How would you answer the poll originally posed by the "General Secretariat of the Synod?"
“Do you believe that synodality as a path of conversion and reform can enhance the mission and participation of all the baptized?”
How would you answer this poll?
NEW!!! Bishop Athanasius Schneider's incisive “appeal for prayer and reflection” on synodality, which we publish today on the Solemnity of the Apostles Saints Peter and Paul. A detailed and very important series of reflections on synodality. https://t.co/brxX796WZC
From the moment he lept in the womb at the visitation to the day he gave his life by taking a stand for purity, he knew his role in spreading the kingdom of God. In regard to Christ he said, “He must increase, but I must decrease.” John 3:30-35
Tradition has it that Mary appeared to one of the leaders of the Carmelites, Saint Simon Stock. It was then that she reportedly gave him a scapular and told him to encourage others to practice devotion to it.
Devote Yourself to the Immaculate Heart of Mary!
Inspired by the Gospel of Luke, to meditate on the Immaculate Heart of Mary is to devote yourself to Mary's interior life, her virtues, perfection, joys, sorrows and above all her love for God the Father.
The Sacred Heart of Jesus has been one of the most popular devotions. Jesus reminds of his compassion and long-suffering love for us. Let us look at the thorns and remember Christ's Passion and fix our eyes on the flame, and the furnace of his undying love for us.
Mary "kept all these things in her heart." She shows us how to contemplate the word of God, how to listen to the Holy Spirit and how to respond in faith. This devotion became popular in the 17th century around the same time that many had a deep devotion to the sacred heart.
On this, the Feast Day of Corpus Christi, it's worth asking: What do you see when you think of Christ? Do you see him as just a historical figure, or as the salvation of the world ever present through his body and blood in the Eucharist?
Since 1673 when the Lord appeared to Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, The Sacred Heart of Jesus has been one of the most popular devotions. Let us look at the thorns and remember Christ's Passion and fix our eyes on the flame, and the furnace of his undying love for us.
Saint Boniface was a teacher, preacher, Bishop and Martyr. As a missionary in what is modern day Germany he took an axe to the people’s sacred “Thunder Oak” and didn’t suffer. This was an effective act of evangelization, it reinforced the fact that there is just one God.
This holy man was an excellent preacher who was gentle in his sermons, but at the same time not afraid to throw down the gauntlet when the wicked came calling. He especially let unfaithful clergy and oppressors of the weak "hear it." "Hammer of Heretics. pray for us!
Love is not easy. There is temptation to do and endorse what feels right. God’s love IS right. The perfect justice of his Sacred Heart in his infinite charity wills our good and even though at times Christ’s teachings can feel painful, they lead us to salvation rather than ruin.
For those who recite his Chaplet, St Michael the Archangel promises the protection of his army of angels during the life of the person who prays. https://t.co/R8D8RRYb30