(Playing: "Deus omnium fidelium", Polyphonic Choir of Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music)
Reflection on Christian Baptism - The Feast of Baptism of the Lord
Incarnation as Ground of Baptism
The wonderful ancient text of the Antiphon for the Vespers of the feast of Divine Maternity exclaimed "the admirable exchange." God in taking our humanity has so deigned to share His divinity to us. The reality of our Lord's assumption of our human nature made possible the reality of our access to the divinity (see the article: The Marian Council of Chalcedon). As Fr. Peter Damien Fehlner, the author of the article we refer to indicated, that the denial of Christ's assumption of true human nature leads to all denial of the role of human elements in justification such as free will, the sacraments, the mediation of the Church, so the Sacrament of Baptism finds its primordial root in the mystery of Incarnation. READ MORE
Revelation of Light and Love: Mystery of Epiphany
Here is the complete text of the homily on the Solemnity of Epiphany given by Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. The Holy Father unequivocally expressed the inseparability between light and love as identified with the Person of the Incarnate Word, Jesus Christ. The basic hunger of human heart for truth and love can only find its perfect fulfillment in Christ. Once discovered, that same human heart inevitably recognizes the need to render worship to God. Hence, worship which is the heart of the liturgy presupposes truth and love. READ MORE.
The Marian Council of Chalcedon
by Fr. Peter Damien Fehlner, FI
The Holy Family: The Social Dimension of Redemption
One of the most interesting feasts that the Catholic Church celebrates within the octave of Christmas is the Feast of the Holy Family. The designation of "Holy Family" refers to the family unit consisting of St. Joseph, the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Child Jesus. Devotion to the Holy Family has a Christological and Marian root so much so that the dignity of that institution can not be fully understood nor defended without some reference to Christ and to Our Lady. The family can not be fully understood unless seen from the perspective of God who deigned to institute it. The nature of the family, therefore, and its identity tend to be undermined in the absence of theology. I wish to offer in this blog some theological insights in the role of the family in redemption and its practical implications in the modern world... Read more
Pope Benedict XVI on the Holy Family
"Living Image of the Love of God"
VATICAN CITY, JAN. 1, 2007.- Here is the Vatican translation of the address Benedict XVI delivered Sunday, the feast of the Holy Family, before reciting the midday Angelus with several thousand people gathered in St. Peter's Square.
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Dear Brothers and Sisters,
On this last Sunday of the year we are celebrating the Feast of the Holy Family of Nazareth. I address with joy all the families of the world, wishing them the peace and love that Jesus brought us in coming among us at Christmas.
In the Gospel we do not find discourses on the family but an event which is worth more than any words: God wanted to be born and to grow up in a human family. In this way he consecrated the family as the first and ordinary means of his encounter with humanity....Read more
Urbi et Orbi Message of Pope Benedict XVI
URBI ET ORBI MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE BENEDICT XVI
CHRISTMAS 2007
“A holy day has dawned upon us.
Come you nations and adore the Lord.
Today a great light has come upon the earth.”
(Day Mass of Christmas, Gospel Acclamation)
Dear Brothers and Sisters! “A holy day has dawned upon us.” A day of great hope: today the Saviour of mankind is born. The birth of a child normally brings a light of hope to those who are waiting anxiously. When Jesus was born in the stable at Bethlehem, a “great light” appeared on earth; a great hope entered the hearts of those who awaited him: in the words of today’s Christmas liturgy, “lux magna”. Admittedly it was not “great” in the manner of this world, because the first to see it were only Mary, Joseph and some shepherds, then the Magi, the old man Simeon, the prophetess Anna: those whom God had chosen. Yet, in the shadows and silence of that holy night, a great and inextinguishable light shone forth for every man; the great hope that brings happiness entered into the world: “the Word was made flesh and we saw his glory” (Jn 1:14)...Read more
There is No Room at the Inn - The Pope's Christmas Message
The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI delivered his Christmas Midnight Mass homily which was a message of hope but at the same time prophetic for our time and age.
There are at least two major recurring themes, though not wholly exhausted in them, that were present in the Holy Father's Christmas homily: (1) Alienation of Christ by the Secular World (2) Re-creation as central to the mystery of Incarnation...Read more
Divine Maternity in the Council of Ephesus
by Fr. Peter Damien Fehlner
Fr. Peter Damien Fehlner, in this new article posted in our online magazine Coredemptrix, beautifully and with clarity describes the doctrinal and practical implications of the decree of the Council of Ephesus (431 B.C.), a Church's Council which defined as dogma of faith Mary's Divine Maternity.
In this article you will learn:- The essential heresies of Nestorius.
- The importance of Mary in keeping Catholic orthodoxy.
- Practical implication of Marian doctrine to Christology especially soteriology.
- Mary as index of the supernatural character of spiritual life.
Read this article and more in our online e-magazine. You can also subscribe to our printed version, Missio Immaculatae International.
Mood and Truth: What About Them?
In this present installation, you will see our five minute exposition (if you are a fast reader) of Pablo Picasso and the Art Movement called Cubism as one of the points we use to explain the choice of the blog title Mood and Truth. Read more and write comments.
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