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28th April >> (@ZenitEnglish By Jim Fair, Translation by Virginia M. Forrester) #PopeFrancis #Pope Francis Creates John Paul I Vatican Foundation

Cardinal Pietro Parolin to Serve as Foundation’s President

Pope Francis, with Rescriptum ex audientia Ss.mi of February 17, 2020, has instituted the John Paul I Vatican Foundation, in accordance with the Code of Canon Law and the fundamental Law of the Vatican City State, thus accepting the proposal to create a body intended to study further the person, thought and teachings of his venerable Predecessor, Pope John Paul I – Albino Luciani (26 August 1978 – 28 September 1978) – and to promote the study and dissemination of his writings (cf. Statute, art. 1).

More particularly, the Foundation aims to:

– protect and preserve the cultural and religious heritage of Pope John Paul I;

– promote initiatives such as conferences, meetings, seminars and study sessions;

– establish prizes and scholarships;

– to carry out editorial activity through the publication of both the results of its own studies and research and the works of third parties;

– to propose itself as a point of reference, in Italy and abroad, for those working in the same field and with the same aims (Statute, art. 2).

At the same time, the Supreme Pontiff appointed Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State, as President of the Foundation. In implementation of the provisions of art. 4, paragraph 1 of the Statute, the same President appointed the members of the Board of Directors, for a period of five years, in the persons of Dr. Stefania Falasca, who also assumes the role of Vice-President of the Foundation; His Eminence Cardinal Beniamino Stella; the Reverend Msgr. Andrea Celli; the Reverend Don Davide Fiocco; Dr. Lina Petri; and Dr. Alfonso Cauteruccio.

In order to carry out its activities, the Foundation avails itself of a Scientific Committee, composed of six members, chosen among personalities of proven competence and experience, but with the possibility of being temporarily expanded for particular initiatives, projects, studies, research, or consultations.

Cardinal Parolin shared his thoughts on the new foundation in the following article published inL’Osservatore Romano, April 28, 2020.

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Article of H.E. Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin

On the Institution of the John Paul I Vatican Foundation

Birth of the John Paul I Vatican Foundation

Topicality of Pope Luciani

Meeting the proposal to give life to an entity destined to reflect further on the figure, thought and teachings of John Paul I (August 26, 1978 – September 28, 1978), last February 17 the Holy Father Francis constituted the John Paul I Vatican Foundation.

Pope John Paul I was and remains a point of reference in the history of the universal Church, whose importance — as Saint John Paul II observed — is inversely proportional to the duration of his very brief pontificate: magis ostentus quam datus.”

Albino Lucian’s story is that of a Pastor close to the people, focused on the essentials of the faith and with an extraordinary social sensibility. His teaching is current. Proximity, humility, simplicity, insistence on God’s mercy, love of neighbor, and solidarity are the salient traits.

He was a Bishop that lived the experience of the Vatican II Ecumenical Council; he applied it in his brief pontificate and he made the Church progress along the ways indicated by it: the return to the sources of the Gospel and a renewed missionary endeavor, Episcopal Collegiality, service in ecclesial poverty, the search for Christian unity, inter-religious dialogue, dialogue with contemporaneity and international dialogue conducted with perseverance and determination, in favor of justice and peace.

I think, for instance, of his General Audiences and the insistence on ecclesial poverty, on universal fraternity and on active love for the poor: he wished to insert, among the traditional precepts of the Church, a command on the works of solidarity and he proposed it to the Italian Bishops.

I think of his appeal at the Angelus of September 10, 1978, in favor of peace in the Middle East, with the invitation to prayer addressed to the Presidents of different faiths. An appeal that he had already expressed in his address to the Diplomatic Corps held on August 31, in which, freeing himself from presumptions of geopolitical protagonism, he defined the nature and the peculiarity of the Holy See’s diplomatic action from a look of faith. Then, receiving the more than a hundred representatives of the international missions present at the inauguration of his pontificate, he stressed how “our heart us open to all peoples, to all cultures and to all races,” to then affirm: “We certainly don’t have miraculous solutions for the great global problems; however, we can give something that is very precious: a spirit that helps to dissolve these problems and place them in the essential dimension, that of openness to the values of universal charity so that the Church, humble messenger of the Gospel to all the peoples of the earth, can contribute to create an atmosphere of justice, brotherhood, solidarity and hope without which the world can’t live.” And thus, in the wake of the Conciliar Constitution Gaudium et Spes, as in many messages of Saint Paul VI, he moved in the furrow of the great diplomacy that has given many fruits to the Church, being nourished with charity.

With his sudden death, this history of the Church was not interrupted, so bent to serve the world. The prospect marked by his brief pontificate was not a parenthesis. Although the government of the Church of John Paul I could not unfold in history, yet he competed — explevit tempora multa — in reinforcing the design of a Church close to the pain of the people and of its thirst for charity. Carried out today, through the cause of John Paul I’s Canonization, was the acquisition of the sources, initiating a work of research and of important elaborations from a historical and a historiographical point of view. Hence, possible now is a proper return to the memory of Pope Luciani, so that his historical value can be fully restored in the historical contingencies crossed with the analytical rigor that is due to him and to open new prospects of study on his work.

In this connection, the constitution of a new ad hoc Foundation can dutifully carry out the task not only to protect the whole patrimony of the writings and work of John Paul I, but also motivate the systematic study and diffusion of his thought and of his spirituality. Motivated all the more by the consideration of how his figure and his message are extraordinarily current.

By Jim Fair

Translation by Virginia M. Forrester

28th APRIL 2020 16:19JOHN PAUL I

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Every 5th question for the book ask :)

😆 You don’t ask for much…I love it!

5. What book or book series would you like to see turned into a film/ TV series?Hmm, the issue with this is that all my favourites that have been turned into films/tv series have almost always been ruined in the doing (see, for example, The Little White Horse fiasco/Voyage of the Dawn Treader). So, with the caveat that I would only like to see this happen if I were the sodding producer (and Director?) - Violent Needham’s Stormy Petrel series. I remember @girlonabridge and I dreamcast it once, but i am struggling to remember who we cast asides from Gary Sinise as Far Away Moses, and the Fiennes child who played young Tom Riddle as Dick (although at the age he was then…) Thinking on it now, I reckon Jemma Redgrave would make a delightful Wych Hazel, and Mark Strong would be a good Black Mask. Gary Oldman as Count Jasper, maybe?

10. What is a book that you own more than one copy of?Oooh, there’s a few of these. I have various of EBD’s Chalet School books in duplicate, partly because @girlonabridge and i consolidated our collections, partly because Granny just picked up copies when she found them (we have 3 hardbacks of Princess, for ex, and at least one paperback). Technically i have two Midnight Folk by John Masefield, because I cannot and will not throw out the remnants of the very battered paperback that Granddad gave me of it, despite having a full identical copy. I also have two copies of the Pope’s encyclical Evangelii Gaudium, because I bought one, and then a friend bought me one too. Oh, and I have the french Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, and the german Prisoner of Azkaban (as well as the english, obvs.), bought at various times when I was trying to improve my fluency in both those languages.

