Faith in Roman Catholicism

Quotes taken from "Magnificat" Vol. 10 No. 1

"When the Lord of the world comes and undertakes the slave's task of foot-washing - which is an illustration of the way he washes our feet all our lives - we have a totally different picture.  God doesn't want to trample on us, but kneels down before us so as to exalt us.  The mystery of the greatness of God is seen prcisely in the fact that he can be small...  Only when power is changed from the inside, and we accept Jesus and his way of life, whose whole self is there in the action of foot-washing, only then can the world be healed and the people be able to live at peace with one another."
-Pope Benedict XVI

This evening's Mass commemorates The Last Supper.  The Gloria is sung.  "During the singing of the Gloria the church bells are run and then remain silent until the Easter Vigil...."  After the homily, the main presiding priest washes the feet of twelve men as Jesus did to his disciples.  After the Prayer after Communion, Mass is ended, and we begin the Transfer of the Holy Eucharist.  The priest processes with the Blessed Sacrament from the main Tabernacle to the Altar of Repose.  This is Jesus' Agony in the Garden of Gethsemene.  Following the Transfer of the Holy Eucharist, the altar is stripped bare and the main Tabernacle is left empty.  "The faithful should be encouraged to continue adoration before the Blessed Sacrament for a suitable time during the night, according to local circumstances, but there should be no solemn adoration after midnight."  The Agony in the Garden is where Eucharistic Adoration is born, when Jesus asks, "Could you not watch one hour with Me?"  The Apostles continually fall asleep. 

Christ suffered so much in The Garden, He sweated blood.  Let us join in His agony.  He yearns to love your soul and to be loved in return.

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• #1 Comment from singinkat43 
  3/20/08 5:23 PM | Permalink

  Wow!  Beautiful video, Kellen!!