FILIPINO TRADITIONAL ROMAN CATHOLIC: 13th Sunday After Pentecost

Saturday, August 9, 2008

13th Sunday After Pentecost

This is the 13th Sunday After Pentecost in the Liturgical Calendar. Today's theme for the Mass reminds us of the three cardinal virtues, Faith, Hope and Charity. The Epistle is taken from Galatians 3:16-22. The lesson speaks about the promise of God to Abraham and how in these days it has been fulfilled. The Law that was given to Moses proved to us that all are under sin. But the promise of God through Jesus Christ takes away sin. Here the apostle speaks of the mystery of conversion or metanoia. As we believe the gospel of Christ we experience true conversion - a change of heart. The Self deformed by Original Sin is transformed to be conformed to the Paradisic state of Adam - Holiness and innocence. The Gospel for today is taken from Luke 17-11-19. In the gospel we read how Jesus dispensed His healing powers - the powers to deliver from sin and illness. But out of the ten lepers only one, a Samaritan who remember to turn back and thank the Lord. The lesson of gratefulness is demonstrated here. As we hoped and received from the Lord, should we not thank Him for everything?

An Icon Depicting the Sower from the Sts. Konstantine and Helena Orthodox Church, Romania

Collecta: Almighty everlasting God, give to us increase of faith, hope, and charity: and that we may deserve to obtain what we may deserve to obtain what do dost promise, make us love what Thous dost command. Through our Lord....

No comments:

Post a Comment

The blogger is

A 13 years old boy............. in 1983, but now I am a golden boy, gaining weight and wiser, but younger at heart. I consider myself as a “novus ordo baby” because I was born in the late 60s after the 2nd Vatican Council introduced the novus ordo missae and grew up confronted by the confusions as a result. Like my generation I never saw what the church was like prior to Vatican II, but I am a living witness to the gradual disappearance of religious traditions we hold dear. Young as I was then I could not understand what was going on. But I suffered the sense of loss as I saw how the modernizing influence in the church disfigured the liturgy and clouded the way we believe and practice our faith. But then being a child, powerless, not knowing what it was, and why it happened, I simply drifted into the sea of confusion, too young to understand. With a glimmer of faith in my heart, planted by baptism and confirmation, strengthened by the sound teachings of my parents and grandparents, I sailed into the sea of life, day after day, seeing the changes happen, feeling the sense of abandonment, yet God was merciful to me. In 2005 I discovered the Traditional Latin Mass or commonly known in the post-conciliar period as the Tridentine Mass. I began to love the rite of mass that has nourished my ancestors, the saints and the martyrs. I am eternally grateful to His Holiness Pope John Paul II for recognizing the rightful aspirations of Catholics attached to the ancient forms of the Roman Rite through his apostolic letter ECCLESIA DEI DI AFFLICTA. I am also eternally grateful to His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI for liberating the Traditional Latin Mass through his apostolic letter Summorum Pontificum. I fully agree with the program of his pontificate regarding the Hermeneutics of Continuity and disdain the hermeneutics of rupture. Today I consider myself a Traditional Roman Catholic attached to the liturgical discipline of 1962 as outlined in the Motu Proprio SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM of his Holiness. I believe that there is only one Roman Rite, the Ordinary and the Extraordinary and that the Mass in whatever form should be celebrated with dignity. My voyage is on. Join me in this quest.

DISCLAIMER

"The Filipino Traditional Roman Catholic" blog is a personal endeavor of the blogger and such is not an official mouthpiece of any organization. Nor do this blog represent any organization. Efforts are made to credit sources of information and published materials. Mistakes may be unintended and the blogger does his best to be respectful and ethical in expressing opinions. The links provided in the sidebar are shown because they seem to interest the blogger and perhaps may be of interest to the reader but does not necessarily reflect the views of the blogger and therefore the blogger will not take responsibility for the contents to these links.

FILIPINO TRADITIONAL ROMAN CATHOLIC

Saturday, August 9, 2008

13th Sunday After Pentecost

No comments:

The Word Made Flesh

Tu es Petro (You are Peter...)

DISCLAIMER