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Life in Liturgy Staff Dear Parishioners Directory It’s hard to believe that summer is over and that we are already into Fall. One of the blessings of PARISH OFFICE fall is that the temperatures get cooler and we are getting closer to Christmas. The fall of the year Pastor gives us all and opportunity to look back at the year Rev. Richard Stansberry and see what was good and what we can try and Business Manager improve for next year. Each week we as Catholics Patrick Cullen have the most wonderful opportunity that God can [email protected] possibly give to us and that is the ability to come to Mass and receive the Body and Blood of Jesus, Communications & Webmaster His son. This is the single most important thing Kelly Fanning that we as Catholics can and should do each week [email protected] as everything flows from what happens on Sunday. Membership & Scheduling We gather with our brothers and sisters in Christ, we hear the Word of God, we Jayne Clarke receive His Body and Blood and we go out into the world to live our faith. So often, [email protected] let’s be honest, for some people Sunday Mass becomes either a dry routine or Music Ministry we just skip it all together. I was visiting with someone recently who told me that Edwin Day, Director/Organist they had been away from the Church for a while, but that they realized when they [email protected] came to a funeral Mass, just how much they have been missing. While every Bob Shull, Assistant Director sacrament has a “ liturgy” associated with it, the Mass is the one that is the center [email protected] of our faith and that we are most familiar with in our practices. The Holy Mass as we have it today, is structurally not that much different Nursery than what was celebrated in the early Christian Church. St. Justin Martyr wrote a Becky Cornelius, Coordinator description of what went on at celebrations of the Eucharist in the Second Century [email protected] and it is not that much different than what happens today. Sure over the years as Discipleship & Evangelization the Church grew, the Eucharistic Liturgy became more ritualized and normalized, Jenni Butch, Director so that what happens here is not that much different, except for language and [email protected] some cultural adaptations, than what happens in much of the Catholic world. Cindy Rice, Secretary There are two main parts of the Mass, the Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of [email protected] the Eucharist, as the Mass culminates with the consecration of the Body and Blood Margaret Tunell, Secretary of Christ and the reception of Holy Communion. We must always remember that [email protected] Mass is not over until the final blessing and the procession has left the Church. Over the last few years I have noticed more and more people leaving after Holy Parish Life Communion, which is very sad. If we were to go to dinner at someone’s home, we Pam Cullen, Director wouldn’t jump up and leave without saying goodbye as soon as we laid down the [email protected] fork, but that is what we do when we leave Mass early, we walk away from Jesus’ Kathy Arambula, Secretary banquet, without even saying thank you. [email protected] Since Vatican II there has at times been controversies over some aspects of Youth Ministry Mass, like kneeling or standing for the Eucharistic prayer, or selection of hymns Antonio Guzman, Director and songs. However, as a priest, my duty is to celebrate the Mass and teach the [email protected] parish the Mass as it is written, it’s not for me in innovate and make up my own way of doing things. In the 70’s and 80’s there was a lot of that kind of thing. SCHOOL OFFICE I remember going to a Mass in Chicago that decided that cookies were more Amy Feighny, Head of School, PK-8 relevant to our times than the Host. Thanks be to God those things have ceased. [email protected] One of the blessings of Vatican II was that the Mass is now celebrated in language Robert Crump, Head of School, Jr High that people know and understand. However, one of the biggest oversights in the [email protected] implementation of the liturgical reforms of Vatican II, was the clear statement in Helen McBennett, Secretary the documents on the liturgy that Latin is to remain and keep a place of pride. [email protected] That is why here at Christ the King, sometimes we sing the Gloria, Sanctus and Vanessa Pierce, Financial Secretary Agnus Dei in Latin along with other hymns because it is a rich part of our history [email protected] and if you were to attend Mass with the Pope in St Peters, most likely much of the Mary Schrantz, Advancement Director Mass would be celebrated in Latin. [email protected] One of the things that we implemented here almost 8 years ago was on the Feast of Christ the King, we celebrate the Mass in the Novus Ordo ( New Order) CK Magazine is a publication of Christ the King Catholic Church in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It is edited by Kelly Fanning, rite but in Latin. The choir also has prepared some of the most beautiful Masses printed locally and provided free of charge to all parishioners. written for that purpose for that Sunday. We discussed this and we realized that No commercial advertising is accepted. Christ the King Catholic Church is part of the Archdiocese of often the choir might put a lot of work into learning a beautiful Mass and then sing Oklahoma City and is located at 8005 Dorset Dr. in Nichols Hills.

