From the office of the Ecumenical Primate+Dr. Karl Rodig
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- April 1 – 6, 2017 in Jakarta, Indonesia: organized by the Asian Lay Leaders (ALL) Forum, an umbrella organization composed of five groups in Asia. We are working with Paul Hwang, director of All Forum, who will be hosting this Youth Forum with theologians addressing the International Movement of Catholic Students (IMCS) in Indonesian Ecological Sustainability, Genuine Human Development, Triple Dialogue of FABC, EvangelliGaudium and Laudato Si.
- July 19-23, 2017 in Bangalore, India: a gathering of the International Network of Societies for Catholic Theology (INSeCT) who, for the last 3 years, have focused their discussion on Gender and Ecclesiology and will discuss here the future of INSeCT.
- November 15 – 18, 2018 in Aparecida, Brazil: Forum of the People of God organized by Global Council Network to be structured in a synodal type format.
- 2021 Africa: Forum of the People of God (time and place to be determined)
December 6th, Saint Nicklaus, A. D. 2016
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Peace, and Greetings to you, brothers and sisters in Christ of our Worldwide Church Communion!
As we prepare ourselves for the Birth of Christ and His Second Coming in Glory, we look more inwardly through reflection and meditation. We seek a deeper relationship with Christ, so He will find us not asleep, but awake.
The Gospel and Scripture readings in this Season showing what the People of old were yearning for, the Messiah, the Prince of Peace, the Savior, the King of Kings, and that Christ is that Person, divine and human. In prayerful reflection, we experience in our faith life a newness that brings changes for our daily life and our actions as Christians!
How can the Newborn King lead us to God? What great Joy that comes from our Love for God's Son, a love and peace the world in itself is unable to give. How can our longing for this ultimate Union with God be more rooted within us?
As I was writing, I received a nice letter of reflection from our Vicar General in Sri Lanka, Fr. Nicholas. I would like to share his letter with you! Also I share below with you a letter from our Bishop in India, +Dr. Sunny!
"LANGUAGE OF GOD IS CHRISTMAS
Communication is an indispensable component of human history. Communication could be vary, but in this varied pattern, language occupies the prominent place. It is not an exaggeration to say, all what we are and what we have today are due to the language people have been using in different forms in history. This is the human dimension of the language. But there is also a divine dimension of the language.
People of the Old Testament experienced God’s language in sundry ways. It is the People of New Testament who began to experience the language of God in human form. As John the Evangelist records God’s word becomes flesh at Christmas. From the very beginning of Jesus event, it is the divine communication that continues to speak to mankind in Jesus. Hence the language God addressed to man through Jesus is CHRISTMAS. God’s word that became flesh is an eternal language. Wherever and whenever such language is spoken JESUS IS BORN. Let us understand what this language is:
It is the language of good news to Mary and her Fiat to it.
It is the language of dispelling Joseph’s doubts.
It is the language of sharing of joy with Elizabeth.
It is the language of joy at the birth of Jesus.
It is the language of facing challenging threats to life of baby Jesus in the life of Joseph.
It is the language of Peace spoken by Jesus.
It is the language of reconciliation in Jesus
It is the language of loving acceptance in prodigal son.
It is the language of forgiveness in Mary Magdalene.
It is the language of loving enemies in Jesus.
It is the language of service in the washing of the feet.
It is the language of “OUR FATHER”.
It is the language of “YOUR WILL BE DONE”.
It is the language of CRUCIFIXION”.
It is the language of “RESURRECTION”.
Christmas is to speak this language. Unless and until we speak this language from our heart we will not experience birth of Jesus; what we will experience is our own Ego and selfishness.
Today when the whole world celebrates Christmas I begin to wonder, whether Jesus is being born in the present context. It is only in the communication of the language God spoke to man through Jesus, we could rediscover Jesus and experience His birth.
We wish you a Christmas that you will experience the language of Jesus and keep on speaking it in your own life situation."
May all of you around the World wherever you are experience this Christ in you!
Angelus Silesius said it very well when he wrote: "Though Jesus Christ were born a thousand times in Bethlehem by his Mother, if he is not born again in you, then you are lost for evermore."
May Christ be born in your hearts, and reign there for His Love will be everlasting!
May the Joy of His Birth renew the Love for HIS Kingdom, and may the coming year bring all of us closer to God!
From Bishop Sunny in India:
Most Rev. Fr. Karl and Loving Brothers in Jesus Christ,
As I am meditating on "The message on Christmas", the wonderful answer popped into my mind as I read over this gospel on Christmas, the greatest beginning of the greatest story ever told. So much of the Christmas story is, truly, about listening.
When Gabriel arrives to bring Mary the news that she will bear a child…she listens.
When the angel tells Joseph in his dreams what is about to happen…he listens.
The shepherds listen when the angel announces the “good news of great joy.”
In the passage immediately following this, they go out and tell the world what they have seen. And the world listens.
Christmas invites us to listen.
To listen for God’s messengers. To listen for His good news.
And what good news it is: that God is with us! That we are no longer alone. That He has come into our lives, and into our world. “The grace of God has appeared,” Paul writes. Or as Isaiah puts it so beautifully: “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light.”
Listening about True Love.
Then I start to contemplate the mystery of our God who became man. He is born in silence, poverty, simplicity and purity in Bethlehem, the house of bread. The sacred mystery of His Incarnation continued for us in the mystery of the Eucharist, God made real for us. God becomes man. Bread and wine becomes God-man. Each time we come to the Eucharist, we come to a new Bethlehem. He, who rested once in a manger, now rests in our entire being, as we receive him in the mystery of the Mass. "For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven, and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man" (Roman Missal, 3rd edition, Profession of Faith).
Tragedies exist; evil exists; bad things happen precisely because man rejects God. Our modern times are marked by a general rejection of God thus causing the terrible chaos that we see in the news each day. "The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; upon those who dwelt in the land of gloom a light has shone. You have brought them abundant joy and great rejoicing, as they rejoice before you as at the harvest, as people make merry when dividing spoils" (Isaiah 9: 1-2).
While Christmas is undoubtedly a time of great joy, it is also an occasion for deep reflection, even an examination of conscience. Whatever language we may speak as we contemplate the Christ child lying in the manger of Bethlehem, God speaks only one language and that language is the language of love.
Like the shepherds of Bethlehem, may we too, with eyes full of amazement and wonder, gaze upon the Child Jesus, the Son of God. And in his presence may our hearts burst forth in prayer: “Show us, Lord, your mercy, and grant us your salvation” (Ps 85:8).
Think of how Christmas comes to us – if only we listen for it.
With my prayers and Blessings,
+DR SUNNY ALAPPAT
With my prayers for you all
yours
+Karl
Contact: Rene Reid
Rene.Reid@CatholicChurchReformIntl.org
www.CatholicChurchReformIntl.org
Reformers Hold Out Hope for Women’s Ordination
People representing reform organizations from North America, India, Africa, Europe and Oceana have responded with care to what Pope Francis is saying. Knowing that a part of the Church is not ready to “receive” the ordination of women in the present form of priesthood, Pope Francis merely confirmed the teaching of Pope John Paul II in his apostolic letter of 1994. When asked if he saw the ordination of women as something that would “never, ever” happen, he indicated that it seemed to “be moving in that direction.” These reformers saw his words as still another in a long series of invitations for the “grassroots” to follow through on their heritage as full members of the People of God.
Francis has a fiduciary responsibility for a worldwide Church which includes both progressives and traditionalists. He is not an oracle nor does he want to be a dictatorial leader. He represents himself first and foremost as a pastor who has repeatedly invited the people to speak up, to share their wants and needs with their pastors, and have their bishops bring those desires to him. Then and only then will there be change to address the needs of our times in the Church.
Virginia Saldanha, an advisor to CCRI and a member of the Indian Women’s Theological Forum said: “Pope Francis has decided not to rock the conservative boat on the issue of women's ordination. Yet he is taking steps covertly in that direction. Inclusion of women in the Maundy Thursday washing of the feet liturgy; calling for a study of women deacons; and in several ways encouraging women to take their place among the people of God and exercise their baptismal call to a common priesthood.” Further, he openly greeted Antje Jackelen, the female Lutheran Archbishop of Uppsala, during an ecumenical Service in Lund at the occasion commemorating 500th Anniversary of the Reformation. And earlier this year, Francis elevated the Memorial of St Mary Magdalene to the Feast of Mary Magdalene to be at the same level with her male Colleague-Apostles.
Peter Mbuchi of Kenya sees the response of Pope Francis as contextualized within Ecclesia in Africa. The core agenda of the church is evangelization: “I see the need to call for the thorough formation of the lay faithful. Since evangelizing means ‘bringing the Good News into all the strata of humanity, and through its influence transforming humanity from within and making it new,’ Christians must be formed to live the social implications of the Gospel in such a way that their witness will become a prophetic challenge to whatever hinders the true good of the men and women of Africa and of every other continent.”
“The ordination of women and of married clergy may be coming sooner than we expect” said Clyde Christofferson, a CCRI advisor and member of the U.S. based Nova Eucharistic Community. “It’s what resonates with the Spirit within us. Francis recognizes the problem, and has done what he can in Amoris Laetitia and Evangelii Gaudium to help with the needed conceptual tools. The rest is up to the People of God to band together, to speak up, and to bring this initiative forward.”
Having in mind that a large majority of the biblical commission appointed in 1976 by Pope Paul VI were “in favor of the view that scriptural grounds alone are not enough to exclude the possibility of ordaining women and that Christ’s plan would not be transgressed by permitting the ordination of women,” the reformers continue to pray for guidance as they seek grass roots local gatherings of the people of God, to be followed in the next several years by larger gatherings to share and celebrate new ways of being church, ever more responsive to the Spirit of Christ.
The reformers continue to pray for guidance as they seek grassroots local gatherings of the people of God, to be followed in the next several years by larger gatherings to share and celebrate new ways of being church, ever more responsive to the Spirit of Christ. A website has been established for this purpose: www.ThePeopleSpeakOut.org. The People of God from around the world are invited to gather together, explore the kind of Church needed for our times, and share the outcome of their discussions on this site. These reports will be used to set the agenda for forthcoming Synods of the People of God being established by Council 50, who will be holding a meeting in Rome this weekend to discuss these matters.
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Letter of information n°1 12 September 2016
Global Council Network
Towards a Church- Inspired by the Gospel-for the world
Por uma Igreja inspirada no Evangelho - para o mundo
Rumbo a una Iglesia inspirada en el Evangelio-para el mundo
Vers une Eglise-inspirée par l’Evangile-pour le monde
Verso una Chiesa ispirata dal Vangelo per il mondo
To all signatories of the Declaration and to the participants of the Council 50 Gathering of delegates on 20-22 November 2015 in Rome.
Dear All,
By your endorsing the “Council 50 declaration” you are part of the
“Global Council Network”. It is a pleasure to write to you to think and
work together on what should be this network. To recall the spirit of
our endeavor, the first part of this letter is an update on the last
gathering of delegates that took place last November in Rome. Then, a
second part will describe the main activities for the forthcoming years
planned during this gathering and finally the last part is an invitation
for you to contribute to the preparation of the first synod of the
people of God that will take place in 2018 in Brasilia. This synod will
be a major activity of the forthcoming years.
1) Update on the Gathering of delegates 20-22 November 2015 in Rome
First of all, let me briefly update those of you who did not attend the gathering of Rome.
Although the Council Vatican II renewed the Catholic Church, the
stride for expressing the Gospel message in a way that the contemporary
men and women can understand was stopped. The election of Pope Francis
and the spirit he gave in the early days to his pontificate, his renewed
attention to Synods, his attitudes, calls, gestures aroused great hope
and encouraged a large part of the Church to support him in his efforts
to turn the Church from a dogmatic attitude to a pastoral and evangelic
approach, and to respond to his exhortations, in particular that in
"Evangelii Gaudium1", recommending to the bishops "in certain
circumstances to walk behind the people because the herd possesses
itself an intuition to find new paths ".
In order to respond to
this call, to be faithful to the message of Vatican II2 and to the
Gospel and to give an opportunity of expression to the sensus
fidelium/fidei3, a gathering of delegates of reform movements,
associations and communities around the world was organized in Rome on
November 20-22 2015 on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the
close of the Council Vatican II, and of the Pact of Catacombs. About 100
delegates from 28 countries spread within 5 continents met together and
bring the views of their groups, movements, and countries on reforms to
be undertaken by our Church towards both:
i) the being of the
Church (the people including the hierarchy), her functioning and her
organization in order to improve her, so that she is in 21th century
what she says to be,
ii) the saying it and the doing of the Church
in order to allow her members to illuminate, with the Spirit of Jesus,
our evolving world and to contribute to its transformation into a world
of peace, social and economic justice, solidarity, a world fighting
against poverty in which every man and every woman can develop
him/herself in all the dimensions of his/her being. Hence the leitmotiv
"Council 50, towards a Church inspired by Gospels for the world ".
A book on this event is in progress and will be published as soon as
possible. Meanwhile you might read the article that Miriam Duignam wrote
in the March 2016 issue of the magazine RENEW on the gathering of Rome
and that is posted on the Council 50 website (http://www.council50.org/c55/ )
A first expression resulting from this gathering was the “Council 50
declaration” that most of you did endorse. This declaration was
submitted to Pope Francis on the 8th of December 2015, the 50th
anniversary of the close of Vatican II.
(http://www.council50.org/c55/declaration-2015 ).
Very much motivated by this gathering, participants demanded that the
process thus initiated in Rome be pursued. Therefore, right after the
last plenary session of the gathering, a new meeting was organized in
the afternoon of November 22 2015 in order to satisfy this demand.
During this meeting, a plan was established and agreed upon to proceed
along the same lines.
2) Actions agreed to be undertaken?
These actions are particularly aiming at
- give a new impulse to the great spectrum of movements fighting in
favor of the renovation of Catholic Church and give them the
possibility to express themselves, as members of the people of God;
-
consolidate proposals of the people of God in favor of the renovation
of Catholic Church, and particularly those of the Council 50
declaration;
- expand the network with reform organizations,
movements, communities, groups which didn't participate in Rome and
which work for a more democratic Church inspired by the Gospel and the
openings of the Council Vatican II, committed with peace, economic and
social justice, solidarity, integrity of creation, with equality in
rights and responsibilities between women and men in the Church.
You are therefore invited to undertake the following actions and to pray
the Holy Spirit for inspiring us the best way to accomplish them:
i) Endorsement of the “Council 50 declaration” by as many people as
possible, and development of the “Global Council network”. This network
is composed of all those who endorsed the declaration. This is easily
done via the website:
(http://www.council50.org/…/declarat…/endorse-the-declaration.
You are invited to contact your friends and present them the
declaration. If you want to be informed on the actions to be undertaken
along these lines, and eventually to contribute to these actions, do not
hesitate to contact me or a member of the Global Council network.
ii) work with local groups, associations, movements, communities,
parishes for thinking at the needed reforms to introduce both in the
Church and the world in the spirit of the “Council 50 declaration”, and
the best ways to implement them. A possible way to proceed is to
organize in your own territories forums, thematic discussions, etc. for
contributing to the building-up of a common agenda of issues to address,
having in mind the principles and directions of the Medellin Document
and of the Council 50 declaration in order to contribute to the
preparation of the forthcoming “Synod of the people of God” presented
below.
iii) Organization of a series of “Synods of the people of
God” on topics chosen along the lines of the Council 50 declaration,
taking into account its necessary improvement, and the specificities of
the culture and particularities of the regions where they will take
place. The first one in Latin America in 2018, presented below and the
second one in Africa in 2021.
3) The First Synod of the people of God in Brasilia in 2018 and its preparation
Following the very interesting proposal of Lula Ramires, Edson G.P.O.
Silva and Daniel Seidel from San Paulo in Brazil, the first Synod of
the people of God will take place in Brasilia in 2018, at the occasion
of the 50th anniversary of the Conference of Latin American Bishops that
took place in Medellin where the option for the Poor was reinforced and
the base communities recognized. This is the opportunity for every
community, group; movement all around the world to participate and
contribute to make its voice heard for reforms in the Church and the
society in order to transform our 21st century world in the light of the
Spirit of Jesus and the Gospel into a world of peace, social and
economic justice, solidarity, a world which respects human rights and
preserves our planet..
An international organizing committee
composed of delegates of reform networks or movements, including a local
committee particularly in charge of the practical local organization,
is being set-up. It is in charge of launching the process of elaboration
of the content of this Synod and to prepare the program in cooperation
with all groups, movements, communities interested. The first meeting of
the international committee preparing this synod will be held on 6-7
November 2016 in Rome.
