Roman Catholic Ordinary Calendar

In exercising their duty of teaching-which is conspicuous among the principal duties of bishops-they should announce the Gospel of Christ to men, calling them to a faith in the power of the Spirit or confirming them in a living faith. They should expound the whole mystery of Christ to them, namely, those truths the ignorance of which is ignorance of Christ. At the same time they should point out the divinely revealed way to give glory to God and thereby to attain to eternal happiness. They should show, moreover, that earthly goods and human institutions according to the plan of God the Creator are also disposed for man’s salvation and therefore can contribute much to the building up of the body of Christ. Therefore, they should teach, according to the doctrine of the Church, the great value of these things: the human person with his freedom and bodily life, the family and its unity and stability, the procreation and education of children, civil society with its laws and professions, labor and leisure, the arts and technical inventions, poverty and affluence. Finally, they should set forth the ways by which are to be answered the most serious questions concerning the ownership, increase, and just distribution of material goods, peace and war, and brotherly relations among all countries.

Roman Catholic Ordinary Calendar – rosary,team

Blessed Jesus, my hope, my expectation and my love, I have something to speak to you about, something concerning you, a subject full of sorrow and wretchedness. You who are the only Word, created by the uncreated Father, become flesh for my sake; Word who has emanated from the Father’s heart, Word whom God has uttered once for all (cf Heb 9,26), Word through whom your heavenly Father has spoken to me in these last days (Heb 1,2): graciously hear, O Word of God, the words that the fullness of my desire causes to spring from my heart. Hear and see: my soul is sad and altogether troubled when people say to me each day: “Where is your God?” (Ps 42 [41],4). I have nothing to say in return; I fear you are not there; I do not feel your presence. My heart is burning; I long to see my Lord. Where now are my patience and resolution? It is you, O Lord my God, and what shall I do? I seek you and find you not; I long for you and do not see you; I pursue and do not catch hold of you. What strength have I with which to stand firm? How much can I bear? What could be more sorrowful, more wretched than my soul? What more afflicted? Do you think, my love, my sorrow will be turned to joy when I see you? (Jn 16,20)… “Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening,” (1Sm 3,9). O that I might hear what you are speaking within me, Lord my God. Say to my soul: “I am your salvation!” (Ps 35 [34],3). Say even more, Lord, and speak in such a way that I may hearken: “My son, you are here with me always; everything I have is yours,” (Lk 15,31). Ah! Word of God the Father, it is this that I wanted to hear.
Roman Catholic Ordinary Calendar – rosary,team