Andre da Silva
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Andre da Silva
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Walton 2019 Emory-Oxford 2021 UIS 2025 Computer Science


OTD April 2, 2005, 21 years ago, John Paul II "has returned to the house of his Father." Today, on Holy Thursday, it is worth to remember Karol Wojtyła's vision of priesthood from the last "Letter to Priests," which he wrote twenty days earlier, on March 13, 2005. The video images are from his first Way of the Cross as pontiff on April 13, 1979. *Eucharist as "formula of life" "If the whole Church draws life from the Eucharist, all the more then must the life of a priest be 'shaped' by the Eucharist. So for us, the words of institution must be more than a formula of consecration: they must be a 'formula of life.'" *Gratitude "In the Eucharist Jesus thanks the Father with us and for us. How could this thanksgiving of Jesus fail to shape the life of a priest? ... We have our crosses to bear — and we are certainly not the only ones! — but the gifts we have received are so great that we cannot fail to sing from the depths of our hearts our own Magnificat." *Priesthood as a gift to others "If he is able to offer himself as a gift, placing himself at the disposal of the community and at the service of anyone in need, his life takes on its true meaning." *A life of obedience "Obeying out of love, sacrificing even a certain legitimate freedom when the authoritative discernment of the Bishop so requires, the priest lives out in his own flesh that "take and eat" with which Christ, in the Last Supper, gave himself to the Church." *Holiness "It is our relationship to the Eucharist that most clearly challenges us to lead a 'sacred' life. This must shine forth from our whole way of being, but above all from the way we celebrate. Let us sit at the school of the saints!" "Vocations will certainly not be lacking if our manner of life is truly priestly, if we become more holy, more joyful, more impassioned in the exercise of our ministry." *Eucharistic adoration "To place ourselves before Jesus in the Eucharist, to take advantage of our 'moments of solitude' and to fill them with this Presence, is to enliven our consecration by our personal relationship with Christ, from whom our life derives its joy and its meaning." *Totus Tuus "Who more than Mary can help us taste the greatness of the Eucharistic mystery? She more than anyone can teach us how to celebrate the sacred mysteries with due fervour and to commune with her Son, hidden in the Eucharist. I pray to her, then, for all of you, and I entrust to her especially the elderly, the sick, and those in difficulty." vatican.va/content/john-p… Video: Caeremoniale Romanum via CTV










People attending the Easter Vigil for the first time






PhD in economics here! 1kg of steel is heavier than 1kg of feathers!









