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Saint John of the Cross Priest, Religious and Doctor of the Church See DAILY LITURGY |
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| TUESDAY vol. 10, no. 237 December 14, 1999 |
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 WORLDWIDENEWS & VIEWS  
The Holy Father sent his deepest sympathy to the people of Croatia on the loss of their beloved Catholic leader Franjo Tudjman, Croatia's first recognized president who was considered the "father of Croatia" in present time. He had welcomed the Pope warmly when the Holy Father visited Zagreb in October last year and had also recently had a private audience with His Holiness at the Vatican. He was 77 years-old and had been suffering for years from cancer which finally took his life this past Friday. Hundreds of thousands of mourning Croats braved the rainy, cold weather to pay their respects with Masses throughout Croatia. For more, click on Death of Croatian leader
Holy Father blesses Christmas creches brought to him by families, sends them back into their homes to live the Christmas story  
Gaudete Sunday is the traditional day children from families in Rome bring the Holy Father statues of the Christ child and other manger scenes to be blessed by the Vicar of Christ and then taken back into their homes to take center stage for the Christmas season. The Pope encouraged all to make room for Jesus not only in the crib between Mary and Joseph but also in hearts everywhere in the new Jubilee that officially begins the night before His birth when His Holiness will open the Holy Door. For more, click on Christmas cribs
 Shepherd's Field in Bethlehem to host "Night of Peace" with broadcast of Holy Door Opening and Midnight Mass at Basilica of the Nativity by Latin Patriarch
Christmas Eve there will be a festive, but religious prayer vigil in Bethlehem when nearly 10,000 are expected for a special "Night of Peace" with translations in Arabic and English with large screens mounted around the grounds so all can witness the Holy Father opening the Holy Door to officially usher in the Jubilee Year 2000 and cap the evening with Midnight Mass in the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem celebrated by Latin Patriarch Michel Sabbah. This will all be broadcast with multi-translations provided in numerous language for the people from all lands expected to assemble and finish the night with a festive fireworks display to welcome in the Christ Child and the Jubilee Year. For more, click on Night of Peace.
Samuel Armas, child in the womb who became famous for clutching finger of doctor during operation, is alive, well and gaining strength daily   
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Tomorrow
"...even as the Son of Man has not come to be served but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many."
"Without a reaching-out toward goodness, there would be no love; neither love of country, nor of pleasures, of friend, nor of spouse. Through loving, each heart tries to acquire a perfection which it lacks, or to express the perfection it already owns. All love springs out of goodness, for goodness, by its nature, is lovable to man."
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 November 25th Medjugorje Monthly Message
Dear children! Also today I call you to prayer. In this time of grace, may the cross be a sign-post of love and unity for you through which true peace comes. That is why, little children, pray especially at this time that little Jesus, the Creator of peace, may be born in your hearts. Only through prayer will you become my apostles of peace in this world without peace. That is why, pray until prayer becomes a joy for you. Thank you for having responded to my call.
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Today we continue counting down to number one with the number three person selected out of the TOP 100 CATHOLICS OF THE CENTURY. The voters chose Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, the Capuchin mystic monk who bore the visible stigmata and could read souls. It is appropriate he is featured on this day, the Feast of Saint John of the Cross for Padre Pio had his own "dark night of the soul" imposed by others and yet he bore up under the suffering with great love and obedience which God rewarded with special Heavenly gifts granted to few saints. For more on the 3rd selection, click on 
In today's editorial, we discuss the speculation of when the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart will occur in the new millennium. Our consensus: it's fruitless to try to spin our wheels in pinpointing the time and the only fruitful thing we can all do to hasten it is to trust in God and pray. And that brings us to the crux of the article, to usher in the new millennium with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. It beats the hub-bub and hectic New Year's Eve bashes that are not only so expensive but tiring and even dangerous. We want peace so badly in this world so why not pray for peace in the most peaceful of settings - before the Tabernacle of the Holy of Holies. For the editorial, "Could you not watch one hour with Me?" see 
Appreciation of the Bible and Old Testament
On this date 1,132 years ago in 867 Pope Hadrian II was elected the 106th successor of Peter. He would be the last married Pope since he was a married deacon at the time and because he was married and elevated to the Papal throne, he was allowed to stay married just as Saint Peter was married. His five year pontificate was truly universal as he reached out to the west in crowning kings and to the east where he consecrated Saint Methodius Archbishop in Yugoslavia, giving him and Saint Cyril - the Apostles of the Slavs - apostolic permission to supplant the Cyrillic Old Slavonic language into the liturgy in place of the the Latin liturgy. For other pertinent events throughout the centuries that are memorable in Church history today, click on 
Retroactive articles on Church history from 33 to 1515 A.D. for review 
All love springs out of goodness