15. What book made you cry?Many and various! But the most memorable are Gay from China at the Chalet School (I’m sure you know why) and (when I first read) The Last Battle by CS Lewis, many moons ago. Now I utterly love it, and while I may get a little teary, it’s nothing like the grief when I was 7!

20. Have you ever been glad to not finish a series? Which?Hmm. There have been many series I haven’t - yet - finished. Technically, I haven’t finished the Chalet School! But one comes to mind, and that’s GP Taylor’s Shadowmancer series, and that’s because they’re the most woefully awful books ever. I can’t quite credit that I finished one. Also Robin Jarvis’ Whitby Witches series, because they scared the living daylights out of me, and I still occasionally have nightmares 20 years later.

25. How many books do you own?Haaaaaaaaaaaha. I was kinda hoping someone would ask this… So. Um. We have 70 (mostly longer than average, sometimes deeper) bookshelves *stuffed* and sometimes double layered, plus various piles of books as well. Spread across 14 bookcases, if you were wondering. When we moved into the flat, I took great delight in organising everything by subject/topic/general area, so they are at least organised. Sort of. If you squint at the piles, and one of the newer bookcases which just got the overflow. But I didn’t count, and even if I had that was 7 years ago, and we are incorrigible book buyers.

30. What book are you planning on buying next?On that note…. 😂 I have a list of books on my phone that are potential presents for @girlonabridge, so obviously can’t put them here! Probably some more law books tbh. I have a book voucher for No Alibis in Belfast, and they’re the official stockist of my uni, as well as being a crime and thriller specialist. But I’m not normally a planner outside of law and presents, so, who knows! Whatever takes my fancy….

35. What three books are you most looking forward to reading this year?Well, I have now - finally - completed one of them! (it is nearly September, I’ve had the book since last October) - Hidden Nature by Alys Fowler - 10/10 would recommend. Her journey of kayaking Birmingham’s canals for a year, whilst she came to terms with being a lesbian, who had been married to a man for 15 or so years. Part naturalist observations, part coming-out autobiography, it’s fabulous.) Asides from that, I’m actually really looking forward to re-reading Good Omens, because it’s a delight. And I’d really like to read Lies we tell ourselves by Robin Talley, because I read bits of it over @girlonabridge‘s shoulder and it sounds great.

40. What is the weirdest book you have read?I really don’t know how to answer this tbh. Weird in what way? I suppose most Jeanette Winterson books might count as weird to the uninitiated, but I love her style dearly, so they don’t seem weird to me… Maybe reading a Viz annual when I was, idk, 9, was pretty damn weird? (I mean, I thought it was weird at the time, and haven’t ever gone back to see if my childhood self was correct in this theory.)

45. Do you own a poetry anthology? What is your favourite poem from it?We have a variety. Only a few of them are specifically mine tho. I *ahem* stole my copy of Seamus Heaney’s Opened Ground (his collected works) after AS Level English Lit, because buying a new copy would have meant losing all my precious notes - and my favourite in that is probably Bogland. I also somehow mysteriously ended up with A Choice of Poets - my GCSE Eng Lit anthology, of which Thomas Hardy’s Woman Much Missed was always my favourite. More recently, I bought a copy of Poems for Refugees, edited by Pippa Haywood after 9/11 and the ensuing wars. It’s a fantastic anthology, and I’m hard-pressed to pick just one poem out of it, because they’re all superb. Many old favourites, a few lesser known. I’ve just picked one at random - This above all is precious and remarkable - by John Wain (1925-94), selected by Judi Dench. (Interestingly, when i put the title into ecosia, to search for a link, the first link that comes up is from a Mercy website I get weekly emails from, and the recommendation is made by a Sister I have met in the past! Small world.)

50. What book got you into reading?I think it must have been The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis. I can remember Granny reading me the beautiful A4 unabridged illustrated (by Pauline Baynes, naturally) version when I was about 4 or 5, and I wanted more… That or the Orlando books by the artist Kathleen Hale, again, I’d have read those when I was *very* young - after having had Granny read them to me.

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Saint of the Day – 25 June – St Maximus of Turin (? – c 420) Father of the Church, Bishop, Writer, Theologian – known as Massimo – date of birth unknown – his date of death is also not certain. St Maximus is believed to have been a native of Rhaetia (modern day Northern Italy). Patron of Turin, Italy. St Maximus attended the synod of Milan where northern Italian bishops accepted the letter of Pope Leo I which set forth the orthodox doctrine of the Incarnation. He also attended the the Synod of Rome in 465. He was a prolific and inspirational Theological writer with 118 homilies, 116 sermons and 6 treatises surviving.

“Between the end of the fourth century and the beginning of the fifth, another Father of the Church after St Ambrose made a great contribution to the spread and consolidation of Christianity in Northern Italy – St Maximus, whom we come across in 398 as Bishop of Turin, a year after St Ambrose’s death. Very little is known about him, in compensation, we have inherited a collection of about 116 of his Sermons. It is possible to perceive in them the Bishop’s profound and vital bond with his city, which attests to an evident point of contact between the episcopal ministry of Ambrose and that of Maximus.

At that time serious tensions were disturbing orderly civil coexistence. In this context, as pastor and teacher, Maximus succeeded in obtaining the Christian people’s support. The city was threatened by various groups of barbarians. They entered by the Eastern passes, which went as far as the Western Alps. Turin was therefore permanently garrisoned by troops and at critical moments became a refuge for the populations fleeing from the countryside and urban centres where there was no protection. Maximus’ interventions in the face of this situation testify to his commitment to respond to the civil degradation and disintegration. Although it is still difficult to determine the social composition of those for whom the Sermons were intended, it would seem that Maximus’ preaching – to avoid the risk of vagueness – was specifically addressed to a chosen nucleus of the Christian community of Turin, consisting of rich landowners who had property in the Turinese countryside and a house in the city. This was a clear-sighted pastoral decision by the Bishop, who saw this type of preaching as the most effective way to preserve and strengthen his own ties with the people.

To illustrate this view of Maximus’ ministry in his city, I would like to point out for example Sermons 17 and 18, dedicated to an ever timely topic: wealth and poverty in Christian communities. In this context too, the city was fraught with serious tensions. Riches were accumulated and hidden. “No one thinks about the needs of others”, the Bishop remarked bitterly in his 17th Sermon. “In fact, not only do many Christians not share their own possessions but they also rob others of theirs. Not only, I say, do they not bring the money they collect to the feet of the apostles but in addition, they drag from priests’ feet, their own brethren who are seeking help”. And he concluded: “In our cities there are many guests or pilgrims. Do what you have promised”, adhering to faith, “so that what was said to Ananias will not be said to you as well: “You have not lied to men but to God'” (Sermon 17, 2-3).