2 it at an afternoon concert, which 70 people might attend. It makes more sense to sing a composed Mass during the celebration of the Mass, which was why it was written in the first place. The readings, homily etc, remain in English but the Inside prayers are said in Latin. The feedback over the years has been very positive and This Issue we give people plenty of advance notice so that they are not caught off guard, as 2 Dear Parishioners... I realize, not everyone appreciates that, or thinks that celebrating Mass in Latin is somehow turning back the clock, which it is not. This year again our choir has 3 MDO Needs a Crib worked very hard and will be singing Schubert’s Mass in G on the feast of Christ Knight at the Jewel Box the King this year, which is November 20th. We are very blessed to have such a 4 Liturgy: What Does It Mean? wonderful choir and choirmaster here at Christ the King. The liturgy is the most important part of our week, so think of that next time you come to Church. It’s 8 Jubilee of Mercy Draws to Close not a duty or obligation ( which is in reality) but think of it as an encounter with 9 Music for Christ the King Sunday the Risen Lord, you will be surprised what a difference that can make in how we Call to Works of Mercy Continues attend Mass. God bless you all. 10 Why Catholics are Leaving the Faith by Age 10 11 Pray and Fast for a Culture of Life 12 Catholics, Orthodox Sign Agreement on Synodality and Primacy Mother’s Day Out Needs a Crib 13 Exorcist Says There’s a Demon That Targets the Family One of the cribs in our Mother’s Day Out 14 Is Latin the Best Language? is broken, and we need a replacement. and Other Questions Do you have a crib you can donate? It about Exorcism doesn’t have to be new, just completely 15 Francis, Benedict Praise operable. We have one crib whose side Bartholomew I As a Brother won’t raise up all the way. This will be a in Faith problem once the baby is able to raise herself up. If you have a crib you are 16 Church Unity with Global Focus able to donate, please contact Jenni 17 What Is the ‘Beating Heart” of Butch in the Office of Discipleship and the Church? The Eucharist Evangelization or email nursery@ ckokc.org. We will provide a tax letter. 19 Cathy Costello to Speak at Women’s Prayer Event Nov. 15 National Alliance on Mental Illness 20 CK School Annual Fund Donors Knight at the Jewel Box Nov. 9 21 101-Year-Old Woman Receives Two down-on-their-luck Shakespearean actors, Leo Clark and Jack Gable, find a First Communion newspaper article about an ailing woman who wants to share a multimillion-dollar Arizona Mass Shows Catholic inheritance with her sister’s children, Max and Steve. When Leo and Jack learn Unity Crosses Borders that the aunt can’t find her nephews, what else but that they decide to become Max 22 Pope at Canonization Mass: and Steve. Major problem: Max and Steve are actually Maxine and Stephanie. So Prayer Isn’t Always Easy, what do good Shakespearean actors do? They dress the parts! Get your tickets Pray Anyway online today at ckokc.org/jewel-box for $15 each or two for $25 or after Mass by 23 Inaugural CK Fun Run Success seeing a Knights of Columbus member. 24 Did You Know Mother Teresa Experienced Visions of Jesus? Christ the King Catholic Church Christ the King Catholic Church Knights of Columbus Council 12669 Sponsors a Knights of Columbus Council 12669 Sponsors a 26 Eye of the Tiber Interview Leading KnightKnight at theat the Jewel Jewel Box Box Leading 28 Is There Such a Thing As Pure Wednesday,Wednesday, Nov. Nov. 9, 9,2016 2016 Evil? Here’s What St. Thomas Says Seating at 7pm • Curtain at 8pm Seating (noat late7pm seating) • Curtain at 8pm Ladies (no late seating) a comedy by Ken Ludwig 30 Where’s the Poor Box? $15 Ladies $15 a comedy by Ken Ludwig 31 Have Grandkids? Pope Francis Wants You to Talk with Them

3 Liturgy: What Does It Mean? by Fr. Christopher Maxwell-Stewart

“Liturgy” is a technical sounding Liturgy is not just a matter of taste, is an attempt to clarify things a little. word, still unfamiliar to many ordinary or “churchmanship.” Liturgy is central At the heart of the Eucharistic Catholics, although they find it in their to Christianity and is an integral part Liturgy (the Mass) we join in the song missals (e.g. ‘Liturgy of the Word’) and of our family relationship with God. of the angels: “Holy, holy, holy, Lord hear it is used with increasing frequency The signs, symbols and sacred actions God of power and might, heaven and from the pulpit and in discussion groups. which form our public prayer and earth are full of your glory.” This hymn The New Testament speaks of John worship spring from the language and in praise of the Blessed Trinity helps us the Baptist’s father, Zechariah, fulfilling events of God’s own self-revelation to grasp why God created anything at the time of his priestly “service” in the to us. Our liturgical celebrations arise all. It was an act of glory-to manifest the Temple. St. Luke uses the Greek word directly out of the mystery of salvation divine wisdom and majesty in the order leitourgeios to describe this. Our word in Jesus Christ and are part of the very and beauty of creation. We must not “liturgy” therefore means “service,” in means by which we enter into that think of this as some sort of showing the sense of serving God with public mystery. off, but as a gesture of total generosity and communal worship. The new Catechism refers variously by which God confers a share in His We might then be tempted to to the themes of the “Mystery” of God’s eternal blessedness on creatures think of liturgy simply meaning “ritual” eternal plan of love, the “economy” or and raises them up to experience His or ceremony, some people preferring work of Christ through the ages, the glorious Life - to bless them. “You fill this more formal expression of faith idea of God’s “blessing” on the world your creatures with every blessing and and others a more spontaneous through Christ, the “Paschal Mystery” lead all men to the joyful vision of your one. However, whilst liturgy certainly and the role of the Holy Spirit in the light.” (Eucharistic Prayer IV) includes ritual, it is something much Church, as paradigms for explaining By the same token, if we ask what deeper than mere ritualism or the idea of liturgy and sacraments. is the purpose of our existence, we can ceremonial, and it is more than just the However the precise relationship answer that we were created to return communal expression of our personal between these elements is not always that glory to God–to bless His holy feelings of devotion. as clear in the text as it might be. This Name. This is not an act of grovelling

