrick “ If you’re going to do a thing, you should do it thoroughly. If you’re going to be a Christian, you may as well be a Catholic. ” — Muriel Spark 32
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Catholic Adoration
Burke & Belfast
By Jim Bryant, Regina Magazine · On December 24, 2016 Forty years ago, it was a war zone. Belfast, Northern Ireland was the scene of horrific sectarian violence between Catholics and Protestants. In the decades since, all Christian religion has been on a downswing. Enter the Latin Mass, and those who love it. Stephen Tyrrell, 26, is recently married and expecting his first child. A polymers/medical engineer in Belfast, he spent seven years as a Non-Commissioned Officer in the Irish Defence Force Reserve, which he says “helped to form me into the man I am today.” Stephen recently sat down with REGINA to tell us about his reversion, the impact of the TLM (Traditional Latin Mass) in Belfast and a recent visit from Raymond Cardinal Burke for the Catholic Voice conference in Limerick. Read full article here.
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Catholic Adoration - Hymns
Holy God, we praise Thy Name - Faith of our Fathers Holy God, we praise thy Name Holy God, we praise thy Name; Lord of all, we bow before thee! All on earth thy scepter claim, all in heaven above adore thee; infinite thy vast domain, everlasting is thy reign.
Hark! the loud celestial hymn angel choirs above are raising, cherubim and seraphim, in unceasing chorus praising; fill the heavens with sweet accord: Holy, holy, holy, Lord.
Holy God we praise thy name with Lyrics
Lo! the apostolic train join the sacred Name to hallow; prophets swell the loud refrain, and the white robed martyrs follow; and from morn to set of sun, through the Church the song goes on. Holy Father, Holy Son, Holy Spirit, Three we name thee; while in essence only One, undivided God we claim thee; and adoring bend the knee, while we own the mystery. Words: Ignaz Franz, 1774; trans. Clarence Augustus Walworth, 1858
Holy God We Praise Thy Name
Highlights of the ordination of Bishop Liam Cary in Baker Oregon on May 18, 2012. Archbishop John George Vlazny (Principal Consecrator), Bishop Robert Francis Vasa and Bishop William Stephen Skylstad (Principal Co-Consecrators). Listen here. 35
Catholic Adoration - Hymns
O Sacrament Most Holy
I am the Bread of Life
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Catholic Adoration - Hymns
Soul of My Saviour - Faith of our Fathers
Here I am Lord with lyriics
Soul of My Saviour - Faith of our Fathers Soul of my Saviour, sanctify my breast; Body of Christ, be thou my saving guest; Blood of my Saviour, bathe me in thy tide, wash me with water flowing from thy side.
Strength and protection may thy passion be; O blessed Jesus, hear and answer me; deep in thy wounds, Lord, hide and shelter me; so shall I never, never part from thee. Guard and defend me from the foe malign; in death’s dread moments make me only thine; call me, and bid me come to thee on high, where I may praise thee with thy saints for ay.
