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VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
YEAR XXIII - # 75
DATE 28-03-2013
Summary:
- CHRISM MASS: POPE FRANCIS WARNS PRIESTS THAT INSATISFACTION COMES FROM NOT
GOING OUT OF ONESELF
- PROMULGATION OF DECREES BY CONGREGATION FOR CAUSES OF SAINTS
- OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
___________________________________________________________
CHRISM MASS: POPE FRANCIS WARNS PRIESTS THAT INSATISFACTION COMES FROM NOT
GOING OUT OF ONESELF
Vatican City, 28 March 2013 (VIS) - This morning, Pope Francis warned Catholic
priests around the world that "the reason why some priests grow dissatisfied,
lose heart and become in some sense collectors of antiques or novelties" comes
from seldom going out of oneself, which leads to "missing out on the best of
our people". Instead, he strongly urged priests to be "shepherds who have the
smell of their sheep'."
The solemn Holy Thursday Chrism Mass celebrated in the Vatican Basilica opens
the Paschal Triduum of Holy Week. During the course of the Mass, celebrated in
all the churches and cathedrals throughout the world, priests renew the vows
of poverty,
chastity, and obedience that they made at their ordination. Also, the oil used
to anoint catechumens and the oil used to anoint the sick as well as the
chrism oil-olive oil scented with balsam-used to anoint those being baptised,
confirmed,
or receiving Holy Orders is blessed.
The Chrism Mass presided over by the Holy Father was concelebrated by the over
2,000 cardinals, archbishops, bishops, and priests present and was attended by
over 10,000 faithful. Francis pointed out to them that the "clear proof" to
recognizing a good priest is "by the way his people are anointed". He added
that "it is not in soul-searching or constant introspection that we encounter
the Lord: self-help courses can be useful in life, but to live our priestly
life
by going from one course to another, from one method to another, leads us to
become pelagians and to minimize the power of grace, which comes alive and
flourishes to the extent that we, in faith, go out and give ourselves and the
Gospel to others".
He developed this theme throughout his homily, which he began by recalling
that this Mass was a reminder to all priests-including himself-of the day of
their ordination. In this context the Pope explained what it means to be
anointed ones,
to "be for" others, and he focused on the meaning of the liturgical vestments.
"When we put on our simple chasuble, it might well make us feel, upon our
shoulders and in our hearts, the burdens and the faces of our faithful people,
our
saints and martyrs, of which we have so many in our times."
At the same time, he noted how "the beauty of all these liturgical things ...
is not so much about trappings and fine fabrics" as it is destined to the
action expected of priests. "The ointment, dear brothers, is not intended just
to
make us fragrant, much less to be kept in a jar, for then it would become
rancid … and the heart bitter."
The Holy Father also gave concrete details to inspire priests in their
pastoral mission, commenting that: "our people like to hear the Gospel
preached with 'unction', they like it when the Gospel we preach touches their
daily lives, when it runs
down like the oil of Aaron to the edges of reality, when it brings light to
moments of extreme darkness, to the 'outskirts' where people of faith are most
exposed to the onslaught of those who want to tear down their faith. People
thank us because they
feel that we have prayed over the realities of their everyday lives, their
troubles, their joys, their burdens and their hopes. And when they feel that
the fragrance of the Anointed One, of Christ, has come to them through us,
they feel encouraged to
entrust to us everything they want to bring before the Lord: '"Pray for me,
Father, because I have this problem', 'Bless me, Father', 'Pray for me'."
"What I want to emphasize," the Pope said, "is that we need constantly to stir
up God's grace and perceive in every request, even those requests that are
inconvenient and at times purely material or downright banal-but only
apparently so-the desire of our people to be anointed with fragrant oil, since
they know that we have it. To perceive and to sense, even as the Lord sensed
the hope-filled anguish of the woman suffering from haemorrhages when she
touched the hem
of his garment."
Before finishing his homily, the Holy Father also addressed the lay faithful,
urging them to "be close to your priests with affection and with your prayers,
that they may always be shepherds according to God's heart."
___________________________________________________________
PROMULGATION OF DECREES BY CONGREGATION FOR CAUSES OF SAINTS
Vatican City, 28 March 2013 (VIS) - Yesterday, Wednesday 27 March 2013, the
Holy Father received in audience Cardinal Angelo Amato S.D.B., prefect of the
Congregation for the Causes of Saints. During the course of the audience the
pontiff
authorised the dicastery to promulgate the decrees concerning the following
causes::
MIRACLE
- attributed to the intercession of the Venerable Servant of God Maria
Theresia Bonzel (nee Regina Christine Wilhelmine Bonzel), foundress of the
Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration in Olpe, Germany. Born in Olpe
on 17 September 1830 and died
there on 6 February 1905.
