Joanne's blog

Dear Folks,

I just found out about Joanne's blog by reading at Diana's. Its title is

Neocatechumenal Way - In and Out

Joanne seems to be irking Diana a lot. No wonder, Diana's sectarian views of what is Catholic and what is not do not mesh well with a free spirit devotee of the Virgin Mary, as Joanne is.

What I read at Joanne' blog are 100% unadulterated Catholic views! It offers quality readings on the world, on secularism, sectarianism and the need of devotion to the Holy Mother. It is worth your time to have a look!

Thank you, Diana!

I just wrote the previous post this morning. Now, without being personal, I have to write another one to thank Diana for proving my point.

A serious intellectual dishonesty was committed at her blog today. Let me add, not the first time. My right to respond to no-name anonymous troll accusers was denied. These hired trolls jump on everyone who has any slightly different view from hers. This reminds me of the story of the bloodhound army of the mean colonel from Orwell's Animal Farm.

Well, as I have said, the blog of this lady is hilariously weird! More is coming later.

Time to disassociate from Diana's blog

Dear Folks, it might be time to disassociate from Diana's blog at
http://neocatechemunal.blogspot.com/ . Yes, you read it well, neocatechemunal! If you find this blog address name weird, just go inside and read what is there. It became the weirdest blog I have ever seen! I'll explain more later. Until then, just go and study Diana's ways with her anonymous trolls. It is truly hilarious.

D.C. Talk – Jesus Freak

  What will people think

When they hear that I'm a Jesus Freak?
What will people do
When they find that's it's true?

Separated, I cut myself clean
From a past that comes back in my darkest of dreams
Been apprehended by a spiritual force
And a grace that replaced all the me I've divorced

I saw a man with tat on his big fat belly
It wiggled around like marmalade jelly
It took me a while to catch what it said
'Cause I had to match the rhythm
Of his belly with my head
"Jesus Saves" is what it raved in a typical tattoo green
He stood on a box in the middle of the city
And claimed he had a dream

[Chorus]
What will people think
When they hear that I'm a Jesus freak
What will people do when they find that it's true
I don't really care if they label me a Jesus freak
There ain't no disguising the truth

Kamikaze, my death is gain
I've been marked by my maker
A peculiar display
The high and lofty, they see me as weak
'Cause I won't live and die for the power they seek

There was a man from the desert with naps in his head
The sand that he walked was also his bed
The words that he spoke made the people assume
There wasn't too much left in the upper room
With skins on his back and hair on his face
They thought he was strange by the locusts he ate
The Pharisees tripped when they heard him speak
Until the king took the head of this Jesus freak

[Chorus: x2]

People say I'm strange, does it make me a stranger
That my best friend was born in a manger
People say I'm strange, does it make me a stranger
That my best friend was born in a manger

[Chorus: x2]

What will people think
What will people think
What will people do
What will people do
I don't really care
What else can I say
There ain't no disguising the truth
Jesus is the way

 

Songwriters: MARK HEIMERMANN, TOBY MCKEEHAN

Jesus Freak lyrics © FUN ATTIC MUSIC

My Sweet Lord

My sweet lord
Hm, my lord
Hm, my lord

I really want to see you
Really want to be with you
Really want to see you lord
But it takes so long, my lord

My sweet lord
Hm, my lord
Hm, my lord

I really want to know you
Really want to go with you
Really want to show you lord
That it wont take long, my lord (hallelujah)

My sweet lord (hallelujah)
Hm, my lord (hallelujah)
My sweet lord (hallelujah)

I really want to see you
Really want to see you
Really want to see you, lord
Really want to see you, lord
But it takes so long, my lord (hallelujah)

My sweet lord (hallelujah)
Hm, my lord (hallelujah)
My, my, my lord (hallelujah)

I really want to know you (hallelujah)
Really want to go with you (hallelujah)
Really want to show you lord (aaah)
That it wont take long, my lord (hallelujah)

Hmm (hallelujah)
My sweet lord (hallelujah)
My, my, lord (hallelujah)

My Sweet Lord 

The Eucharistic Table

Here is what happens when the bread turns into the Body: the texture of the bread remains bread and the make-up of the wine remains wine. But the Body of Jesus will appear mysteriously in it in a real sense. The same real sense as he is present in the communities and in His Church.

