Nov. 14, 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
ST. GERTRUDE THE GREAT (Germany 1256-1302), Benedictine Nun and MysticShe was the first subject last month of the Holy Father's current catechetical cycle on great female Christian figures of the Middle Ages
www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/audiences/2010/documents/hf_ben-xvi_aud_20101006...
One of the great mystics of the Middle Ages, her spiritual life was a deeply personal union with Jesus and his Sacred Heart, leading her into the very life of the Trinity. Gertrude lived the rhythm of the liturgy, where she found Christ. In the liturgy and Scripture, she found the themes and images to enrich and express her piety. There was no clash between her personal prayer life and the liturgy.
Readings for today's Mass:
www.usccb.org/nab/readings/111410.shtml
OR today.
The Pope to participants of plenary session of the Pontifical Council for Culture speaks on the need for
'New and creative language to dialog with everyone'
Page 1 duly takes note of the release of Burmese freedom icon and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi by the military junta of Myanmar after seven years of house arrest = a move seen as an attempt to counter international denunciation of the country's recent elections as a farce; in Yokohama, China and Japan seek to resolve their current diplomatic dispute at the summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Council (APEC), where President Obama again tried unsuccessfully to get support for the US pressure for China to stop undervaluing its currency to gain an advantage in global trade. The Page 1 religion feature is about the various days on which the Syro-Occidental Catholic Church observes the Annunciation. In the inside pages, a note that some 2.5 million Muslims are expected to undertake the annual pilgrimage to Mecca this Nov.14-18; and a story on continuing Beatlemania on the anniversary of the Beatles breaking up as a band 40 years ago.
THE POPE'S DAY
Angelus today - In connection with Thanksgiving Day in Italy today, traditionally held to celebrate the annual harvest, the Holy Father unusually devoted his Angelus message to re-emphasize the gravity of the continuing world economic crisis, saying that it is time also for nations to restore agricultural production as a vital component of the economy. Later, he appealed for international aid to curb Haiti's cholera epidemic; and he reminded the faithful that he will preside at Vespers in St. Peter's Basilica on Nov. 27 and on the same day, will lead an international prayer vigil for nascent life.
Quite a few current MSM commentaries - and headlines - mocking the Pope for his remark yesterday that the Internet can promote solitude in his address to the Culture Council members, as if he were condemning the Internet entirely, when in the address, he urges the use of all new communications technologies for the Church's mission, as he has always done. 'Extremely Religious Elderly Man Does Not Care for The Internets] (sic) reads the title of New York magazine's comment, which selectively lifts the 'solitude' remark from the AP report on the address. YO, smart-alecks, how many 'Internets' are there????
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