MARTYRDOM
- Servant of God Manuel Basulto y Jimenez, bishop of Jaen, Spain, and five
Companions; killed in hatred of the faith in Spain between 1936 and 1937.
- Servant of God Jose Maximo Moro Briz and four Companions, priests of the
Diocese of Avila, Spain; killed in hatred of the faith in Spain in 1936.
- Servant of God Vladimir Ghika, priest of the archdiocese of Bucharest,
Romania. Born in Istanbul, Turkey on 25 December 1873 and killed in hatred of
the faith in Bucharest on 16 May 1954.
- Servant of God Joaquin Jovani Marin and 14 Companions from the Diocesan
Labourer Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus; killed in hatred of the faith
in Spain between 1936 and 1938.
- Servant of God Andres from Palazuelo (ne Miguel Francisco Gonzalez-Diez
Gonzalez-Nunez), professed priest of the Order of Capuchin Friars Minor, and
31 Companions; killed in hatred of the faith in Spain between 1936 and 1937.
- Servant of God Giuseppe Girotti, professed priest of the Order of Preachers.
Born in Alba, Italy, on 19 July 1905 and killed in hatred of the faith in
Dachau, Germany, in 1945.
- Servant of God Stefano Sandor, professed religious of the Salesians of Don
Bosco. Born in Szolnok, Hungary, on 26 October 1914 and killed in hatred of
the faith in Budapest, Hungary, on 8 June 1953.
- Servant of God Rolando Rivi, seminarian of the diocese of Reggio
Emilia-Guastalla. Born in Castellarano, Italy, on 7 January 1931 and killed in
hatred of the faith in Piane di Monchio, Italy, on 13 April 1945.
HEROIC VIRTUES
- Servant of God Eladio Mozas Santamera, diocesan priest and founder of the
Josephine Sisters of the Most Holy Trinity. Born in Miedes de Atienza, Spain,
on 18 February 1837 and died in Plasencia, Spain, on 18 March 1897.
- Servant of God Manuel Aparici Navarro, diocesan priest. Born in Madrid,
Spain, on 11 December 1902 and died there on 28 August 1964.
- Servant of God Moises Lira Serafin, professed priest of the Missionaries of
the Holy Spirit and founder of the Missionaries of Charity of Mary Immaculate.
Born in Zacatlan, Mexico, on 16 September 1893 and died in Mexico City, Mexico
on 25 June 1950.
- Servant of God Generoso of the Crucified (ne Angelo Fontanarosa), professed
priest of the Congregation of the Passion of Jesus Christ. Born in Vetralla,
Italy, on 6 November 1881 and died in Mascalucia, Italy, on 9 January 1966.
- Servant of God Olinto Marella, diocesan priest. Born in Pallestrina, Italy,
on 14 June 1882 and died in San Lazzaro di Savena, Italy, on 6 September 1969.
- Servant of God Antoine Kowalczyk, lay brother of the Missionary Oblates of
Mary Immaculate. Born in Dzierzanow, Poland, on 04 June 1866 and died in
Edmonton, Canada on 10 July 1947.
- Servant of God Silvia Cardoso Ferreiro da Silva, laywoman. Born in Pacos de
Ferreira, Portugal, on 26 July 1882 and died there on 2 November 1950.
___________________________________________________________
OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican City, 28 March 2013 (VIS) - Today the Holy Father appointed Bishop
Mario Aurelio Poli as metropolitan archbishop of Buenos Aires (area 203,
population 2,891,082, Catholics 2,647,000, priests 834, permanent deacons 7,
religious 2,379),
Argentina. The archbishop-elect was born in Buenos Aires in 1947, was ordained
a priest in 1978, and received episcopal ordination in 2002. Since ordination
he has served in several pastoral and academic roles, most recently as bishop
of Santa Rosa,
Argentina. On the Argentine Episcopal Conference he was a member of the
Episcopal Commissions for Catholic Education and for Ministers and is
currently president of the Episcopal Commission for Catechesis and Biblical
Ministry.
