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— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) October 25, 2020

Vatican News: Pope announces a consistory for the creation of 13 new cardinals
"Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa, preacher of the Papal Household"

More of the Same Blue Pill Stuff, I Bet

NCReg: Mobilizing Men: Rome Hosts First International Catholic Men’s Conference by Edward Pentin
The Nov. 3-7 event featured the papal preacher, Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa, and aimed at fortifying men for the key role they play in their families and in the life of the Church.

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Fr. Cantalamessa as Papal Preacher

Fr. Cantalamessa's Good Friday Homily

In his homily on Good Friday, Father RANIERO CANTALAMESSA, Pontifical Preacher, had a very important passage on mercy in...

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Satisfactory to the East?

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In Love with Christ

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Fr. Cantalamessa's New Book

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Father Cantalamessa on His New Book

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The New Scot Might Like This

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Innovations in Ecclesiology or a Reactions to Ineffective Churches?

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I suspect someone with a greater historical perspective and different ecclesiology (and a less Latin-centric worldview) would think differently.

Whose reform?

Which faction does he represent, if any? While the New Scot had been a fan of Fr. Cantalamessa and encouraged me to read his stuff, my initial enthusiasm has disappeared after I read some of his homilies.

Father Cantalamessa's Good Friday Homily:

The evangelization has a mystical origin; it is a gift that comes from the cross of Christ, from that open side, from that blood and from that water. The love of Christ, like that of the Trinity of which it is the historical manifestation, is "diffusivum sui", it tends to expand and reach all creatures, "especially those most needy of thy mercy." Christian evangelization is not a conquest, not propaganda; it is the gift of God to the world in his Son Jesus. It is to give the Head the joy of feeling life flow from his heart towards his body, to the point of vivivfying its most distant limbs.

We must do everything possible so that the Church may never look like that complicated and cluttered castle described by Kafka, and the message may come out of it as free and joyous as when the messenger began his run. We know what the impediments are that can restrain the messenger: dividing walls, starting with those that separate the various Christian churches from one another, the excess of bureaucracy, the residue of past ceremonials, laws and disputes, now only debris.

In Revelation, Jesus says that He stands at the door and knocks (Rev 3:20). Sometimes, as noted by our Pope Francis, he does not knock to enter, but knocks from within to go out. To reach out to the "existential suburbs of sin, suffering, injustice, religious ignorance and indifference, and of all forms of misery."

As happens with certain old buildings. Over the centuries, to adapt to the needs of the moment, they become filled with partitions, staircases, rooms and closets. The time comes when we realize that all these adjustments no longer meet the current needs, but rather are an obstacle, so we must have the courage to knock them down and return the building to the simplicity and linearity of its origins. This was the mission that was received one day by a man who prayed before the Crucifix of San Damiano: "Go, Francis, and repair my Church".

Zenit: Papal Discourse at End of Via Crucis
"With Christ We Have Climbed Calvary"

Father Cantalamessa's Good Friday Homily
"We Have a Great High Priest"

Zenit: Father Cantalamessa: Why Christianity Is Like No Other
Explains What Makes Grace Hard to Accept

He illustrated today what sets Christianity apart from other religions.

"Christianity does not begin by telling man what he must do, but what God has done for him," he said. "Jesus did not begin to preach saying: 'Repent and believe in the Gospel so that the Kingdom will come to you'; he began by saying: 'The Kingdom of God is among you: repent and believe in the Gospel.' Not conversion first and then salvation, but salvation first and then conversion."

This seems ok, in so far as God tells us what He has done for us, and prompts us to respond. He does so not because He is needy, but because of the weakness of our intellect. Salvation is not effected completely for the individual until he converts.

And it is not hard to understand why grace is a difficult concept for modern man, Father Cantalamessa contended.


He explained: "To be saved 'by grace' means to recognize someone's dependence and this is the most difficult thing. Noteworthy is Marx's affirmation: 'A being does not appear independent unless and only in so far as he is lord of himself, and he is not lord of himself unless and only in so far as he owes his existence to himself. A man who lives by the "grace" of another is considered a dependent being [...]. But I would live completely by the grace of another, if he had created my life, if he was the source of my life and the latter was not my own creation.'

Zenit: Father Cantalamessa's 3rd Advent Sermon
"Mary, Mother and Model of the Priest"

Zenit: Father Cantalamessa's 2nd Advent Sermon
"Ministers of the New Covenant of the Spirit"

Zenit: Father Cantalamessa's 1st Advent Sermon
"Jesus ... Has Called Me Friend! I Am His Friend!"

Zenit: Father Cantalamessa Calls Priests to Be Servants

EWTN:


TELL THE WORLD (30 mins)
This lecture, part of a series of talks given at a Catholic Charismatic Conference, features Fr. Benedict Groschel discussing the factors necessary for growth in Christian maturity.
Mon 5/18/09 3:00 AM ET / 12 AM PT
Mon 5/18/09 6:30 PM ET / 3:30 PM PT

TELL THE WORLD (30 mins)
In this lecture Fr. Benedict Groschel explaining why we should trust God through difficult times.
Tue 5/19/09 3:00 AM ET / 12 AM PT
Tue 5/19/09 6:30 PM ET / 3:30 PM PT

TELL THE WORLD (30 mins)
Father Raniero Cantalamessa, discussing devotion to God the Father.
Wed 5/20/09 3:00 AM ET / 12 AM PT
Wed 5/20/09 6:30 PM ET / 3:30 PM PT

TELL THE WORLD (30 mins)
Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa talking about the special charism of the Catholic Charismatic Movement.
Thur 5/21/09 3:00 AM ET / 12 AM PT
Thur 5/21/09 6:30 PM ET / 3:30 PM PT
TELL THE WHOLE WORLD



TELL THE WORLD (30 mins)
Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa discussing the spirituality of the Catholic Charismatic Movement.
Tue 5/26/09 3:00 AM ET / 12 AM PT
Tue 5/26/09 6:30 PM ET / 3:30 PM PT

TELL THE WORLD (30 mins)
This lecture, part of a series of talks given at a Catholic Charismatic Conference, features Fr. Pablo Straub talking about the nature and meaning of the Sacrament of Penance.
Wed 5/27/09 3:00 AM ET / 12 AM
Wed 5/27/09 6:30 PM ET / 3:30 PM PT

TELL THE WORLD (30 mins)
Fr. Pablo Straub talking about the nature and meaning of sanctifying grace.
Thur 5/28/09 3:00 AM ET / 12 AM PT
Thur 5/28/09 6:30 PM ET / 3:30 PM PT

Benedict XVI's Address to the Franciscan Family
"Attract to Christ Men and Women of All Ages"

Father Cantalamessa Speaks on Franciscan Charism
"Looking at Christ with the Eyes of Francis"

Zenit: Father Cantalamessa's Good Friday Sermon
"Up to Death and Death on a Cross"