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| TUESDAY vol. 10, no. 184 September 28, 1999 |
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Today we bring you the 53rd person selected out of the TOP 100 CATHOLICS OF THE CENTURY. The voters chose Bishop John Joseph Myers, the 58 year-old Bishop of the Diocese of Peoria, Illinois. Born and raised in the Diocese he has exhibited a strong loyalty to the Holy Father and the orthodox curriculum of the Church, promoting vocations throughout the Diocese during his nine-year tenure as shepherd there. Many predict this bright star of the new genre of loyal bishops will be promoted soon to a larger diocese or archdiocese; others are looking further into the future proclaiming him as cardinal material. For more on the 53rd selection, click on |
For additional news from other Catholic wire services, see HEADLINES immediately below on the left |
 WORLDWIDENEWS & VIEWS 
Continuing with one of his favorite themes, "Faith and Reason" from his most recent encyclical Fides et Rationis, Pope John Paul II elaborated further on the reasons for Faith and through Faith we find the reasons to believe. It was his last Sunday Angelus Address at his summer residence of Castel Gondolfo. He returns this week permanently to the Vatican after an extended summer stay as the weather becomes cooler. For more, click on Holy Father's Angelus
Cardinal O'Connor decries sacriligeous art, urges Mayor and all New Yorkers to reject Catholic-bashing exhibit at Brooklyn Museum 
As if there is not enough anti-Catholic events going on, the latest is a slap in the face to the Church and Mary the Mother of God who is defamed and defaced with an obscene, disgusting montage creating an image of Our Lady on display at the Brooklyn Museum. New York's Archbishop Cardinal John J. O'Connor decried it and applauded New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's threat to withold seven million in grants from the museum if they do not remove it immediately. When the procurators and artist responded it was protected by the First Amendment, the Mayor shot back that when tax money is used and it upsets the public then "There is nothing in the First Amendment that supports horrible and disgusting projects." For more, click on Sacrilege in Brooklyn.
Vatican sets record straight in refuting the defamations by head of UN's Population Fund   
Pope emphasizes to Canadian bishops the importance of clear demarcation line between clergy and laity during ad limina visit  
Seeking to ensure that the Catholic faithful realize the shortage of vocations is not an open invitation to "clericalize" the laity, the Holy Father strongly insisted that the Canadian Bishops convey that point to their flocks so they don't get the wrong impression of the laity's role in the administration of the sacraments and the life of the Church. This could confuse the laity into feeling pressure to do too much themselves and overstep bounds that they should not venture into. Such confusion would also demoralize priests as to their true responsibilities. For more, click on Canadian ad limina.
 Wednesday:
Lord, You taught Your martyr Wenceslaus to prefer the kingdom of Heaven to all that the earth has to offer. May his prayers free us from our self-seeking and help us to serve You with all our hearts.
For the Feast of Saint Lawrence Ruiz and his companion martyrs of Nagasaki, Japan we bring you Opening Prayer for the Mass in their honor:
Lord God, in our service to You and to our neighbor give us the patience of the holy martyrs Lawrence and his companions; for those who suffer persecution for justice' sake are blessed in the kingdom of Heaven.
"Religion starts with an emptying of self. The Spirit cannot come into the soul until the ego begins to hang outside its tinsel dwelling the sigh: 'Immediate Occupancy.' The ego or the selfish part of existence has to be broken like the shell of an egg before there can be the development of the personality which at the beginning is as helpless as a chick."
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In today's editorial, we follow up our Friday commentary with part two of the expose on Ron O'Brien and his heretical cult. Every time that seriously soul-sick man opens his mouth he digs himself a deeper hole in satan's domain. Not only has he attacked the editor, but has cruelly made slanderous remarks toward Pope John Paul II and Mother Angelica as well as 
his rightful shepherd Bishop John McCormack. What more can this demented and heretical pied piper of Keene, New Hampshire do to aid the evil one? He can continue to attack those who remain faithful to the Magisterium. That's satan's modus operandi. For the editorial, "Begone, satan!" see 
Appreciation of the Pontifical Councils
Today is the twenty-first anniversary of the death of Pope John Paul I, the immediate predecessor of our current Vicar of Christ. Cardinal Albino Luciano was chosen on August 26th and, in effect, served thirty-three days, dying mysteriously in his bed. He was the first Pontiff in history to take two names of previous Popes out of respect for the two preceding Popes. For other pertinent events throughout the centuries that are memorable in Church history today, click on 
Today is the only day we commemorate Ordinary Time, but it is shared with the Feast of Saint Wenceslaus, ruler and martyr plus the Feast of Saint Lawrence Ruiz, husband and father, and his companion martyrs. Tomorrow we begin a string of four glorious feasts with the Feast of the Archangels Saint Michael, Saint Gabriel, and Saint Raphael. For the readings, liturgies, meditations, and vignettes on all these feasts, click on 
Retroactive articles on Church history from 33 to 1515 A.D. for review 
Hatching humility!
Dear children! Today again I call you to become carriers of my peace. In a special way, now when it is being said that God is far away, He has truly never been nearer to you. I call you to renew prayer in your families by reading the Sacred Scripture and to experience joy in meeting with God Who infinitely loves His creatures. Thank you for having responded to my call.