___________________________________________________________
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VISnews130328
VATICAN
INFORMATION SERVICE YEAR XXIII - # 75DATE 28-03-2013Summary: - CHRISM MASS:
POPE FRANCIS WARNS PRIESTS THAT INSATISFACTION
COMES FROM NOT GOING OUT OF ONESELF - PROMULGATION OF DECREES BY CONGREGATION
FOR CAUSES OF SAINTS - OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS____________________
______________________________________
CHRISM MASS: POPE FRANCIS WARNS PRIESTS THAT INSATISFACTION COMES FROM NOT
GOING OUT OF ONESELF
Vatican City, 28 March 2013 (VIS) - This morning, Pope Francis warned
Catholic priests around the world that "the reason why some priests grow
dissatisfied, lose heart and become in some sense collectors of antiques or
novelties"
comes from seldom going out of oneself, which leads to "missing out on the
best of our people". Instead, he strongly urged priests to be "shepherds who
have the smell of their sheep'."
The solemn Holy Thursday Chrism Mass celebrated in the Vatican Basilica opens
the Paschal Triduum of Holy Week. During the course of the Mass, celebrated in
all the churches and cathedrals throughout the world, priests renew the vows
of poverty,
chastity, and obedience that they made at their ordination. Also, the oil used
to anoint catechumens and the oil used to anoint the sick as well as the
chrism oil-olive oil scented with balsam-used to anoint those being baptised,
confirmed,
or receiving Holy Orders is blessed.
The Chrism Mass presided over by the Holy Father was concelebrated by the
over 2,000 cardinals, archbishops, bishops, and priests present and was
attended by over 10,000 faithful. Francis pointed out to them that the "clear
proof" to
recognizing a good priest is "by the way his people are anointed". He added
that "it is not in soul-searching or constant introspection that we encounter
the Lord: self-help courses can be useful in life, but to live our priestly
life
by going from one course to another, from one method to another, leads us to
become pelagians and to minimize the power of grace, which comes alive and
flourishes to the extent that we, in faith, go out and give ourselves and the
Gospel to
others".
He developed this theme throughout his homily, which he began by recalling
that this Mass was a reminder to all priests-including himself-of the day of
their ordination. In this context the Pope explained what it means to be
anointed
ones, to "be for" others, and he focused on the meaning of the liturgical
vestments. "When we put on our simple chasuble, it might well make us feel,
upon our shoulders and in our hearts, the burdens and the faces of our faithful
people, our saints and martyrs, of which we have so many in our times."
At the same time, he noted how "the beauty of all these liturgical things ...
is not so much about trappings and fine fabrics" as it is destined to the
action expected of priests. "The ointment, dear brothers, is not intended just
to make us fragrant, much less to be kept in a jar, for then it would become
rancid … and the heart bitter."
The Holy Father also gave concrete details to inspire priests in their
pastoral mission, commenting that: "our people like to hear the Gospel
preached with 'unction', they like it when the Gospel we preach touches their
daily lives, when it
runs down like the oil of Aaron to the edges of reality, when it brings light
to moments of extreme darkness, to the 'outskirts' where people of faith are
most exposed to the onslaught of those who want to tear down their faith.
People thank us because
they feel that we have prayed over the realities of their everyday lives,
their troubles, their joys, their burdens and their hopes. And when they feel
that the fragrance of the Anointed One, of Christ, has come to them through
us, they feel encouraged
to entrust to us everything they want to bring before the Lord: '"Pray for me,
Father, because I have this problem', 'Bless me, Father', 'Pray for me'."
"What I want to emphasize," the Pope said, "is that we need constantly to
stir up God's grace and perceive in every request, even those requests that
are inconvenient and at times purely material or downright banal-but
only apparently so-the desire of our people to be anointed with fragrant oil,
since they know that we have it. To perceive and to sense, even as the Lord
sensed the hope-filled anguish of the woman suffering from haemorrhages when
she touched the
hem of his garment."
Before finishing his homily, the Holy Father also addressed the lay faithful,
urging them to "be close to your priests with affection and with your prayers,
that they may always be shepherds according to God's heart."
___________________________________________________________
PROMULGATION OF DECREES BY CONGREGATION FOR CAUSES OF SAINTS
Vatican City, 28 March 2013 (VIS) - Yesterday, Wednesday 27 March 2013, the
Holy Father received in audience Cardinal Angelo Amato S.D.B., prefect of the
Congregation for the Causes of Saints. During the course of the audience the
pontiff
authorised the dicastery to promulgate the decrees concerning the following
causes::
MIRACLE
- attributed to the intercession of the Venerable Servant of God Maria
Theresia Bonzel (nee Regina Christine Wilhelmine Bonzel), foundress of the
Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration in Olpe, Germany. Born in Olpe
on 17 September 1830 and
died there on 6 February 1905.
