O God , you are my God , for you I long ;
A Psalm for Saint Maximillian
I cry out to Yahweh ;
he answers from his holy mountain.
Psalm 3:4
14th August
Christian witness amidst 20th century suffering
Some people's lives seem to epitomise the suffering of millions, but also to shine with a Christian response to it. One such person was Maximilian Kolbe, 1894 - 1941, a Franciscan priest of Poland, and publisher extraordinary.
Maximilian was born at Zdunska Wola, near Lodz, where his parents, devout Christians, worked in a cottage weaving industry. Like thousands of others at the time, the family and their village was ground into poverty by Russian exploitation. In 1910 Maximilian entered the Franciscan Order, and studied at Rome. After his ordination in 1919, Maximilian returned to Poland, where he was sent to teach church history in a seminary. But a new factor had entered his life: he diagnosed with tuberculosis.
Living in post-war Poland was difficult enough, but with tuberculosis as well - most people would have quietly withered away. Not Maximilian Kolbe. Instead, the tuberculosis gave Maximilian a sense of urgency - a sense of the brief transitoriness of this life. He knew his time was slipping away. Instead of teaching history, he determined to do something to help the Christians living in Poland now, in the tatters of Europe after the First World War. And so he founded a magazine for Christian readers in Cracow, who badly needed effective apologetics to help them hold to their faith in a chaotic world.
Soon, the obsolete printing presses (which were operated by Maximilian's fellow priests and lay brothers) were working overtime - the magazine's circulation had leapt to 45,000. Then the printing presses were moved to a town near Warsaw, Niepokalanow, where Maximilian now founded a Franciscan community which combined prayer w"
| And Mary said: My soul proclaims the greatness of the the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour. Luke 1 : 46 - 47 |
though you left this life to soon you have touched so many lives, lost souls, people of different beliefs and non - believers in Christ.
'Soul Searching, the Journey of Thomas Merton' relies on interviews and Merton's journals to provide details about the Catholic monk's early life in New York, his spiritual awakening, a midlife crisis involving his love for a beautiful nurse and his accidental death by electrocution while attending a 1968 conference in Bangkok.
Atkinson will discuss the hour-long film at a 7 p.m. screening next Monday at the Clifton Center Theater, 2117 Payne St. The program is sponsored by the Merton Institute for Contemplative Living, which is at the Clifton Center. Admission is free, but a $10 donation toward the Merton Institute is suggested.
The documentary, produced for about $150,000, will be broadcast on KET in the spring. It is the seventh film by Atkinson to be shown on the public TV network. Other works aired on KET include 'Gethsemani'; 'Metro, Act One,' about Louisville's merged government; and 'A Way of Life: Basketball in Kentucky.'
Funding for the new film was provided by KET, the Kentucky Humanities Council, the Louisville Institute, the Kentucky Arts Council and more than 75 individuals. Steve Staley of Louisville served as director of photography, and jazz musician Dick Sisto, who was a friend of Merton's, composed the music.
To make the film about the author of the autobiographical best-seller 'The Seven Storey Mountain,' Atkinson traveled to New York City, New Mexico, the redwood forests of Northern California and to the Abbey of Gethsem"
"Jesus came and said to them, 'All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you, and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age." Matthew 28:19
~ Christ ~
Yesterday , Today and forever.
Words of wisdom from Thomas Merton
| My sister Isabella receives her First Holy Communion . |
Compiled and designed by the Reverend Gregory Peters for Earth Day 2002.
A Litany of Penance
Lord, we pray for this world you have made. We ask your blessing on earth, wind, and water. Preserve this sweet place in its course through the cosmos.
Lord, in your mercy,
hear our prayer.
Lord, we pray for the community of living creatures. Guide us in our works and ways, that every being may praise with its life and serve you all of its days.
Lord, in your mercy,
hear our prayer.
Lord, we pray for our human family. You named us stewards of this Earth, and we want to tend it and care for it. Teach us to live in harmony together, so we can live in harmony with Earth.
Lord, in your mercy,
hear our prayer.
Lord, again and again we seek what is good and do what is bad. We stand in the rubble of many bad choices. We have been forgetful and willful tenants since you first put us in the Garden. Give us strength and courage to change our ways, so this Earth may flourish under our care.
Lord, in your mercy,
hear our prayer.
Lord, at the end of all things you will bring us into your household, to make community with you forever. Fill us with your Spirit now, in our days on this Earth, so we may be fit and ready for the new heaven and the new Earth you promise.
Lord, in your mercy,
hear our prayer.
Lord, you have called us to be stewards of this wonderful Earth. Guide our efforts: refresh the ground and the sea, let the air be soft and sweet. Teach us to care for your Earth, as you care for us. We ask this in Jesus' name. Amen.
(Episcopal Peace and Justice Ministries Jubilee "
Thanksgiving Day ~ A day to receive the bread and wine of life. The Eucharist
Luke 22 -19 ~ 20
Now as they were eating , Jesus took bread , and when he had said the blessing he broke it and gave it to the disciples.
`Take this and eat it , he said ` , `this is my body.` Then he took a cup , and when given thanks he handed it to them, saying, ` Drink from this , all of you , for this is my blood , the blood of the covenant , poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
Matthew 26 : 26 ~28
Transubstantiation ~ The Body and Blood along with the Soul and Divinity of our Lord Jesus , and , therefore, the whole Christ is truly and really present and substantially contained.
Roman CatholicJesus, Paul 1Circa 30 1Palestine
Orthodox churchesJesus, Paul 2Circa 30 2Palestine
LutheranismMartin Luther1517Germany
MennonitesNo single founder1525Switzerland
Anglican CommunionKing Henry 81534England
PresbyterianismJohn Knox1560Scotland
Baptist ChurchesJohn Smyth1605Holland
Dutch ReformedMichaelis Jones1628Netherlands
AmishJakob Ammann1693Switzerland
MethodismJohn Wesley1739England
QuakersGeorge Fox1647England
MoraviansCount Zinendorf1727Germany
CongregationalismJohn & Charles Wesley1744England
SwedenborgEmanuel Swedenborg1747Sweden
BrethrenJohn Darby1828England
Latter-day SaintsJoseph Smith1830NY, USA
Seventh Day AdventistsEllen White1860NH, USA
Salvation ArmyWilliam Booth1865England
Jehovah's WitnessesCharles Russell1870PA, USA
Christian ScienceMary Baker Eddy1879Pleasant View, near Bow, NH, USA
PentecostalismCharles Parham1900CA, USA
Unification ChurchSun Myung Moon1954South Korea
Notes:
Beliefs concerning the origin of the Roman Catholic Church differ:The church teaches that it was founded by the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, some 50 days after Jesus' execution by the Roman Army, circa 30-APR CE. Peter is believed to have moved to Rome, been regarded as the first pope by Christians generally, and followed by a continuous succession of popes up to the present day.
Many liberal theologians and historians believe that Peter never moved to Rome. They credit Paul as being the actual founder of what is now Christianity. They assert that centralization of church power in Rome did not occur until perhaps the mid 5th century CE. Pope Leo I, who reigned from 440 to 461 CE, claimed that the Bishop of Rome was highest ranking bishop. That time period could be considered a"
| Kindergarten in Aschaffenburg, Germany, June 1969 Teacher ~ Helen M. Harding Principal ~ Robert J. Flynn |
Regina working hard at Centennial Medical Center.