It has been suggested that this Synod should
- emphasize the shortcomings of the present organization of our Church and of its behavior;
- present alternatives in the light of the Council Vatican II, the
Gospel and results from theological approaches including the theology of
liberation;
- express a vision, based on the message of Jesus,
that is able to inspire the whole world for social and economic justice,
solidarity, human rights, preservation of our planet and peace.
-
restore the hope that the good spirit laid down in documents more than
50 years ago, as well as in the papers, talks and practice of our Pope
Francis, is going to break through anyway.
What do you think?
It is very important in this venture to benefit from the support and contributions from all reform groups and movements throughout the world in order to build a synod that will express the views of the People of God.
This is why you are invited to sign with your name, email and association, group, movement, network, communities, etc., the letter of invitation to this synod which will be finalized during the meeting of the organizing committee in Rome.
Therefore, if you agree to sign the letter of invitation to the 2018 synod, you will receive the draft for review.
Furthermore, if you are interested to be part of the organizing
international committee, if you want to make suggestions for the synod,
regarding its aims, key points to address, ideas to convey, proposals of
reforms to be undertaken, particular activities to organise, please
send me an email (Francois.Becker@council50.org ).
With my best regards
François Becker
Secretary General of the European Network Church on the move
Coordinator of Global Council Network
"As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you obey my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commandments and remain in His love." (John 15:9-10)
-Are Roman Catholics the only ones who go to heaven?
Answer: No
Answer: No
Answer: Yes
Answer: No
Answer: No
Answer: No
Answer: Yes
Answer: No
Answer: No
Answer: No
Answer: Not yet
Answer: No
Answer: No
Answer: No
Answer: Yes
Let us keep our hearts always open to the Holy Spirit who moves us in a dynamic way, who has always changed the church when it became static, and who will continue to renew the Church through the fire of the Holy Spirit with Love and needed reforms: to give the faithful a stronger voice in the Church; to be inclusive; to allow women ordinations; to have optional celibacy; to have a more transparent church administration that is filled with lay people from all walks of life; to find a kinder spirit within all of the church; to see in the poor and needy, the ostracized, the abandoned, the jailed... Christ himself; to experience in the fullness of nature all our brothers and sisters, straight and LGBT as complimentary.
-Se sirve a Cristo y al pueblo de Dios en la iglesia Romana y otras cuando muchas jerarquías juegan con poder y con actitudes exclusivos?
Respuesta: ningún
-Los fieles católicos romanos han encontrado realmente una voz en las decisiones de la jerarquía?
Respuesta: Aún no
-Es la decisión de elegir a los obispos romanos católicos sin la voz de las laicos un error? (En la iglesia primitiva era costumbre que el pueblo eligió por aclamación a los obispos).
Respuesta: Si
-Es la exclusión de las mujeres en la Iglesia Católica Romana del ministerio una actitud cristiano? (St. María Magdalena fue llamado el Apóstol de los Apóstoles. Hay mujeres que son diáconos, y mujeres sacerdotes en la iglesia temprana)
Respuesta: No
-Es la exclusión de los católicos homosexuales que desean participar plenamente en la Iglesia Católica Romana o de otras confesiones religiosas Cristiano verdadero?
Respuesta: No
-Sea el celibato opcional una opción más digna entre de los sacerdotes y obispos (en la Iglesia Católica durante más de mil años hubo clero casado casado incluyendo 39 papas; la Iglesia Católica Romana tiene clero casado con familias convertido de clérigo de la Iglesia Anglicana, luterana y otra Iglesia de Rito romano). Célibes y sacerdotes casados puedan vivir lado a lado.
Respuesta: Sí
Please share this with the people wherever you are. Thank you!
September 1, 2016
Today we released the following press release as the newly created department for the Laity, Family and Life is officially launched. We offer this for your reading and, if you agree, we invite you to send this out to your local news media.
If reform is going to come in our Church, it will be because the people are speaking out and being heard. If you want to join in the reform movement, we encourage you to start or join a small local gathering.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Rene Reid
Work phone: 775-825-9196; Cell phone: 775-772-1210
Rene.Reid@CatholicChurchReformIntl.org
www.CatholicChurchReformIntl.org
Catholic Reform Group Urges
New Department for the Laity, Family, and Life
to Actively Collaborate with Lay-led Initiatives
Catholic Church Reform Int'l urges newly appointed Bishop Kevin Farrell to welcome and support lay-led initiatives as he launches the Dicastery for the Laity today.
While acknowledging disappointment that a lay person, a family man or woman, was not assigned to head the department for the laity, family and life, through an Open Letter, Catholic Church Reform Int'l congratulates the recently appointed head, Bishop Kevin Farrell, for having long pushed for a greater involvement of the laity in the life of the church. The Reform Group asks specifically for these actions to be part of the new department:
In filling your 35-member staff, set as a goal that the majority of staff members will be made up of qualified `lay Catholics from various parts of the world who share Pope Francis's vision for the pastoral care of the Church.
Staff members will have - not only an advisory role but - an influential and deliberative voice in the proceedings of this department.
When the vision of your department aligns with lay-led initiatives, that you offer your full support and willingness to collaborate with such movements.
"Pope Francis continues to call for the laity to 'play a major role in the life and mission of the church,'" says CCRI director, Rene Reid. "He seems to recognize that the reform needed will not come without the people speaking up and assuming some leadership. With this new department being launched today, we fully expect lay-led initiatives to be welcomed and supported." A case in point: In 1968 South American bishops held a conference in Meddellin Columbia where the principles of the Second Vatican Council were emphasized. Now 50 years later in 2018, a group of lay-led Catholics calling themselves Council 50 are calling for a People's Synod to be held in Brazil to carry on the work still left undone by the Vatican Council. "We've had two recent synods attended primarily by bishops. The time is right to call a People's Synod and we hope to see this new dicastery support us in our efforts," says Ed Schreurs, a member of both CCRI and Council 50. The group is currently in process of collecting an opinion poll and calling local dialogue meetings for the purpose of producing statements that will be placed on the agenda of the 2018 Synod. Agreeing with the critical importance of calling local gatherings where the people can share their opinions with one another, Catholic Church Reform Int'l is currently encouraging these small local gatherings in communities in various cities around the world. All are welcomed to participate and let their voice be heard.
Nativity, Navidad A. D. 2015
December 2nd, Blessed Charles de Foucauld, A. D. 2015
From your Ecumenical Primate
(Please share share with as many people all, compartir con todos)
Peace to you brothers and sisters in Christ!
With Advent, preparing and awaiting the Second coming of Christ,
but moreover Christ in our lives here an now, and with the beginning of a
new Church year, we are compelled to get closer to Christ. How can we
do this? We shall take more time, read and reflect in prayerful ways on
the Gospel. Christ is not a far away entity that has no meaning to us
humans in the here an now. Far be it. Only the world of total
consumption, of instant gratification, wanting everything immediately,
contradicts the world of Christians living toward compassion, giving,
and sharing that divine Love that God has bestowed on us in His beloved
Son, Jesus the Christ. Only by focusing on the life of Jesus with our
hearts and minds, his message of compassion, and the way he cares for
all of God's people, as he crosses the local religious boundaries to
reach also none-Jews, will open our eyes to a new dimension that we live
in this world but we are not totally left in it.
Christ's first
coming in poverty, helplessness, exposed to danger, was the first
eye-opener of the known local world. In the light of his life of poverty
-not being attached to earthly things, and living in the Spirit of God,
his teaching, his sacrifice, that was in a way ordinary, but
extraordinary in his expressions, his deeds, his human and divine love,
was also the discovery of a new way of life of millions and millions of
people throughout their short existence on this earth...
Let us
learn from Jesus, let us live and imitate him in our lives, so we may
draw others toward the Kingdom of God which we shall seek first and
foremost.
And for this Christ needs to be born in our hearts,
our little Bethlehem, that includes the foretaste of Golgotha, and will
see beyond the mystery of suffering and death the vision of eternal
life.
Wishing you all a blessed and joyous Season of this Adventus
Domini, which will also one day be our last, yet in the light of the
Glory of God that awaits us for we have been faithful to HIS Word and
Sacraments.
Your servant of Christ
+Karl
Bishop
Paz a vosotros hermanos y hermanas en Cristo!
Con el advenimiento, preparando y esperando la segunda venida de
Cristo, pero por otra parte Cristo en nuestra vidas aquí y ahora, y con
el inicio de un nuevo año de iglesia, estamos obligados a acercarnos a
Cristo. ¿Cómo podemos hacerlo? Debemos tomar más tiempo, leer y
reflexionar en formas de oración sobre el Evangelio. Cristo no es una
entidad lejana que no tiene ningún significado para nosotros los seres
humanos en el aquí y ahora. Lejos esté! Sólo el mundo del consumo total,
de gratificación inmediata, queriendo todo inmediatamente, contradice
el mundo de Cristianos que viven hacia la compasión, dar y compartir ese
amor divino que Dios ha regalado a nosotros en su hijo amado, Jesús el
Cristo. Sólo centrándose en la vida de Jesús con nuestros corazones y
mentes, su mensaje de compasión y la forma que él cuida de todo el
pueblo de Dios, como él cruza las fronteras religiosas locales para
llegar también a no judíos, abrirá nuestros ojos a una nueva dimensión
que vivimos en este mundo pero no somos totalmente izquierdas en él. De
Cristo primero en la pobreza, desamparo, expuesta al peligro, fue al
primero un abridor de de los ojos para el mundo local conocido. A la luz
de su vida de su pobreza -no cosas apegadas a lo terrenal, y viviendo
en el Espíritu de Dios, sus enseñanzas, su sacrificio, aparece a una
manera normal, pero extraordinario en sus expresiones, sus obras, su
amor humano y divino, fue también el descubrimiento de una nueva forma
de vida de millones y millones de personas a lo largo de su corta
existencia en esta tierra... Aprender de Jesús, nos dejó vivir e
imitarlo en nuestras vidas, por lo que podemos llamar otros hacia el
Reino de Dios que vamos buscamos ante todo.
Y para esto Cristo
necesito de ser nacido en nuestros corazones, nuestra pequeña Belén, que
incluye el anticipo de Gólgota, y ve más allá el misterio del
sufrimiento y la muerte la visión de la vida eterna.
Deseándoles a todos una temporada alegre y bendecida de este Adventus Domini, que también un día será el último para nosotros, sin embargo, a la luz de la Gloria de Dios que nos espera porque hemos sido fieles a su palabra y los sacramentos.
Su siervo de Cristo
+Karl
Below some expressions over the Synod and the more reform-work that needs to be done!
A continuación, algunas expresiones sobre el Sínodo y el trabajo de reforma más que hay que hacer!
"...We shall be having a serious conversation about our priorities for
2016 at our last meeting for this year... One of those priorities will
be to advocate for regional meetings between bishops, priests and
interested laity. Now that Pope Francis has succeeded in getting 250
bishops to talk to one another and even to use the imagery of ‘walking
with...’, we will be asking the local episcopate to talk and walk with
their people. So far, most have not done either mainly because they
don’t know how to go about it.
In short, well be doing a great deal
of thinking over the Summer about what was actually achieved at the
Synod. There was one stand out: Francis succeeded in getting the
bishops not only to start thinking outside the prepared script but
actually to talk with one another and with a handful of non clerics too.
But the Pope’s principal accomplishment was, with the help of the
German group, to persuade the bishops to accept Thomas Aquinas’ eight
hundred year old theology of the primacy of conscience, Aquinas’ Moral
Theology which is grounded in the Christian virtues of Faith, Hope and
Love and not based on the Ten Commandments or Ecclesiastical Law.
In
anyone’s language, this was a break through because most of the Synodal
bishops were probably taught not Moral Theology but positive law based
ethics taught by Canon Lawyers and fixated on sin and sinful actions.
We are very keen to engage with our bishops on these points but this may
take years not weeks or months but at least Francis has made a crack in
the jar for us.
The Synod is just over, there is no deep
perspective which comes with time but the thoughts of two Australian
voices probably speak clearly enough for most of us right now
Best wishes
David Timbs, Australia
Paul Collins’ assessment of the Synod:
“I was talking recently about the Synod with a very experienced parish
priest. He said that if the bishops thought we were all waiting with
bated breath for their decision regarding the divorced remarried
receiving Communion, then they really do live in cloud cuckoo-land.
Nowadays divorced Catholics don’t just hang around waiting for a bevy of
bishops to decide. They follow their consciences and do what they think
is right, especially if they have talked to a sensible, pastoral
priest. Sure, many have understandably walked away from the church, but
many have stayed having made their own decisions about going to
Communion – the internal forum solution.
So really it’s irrelevant
what the Synod decided. Even on the gay issue sensible Catholics already
understand that talk about people being ‘intrinsically disordered’ is
not only utterly insensitive; it is also ‘intrinsically’ un-Christ-like
and evangelically ‘disordered’! But that doesn’t mean the Synod was a
failure. It was a success because it recovered something of the church’s
Catholicity. Genuine Catholicism implies a universal, multi-ethnic,
non-sectarian church, a community of many parts and differing views. My
major criticism of the two popes before Francis is that they were
essentially ‘uncatholic’; they promoted a narrow, ‘pure’, sectarian
church, the antithesis of Catholicity. That’s why they loved outfits
like the Neo-Catechuminate and Opus Dei; they are sectarian in structure
and intention. But the bishop of Rome, as Francis likes to be called,
encouraged the synod to be genuinely Catholic and, unlike his
predecessors, called on participants to express views that differed from
his own. For the first time since Paul VI revived the Synod in 1965,
this gathering was actually free. Bishops could speak their minds and
weren’t constantly second-guessing the pope.”
Eric Hodgens, a
retired Melbourne Archdiocesan priest who is highly respected throughout
the country recently wrote a short piece on the Synod: “One of
Francis’s objectives has been to restore genuine consultation to the
synod. He has achieved this. They did talk together. Their consolidated
opinions achieved a two thirds majority on every paragraph of the final
document. A contentious issue was admitting divorced and remarried to
the sacraments. Could this be softened? In Greek epeikeia means
gentleness or leniency. In church canon law it means a modified
interpretation of the law when the law does not fit the circumstances of
a case.
The “internal forum” stands in contrast to the external
forum of a court where evidence can be proved. When this is not possible
a conscientious judgement can be made in the internal forum. This has
been a long held procedure in moral theology, but making use of it was
authoritatively discouraged and policed under Wojtyla and Ratzinger.
Between epeikeia and internal forum people can work out a solution in
their own case. This opens a way to approval of Communion for divorcees.
By taking this path the synod bishops saw themselves as opening a door.
The trouble is that the horse had bolted long ago. Most remarried
divorcees who really want to go to Communion do so – and with their
pastor’s encouragement. But restatement of the embargo has been so
alienating that many no longer even want to receive. And any decent
pastor knows that once they go, they go forever.”
Here are some Ideas you can use to promote and spread the reform ideas :
Use Twitter and Facebook
Write invitational letters to Bishops
Create guidelines for how to conduct a meeting
Invite our supporters to talk to their pastors and local bishops
Invite our organizations who are part of us
Share this idea with key leaders
How to identify and empower people to go talk to their church leaders
Invite everyone into this dialogue
Invite leaders of reform groups to join in a teleconference call to
discuss how to facilitate organizing people to set up local meetings.
Reach out to reform group leaders to get their ideas for how to support
Francis’s desire to set up local meetings with their pastors and
bishops.
An article from Joan Chittister that helps us accomplish this and focus the conversation.
How to flush out the key issues in the final document
How to get details of each meeting back to us? Have one shared website used by all reform groups.
Do we need to narrow the focus down? And, if so, how?
How do we go about getting the ball rolling to start up local meetings?
Tell Joan our intent. How do we get lay people to talk to their pastors and bishops? If not Joan, who can help us?
October 25th
+Dr. Karl Rodig
Feast of the Guardian Angels, October 2nd, A. D. 2015
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Peace and greetings to all in the Ecumenical Catholic Church of Christ around the World!
We approaching the Second part of the Synod on the Family. As we have learned and experienced, the Family in today's world is broader than the past has shown. We do realize that it is a multi facet social entity that is also complex in its nature. Young people who grow up are thinking more inclusive and see society more critical. The decision to marry is tough as society is driven by consumerism and ego trips in many ways. Yet, the desire to love someone wholeheartedly is still alive and needs to be nurtured, especially through the true meaning and experiencing of love, faith, and the everlasting hope that God is always there for us.
Through the last century, theology has seen many changes in its view of who God is and we still have sometimes distorted and narrow minded views of God. As God is always the Other, we will never comprehend God fully, yet enough to make us loving him with all our hearts, mind and soul.