One Bread One Body
You Raise me Up
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Catholic Hymns
Ave Maria - Gregorian
Schubert - Ave Maria
Hail Queen of Heaven-Saint Mary Choir
Christ Be Beside Me - St. Patrick
List of Roman Catholic hymns Click here: Source: Wikipedia
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Christianity and Philosophy
A Torah Scholar Helps Explain the Age Of Foolishness - Jonathan B. Coe, Crisis Magazine Maybe it takes a Torah scholar and religious Jew to help us understand the roots of the inverted values that animate Western civilization. For over ten years, author and radio talk show host Dennis Prager taught the first five books of the Bible verse-by-verse at the American Jewish University in Los Angeles. According to Prager there is no greater concept in the Torah than that of “distinction,” or, put another way, the clear separation God makes between certain things: God and man, animal and human, life and death, sacred and profane, good and evil, male and female. He even goes so far as to call these distinctions “God’s Signature” on the created order. Like six pillars holding up a great house, when the structural integrity of those columns becomes significantly compromised, the whole house comes crashing down. Of the six distinctions listed, the one between God and man is antecedent to all the others: once it is compromised, the others will fall too like so many dominoes. When Adam and Eve succumbed to the serpent’s temptation, they switched places with God and made themselves the arbiters of truth and morality. The seeds of their godship that were sown in Eden are coming to full flower in our age. In his magisterial work, The Study of History, the eminent historian Arnold Toynbee divides world history into twenty-one ages and makes the case that our present age is the first one whose prevailing ethos does not appeal to a divine text or a holy tradition for guidance in the major areas of life. To say that we are living in a post-Christian age is as obvious as saying that the sun rises in the east. What’s sometimes overlooked is that this godship is not exclusively driven by agnostics and atheists, but receives major contributions by those calling themselves Christians. I can’t help but think of the recent effort by Catholics for Choice to overturn the Hyde Amendment thereby allowing taxpayer-funded abortions. Their position on this issue rejects two thousand years of Church teaching. Read more here. 39
Christianity & Science
The Catholic Roots of Science - Dr. Gerard Verschuuren
The Origin of Humanity - Dr. Gerard Verschuuren
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Know Your Faith
Discerning Hearts The Discernment of Spirits Setting the Captives Free with Fr. Timothy Gallagher A 16 episode podcast series with Fr. Gallagher that guides you through the 14 rules of discernment by St. Ignatius of Loyola. Click here to access the podcasts.
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CATHOLIC CHURCH LITURGICAL CALENDAR 2016-2017 Source: http://cmvic.net
Listed below is the entire 2016- 2017 Liturgical Calendar of seasons. As defined by the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the Liturgical Year is "The celebration throughout the year of the mysteries of the Lord's birth, life, death, and Resurrection in such a way that the entire year becomes a 'year of the Lord's grace.'" The Season of Advent begins four Sundays before Christmas (November 27, 2016) and ends after the mid-afternoon prayer on Christmas Eve (December 24, 2016). The Christmas Season begins with Evening Prayer on Christmas Eve (December 24, 2016) and ends with Evening Prayer on the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord (January 9, 2017). Ordinary Time begins after Evening Prayer on the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord (January 9, 2017) until Ash Wednesday (March 1, 2017). The Season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday (March 1, 2017) and ends with the Celebration of the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday (April 13, 2017). The Paschal Triduum begins on Holy Thursday with the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper (April 13, 2017) and ends with Evening Prayer on Easter Sunday (April 16, 2017). The Easter Season begins on Easter Sunday (April 16, 2017) and ends with Evening Prayer on the Solemnity of Pentecost (June 4, 2017). Ordinary Time begins after Evening Prayer on the Solemnity of Pentecost (June 4, 2017) and continues until Evening Prayer of the First Sunday of Advent (December 3, 2017).
Catholic Liturgical Calendar 2017 Daily Mass Readings
Introducing a new series “A Tour of the Catechism of the Catholic Church” given by Fr. Daniel J. Mahan, S.T.L. The entire Catechism is covered in about 80 videos, 10-20 minutes long each, giving an outline of the content along with easy to follow explanations. It is based on the 2nd Edition of the Catechism. Click here for Tour of the Catechism #14 - Son of God Became Man
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Know Your Faith Liturgical Cycles The start of a new liturgical year, beginning with the first Sunday of Advent, also marks the transition from one lectionary cycle (A, B, or C) to the next. These cycles are a result of the Second Vatican Council, which ordered a change in the Sunday readings at Mass so that Catholics would become more familiar with the text of the Bible. As a result we now have a three-year cycle of readings built around readings from the three synoptic Gospels— Matthew, Mark, and Luke. In this section you can find information and activities related to each cycle: Cycle A Resources: The Gospel of Matthew Books About St. Matthew and his Gospel Video Introductions to the Gospel of Matthew Activities for Liturgical Year A Cycle B Resources: The Gospel of Mark Learn more about St. Mark and his Gospel
Christmas Day is the Restoration of the Sense of Humour Sermon on Christmass & keeping your sense of humor. Sin causes us to lose it. As St Ephrem says "go to the crib" For more please visit http://www.reginaprophetarum.org & remember to say 3 Hail Marys for the priest
Cycle C Resources: The Gospel of Luke Books about St. Luke and His Writings Activities for Liturgical Year C Source: Loyola Press, A Jesuit Ministry
Feast of the Holy Innocents December 28
Catholic Canon Lawyers The St. Joseph Foundation To Defend Catholic Truth and Uphold Catholic Rights
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Aduno - Unity Jotarozen
Catholic Church in China
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Aduno - Unity
Creation - Gallery of Byzantine Iconography and Fine Art by Fr. Luke (Rolland) Dingma
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Aduno - Unity - World Youth Day 2016
Jesus Christ, You Are My Life (Theme Music) World Youth Day - Krakov, Poland - 26.07.2016
World Youth Day Music Compilation 2016
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Catholic Truth
Traditional Catholic Struggle Against Concupiscence
Traditional Catholic Priest Our souls and bodies have been effected by Original Sin to tend toward what is not good. If we have sinned since our baptism, each one of us has a good person and a fallen person. And they struggle together. Read more here.
