Tag: community
Parishioners have responsibility for mission of the Church
Rome, Italy, Mar 7, 2010 / 11:26 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Sunday morning, the Holy Father celebrated Mass at St. John of the Cross, a parish located in the northern part of Rome. In his first visit to the relatively new church, Pope Benedict reminded the congregation that they are “co-responsible” for the Church and… Read More ›
Traditional Anglican community requests to join Catholic Church
Orlando, Fla., Mar 4, 2010 / 03:11 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- On Wednesday, leaders of the U.S. branch of the Traditional Anglican Communion formally requested to enter into communion with the Catholic Church. In a statement released yesterday from a meeting of the House of Bishops in Orlando, the Church announced, “We, the House of Bishops… Read More ›
Christ, the Way
Benedict immediately goes on, Christo omnino nihil praeponant. Absolutely nothing is to be placed before Christ. This is the crown of it. Christ is first, center, power, and the meaning of our life—the total center. The abbot has this meaning because he is the sacrament of Christ, and we need sacraments. He is there to… Read More ›
Individuality and Community
Benedict wants a community where people can express individuality rather than individualism. Individualism is simply doing your own thing in your own way and blanking out other people. Individuality involves bringing your particular contribution to bear on the life of the community, even if that is a difficult contribution for others to accept; for example,… Read More ›
Partners with Christ
You speak about “being partners”, of sharing and serving and working together. And all of this is linked to God’s plan, according to which we are brothers and sisters in Christ – brothers and sisters who belong to the People of God and who are made to live in community, to think about others, to… Read More ›
Persons with Responsibility for Others
Each of us is an individual, a person, a creature of God, one of his children, someone very special whom God loves and for whom Christ died. This identity of ours determines the way we must live, the way we must act, the way we must view our mission in the world. We come from… Read More ›