Category: Inspiration

The Lord never gets tired of forgiving, though we tire of asking his forgiveness. These were some of the words of the new Bishop of Rome, who celebrated Mass in the parish of St. Ann in the Vatican on Sunday. Pope Francis said that the Son became man to bring the hearts of all the infinite mercy of God. In the simplicity and spontaneity of a shepherd among his flock on the day of the Lord, Pope Francis said that the Gospel episode of forgiveness given by Jesus to the adulteress illustrates that today, we too like to listen to the word of the Son of God, but at the same time, sometimes, “we like to condemn others.” “It is not easy to rely on the mercy of God” he said, “because it is an incomprehensible …

Habemus Papam translated we have a Pope!

Pope Francis is the first pope to come from the New World – An answer to prayers for a holy man.

Spiritual World Speaks to Us through the World of the Physical

Benedict XVI published three encyclicals throughout his eight year pontificate, the first just eight months after his election as Pope. It is titled Deus Caritas Est, “God is Love,” and delves into a reflection of human and divine love.

Benedict XVI Pontificate
Benedict’s pontificate on ecumenical questions:
– Reached out to the Eastern Orthodox
– Set up a structure for Anglicans to return to Rome
– Began the process of reconciling the traditionalist Society of St Pius X
– Extended the use of the Traditional Latin Mass
– To (among other things) preclude further traditionalist schisms
– Approved the issuing of a very important document that makes the Catholic Church’s understanding of ecclesiology, which must be the basis for any ecumenical dialogue, crystal-clear.

Fr. Dwight Longenecker, in Listen My Son: St. Benedict for Fathers, offers a succinct explanation:

Christian contemplative prayer is not detached from the world. Instead, as Cary-Elwes says, it is “a deep longing or attachment with all our heart, mind, soul and strength and all our being for God.” Subsequently the Christian is also attached to all other created things with a love which flows from his primary attachment and longing for the Creator himself. The pure Christian heart is “detached” from created things not because he despises them, but because he loves their Creator more.

 

Simple and Fresh Guacamole:

one avacado (ripe: soft to the touch) – use spoon to carve out
2 T. minced onion
2 T. minced serano
mash with fork into a paste
enjoy with nachos

A man who became separated from his family for 25 years has tracked down his birth mother using Google Earth.

Saroo Brierley was five when he went to help his nine-year old brother who worked on trains in Khandwa, India. He fell asleep on the train journey there and woke up hundreds of miles away in Calcutta.

Saroo was able to find his birth mother by scouring Google for four years and using the memories he still had of the town in which he used to live.