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ENCOUNTER
St. Faustina's Visions of the Afterlife
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FIRES ENCOUNTER
FIRES ENCOUNTER
Families, Intercommunication, Relationships, Experiences, Services Requested by a Spanish couple in 1952, a worldwide series of programs set up by Fr Gabriel Calvo, for Married Couples, Sons and Daughters, Families, Engaged Couples, Individuals, Priests and Men and Women Religious, to build more honest and loving relationships with oneself, with ones’ family, with others and with GOD. FIRES ENCOUNTER SAVING COUPLES & FAMILIES IN JAPAN SINCE 1971 Read the Testimonials here. Please contact Fr. Donnon (donnon.murray@holistic–family.org). Website is here.
ENGAGED ENCOUNTER Website: http://www.fires-encounter.com/ For couples planning a future marriage, but also open to married couples desiring an opportunity to reflect on ways to deepen even further their life together as couples and families in the Lord. If you, or couples you may know, are interested, please contact Fr. Donnon directly or by phone/email donfires@hotmail.com or donnon.murray@holistic–family.org Please check the FIRES Encounter website for more details
Fr. Donnon Murray FIRES Encounter Centre, Franciscan Chapel Center, Tokyo
APPEAL FOR PRAYER With the strong desire by Pope Francis to support families and Marriage through the Synod of the Family and his Exhortation, Amoris Laetitia, now more than ever the work of Fr. Donnon O.F.M, is needed in this time of crises and stress for true family life. Please pray for Fr. Donnon Murray, O.F.M., that he can receive the support and resources needed to continue his FIRES ENCOUNTER mission as was once before provided by the Franciscan Chaopel Center through former parish priest Fr. Bede Fitzpatrick O.F.M and Fr. Campion O.F.M. Read FIRES Testimonials introduction. 53
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FIRES Encounter in Hungary Summer 2016
Recognition of the work of Fr. Donnon Murray and Fr. Gabriel in the Hungarian Parliament
"MECS 'Hungary) had the great privilege of being awarded with the Cardinal Jรณzsef Mindszenty medal for "two decades of supporting the nation" through the service of MECS/CFM/FIRES. The medal is given by the 15 member Mindszenty Association, chaired by the Vice President of the Parliament, to 4 persons every year. Receiving this award in the name of all our helpers and priests - including you and Fr. Gabriel - was great joy for us. It is great honour to know that the aims and services of MECS have been judged to be somewhat in line with the life of the great Card. Mindszenty. It is also an expression of gratitude for all you have done for Hungary through FIRES." Excerpt of letter from Balazs and Krisztina (MECS ยฅ, Hungary) to Fr. Donnon Murray (FIRES, Tokyo) Nov 12th 2016 54
FIRES Encounter Testimonials (English) A taste of heaven on earth is possible, as people who live with the Lord all know. Sanae and Tomohisa Asaoka –Shizuoka, Japan
A Japanese poet expressed that he sought for happiness in this world but could not find it, and wondered if it could be found at all. We think it can be found, and that it is very near. It has been more than 20 years since we made our first ME and even now recall it very vividly. There were many banners hanging from the wall, each expressing the significance of the various steps. The one that made the deepest impression was a banner that expressed through two candles the progression of going from Disunity to Encounter With Self, to Communication, to Reconciliation, and finally to Unity. We became aware that happiness lies in the love that flows from unity, but that Unity can be experienced only after going through those different stages. We were, and even now, so many years later