In the next Sermon, the 18th, Maximus condemns the recurring forms of exploitation of others’ misfortunes. “Tell me, Christian”, the Bishop reprimands his faithful, “tell me why you snatched the booty abandoned by the plunderers? Why did you take home “ill-gotten gains’ as you yourself think, torn apart and contaminated?”. “But perhaps”, he continues, “you say you have purchased them and thereby believe you are avoiding the accusation of avarice. However, this is not the way to equate purchasing with selling. “It is a good thing to make purchases but that means what is sold freely in times of peace, not goods looted during the sack of a city… So act as a Christian and a citizen who purchases in order to repay” (Sermon 18: 3). Without being too obvious, Maximus thus managed to preach a profound relationship between a Christian’s and a citizen’s duties. In his eyes, living a Christian life also meant assuming civil commitments. Vice-versa, every Christian who, “despite being able to live by his own work, seizes the booty of others with the ferocity of wild beasts”; who “tricks his neighbour, who tries every day to nibble away at the boundaries of others, to gain possession of their produce, does not compare to a fox biting off the heads of chickens but rather to a wolf savaging pigs.” (Sermon 41, 4).

In comparison with the cautious, defensive attitude that Ambrose adopted to justify his famous project of redeeming prisoners of war, the historical changes that occurred in the relationship between the Bishop and the municipal institutions are clearly evident. By now sustained through legislation that invited Christians to redeem prisoners, Maximus, with the collapse of the civil authority of the Roman Empire, felt fully authorised in this regard to exercise true control over the city. This control was to become increasingly extensive and effective until it replaced the irresponsible evasion of the magistrates and civil institutions. In this context, Maximus not only strove to rekindle in the faithful the traditional love for their hometown but he also proclaimed the precise duty to pay taxes, however burdensome and unpleasant they might appear (cf. Sermon 26, 2). In short, the tone and substance of the Sermons imply an increased awareness of the Bishop’s political responsibility in the specific historical circumstances. He was “the lookout tower” posted in the city. Whoever could these watchmen be, Maximus wonders in Sermon 92, “other than the most blessed Bishops set on a lofty rock of wisdom, so to speak, to defend the peoples and to warn them about the evils approaching in the distance?”. And in Sermon 89 the Bishop of Turin describes his tasks to his faithful, making a unique comparison between the Bishop’s function and the function of bees: “Like the bee”, he said, Bishops “observe bodily chastity, they offer the food of heavenly life using the sting of the law. They are pure in sanctifying, gentle in restoring and severe in punishing”. With these words, St Maximus described the task of the Bishop in his time.

In short, historical and literary analysis show an increasing awareness of the political responsibility of the ecclesiastical authority in a context in which it continued de facto to replace the civil authority. Indeed, the ministry of the Bishop of Northwest Italy, starting with Eusebius who dwelled in his Vercelli “like a monk” to Maximus of Turin, positioned “like a sentinel” on the highest rock in the city, developed along these lines. It is obvious that the contemporary historical, cultural and social context is profoundly different. Today’s context is rather the context outlined by my venerable Predecessor, Pope John Paul II, in the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Ecclesia in Europa, in which he offers an articulate analysis of the challenges and signs of hope for the Church in Europe today (nn. 6-22). In any case, on the basis of the changed conditions, the believer’s duties to his city and his homeland still remain effective. The combination of the commitments of the “honest citizen” with those of the “good Christian” has not in fact disappeared.

In conclusion, to highlight one of the most important aspects of the unity of Christian life, I would like to recall the words of the Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes: consistency between faith and conduct, between Gospel and culture. The Council exhorts the faithful “to perform their duties faithfully in the spirit of the Gospel. It is a mistake to think that because we have here no lasting city, but seek the city which is to come, we are entitled to shirk our earthly responsibilities; this is to forget that by our faith we are bound all the more to fulfil these responsibilities according to the vocation of each one” (n. 43).

In following the Magisterium of St Maximus and of many other Fathers, let us make our own, the Council’s desire, that the faithful may be increasingly anxious to “carry out their earthly activity in such a way as to integrate human, domestic, professional, scientific and technical enterprises with religious values, under whose supreme direction all things are ordered to the glory of God” (ibid.) and thus for humanity’s good.”…Pope Benedict XVI,General Audience, Wednesday, 31 October 2007

(via Saint of the Day - 25 June - St Maximus of Turin (? - c 420) Father of the Church)

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Noted.

Excerpts, which don't cover all topics: "...The year 2013 was also marked by the publication of the Apostolic Exhortation 'Evangelii gaudium', a true 'guiding manifesto' of the new Pontificate, in which Pope Francis calls for a new evangelization characterized by joy.... "...On the pastoral front, however, the year was marked by the celebration of the first 'World Day of the Poor', an occasion that aims to be - the Pope emphasizes - a reminder that it is precisely in the indigent that 'the presence of Jesus is manifested'.... "...Pope Francis often reiterates how all migrants are first and foremost people, not just numbers or social issues..."

#environmental issues #evangelizing #family #mercy #pope #social justice

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Human Origins: Which is it? Science or Theology?

Polygenism is the view that different races of humans evolved independently of one another, and it directly contradicts the literal interpretation of the creation of Adam and Eve in Genesis. Monogenism is the doctrine that modern humans arose from a single pair of ancestors, but it has no scientific support. So, which is it? Science or theology?

“In no way apparent”

Pope Pius XII addressed polygenism in the 1950 encyclical Humani Generis. He said that it was “in no way apparent” how to reconcile polygenism with divine revelation. Here is the full quote:

When, however, there is question of another conjectural opinion, namely polygenism, the children of the Church by no means enjoy such liberty. For the faithful cannot embrace that opinion which maintains that either after Adam there existed on this earth true men who did not take their origin through natural generation from him as from the first parent of all, or that Adam represents a certain number of first parents. Now it is in no way apparent how such an opinion can be reconciled with that which the sources of revealed truth and the documents of the Teaching Authority of the Church propose with regard to original sin, which proceeds from a sin actually committed by an individual Adam and which, through generation, is passed on to all and is in everyone as his own (37).

Pope Pius XII also wrote that the question of the “origin of the human body from pre-existing and living matter” is open to careful research by scientists and theologians, as long as the dogmatic truths of the Catholic faith are upheld. What are these dogmatic truths?

De fide doctrine

According to Heinrich Denzinger’s Compendium of Creeds, Definitions, and Declarations on Matters of Faith and Morals, a doctrine is “of divine faith” (de fide divina) if it is explicitly found in revelation (8). In Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma, Ludwig Ott names this doctrine as the only de fide doctrine in the section on the origin of the first human pair and the unity of the human race: “The First Man was created by God” (94). Catholics also maintain the unity of the whole human race. This is not a de fide dogma, but a necessary presupposition of the doctrine of original sin and redemption (96).

Then came genetics

Pope Pius XII certainly argued against polygenism, but Humani Generis was issued three years before James Watson and Francis Crick reported the helical structure of DNA in 1953. The understanding of the role genetics plays in evolution was only starting to develop. Darwinian evolution has been reinterpreted in terms of molecular genetics, and now the biological mechanism of evolution is better understood.

Remarkably, there are three scientific observations about human life unique among all other organisms:

There was a relatively small first population of humans.

All present-day humans belong to one species.

We have spread throughout the earth.

More precise terms to come?

Pope Pius XII seems to have left the question open for further development, however subtly. Documents issued after Humani Generis address evolution but make no mention of monogenism or polygenism.

The Vatican II constitution Gaudium et Spes addresses social evolution toward unity and states that “the human race has passed from a rather static concept of reality to a more dynamic, evolutionary one” (5).

Pope St. John Paul II’s 1998 Fides et Ratio refers to the warning in Humani Generis “against mistaken interpretations linked to evolutionism”, but follows with a caution against “biblicism” as well, the tendency to read Sacred Scripture as the sole criterion of truth (54–55). John Paul II was concerned about the question of the conception of man, and discussed the implications of evolutionary theory with the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, noting that “the moment of passage into the spiritual realm is not something that can be observed”.

Pope Benedict XVI wrote amply on evolution from a theological perspective. In his short 1986 book, In the Beginning: A Catholic Understanding of the Story of Creation and the Fall, he calls creation and evolution “complementary realities” (Third Homily).

Pope Francis says in Lumen Fidei that “the gaze of science thus benefits from faith: faith encourages the scientist to remain constantly open to reality in all its inexhaustible richness” (34). He writes of truth and love. “If love needs truth, truth also needs love” (27).

Since Pope Francis has been pope, the Pontifical Academy of Sciences continues its long dialogue with scientists on the evolution of primates. For example, in 2014 Dr. Yves Coppens, the anthropologist whose team discovered the Australopithecus afarensis known as “Lucy”, was named an ordinary member of the academy. Dr. Coppens has given several papers and talks to the academy, including one in 2015 titled, “What a Child Should Know About the Origin and the Evolution of Man”.

Finally, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, issued in 1992 and used throughout the world today to instruct the faithful, teaches about creation, humanity, and scientific research, but does not once use the words polygenism or monogenism (CCC 159, 337-390).

The absence of the terms polygenism and monogenism in theological documents over the last fifty years suggests that theological developments have moved away from them. Perhaps they will be replaced with more precise terminology.

We do not know

We do not have an answer to the question of polygenism at this moment in history, but that shouldn’t disturb our faith. As I explain in my book, Particles of Faith: A Catholic Guide to Navigating Science (and elsewhere), there is a way to make sense of the question. It is not actually an argument so much as a statement of fact: evolutionary science cannot rule out a miraculous monogenetic origin of the human race. I do not say this to make a positive assertion that we know a miracle occurred, only to point out that miracles are possible and not the object of the scientific method.

Nor do I offer a reminder of miracles as speculative theology. I say this for all the parents and educators who must provide answers to Catholic children. Our children grow up being taught about Adam and Eve, only to take a biology class in school and be told about dinosaurs and Neanderthals. We need to be prepared to answer them because they are this moment in history.

The bottom line is this: We do not know. That is all the more reason to learn about the discoveries of evolutionary biologists, geneticists, and anthropologists so that we can better understand what it means to be human. We should not teach our children that one must choose between science or theology, for that contradicts a most fundament truth of faith, that truth cannot contradict truth.

Submit to the judgment of the Church

The Magisterium safeguards the truths of faith. Pending any declarations from the Magisterium on the matter, we must continue to do as Pope Pius XII taught—to “submit to the judgment of the Church, to whom Christ has given the mission of interpreting authentically the Sacred Scriptures and of defending the dogmas of faith” (Humani Generis, 36). That is how to explore the topic of human origins, and think with the Church.

#Catholic Answers #Stacy Trasancos #Evolution #Atheism #Science #Faith

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The Gentle Hand | Relationship: Tähtien Valo

Hello hello! Welcome to another relationship meta. I've had this one in the works for a while now, but given the fact today is Valo's listed birthday, I finished it up. Valo is an OC who lives on my pal Kira's blog ( @shiroi---kumo )!

Valo is a close friend of Sielu's from nearly the moment Sielu begins working at the palace. Being a historian and a linguist, Sielu was more than excited to go meet him.

Much to his delight, Valo turned out to be extremely pleasant and a great listener - which helped ease some of Sielu's nerves about being unaccompanied for the first time in his life. The man's gentle nature, mutual love of puns, and general quirkiness made him quickly become one of Sielu's favorite people to be around.

He adored holding lengthy conversations about niche topics, asking what Valo assured him was not too many questions, playing music for him, and simply being in his company while they both worked on grading papers or other tasks. Both of them tended to agree on not being too strict or harsh in their teaching methods. As the years passed, Sielu ended up considering Valo part of the small list of people whose opinions of him he truly valued and the even smaller list of people he'd dare ask for advice - a huge feat to accomplish.

After Misterica's fall, he took the knowledge that Valo had likely been killed or at the very least stranded in the "hell that is Wonderland" quite roughly, to the point he attempted a search specifically due to worrying about the man possibly being alone with chronic health problems. He turned up nothing as expected and resumed staying with + attempting to care for Sydän and Sinfonia, just a bit less bright than the morning he'd left.

Things only got worse from there after their deaths and his own time being held captive by Herba. After Gaudium's initial fall, he managed to escape her airship and use what very little energy he had to make his way to a town.

At first, he figured the sound of Valo's voice to be unreal, but investigated it anyway only to find one very alive and very real historian chatting with a shopkeeper.

His relief was short-lived. Upon being confronted about where he had been, he admitted as much as he felt he could with Aamunkoitto and Revon standing there - only for Valo to immediately remark that Pilvi had been killed. Given Sielu's triggered state caused by recounting some of the events that had happened, he felt as if Valo did not believe him at all.

From then, he chose not to speak to Valo whatsoever beyond what was necessary, feeling confused and terrified that his once-friend wouldn't take Sielu seriously about anything. As weeks passed and Sielu started to burn up more energy that he simply did not have by overexerting himself in their travels, he physically began feeling worse. It fed right into his fears of abandonment and death, and coupled with other factors made him genuinely believe he would soon succumb to his injuries.

Not wanting to leave things on bad terms, he waited for Aamunkoitto and Revon to be out in town (thus leaving him and Valo alone together) to ask if, at the very least, Valo could believe that Sielu still loved him.

It sparked at least some conversation between them, with Valo apologizing. Sielu forgave him instantly, having been hurt rather than upset with the man the whole time. Valo became the one to carefully work through the nine years of tangles in Sielu's hair and in doing so got him to start to understand that he was undeserving of what happened to him. In addition, he reminded Sielu of ways to communicate rather than his damaged voice - namely Misterican sign language, which he deemed himself undeserving of until given silent invitation to use it again.

Now, rather than fearing him, Sielu finds some comfort in his presence again. He's still scared to die, but he has the peace of mind of knowing that he is loved and won't be alone should that happen. He's now determined to at least try and find himself again, and it's thanks to one still-soft history man.

