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What We Believe 69533 FocusVol52no4 rev.r4_Focus 3/27/19 8:21 AM Page 1 FMA Franciscan Mission Associates 52, NO 4 JUNE 2019/ VOL Mt. Vernon, NY 10551 Missions in Guatemala - Honduras - El Salvador, Central America What We Believe The Liturgy of the Virtue: Hope Mass is the Church’s Happy are those who can say with greatest treasure, the the psalmist, “For you are my hope, O chief duty of priests, Lord; my trust, O God from my youth and a copious source of (Ps. 71:5). Many put their trust in nourishment for the spiritual-life. In money, power or in other earthly temp- obedience to the command of Christ, tations. But these are transitory, for “Do this in memory of me.” The this world only, and often not much of church daily celebrates the Eucharist a comfort. All of them disappoint in the in which Christ’s victory and triumph end. True hope like true happiness is over death are again made present.” not fleeting, it does not wax and wane At this sacred banquet where we are with the company you keep or the fed on the very body and blood of coins in your pocket. Hope in God Christ, the soul is filled with grace, alone is the only “sure and firm and a pledge of future glory given to anchor.” It requires patient endurance us. There are so many points during and practice. When we are lost, we the daily or weekly Mass where we know to reach out to God and he will are enriched. Take for instance the surround us with the love we need to recitation of the Nicene Creed. The sustain us and to attain glorious hope. Nicene Creed was produced by the ■ Council of Nicea I (325). The Council 69533 FocusVol52no4 rev.r4_Focus 3/27/19 8:21 AM Page 2 was developed to object to Arianism “I look forward to the resurrection and to teach that Jesus Christ is “con- of the dead and the life of the world to substantial” or “one in Being” with the come.” Although it is said so often we Father. Many scholars agree that the take it for granted, make sure at the basis for the Nicene Creed was the next Mass you listen to words and Apostles’ Creed and the profession of declare your beliefs with passion. Say faith administered at Baptism. it and believe it every time. Later, at the Council of How devoutly, actively and knowl- Constantinople (381), the Church edgeably should we take part in the again affirmed its condemnation of Eucharist where we are fed on God’s Arianism and also condemned the word as well as on our Savior Himself. Pneumatomachi (i.e., “the killers of ■ the Spirit”) who not only denied the divinity of Jesus but also the divinity of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, the Creed was expanded to clearly define Remember… the divinity of the Holy Spirit. The Both in life and in death, we belong to words are well worn for some, but the Lord. (Romans 14:8) each time they are articulated they You can continue to carry on the should have renewed meaning. work of the Missions and the Through this recitation we acknowl- people they serve by remembering edge the Trinity by saying throughout them in your estate plans. These legacies of love can be made in the prayer that we believe in “one God many different ways to fit your the Father almighty” and later, “One individual circumstances. Lord Jesus Christ” and lastly, “the Consider making a bequest of Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life.” whatever you wish to: Franciscan The beauty and strength of this Mission Associates, Mount Vernon, prayer is its ability to illustrate clear- NY 10551-0598. Or, if you wish addi- tional information about making a ly and succinctly what we believe. And will, please feel free to contact: in its concluding stanza, the faithful get to recite together our belief in Franciscan Mission Associates P.O. Box 598, Dept. 4192 what we are all doing on this earth, Mount Vernon, NY 10551-0598 preparing for life everlasting. FMA Focus, official organ of Franciscan Mission Associates, is published quarterly in February, June, September and November. FMA Focus is a member of the Catholic Press Association, the National Catholic Development Conference, Inc., the Association of Fundraising Professionals, and of the Association of National Advertisers. Please address all correspondence to Father Robert, O.F.M., at P.O. Box 598, Mount Vernon, NY 10551. Please send changes of address six weeks in advance; if possible include your mailing label, and give both old and new address. 2 69533 FocusVol52no4 rev.r4_Focus 3/27/19 8:21 AM Page 3 A True and Faithful Vacation While we are urged with commer- cials to feed our body and visit far off places in the summer, there is another type of vacation. St. Pope Paul VI urged all Catholics who were able to do so, to take a vacation for a different reason. Vacations have an immense importance, “often encounter decisive,” he said, “for our intel- between a per- lectual and moral development.” son and himself, These days often the vacation is with his true needed from electronics. All day long calling and with we scroll, search, or click. These the value of his activities seem to be keeping our existence.” minds active but are they? Even Here is where some wonderful spiritual websites we get stuck so often. If we take a can’t take the place of an in-person vacation from our stress, our temp- visit to a shrine, or even a local tations, our nonstop life, we must chapel for adoration. For some, such turn it over to someone. That some- as the ill and shut-in, it is a blessing one is God. If this summer, when the to be able to turn on the television or weather turns and we are still the computer and be in the company running around, stop and listen. of the faithful. But if you can, make Listen to the Lord, listen as he says, that outing to a house of worship. “do not worry about your life, as to Remember it might be in the what you will eat; nor for your body, journey that you see the Lord’s true as to what you will put on. For life is miracles, the vistas, the streams, more than food, and the body more the wildlife. So often with our life than clothing.” (Lk. 12:22-25) today, 24-hour connections, we miss Imagine if we listened, if we truly the beauty of a rainstorm, we berate understood that God is with us, to it’s inconvenient timing, but miss take care of the big and little things the beautiful rainbow it creates. in our lives. He is our guide and also “Vacations are not merely a our shoulder. beautiful pause which interrupts This year let us use our vacation the monotony of work with physical to follow that advice and make and external enjoyment,” St. Pope healthy introspection, reading and Paul VI added, “but they are also, spiritual reflection a part of a happy ■ and perhaps even more, an vacation. 3 69533 FocusVol52no4 rev.r4_Focus 3/27/19 8:21 AM Page 4 ST. ANTHONY’S SERENITY Serenity amid the changes and the Lord. His brilliant oratory and turbulence of life is a mental outlook eloquence enchanted crowds for years often associated with older people who up to his death. It was that gentle, have successfully survived the trau- peaceful and beautiful ability that mas and troubles we all face. In a propelled an almost immediate call for saint as youthful as St. Anthony of his sainthood after his early death at Padua, who died at the early age of 36, the age of 36. Legends grew up around his equanimity was all the more his memory including a story in which remarkable. He met the changes in a friar saw a shining light under the his life with a supernatural tranquili- door of Anthony’s room, peeked ty of spirit we all should cultivate and through the keyhole and saw the imitate. His life was anything but infant Jesus standing on a book with routine. His first ambition, to become his arms around Anthony’s neck. As a a missionary, was not what his father student, as a religious cleric, in wanted but Anthony pursued it sickness, when his missionary hopes anyway. A wayward ship brought were dashed, then as a humble Anthony into the company of St. kitchen friar and later as a renowned Francis in Italy. That chance meeting preacher and theologian, wherever had a profound impact on young duty and obedience called him, St. Anthony. He admired the humility Anthony was a model of a person at and peacefulness of St. Francis and peace with God, his neighbor and Anthony was dispatched to work himself. His humility – knowing who menial jobs in a hermitage. Years and what he was is the key to his went on and Anthony learned to love serenity. ■ the scripture and deeply feel the Lord working in his simple life. His simple life suited him. But that was not what God had planned for him. As the story is told, Anthony was plucked from obscurity to preach at an ordination and the rest is history. He answered the call and traveled to France and all around Italy to proclaim the word of VOCATIONS Please pray for the young people at home and in the missions who are ready and eager to dedicate their lives to God and the spiritual welfare of His people.
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