are, grateful to the team couples who traveled a long distance to share with us the little incidents of their daily lives, encouraging us and opening our eyes to something entirely new, so that we could no help but agree, saying in our hearts: “Yes! Yes!” That was the first time since we were married that we opened our hearts to one another. People had said of us that we were a couple that got along so well together. We never thought we were perfect, but we did think that we more or less had it all together. How conceited can you get? If you take a good look at yourself you are bound to discover any number of things. I became conscious of the fact that I have been scrutinized by my wife and I had no suitable answer to whatever criticism she might make. But we looked at our mutual good points and could respect them, and understand them. In other words we came to understand that we truly loved one another. As the program progressed, with listening to Father’s talks and the sharings by the teams, just about everything seemed to strike home, leaving a feeling of helplessness that brought tears to our eyes. Before the weekend my only thought was that 3 days is a long time and it is sure to be boring. In fact it was over before we knew it. We returned home full of joy, and when our daughter, who minded the house for us, saw us she said: “What beautiful smiles!” When I was in grammar school and studying the catechism a sister told us the story of Adam and Eve; and all I got out of it was that God made man. But now it became clear that God made man and woman to become One – in bodies, minds, hearts, souls, feelings, thoughts, plans, in every aspect of life. What the Book of Genesis says is that a husband cannot live a full life without his wife. The holiness of marriage lies in their togetherness. That was what struck me about that banner. That a husband and wife are meant to strive to become, as it were, one candle, with two flames intertwining, indicating the retention of their respective personalities. We have had the grace to attend a number of MEs, the MReE, and the FE, and each and every time there has been a feeling of fulfillment and a feeling that our home has been blessed. Now, God willing, it is my intention to listen to my spouse, to humbly acknowledge my mistakes and to live with a more open and humble heart. I also want to sow the seeds of the joy that we have received as widely as possible and to widen this spiral of joy. ---------55
FIRES Encounter Testimonials 紹介文(J)
幸せはすぐそばに 朝岡知久・早苗
『山の彼方の空遠く、幸住むと人の言う』 詩人は幸せを遠くまで探しにいったけれど、見つからなかったそうです。 この世に幸せはないんで すか。 いいえ、 あります。私たち夫婦は見つけました。 それもごく近くに、 です。
初めてマリッジ・エンカウンターに参加したのはもう20数年前です。 そのときのことをはっきりと覚 えています。 たくさんのバンナがありましたが、2本のろうそくの炎が合わさって一つになるというのが、印 象的でした。 ダナン神父様の、温かでユーモアいっぱいの語り口。 引き込まれるように聞き入ってしまいま した。遠路わざわざ来られたチーム・カップル、感謝しています。 お話くださった日常生活の一こま一こまに 「そうだ、 そうだ」 と納得したり、励まされたり、新しい目を開かれたりしました。 夫婦で結婚以来初めて、心をさらけ出して話し合いました。 周りからは私たち夫婦は仲がいいと言 われていましたし、完全無欠とはいいませんが、 かなりいい線をいっている、 と思っていました。 うぬぼれっ てこわいですね。 自分を深く見つめる、 そうしたらいろいろな発見がありました。相手から見られて 「どうし ようもない」 と思われることにも気付きましたが、 お互いのよい所を見つけ、 それを尊敬し、理解すること が、 すなわち、相手を真に愛することだと悟りました。 プログラムが進むにしたがってぐらぐらと心が揺さぶ られて、 なぜか涙が出て仕方がありませんでした。神父様のお話も、 チームの講話も、 びんびんと心に響き ました。 もうどうしょうもない位に。 参加するまでは、 「3日間は長いなあ」 と苦にやんでいたのに、 あっという間に過ぎました。 ほのぼの とした幸せな気持ちに包まれて帰宅したら、留守番していた娘は、 「笑顔がすてき！」 と迎えてくれました。 小学生のころ、公教要理の勉強でシスターから聞いた創世記の、 アダムとエワの物語。 あのころは、 「神様が人間を造った」 としか理解しませんでした。 「二人は一体になるべきなり」二人が一人になる、 と いうことは、 身も心も夫は妻の分身、妻は夫の半身になるということです。夫は妻なくして充実した生き方 はできず、妻は夫なくしておのが命をまっとうできない・・・。 そこに結婚生活の聖さがあると、創世記は言 っているのですね。 そうです。 まさにあのバンナです！二本のろうそくが、 いつかは一本になって炎を交える、 あれです。 その後、何回かマリッジ・エンカウンターに、 REにファミリー・エンカウンターに参加させていただきまし た。 その度に感じる満ち足りた生命の営み、 家庭を祝福するかのような幸福感！そして今は、 主のみ旨に従 って、相手の真実の声に耳を傾け、 自分の間違いを謙虚に認める心の広さと素直さをもって行きたいと、 ささやかな努力をしています。 いただいた幸せの種を周りにどんどん蒔いて、幸せの輪を広げようと願って います。