As the bishops, priests, and lay representatives gather in Rome again, and as we see the Pope Francis desire to reach out to all who make up the family, -and all means all- we are part of this renewal in the Church, and also looking for change.
I have attached the document in PDF Format, so you can all read it, it is in English, it shows a deeper understanding and also an insight what is happening with the Church, and where we need to be more constructive to work towards needed reforms!
Please read it yourself, sign it and send it our, help to publicize it where and whenever you can.
Be all blessed
With my prayers for you all, and pray for me.
+Karl
Here is the message from our Chair for the Catholic Church Reform International:
Please send out the attached model email to bishops, clergy, and anyone who might have an influence on the Synod:
Knowing the challenge in getting people to open an attachment when sent from an unknown source, attached is a model email ready to go out to attendees of the Synod or anyone who might have an influence on them. We have included our survey summary in the body of the email with a link given to the full report: The People Speak. In the days remaining between now and the opening of the Synod (October 4, 2015), we encourage you to use this model email and send it out to anyone and everyone to make known the views of the people of God.
The Women’s Ordination Conference:
Several of us have just returned from the WOW Conference. It was a beautiful experience with about 500 reform-minded people from around the world. We gathered about 50 new individuals and five new organizations as supporters. We held a workshop called Speaking Out with a Common Global Voice to which over a hundred people attended. To read more about it and see a few of the photos that were taken, go to our homepage: www.CatholicChurchReformIntl.org and scroll down to the heading: CCRI Representatives attend WOW Conference.
A Pilgrimage for Reform leading up to a Worldwide People’s Synod
While we were in Rome last year, Janet Hauter made a presentation at our workshop introducing the idea of having a Pilgrimage for Reform in 2016 and a People’s Synod in 2017-18. The idea of a People’s Synod originally stemmed from a national VOTF conference in 2009. The concept continued to grow legs at this conference and to garner more support. We will keep you posted about this monumental project as further discussion continues.
Thanks to all for your support,
Rene
¡Paz y saludos a todos en la Iglesia Católica Ecuménica de Cristo alrededor del mundo!
Nosotros acercándose a la Segunda parte del Sínodo en la Familia. Como hemos aprendido y hemos experimentado, la Familia en el mundo de hoy es más amplia que el pasado ha mostrado. Realmente realizamos que es una faceta multó-entidad social que también es compleja en su naturaleza.
Los jóvenes que crecen piensan más globales y ven la sociedad más crítica. La decisión de casarse es resistente ya que la sociedad es conducida por protección al consumidor y viajes del ego desde muchos puntos de vista. Sin embargo, el deseo de amar a alguien sinceramente todavía está vivo y necesita ser nutridos, especialmente a través del verdadero significado y experimentar del amor, la fe y la esperanza eterna de que Dios siempre está ahí para nosotros.
Durante el siglo pasado, la teología ha visto muchos cambios de su opinión de a quién Dios es y todavía hemos deformado a veces y visiones dispuestas estrechas de Dios. Como Dios siempre es el Otro, nunca entenderemos a Dios totalmente, aún bastante para hacernos amándole con todos nuestros corazones, mente y alma. Como los obispos, sacerdotes, y están los representantes se juntan en Roma otra vez, y ya que vemos a Papa Francisco desear tender la mano a todos que arreglan a la familia, - y todos los medios todo-somos la parte de esta renovación en la iglesia, y también buscamos un cambio.
¡He atado el documento en el Formato de PDF, por tanto lo puede leer todo, está en inglés, muestra un entendimiento más profundo y también una perspicacia lo que pasa con la iglesia, y donde tenemos que ser más constructivos para trabajar para conseguir reformas necesarias! Por favor léalo usted mismo, fírmele y envíelo a sus locales obispos, y a todos que desean un cambio en la Iglesia; así ayude a hacerlo público donde y siempre que pueda.
Sean todos bendecidos
Con mis rezos de todos ustedes, y también rezan por mí.
+Karl
Aquí está el mensaje de nuestra Silla para Catholic Church Reform International: Por favor envíe el correo electrónico modelo adjunto a obispos, clero y cualquiera que podría tener una influencia en el Sínodo: Saber el desafío en conseguir de la gente abrir un accesorio cuando enviado de una fuente desconocida, atada es un correo electrónico modelo listo para salir a asistentes del Sínodo o cualquiera que podría tener una influencia en ellos. Hemos incluido nuestro resumen de la revisión en el cuerpo del correo electrónico con una relación dada al informe lleno: La gente Habla. En los días restante entre ahora y la apertura del Sínodo (el 4 de octubre de 2015), le animamos a usar este correo electrónico modelo y enviarlo a cualquiera y cada uno para hacer conocido las visiones de las personas de Dios. La conferencia de la ordenación femenina: Varios de nosotros acaban de volver de la Conferencia WOW. Era una experiencia hermosa con aproximadamente 500 personas dispuestas a la reforma de todo el mundo. Juntamos a aproximadamente 50 nuevos individuos y cinco nuevas organizaciones como partidarios. Creímos que un taller llamó Hablar claro con una Voz Global Común a la cual más de cien personas asistieron. Para leer más sobre ello y ver algunas de las fotos que fueron tomadas, vaya a nuestra página de inicio: www.CatholicChurchReformIntl.org y voluta abajo al título: los representantes de CCRI asisten a la Conferencia WOW. Una Peregrinación para Reforma que conduce a un Sínodo de una gente Mundial Mientras estábamos en Roma el año pasado, Janet Hauter hizo una presentación a nuestro taller que introduce la idea de tener una Peregrinación para la Reforma en 2016 y un Sínodo de una gente en 2017-18. La idea de un Sínodo de una gente al principio provino de una conferencia VOTF nacional en 2009. El concepto siguió cultivando piernas en esta conferencia y recoger más apoyo. Le guardaremos fijado sobre este proyecto monumental mientras que la discusión adicional sigue.
Gracias a todos para su apoyo,
Rene
September XX, 2015Name of person being addressed Via Electronic mailDear Bishop:Below please find a summary of responses to a global survey conducted by Catholic Church Reform International. The vast majority of survey respondents are active Catholics and people who are searching for the Lord – people who have good will but for whom particular Church teachings regarding the family have proven to be a stumbling block. Pope Francis has called for pastoral responses that do not simply bind the wounds but address root causes.We commend this summary for your consideration. We pray for you and for the guidance of the Spirit so that the members of the Synod will be overcome with the joy of the Gospel to find a way forward for families.
THE PEOPLE SPEAKA Jubilee Year Research InitiativeAs a tribute to Pope Francis’s call for a Jubilee Year of Mercy, we began a collaborative project with two reform communities, Catholic Church Reform International (CCRI) and the American Catholic Council (ACC), addressing the same thematic questions targeted by the Lineamenta questionnaire but offered in more comprehensible language.
Respondents self-identified as Active Catholics (78%), Former Catholics (9%), Other Christians (1%), Other Faiths (9%) and unidentified (3%). Involving over 5000 participants, our focus was to provide real responses from lived experiences drafted by a global Catholic population, noting the comparisons and contrasts across the regions of the world.Respondents were asked to rate the effectiveness of the pastoral care of the Church on 14 issues providing additional comments or recommended solutions, if desired.
In our most recent survey, responses, expressed in English, came from 44 countries globally. The areas of greatest discontent with the Church’s pastoral care are:
TopicFavorable Effectiveness Poor or Ineffective
Cohabitation 9% 71%
Inter-faith Marriage35%38%
LGBT6%76%Contraception12%76%
Single Parent Families 30%40%
Mixed Family 20%29%
Divorced/Remarried 13%81%
Left the Church 15%77%
Women 19%72%
Troubles in Families 23%64%
Children in Difficult Situations 31%37%
Clerical Sex Abuse 11%70%
Women/Children 20%47%
Marriage Preparation 46%26%
Divorced/Remarriage--81% ineffective
Left the Church—77% ineffective
LGBT—76% ineffective
Contraception—76% ineffective
Women—72% ineffective
Cohabitation—71% ineffective
Sex Abuse---70% ineffective
If there were one word exemplifying the grace-filled responses of our research, it would be woundedness. Deeply hurt by the execution of a “pathology of power” (words used by Pope Francis himself) in our Church many were unable to experience faith in its fullest. The “field hospital” described by Pope Francis was imagery offering hope that mercy and healing were actually possible and may have influenced responses.In the comments offered, there were many passionate pleas asking for compassion from a rigid, legalistic Church that lost Jesus’ core message of love. Our research was both not surprising and surprising. Not surprising because it reiterated what we already knew and conversely surprising in the raw honesty that was shared. The quick, honest responses gathered were, no doubt, prompted by Pope Francis’s never-before invitation to hear from the people directly. As the world watches this pope, we are being vicariously influenced and empowered to find our voices and respectfully speak truth through our stories akin to the method used by Jesus in His teaching.The People of God recognize that we are a Church groaning in pain with an institutional Church judging us punitively for life-altering decisions with no understanding of contemporary lived experiences made under undue stress. As the Pope models Christ’s values inviting us to do the same in being more welcoming, inviting and nurturing, our survey responses expressed consistent calls for institutional reform: Welcome the Divorced and Remarried to the Sacraments: The People of God commend Pope Francis for offering a “life-giving” solution to the issue of divorced people receiving Eucharist and we encourage the bishops to embrace this position. Reach out to and make every effort to embrace Catholics who’ve left: The Church at all levels must adopt a more pastoral Christ-like presence to become more just, welcoming, inviting, and nurturing of those who have left, compassionately make contact through a visit, survey, etc. to learn their reasons. We may learn something and those that left will feel as though someone cares. Leave decisions regarding artificial contraception to personal conscience: By far, the majority of Catholics have followed the Doctrine of Reception that states that if the people do not accept a particular church teaching and it is ignored, the teaching is not valid. This is clearly the case with the Church’s stance on artificial contraception. Responsible Parenthood must be recognized as a value among families today. Treat the LGBT community with respect:: There is great concern with the disrespectful language [e.g. “disordered state”] and abhorrent behavior dealt toward the LGBT community. Households with such children find the Church’s treatment of their children reprehensible. Radical, humane changes in church behavior and pronouncements must occur mirroring scientific discoveries, compassion and tolerance. Recognize the equality of women in the Church: The Church must drop the myth and pretense of prohibiting women’s assent to authority and offices. This corrupt distortion of justice does not mirror historical precedent, as women were once deacons. Women can no longer suffer the discriminatory gender bias in an institution that chooses to be unjust
The survey report reveals that the People of God believe change is imperative in order for the Church to reflect Jesus’ values of love, inclusion, and compassion. In keeping with Pope Francis’s directive to have the Bishops gather the concerns of the people, we call upon all bishops to prayerfully consider the outpouring expressed by these caring Catholics. Let us work together to build a Church that ever more fully reveals the eternal love of God our Creator, as revealed by Jesus, and enlivened by the Holy Spirit.The full survey report, called The People Speak, can be found at http://www.catholicchurchreform.com/…/Jubileepapersurveydat… in Christ,[Your signature]On behalf of Catholic Church Reform Internationalwww.CatholicChurchReformIntl.org
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Peace to you all, brothers and sisters in Christ.
I hope you all enjoying the time of Summer, and share the many
gifts God provides in the Holy Spirit. The Lord has shown HIS Grace upon
the people created in HIS love, we see this in many inspiring ways in
our missions around the world. It is the little things that we do for
others in need, be it in your pastoral care for others, be it through
our orphanages, the poor, the education that you provide, the healing
that you bring to others.
We are aware that Pope Francis is
facing many obstacles from church forces within that try to block his
loving heart to the world. We are here to support his efforts, and as he
is listening to us, we pray in the Holy Spirit, that all will be
according to God's Will.
As we approaching the Jubilee Year
of Mercy, and as we will discuss more pertinent family issues for the
Synod in Rome, I urge you to spread the following documents below to
many people as possible, including all our clergy, and the faithful, and
if you have connection with Roman Catholic clergy let them know as
well.
Thank you!!
Catholic Church Reform International Press Release. Please you can. It is vital for the continuation of the Synod in Rome! Thank you!!
Below is the press release that we encourage you to disseminate to all of your media contacts and local media outlets
Attached are 3 items: (1) the draft cover letter that we offer as a model for sending to your bishops; (2) the survey data report; and (3) reflections and recommendations regarding the Jubilee Paper. In this last section, it is a most appropriate place to add your own comments regarding any unique cultural issues pertinent to your region of the world.
Much work has gone into the survey, gathering of the data, and the drafting of this paper. Let’s join together to spread it far and wide around the world. As for CCRI, we will make every effort to get this paper to every attendee of the coming Synod. But it would not be a waste of effort, if some of the bishops received more than one copy. So let us now “go forth and multiply.” Let us use this time between now and the opening of the Synod to get this paper into the hands of every Catholic, every former Catholic, every pastor, every bishop, and Pope Francis himself. This paper is truly the voice of the People who have spoken out loudly and clearly in our surveys and regional gatherings throughout the world.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CATHOLICS WORLDWIDE OVERWHELMINGLY ECHO POPE FRANCIS'S CALL FOR CHURCH TO CHOOSE PASTORAL PATH OF MERCY IN MINISTERING TO THE FAITHFUL
A few days after his election, Pope Francis, when speaking to his first Sunday audience in St. Peter's Square, recalled Jesus's striking attitude toward the woman taken in adultery, "We do not hear words of scorn, we do not hear words of condemnation, but only words of love, of mercy, that invite us to conversion. Neither do I condemn you: go and sin no more!" It is within the context of this generous spirit of mercy that Catholic Church Reform International and the American Catholic Council have united to mark the Jubilee Year of Mercy by releasing The People Speak, a global report based on the feedback of over 5000 participants, who rated the efficacy of Church teaching on the Baptized and often added personal comments giving context to their ratings. In many areas of family life, significant majorities of respondents rated Church teachings as ineffective or extremely ineffective.
The report contains the painful stories of ordinary people, the vast majority of whom identify as committed, active Catholics, who struggle to maintain dignity and authenticity in situations not honored in Church doctrine or Canon Law. "The Church has betrayed children of her own family and, with no allowance for communication, has cut off all who are unable to live within its rules," said Rene Reid, director of Catholic Church Reform Int'l. "The wounded, the hurting, those in greatest need of the Sacraments are banned from the Eucharistic Table. This is unconscionable!" The survey respondents call for the Church to show some understanding for families who seek God and have good will, but who are nonetheless judged unworthy and marginalized. The CCRI-ACC coalition sees this not as a call for the cheap mercy of less stringent doctrine, but rather as witness to the priority which Christ gave to responding more closely to what is written on the human heart. The survey results identify areas in which this priority needs further attention by church hierarchy, including: divorce and remarriage without annulment, cohabitation, and issues related to Gay-Lesbian respect and equality.
It is the hope of the CCRI-ACC coalition that the integrity of The People Speak, containing the thoughts, feelings, opinions, experiences, hopes and faith of Catholics throughout the world, will help our leaders from the Pope through to local pastors prepare for the October 2015 Ordinary Synod of Bishops taking place in Rome in October, 2015. "We are committed to building a welcoming, inviting, and nurturing Church and to work side by side with Pope Francis to transform our Church into one that lives and practices the joy of the Gospel," said Janet Hauter, director of the U.S. based American Catholic Council.
Please go to the documents, "the People speak"
The People Speak (link to the Jubilee Paper posted on our CCRI website)
If needed, please contact our Director:
Contact: Rene Reid, CCRI Director
Phone: 775-772-1210; Email: rene.reid@CatholicChurchReformIntl.org
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Ecumenical Catholic Diocese of Los Angeles Archangels and Seraphim Ecumenical Catholic Church of Christ
Fr. Georgi Dimitrov, Fr. Mihail Novak, Fr. Stefan Rusev, Fr. Stefan Vasilev, Fr. Svetlozar Arabadjiev. Deacon Alfred Foskolo, Deacon Grigor Paskov, Deacon Yordan Marchev, Subdeacon Aleksandar Cenov, and Subdeacon Emilian Georgiev.
February, 18th, Ash Wednesday, A. D. 2015
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Peace, and Greetings to you all on the Beginning of this Holy Season of Lent!
We take this time before Easter to reflect on the Life of Jesus, and his Suffering and Sacrifice of Redemption for Humanity. Without knowing him we are left alone in this world of indifference and destruction.
