By: Edwin Muir

Edwin Muir — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 09:19:27 +0000

Joy, a fruit of the *SPIRIT*. John 1:12 To as many as received *HIM* to them gave *HE* Power to `become the sons of *GOD*, to them that believe on *HIS* name. Matthew 1:21 : And she shall bring forth a So and thou shalt call *HIS* Name *JESUS* ; for *HE* shall save *HIS* people from their sins. Acts 5:32 And we are witnesses of these things and so also is the Holy *GHOST* , whom *GOD* has given to them that obey *HIM*. 1 John 1:3 and Jude 20 enabling 1 John 2:24 .
1 Thessalonians 5:10 and Proverbs 8: 30,31 till Malachi 4;1 to 3. Shalom in *JESUS* Name Amen. Romans 10:9,10 .Flee idolatry.

By: John

John — Sun, 16 Apr 2017 23:20:36 +0000

A certain well-known religious of Catholic charismatic renewal spoke of a vision he had had of a fire in a forest. He said for him this was the C.C.R in the church, roaring through the church as might the fire in a forest.
It is also “poor man’s mysticism”, a term used by Abbot Garaets of the Benedictine monastery of Pecos new Mexico, a retreat centre for spiritual directors, at a Leaders retreat in Melbourne Australia. The poor are graced and become a strength, even “pillars of the church”.
Once “The Imitation of Christ”, the mystical work of St Thomas A’Kempis stood SECOND ONLY to the BIBLE in published books. Now Harry Potter has claimed a centre stage for the spiritual in the lives of many. Is there a hunger for spiritual matters? The public has voted with their wallets. Wicca also has had a huge following. These matters should concern liturgists, and clergy, not to mention those in catechesis, in colleges, schools (and in C.C.R).
Is the church concerned? There can be no doubt that a personal Jesus is central to the move from the anthropocentric to the Christocentric. It paves the way for private adoration (something Sr Briege McKenna does for 2 hours each day), and for a focus on Eucharist itself. That means more Catholics will accept the “REAL PRESENCE” of Jesus, body and blood, as a sacred entity, rather than mere “bread” and “wine”. The Sacred will be respected, and the immediate flow-on is towards youth. Youth know if their parents respect the Sacred there must be something there for them. So they anticipate. They are expectant. They then want to enter the mystery. They seek and find. Discovery brings hope.
In real terms, it (C.C.R), provides a strength for Thomists, who want to preserve the writings of St Thomas Aquinas and keep interest in his work alive, so that the church is strengthened by it. Thus the distractions of modernism, positivism, are rejected by those whose place it is to pass on the faith. Miracles of the Eucharist, apparitions of Mary become more relevant and used, instead of being consigned to a hidden corner of Catholicism.
Many areas of church overlap into C.C.R., and the fundamental that marks all aspects of these is JOY. (St Augustine: The most infallible sign of the presence of God).

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