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On
Sundays the priest sings the Creed at Mass. This profession of Faith was drawn
up in the councils of Nicea (325 AD) and Constantinople (381 AD) as a response
to heresies that denied the Divinity of Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost.
The Credo
I
believe in One God (Hebrews 11:6)
The
Father (1 Corinthians 8:6)
Almighty
(Apocalypse 1:8)
Maker
of Heaven and earth (Exodus 20:11)
And
of all things visible and invisible (Colossians 1:16)
And
in One Lord (Acts 10:36)
The
only Begotten Son of God (John 1:14)
Born
of the Father before all ages (1 John 4:9)
God
of God, Light of Light (John 1:4)
True
God of true God (John 5:18)
Begotten,
not made (John 8:58)
Consubstantial
with the Father (John 10:30)
By
Whom all things were made (John 1:3)
Who
for us men and for our salvation (Matthew 1:21)
Came
down from Heaven (John 3:31)
And
was incarnate by the Holy Ghost (Luke 1:35)
Of
the Virgin Mary (Luke 2:6-7)
And
was made man (John 1:4)
He
was crucified also for us (Mark 15:25)
Suffered
under Pontius Pilate (Matthew 27:26)
And
was buried (Matthew 27:60)
The
third day He rose again (Matthew 28:6)
According
to the Scriptures (1 Corinthians 5:4)
And
ascended into Heaven (Luke 24:51)
Sitteth
at the right hand of the Father (Mark 16:19)
And
He shall come again with glory (Matthew 25:31)
To
judge both the living and the dead (2 Timothy 4:1)
Of
whose Kingdom there shall be no end (Luke 1:33)
And I
believe in the Holy Ghost (John 14:26)
Giver
of Life (Romans 8:2)
Who
Proceedeth from the Father (John 15:26)
And the
Son (Romans 8:9)
Who,
together with the father and the Son, is adored and glorified (Apocalypse 4:8)
Who
spoke by the prophets (2 Peter 1:21)
And
in One (John 10:16)
Holy
(Ephesians 5:26)
Catholic
(Romans 10:18)
Apostolic
Church (Ephesians 2:20)
I
confess one Baptism (Ephesians 4:5)
For
the remission of sins (Acts 2:38)
And I
look for the Resurrection of the dead (Romans 6:5)
And
the Life of the world to come (Matthew 25:34)
Amen.
Some
people regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot.
Others
look on it as a cow they can milk. Not
enough people see it as a healthy horse, pulling a sturdy wagon.
- Winston Churchill
"It is necessary to obey a Pope in all things as long as he does not go against the universal customs of the Church, but should he go against the universal customs of the Church, he need not be followed."
– Pope Innocent III, De Consuetudine
Source
Arturo Martinez-Sanchez says he had no choice but to forgive the man suspected
of sexually assaulting and killing his wife and young daughter in an April 2012
attack that also left him seriously wounded. “I have to forgive him, to go the
way of life,” the Las Vegas man said in a July 17 interview. “It’s in
the Bible…I forgive him because I believe in God.”
I’m reminded of the death of Garcia Moreno (1821–1875), president of
Ecuador who was assassinated. As he lay dying from his knife and gun wounds,
the priest at his side commanded him, “You must forgive this. You must forgive
your killer.” Moreno replied, “I do forgive him;” he expired soon after.
We do not exercise vengeance, and it is a Divine prerogative to exact
justice. Those in authority who have the duty to administer justice are
executing a mandate that has its source in Heaven.This does not mean that as individuals we ignore or quietly accept
every harm inflicted on us — our Lord (John 18:23) and St. Paul (Acts 23:3)
both rebuked their attackers and serve as our example.
We must be more eager to forgive than to
retaliate. Justice must also be served.
Blessed are:
* the poor in spirit
* the meek
* they who mourn
* they that hunger and thirst after justice
* the merciful
* the clean of heart
* the peacemakers
* they that suffer persecution for justice's sake
Lord,
Make my dissipated heart into a recollected one,
My unmortified heart into a mortified one,
My ambitious heart into a humble one,
My faint and timid heart into a brave and courageous one,
My irritable and peevish heart into a mild and patient one,
My sinful heart into a holy one.
- After Fr. Michael MΓΌeller, C.SS.R.
An oxymoron is a contradiction with good PR.
La Messe
de Toujurs is the French, of course. There is no English equivalent, but the best approximation is "The Mass of All Time."
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