#abuse tw #death tw #injury tw #topic ; background #topic ; valo #topic ; likes #topic ; fears #topic ; pilvi #topic ; wonderland #topic ; captivity #music alone shall live ; headcanon.#r ; there's always starlight [ valo ]

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Dr. Manika Khanna Gaudium Trained at Melbourne IVF, Australia & the University of Kiel, Germany, she founded Gaudium IVF & Gynae Solutions Centre to fulfill her long standing dream of bringing international standards of fertility care to India. The unprecedented success of the first Gaudium IVF Centre in Delhi paved the way for Gaudium to evolve into the best IVF clinic chain in India.

Hailed as the youngest consistent achiever in infertility and IVF care, Dr. Manika has over 10,000 successful IVF treatments to her credit with healthy Gaudium babies growing in over 30 countries.

Born and raised in Delhi in a family of freedom fighters and doctors, Dr. Manika is a Gold Medallist from Baroda Medical College, Gujarat. After completing her MBBS in 1996, followed by MD (Obstetrics & Gynaecology) in 1999, she completed her Diploma Training in Advanced Gynaecological Endoscopic Surgery (D.A.G.E.) at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Germany. This was followed by an advanced training course in Assisted Reproduction in Humans (IVF) from Melbourne IVF, Australia.

Before founding Gaudium IVF & Gynae Solutions Centre in 2009, Dr. Manika served as Consultant Physician at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital, New Delhi and later as Senior Consultant and Head of Department, Gynaecology and Obstetrics at Sri Balaji Action Medical Institute, New Delhi for several years.

An acclaimed infertility expert with over 17 years of clinical experience, Dr. Manika has done pioneering work in the field of IVF and gynaecology-related medical conditions. She is particularly experienced in treating serious infertility conditions such as recurrent IVF failure, recurrent miscarriage, polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), endometriosis and uterine fibroids. Besides heading a team of top fertility experts at Gaudium IVF & Gynae Solutions Centres, she is on the expert panel of infertility units of various renowned hospitals.

In 2014, she created history in IVF treatment in India by successfully treating a patient with 15 previously failed IVF cycles. The patient gave birth to a healthy baby boy at Gaudium IVF and Gynae Solutions after an agonising 17 years of immense physical, emotional and financial strain.

Founded the Gaudium Foundation to provide free and subsidised treatment to economically weak patients.

In 2015, initiated Naari Jeevan Strot, a unique women & child health campaign by Gaudium Foundation that has connected the largest network of cities and districts in 5 major North Indian states of Delhi-NCR, Haryana, Chandigarh, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh. The initiative, which provides health education and free and subsidised medical relief to the less privileged through health camps and nukkad natak (street plays), has touched the lives of nearly 10 million women and was recognised as the best philanthropy project of the year 2014-2015 by Healthcare Leaders’ Forum & Awards 2015.

Established the Poor Patient Fund (PPF) at Gaudium IVF — a unique and innovative way for well- to-do families to donate for the treatment of underprivileged fertility patients. The initiative, which has received tremendous support from our dear patrons, provides for the treatment of 3 to 4 patients each month and has so far supported over 120 disadvantaged couples.

Active member of the Ekta Mission, a Delhi-based organisation working to provide elementary health services for underprivileged women and children.

Working proactively for the cause of the Girl Child – felicitated by the Lions Club for raising awareness against female infanticide.

Active ongoing participation in raising AIDS awareness through strategy-formulation summits, lectures and seminars.

Awarded by the Ekta Mission for outstanding contribution to the field of medicine.

An ethical, compassionate and committed medical professional, Dr. Manika is revered in the medical community for her exemplary contributions to infertility treatment in India.

With a vision to provide the best of advanced fertility care, Dr. Manika established Gaudium IVF, she has emerged as the Global Icon in IVF by delivering the highest success rate and over 10,000 IVF babies all over the world and again by treating the most complicated and challenging infertility conditions.

She has been consistently recognised and honoured with several awards such as “Asia’s greatest Health leader”, “Mahila Achiever Award” and the prestigious “Delhi Ratan”.

Dr. Manika has been credited with some of the highest IVF success rates and unequalled success in cases of recurrent IVF failure, male factor infertility, endometriosis and high-risk pregnancies.

Gaudium, Latin for joy, has ushered a new era of affordable and effective IVF clinic in Delhi, India, emerging as the preferred destination for patients seeking fertility care they can trust. A leading Government-approved IVF centre with 9 state-of-the-art centres across North India, Gaudium IVF centre combines advanced reproductive technology with world-class clinical expertise to bring you customised fertility solutions that work. Each patient who walks into a Gaudium facility is treated with utmost compassion and respect and receives personalised attention from a dedicated team of experts.

Today there are over 10,000 Gaudium babies all over the world — a resounding affirmation of unparalleled success of Gaudium IVF centre which has brought us numerous awards and honours along and unprecedented global acclaim.

At Gaudium IVF Centre, we treat your dream as our own and work tirelessly to help you have a healthy baby to take home. We provide the best surrogacy services and IVF treatment to infertile people at our IVF clinic. We are determined to offer our patients the best IVF treatment at affordable cost.

One of the main gynecologists of the city, Dr. Manika Khanna (Gaudium Ivf And Gynae Solutions) in Janak Puri has built up the facility and has picked up a devoted customer base in the course of recent years and is additionally as often as possible went to by a few VIPs, trying models and other decent customers and global patients too. They likewise anticipate growing their business further and giving administrations to a few more patients inferable from its prosperity in the course of recent years. The proficiency, devotion, exactness and empathy offered at the center guarantee that the patient's prosperity, solace and needs are kept of best need.

Dr. Manika Khanna (Gaudium Ivf And Gynae Solutions) in Delhi treats the different diseases of the patients by helping them experience top notch medicines and methodology. Among the various administrations offered here, the center gives medications to Uterine Fibroids or Myomas, Ovarian Cysts, Endometriosis, Pelvic Organ Prolapse, Urinary Problems, Vaginal Discharge, Subfertility, Menopause, Gynecological Cancers, Abnormal Pap Smears - Pre-Invasive Cervical/Vaginal Disease and Vulva Conditions.

The basic evaluation can be performed by an interested and experienced primary care physician or an obstetrician-gynecologist. The primary care physician generally should refer the patient to a specialist for treatment of infertility. Many gynecologists initiate treatment prior to referral to a reproductive endocrinologist. This decision depends upon the results of infertility tests and clinician experience.

Multiple tests have been proposed for evaluation of female infertility. Some of these tests are supported by good evidence, while others are not. This topic will provide an evidence-based approach to the evaluation of female infertility. The etiology and treatment of female infertility, as well as the etiology, evaluation, and treatment of male infertility, are discussed separately.

INITIAL APPROACH — Both partners of an infertile couple should be evaluated for factors that could be impairing fertility. The infertility specialist then uses this information to counsel the couple about the possible etiologies of their infertility and to offer a treatment plan targeted to their specific needs.

It is important to remember that the couple may have multiple factors contributing to their infertility; therefore, a complete initial diagnostic evaluation should be performed to detect the most common causes of infertility, if present. When applicable, evaluation of both partners is performed concurrently [1].

The recognition, evaluation, and treatment of infertility are stressful for most couples [2]. The clinician should not ignore the couple's emotional state, which may include depression, anger, anxiety, and marital discord. Information should be supportive and informative. (See "Psychological stress and infertility".)