4 subservience. Rather, in praising and But the various forms of what we call and renewed the covenant between blessing God with hearts, minds, and “paganism,” whilst containing much God and his chosen people. Everything voices and with our whole lives, we are error, also witness to the natural human about the temple liturgies celebrated also blessed with the very blessedness yearning for God. and reinforced this identity as a holy and majesty which we acclaim. The problem with paganism is not nation set apart by their stringent laws God gathers all creation around its use of natural symbols, but that of ritual purity, and lifted the minds and Himself like a court around its King to it uses them to worship nature itself hearts of the participants collectively adore Him, but also to adore Him, but instead of the God who made it; or that towards God. But above all this rich also like a loving family of which He is it posits many gods in place of the one religious life of priestly chant, endless the Father. When we join in the joyful transcendent Creator; or even that it sacrifices, processions, incense, and acclamation of His majesty we also uses religion and ritual to try to control the turning circle of feast days through bask in the sunshine of His love. the forces of nature, manipulate the the year, was designed to embody the So to adore, worship and serve spiritual realm, or assert magical power hope of the coming of the Messiah God is never an individualistic activity. over others. These are abuses and spoken of in the unique Hebrew Every creature in its own way and in aberrations arising from the distortions tradition of divine prophecy. The Christ its own order gives glory to God by its of human consciousness following from would gather a universal people, own existence. But all creation together bring in a perfect worship, joining the forms a single cosmos to the glory of people’s praise with the eternal worship God. This cosmos of creatures was of the angelic choirs, and finally liberate built up under God’s creative plan from “...this rich religious life humanity from the power of sin by the explosion of light at the beginning of priestly chant, endless engendering inner purity of mind and of the universe to the vast interlocking sacrifices, processions, heart, instead of mere conformity variety of living forms which is nature incense, and the turning to ritual law. He would bring about around us today. This natural world is circle of feast days through lasting peace and communion between full of ritual, color, signs, sound and song heaven and earth. through which things minister physical the year, was designed to When Jesus came He went to life, meaning, control, direction and embody the hope of the all the key feast days in the temple even bodily death to each other. The coming of the Messiah and publicly claimed to be, in person, material creatures have no personal spoken of in the unique the fulfilment and real meaning of the knowledge of God, nor any sense of Hebrew tradition of divine liturgies which were being celebrated. the purpose of their existence–they During the new year festival of lights he give glory to God simply by being. prophecy. The Christ would said: “I am the Light of the world,” In the But creation at last finds its voice to gather a universal people, middle of the feast of the purification give free and conscious praise to the bring in a perfect worship, of the temple, when the altar and Creator with the creation of Man. We joining the people’s praise sanctuary were awash with water, he are made in His own image with souls with the eternal worship of cried out: “If anyone is thirsty let him as well as bodies. We sing praise to come to me and drink.” Around the God “in the name of every creature the angelic choirs...” Passover feast of unleavened bread under heaven.” one year he taught: “I am the Bread of From the very beginning we have Life.” He even proclaimed that His own sought relationship with the divine, Body is the new temple, the holy of original sin. But the religious instinct of both within the individual heart and as a holies, where God dwells among men man is part of our nature as children of family seeking to live and grow together and we enter into communion with Him. God on earth. From the beginning the under a rule of spiritual wisdom. Man is The Samaritan woman at the well one true God has revealed Himself in a religious animal. From the beginning asked where she should go to worship terms of these same religious instincts humanity is a structured family with God and offer sacrifice in accordance of the human spirit, correcting and ministries of mutual life-giving and with His will. Jesus told her that until purifying them where necessary. And spiritual love. From the outset mankind His coming it had been the temple so God raised up the one true religion is a community of praise and service at Jerusalem (as opposed to Mount from primitive beginnings, eventually whose religion is marked by ritual and Gerzim where her own Samaritan building up the people and the faith of sign; sacred places, language and community still worship to this day), Israel through Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, gestures; times and seasons rooted but from now on it would be anywhere Moses, and King David, through whom in the cycles of nature; sacrificial around the world where a new and He inspired a religion of liturgical offerings of thanksgiving, sorrow and universal people belonged to Him, worship which looked forward to and intercession; public prayer and canticle; accepted His truth and were filled with prepared for His own Incarnation as priests, prophets and spiritual leaders. His Holy Spirit. This universal Church Messiah. Of course we find all these things in and new Covenant would not have a The religion of Israel was centred “paganism,” so some Christians feel single geographical center, but would on the Temple in Jerusalem. Here were that these religious elements ought to everywhere have the living, incarnate held the great festivals which enacted have been expunged from Christianity. continued on page 6

