Saints In Religion

When the Church communicates with Christ, I do as well, because I am also a member of that body. As the guiding and protecting principle of the body, Christ leads and protects the Church on earth. Saint Dionysius suggested that analogously Christ is the head of the Church just as her “royal citadel”. All the members over whom it is placed for their good are naturally guided by the head as being endowed with superior powers. Christ, as Mystici Corporis reflects, “holds the helm of the universal Christian community and directs its course.”

At our January Gathering, we will continue the tradition in the Franciscan Order the “Extraction of Saints”. All will receive the name of a Franciscan Saint, a scripture quote for meditation and his or her new prayer partner to pray for in the coming year.

Ever since its inception, Christianity has been epitomised by a range of religious practices that explore the sacred beliefs that have been upheld and spread around the world. These practices thus continue to bear a significant influence over the lives of adherents and how they seek to express their faith in Christianity. One such religious practice is that of baptism which functions as a significant milestone in the life of any

Prayer is the beginning and foundation of this journey, through which we come to know our Deliverer, through whom we know ourselves. Let the prayer of the Church and personal devotion stir the soil of the soul, so that the seeds of grace take root deep within, assuring plentiful fruit flowing from your baptismal faith. Through this relationship with Christ, we will be able to notice the weeds of greed sown by the world that need unrooted. Prayer is the means by which we are taken out of the culture of sinful worldliness toward the culture of the baptized. Prayer harvests faith that the unseen God will bring to completion the work He has began in you, which in turn helps us to be in the world, but not of it. From this foundation of faith, nourished by prayer, we leave the iniquitous and sinful culture of the world, to live out our baptism.

Aristotle was an ancient Greek philosopher born in Stagira a small town in northern Greece around 384 B.C. As Aristotle grew up he studied medicine then at the age of 17 was sent to Athens to study at Plato’s academy. It was imagined that Aristotle would have ran the school after Plato died in 347 B.C but he didn’t because some if his philosophy was different from Plato’s. Around 335 B.C Aristotle ended up opening an institution of his own and called it the Lyceum. Aristotle then settled down for a while over time his wife passed away but Aristotle met another woman named Herpyllis, married her. Also attributed a book to his son named Nicomachean Ethics. Around 323 B.C is when we see Aristotle’s last days, the pro-Macedonian government was

It is biblical to ask the saints in heaven to pray for Catholics.But, what does it mean to believe in the communion of saints? It refers to the bond of unity among all believers, both living and dead, who are committed followers of Christ. Catholics are connected to each other through Christ. Nothing can separate Christians from Christ or one another, not even death. There are many objections made against Catholics asking for saints to pray for them. Objection 1: The saints are dead. Therefore, Catholics are communicating with the dead, which is condemned. Objection 2: 1 Timothy 2:5 says that there is only one mediator between God and man. Isn't prayer to the saints in violation of 1 Tim 2:5? Objection 3: The saints in heaven can't hear us.

Ambition is what pushes the human race to become stronger and evolve as a whole. Every human is greedy, even if they may not show it. There are multiple instances and people in the play Macbeth by Shakespeare where this is shown. Such as, Lady Macbeth, when Macbeth kills the king, and when Macbeth kills Banquo.

Within Yves Congar’s The Meaning of Tradition, he sets out to define the traditions of the Catholic Church. Congar begins his analysis of the role of Tradition in the Catholic Church by defining it; his definition states that Tradition is a gift from God that is passed down subsequent generations. According to Congar the Church’s tradition involves sharing Christ’s revelation, so that God’s revelation can be passed down throughout space and time. Congar devotes sections of his book to the role of magisterium in the Church. The magisterium has a pivotal role in analyzing the doctrines of the faith and providing the people of God with an explanation of its meaning. By doing this, the magisterium is exercising its role as the successors of Jesus’ apostles in guiding the faithful. The Magisterium is essential to ensuring that the faithful create a personal relationship with God. Congar, attributes the magisterium’s role in the Tradition of the Church is guided by the Holy Spirit. According to Congar argues that the Holy Spirit has inspired the Church throughout history. The Holy Spirit also works through the people, giving them the gifts necessary for understanding the word of God. Congar continues to ascribe the Church’s tradition to its familiar atmosphere that allows faith to grow in believers. Congar goes on to state that the Church’s tradition does not stem from Scripture alone, the uniting force of God’s word. Scripture needs to come from an inspired source, alone it can