The techniques for semen analysis and interpretation of results are discussed in detail separately. (See "Approach to the male with infertility", section on 'Semen analysis'.)

Assessment of ovulatory function — Assessment of ovulatory function is a key component of the evaluation of the female partner since ovulatory dysfunction is a common cause of infertility. The treatment of women with ovulatory dysfunction is aimed at improving or inducing ovulatory function; a variety of treatment strategies is available. (See "Treatments for female infertility".)

Women who have regular menses approximately every 28 days with molimina symptoms prior to menses (breast tenderness, bloating, fatigue, etc.) are most likely ovulatory. In women who do not describe their cycles as such, laboratory assessment of ovulation should be performed. Ovulation is most easily documented by a mid-luteal phase serum progesterone level, which should be obtained approximately one week before the expected menses. For a typical 28-day cycle, the test would be obtained on day 21. A progesterone level >3 ng/mL is evidence of recent ovulation .

An alternative is to have the patient use an over-the-counter urinary ovulation prediction kit. These kits detect luteinizing hormone (LH) and are highly effective for predicting the timing of the LH surge that reliably indicates ovulation. Home kits have a 5 to 10 percent false positive and false negative rate. Therefore, serum confirmation can be useful in patients who are unable to detect a urinary LH surge.

Other methods of determining ovulation, such as daily ultrasounds to follow the development and ultimately the disappearance of a follicle (the most accurate method of documenting ovulation and endometrial biopsy to document secretory changes in the endometrium are too expensive or invasive for routine diagnostic assessment of ovulation.

If the mid-luteal progesterone concentration is <3 ng/mL, the patient is evaluated for causes of anovulation. The minimal work-up includes serum prolactin, thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), FSH, and assessment for polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). The etiology and diagnostic evaluation of anovulation are reviewed separately. (See "Evaluation and management of secondary amenorrhea".)

Assessment of ovarian reserve — Diminished ovarian reserve can refer to diminished oocyte quality, oocyte quantity, or reproductive potential [7]. The identification of diminished ovarian reserve is an increasingly important component of the initial infertility evaluation as patients are presenting for diagnostic evaluation later in their reproductive lifespan. Guidelines for testing from national organizations are available [7,8]. However, there is no ideal test for assessing ovarian reserve. A number of screening tests are utilized, but no single test is highly reliable for predicting pregnancy potential. Therefore, coordination of tests provides the best assessment.

We test ovarian reserve with an anti-müllerian hormone (AMH) level and a day 3 follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and estradiol levels. Other tests such as the clomiphene citrate challenge test (CCCT) and antral follicle count are utilized by some specialists and in special circumstances. These tests have good specificity for predicting a poor response in in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycles, but have more limited value for predicting IVF outcome.

Day 3 FSH and CCCT — Both the day 3 FSH level (where day 1 is the first day of full menstrual flow) and the CCCT, which is a provocative test for measurement of FSH, are widely used for screening ovarian reserve. The CCCT involves oral administration of 100 mg clomiphene citrate on cycle days 5 through 9 with measurement of day 3 and day 10 FSH levels and day 3 estradiol level.

The premise of these tests is that women with good ovarian reserve have sufficient production of ovarian hormones from small follicles early in the menstrual cycle to maintain FSH at a low level. In contrast, women with a reduced pool of follicles and oocytes have insufficient production of ovarian hormones to provide normal inhibition of pituitary secretion of FSH, so FSH rises early in the cycle [9].

Meta-analyses of nonrandomized studies concluded that basal cycle day 3 FSH and the CCCT perform similarly for predicting ability to achieve a clinical pregnancy in women undergoing infertility treatment [10,11]. With either test, a normal result is not useful in predicting fertility, but a highly abnormal result (we use FSH >20 mIU/mL) suggests that pregnancy is unlikely with treatment involving the woman's own oocytes, particularly in women of more advanced reproductive age.

Based on these findings and the cost advantage and simplicity of the day 3 FSH, we obtain a day 3 FSH concentration and consider a value less than 10 mIU/mL suggestive of adequate ovarian reserve, and levels of 10 to 15 mIU/ml borderline. The upper threshold for a normal FSH concentration is laboratory dependent; cutoff values of 10 to 25 mIU/mL have been reported because of use of different FSH assay reference standards and assay methodologies.

We also check a cycle day 3 estradiol level, although there are conflicting data as to whether it is predictive of ovarian reserve and the response to ovarian stimulation (as in IVF) [12,13]. We consider a value <80 pg/mL suggestive of adequate ovarian reserve, but other cut-offs are also utilized. In one prospective study of women undergoing IVF, day 3 estradiol levels >80 pg/mL resulted in higher cycle cancellation rates and lower pregnancy rates, and estradiol levels >100 pg/mL were associated with a 0 percent pregnancy rate [14].

Elevated basal estradiol levels are due to advanced premature follicle recruitment that occurs in women with poor ovarian reserve. High estradiol levels can inhibit pituitary FSH production and thus mask one of the signs of decreased ovarian reserve in perimenopausal women. Thus, measurement of both FSH and estradiol levels helps to avoid false-negative FSH testing.

Dr. Manika Khanna, MBBS, MD, D.A.G.E (Germany) is an award-winning Infertility Specialist and Laparoscopic Surgeon who has been facilitated with numerous honours and awards for her exemplary achievements in the field of Assisted Reproduction.

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She is prepared in the craftsmanship (Assisted Reproductive Techniques) and IVF (In Vitro Fertilization) from Inst. of contraceptive pharmaceutical, Kolkata under the doyen and pioneer of IVF. Dr. B.N. Chakravorty. She has a recognition in the workmanship from KKIVF Hospital Singapore, and a confirmation in endoscopy from KIEL, Germany. She has acted as authority and leader of the office in an open area undertaking clinic for more than 15 years. She has accomplished more than 4000 workmanship cycles with a win rate of more than half. She has additionally accomplished more than 4000 cesarean segments, 3000 hysterectomies including non-drop hysterectomies of even up to 16-week measure uterus. She has uncommon outcomes in egg benefactor surrogacy having a win rate of more than 85 %.

Dr. Rita Bakshi is a main IVF expert and Chairperson of India's head IVF and surrogacy focus broadly perceived as International Fertility Center. With a foundation from eminent names, for example, AIIMS, Lady Harding Medical College, St. Stephens, and her work with the best organizations from Singapore, Germany and Belgium, she has amassed priceless involvement in the fields of Assisted Reproduction, Laparoscopy, Gynecology and Obstetrics. Dr. Rita has over 30 years of experience as a fruitlessness pro and under her authority, IFC has ended up being the biggest system of ripeness facilities in India.

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Like a Frog in Hot Water?

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Like a Frog in Hot Water?

Most of us are too caught up in the details of the daily news cycle to step back and perceive major trends in society. We are inundated with so many facts, we become numb and don’t even notice as our values are slowly undermined. After a journalist watched a young boy play a violent video game for five hours on a plane, she reflected on how numb our society has become to violence:

The issue of violence is already a tough topic for people to listen to or want to talk about. Why? Because we are bombarded with gruesome images day in and day out. From tweens on up, what we see in the media, in movies, on the Internet, on television and the increasing number of so-called “games” is making many numb to it all.