5 breathing with His personality, leading to the contemplation of His presence. That is why the New Testament Liturgy is no longer just symbolic and prophetic as in the Old Testament but is fundamentally sacramental–the conferring and nourishing of divine life through what is human. The concept of liturgy refers to the whole fabric of the Church’s public prayer, including, for example, the Divine Office–so it is not confined to the seven sacraments. But the sacraments–which are the saving actions of Christ in and through His Church–are the core of the liturgical life. Most obviously in the case of the Eucharist, the whole of the Church’s sacramental liturgy is marked by the Passover or “Paschal” Mystery of our Lord’s death and resurrection. This is the whole character of our belonging to God in Christ. This is the transformation that is being worked in us though the celebration of the sacraments. This is the shape and movement inherent in all liturgical celebration, as indeed in the whole of the spiritual life. We are enlightened by the Word of God, purified by the grace of Christ, and brought into union with the Father in the Holy Spirit–from the joy of revelation, through the sorrow of redemption, to the glory of the Kingdom. The Paschal Mystery is not confined to Easter alone. It is recapitulated throughout the whole continued from page 5 In him every created thing and every liturgical year. Creation, Revelation, the presence of God the Son for its center. interlocking law and relationship in Incarnation, Life, Death, Resurrection He would preside at all its liturgies. He the cosmos finds its true purpose, and Ascension of the eternal Word would be the principle of its worship. He meaning, and beauty. In Him too all the and the sending of the Holy Spirit at himself would be its High Priest, its one religious instincts of humanity find their Pentecost, until He appears again and all sufficient Sacrifice. The meaning of completion and correction. hands all creation back to the Father its celebrations would be the various So what must we expect of the as a glorious work, signed, sealed aspects of our living, growing and religion of the New Covenant–the and delivered–this is the full work of coming to fulfilment in Him. religion of the Incarnation–in terms of its Christ and this is the full dimension Jesus Christ is the very heart of our public expression? Of course it will be of the Mystery which we name our familial relationship with God. He both Christ-centred in every facet. And it will Passover in Him. The liturgical year brings about heavenly communion in also be ecclesial that is communal and forms one unfolding celebration of us, and is Himself the focus and goal familial, shaped within and enacted by this Mystery of our life and identity of our belonging to God. He is both an interlocking hierarchy of ministries – in Christ. (Somehow the blocks of the author and the object of all true for it is the worship of the new People of “Ordinary Time” which form a separate adoration and praise, all grace and God, who are the Body of Christ acting and discontinuous cycle in between blessing, all growing in divine life and in, through and together with Christ the Christmas and Easter/Pentecost of all celebration and thanksgiving. their head. It will be liturgical, drawing Mysteries in our present liturgical year Jesus is not only the fulfilment of the in and drawing on all that is human– seem inelegant and unsynthetic in this religion of Israel, as God the Word sign and symbol, drama, ritual, music light.) The full meaning of the Christian Incarnate He is the source and summit and festival. But it must also be fully Passover is therefore incorporation into of the whole of the liturgy of creation. divine, acting in His name and power, the Trinitarian Life. In Christ, incarnate,

6 crucified, risen and glorified, we have eternity; so that the flesh is no longer been adopted into the Godhead, and a bar between us and our creator but we are called to become “co-sharers the very sign and instrument of our of the divine nature” (2 Peter 1:4) We communion with Him. are in a certain real sense already It is the Holy Spirit who brings about “divinized” by being filled with the Holy the Holy Eucharist as the true Body and Spirit through the sacramental life. This Blood of Christ so that we may offer the is also why everything in our liturgy is Sacrifice of the New Covenant for the marked by the invocation of the name living and the dead throughout history, of the Blessed Trinity. and so that we may all be in full human This sacramental, paschal, and divine communion with Him. It is the Trinitarian liturgy of the Church is Holy Spirit who anoints the humanity of therefore more than mere expressive the apostles and their successors to drama. It is the living out as well as forgive sins, to guide, rule and sanctify the acting out of our relationship the Church in the person of Christ. with Christ to the Father and of our It is the indwelling of the Holy Spirit mutual relationships and vocations in our own bodies and souls through to one another in His Holy Spirit. It Baptism, Confirmation and the Blessed is the administering and celebration Eucharist that makes us the priestly throughout time and space of The people of God – the holy nation set Great Mystery. And the word “mystery” bypass the Incarnation itself, which apart to sing His praises. for a Catholic does not mean something fulfils creation, rather than abolishes The Catechism refers frequently thin, distant and ethereal, but rather it, and perfects it by uniting all that is to the first chapter of St. Paul’s letter signifies the Reality of realities. It is human with the sacred Humanity of to the Ephesians to draw together we who are as yet incomplete, not fully Jesus. these many interlocking themes which “real-ized.” Redemption in Christ is not a matter help us understand the nature of It is precisely in our approaching and of escaping from the material order into liturgy. That we are blessed by God in being adopted into the Divine Nature the purely spiritual. Rather it means the Christ, chosen to live through love in that we are saved from everlasting sanctification and eventual glorification His presence, and that we bless His futility. Liturgy is our participation of humanity by our being incorporated name in return, offering perfect praise already in this earthly and temporal into Christ and filled with the Spirit. The through the same Lord who unites all existence through sacramental signs, order of flesh and blood is now the very things in heaven and on earth, who has in the mysterious life of the Trinity. The means of ministering divine life to the made peace between us by the blood source of power and effectiveness in world. of His cross, and who fills us with the the sacraments is the Holy Spirit of So the New Covenant is not just a Spirit of holiness and raises us to divine God who unites heaven and earth in personal response to the message of communion: this is the Mystery of the one communion of love. salvation, it is an objective relationship Father’s eternal purpose in Christ. The Holy Spirit animating and of grace ministered to us by Christ The Holy Spirit now administers empowering the actions of the Church through his Body which is the Church. the economy or working out of that on earth applies through out history the The Church is the sacrament of purpose through the ages in the fruits of Christ’s victory already fully the Incarnation – the vehicle of the Church. This is what is both celebrated experienced by the blessed in heaven. continuing work of Christ in the Spirit. and brought about in the liturgies of This is the basis of the liturgical life The sacramental economy of the the Church, which are themselves the of the Church, which is the true New New Testament invites, requires and foretaste of things to come. Testament worship in Spirit and in enables us to respond to God with The book of Revelation shows us Truth. personal faith and love, but does not that heaven itself is a “liturgy” – the Some Christians of the Reformation simply consist in the shared enthusiasm whole Cosmos of angels and men have taken this command to worship “in of believers. The primary purpose of united in Christ as a great consort of Spirit and truth” to mean that liturgical the Church’s liturgical worship is not to praise and perfect adoration, only no and priestly actions ought to have been express our feelings toward God, but to longer through sacramental signs, left behind now, and only individual, express and impress the Personality of but finally face to face. We may now spontaneous, inspiration is authentic Christ upon us. understand a little more why the “spiritual” Christian worship. But this The Spirit makes effective the bond “language” of signs that we use in our is to misunderstand the nature of the between the Church on earth and the earthly liturgies is not an arbitrary one, work of Christ and the sending of the risen and ascended body of the Lord in not ours to play with and re-invent as Spirit. heaven. So it is the Holy Spirit who fills we will most particularly when it comes The outpouring of the Holy Spirit earthly realities with heavenly power to the sacraments themselves. from heaven at Pentecost did not in the sacraments, so that the world It is true there is a certain level somehow bypass the material, religious of matter is no longer a veil hiding us at which liturgy interacts with culture. and liturgical realm. That would be to from God, but a window opening onto continued on page 8 7 is a more fundamental level at which the language of the liturgy, even as a human language of signs, does not depend on any particular culture or historical period. It arises from a level of symbolic consciousness which is primal and therefore universal. In the liturgy we find much of this symbolism rooted in the history of divine revelation, which is simply to say that God knows best how to speak to us in the deepest language of our own psyches. But it also means that continued from page 7 minded which simply contemplates the basic outlines and elements of the itself and is implicitly open only to the There is room for variation and liturgy acquire a certain sacral authority respectable and the comfortable. richness as different aspects of human from the tradition of God’s Word itself. Nonetheless liturgy is also a great self expression are drawn into the work In fact, the liturgical life of the Church is rejoicing and celebration in the victory of Christ, thus refining and sanctifying one continuous development from the of Christ. Images of glory, hymns of the surrounding culture. There is also religious life of Israel, and from more praise, expressions of the power of need for liturgical development through ancient traditions than that, which is grace, sincere and humble thanksgiving history which, like development in why the liturgy is where the words of offered from lives redeemed and re- matters of doctrine, must be organic Scripture come alive most fully as the ordered again by Christ, are all found – not arbitrary change – and which living application and celebration of in the celebrations of the Church and should grow out of an ever deepening divine teaching and prophecy fulfilled. can be enhanced by music, vestments, appreciation of the Mystery of Christ, The liturgy is where the whole living gestures and settings. The liturgy is, eliciting a more complete and fulfilling tradition of God’s word, including the too, the foretaste of heaven where the contemplation of the creative and creed and the catechism, finds its real saints and angels gaze on Him and saving work of God. meaning and purpose. are suffused with blessedness, which The language and symbolism Not that liturgical celebration is why the liturgy refers frequently of the liturgy is not monophonic or constitutes the whole life of the to this great cloud of witnesses who monotonous in mood. It is at times Church. It is preceded by preaching form the heavenly court. It is natural the language of the