Follow this link to an interesting analysis from Christianity Today of Pope Benedict’s recent Encyclical ”Charity in Truth,” According to Benedict XVI’s new encyclical, trying to love people without knowing the truth about them leads to mere sentiment and will do them harm, http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2009/julyweb-only/127-53.0.html?start=1 .
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Prayer for the Celebration of Saint Benedict on July 11*
Lord, by your grace Saint Benedict became a great teacher in the school of your service. Grant that we may put nothing before our love of you, and may we walk eagerly in the path of your commandments. Through Jesus Christ…. Amen.
(Source: http://www.e-benedictine.com/prayers/)
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Below is an interesting reflection on St. Benedict From http://stgertrude.blogspot.com/2009/03/feast-of-st-benedict.html
The only information we have about Benedict is a hagiography (biography of a saint) written by Pope Gregory the Great in the 7th century. At the end of this work he describes the death of Benedict:
“Six days before he died, he gave orders for his tomb to be opened. Almost immediately he was seized with a violent fever that rapidly wasted his remaining energy. Each day his condition grew worse until finally, on the sixth day, he had his disciples carry him into the chapel where he received the Body and Blood of our Lord to gain strength for his approaching end. Then, supporting his weakened body on the arms of his brethren, he stood with his hands raised to heaven and, as he prayed, breathed his last.” Continue Reading »
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Last time in Coffee Talk Redux #55 we finished up our discussion of Lewis’ Mere Christianity through chapter 3 of book 3 on social morality. We talked about virtues as being a persistent habit to do what is good. There are two types of virtues and these are known as either theological or moral. These virtues can be theological in the sense that they are infused by God at the time of our baptism and keep us focused on God and His promise of our salvation and these are known as the virtues of faith, hope, and charity. We also talked a bit about acquired virtues like the cardinal virtues which are prudence, temperance, justice, and fortitude. These are also known as moral virtues and they guide are conduct. Continue Reading »
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Follow this link to view a recent Bill Moyers Journal discussion on Faith and Social Justice, Bill Moyers talks to Cornel West, Serene Jones, and Gary Dorrien for a fresh take on what our core ethics and values as a society say about America’s politics, policy, and the challenges of balancing capitalism and democracy, http://www-tc.pbs.org/moyers/rss/media/union.m4v .
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from Against Heresies by St. Irenaeus
In the beginning God created Adam not because God needed him, but because God wanted someone upon whom to bestow divine blessings. Not only before Adam but before anything was created, the Word was glorifying the Father in whom He dwelt, and was Himself being glorified by the Father. The Word Himself said: Father, glorify me with the glory I had with you before the world was made. Continue Reading »
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Follow this link to an insightful Gospel perspective on the Jon & Kate situation, The hope for us—and the hope of Jon and Kate—is to turn once again to the rich, complex, and difficult ethics of Jesus and to let those ethics form us into a more discerning people in the world. It is time that we look for role models who value self-sacrifice over material gain. It is time that we practice forgiveness and the healing of broken relationships and call fellow Christians to do the same. It is time that we take our own marriage vows seriously and hold our brothers and sisters to be true to their commitments as well. Most importantly, it is time that we develop a view of faith and life that is capable of asking deep questions and courageous enough to embody real answers. Then, and only then, will Christians have something to offer the world and something to offer ‘Jon & Kate Plus Eight,‘ http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2009/juneweb-only/122-11.0.html?start=1 .
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Here is a great plan for reading the entire Bible in only 6 months. You can start the plan on any Sunday so why not start this on June 28th! Unlike plans that read the Bible straight through or involve a combination of a straight through reading of the Old and New Testaments, this plan divides the Bible reading into 8 topical sections as the Pentateuch (1st 5 Books), History, Poetry, Wisdom as in the Proverbs, the Prophets, the Gospels, the Epistles, and the End Times as in Daniel and Revelation. The plan is based on reading one chapter from each of these 8 topical areas each day so that the Bible is read in its entirety in 26 weeks. Time commitment each day is about 30 minutes.
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Coffee Talk Redux is a reflection on things God is teaching me. In some cases the ideas for these topics may arise from some conversation I may have had with someone, or a thought that crossed my mind, something I have written, or perhaps something I read somewhere, or maybe a combination of all of these. In any case think of this as a discussion on what God is teaching us to help us grow in our understanding of His will for us.
Last time we showed how Lewis gets to God through the argument of a universal law or a moral law that is external to man. This moral law is part of God’s creation and is not something created by man but is in fact created by God and points to His existence. God wants man to be good. Continue Reading »
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from ‘Our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount’ by St. Augustine
The number of sentences before us is to be carefully considered. For the beatitudes begin with humility: Blessed are the poor in spirit,” i.e. those not puffed up, while the soul submits itself to divine authority, fearing lest after this life it go away to punishment, although perhaps in this life it might seem to itself to be happy. Continue Reading »
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Here is a link to the online Christianity Today’s recommendation of 10 books for summer reading, http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2009/juneweb-only/124-11.0.html .
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