A Parable About a Frog

There is a parable about a frog which explains this modern malaise.

Throw a frog into a pot of boiling water and he will jump right out. Throw a frog into a pot of lukewarm water, slowly raise the heat, and he will stay in until he is literally boiled to death.

Throw a Catholic into a pagan environment, and he will see the lies and ambiguities clearly. Throw a Catholic into a polite society, slowly change the standards and values, and he will stay silent and slowly die spiritually. In Evangelii Gaudium. Pope Francis addresses our apathy:

Almost without being aware of it, we end up being incapable of feeling compassion at the outcry of the poor, weeping for other people’s pain, and feeling a need to help them, as though all this were someone else’s responsibility and not our own.

Throughout history, our popes have tried to shine a light on our society’s failings and encourage the faithful to join them, to become involved, and to speak out.

We need to participate for the common good. Sometimes we hear: a good Catholic is not interested in politics. This is not true: good Catholics immerse themselves in politics by offering the best of themselves so that the leader can govern. Pope Francis, 9/16/13

Each successive pope has been rooted in the Spirit and in Christian culture and so has the freedom to view society through a lens of faith, delivering God’s perspective on current issues. The successors of St. Peter speak for those without power, without a voice like that of Pope Francis who encourages young people to speak out because they offer a fresh perspective on issues.

Young people, you have it in you to shout. It is up to you not to keep quiet. Even if others keep quiet, if we older people and leaders keep quiet, if the whole world keeps quiet and loses its joy, I ask you: Will you cry out?

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All you need to know about HPV

Amongst the most common infections that affect women (and also men) during their reproductive age is HPV or Human Papillomavirus. Millions of people are known to be infected with the genital form of this silent virus, without even being aware of it. The stealthy nature of the virus, along with the fact that it is incurable, is something which makes it all the more dangerous.

Though HPV has been baffling the medical fraternity and they are still looking for an established treatment for the same, the infection is preventable if certain precautions are taken. Awareness is the key in this regard, as a woman can safeguard herself against health risk as well as female infertility by taking precautions against such infectious conditions such as HPV.

What is Human Papillomavirus?

HPV is an extremely contagious form of an infection which harbors in the epithelial cells of the skin, affecting genital areas such as cervix, anus and penis, and also that of the mouth and the throat. The presence of the infection is characterized by the formation of benign warts on the hands, feet and genital areas. Certain strains of the virus elevate the risk of some types of cancers in the patient. There are almost a hundred strains of the virus which have been detected till date, of which 40 are sexually transmitted. Amongst these strains, HPV 16 and 18 are key contributors of cervical cancers in women.

HPV spreads very easily, through sexual intercourse and even skin to skin contact with the infected person. It can also be transmitted through exchange of bodily fluids and mucous membranes. Most of the time, the carrier of the virus is asymptomatic, making it impossible to identify the risk factor. Women who become sexually active at a very early age and also those who have multiple sex partners are at high risk of falling prey to HPV. The infection is self-resolving in many cases, while it can lurk inside the body in its dormant for years and the carrier may transmit it to a partner without being aware of it. Not only can a woman pass it to a sexual partner, but also to her baby during childbirth.

Symptoms and Diagnosis of Human Papillomavirus

The most common symptom of HPV in its genital form is formation of genital warts which resemble a bump or a cluster of bumps that may vary in shape and size. The color of these bumps may be white or flesh colored, while these may be small, big, and flat or cauliflower shaped. These may appear on the vulva, inside the vagina, around the anus and on the cervix. These bumps or warts may subsequently become cancerous. These may be seen weeks or even months after the patient has been infected by a sexual partner.

Though HPV virus is a common one, it does not always show symptoms as only a few strains are responsible for cervical cancer. However, the occurrence of any visible warts in the genital areas should be taken seriously and a medical practitioner should be seen immediatly for diagnosis. The presence of HPV is diagnosed through some tests such as Pap Smear, DNA test and use of acetic acid.

Pap smear involves collection of cell samples from the surface of cervix/vagina to detect ay abnormality in them which can be an indicator of cervical cancer.

DNA test is used to identify the presence of high risk strains of the virus. It is recommended in conjugation with Pap smear for women over thirty.

Acetic acid solution test causes the HPV affected regions to turn white in color and it helps in detection of lesions which are not otherwise identifiable.

Treatment and Prevention of Human Papillomavirus

When a woman suffers from the virus in its harmless forms, there is great possibility that warts will resolve without treatment. If she sees a doctor for the same, she may be recommended topical medications such as over-the-counter salicylic acid for healing common warts. Other prescription drugs used for the treatment include Podofilox, Podophyllin, Imiquimod and Trichloroacetic acid. Surgical methods such as surgical removal of warts, laser therapy, electrocautery (burning the warts with electric current) and cryotherapy (freezing the warts with liquid nitrogen) are required in some cases. Though these measures may effectively do away with the warts, the virus cannot be removed from the body and it can possibly infect others on contact.

Since the virus cannot be cured, it is better to look for preventive measures to avoid it in the first place. Practicing abstinence from sex, being monogamous and not having sexual relations with a person with visible warts are the best ways to curb the infection. Also, some vaccinations for the virus are available in the market but they are effective only in case of patients who have not been infected prior to taking the vaccine. These vaccinations can be given to young girls in the age group of 9 to 26 years. It is advisable for women to opt for period HPV testing to insure their reproductive health in the long run.

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1st June >> (@VaticanNews) #Pope Francis #PopeFrancis’ Homily (Full Text) during Celebrating Mass at the Shrine of Sumuleu-Ciuc, #PopeFrancis asks Mary to "teach us to weave the future". #PopeInRomania

Pope Francis’ Mass at Shrine of Sumuleu-Ciuc in Romania: Full text

Pope Francis asks Mary to "teach us to weave the future" during the celebration of Holy Mass at the Shrine of Sumuleu-Ciuc in Romania.

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With joy and thanksgiving to God, I join you today, dear brothers and sisters, in this beloved Marian shrine, so rich in history and faith. We have come here as children to meet our Mother and to acknowledge that we are all brothers and sisters. Shrines are like “sacraments” of a Church that is a field hospital: they keep alive the memory of God’s faithful people who, in the midst of tribulation, continue to seek the source of living water that renews our hope. They are places of festivity and celebration, of tears and supplication. We come to the feet of our Mother, with few words, to let her gaze upon us, and with that gaze bring us to Jesus, who is the Way, the Truth and the Life (Jn 14:6).

We have come here for a reason: we are pilgrims. Here, every year, on the Saturday before Pentecost, you come on pilgrimage to honour the vow made by your ancestors, and to strengthen your own faith in God and your devotion to Our Lady, before her monumental wooden statue. This annual pilgrimage is part of the heritage of Transylvania, but at the same time it honours Romanian and Hungarian religious traditions. The faithful of other confessions take part in it, and it is thus a symbol of dialogue, unity and fraternity. It invites us to rediscover the witness of living faith and hope-filled life.