We see more and more Christians in the Middle East are being driven from their homes, entire Christian communities being wiped out, and as Christians also in Africa being slaughtered by extremists, we experience a new era of persecution of our brothers and sisters around the world. I urge you all in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ do not cease in your prayers for the churches in Africa and the Middle East. Only in the light of the Suffering of Jesus, his Cross and Resurrection on Easter are we able to be there for each other. Please pray for His Holiness, Pope Francis, as there are new threats against his life from the Islamist terrorist groups.
Our journey through the Lenten
Season is a personal challenge. We shall take more time for prayer,
seek meditation and imitate Jesus in our lives. These weeks and days of
reflections will lead us closer to the Mystery of our own Salvation
through HIM. Our faith needs nourishment. Our soul is journeying for its
Creator, God, to rekindle our relationship with the Divine. We shall
discover anew the Love for a God that loved us so much that he
sacrificed HIS only begotten Son, so that we can live.
This
mystery is so deep and overwhelming that our mind can never full
comprehend the fullness of God's salvivic actions for us. When God loved
us so much how much more are we compelled to love each other according
to his holy Will.
I ask you all take time to read and meditate
in Scripture, read good spiritual books of guidance, attend your local
Churches every Sunday and show your commitment to your local Church
Family. If we shall grow in our Faith, then your Church family is the
place where you can grow, it is a testing ground of how strong your
faith is, and how much more we have to grow with each other.
I do wish you all near and afar a blessed and joyous preparation for Easter when we celebrate the Resurrection of God's Son, but also see the predawn of our own resurrection, because he walked ahead of us home to the heavenly Father to share in HIS Glory, and to prepare a place for us.
With my prayers and benedictions to you all
+Karl
PS: Please see the attachments of the CRRI (Catholic Church Reform
International), we are part of it, I am a consultor for them.
It contains a letter to Pope Francis, Press releases.
Please sign the letter to Pope Francis on the website link below. Thank you all!
The full letter to Pope Francis, to sign it, click:
http://www.catholicchurchreform.com/AlternativeLivingPoll.h….
Paz y saludos en el comienzo de este tiempo de Cuaresma Santa!
Tomamos esta vez antes de semana Santa para reflexionar sobre la
vida de Jesús y su sufrimiento y sacrificio de redención para la
humanidad. Sin conocerlo nos quedamos solos en este mundo de
indiferencia y la destrucción.
Vemos cada vez más que cristianos en
el Medio Oriente están siendo expulsados de sus hogares, comunidades
cristianas se limpió hacia fuera y como cristianos también en África
siendo masacrados por los extremistas, experimentamos una nueva era de
la persecución de nuestros hermanos y hermanas alrededor del mundo
enteros. Insto a que todos en el nombre de nuestro Señor Jesucristo no
cesan en sus oraciones por las iglesias de África y Oriente Medio. Sólo
teniendo en cuenta el Sufrimiento de Jesús, su Cruz y su Resurrección en la Pascua somos
capaces de estar allí para el otro. Por favor oren por su Santidad el
Papa Francis, ya que existen nuevas amenazas contra la vida de los
grupos terroristas islamistas.
Nuestro viaje a través de la
Cuaresma es un reto personal. Debemos tomar más tiempo para la oración,
meditación buscamos e imitar a Jesús en nuestras vidas. Estas semanas y
días de reflexiones nos conducirá al misterio de nuestra salvación a
través de él. Nuestra fe necesita nutrirse. Nuestra alma es viajar por
su creador, Dios, reavivar nuestra relación con lo divino. Descubriremos
el amor por un Dios que amaba tanto que sacrificó a su hijo unigénito,
para que podamos vivir nuevamente.
Este misterio es tan profunda
y abrumadora que nuestra mente no puede nunca completo comprender la
plenitud de las acciones salvivic de Dios para nosotros. Cuando Dios amó
tanto, cuánto más nos estamos obligados a amarse mutuamente según su
Santa voluntad.
Te pido que todo tome tiempo para leer y meditar
en las escrituras, leer buenos libros espirituales de orientación,
asistir a sus iglesias locales cada domingo y mostrar su compromiso con
su familia de la iglesia local. Si nos vamos creciendo en nuestra fe,
entonces su familia de la iglesia es el lugar donde usted puede crecer,
es un campo de pruebas de lo fuerte que es tu fe, y cuánto más tenemos
que crecer con el otro.
Deseo para todos cerca y lejos una preparación bendecido para la Pascua, cuando celebran a la resurrección del Hijo de Dios, pero también ven el amanecer de nuestra propia resurrección, porque El caminaba delante a la casa del padre celestial para compartir en su gloria y preparar un lugar para nosotros.
Con mis plegarias y bendiciones para todos
+ Karl
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Luxemburg: Schéi Krëschtdeeg an e Schéint Néi Joer
Malaysia: Selamat Hari Natal dan Tahun Baru
Maori: Meri Kirihimete
Norway: Gledelig Jul
| Navajo: | Ya'at'eeh Keshmish |
| Samoan: | Manuia le Kerisimasi, ma le Tausaga Fou |
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Swahili: Krismasi
Njema / Heri ya krismas. Heri ya mwaka mpya Wapendwa, Noeli iko
mlangoni! Nawatakieni wote heri sana na baraka kwa sikukuu hii ya
Noeli. Aidha nawaombeeni mwaka mpya wa furaha, na mafaniko. |
| Tamil: | Nathar Puthu Varuda Valthukkal |
Valencia: Bon Nadal i feliç any nou
Turkish: Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun; Yeni Yilnizi Kutar, saadetler dilerim
Ukrainian: Srozhdestvom Kristovym
Vietnamese: Mung Le Giang Sinh. Cung Chuc Tan Nien Welsh - Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda
We might have also listened close to the new actions that Pope Francis took toward Reforms within the Catholic Church Family, and the Catholic Reform Groups involved.He has also started the cleanup within the Vatican Curia, and his sharp tone toward the ailments that have intruded its bureaucracy, and behavior among its members.
Podríamos haber escuchado también cerca de las nuevas acciones que Francisco tomó hacia reformas dentro de la Iglesia católica de la familia, y hacia reformas que ha iniciado dentro de la Curia Vaticana, y su agudo tono de la limpieza de las dolencias que han invadido su burocracia, y comportamiento entre sus miembros.
Como somos una Iglesia Católica Ecuménica, tenemos demasiado tiempo para las reformas, mientras buscamos la unidad entre las Iglesias cristianas.
Aprendamos de Jesús la vida, palabras y acciones, vamos a ver en María un modelo de vida que nos recuerda siempre, soy la sierva del Señor ...
Mi corazón está lleno de esta temporada con la alegría y la paz que yo veo entre vosotros maravilloso amor de Dios presente en todo!
Oremos por la protección de Francisco, oremos por un mundo tan necesitado de paz, oremos para cada demás viaje hacia su segunda venida en gloria en la que todos participaremos.
Suyo en el Rey recién nacido, Jesús, el Cristo.
+ Karl
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ around the World of our beloved Ecumenical Catholic Church of Christ!
As a worldwide church family we walk toward Christmas, we seek the conversion of our hearts toward Christ.
The feast of the birth of Jesus, the Son of man, the King of kings, the humble servant, the child so poor and helpless
is the chosen one to save humanity.
We can never fully understand this mystery of God becoming man, His incarnation, yet we can see more closely with the heart of faith that is longing to share in his divinity.
All our worldly existence with all the richness the world offers, will never reach the true pearl we find in this Child
that is leading us to God, showing us the way to salvation. On my trip in Rome this past October, I shared
with so many Roman Catholics from around the world seeking reforms, that we as Christians are compelled more than
ever to live the Gospel of Christ, His Testament of Love, Care, and Justice that sees all of humanity in a different light. We are all created in the image of God who dwells within our hearts waiting to be discovered.
Christ was so eager to reach out to those in society who were abandoned, marginalized, condemned,
the very poor, the sick, and when he criticized the rich who are unwilling to share the burden in this world, when he cleansed the house of the Father from becoming a merchant hall, so we as Christians also must walk
in his footsteps, imitate His Life, and become like Him.
We encounter a suffering world, wars of hatred, religious extremism, and dictators that through relentless savagery
causes destruction of whole human populations, consumerism that has left generations without a vision for a more just society,
selfishness propaganda that is driving younger generations into despair not seeing a future with values.
We can continue the list, and yet there is light in the darkness coming our way, it is Christ Jesus who reaches out
to us every day and moment of our lives, who wants us to live toward God's Kingdom. Let us all accept this Child
of Bethlehem, born to become our Savior, who suffers, dies, and rises from the death and pain, and lives among us
in Word and Sacrament, in true Spirit and Love.
Let us go to seek him eagerly in this time of Advent, so that he finds us awake, and we are prepared to welcome him into our hearts, so that His Second Coming in Glory will be the beginning of the Eternal Celebration in His Kingdom.
Wishing you all a reflective time of Advent, may the living Word of God, the Good News, handed over to us by the Apostles, become part of your daily Bread of Life.
With my prayers and benedictions
yours
+Karl
INTERNATIONAL REFORM NETWORK CALLS FROM MORE SYNOD OPENNESS
Catholic Church Reform International (CCRI), a network of groups and individuals in 65 countries committed to the renewal of the Catholic Church, is calling for more openness from the Synod of Bishops in its discussions on marriage and the family.
CCRI has recently written to Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops, asking that the Vatican not only permit local Episcopal Conferences to make public the summaries of responses they prepare on Synod questionnaires, but actually encourage them to be more open.
Last year, when Cardinal Baldisseri sent a specially prepared Synod questionnaire to bishops across the world urging them to circulate it widely and get grass-roots feedback on the issues it raised, he also instructed that their summaries of the responses be kept secret.
Across the world almost all Episcopal Conferences and bishops acquiesced to the ban, with the notable exceptions of the German, Swiss, and Japanese Conferences and a few individual bishops, who decided that openness was the proper course and published their summaries. “The ban reinforced the impression that the Vatican still does not understand the importance of transparency,” said Rene Reid, CCRI convenor, “Nor is it in keeping with Pope Francis’s call for openness and involvement of all the People of God.
As preparations get under way for the Ordinary General Assembly in October 2015, the Catholic faithful are again to be asked to reflect, this time on the contents of the 62-paragraph Relatio Synodi (Synod Report), and to provide feedback. In a sign that Pope Francis understands the need for openness, he instructed that the voting results on each of the Relatio’s paragraph be appended to the document. But CCRI is asking for more.
When the grass-roots reflections on the Relatio have been gathered and summarized, CCRI wants every Episcopal Conference to be free, indeed encouraged, to make their summaries public and widely available.
Further, prior to the commencement of the new round of reflections, CCRI has also asked Cardinal Baldisseri to allow every Episcopal Conference to publish and disseminate the summaries of responses to the 2013 questionnaire. Those summaries could greatly assist the faithful in every local church to develop and clarify their reflections on the issues which the Synod is about to ask of them.
CCRI Strategic Team:
Robert Blair Kaiser (USA),
John Buggy (Australia),
Janet Hauter (USA),
Brendan Butler (Ireland),
Sheila Peiffer (USA),
Virginia Saldanha (India),
Peter Wilkinson (Australia)
Rene Reid (USA)
Board of Consultors
These people believe in the profound importance of the reform of our Church and have given their support and lent their name and credibility to our movement.
Members
Christine Anderson:
Director Faith and Praxis FCJ, Organizational Analyst.
Bob Betterton:
Founder of Accelerating Catholic Church Reform
Eugene Bianchi:
Professor emeritus of theology, Emory University.
Tony Biviano:
Media producer for the For Christ's Sake petition, Australia.
Roy Bourgeois:
Founder of School of Americas Watch and advocate for the Ordination of Women.
Bill Burrows:
Publisher
Brendan Butler:
Spokesperson, We are Church Ireland, and Coordinator NGO peace Alliance.
James Coriden:
Former president Canon Law Society of America
Brian Coyne:
Editor, Catholica.au
Donald Cozzens:
Writer-in-residence, John Carroll University
William V. D'Antonio:
Professor of sociology, Catholic Univ of America
Mark Day:
Former Franciscan, news producer, San Diego, California
John A. Dick:
Historical theologian, Louvain Univ; VP Assoc. for the Rights of Catholics in the Church
Bill Ditewig:
Theologian and deacon
Terry Dosh:
Retired Benedictine, founding member of CORPUS
Patrick B. Edgar
President, Association for the Rights of Catholics in the Church
Ivan Fernandes Catholic journalist, former managing editor ucanews.com in Bangkok-Thailand, Former member of the Society of Jesus, Calcutta Jesuit Province
Paul Gray:
Retired parish administrator, Memphis Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Paul Hansen:
Redemptorist priest and advocate for Biblical justice living.
Janet Hauter:
Chair, American Catholic Council
Rea Howarth:
Freelance writer and consultant; former director of Catholics Speak Out
William Coughlin Hunt:
Peritus (expert) of Vatican II, former professor of theology
Robert Kaggwa:
Cooordinator, We Are Church, UK
Eugene Kennedy:
Psychologist, author
James Kottoor:
Author, former priest, and journalist with Catholic reformation Society of Kerala, Palai in India
Hans Kung:
Priest, theologian, and author; president of the Foundation for a Global Ethic
Raquel Mallavibarrena:
Member of the Spanish Movements: Corriente Somos Iglesia and Redes Cristianas.
Mary John Mananzan:
Executive Director of the Institute of Women's Studies;
member of the Admin. Council of Generals and Prioresses of the
Benedictine Order
Charles McMahon:
Emeritus professor earth sciences, Univ. of Pennsylvania
David O'Brien:
Professor of theology emeritus at College of the Holy Cross and Univ. of Dayton
Joseph O'Callaghan:
Author of Elect our Bishops; emeritus professor theology, Fordham Univ
Anthony Padovano:
Married priest, college professor and author
Therese Padovano:
Nun, co-founded the northern New Jersey chapter of Voice of the Faithful
Joanne Parrilli:
Retired judge, First Appellate District in San Francisco; an early member Voice of the Faithful
Frank Purcell:
Doctor in theology, member of the Living Faiths Commission
of the Victorian Council of Churches, President of the Goulburn Valley
Regional Council of the St. Vincent de Paul Society, co-founder of
Catholics for Ministry, Australia.
Sonya Quitslund:
Professor emerita of Bible and Religious Thought; Commander, US Coast Guard
Gaston Roberge, S.J.:
Theologian, film scholar, and author, founder of Chitrabani, the only independent film library in Kolkata, India.
+Dr. Karl Rodig:
Bishop, the International Ecumenical Catholic Church of Christ.
Michael Saso:
Priest, educator in China
Ted Schmidt:
Canadian educator and writer; author of Journeys to the Heart of Catholicism
Ingrid H. Shafer:
Professor emerita of philosophy and religion, Univ. of Science and Arts of Oklahoma
Richard Sipe:
Former Benedictine monk-priest; author of Celibacy, Sex, & Catholic Church
William Slavick:
Coordinator, Pax Christi in Maine
Leonard Swidler:
Professor of theology, Temple Univ; founder Assoc. for the Rights of Catholics in the Church
José María Vigil:
CMF, a Spanish liberation theologian from Panama, member of
the Association of Third World Theologians, member of the Congregation
of Claretian Missionaries.
Special Advisor
Joan Chittister:
Benedictine Sister, author and lecturer; co-chair Global Peace Initiative of Women
Directors
Robert Blair Kaiser:
Lecturer & author of 6 books on Church of Vatican II and beyond
Filo Hirota:
Council for Justice and Peace, rep for Japan
Rene Reid:
Author & lecturer; former nun and Religious Ed Director; M.A. in theology; talk show host
Desde su Primado Ecuménico
Queridos hermanos y hermanas en Cristo en todo el mundo de nuestra amada Iglesia Católica Ecuménica de Cristo!
Como familia de la iglesia en todo el mundo caminamos hacia la Navidad, buscamos la conversión de nuestro corazón hacia Cristo.
La fiesta del nacimiento de Jesús, el Hijo del Hombre, el Rey de reyes, el humilde servidor, el niño tan pobre e indefenso es el elegido para salvar a la humanidad.
Nunca podremos entender completamente este misterio de Dios hecho hombre, su encarnación, sin embargo, podemos ver más de cerca con el corazón de la fe que es el anhelo de compartir en su divinidad. Toda nuestra existencia mundana con toda la riqueza que el mundo ofrece, nunca alcanzará la verdadera perla que encontramos en este Niño que nos está llevando a Dios, que nos muestra el camino a la salvación.