After the Reformation, the Roman Catholic Church showed herself as a “perfect society”, which is visible by the profession of faith while Protestant is not. Subsequently, retrieving the biblical and patristic evidence, Pius XII’s encyclical letter introduced the image of “mystical body of Christ” for the Church. Overcoming the impersonality the image of “perfect society” has, this idea was still criticized for the exclusiveness and also a lack of historical Christ. After that, the Church began to consider the Eucharistic ecclesiology. Supported by the theology in the RCIA, which elucidates the significance and the Baptism and the Eucharist, the ecclesiology regained its dynamism.

In (Matthew 6:6 NIV), Jesus explains the merits of praying to the lord God and the reward of inner peace, “But whenever you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret: and your father who sees in secret will reward you.” It is through this conversation with God that Christians pursue peace in their lives. Prayer can either be private or communal, spontaneous prayer is one way that charismatic communities can come closer to God. The act of prayer allows believers to have a personal conversation with God; it alleviates stress attributed to the monotony of everyday life. Besides prayer, meditation is another way of attaining inner peace, it is an ancient practice within the Christian tradition, which has undertaken a recent revival, a global group that reaffirms the concept of praying and meditating for inner peace is Taizé. Not as popular as prayer and meditation, Lectio Divina, generally known as bible studies is a way for Christians to feel connected to God and to finally attain inner peace. The studying of the sacred scriptures on a day to day basis and reflecting on prayers also maintain a continual connection with God. It is vital to maintain equilibrium between prayer and service, whereby an individual fathoms the notion ‘ora et labora’, in order to equally partake in both prayer, and the concept of action whereby ora develops inner peace, which is mirrored through the

Under the same regard as Catholics pray not only to the Lord, but to their ancestors, saints, and the Holy Mother during times of need, and in the same regard that most Christians pray for each other during hardships, it is acceptable for those who hold animistic beliefs to pray to alternative sources as well. Prayers, after all, are simply the method of communicating to those beyond the reach of our normal perceptions. There is a wide divide between communicating and worshipping. One of the strongest principles of Christianity is the Holy Spirit, the essence of the Lord that fills all things and inhabits all people, beckoning them to accept the divine and guiding them towards righteousness. Through a Christianized filter of thought, the

Just as it was in the patristic church the contemporary debate proceeds from a desire to be true to the teaching of the faith handed down from the apostles. The issue for the contemporary Church is not so different from the patristic church. There is a breakdown of functional oneness, which

Towards the end of the Middle Ages and into the duration of the Renaissance, the Medieval Church’s social and political power dwindled. Centuries prior the Catholic Church gained a surplus of control, largely due to the stability it maintained during the chaotic breakdown of the Western Roman Empire . Yet toward the end of the Middle Ages the Church set in motion factors that would ultimately lead to its downfall as the definitive figure of authority. However, despite political and social controversy surrounding the church, the institutions it established cleared a path for a new way of thinking, shaping society in an enduring way.

The message of these saints is clear, and that is: God resides within us all—and He can only be realized within the body through meditation by listening to the divine sound and seeing that heavenly

The catholic four common core questions, what is our relationship to God, How does one live a life of meaning and purpose, what is our relationship with the natural world and how can we form a more just society for the common good can be answered differently. However, the great books in the Catholic Intellectual tradition answered these questions in a broad distinctive way. This essay will examine the question, what is our relationship with God, from the view point of three writers, Dorothy Day, Thomas Merton and Pope Paul. What is our relationship with God was a better one answered by these writers. Most Christians refer a relationship with God to praying and communicating with him. As an explanation, many well-meaning Christians will explain that you can develop a personal relationship with God by “seeing Jesus. However, the great books in the Catholic Intellectual tradition such as Dorothy Day, The Long Loneliness, Thomas Merton, The Seven Storey Mountain, etc. have a broader explanation of our relationship with God. They say a relationship with God is being fully human, living a meaningful life and having a relationship with the triune God, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.