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FIRES ENCOUNTER “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light;upon those who dwelt in the land of gloom a light has shone. You have brought them abundant joy and great rejoicing.”Is 9:1-6 Dear Friends, Merry (happy, joyful) Christmas! For Christians generally, and even many non-Christians, Christmas is a time of nostalgia for the happy times of past Christmases spent together with loved ones; and yet one survey estimates that one in six people feel that it is the loneliest time of the year. That may indeed be true of people who live alone and have no one with whom to celebrate, or those who in the past remember having high expectations from the “season of joy” only to be let down by in one way or another by others from whom they expected more. Paradoxically however, I think that those for whom it has always been a very special time with nothing but the fondest memories – people with real Faith – do not experience loneliness, but a certain sense of insufficiency after celebrating it – even if that were in a very appropriate spiritual way that contrasts with the secular emptiness presented by the world - which never lives up to its promises anyway. There is this residual feeling that however joyful it might have been, it did not quite live up to expectations. There has to be something more. And of course there is! Isaiah speaks of the great light (Jesus) Who brought abundant joy and great rejoicing”. Of course he is talking about an inner joy that cannot be expressed in words; but neither can it be fully experienced in the reality of this “land of gloom”. So that pining for “something more” each succeeding Christmas teaches us that, however abundant the “joy and great rejoicing” experienced in this imperfect world of imperfect people, it is insignificant compared to what lies in store for us. As St. Paul says: “Eye has not seen, and ear has not heard, nor has it entered the human heart, what God has prepared for those who love him”.(1 Corinthians 2:9) If we can assume that love flows from unity, and real joy flows from love, and if we assume the fact that “what God has prepared for those who love him” is not something static but dynamic, then we can infer that our relationship with God Who is unity, love and joy, can in some way be continually deepened throughout all of eternity. If this is true, then there is something more; and the “abundant joy and great rejoicing” that Isaiah speaks of is no more than an infinitesimal foreshadowing of our future. Once again I ask for your prayers for the continual spread of the FIRES programs. Despite my advancing (advanced) years, I had the opportunity this year to have a Priest Encounter in the Philippines, a common 20th. year celebration of the Christian Family Movement and FIRES in Hungary, attendance at the tri-yearly International Conference of the Christian Family Movements in Texas, and a request to have a Eucharistic Encounter in Bangkok in the spring. There is always “something more”. God bless! Fr. Donnon
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FIRES ENCOUNTER
Sons & Daughters Encounter - Brownsville Texas with Fr. Donnon Murray
Family Encounter - Tajimi, Gifu with Fr. Donnon Murray
Family Encounter - Tajimi, Gifu with Fr. Donnon Murray
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A Few Thoughts
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A Few Thoughts
Saint Maximilian Kolbe Patron Saint for drug addictions, drug addicts, families, imprisoned people, journalists, political prisoners, prisoners , pro-life movement, amateur radio
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5th Decade of the Luminous Mysteries of the Holy Rosary - It is not there for nothing!
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