En mi viaje a Roma en octubre pasado, compartí con tantos católicos romanos de todo el mundo en busca de reformas, que como cristianos estamos obligados más que nunca a vivir el Evangelio de Cristo, su testamento de amor, cuidado y Justicia que ve toda la humanidad bajo una luz diferente. Todos hemos sido creados a imagen de Dios que habita en nuestros corazones la espera de ser descubierto. Cristo estaba tan ansioso por llegar a las personas en la sociedad que fueron abandonados, marginados, condenados, los más pobres, a los enfermos, y cuando criticó a los ricos que no están dispuestos a compartir la carga en este mundo, cuando él limpió la casa de la Padre se convierta en una sala comercial, por lo que nosotros, como cristianos también tenemos que seguir sus pasos, imitar su vida y ser como Él.
Nos encontramos con un mundo que sufre, las guerras de odio, el extremismo religioso y dictadores que a través de salvajismo implacable causa la destrucción de las poblaciones humanas enteras, el consumismo que ha dejado a las generaciones sin una visión de una sociedad más justa, propaganda egoísmo que está impulsando las generaciones más jóvenes en la desesperación no ver a un futuro con valores.
Podemos seguir la lista, y sin embargo hay luz en la oscuridad en nuestro camino, es Cristo Jesús, que se acerca a nosotros cada día y momento de nuestras vidas, que quiere que vivamos hacia el Reino de Dios.
Vamos todos aceptamos este Niño de Belén, nacido para ser nuestro Salvador, que sufre, muere y se levanta de la muerte y el dolor, y vive entre nosotros en la Palabra y los Sacramentos, en verdadero Espíritu y el Amor.
Vamos a buscarlo ansiosamente en este tiempo de Adviento, para que él nos encuentre despiertos, y estamos preparados para darle la bienvenida en nuestros corazones, para que Su segunda venida en gloria será el inicio de la Fiesta Eterna en Su Reino.
Les deseo a todos un tiempo de reflexión de Adviento, que la Palabra viva de Dios, la Buena Nueva, entregado a nosotros por los Apóstoles, se convierten en parte de su diario Pan de Vida.
Con mis oraciones y bendiciones
suyo
+ Karl
Para el año 2015, le animo, si con sus obispos locales, vicarios y sacerdotes, y laicos tienen tiempo para organizar reuniones locales e informar a la reforma de la Iglesia Católica Internacional. Se trata de la familia más grande en la iglesia. Aquí está la última reunión Informe comunicado de prensa, y la lista de consultores, etc, incluido yo mismo.
Aui es la pagina web:
www.CatholicChurchReformIntl.org
Para publicación inmediata
18 de noviembre 2014
RED INTERNACIONAL PIDE REFORMA DE MÁS TRANSPARENCIA SÍNODO
Iglesia Católica Reform International (CCRI), una red de grupos e individuos en 65 países comprometidos con la renovación de la Iglesia Católica Romana, está llamando a una mayor apertura del Sínodo de los Obispos en sus debates sobre el matrimonio y la familia.
CCRI ha escrito recientemente al cardenal Lorenzo Baldisseri, Secretario General del Sínodo de los Obispos, pidiendo que el Vaticano no sólo permiten Conferencias Episcopales locales a hacer públicos los resúmenes de las respuestas que se preparan en cuestionarios sinodales, pero en realidad animarles a ser más abiertos.El año pasado, cuando el cardenal Baldisseri envió un cuestionario Sínodo preparado especialmente a los obispos de todo el mundo instándolos a circular ampliamente y obtener retroalimentación de las bases sobre las cuestiones que planteó, él también dio instrucciones para que sus resúmenes de las respuestas se mantendrán en secreto.
En todo el mundo casi todas las Conferencias episcopales y obispos accedieron a la prohibición, con la notable excepción de la alemana, suiza y Conferencias japoneses y algunos obispos, que decidieron que la apertura fue el curso adecuado y publicó sus resúmenes. "La prohibición refuerza la impresión de que el Vaticano aún no entiende la importancia de la transparencia", dijo René Reid, CCRI convocante, "Ni es de acuerdo con el llamado de Francisco para la apertura y la participación de todo el pueblo de Dios."Como preparativos ponerse en marcha para la Asamblea General Ordinaria en octubre de 2015, los fieles católicos son de nuevo para pedir que reflexionar, esta vez sobre el contenido del párrafo 62 Relatio Synodi (Sínodo de informes), y proporcionar retroalimentación. En una señal de que Francisco entiende la necesidad de apertura, dio instrucciones de que los resultados de la votación en cada apartado de la Relatio como anexo en el documento. Pero CCRI está pidiendo más.
Cuando los de base reflexiones sobre la Relatio se han reunido y resumido, CCRI quiere que cada Conferencia Episcopal de ser libre, de hecho alentado, para hacer sus resúmenes pública y ampliamente disponible.Además, antes del comienzo de la nueva ronda de reflexiones, CCRI también ha pedido al cardenal Baldisseri para permitir que cada Conferencia Episcopal para publicar y difundir los resúmenes de las respuestas al cuestionario de 2013. Tales resúmenes podrían en gran medida ayudar a los fieles en cada iglesia local para desarrollar y aclarar sus reflexiones sobre los temas que el Sínodo está a punto de pedir de ellos.
September 19th, Saint Januarius, A. D. 2014
Venerable brothers and sisters in the Episcopate, Priests, Deacons/ness
in the service of the Lord!
Peace to you all, brothers and sisters, near and afar!
Thank you all for your work in our missions around the World, and for your Faith in a loving God
that knows our hearts and needs.
As our Worldwide Church Union was founded in 1998 with the Vision for Reforms in the Roman Catholic Church and other Catholic Rites as expressed in our Manifesto, with the desire to strive for more Unity among Christendom, we have reached a new milestone.
As I am leaving for a trip to Rome joining Roman Catholics from around the World for a Colloquium on the Family,
(please see the attachment to this e-mail) at the beginning of the Worldwide Synod on the Family, and gathering on October 5th at the Vatican, our hearts are filled with joy.
As Pope Francis has approached the Church with a new and refreshing Spirit, we are encouraged that Reforms are more possible. As in my previous letters about the CCR'I (Catholic Church Reform International) indicated,
we are part of this exciting endeavor.
As a consultor, I will speak on behalf of Ecumenism, a significant part Vatican II was striving for.
Further, millions of Lay Catholics around the world have expressed their desire to have more say in the Church, and make sure that they, the people of God, are represented in an just and representative way. Unfortunately the preparation to the Synod has caused a stir as Families were underrepresented for the Synod.
Please read therefore the Open Letter to Pope Francis below, by clicking on the link, and sign it right away as the letter has to be sent out immediately.
Thank you for supporting this important gathering with your thoughts and prayers.
I will pray on the tombs of St. Peter and the Saints to ask for Divine assistance in all our endeavor.
http://www.catholicchurchreform.com/OpenLettertoPopereappointmentstoSynod.htm
CHURCH NEWS:
Our Nuntius for Africa, Archbishop ++Godfrey, will travel to Cameroon and Congo for Episcopal assistance.
This weekend will also be the ordinations to the Priesthood of Rev. Tom Monaco, and to the Diaconate Rev. Jeanenne Cox in our Archdiocese of Colorado and the Western United States!
We also pray for the ordained Deacons Evans and Julius from our Archdiocese in Nairobi, Kenya who will be ordained to the Priesthood on November 22nd, 2014.
Our prayers are with you all!!
Please pray for me on my Journey to Rome, as I will pray for you all, my beloved of the ECCC
With my apostolic benedictions and prayers
yours
++Karl
Desde su Primado Ecuménico
Venerables hermanos y hermanas en el episcopado, Sacerdotes, Diáconos/ness
en el servicio del Señor!
Paz a todos vosotros, hermanos y hermanas, cerca y lejos!
Gracias a todos por su trabajo en nuestras misiones en todo el mundo, y por su fe en un Dios amoroso que conoce nuestros corazones y necesidades.
A medida que nuestra Iglesia Mundial fue fundada en 1998 con la visión de las reformas en la Iglesia Católica Romana y otros Ritos Católicos como se expresa en nuestro Manifiesto, con el deseo de luchar por más unidad entre la cristiandad, hemos alcanzado un nuevo hito.
Como yo voy a Roma y ahi unimos los católicos de todo el mundo
para un coloquio sobre la Familia, (por favor vea el archivo adjunto en este e-mail)
al comienzo del Sínodo Mundial de la Familia, y reuniendo el 5 de octubre en el Vaticano, nuestros corazones están llenos de alegría.
Como el Papa Francis se ha acercado a la Iglesia con una nueva y refrescante Espíritu, nos alienta que las reformas son más posible. Al igual que en mis cartas anteriores sobre la CCR'I (Iglesia Católica Reform International) indicó, somos parte de esta apasionante tarea.
Como consultor para este organization, voy a hablar en nombre de Ecumenismo,
una parte significativa del Vaticano II se esfuerza para.
Además, millones de laicos católicos de todo el mundo han expresado su deseo de tener más voz en la Iglesia, y asegurarse de que, el pueblo de Dios, están representados de una manera justa y representativa. Por desgracia, la preparación para el Sínodo ha causado un gran revuelo como familias están insuficientemente representadas en el Sínodo.
Por esto, por favor, lea lo que la Carta Abierta al Papa Francis continuación, haciendo clic en el enlace, y firmar de inmediato que la letra tiene que ser enviado de inmediato.
Gracias por apoyar a esta importante reunión con sus pensamientos y oraciones.
Rezaré en las tumbas de San Pedro y de los Santos para pedir ayuda divina en todo nuestro esfuerzo.
Carta Abierta al Papa
La carta está lista para su firma.
Por favor, hágalo y pasan el enlace a todos tus conocidos:
http://www.catholicchurchreform.com/OpenLettertoPopereappointmentstoSynod.htm
Próximos pasos: (1) Esta carta será enviada al Papa Francis; nuestro comité de medios enviará esto a la prensa; y (3) se entregará este en todos nuestros seguidores a través de nuestras Notizias.
NOTICIAS De ICEC:
Damos la bienvenida a nuestra primera parroquia en Moscú, Rusia, bajo el liderazgo del Rev. Sergey Kiryushatov. Gracias al nuestro Nuncio para Europa, Arzobispo ++Hristo para organizar esto!
Nuestro Nuntius para África, el arzobispo ++ Godfrey, viajará a Camerún y Congo para la asistencia Episcopal.
Este fin de semana será también las ordenaciones al sacerdocio de Rev. Tom Mónaco, y al Diaconado Rev. Jeanenne Cox en nuestra Arquidiócesis de Colorado y el oeste de Estados Unidos!
También oramos por los ordenados Diáconos Evans y Julius de nuestra Arquidiócesis en Nairobi, Kenia, que será ordenado sacerdote el 22 de noviembre de 2014.
Nuestras oraciones están con todos ustedes !!
Por favor oren por mí en mi viaje a Roma, como voy a orar para Uds., mis amados del ICEC
Con mis bendiciones apostólicas y oraciones
tuya
++ Karl
19 septembre saint Janvier, A. D. 2014
De votre Primate Oecuménique
Vénérables Frères et sœurs dans l'épiscopat, prêtres, diacres/nesse
dans le service du Seigneur!
Paix à vous tous, frères et sœurs, de près ou de lointain!
Merci à tous pour votre travail dans nos missions à travers le monde, et pour votre foi en un Dieu d'amour
qui sait nos cœurs et nos besoins.
Comme nous l'avons fondé notre Église Union dans le monde en 1998 avec la vision des réformes dans l'Église catholique romaine et d'autres rites catholiques exprimées dans notre Manifeste, avec le désir de lutter pour une plus grande unité entre la chrétienté, nous avons franchi une nouvelle étape.
Comme je pars pour un voyage à Rome rejoindre les catholiques de partout dans le monde pour un colloque sur la famille,
(s'il vous plaît voir la pièce jointe à cet e-mail) au début de la Synode del Monde sur la Famille, et de recueillir le 5 Octobre au Vatican, nos cœurs sont remplis de joie.
Comme le pape Francis a approché l'Eglise avec une nouvelle et rafraîchissante Esprit, nous sommes heureux de constater que les réformes sont plus possible. Comme dans mes lettres précédentes sur la CCR'I (Eglise catholique Reform International) a indiqué,
nous faisons partie de cette entreprise passionnante.
En tant que consulteur, je vais parler au nom de l'œcuménisme, une partie importante Vatican II s'efforçait pour.
En outre, des millions de laïcs catholiques du monde entier ont exprimé leur désir d'avoir plus voix au chapitre dans l'Église, et assurez-vous qu'ils, le peuple de Dieu, sont représentés d'une manière juste et représentatif. Malheureusement, la préparation au Synode a causé un émoi que les familles sont sous-représentées pour le Synode.
S'il vous plaît lire donc la lettre ouverte au pape François ci-dessous, en cliquant sur le lien, et de signer tout de suite que la lettre doit être envoyée immédiatement.
Nous vous remercions de soutenir cette importante réunion avec vos pensées et vos prières. Je vais prier sur les tombeaux de saint Pierre et les Saints à demander de l'aide divine dans toute notre entreprise.
Lettre ouverte au pape:
La lettre est maintenant prêt pour la signature. S'il vous plaît le faire et passer le lien sur tous ceux que vous connaissez:
http://www.catholicchurchreform.com/OpenLettertoPopereappointmentstoSynod.htm
Prochaines étapes: (1) Cette lettre sera envoyée au Pape Francis; notre comité de médias enverra ce à la presse; et (3) nous enverrons ce sur tous nos supporters via notre Newsletter.
ÉGLISE NOUVELLES:
Nous nous félicitons de notre première paroisse à Moscou, en Russie, sous la direction du révérend Sergey Kiryushatov Merci à notre Nonce pour l'Europe, l'archevêque ++ Hristo qui a joué pour cette !!
Notre Nonce pour l'Afrique, l'archevêque ++ Godfrey, se rendra au Cameroun et au Congo
pour l'aide épiscopale.
Ce la fin semain sera également les ordinations à la prêtrise du révérend Tom Monaco, et au diaconat Rév Jeanenne Cox dans notre archidiocèse de Colorado et l'ouest des Etats-Unis!
Nous prions aussi pour diacres ordonnés Evans et Jules de notre archidiocèse de Nairobi, au Kenya, qui sera ordonné prêtre le 22 Novembre 2014.
Nos prières sont avec vous tous !!
S'il vous plaît priez pour moi sur mon voyage à Rome, que je prierai pour vous tous, ma bien-aimée des ÉCOC
Avec mes bénédictions et des prières apostoliques
la vôtre
++ Karl
August 5th, 2014
Update on Rome Pre-Synod Gathering
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"The Forum on the Family: Listening to the Faithful" on Thursday 2 and Friday 3 October. This is sponsored by Catholic Church Reform International (CCRI).
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"The Family Synod Project" (Similar to the Conclave Project) organized by the International Movement We Are Church (IMWAC) from Friday evening 3 October to Saturday 4 October.
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A gathering in St Peters Square before the Angelus (Sunday 5 October), for which permission has been obtained from the Vatican authorities.
chair@we-are-church.org
July 22, Saint Mary Magdalene, A. D. 2014
In the face of wars, terror, famine, exploitation of children, and climate change, we are compelled to see the deeper
encounter of God in our lives and pray always!
As Christians are being slaughtered in the Ancient city of Mozul and in Syria where they have lived almost for 2000 years, we are saddened to see the life of so many being destroyed. Our prayers go out to them asking God to be near them in this time of persecution. As people struggle for freedom and democracy, we pray for the people around the world who struggle, seeking refuge in other countries. We pray for the people in Sub Sahara and beyond where famine is taking lives. We pray for the new wave of children who escape the terror and violence in their countries in Central America seeking a new place to live in the USA. We pray for the people of Israel and Palestine for Peace that the killing of innocent people stop immediately, and that freedom and peaceful coexistence may be the solution.
We pray for the Synod for the Family in Rome in October as I will depart September, working with others for Reforms.
May the Holy Spirit guide us in all our doing to live and serve for a better world toward God's Kingdom.
Africa
Kitale Kenya:
Celebration of the 5th Anniversary of first Diocese of Western Kenya and consecration
of Archbishop ++Godfrey Siundu
Ordinations:
Archbishop ++Godfrey Siundu ordained
to the sacred Priesthood, Fr. Anthony Odhiambo
to the order of Deacon, Rev. John Paul Wanjala
Blessings and Congratulations!
The formation of the New Order of St. Benedict by
Bishop Gregory in Nairobi who will serve as their first Prior of the NOSB
Blessings and Congratulations!
Member of the Logistic of the Catholic Church Reform International for the Pre-Synod gathering in Rome
++Archbishop Dr. Matthew Theuri, ECCC from Nairobi, Kenya
Blessings upon you for this new task!
