Tell Us About World Youth Day
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Monday, August 22, 2011
My facebook feed over the weekend has been filled with great moments:
The fervor and joy of more than a million young people gathered to stand for the Faith and with the Holy Father;
The sudden hush when the noisy crowds entered into silent adoration;
Moments of confrontation with angry protesters that became opportunities to exercise courage, patience, charity and faith;
The beautiful wisdom of the Pope’s various addresses.
Were you or your kids at World Youth Day in Madrid? Or maybe following proceedings on tv?
If so, I hope you’ll share your impressions while they’re still fresh.
The Bible As Pleasure Reading
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Tuesday, August 09, 2011
The Pope, who is still at Castel Gandalfo, his vacation digs, gave a general audience to crowds there last week.
He suggested we learn to enjoy reading the Bible.
each of us needs time and space for meditation, reflection and calm ... Thank God it’s so! In fact, this requirement tells us that we are not made only for work but also to think, reflect, or simply to follow a story with our minds and hearts,... READ MORE
Sight-Seeing With God
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Tuesday, July 26, 2011
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Benedict XVI is good about reminding us that our bodies and souls need periodic rest.
Here are three papal tips for a genuinely restorative vacation.
1. Use vacation time to restore and renew your relationships, especially your relationship with God. Be with each other as a family, and take the time to be with God in prayer.
2. Consult the two “books” of revelation. Tuck a Bible into your luggage... READ MORE
Christ's Sacred Heart
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Friday, July 01, 2011
It’s a solemnity today, so pray for priests and make your acts of loving reparation as the Church asks…
but then have a delicious Friday meat meal or do something fun, in celebration of being so loved!
“In the Heart of Jesus, the center of Christianity is set before us. It expresses everything, all that is genuinely new and revolutionary in the New Covenant. This Heart calls to our heart. It invites us to step forth out of the futile attempt of self-preservation and, by joining in the task of love, by handing ourselves over to him and with him, to discover the fullness of love which alone is eternity and which alone sustains the world.”
—Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, in “Behold the Pierced One.”
Learn To Pray With the Psalms
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Last week’s papal audience was dedicated to praying with the Psalms.
First, a reminder:
We’re trying to collect 60 rosaries for Benedict XVI’s 60th anniversary of ordination tomorrow. Post your pledge here between now & July 1st.
On to the Psalms!
The pope starts with a brief explanation of what they are:
In the Psalms, joy and suffering, desire for God and the perception... READ MORE
Celebrate The Pope's Anniversary
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Friday, June 24, 2011
June 29th—appropriately, the Solemnity of Ss. Peter & Paul—the Holy Father will celebrate his 60th anniversary of ordination.
Catholics world-wide are invited to participate in 60 hours of adoration for vocations, and parishes across the country are joining in.
You can download a prayer card to remind you from the USCCB website.
I like the novena for priests we’re already in the middle of better, and the timing couldn’t be more apt.
Wouldn’t it be nice as well to offer 60 rosaries for Benedict’s intentions from the Faith & Family community?
Leave your pledge in comments if you’re able and so inclined. Thanks!
as of Wednesday evening (EST), we’re at 27
Adoration Renews Our Hearts
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Here’s what we can learn from Elijah about prayer, according to Benedict XVI.
Each of his presentations on prayer thus far has warned against idolatry, but in analyzing Elijah’s dramatic confrontation with the prophets of Baal, the Pope makes his warning more explicit.
Israel was yielding to the seduction of idolatry—a continual temptation for the believer—by fooling itself into thinking it could... READ MORE
Intercession Is The Mercy of God
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Monday, June 06, 2011
Here’s a beautiful thought from the pope’s catechesis on prayer last week.
Focusing on Moses’ prayer on behalf of the worshippers of the golden calf, Benedict returns to a point he’s already made about intercessory prayer: it is God’s will in us.
If God wished to punish and avenge and no more, he would have no cause to tell Moses what he’s thinking, the pope teaches.
He could just “zap” everybody... READ MORE
Prayer Expresses The Self
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Have to put in a plug for the Holy Father’s continuing catechesis on prayer!
Expect another installment tomorrow; meanwhile, here’s what he’s said so far.
The first two sessions in the series demonstrated that desire for God is indeed universal, and expressed across time and culture by every people.
The Pope is now embarking with us on a journey through prayer in the Bible, and says of the installments... READ MORE
Pope Floats
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Benedict XVI has begun a new catechesis cycle: on prayer!
You can read the first installment here.
In it, the Holy Father surveys various pagan prayers from antiquity to show that even without Revelation man has always intuited his need for God.
The man of all times prays because he cannot fail to ask himself what is the meaning of his existence, which remains dark and discomforting, if he is not... READ MORE
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