This is the final installment in a four-part series on the Eucharist.
In the last segment of this history of Holy Mass, we noted the rise of the “Liturgical Movement” in the 19th century — an effort to achieve genuine and deep renewal of the sacred liturgy. In the United States, certain monasteries led the movement in a particular way, much as had been the case in Europe.
To the editor:
In his recent 1,093-page budget, Governor Scott Walker has a provision that says certain taxpayers who have NOT paid their taxes for years — if the state knew of their underpayment but took no action — do NOT have to pay back these taxes.
In other words, the 61 new Department of Revenue employees who might discover these cheaters can take no action.
To the editor:
Local Catholics need to know that the former Saint Benedict Center, now renamed Holy Wisdom Monastery (HWM), makes no proper distinction between Holy Mass with the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, and a protestant service. It’s not at all in keeping with a Catholic understanding of authentic ecumenism.
The Sisters, who left their vows in 2006, now lead something like a pseudo-parish, not in communion with the Catholic Church, and host various activist dissent groups and so-called “womenpriests.”
Besides praying for the cardinals who are electing a new pope, the Catholic bishops of the United States have also called for a nationwide effort to advance a movement for life, marriage, and religious liberty.
In this Year of Faith, the bishops are encouraging Catholics across our nation to pray for rebuilding a culture that is more favorable to life and marriage as well as for increased protections for religious liberty.
MADISON — Less than an hour after Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio was announced as the new pope, taking the name Francis, Bishop Robert C. Morlino of Madison addressed reporters on the selection.
Bishop Morlino recalled being familiar with Cardinal Bergoglio from eight years ago, when Pope Benedict XVI was elected pope. Bergoglio was reportedly in heavy consideration to replace Pope John Paul II. Bishop Morlino said the new pope can be a leader who could “raise the Church out of mediocrity” around like world like he did in his native Argentina.
BEIRUT (CNS) — When a committee of Catholic youth in Lebanon set out to compose the meditations for the Way of the Cross, they had no idea that a new pope would preside over the Good Friday service at Rome’s Colosseum.
By custom, the pope invites a cardinal or an ecclesial community to prepare the meditations. This year is the first that young people of a particular country were asked to participate. Pope Benedict XVI invited the youth of Lebanon to participate through Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai, who was named a cardinal in November.
Editor’s note: This is the second of a series of reflections on recent events happening at the Vatican by Diocese of Madison seminarians studying in Rome.
As a seminarian, it is impossible to escape the curiosity of others. There are always questions about what it is like living in a seminary, what you study, how often do you pray, what do you do for fun, etc.
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Queridos amigos.
El jueves pasado por la mañana cuando volvía de Roma a Madison, el Papa Benedicto era aún el Obispo de Roma y el Papa de la Iglesia Universal; para cuando llegué a Estados Unidos a mitad de la tarde, la Sede de Pedro estaba vacía. Todo mientras estuve en el aire y se daba el más significativo episodio en la historia de la Iglesia, que el mundo también ha vivido. Tengo que admitir que el sentido de vacío de la Sede de Pedro, debido a la renuncia del Papa Benedicto, me dejó y me deja con un sentimiento que nunca antes había experimentado.
Y así, ¿qué nos toca hacer ante esto? En primer lugar, no puede haber duda de que el Espíritu Santo obrará en el Colegio de Cardenales para elegir al siguiente Obispo de Roma y Papa de la Iglesia Universal. Además, no puede haber duda de que el Espíritu Santo obrará en el siguiente Papa por el bien de la Iglesia. En tercer lugar, no puede haber duda de que el Papa Benedicto, tomó esta decisión en este momento de su vida en oración, muy sincera, muy sopesada y muy atentamente. Todas las razones de esta decisión suya (mientras son sujeto de infinitas especulaciones) probablemente nunca se sepan de hecho, pero las primeras tres consideraciones deben estar fuera de toda duda.
At the point at which John Paul II began his papacy in the first volume of my biography of him, Witness to Hope, I borrowed some thoughts from Hans Urs von Balthasar and tried to explain a bit of the uniqueness of the papal office:
“To be pope is to take on a task that is, by precise theological definition, impossible. Like every other office in the Church, the papacy exists for the sake of holiness. The office, though, is a creature of time and space, and holiness is eternal. No one, not even a pope who is a saint, can fully satisfy the office’s demands.
