Synodality in Action: During the Holy Thursday liturgy, Bishop Michael Martin of Charlotte, North Carolina, delegated the foot-washing ritual to lay men and women. The Eucharist was at the Jesuits' church. Bishop Martin participated in the ritual himself, but he also allowed members of the laity to perform much of the optional Mandatum.
Brian Williams on Twitter: Meanwhile in Charlotte, Bishop Martin delegated the washing of feet on Holy Thursday to lay men and women. +Martin did participate to some degree, but at this Jesuit parish where he chose to celebrate Holy Thursday, the laity assumed the role of the clergy for much of the (optional) mandatum.
So, congregants can kneel before others to wash their feet but not before the actual incarnate God to receive him in communion. The Synodal Church is occupied territory, Catholics Need Not Apply.
A Parable of a Quiet Prayer There once lived a husband and wife. They slept under the same blanket, but faced different directions in life. He believed in himself-in logic, in skill, in markets, in numbers, in crypto. He would say, “Work hard. Success comes to those who are strong.” She believed in God. And every night, after he had fallen asleep, she would quietly fold her hands in prayer. Not just for herself—for him. “Lord, watch over him. Give him wisdom. Keep him from mistakes. Bless the work of his hands.” Years went by. He prospered. Deals came together. Trouble seemed to pass him by. Even decisions made on a whim somehow turned out right. He would smile and say, “I knew it. I calculated everything perfectly. This is my mind. My work. My success.” She stayed silent. And thanked God. One day, an old pastor said to him. “You are a very wealthy man.” “I know,” the man replied proudly. “No,” the pastor smiled gently. “You are wealthy because someone stands before God for you …More
Low IQ fanboys. This is what your church wants. Basically man-children. When tradition has been completely erased, there is no need for memory. Everything is transient and juvenile. There is nothing eternal, and thus there is no peace, only disturbance, like a churning adolescence.
This morning Isaac Herzog, the President of Israel, called Pope Leo XIV, and they spoke on the telephone. They exchanged greetings for Passover and Easter. They discussed the current situation in the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
Catholics do not celebrate Passover. Jesus Christ fulfilled the Old Law regarding Passover. To exchange greetings about Passover is to deny Christ's establishment of the Holy Eucharist and His death on the cross! Shame on those people!
A couple moved into a new apartment. One morning, just after waking up, the wife glanced out the window and saw their neighbor hanging laundry outside. “Look at that,” she said. “Her laundry is still dirty.” Her husband kept reading his newspaper and didn’t respond. “Maybe she’s using cheap detergent,” the wife continued. “Or maybe she just doesn’t know how to do laundry properly. Someone should really teach her.” And every time the neighbor hung clothes out to dry, the wife would comment on how “dirty” they looked. Then one morning, she looked out the window and exclaimed, “Oh wow! Her laundry is finally clean! Looks like she learned how to wash properly after all!” Her husband calmly replied, “Actually, I got up early today and cleaned our window.” That’s how it is in life. What we see often depends on the window we’re looking through. And before we rush to judge others, it’s worth making sure our own perspective—and our own heart—is clear.
Hoje, Leão XIV celebrou a primeira missa crismal do seu pontificado. O clero comportou-se como um turista, tirando fotografias com os seus smartphones.
Donald Tusk & @donaldtusk The threat of NATO's break-up, easing sanctions on Russia, a massive energy crisis in Europe, halting aid for Ukraine and blocking the loan for Kviv bv Orbán - it all looks like Putin's dream plan.
Dad doesn’t complain anymore…but he doesn’t smile the way he used to, either. He gets up early, comes home late, and barely says a word. There’s a tired look in his eyes, his shoulders seem heavier, and his spirit… who knows where it’s gone. But no one really notices. Because Dad is “the strong one.” The one who doesn’t break. The one who “doesn’t cry,” who “handles it,” who “never gets tired.” But he does get tired. He just doesn’t say it. Because he was raised to believe that men don’t stop to talk about how they feel. He learned to swallow fear, anger, pain…and keep moving like nothing’s wrong. But Dad has his own battles. His own doubts. His own lonely moments. Sometimes he lies awake at night, staring at the ceiling, wondering if he did enough. If he was a good father. If he let his family down. If he lost the version of himself that once had dreams. And still… he keeps going. Working. Fixing. Paying the bills. Carrying things no one else even sees. He asks for nothing. …More
**The Patristic and Scholastic Consensus Against the Modern Idolatry of the Marriage Bed: Marriage Is the Indissoluble Bond of Wills, Not the Operations of the Flesh** The Church Fathers and the great Scholastic theologians present a unified, sober, and supernatural vision of holy matrimony that stands in radical opposition to much contemporary Catholic teaching and pastoral rhetoric. In the tradition from **St. Augustine** through the Scholastics (including **Peter Lombard** and preeminently **St. Thomas Aquinas**), the **essence** of the sacrament of marriage resides in the **mutual consent** that forms the indissoluble bond (*vinculum*) of fidelity between husband and wife. This covenant of wills is the primal reality: it images the union of Christ and the Church, confers sacramental grace, and sanctifies the spouses independently of any carnal act. The three goods of marriage—**offspring** (*proles*), **fidelity** (*fides*), and the **sacramental bond** (*sacramentum*)—flow from …More