MARTYRDOM
- Servant of God Manuel Basulto y Jimenez, bishop of Jaen, Spain, and five
Companions; killed in hatred of the faith in Spain between 1936 and 1937.
- Servant of God Jose Maximo Moro Briz and four Companions, priests of the
Diocese of Avila, Spain; killed in hatred of the faith in Spain in 1936.
- Servant of God Vladimir Ghika, priest of the archdiocese of Bucharest,
Romania. Born in Istanbul, Turkey on 25 December 1873 and killed in hatred of
the faith in Bucharest on 16 May 1954.
- Servant of God Joaquin Jovani Marin and 14 Companions from the Diocesan
Labourer Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus; killed in hatred of the faith
in Spain between 1936 and 1938.
- Servant of God Andres from Palazuelo (ne Miguel Francisco Gonzalez-Diez
Gonzalez-Nunez), professed priest of the Order of Capuchin Friars Minor, and
31 Companions; killed in hatred of the faith in Spain between 1936 and 1937.
- Servant of God Giuseppe Girotti, professed priest of the Order of
Preachers. Born in Alba, Italy, on 19 July 1905 and killed in hatred of the
faith in Dachau, Germany, in 1945.
- Servant of God Stefano Sandor, professed religious of the Salesians of Don
Bosco. Born in Szolnok, Hungary, on 26 October 1914 and killed in hatred of
the faith in Budapest, Hungary, on 8 June 1953.
- Servant of God Rolando Rivi, seminarian of the diocese of Reggio
Emilia-Guastalla. Born in Castellarano, Italy, on 7 January 1931 and killed in
hatred of the faith in Piane di Monchio, Italy, on 13 April 1945.
HEROIC VIRTUES
- Servant of God Eladio Mozas Santamera, diocesan priest and founder of the
Josephine Sisters of the Most Holy Trinity. Born in Miedes de Atienza, Spain,
on 18 February 1837 and died in Plasencia, Spain, on 18 March 1897.
- Servant of God Manuel Aparici Navarro, diocesan priest. Born in Madrid,
Spain, on 11 December 1902 and died there on 28 August 1964.
- Servant of God Moises Lira Serafin, professed priest of the Missionaries of
the Holy Spirit and founder of the Missionaries of Charity of Mary Immaculate.
Born in Zacatlan, Mexico, on 16 September 1893 and died in Mexico City, Mexico
on 25 June
1950.
- Servant of God Generoso of the Crucified (ne Angelo Fontanarosa), professed
priest of the Congregation of the Passion of Jesus Christ. Born in Vetralla,
Italy, on 6 November 1881 and died in Mascalucia, Italy, on 9 January 1966.
- Servant of God Olinto Marella, diocesan priest. Born in Pallestrina, Italy,
on 14 June 1882 and died in San Lazzaro di Savena, Italy, on 6 September 1969.
- Servant of God Antoine Kowalczyk, lay brother of the Missionary Oblates of
Mary Immaculate. Born in Dzierzanow, Poland, on 04 June 1866 and died in
Edmonton, Canada on 10 July 1947.
- Servant of God Silvia Cardoso Ferreiro da Silva, laywoman. Born in Pacos de
Ferreira, Portugal, on 26 July 1882 and died there on 2 November 1950.
___________________________________________________________
OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican City, 28 March 2013 (VIS) - Today the Holy Father appointed Bishop
Mario Aurelio Poli as metropolitan archbishop of Buenos Aires (area 203,
population 2,891,082, Catholics 2,647,000, priests 834, permanent deacons 7,
religious 2,379),
Argentina. The archbishop-elect was born in Buenos Aires in 1947, was ordained
a priest in 1978, and received episcopal ordination in 2002. Since ordination
he has served in several pastoral and academic roles, most recently as bishop
of Santa Rosa,
Argentina. On the Argentine Episcopal Conference he was a member of the
Episcopal Commissions for Catholic Education and for Ministers and is
currently president of the Episcopal Commission for Catechesis and Biblical
Ministry.
___________________________________________________________ Per ulteriori
informazioni e per la ricerca di documenti consultare il sito: www.wisnews.org e www.vatican.va Il servizio del VIS viene
inviato soltanto agli indirizzi di posta elettronica che ne hanno
fatto richiesta. Se per qualunque motivo non si desidera continuare a
riceverlo, si prega di visitare nostra pagina dinizio: http://212.77.1.245/news_services/press/vis/italinde.php
Copyright (VIS): Le notizie contenute nei servizi del Vatican Information
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