joyful mysteries, the gospel, conversion of heart and then that our liturgy also contains the incorporating all the beauty and teaching the faith. In turn it nourishes language of silence, deep moments of simplicity of nature, expressions and strengthens our faith so that we contemplative prayer, loving adoration of uncomplicated love and joyous can go out to the world and carry on and awe. devotion, as well as the grandeur of the mission of Christ in our daily lives, There is a certain room in all human artistry in image and song. putting the commandments into action, this for pastoral flexibility and local The liturgy is also marked deepening in a personal spiritual life tradition too – always aimed at greater throughout by the sign of the cross. The and growing in charity for one another. reverence, clearer faith and more liturgical celebration of the sacraments But liturgy is the fulcrum, or center authentic love, and always within the administers the healing grace of our point of the Christian life. As the discipline of the Church. It should not crucified Lord to a wounded people embodiment and enactment of our be the stamping of a single human – people still sorrowing for sin and identity as God’s People; as a living personality, either priestly or that of a yearning for deeper purification, still in encounter with Christ our Head and the semi-professional lay minister, over the need of repentance and atonement, still high point of our communion together communal worship, nor the importing seeking the consolation and of Christ in Him, the liturgy is the source and of the transient and the trendy simply overflowing to them from the cross. The summit of our life in Christ in this world. centrality of the crucifix in our liturgy for its own sake, or for instant mass  prevents it from becoming a cozy, self- appeal at the expense of truly raising Originally printed in “Faith Magazine,” congratulatory gathering of the like- the mind and heart to God. For there published by The Faith-Keyway Trust Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy draws to a close As the Extraordinary Jubilee Year of mercy draws to a close on the Solemnity of Christ the King, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016, let us remember why Pope Francis called for a year of mercy: “Here, then, is the reason for the Jubilee: because this is the time for mercy. It is the favorable time to heal wounds, a time not to be weary of meeting all those who are waiting to see and to touch with their hands the signs of the closeness of God, a time to offer everyone, everyone, the way of forgiveness and reconciliation. May the Mother of God open our eyes, so that we may comprehend the task to which we have been called; and may she obtain for us the grace to experience this Jubilee of Mercy as faithful and fruitful witnesses of Christ.” The Jubilee of Mercy is ending, but our call to mercy and forgiveness never ends. Continue to pray for healing. 

8 Schubert’s Mass in G to mark Christ the King Sunday Nov. 20 At 10am Mass on Christ the King Schubert’s seven Masses, intended Sunday, November 20, the Christ the for performance in his parish church of King Choir will sing “Mass in G” by Lichenthal. Franz Schubert as part of our annual The chamber instrumentation for Christ the King Sunday celebration strings is a beautifully transparent and the conclusion of the Extraordinary setting for use in a small church with Jubilee Year of Mercy. limited resources. The Mass setting Mass No. 2 in G Major was written is reminiscent of Mozart or early in five days from March 2-7, 1815, Beethoven. It contains those portions and is the best known of the three of the Ordinary of the Mass that are shorter Mass compositions which most frequently set to music – Kyrie, Schubert composed between the Gloria, Credo, Sanctus-Benedictus, more elaborate first and fifth Masses. and Angus Dei – in the original Latin.  This is the shortest and simplest of

Almighty God, who has ordained that the hearts of people will be kindled by music, and their minds thereby attuned to understand Your divine mysteries, grant, we pray, that all who lead Your praises may know themselves to be Your ministers, The call to Works of Mercy continues and that the hearts CORPORAL SPIRITUAL of all who hear may Feed the Hungry Counsel the Doubtful be lifted up to You, Give Drink to the Thirsty Instruct the Ignorant through Jesus Christ Shelter the Homeless Admonish the Sinner our Lord. Amen. Visit the Sick Comfort the Sorrowful Visit the Imprisoned Forgive Injuries Bury the Dead Bear Wrongs Patiently “To sing is to pray twice.” Give Alms to the Poor Pray for the Living and the Dead --St. Augustine

9 about God,” Gray said. It’s a trend in the popular culture to see atheism as “smart” and the faith as “a fairy tale,” he said. “And I think the Church needs to come to terms with this as an issue of popular culture,” he continued. “I think the Church perhaps needs to better address its history and its relationship to science.” One reason for this might be the compartmentalization of faith and education, where youth may go to Mass once a week but spend the rest of their week learning how the faith is “dumb,” he noted. In contrast, if students are taught evolution and the Big Bang theory at the same school where they learn religion, and they are taught by people with religious convictions, then “you’re kind of shown that there’s not conflicts Why Catholics are leaving the faith between those, and you understand the Church and Church history and its by age 10 – and what parents can relationship to science,” he said. With previous generations who do about it learned about both faith and science Washington D.C. (CNA/EWTN News) In exploring why young Catholics as part of a curriculum, that education - Young Catholics are leaving the faith were choosing to leave the faith, he “helped them a lot in dealing with these at an early age – sometimes before noted “an emerging profile” of youth bigger questions,” he explained, “and the age of 10 – and their reasons are who say they find the faith “incompatible not seeing conflict between religion deeper than being “bored at Mass,” the with what they are learning in high and science.” author