To go on pilgrimage is to realize that we are in a way returning home as a people, a people whose wealth is seen its myriad faces, cultures, languages and traditions. The holy and faithful People of God who in union with Mary advance on their pilgrim way singing of the Lord’s mercy. In Cana of Galilee, Mary interceded with Jesus to perform his first miracle; in every shrine, she watches over us and makes intercession, not only with her Son but also with each of us, asking that we not let ourselves be robbed of our fraternal love by those voices and hurts that provoke division and fragmentation. Complicated and sorrow-filled situations from the past must not be forgotten or denied, yet neither must they be an obstacle or an excuse standing in the way of our desire to live together as brothers and sisters.

To go on pilgrimage is to feel called and compelled to journey together, asking the Lord for the grace to change past and present resentments and mistrust into new opportunities for fellowship. It means leaving behind our security and comfort and setting out for a new land that the Lord wants to give us. To go on pilgrimage means daring to discover and communicate the “mystique” of living together, and not being afraid to mingle, to embrace and to support one another. To go on pilgrimage is to participate in that somewhat chaotic sea of people that can give us a genuine experience of fraternity, to be part of a caravan that can together, in solidarity, create history (cf. Evangelii Gaudium, 87).

To go on pilgrimage is to look not so much at what might have been (and wasn’t), but at everything that awaits us and cannot be put off much longer. It is to believe in the Lord who is coming and even now is in our midst, inspiring and generating solidarity, fraternity, and the desire for goodness, truth and justice (cf. Evangelii Gaudium, 71). It is to commit ourselves to ensuring that the stragglers of yesterday can become the protagonists of tomorrow, and that today’s protagonists do not become tomorrow’s stragglers. This requires a certain skill, the art of weaving the threads of the future. That is why we are here today, to say together: Mother teach us to weave the future.

As pilgrims to this shrine, we turn our gaze to Mary and to the mystery of God’s election. By saying “yes” to the message of the angel, Mary – a young woman from Nazareth, a small town in Galilee on the fringes of the Roman Empire and of Israel itself – set in motion the revolution of tenderness (cf. Evangelii Gaudium, 88). Such is the mystery of God’s election: he looks to the lowly and confounds the powerful; he encourages and inspires us to say “yes”, like Mary, and to set out on the paths of reconciliation.

The Lord does not disappoint those who take a risk. Let us journey, then, and journey together, allowing the Gospel to be the leaven that permeates everything and fills our peoples with the joy of salvation.

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The Heavy – Handed CDF, Contradicting Pope Francis.

In his widely celebrated Apostolic Exhortation, “Evangelii Gaudium” (The Joy of the Gospel), Pope Francis touched on a wide range of important subjects in Catholic teaching – but notably had nothing at all to say about gay marriage, or on the wider subjects of sexual ethics or same – sex relationships in general. The only explanation for this remarkable omission on so topical a subject, is a clue…

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Thought for the Day – 13 September – 13 September – St John Chrysostom (347-407) Doctor – “John of the Golden Mouth”

What I find interesting is that some people in the Church think Pope Francis is a liberal who is over concerned with social justice issues. Some of these same people would then hold Chrysostom in high regard, especially being a Doctor of the Church. Both of these sons of the Church share much in common.

Chrysostom had just as much concern about the relationship of the bishops and priests to the laity as Pope Francis does. Each showing concern over the laity being treated with respect and dignity, Chrysostom asked, “How should the church be governed? Should the patriarchs act like emperors, issuing decrees…Should bishops see themselves as local governors, demanding unquestioning submission of the people?” Pope Francis has told priests they must be “shepherds living with the smell of the sheep.” Chrysostom reminded those in authority that they are not rulers but preachers and pastors. He also stressed that “each individual is answerable not to a priest, bishop, or patriarch but to God.”

Pope Francis has caused quite a stir regarding some of his statements about finances; frankly Chrysostom would not disagree with him. Actually, I have found Chrysostom to be even more frank then Pope Francis. He does not mince words when saying, “Lift up and stretch out your hands, not to heaven, but to the poor…if you lift up your hands in prayer without sharing with the poor, it is worth nothing.” And Pope Francis twice quoted Chrysostom in Evangelii Gaudium, he said, “Ethics — a non-ideological ethics — would make it possible to bring about balance and a more humane social order. With this in mind, I encourage financial experts and political leaders to ponder the words of one of the sages of antiquity: ‘Not to share one’s wealth with the poor is to steal from them and to take away their livelihood. It is not our own goods which we hold, but theirs.’” The second quote expressed that we need look at money in a different way, basically through the eyes of Christ.

Both men have a great concern for the poor. Chrysostom even said if we wish to honour Christ’s body we must first clothe and feed him in our brother. Then, with what we have left, adorn the altar with gold chalices. He believed “feeding the hungry is a greater work than raising the dead.” Pope Francis has urged us to not waste food, that throwing it away is like stealing from the poor. He has also warned us to not, “become starched Christians, those over-educated Christians who speak of theological matters as they calmly sip their tea. No!” Like Chrysostom, Pope Francis wants us to go out and “care for the flesh of Christ” to seek Him out in the poor.

With great pastoral care they each speak about everyday sins we all need to combat. They do not hesitate to speak out against the pharisaical behavior of keeping rules and laws while not loving our neighbour. Chrysostom asks us, “For what does it profit if we abstain from fish and fowl and yet bite and devour our brothers and sisters?” Pope Francis tells us we are murdering Christians when we speak badly of them with others. Reminding us, “There is no such thing as innocent slander.”

I am sure most of us occasionally have moments of “elder brother syndrome.” (Luke 11:32) We can benefit from a reminder from both men that the Church is a hospital where anyone seeking God can come to be healed. Chrysostom said the Church is “not a courtroom, for souls. She does not condemn on behalf of sins but grants remission of sins.”

Pope Francis sees the Church as a field hospital after battle. Saying it is “useless to ask a seriously injured person if he has high cholesterol and about the level of his blood sugars! You have to heal his wounds. Then we can talk about everything else.” Of course, we are all wounded sinners needing the medicine of the sacraments. Chrysostom reminds us to not be ashamed when we repent but to have a change of heart and seek God’s love and mercy. Mercy is a favourite topic of Pope Francis, “there is no limit to the divine mercy, which is offered to everyone…The Lord is always ready to roll away the tombstone of our sins, which separate us from Him, the light of the living.”

These are a few examples showing the similarities between both men. I believe this shows how Chrysostom’s words are relevant for us today and that there’s nothing novel about Pope Francis’s approach. Both men challenge us, make us uncomfortable and do not seek to please men with their words but lead them to truth. The fact that they have so many similar things to say is ultimately a testament of the timelessness of the gospel message itself. And proof that God is with us and working through his shepherds.”

St John Chrysostom, Pray for the Church, Pray for Pope Francis, Pray for us all!

(via AnaStpaul – Breathing Catholic)

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