Metropolitan Church Province of Eastern Europe
Our Nuntius for Europe, Archbishop ++Hristo Pissarov is preparing the incardination of and Orthodox Archbishop from Russia with priests from Russia, the Ukraine and the Crimea, including a Monastery.
They will be under the New jurisdiction of the ECCC.
USA
Colorado
Upcoming ordinations in September
Rev. Deacon Tom Monaco to the Sacred Priesthood
Mrs. Jeanenne Cox to the order of the Diaconate
Blessings and Congratulations!
Hawaii
The planing for the move to Colorado of Archbishop ++Dr. Kimo to our vacant Diocese in Colorado
and being in Charge for the Western USA, Hawaii and the Pacific Rim.
Blessings and a save move!
California
Bishop Dr. Tony Scuderi joined our Order of the NOSF
Prayers and blessings
Michigan
Fr. Emmanuel Pillai who moved with his family to the USA from Sri Lanka
will serve at the Cathedral in Detroit assisting the Ecumenical Primate
Welcome!
Puerto Rico
We welcome Fr. Angel Munoz to the NOSF
Blessings!
We welcome our brother, Rev Fernadus Gill to the ECCC!
Blessings!
Please share the information below with as many people
as you can.
We need to be informed that millions of Catholics around the world seeking and praying for much needed Reforms!!
As you know our ECCC worldwide Church is part of the Catholic Church Reform International, and the Roman Churches reaching out to us as we are a worldwide Church that calls for Reforms.
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With my benedictions and prayers
Yours
++Karl
Peace brothers and sisters in Christ!
I wish to sent you in this Holy Season of the Celebration of the Life, Death, and Resurrection of our Savior, Jesus Christ a blessed and jouyous Easter!
Through Him, with Him and in Him, we are called to live toward the Kingdom of God. Christ Jesus gave himself up, so we might live. God has sealed the eternal and everlasting covenant once and for all with His own blood in Christ.
What love is this that God has shown to us? No words, no thoughts can measure, or full express this LOVE that is eternal, and forever bestowed on us. Such divine Mystery draws our soul near to our Creator who shows forth HIS mercy and Love to us, unfaltering, and unheard of...
We all are in HIS care, and from around the World we give HIM praise!
May this Easter be a celebration of your love for all that are in your care, as bishops, priests, deacons, laity, all of you who prayerfully look toward the East to await HIS Second Coming in Glory.
Oh wondrous Love that sees through and through our Soul awaiting its Union with God, our Creator.
Oh unspeakable Mystery of this Easter Glory that has caught our hearts and minds, and will not let go, until we see with eye to eye the Divine LOVE that created us, and which is now within us, and shows us the way home to heaven.
Oh Love undivided, we seek you day by day, and long for you, as our thirsty soul longs for the water of salvation.
Oh unending joy that springs from this Mystery of Salvation and continues to satisfy our hungry hearts.
Oh God, may your LOVE give all of us more eagerness to serve all of God's creation, and to bring forth the fruits of the Holy Spirit, so that the world will know that you will unite all of your people wherever they might be.
We all have to do our part.
I ask you all to hold local gatherings as this is a crucial time before I depart to the Synod in Rome in October when we present ourselves with members of the Roman Church from around the world to Pope Francis.
I have attached a working document that you all shall read, and hold local gatherings accordingly, also invite others to participate in and ecumenical Spirit, and search the main websites for more information in order to work on this crucial time before the Synod.
Please read the instructions carefully and act accordingly as this is our great hope for reforms finally being addressed for all of God's Children.
Thank you all for your Spirit of Love and good work in the vineyard of the Lord.
We would like to welcome to our Church:
The Philippines:
Fr. Norman Antolin S. Nierves
From Puerto Rico
Fr. Angel Muñoz
From Nigeria:
Seminarian and Candidate for the Diaconate and sacred Priesthood,
Rev. Calixtus Oke
++Karl
Saludos a todos de cerca y de lejos!
Deseo que usted envió en esta Semana Santa de la Celebración de la Vida , Muerte y Resurrección de nuestro Salvador, Jesucristo una Pascua bendecida y jubiloso!
Por Cristo, con Él y en Él , estamos llamados a vivir hacia el Reino de Dios. Cristo Jesús se entregó, para que podamos vivir. Dios ha sellado el pacto eterno y para siempre una vez por todas con su propia sangre en Cristo.
Lo que el amor es lo que Dios nos ha mostrado ? No hay palabras , ni pensamientos pueden medir , o total expresar este amor que es eterno y para siempre nos ha otorgado . Tal misterio divino atrae nuestra alma cerca de nuestro Creador que muestra su misericordia y amor para con nosotros , inquebrantable , y sin precedentes ...
Todos estamos a su cuidado , y de todo el mundo que le demos la alabanza!
Que esta Pascua será una celebración de su amor por todos los que están bajo su cuidado , como obispos , sacerdotes , diáconos , laicos , todos los que devotamente mirar hacia el este a la espera de su segunda venida en Gloria .
Oh maravilloso Amor que ve a través y por medio de nuestra alma en espera de su unión con Dios , nuestro Creador .
Oh Misterio inefable de esta Gloria de Pascua que nos ha llamado a nuestros corazones y mentes, y no va a dejar ir, hasta que veamos cara a cara con el amor divino que nos ha creado , y que ahora está dentro de nosotros, y nos muestra el camino a casa al cielo .
Oh amor indiviso , te buscamos día a día, y de largo para usted , ya que nuestras alma anhela sedientos para el agua de la salvación.
Oh interminable alegría que brota de este misterio de salvación y continúa para satisfacer a nuestros corazones hambrientos .
Oh Dios , que tu amor nos dé a todos más afán de servir a toda la creación de Dios, y para que produzca los frutos del Espíritu Santo, para que el mundo va a saber que va a unir a todos los de tu pueblo dondequiera que estén .
Como ustedes saben nuestra Iglesia ECCC en todo el mundo es parte de la Iglesia Católica Reform Internacional , y las iglesias romanas se han puesto en contacto con nosotros ya que somos una Iglesia en todo el mundo que pide reformas . Estoy con ellos consejo consultor con muchos otros católicos , de Hans Kung, a la Hermana Joan Chittster ,
y otros que anhelan reformas.
Todos tenemos que hacer nuestra parte.
Les pido a todos para celebrar reuniones locales , ya que es un momento crucial antes de mi partir para el Sínodo en Roma en octubre, cuando nos presentamos con los miembros de la Iglesia Romana de todo el mundo
al Papa Francis .
He adjuntado un documento de trabajo que todos ustedes leerás , y mantener reuniones locales en consecuencia , también invitar a otros a participar y Espíritu ecuménico, y buscar en los principales sitios web para obtener más información con el fin de trabajar en este momento crucial antes de que el Sínodo .
Por favor, lea atentamente las instrucciones y actuar en consecuencia ya que esta es nuestra gran esperanza para las reformas finalmente están abordando para todos los hijos de Dios .
Gracias por tu Espíritu de amor y buen hacer en la viña del Señor todos ustedes.
Nos gustaría dar la bienvenida a nuestra Iglesia :
Desde Puerto Rico
Fr . Ángel Muñoz, NOSF
Desde Filipinas
Fr . Norman Antolín, NOSF
Desde Nigeria:
Seminarista y Candidato al Diaconado y sacerdocio sagrado,
Rev. Calixto Oke
En Cristo, nuestro Redentor.
++Karl
Peace, and Greetings
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ! As we start this Lenten Season on Wednesday, we are discerning our deeper and true meaning of our lives in God's Creation. We are like the first Christians helping to build the Kingdom of God first within our hearts, expressed in our Christian love and care for each other.
May these days leading to Easter give us all the spiritual nourishment to renew our lives with God, and live in the Joy of the Gospel as Pope Francis wrote.
I would like to update you on our new developments leading to the Synod in Rome in October, there are so many preparatory engagements, and yet it is a new Spring that is dawning for God's Universal Church.
I have also attached a letter that was drafted for Archbishop Lorenzo Baldisseri,
Wishing you all a blessed Lenten Season.
You are all in my prayers,
Pray for me
++Karl
Paz y saludos!
Queridos hermanos y hermanas en Cristo! Al comenzar este tiempo de Cuaresma, el Miércoles, estamos discerniendo nuestra significado más profundo y verdadero de nuestra vida en la Creación de Dios. Somos como los primeros Cristianos que ayudan a construir el Reino de Dios en primer lugar en nuestros corazones, que se expresa en el amor Cristiano y como cuidamos el uno al otro.
Que estos días previos a la Pascua darnos a todos el alimento espiritual para renovar nuestra vida con Dios, y vivir en la alegría del Evangelio como Papa Francisco escribió.
Me gustaría ponerle al día sobre los nuevos desarrollos que llevan al Sínodo en Roma en octubre, hay tantos compromisos de preparación, y sin embargo se trata de una nueva primavera que está amaneciendo
para la Iglesia Universal de Dios.
También he adjuntado una carta que fue redactada por el arzobispo Lorenzo Baldisseri,
Secretario General del Sínodo de los Obispos.
El sitio web internacional de la Iglesia Católica Reforma Int'l tiene también la traducción en español. Simplemente haga clic en el idioma que usted busca.
Mantenga sus oraciones para que podamos hacer todo en el Espíritu Santo, y buscar en todo la Voluntad de Dios.
Les deseo una Cuaresma bendita.
Todos ustedes están en mis oraciones,
Recan para mi.
+ + Karl
Catholic Church Reform
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24 February 2014
Archbishop Lorenzo Baldisseri,
Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops
Via della Conciliazione 34,
Roma, 00193
Italia
Dear Archbishop Baldisseri,
It was with much joy that we received the news last October that Pope Francis, at a meeting of the Ordinary Council of the Synod of Bishops, announced that he wished to convene an Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod on 5-19 October 2014 to discuss the pastoral challenges of the family in the context of evangelization.
It was with even greater joy that we learned that Pope Francis wished to invite the People of God throughout the world to express their views on the pastoral challenges via a questionnaire included in the Preparatory Document. We understand that most dioceses, in response to Pope Francis’s request, circulated the questionnaire widely, with some even making it available online, thus ensuring that the views of large numbers of the Faithful from local sources could be received and incorporated into the Instrumentum laboris. We also understand that the various Episcopal Conferences have already prepared syntheses or national Summaries of Responses and sent them to the Synod Secretariat.
In a spirit of collegiality with the laity, the German Catholic Bishops Conference published on 3 February 2014 its “Summary of the responses from the German dioceses and archdioceses to the questions contained in the preparatory document for the III Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops 2014” based on the responses from the 27 German dioceses and archdioceses, and from some 20 Catholic associations and institutions.
At the 4 February 2014 the Swiss Institute for Pastoral-Sociology, financed by the Catholic Church of Switzerland, published the early results of its “Survey on the Pastoral Situation with Respect to Partnerships, Marriages, and Families of the Catholic Church in Switzerland,” based on 25,000 responses.
More recently, the Catholic Bishops Conference of Japan made publicly available its Summary of Responses sent to the Synod Secretariat on 15 January 2014.
Since those Summaries of Responses were made public, many individual Catholics and Catholic groups in various countries around the world, in what they believe to be in the interests of transparency and the spirit of collegiality, have written to their respective national Catholic Bishops Conferences petitioning them to follow the example of the German, Swiss and Japanese bishops and make publicly available their Summary of Responses that were compiled and sent to the Synod Secretariat.
However,
in reply to these petitions, the response of the Episcopal
Conferences has been to cite an instruction from the Holy See saying
that the Summary of Responses sent to the Synod of Bishops is to
remain ‘confidential’.
With
the greatest of respect, we believe that in the present environment,
both inside and outside the Church, this instruction to maintain
confidentiality on a Summary of Responses is, and will become,
counterproductive for the work of the Extraordinary Synod.
We would petition you, therefore, for the sake of transparency, and to encourage the People of God to become more closely involved in the discussion, within their own particular church, on the pastoral challenges facing the family in the context of evangelization, to permit all national Episcopal Conferences to make publicly available their Summary of Responses
All Catholics have a stake in the pastoral challenges which the Extraordinary Synod is to consider, for all belong to a family.
It is already clear from the Summaries of Responses which have been made public that there is widespread ignorance or poor understanding of the Church’s teaching and significant non-acceptance or disagreement with much of the teaching. These Summaries of Responses provide a baseline for where actual Catholic belief and practice in each particular church is situated at this moment in its life. We believe that public knowledge of that baseline is in the best interests of the particular – and wider – church and should serve as an excellent basis for future catechesis and pastoral care
We believe that it is in the interests of all Catholics, lay and clerical, to know what their fellow Catholics think about the family in today’s world, what concerns them, and what advice they have for the Synod.
We urge you, therefore, to put this request before the next meeting of the Ordinary Council of the Synod of Bishops, and hopefully to decide in its favor
We look forward to your response and a favorable decision.
Yours sincerely,
Peter Wilkinson and Rene Reid on behalf of
Supporters of Catholic Church Reform Int’l
Here is the link. The line, "the voices of the faithful..." was my recommendation for the letter :o)
Please share it with others as well.
It needs to be signed before February 7th.
Please copy the link below, and put in to google and the letter will appear.
http://www.catholicchurchreform.com/letterNew3.html
Thank you all!!!
Blessings
+Karl
Nativity, Navidad 2013
Peace and Joy to all of you near and afar, to all our Church Faithful, to all who have the opportunity to hear about the Birth of the Newborn Savior, the Messiah, the King of Kings, the Lord and God, the Prince of Peace!
Dear brothers in the Episcopate, priests, deacons, and all my beloved brothers and sisters!
This, the Holiest Night of Nights, and the revelation of God's so carefully crafted plan of Salvation History that the Son of God shall appear to the world.
His coming was not the glamor that one finds in the palaces, his birth was not even in a home, it was in deep poverty of a manger.
God showed the world that he is coming into HIS own poor and yet free from all the obsession of a world that is engulfed in so many self-fulfilling prophecies with so much destruction through wars and social injustices.
The world is looking for peace, and yet it is still into so much corruption, exploitation of the innocent, the destruction of nature.
Today, again the world is called to look toward the Star of Bethlehem, the Star that introduced the Prince of Peace.
The Peace that Christ is, is the antithesis of what the powers in this world try to establish, by means of a man made new world order,
and the arms race that goes with it, even to the extend of a new nuclear threat.
The world has not learned from the Word Incarnate as nations still fighting wars, and we see the terrible bloodshed
every day on our Television, the slaughter of the innocent.
And yet Scripture reminds us, the birth of an innocent child brought the killing of the innocent children in Bethlehem and beyond,
because of a worldly mind that King Herod had.
And yet in all of this, the people in darkness see a new light. May we see the light of the Newborn King, the child that is our Savior.
The Peace announced by the Angels in Bethlehem find its fulfillment in the Peace that the resurrection of Christ brings.
The newborn child has already the sign that will be the downfall of many, and yet it is destined in God's eternal providence
to become the Savior of all.
O Birth and death, you have become so close in this child! Oh Wonder of this Holy Night that we might find a new purpose to our lives quest. O Will of the Father that was fulfilled in the Son. O Mystery of his suffering and death that brought Salvation to us.
May we all praise God for the prophets that have foretold us. Amen, we have seen the light, shining among us.
May we be forever be grateful for such great and unspeakable Love that comes from God and that surpasses all the world can offer, all that we need, all that is yet given to us in HIS everlasting covenant.
I want to thank all our wonderful missionaries around the world for your hard work in God's vineyard, for your commitment of a worldwide loving Church family, from our newest members in South Africa!, to all the Five Continents where our people live following Christ, the Light of the World!
Wishing you all and your loved ones a very blessed and joyous celebration of HIS birth into humanity, and may we all be awake in HIS Second coming in Glory!
With my prayers and benedictions in this Holy Night
yours
+Karl
PS
As you know I am on the Board of consultors for the Catholic Renewal movement around the World. We have written the Third Letter to Pope Francis and his Advisory Board of Cardinals.
The following line has been included as my recommendation into the letter to the Pope.
with the Holy Spirit’s expression through the voices of the faithful
Dear Pope Francis:
We trust that our proposals, in letters dated September 19 and November 27, 2013 and signed by Catholic organizations and individuals throughout the world, have been helpful to you. In anticipation of your third Advisory Council meeting, we now send this letter concerning the Extraordinary Synod of Bishops to be held in October 2014.
We welcome your decision to convene this Synod and to engage the pressing pastoral challenges of the family in the context of the Gospel. In a recent homily you asked: “How do we keep our faith as a family?” We have struggled with this very question as a critical aspect of our own lives and for those of so many in our Church communities. We all see our Church at a crossroads where you offer hope for compassionate renewal.
