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Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle delivers a welcoming gesture during his catechesis on The Eucharist and the Dialogue with Cultures at the 51st International Eucharistic Congress in Cebu City on Jan. 28, 2016.
IN THIS ISSUE:
We are all meant to be
saints, Bp. Barron, A2
Marini to faithful:
Localize your
liturgy, A3
Non-stop adoration
at IEC, A3
IEC media challenge:
Jesus mentions, A7
Manila Archbishop
Luis Antonio Cardinal
Tagle issued this warning
during his catechesis on
The Eucharist and the
Dialogue with Cultures
on the fifth day of the 51st
International Eucharistic
Congress being held here.
Tagle said all across
society, the world has
fostered a culture of
individualism, putting
much value one ones self
where the individual and
the community become
enemies.
What does it say about
your culture?
If your parish has a
big space for parking but
does not have a space for
pastoral formation, Aha!
what does this say about
your parish?, he asked.
He also reminded his
brother priests of their vow
of celibacy and how they
arrange their bedrooms
should reflect their state
of life. Look at how you
arrange your bed. You
are celibate. It should be
single, not double, he said
eliciting laughter from the
IEC delegates.
Tagle also noted that in
some cultures, their heroes
are boxing champions and
beauty queens an obvious
reference to how Filipinos
held these people in high
esteem.
Technologys influence
The president of
the Catholic Biblical
Federation noted that the
influx of the digital age,
peoples individualism and
self-centeredness grew
even more pronounced.
The culture of the
selfie I do not need a
photographer. I can do
it by myself. I can make
myself look good. The
individualistic attitude
makes the individual reign
supreme, he said.
He added the same digital
culture has formed young
people to put importance
on image before anything
else.
This pervading culture
of alienating individualism
according to the cardinal
protects individual rights
but does not stress duty to
other people and society.
Throwaway culture
Tagle said this
individualistic attitude
of buying for the sake of
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Charles Maung Cardinal Bo, representative of Pope Francis to the 51st International
Eucharistic Congress, blesses a baby during his visit to barangay Pasil, one the poorest
communities in Cebu City, on Jan. 28, 2016. ROY LAGARDE
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everything in me belongs to
Jesus Christ and all part of a
person must revolve around
that center.
He then reiterated that
when everything in oneself is
in service of Christ, then the
person has found his center.
It is also imperative to
accept that we are all sinners.
The second path as Bp.
Barron said is to know our
sinfulness.
To all of [us] sinners,
everyone of us is an addict but
Jesus wants to set us free. Free
for joy, fullness of life, he said.
The last path echoed buy
the bishop was surrendering
ones life and talents to God,
realizing the real joy lies in
giving some of yourself away
for your being to grow and
increase.
Great / A1
Nineteen-year-old
Junely Tura, a scholar at
the Don Bosco Training
Center, gave a testimony of
gratitude to the Salesians.
One of the most
important things that I
learned is the value of
following Don Boscos
Foster / A1
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A3
Non-stop adoration
at IEC
Children take time to adore Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament at the IEC Pavilion during
the ongoing 51st International Eucharistic Congress (IEC), Jan 26, 2016. MARIA TAN
Archbishop Piero Marini, president of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresse. DOMINIC BARRIOS
Lost liturgies
The Mass is a simple celebration of
rubrics, he pointed out, referring to
set instructions and rules on how to
celebrate the liturgy. The liturgies that
are not inculturated are lost, just as what
happened in North Africa, he warned.
The current Roman liturgy itself was
the product of inculturation, originating
from the fifth century, he claimed. There
was also the the Byzantine, Alexandrian,
and Coptic rites. There is a need to
return to varieties, he said.
Marini, 74, also served as secretary
to Archbishop Annibale Bugnini, one
of the Church figures who had worked
to reform the liturgy after the Second
Vatican Council, the result of which is
the New Order of the Mass now heard in
local languages instead of the old Latin.
At the 51st IEC Theological Symposium
last week, he recalled the history of the
new Mass.
Slow process
Inculturation was pushed after Vatican
Br. Stefano Panizzolo at the Plaza Independencia, Cebu City, Jan. 24, 2016. NIRVA DELACRUZ
MANDAUE CITY
COLLEGE
Dr. Paulus Mariae L. Caete
President
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EDITORIAL
THE Eucharist can well be the very test and proof of our
Catholicity and universality. Its in that sacrament where the
universal mind and heart is required as well as developed. And
thats simply because the Eucharist represents the very mind
and heart of Christ who gave us the new commandment that
summarizes and perfects all the previous commandments:
You love one another as I have loved you, that you also love
one another. (Jn13,34)
Its a love that covers everyone, including our enemies, the
unlovable, the sinners, offenders, those who are wrong in a
human issue and all others who are so different from us that for
one reason or another we may be able to love or like. These can
include those who persecute us, who terrorize us, who kill us.
These can include those who attack the Church and its teaching.
We have to learn to love them the way Christ loves them, all the
way to offering our life for them, for as Christ himself said, No
greater love has one than he who offers his life for his friend.
In fact, one sure sign our loving is authentic is when we are
willing to adapt ourselves to them without compromising our
Christian identity. Otherwise, our love is fake, no matter how
fervently we profess it. Our love gets spoiled and deteriorates
into self-rigtheousness.
Eucharistic love matures and perfects us. It checks on our
tendency to be self-seeking and self-absorbed so as to be all
things to all men. (1 Cor 9,22) It brings us not only to others,
but rather to God himself, identifying us with him, for God is
love. This love is what properly measures out our true dignity
and value as persons and children of God. Its not just some
wisdom or knowledge or talents and any human power, though
all these are instruments and tools of love.
Its high time that we understand the need for true love, the
love of Christ in the Eucharist, to give ourselves a universal
heart. Its not the sciences, the philosophies, and the ideologies
- no matter how good and useful they are - that can accomplish
this. These can only be at best, loves tools.
This surely means we have to learn how to discipline our
feelings and passions, knowing when to talk and when not to.
We have to learn how to convert difficult, humiliating moments
into moments of graciousness and magnanimity. We have to
learn how to be positive, encouraging, and optimistic in our
tack to problems instead of sinking into pessimism and hostility.
We can never overdo our efforts to learn the finer details of tact
and diplomacy.
Given the present worlds rush to specialized knowledge that
inevitably generates divisions, we have to double our efforts to
cultivate this universal Eucharistic heart.
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OPINION A5
Lord, eucharistify us
Just Inspired
Fr. Jose Ernil Almayo, OAR
By the Roadside
Fr. Eutiquio Euly Belizar, Jr. SThD
Whatever
Fr. Francis Ongkingco
I ENTERED one of the rooms
of a pre-school where I
conduct some basic catechism
classes for teachers. As I
waited for the LCD projector
to be set up, I sat on one of the
tiny chairs.
I noticed that the chair
had a strange backrest. I
realized it was actually a
small neon-colored knapsack
designed to fit the seats metal
frame. I curiously unzipped
the bag and was surprised
to see it filled with veeery
delicious goodies: beef jerky,
chocolates, juice tetra-pack
drinks, mineral water, and a
first-aid kit, etc.
Its a grab bag, Father!
One of the teachers answered
my curiosity.
Hey, this has enough to go
out camping for a week! I said
to the amusement of everyone.
The children are required
to replenish it every now
and then. So in case the BIG
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