Matt Fradd
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July 01, 2024

Praise be to Jesus-Christ ! Six men - among which my very own little brother - were ordained priests last Saturday on the solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul for the Diocese of Paris by Mgr. Ulrich, and co-ordained by 6 other bishops of the ecclesiastical province and hundreds of priests of the city !

Some pictures, the video is on YouTube !

Litany of the saints
Mgr. Ulrich laying hands
Other bishops laying hands
Priests laying hands
More priests laying hands
Investiture
Porrection of the instruments and annointing of the hands
Concelebration of the Eucharist

More pics here : https://dioceseparis.fr/ordination-sacerdotale-2024.html

Laudate Dominum !

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In their eagerness to proclaim the unity of God and man in Christ, some heretics went to the opposite extreme and taught that not only was there one person, but also a single nature, in God and man. This error took its rise from Arius. To defend his position that those scriptural passages where Christ is represented as being inferior to the Father, must refer to the Son of God Himself, regarded in His assuming nature, Arius taught that in Christ there is no other soul than the Word of God who, he maintained, took the place of the soul in Christ’s body. Thus when Christ says, in John 14:28, “The Father is greater than I,” or when He is introduced as praying or as being sad, such matters are to be referred to the very nature of the Son of God. If this were so, the union of God’s Son with man would be effected not only in the person, but also in the nature. For, as we know, the unity of human nature arises from the union of soul and body.

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We indicated above that the reparation of human nature could not be effected either by Adam or by any other purely human being. For no individual man ever occupied a position of pre-eminence over the whole of nature; nor can any mere man be the cause of grace. The same reasoning shows that not even an angel could be the author of man’s restoration. An angel cannot be the cause of grace, just as he cannot be man’s recompense with regard to the ultimate perfection of beatitude, to which man was to be recalled. In this matter of beatitude angels and men are on a footing of equality. Nothing remains, therefore, but that such restoration could be effected by God alone.

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Some people find Americans' displays of patriotism surprising—from flying the flag in front of their homes to placing their hands over their hearts for the National Anthem.

This level of patriotism may be questioned by Catholics, in particular, for being excessive. After all, the U.S. still allows abortion, gay “marriage,” and other assaults on human dignity.

The Church does teach that patriotism is a virtue. But just like any other virtue, it can be taken to an extreme.

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The true patriot loves their nation and the people that live there. They rightfully prioritize their nation’s good before other countries the same way one looks after their family before tending to the needs of other people.

In his book “Memory and Identity,” Pope St. John Paul II talks about this connection between one’s nation and family:

“Nation and native land, like the family, are permanent realities. In this regard, Catholic social doctrine speaks of “natural” societies, indicating that both the family and the nation have a particular bond with human nature, which has a social dimension. Every society’s formation takes place in and through the family: of this there can be no doubt. Yet something similar could also be said about the nation.”

Yet patriotism excludes hatred of other nations and refuses to divinize the state. In fact, true love of country sometimes requires one to oppose their government if it assaults human dignity and undermines the common good.

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