We particularly welcome your unprecedented call for “input from local sources” via the distribution of the questionnaire from Archbishop Baldisseri, recognizing the importance of the sensus fidelium to the teaching authority of the universal Church. This initiative begins to address the need you identified in Evangelii Gaudium to promote the growth of the responsibility of the laity, so often kept “away from decision-making” by “an excessive clericalism.” In our opinion, we would hope this survey might go even further, with the Holy Spirit’s expression through the voices of the faithful entering into the entire process which lies ahead.
You are no doubt aware that there are very different approaches by bishops and their conferences to the Synod’s request for local input on the 39 questions contained in the questionnaire. While some conferences have facilitated some participation among the faithful in this challenging survey, most have made minimal attempts to engage communities of parishioners in this vital dialogue.
It is our deeply held conviction that in addition to the information that may be gathered through questionnaires, an effective Synod on the Family requires the participation of committed Catholic women and men from the diverse regions of the universal Church at all stages of the Synod. For example, in order to allow for research, discussion, debate, and recommendations, we would suggest that you call on every diocese in the world to hold a diocesan synod in 2014 to discuss the topic, and direct every diocesan bishop to encourage every Catholic in the diocese to offer input. Discussion at these synods should be open and respectful. The conclusions and recommendations of each diocesan synod would then be submitted either directly to the Synod of Bishops preparatory commission, or, preferably, to a specially convened National or Plenary Synod with lay participants constituting at least half of all the synod members, and with a high proportion of women to offset the lack of female input in Church governance. We anticipate that this process would lead naturally into meaningful representation from the laity at the ultimate Synod of the Family. After all, what would a “Family Synod” be without those living as families being included?
Pope Francis, we respectfully offer our assistance and experience gained from living Christian lives as families in all their various forms. We look forward to confirmation of your receipt of this letter, and, in due course, your response to our proposal for the involvement of committed Catholic women and men in the Extraordinary Synod and its formal preparations. We again assure you of our prayers for you and our deep concern for making visible Christ’s mission of love and justice among the families of our world.
Yours in Christ,
A worldwide network of Catholics and Catholic Organizations
[list of signers and organizations attached]
CC: Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello, President of the Vatican City state administration
Cardinal Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago, Chile
Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Mumbai, India
Cardinal Reinhard Marx, Archbishop of Munich and Freising, Germany
Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo
Cardinal Sean Patrick O'Malley, Archbishop of Boston, USA
Cardinal George Pell, Archbishop of Sydney, Australia
Cardinal Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
I am also asked to help prepare meetings, including in Rome in October 2014 next to the Synod that Pope Francis called, and we look forward to meeting the pope in order to address the worldwide issues that burns in the hearts and minds of so many Catholics.
If you have a moment, I really encourage you, please sign the letter to the pope as well using this web-link.
http://www.catholicchurchreform.com/letterNew3.html
Thank you!
(Por favor comparta con aquellos de los que no tengo mensajes de correo electrónico. Gracias!)
Paz y alegría a todos ustedes de cerca y lejos, a toda nuestra Iglesia Fiel , a todos los que tienen la oportunidad de escuchar sobre el nacimiento del recién nacido Salvador, el Mesías , el Rey de Reyes , Señor y Dios, el Príncipe de la Paz !
Queridos hermanos en el episcopado , a los sacerdotes , diáconos y todos mis amados hermanos y hermanas!
Esta , la noche más santa de noches , y la revelación del plan tan cuidadosamente elaborado de Dios por la Historia de la Salvación
que el Hijo de Dios se manifieste al mundo.
Su llegada no fue el glamour que uno encuentra en los palacios , su nacimiento ni siquiera estaba en una casa,
que estaba en profunda pobreza de un pesebre.
Dios le mostró al mundo que está entrando en SU Propia como un pobre y, sin embargo libre de toda la obsesión de un mundo que está envuelto en tantas profecías auto-cumplidas con tanta destrucción a través de guerras y injusticias sociales.
El mundo está en busca de la paz, y sin embargo, todavía es en tanta corrupción , la explotación de los inocentes,
la destrucción de la naturaleza.
Hoy , una vez más el mundo está llamado a mirar hacia la estrella de Belén , la estrella que presentó el Príncipe de la Paz .
La paz que Cristo es , es la antítesis de lo que los poderes de este mundo tratan de establecer , por medio de un fabricado nuevo orden mundial del hombre sin el plan divino, y es la carrera de armamentos que va con ella , incluso al grado de una nueva amenaza nuclear.
El mundo no ha aprendido de la Palabra Encarnada como naciones siguen luchando guerras , y vemos el terrible derramamiento de sangre
cada día en nuestras televisiones, la masacre de los inocentes. Y sin embargo, las Escrituras nos recuerda , el nacimiento de un niño inocente trajo la matanza de los niños inocentes de Belén y más allá, a causa de una mente mundana que el rey Herodes tenía.
Y sin embargo, en todo esto , la gente en la oscuridad ver una nueva luz. Podemos ver la luz del Rey recién nacido ,
el niño que es nuestro Salvador.
La paz anunciada por los ángeles en Belén encuentra su cumplimiento en la paz de que la resurrección de Cristo trae .
El niño recién nacido ya tiene el cartel que será la caída de muchos , y sin embargo, está destinado en la providencia eterna de Dios
para convertirse en el Salvador de todos.
O nacimiento y la muerte, que ha llegado a ser tan estrecha en este niño ! Oh maravilla de esta Noche Santa para que podamos encontrar un nuevo propósito a nuestra vida quest. O Voluntad del Padre que se cumplió en el Hijo. O misterio de su sufrimiento y muerte que trajo la salvación para nosotros.
Que todos podamos alabar a Dios por los profetas que nos han predicho. Amen , hemos visto la luz, que brilla en medio de nosotros .
Que seamos siempre agradecidos por tan gran e indecible amor que viene de Dios y que es superior de todo que el mundo puede ofrecer, todo lo que necesitamos , todo lo que todavía nos es dada en su pacto eterno .
Quiero agradecer a todos nuestros maravillosos misioneros en todo el mundo por su arduo trabajo en la viña del Señor , por su compromiso de una familia de la Iglesia en todo el mundo amoroso, de nuestros más nuevos miembros en Sudáfrica !
A todos los cinco continentes , donde nuestros pueblos viven siguiendo a Cristo , la Luz del Mundo !
Todo lo que usted y sus seres queridos Deseando una celebración muy bendecida y feliz de su nacimiento en la humanidad , y que todos podamos estar despierto en su segunda venida en gloria!
Con mis oraciones y bendiciones en esta Noche Santa
tuyo
+ Karl
PD
Como usted sabe que estoy en la Junta de consultores para el movimiento de Renovación Católica en todo el mundo . Hemos escrito la Tercera Carta al Papa Francisco y su Consejo Asesor de Cardenales.
La siguiente línea se ha incluido como mi recomendación a la carta al Papa.
"con la expresión del Espíritu Santo a través de las voces de los fieles"
También me pidieron que ayudara a preparar las reuniones , incluyendo en Roma en octubre 2014 al lado del Sínodo que el Papa llama Francis , y veemos una audiencia con el Papa para abordar los problemas de todo el mundo que arde en los corazones y las mentes de muchos católicos .
Si tienes un momento, por favor firme la carta al Papa , así que utiliza este enlace web .
http://www.catholicchurchreform.com/letterNew3.html
Tiene tambien un enlace en Español
¡Gracias !
Peace brothers and sisters in Christ!
As we approach the end of the Liturgical year C, we are reminded today by our Lord to pray always and not to lose heart...We are in the battle, like Moses against Amalek, and every day we are challenged in our faith to pay witness of who we are as Christians. We live in a world that shows the signs of human perfection without the presence of God, our Creator. We see all around how many churches are closing because people leaving the Church finding new means of spiritual life that is in contrast to our Christian faith. The age of consumerism shows its signs of abandon God altogether. Interestingly and ironically, on the other hand, the Atheists have now started to have gathering places, like churches...What is happening is the old and ever new experience to seek community with or without God.
We are in this battle and challenged more than ever before. We only can response to a world around us that is becoming chaotic and self-destructing with our testimony of faith. Faith that is nurtured every day by Word and Sacrament.
A life of prayer that is measured by our desire to seek God first in all things!
The recent interviews of Pope Francis in Rome and abroad are signs of a new Spring in the Church.
Our worldwide Ecumenical Catholic Church is on the right path.
Here are some Good News about our hard work. Here in Michigan, our Cathedral Abbey has been welcomed as a member to a Roman Catholic group, "Elephants in the Living Room", which has a large membership, it seeks renewal according to Vatican Council II, and more rights for women in the Church and minorities.
I myself also have become member of the Nationwide Advisory Board for Renewal in the Roman Catholic Church, a worldwide movement of about 4 million.
The Spirit is moving, and we are loved by God as our prayers and our local and worldwide efforts are being heard.
Let us all work toward a world that needs testimony of Christ's followers. Let us be living communities in the Holy Spirit. Let us live toward an ecumenical renewal of God's entire Church to win the battle against division, and to seek the Spirit of a new brother and sisterhood for all of God's children.
I want to thank you all as you give testimony for Christ in this world that needs more Love and Peace.
May the words of our beloved and soon Saint John XXIII hallow through this world,
“Peace is but an empty word, if it does not rest upon . . . an order that is founded on truth, built up on justice, nurtured and animated by charity, and brought into effect under the auspices of freedom. So magnificent, so exalted is this aim that human resources alone, even though inspired by the most praiseworthy good will, cannot hope to achieve it. God himself must come to man’s aid with his heavenly assistance, if human society is to bear the closest possible resemblance to the kingdom of God.”
Africa:
Kenya
Apostolic Nuntius, H. E. ++Godfrey Siundu is receiving the new Church in South Africa under their leader, Fr. Patrick, and his priests and faithful.
A trip is already in the planing to visit SA.
The Archdiocese of Kitale, ECCC has received in the last year and a half 2 Roman Catholic Parishes in the ECCC.
Auxiliary bishop John Karimi from our Metropolitan Archdiocese in Nairobi Kenya has visited new missions.
Cameroon
We welcome into our ECCC the Religious Order of the Companions of St. Augustine.
Costa Rica/Cuba
Archbishop and Nuntius for Latin America, H. E. ++Sebastian Pla has established besides the Byzantine Rite a new Church Community in the Latin Rite in Cuba : Comunidad de Fe Venerable Padre Félix Varela Morales, under the leadership of Padre Ricardo Ferrer
Rumania/Bulgaria
H. E. Archbishop and Nuntius for Eastern Europe, ++Hristo Pissarov from our Orthodox Church in Bulgaria,
is contacting the ordination of our New priest Rev. Fr. Norbert Andrei Bors, a new Deacon, and Subdeacon in Rumania.
This is our new Church of the ECCC in Rumania.
We welcome Fr. Norbert, his clergy and all our faithful into the ECCC wholeheartedly!!
Congratulations, Blessings and may you grow in God's Love!
USA
Archbishop and Nuntius, H. E. ++Kimo Keawe for the Western US Territories, Hawaii, and the Pacific Rim is rebuilding the vacant diocese of Florence Colorado. We have elevated the former Diocese of Colorado to Archdiocese as with the New Archbishop the expansion of the region is being planed.
++Kimo Keawe and his family are moving there in Spring of 2014. We thank also from our heart, our brother, Rev. Deacon Tom Monaco who tirelessly serves the community in close concert with Archbishop Kimo Keawe.
The Cathedral Abbey and Holy See of the ECCC in Detroit, Michigan has has received much recognition from various Roman Catholic organizations. The ministry and the service for the poor has been very successful thanks to the volunteers. We have served since July 2013, over 2,400 poor people in the Cathedral neighborhood and beyond
Philippines
Fr. Ted Assis, the Vicar for the New Order of St. Francis has expanded his mission work in the Philippines, he is also building a new Church in Manila. We also planing to have Friars and nuns to move to the Monastery in Detroit.
Sri Lanka
Our Vicar General, Nicholas, is doing well serving the disabled.
Fr. Michael has expanded his Church missions in Sri Lanka serving many poor people. His school and Church have grown:
Missions: Nuwara Eliya, Hatton, Nanuoya, Ramboda, Lindula, Norwood
Pastors Rev.Michael, Rev.Ravi, Rev. Sebastian, Rev. Arul Anton
Schools Good shepherd montesori,Trinity M.S.Seven
Catechists: Murugesu,Kalaranjan,Mahalingam
We wish all our many, many faithful and their hardworking clergy God's richest blessings!
May we all seek the Kingdom of God with our heart and soul, and may our pastoral efforts be one day rewarded by our heavenly Father.
Please visit also the Church websites, and if you have time join us on Face Book: Church St Anthony
With my prayers and Apostolic Benedictions
I remain faithful to you all!
yours
++Karl
Ecumenical Primate
April 29th, 2013 A. D., St. Catherine of Siena (1347 - 1380)
Peace brothers and sisters in Christ!
It is with great joy to welcome our 4 new Bishops consecrated this Spring of 2013.
Our first
Bishop consecrated for the ECCC in Mexico
His excellency,
+Rodolfo Contreras, for the ECCC Diocese of Guadalajara
Our new Auxiliary Bishops:
His Excellencies:
+Warner Diaz for the ECCC Archdiocese of Costa Rica
+Gregory Musembi Maria Maeke for the ECCC Archdiocese of Kitale, Kenya
+John Karimi for the ECCC Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nairobi, Kenya.
Congratulations and many blessings to all of you!
We are all grateful to God, Almighty, and HIS wondrous works
among us! May you be always true servants of the Gospel and Christ's beloved Church. May your service for God's people help our Church to grow ever more!
We all sent you our prayers and benedictions and ECCC greetings from around the World!
In Christ's Love
++Karl
Ecumenical
Primate
Paz hermanos y hermanas en Cristo!
Es con gran alegría dar la bienvenida a nuestros 4
nuevos Obispos consagrados esta primavera de 2013.
Nuestro primer obispo consagrado para nuestra ICEC en México
Su Excelencia,
+ Rodolfo Contreras, para la ICEC Diócesis de
Guadalajara
Nuestros nuevos obispos auxiliares:
Sus Excelencias:
+ Warner Díaz por la ICEC Arquediócesis de Costa Rica
+ Gregory Musembi Maria Maeke para la ICEC Arquediócesis de Kitale, Kenia
+ John Karimi para la ICEC Metropolitana Arquediócesis de Nairobi, Kenia.
Felicitaciones y
muchas bendiciones para todos ustedes!
Estamos muy agradecidos a Dios, Todopoderoso, y sus maravillas entre nosotros! Que sean siempre verdaderos servidores del Evangelio y de la Iglesia amada de Cristo. Que su servicio al pueblo de Dios ayudar a la Iglesia a crecer cada vez
más!
Todos nosotros le enviamos nuestras oraciones y bendiciones, y saludos De ICEC de todo el mundo!
En el amor de Cristo
+ + Karl
Primado Ecuménico
Easter A. D. 2013
Omnibus fidelibus Nostris in Orbe Terrarum: Beato et Paschali Gaudio! Christus Resurrexit Vere et sit Vobis Pacem et Graciam Dei!
Peace, brothers and sisters!
Wishing you all our beloved bishops, priests, deacons, and faithful around the World
a blessed and joyous Easter!
I thank you all for your greetings to these Highest Feast of Christendom we started celebrating!
May these coming weeks rekindle our love for our Church in which we live as a faith family with Christ in our midst.
It is with great joy to witness that our brothers and sisters in the Roman Catholic Church experiencing a new beginning through the election of Pope Francis. How long the Church was waiting for such a change, to see finally that the Church is about the least in society, the poor, a church for the poor! This is in my humble view a right step forward. I pray and hope that more steps will follow to see a church that is reaching out to all of God's Children, a Church that rediscovers the importance of active Ecumenism.
Our Love for Christ will be sincere if we heed his words, imitate his life, serving God's people with unbreakable hope by caring for each other in a true spirit of brother and sister hood. May this new beginning that Easter calls lift out souls and minds toward the Kingdom of our Heavenly Father.
Wishing you all from the bottom of my heart for this Easter Season and always:
Faith that is nurtured by the Word of God, and the Sacraments; Hope that will not leave us in despair, but moves us forward to a bright future in the light of HIS presence; Love and Charity that will always teach us the true meaning of our dignity, our purpose in life,
and our eternal bond with God.
Paz, hermanos y hermanas!
Le deseamos a todos nuestros queridos obispos, sacerdotes, diáconos y fieles de todo el mundo
un bendito y feliz Pascua!
