Thursday, October 28, 30th Week in Ordinary Time
Portraits from THE APOSTLES series by El Greco.
Saints SIMON and JUDE, Apostles
Benedict XVI dedicated his catechesis on Oct. 11, 2006 to these Apostles.
www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/audiences/2006/documents/hf_ben-xvi_aud_20061011...
As very little is known of them, the Holy Father's catechesis is valuable for his reflections on the little that the Bible tells us about Simon 'the Zealot' and Jude Thaddeus. Particularly beautiful are his comments on the Letter in the New Testament that is attributed to Jude Thaddeus (the surname distinguishes him from Judas Iscariot), and on the meaning of Simon's 'zealotry' in the context of his faith in God.
Readings from today's Mass:
www.usccb.org/nab/readings/102810.shtml
OR today.
Illustration: St Bridget, in a 14th-century French miniature.
At the General Audience, the Pope speaks on St. Bridget of Sweden
'Women have a special dignity and an important place in the Church'
He also appeals for international aid to Indonesia and Burundi during their current emergencies
Other papal stories in this issue: Three features in connection with the presentation of the Italian edition of The Theology of Liturgy, first volume in Joseph Ratzinger'e Collected Works that has been translated from the original German; and the text ofthe Pope's reflection on the late German Lutheran theologian turned Catholic, Erik Peterson, delivered Monday to participants in an international symposium commemorating the 50th anniversary of his death. Page 1 international news: Spain's housing industry has a debt of 320 billion euros; North Korea asks the South for food aid in exchange for facilitating visits between separated family members; UN official in the Middle East denounces destruction of Palestinian olive groves by extremist Israeli colonists on the West Bank. NB: The OR has so far not reported a single line about the Israeli protest to statements in the final Synodal message from the Middle East bishops and the inflammatory addenda made by a US-based Greek Melkite bishop.
THE POPE'S DAY
The Holy Father met today with
- Brazilian bishops from Northeast Sector VI on ad limina visit. Address In Portuguese.
- Mons. Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst, Bishop of Limburg (Germany)
- Participants at the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. Address in English.
Upcoming papal liturgies:
Thursday, Nov. 4
11:30 St. Peter's Basilica
Mass at the Altar of Peter's Chair
Concelebration with members of the College of Cardinals to remember
the cardinals and bishops who died in the past 12 months
Saturday, Nov. 20
10:30 St. Peter's Basilica
Ordinary Public Consistory
to create 24 new cardinals
[Strange that the program does not include the Consistory Mass
the following day, Nov. 21, on the Feast of Christ the King]
The Vatican released the text of the message from the Pontifical Council
for Inter-Religious Dialog to all the Hindus of the world on
the occasion of Diwali, the Festival of Lights.
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