HELLO VATICAN NEWS! WAS VATICAN II THE ONLY ECUMENICAL COUNCIL EVER TO CALL US TO FRIENDSHIP WITH CHRIST? IS THIS SOMETHING NEW, NEVER BEFORE HEARD OF BY CATHOLICS? WOULD CATHOLICS NOT KNOW THIS IF NOT FOR “DEI VERBUM”?
THAT’S THE PROBLEM WITH TEACHING VATICAN II—THE CHURCH WAS NOT BORN WITH VATICAN II UNLESS ONE WANTS AN ENTIRELY NEW CHURCH. THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN TAUGHT BY HOLY MOTHER CHURCH EVER SINCE JESUS CHRIST TAUGHT IT!
Pope at Audience: Vatican II calls us to friendship with Christ
By Deborah Castellano Lubov
“No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends."
Pope Leo XIV recalled Jesus' words in the Gospel passage according to St. John during his Wednesday General Audience on January 14, as he continued his new catechesis series, which is dedicated to the Second Vatican Council and a rereading of its Documents.
READ POPE LEO'S FULL CATECHESIS HERE
Focusing on the Dogmatic Constitution Dei Verbum, on Divine Revelation, the Pope called it one of the most beautiful and important Documents of the Council.
The Holy Father noted that the text recalls Jesus' invitation for us to be His friends.
"This is a fundamental point of Christian faith, which Dei Verbum reminds us of: Jesus Christ radically transforms man’s relationship with God, which is henceforth a relationship of friendship. Therefore, the only condition of the new covenant is love."
God makes us sons and daughters
He acknowledged that we are not equal to God, and the relationship between God and humanity always remains asymmetrical, as we are only creatures of the Creator.
In spite of this, the Holy Father said, with the coming of the Son in human flesh, God's Covenant opens up to His final purpose.
"In Jesus," he said, "God makes us sons and daughters, and calls us to become like Him, albeit in our fragile humanity."
With this in mind, Pope Leo reminded us of our need to listen, "so that the Divine Word may penetrate our minds and our hearts," and also "to speak with God," "not to communicate to Him what He already knows, but to reveal ourselves to ourselves."
Must make time for prayer each day
This, he explained, is why prayer is so important for us to live and to cultivate friendship with the Lord. We do so first of all, he said, in liturgical and community prayer, "in which we do not decide what to hear from the Word of God, but it is He Himself who speaks to us through the Church."
This liturgical prayer, he continued, is "achieved in personal prayer, which takes place in the interiority of the heart and mind."
For these reasons, the Holy Father insisted, "time dedicated to prayer, meditation, and reflection cannot be lacking in the Christian’s day and week."
Finally, Pope Leo XIV pointed out that we know from experience how friendships easily end through a 'rupture' or neglect.
"Jesus calls us to be friends," he said. "Let us not leave this call unheeded." By welcoming and caring for this relationship, the Holy Father insisted, "we will discover that friendship with God is our salvation."
12 comments:
This is getting so old. V II was a flop - move on
Father, Pope Leo XIV had made it clear that the teaching in question is ancient. He had done so within the first paragraph today's address.
Dear brothers and sisters, good morning and welcome!
"...it may be helpful to recall the words of Jesus: “No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you”.
"This is a fundamental point of Christian faith, which Dei Verbum reminds us of: Jesus Christ radically transforms man’s relationship with God, which is henceforth a relationship of friendship."
“Through this revelation, therefore, the invisible God (see Col 1:15; 1 Tim 1:17) out of the abundance of His love speaks to men as friends (see Ex 33:11; Jn 15:14-15)..."
Exodus, 33:11:
"The LORD used to speak to Moses face to face, as a person speaks to a friend."
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Pope Francis had made it clear that the teaching in question is ancient...rooted in the Old Testament.
Pax.
Mark Thomas
I had written: "Pope Francis had made it clear that the teaching in question is ancient...rooted in the Old Testament."
I should have attributed to Pope Leo XIV.
My thought in regard to Pope Francis (requiescat in pace) is that he had taught that which Pope Leo XIV has just taught...but without reference to Vatican II.
POPE FRANCIS...REGINA CAELI...5 May 2024.
"Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!
Today the Gospel tells us about Jesus who says to the Apostles: “No longer do I call you servants, but friends”.
In the Bible, the “servants” of God are special people to whom He entrusts important missions, as for example Moses, King David, the prophet Elijah, up to the Virgin Mary.
They are people in whose hands God places his treasures. But according to Jesus, all this is not enough to say who we are for him.
It is not enough: more is required, something greater, that goes beyond goods and plans themselves: it takes friendship.
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The Church has made it clear that the teaching in question existed thousands of years prior to Vatican. Pope Leo XIV had made that point today.
Pax.
Mark Thomas
Blah, blah, blah!
Has anyone read the documents of Vatican II? I have. The documents are beautiful. They teach the Catholic Faith in a very pastoral loving way. I don’t understand the problem. In my experience growing up in the post Vatican II Church its the implementation of everyone in positions of authority. Everyone has been doing/teaching what they think should be done. The bishops as a whole have completely let down the faithful. They refuse to teach the moral teachings of the Church. They refuse to confront or discipline heresy, scandal and evil. The bishops only have a problem with Latin, fiddleback vestments, nuns habits, showing what they consider excessive reverence, they have a big problem with formality in Church ( walk into any Church before Mass and it’s literally a madhouse. People talking and laughing t the top of their lungs, and the priests do nothing to address it.), ad orientum altars. The situation is chaos and the Vatican has down nothing substantial to correct anything by by any pope since Vatican II. Cardinals openly advocating immorality and NOTHiNG is done, in fact they are elevated (Cardinal Radcliffe).All of this is a tremendous evil because it’s putting souls of the faithful in danger. The popes seem more concerned about the feelings of cardinals and bishops than the salvation of souls. Why would a pope leave a bishop in charge of a diocese for decades who is actively undermining the Faith? Pope John Paul did that. The worse example was Cardinal Daneels. A Cardinal who single handedly destroyed the Faith of an entire country. The pope allowed him to remain in authority for decades. Vatican II isn’t the problem, Weak pope and bishops and priests re the problem.
I agree TN.
"They [the bishops] refuse to teach the moral teachings of the Church." Tis is patently false. From the level of national bishops' conferences, to provincial bishops' groupings, the faith is taught.
"...walk into any Church before Mass and it’s literally a madhouse. People talking and laughing t the top of their lungs, ..." This is nothing but hyperbole.
"Literally" is, literally, one of the most misused words in the English language. It is NOT "literally" a madhouse.
I've been in Catholic churches that distinctly remind me of an insane asylum, sans strait-jackets and spitting. I guess you've never had such good luck.
Nick
Nick, you must recognize by now that the All Highest K is not steeped in logic. After all, he votes for the Party of "Abortion as Healthcare."
Fr. Kavanaugh,
I give you the German bishops who are openly promoting heresy. And when was the last time any national bishops' conference has explicitly condemned divorce, fornication, adultery, and active homosexuality as grave sins leading to eternal damnation?
Anthony - These sins are plainly and clearly condemned by the Church. Now, what you seem to want is for a weekly sermon by a bishop in his Cathedral in or a weekly press release from the USCCB in which divorce, fornication, and active homosexuality are condemned. Or maybe a bishop should devote his monthly column in his diocesan newspaper to condemning divorce, fornication, and active homosexuality. Or, he could publish on his diocesan website a DAILY reminder that the Church teaches that divorce, fornication, and active homosexuality are sinful.
I find it interesting that you omit from your "Must Hear" list "defrauding workers of their wages" and "oppression of the poor," sins that scripture puts on par with murder and sodomy as those that cry out to heaven for vengeance. And keep in mind, sodomy is not exclusively practiced by homosexuals.
Fr. Kavanaugh,
Those other sins do not have advocates advocating changes in Church teaching. And while the sins that I mentioned are clearly condemned by the Church there are those, including the German bishops' conference, who are pushing for changes in Church teaching. And no, I am not looking for your exaggerated schedule of sermons. You are the one who brought national bishops' conference. When, in the last 50 years has any national bishops' conference clearly condemned these sins? When in the many years of your own priesthood have you clearly condemned these sins from the pulpit?
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