Doy las gracias a todos por sus saludos a estos Fiesta Mayor de la cristiandad que empezamos a celebrar!
Que estas próximas semanas reavivar nuestro amor por nuestra Iglesia en la que vivimos como una familia de fe con Cristo en medio de nosotros.
Es con gran alegría por testigo de que nuestros hermanos y hermanas en la Iglesia Católica Romana experimentar un nuevo comienzo a través de
la elección del Papa Francis. ¿Cuánto tiempo la Iglesia estaba esperando ese cambio, para finalmente ver que la Iglesia es sobre el menor en la sociedad, los pobres, una iglesia para los pobres! Esta es, en mi humilde opinión un paso correcto a seguir. Rezo y espero que más pasos seguirán
para ver una iglesia que está llegando a todos los hijos de Dios, una Iglesia que redescubre la importancia del ecumenismo activo.
Nuestro amor por Cristo será sincero si hacemos caso a sus palabras, imitar su vida, sirviendo al pueblo de Dios con esperanza inquebrantable por el cuidado de unos a otros en un verdadero espíritu de la campana hermano y hermana. Que este nuevo comienzo que la Pascua llama a salir las almas y las mentes hacia el Reino de nuestro Padre Celestial.
"Señor, te damos gracias por los momentos de resurrección: habíamos perdido la esperanza de que alguna vez se reconciliaría con un amigo, cuando de repente estábamos relación como antes, una mañana de un ser querido abandonó la bebida o las drogas, un amigo moribundo que se había negado mucho tiempo para ver a un sacerdote nos lo pide;. bandos opuestos en una disputa comenzó a negociar Recordamos cómo, cuando comprendimos que la gran piedra que bloqueaba la nueva vida se rodó lejos ahora, éramos como las mujeres en el sepulcro de Jesús, Nos quedamos sin saber qué pensar. Era todo tan inesperado que no se atrevía a levantar los ojos en caso de que no era cierto. Poco a poco comprendimos que estábamos buscando entre los muertos al que está vivo. Recordamos las palabras que le habían dicho muchos años antes, que tarde o temprano todos tenemos que ser entregado en el poder del mal, para ser crucificado y resucitar al tercer día. "
Les deseo a todos desde el fondo de mi corazón por este tiempo de Pascua y siempre:
La fe que se nutre de la Palabra de Dios y los Sacramentos; Espero que no nos deja en la desesperación, sino que nos hace avanzar hacia un futuro brillante en la luz de su presencia, el amor y la caridad que siempre nos enseñará el verdadero significado de la nuestra dignidad, nuestro propósito en la vida, y nuestra unión eterna con Dios.
In the Languages of our worldwide Church!
Heri na joful Pasaka kwa wote mpendwa wetu katika Afrika
Maj ten podniesiony Chrystus przynosić ty Pokój i łaska boska!
maj vzpon Kristus privleči vi pokoj ter milost od Bog!
Moege der auferstandene Heiland Euch Frieden und die Gnade Gottes verleihen!
Un bendito y feliz Pascua a todos nuestros fieles en España
සුභ පාස්කුවක්
En velsignet og gledelig påske til alle våre trofaste i Norge
Благословена и весел Великден на всички ни верните в България
இலங்கையில் ஒரு ஆசிர்வதிக்கப்பட்ட மற்றும் சந்தோஷமான ஈஸ்டர் அனைத்து எங்கள் நம்பிக்கை
¡Un
bendijo y Pascua gozosa a ustedes, sus familias y todas las personas
buenas en nuestras misiones!
¡Puede al Cristo resucitado traje la Paz y
la Gracia de Dios!
A banal at nakalulugod pasko
ng pagkabuhay sa ka, mo dating kilala at lahat ang mabuti mga tao di mo
sadya!
mayo ang tumaas binyagan magsama ka kapayapaan at ang parangalan
ng diyos!
Una Pasqua benedetta e gioiosa a voi, alle vostre famiglie ed a tutta la buona gente nelle vostre missioni!
Il Christo resucitato vi porta la pace e la tolleranza del dio!
Um bendito e alegre Páscoa
lhe, seu famílias e todas o bem povos na sua missões!
Poderá o levantado
Cristo aconchegar you Paz e a graça de Deus!
Ένα ευλογημένο και χαρούμενο Πάσχα σε σας, τις οικογένειές σας
και όλους τους καλούς ανθρώπους στις αποστολές σας! Μάιος ο
αυξημένος Χριστός σας φέρνει την ειρήνη και την
επιείκεια
του
Θεοΰ
¡Puede al Cristo resucitado traje la Paz y la Gracia de Dios!
mayo ang tumaas binyagan magsama ka kapayapaan at ang parangalan ng diyos!
Il Christo resucitato vi porta la pace e la tolleranza del dio!
Um bendito e alegre Páscoa lhe, seu famílias e todas o bem povos na sua missões!
Poderá o levantado Cristo aconchegar you Paz e a graça de Deus!
Ένα ευλογημένο και χαρούμενο Πάσχα σε σας, τις οικογένειές σας
και όλους τους καλούς ανθρώπους στις αποστολές σας! Μάιος ο
αυξημένος Χριστός σας φέρνει την ειρήνη και την επιείκεια του
Θεοΰ
Peace, dear brothers and sisters in Christ!
Laudetur Jesus Christus! Praise to you Jesus Christ!
It is with great joy that we all have witnessed the election of a new Roman Pontiff, Pope Francis I.
With hope and Love we reach out to our brother, the Bishop of Rome.
May he be blessed with health, and many years to guide the Church of the Roman Rite.
His humbleness, his pastoral experience, his ecumenical efforts in the past are a good sign that the Holy Spirit is on the move!
Our prayers and benediction for him and all our brothers and sisters in the Roman Church!
Thank you all for your service in the Lord!
With my prayers
++Karl
Ecumenical Primate
14 de marzo, San Maximiliano, A. 2013 D.
Paz, queridos hermanos y hermanas en Cristo!
Laudetur Jesús Christus! Gloria a ti Jesús Cristo!
Es con gran alegría que todos han sido testigos de la elección de un nuevo Romano Pontífice, el Papa Francisco I.
Con esperanza y el amor nos acercamos a nuestro hermano, el obispo de Roma.
Que él sea bendecido con salud y muchos años para guiar a la Iglesia del Rito Romano.
Su humildad, su experiencia pastoral, sus esfuerzos ecuménicos del pasado
son una buena señal de que el Espíritu Santo está en movimiento!
Nuestras oraciones y bendición para él y para todos nuestros hermanos y hermanas en la Iglesia de Roma!
Gracias a todos por vuestro ministerio en el Señor!
Con mis oraciones
+ + Karl
Primado Ecuménico
Peace, brothers and sisters in Christ!
Yo quiero que te inspire para esta maravillosa temporada de Cuaresma. Esta vez se nos da como un recordatorio de que vivimos hacia la luz de la Resurrección de nuestro Señor y Salvador. La humanidad se enfrenta a la tarea de repensar su único propósito en esta tierra, para entender con más humildad el significado del amor verdadero, para ver las maravillas de Dios entre nosotros, dando atención a los demás, dejarse crecer en el camino de Cristo ha establecido en el Evangelio, y de ser elevada por el Espíritu que levantó su cuerpo de entre los muertos.
Nuestras vidas se hacen más fuertes en la reflexión de lo que la fe puede hacer dentro de nosotros y alrededor de nosotros, al ver la belleza de la gracia de Dios que obra en nosotros, y por eso, la elección se hace más fácil, los ascensores tinieblas, y andando en el camino de Jesús no es muy semejante lucha por un rato. Y, sin embargo, la oscuridad siempre devolverá, a menudo de forma inesperada. Es por eso que necesitamos la Cuaresma, porque somos capaces de ver la realidad de la oscuridad, de duda, de miedo, de dolor. Esta temporada me lleva a través de los lugares reales, experiencias reales en la realidad más plena de nuestra propia resurrección, de la luz, de la vida eterna.
Por lo tanto, bastante sorprendente lo que este tiempo de Cuaresma puede hacer por nosotros, sólo que se nos recuerde por muchos que se refleja en él, y vivía cada vez más por el Espíritu del Evangelio:
"Cristo, al igual que un médico hábil, entiende la debilidad de los hombres. Le encanta enseñar a los ignorantes y extraviados el se vuelve de nuevo a su forma verdadera. Es fácil de encontrar por los que viven por la fe ya los de los ojos y el corazón puro santo, que desean llamar a la puerta, se abre inmediatamente. "-St. Hipólito
"El Señor medidas perfección fuera ni por la multitud, ni la magnitud de nuestras obras, sino por la manera en que las realizamos."-St. Juan de la Cruz
"Hacer penitencia por los pecados de uno es un primer paso para obtener el perdón y ganar la salvación eterna. Esa es la enseñanza clara y explícita de Cristo ... Ningún individuo cristiano puede crecer en la perfección, ni puede ganar el cristianismo en vigor, a no ser en el base de la penitencia ". -El Papa Juan XXIII
te transforma en el amado Hijo y Hija de Dios que eres.
Con misplegarias y bendiciones
++ Karl
Primado Ecuménico
January 17th, Saint Antony, Abbot (251 - 356), A. D. 2013
As the new Year has began, I do wish to all of you, a happy and blessed year of peace, health, and growth in your faith journey with our Lord!
We are for a short time back in the liturgical year of the ordinary time. Let's pray and celebrate it in an extraordinary way.
ECCC NEWS
Consecration of new bishops for Mexico and Africa
It is with great Joy to announce the consecration of three new bishops into the Ecumenical Catholic Church of Christ!
Principal Consecrator, Ecumenical Primate Dr. Karl Rodig
Principal Consecrator, Metropolitan Archbishop Dr. Matthew Theuri.
Principal Consecrator, Archbishop ++Godrey Siundu Wasike
We have chosen to elevate the Nairobian Diocese to Archdiocese, and to confer to our Bishop +Dr. Matthew Theuri, Ph.D. the Title Archbishop.
Congratulations to all our clergy and faithful in Mexico and Kenya!!
With the help of the Holy Spirit, may the good pastoral work continue to reach more and more people of God in your countries!
Cameroon, Africa
Per Apostolic Decree we have received with great Joy
The CONGREGATION OF MARY AND THE HOLY APOSTLES OF JESUS
FRANCISCAN MISSIONARIES (CONGREGATION DE MARIE ET DES SAINTS APOTRES DE JESUS
The Order will be under the special protection of the Holy See of the Ecumenical Catholic Church of Christ.
As to the time, we will have a Diocesan Bishop in Cameroon.
Nigeria
We are in talks with a Roman Seminarian who wants to join the ECCC
Colombia
We also in talk with a Roman Seminarian who wants to join the ECCC
Liturgical Reminder for the Order of Mass in the Eucharistic Canons.
As you know, we are not under the auspice of Rome.
We, as the Ecumenical Catholic Church of Christ are an independent Catholic Church Union,
rightfully and valid next to all major Catholic Denominations.
We have earned the respected of several Roman bishops and clergy, yet we are not under their Mandate.
In the Holy Eucharist Canons, our bishops and priests pray,
"...for your servant, our Ecumenical Primate Karl. For the
Bishop of Rome, Pope Benedict. For the Patriarch of the East, Bartholomew.
For the Anglican Primate, Rowan (beginning in March, "Justin") and all Church leaders."
In Christ's Love
With my prayers and apostolic benedictions
++Karl
Ecumenical Primate
Paz, hermanos y hermanas en Cristo!
A medida que el nuevo año ha comenzado, yo quiero dejar a todos ustedes, un año feliz y bienaventurada de la paz, la salud
y el crecimiento en su camino de fe con el Señor!
Estamos a favor de un regreso a corto plazo en el año litúrgico de la hora normal.
Vamos a orar y celebrar de una manera extraordinaria.
NOTICIAS DE ICEC
La consagración de los nuevos obispos para México y África
Es con gran alegría de anunciar la consagración de tres nuevos obispos en la Iglesia Católica Ecuménica de Cristo!
Monseñor Rodolfo Contreras + para la Diócesis Continental de México, 5 de abril de 2013, en el Metropolitan Arquidiócesis de Costa Rica
Consagrante principal, Primado Ecuménico Dr. Karl Rodig
Obispo + John Karimi Nderi, obispo auxiliar de la diócesis metropolitana de San Salvador, 06 de abril 2013
Consagrante principal, Arzobispo Metropolitano Dr. Matthew Theuri.
Obispo Gregory + Maeke, obispo auxiliar de la Arquidiócesis de Kitale, territorios del oeste de Kenia, en abril de 2013
Consagrante principal, monseñor + + Godrey Siundu Wasike
Hemos optado por elevar la Diócesis Nairobian a arquidiócesis, y conferir a nuestro Obispo Dr. + Mateo Theuri, Ph.D. el arzobispo de títulos.
Felicitaciones a todos nuestros sacerdotes y fieles en México y Kenia!
Con la ayuda del Espíritu Santo, siguen bien el trabajo pastoral llegando más y más el pueblo de Dios en sus países!
Camerún, África
Por Decreto Apostólico hemos recibido con gran alegría
La Congregación de María y los santos apóstoles de Jesús
Franciscanos/as (CONGREGATION DE MARIE ET DES SAINTS APOTRES DE JESUS
Con su Prior, P. Pierre M. Mvondo,
sus sacerdotes, religiosas, seminaristas y postulados,
y más de mil fieles!
Bienvenue! Bienvenido, y que vuestro buen hacer llegar a todos los rincones de Camerún!
La Orden Franciscano estará bajo la protección especial de la Santa Sede de la Iglesia Católica Ecuménica de Cristo.
En cuanto al tiempo, vamos a tener un Obispo Diocesano en Camerún.
Nigeria
Estamos en conversaciones con un seminarista romano que quiere unirse a la ECCC
Colombia
Asimismo, en conversación con un seminarista romano que quiere unirse a la ECCC
Recordatorio Litúrgica de la Orden de la Misa en los Cánones eucarísticas.
Como ustedes saben, nosotros no estamos bajo el auspicio de Roma.
Nosotros, como la Iglesia Católica Ecuménica de Cristo somos una Unión Católica Eclesiástica independiente ,
con razón y válido al lado de todas las confesiones católicas más importantes.
Nos hemos ganado el respeto de varios obispos y el clero romano, sin embargo, no están bajo su mandato.
En los Santos Cánones Eucaristía, nuestros obispos y sacerdotes rezan,
"...tu siervo, nuestro Primado Ecuménico Karl.
Para el Obispo de Roma, el Papa Benedicto. Para el Patriarca de Oriente, Bartolomé.
Para el Primado anglicano, Rowan (a partir de marzo, "Justin") y todos los líderes de la Iglesia ".
En el amor de Cristo
Con mis oraciones y bendiciones apostólicas
+ + Karl
Primado Ecuménico
Christmas , Navidad, A. D. 2012
The Peace and Joy of the Newborn King be with all our brothers and sisters around the World!
Dear honorable brothers in the office of the Episcopacy, Priest, Deacons/ness,
and all our beloved faithful of our Worldwide Church.
I would like to share with you some of my personal thoughts reflecting on
this most Holy Night.
In the Incarnation of Christ, God once and for all revealed and reassured us his unending Love.
The Eternal Word, God, came into our humanity through HIS Son. He became one of us yet without sin,
so that we might see HIS saving Love once and for ever in our lives!
We have seen the glimmer of the light that came in the Messiah, we are witnessing in the here and now His wondrous deeds, and
we have become not only familiar with Christ's journey in this world, but HE who is LIFE is becoming more and more our life!
Oh Holy Night that has revealed
to us the Savior.
Oh darkness that has become a shining mountain that we shall clime.
Oh Mystery foretold by the Prophets of old that has shown God's presence in a humble and unheard manner.
Oh Divine Love that is with us in eternal delight.
Oh divine Child to whom we owe our lives.
O divine Master who shows us the Creator God with unspeakable passion.
Oh holy Divinity that came into our humanity for we are saved by your divine plan.
Oh Love so great, words cannot find the answer
yet your Holiest Life's Journey with the ultimate price
you paid for our sins in your sacrifice is the triumphant victory
above all our misery and struggle.
Oh Love that shines forth in our
lives, in our
church communities around the world,
keep burning the flame
of the Holy Spirit in our hearts till we see God, the Father face to face.
Oh
Mother of God, you have cared for God's Son, you never gave up on HIS
divine Mission, and you stood by him in your motherly love under the
altar of Sacrifice, in the presence of the Holy Spirit, you have been
rightly called, the mother of the church.
Pray for us, Queen of Heaven, thank you for being our mother, stay with us on our Christian Journey,