Jesus' presence in the Eucharist is a mystery. The most beautiful mystery of our faith. This is the teaching of the Church. This presence is the same, the presence of the Lord Jesus, in the communities and in the Church itself. How could this be a different presence if the Lord is One? (Shema, Israel...) 

About the mystical presence of the Lord in the Eucharist: 

1386 In the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom the faithful pray in the same spirit: "O Son of God, bring me into communion today with your mystical supper."

About the unity of the Mystical Body: 

1396 The unity of the Mystical Body: the Eucharist makes the Church. Those who receive the Eucharist are united more closely to Christ. Through it Christ unites them to all the faithful in one body - the Church. (...) "If you are the body and members of Christ, then it is your sacrament that is placed on the table of the Lord." 

About the sacraments:

1374 The mode of Christ's presence under the Eucharistic species is unique. It raises the Eucharist above all the sacraments.

(The Catechism of the Catholic Church)

Jesus' presence in the Eucharist is a mystery. It is true, it is the teaching of the Church. St. John Chrysostom tells us to pray: "O Son of God, bring me into communion today with your mystical supper." (1386)

Jesus is present in the Eucharist in a real sense. The Catechism adds "which is not intended to exclude the other types of presence as if they could not be 'real' too". (1374) The protestants do not acknowledge the real presence.

The uniqueness of the presence in the Eucharist is unique among the sacraments. That is what 1374 says.

This presence of the Lord extends to the communities and to the Church proper through the Mystical Body (1396). We are members of the Mystical Body and experience the same Lord, who is One.

"If you are the body and members of Christ, then it is your sacrament that is placed on the table of the Lord." (1396) The  table of the Lord is the Eucharistic table.

Discernment of the General Instructions

When a bishop allows the Way to work under its jurisdiction, then the same bishop consents to the faith life and the practices of the Way. So we do not need special permission from the local bishop or the Archbishop in this case, to participate in and follow our celebrations. The Way celebrates the Eucharist in the exact same manner in every country of the wide earth.

Our practice in the Way has been existing for quite some time. Whoever wants to change this, has the burden of proof. Otherwise we follow our practice.There is no secret teaching on the Eucharist. We not only profess the teaching of the Church, but even make it more popular among the faithful. The same goes for transubstantiation.

The Way follows the Magisterium and does not offer an interpretation of the Bible apart from the Church's teaching. We read the Bible and apply it to our daily life through discernment. It is in some sense "interpretation" but strictly along the lines of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Whatever official interpretation is given by the Church, it is maintained and enriched by community based discernment. We have to acknowledge that some Protestant denominations offer some interpretation of parts of the Bible that is not in conflict with the official teaching of the Catholic Church.

About the discernment of the General Instructions of the Roman Missal (GIRM): Some people try to make a lot out of the "as soon as" addition in GIRM regarding the reception and consumption of the Eucharistic Host. It reads: 

161. If Communion is given only under the species of bread, the Priest raises the host slightly and shows it to each, saying, The Body of Christ. The communicant replies, Amen, and receives the Sacrament either on the tongue or, where this is allowed, in the hand, the choice lying with the communicant. As soon as the communicant receives the host, he or she consumes the whole of it.

Following the unity principle of the Catholic faithful, our discernment is that a community is one unit at the celebration of the Eucharist. Therefore we consume the Eucharistic Host as soon as the whole community has received it. This is 100% Catholic!  

For more information, please, read an extensive discussion of the issue at Diana's blog. Thanks.