of a new report claims. school or at the university level.” In a Fr. Matthew Schneider, LC, who “Those that are leaving for no perceived battle between the Catholic worked in youth ministry for four years, religion – and a pretty big component of Church and science, the Church is emphasized that faith and science them saying they are atheist or agnostic losing. must be presented to young people in – it turns out that when you probe a bit And it is losing Catholics at a harmony with each other. more deeply and you allow them to young age. “The interviews with youth A challenge, he explained, is talk in their own words, that they are and young adults who had left the teaching how “faith and science relate” bringing up things that are related to Catholic Faith revealed that the typical through philosophy and theology. science and a need for evidence and age for this decision to leave was made While science deals only with “what a need for proof,” said Dr. Mark Gray, a at 13,” Gray wrote. “Nearly two-thirds of is observable and measurable,” he senior research associate at the Center those surveyed, 63 percent, said they said, “the world needs something non- for Applied Research in the Apostolate stopped being Catholic between the physical as its origin, and that’s how to at Georgetown University. ages of 10 and 17. Another 23 percent understand God along with science.” “It’s almost a crisis in faith,” he told say they left the Faith before the age of “It was the Christian faith that CNA. “In the whole concept of faith, this 10.” was the birthplace of science,” he is a generation that is struggling with Of those who had left the faith, continued. “There’s not a contradiction” faith in ways that we haven’t seen in “only 13 percent said they were ever between faith and science, “but it’s previous generations.” likely to return to the Catholic Church,” understanding each one in their own Gray recently published the Gray wrote. And “absent any big realms.” results of two national studies by changes in their life,” he said to CNA, How can parents raise their CARA– which conducts social science they “are probably not coming back.” children to stay in the faith? Fr. research about the Church – in the The most common reason given Schneider cited research by Christian publication Our Sunday Visitor. One for leaving the Catholic faith, by one Smith, a professor of sociology at of the surveys was of those who were in five respondents, was they stopped the University of Notre Dame, who raised Catholic but no longer identified believing in God or religion. This was concluded that a combination of as Catholic, ages 15 to 25. The second evidence of a “desire among some of three factors produces an 80 percent survey was of self-identified Catholics them for proof, for evidence of what retention rate among young Catholics. age 18 and over. they’re learning about their religion and continued on page 11 10 Pray and fast for a culture of life, congressman says by Matt Hadro

Washington D.C. (CNA/EWTN News) - and fasting can stop wars and will In the closing weeks of the Jubilee Year obtain for our nation and our world of Mercy, Catholics should pray and great graces from God.” fast for “a culture of life,” one Catholic Rep. Smith was joined by Lila member of Congress has said. Rose, founder of the pro-life group We can surge in support of the culture “Like in the time of Queen Esther, Live Action, in addressing pilgrims on of life,” he continued. “By the grace of the faithful and faith-filled need to pray Monday at the basilica, and Fr. Chris God – through prayers, fasting, and and fast for God’s mercy, healing, M. Alar, MIC, gave the homily at the hard work, the culture of life must be justice, humane laws and policies and Mass on the International day of Prayer established – saving tens of millions.”  conversion. An outpouring of the Holy and Fasting. Spirit,” Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), co- Jesus commanded his followers chair of the Bipartisan Congressional to fast in the Gospel. He himself Lord, Increase in me an awareness Pro-Life Caucus, told pilgrims on the fasted for 40 days in the desert, and that all life is sacred. Show me those International Day of Prayer and Fasting he said that certain demons could places where I do not honor life, that on Monday. only be driven out through prayer and I may more effectively work and pray “For a time such as this, the fasting. Rep. Smith noted. The need for the sanctity of life in society. urgency now is for persevering in prayer for this is all the more dire because of including the Rosary and Chaplet of current problems, he said, pointing to Continued from page 10 Mercy, asking God in Jesus’ name for pro-life legislation being overturned in protection for the weakest and most the courts, a movement to eliminate If they have a “weekly activity” like vulnerable – unborn children, persons the Hyde Amendment’s prohibition catechesis, Bible study or youth group; with disabilities, and the frail elderly,” on federal funding of abortions, and if they have adults at the parish who he continued. moves to force churches to include are not their parents and who they can The 24th International Week of abortion coverage in health plans, like talk to about the faith; and if they have Prayer and Fasting took place from in California. Yet Smith exhorted the “deep spiritual experiences,” they have Oct. 2-10. It culminated in an all-day faithful not to lose heart but to continue a much higher likelihood of remaining prayer vigil on Monday at the Basilica of praying and working to build a culture Catholic, Fr. Schneider said. the National Shrine of the Immaculate of life. More parents need to be aware of Conception, in Washington, D.C. “Discouragement is a luxury we their children’s beliefs, Dr. Gray noted, Leaders of the prayer and fasting can’t afford,” he said. “We must become as many parents don’t even know that campaign were joined this year by the even more determined to protect the their children may not profess to be Marians of the Immaculate Conception least of our brethren and expose the Catholic. and the pro-life group Priests for Life. grand deception so effectively executed The Church is “very open” to Global crises – including a record by the abortion industry.”Catholics science, he emphasized, noting the number of refugees and deadly natural should also remember that in protecting affiliation of non-Catholic scientists disasters – were cited as the week the unborn, they are protecting Jesus, with the Pontifical Academy of Science, began to emphasize the need for he stressed. “Finally, Jesus tells us in including physicist Stephen Hawking. prayer. The current Jubilee Year of Matthew 25 that whatever we do for There is “no real conflict” between Mercy was also cited. the least of these, we do it to Him. To faith and science, Gray said. The week’s prayer intentions defend the unborn child is to defend “The Church has been steadily were the “conversion of peoples and Jesus.” balancing matters of faith and reason nations,” “to build a culture of life,” And he added that Catholics must since St. Augustine’s work in the fifth “to defend the sanctity of marriage pray for not only the unborn, but also century,” he wrote. and family life,” and “for peace and to for mothers who have suffered from “Yet, the Church has a chance implore God’s mercy.” abortions. “Post-abortive women to keep more of the young Catholics Maureen Flynn, who chaired the need our prayers today – everyday – being baptized now if it can do more event’s coalition, said in a statement as the Church strives to reach them to correct the historical myths about that “peace can only come to us from with ministries like Project Rachel, the Church in regards to science,” he the return of humanity to God through Rachel’s Vineyard, and the Silent No added, “and continue to highlight its means of conversion, to which we More awareness campaign,” he said. “I support for the sciences, which were, are being called this day by means of would argue that the past and present for the most part, an initial product of prayer, fasting, and penance. Prayer need not be prologue. We can rally. the work done in Catholic universities hundreds of years ago.”  11 Uniatism at its plenary session in Baltimore, USA, as far back as the year 2000,” but that “the work in Baltimore was not completed because of disagreements that arose both between the Catholic and Orthodox sides of the dialogue and within each of the sides.” The metropolitan said that the Russian Orthodox agreed to discuss synodality and primacy on the condition that within this context “the Commission will explore the canonical and ecclesiological consequences of Uniatism. However, for ten years from 2006 to 2015 the Commission has never revisited this theme.” He maintained that having talked about primacy and synodality in the first millennium, these themes in the Catholics, Orthodox sign agreement on second millennium is the natural next synodality and primacy step, and that “here we will have to deal with the issue of the 1054 schism and Chieti, Italy (CNA/EWTN News) - At communion in the sacraments, rather also the issue of Uniatism as one of the an ecumenical gathering held this than a centralized authority. They do not central ones in the second millennium. week, representatives of the Catholic recognize the authority of the Bishop I can predict that there will be many and Orthodox Churches signed a joint of Rome over all Christians, but rather divisive issues and that we will not document regarding synodality and consider him equal to other bishops, agree on every point. However, the aim primacy during the first millennium. though with a primacy of honor. of our dialogue is not simply to agree on The agreement can point to ways The understanding reached the points of which we agree anyhow, of “resolving problems still existing this week was approved despite a but we have to explore also the points between Catholics and Orthodox disagreement regarding particular of disagreement. And the issue of today,” said Msgr. Andrea Palmieri, paragraphs by the Georgian Orthodox Uniatism is one such extremely burning undersecretary of the Pontifical Council Church. When the document is issues.” for Promoting Christian Unity. published, the Georgians’ objection will Metropolitan Hilarion drew The 14th plenary session of the be included as a footnote. attention to statements made by Major Joint International Commission for Moreover, the commission was Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk Theological Dialogue between the unable to agree to a focus for the next of Kyiv-Halych, who is head of the Orthodox and Catholic Churches was plenary session, due to be held in two Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church – held in the Italian city of Chieti Sept. years in an Orthodox nation. one of the ‘uniates’. He said the major 15-22. Their agreement was subtitled According to a statement of archbishop’s statements “go against the “Towards a Common Understanding in the Russian Orthodox Church, its line of our dialogue, create obstacles on Service to the Unity of the Church.” Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk its way and sow distrust between the The primacy of the Bishop of proposed synodality and primacy in the Orthodox and the Catholics. We have Rome is among the main points of second millennium – with a stress on to understand that there are people in disagreement between the Catholic the place of the “uniate” Churches, or our Churches who create obstacles on and Eastern Orthodox Churches. those which maintain Byzantine rites our way, and we have to bear it in mind In the west, Church unity while having come into communion when we speak about the future of our was expressed through being in with the Bishop of Rome. dialogue.” communion with the Bishop of Rome, The Russian Orthodox Church The Russian Orthodox statement as the successor of Saint Peter. Petrine says the phenomenon of Eastern also said that one member of its primacy among the apostles was a Catholic Churches which broke delegation, Archimandrite Irenaeus, cornerstone in the west, whereas the communion with the Orthodox “still “stressed that it would be difficult east regarded Saint Peter and his constitutes a stumbling stone in the for the Russian Orthodox Church to successors as Bishop of Rome as “first Orthodox-Catholic relations.” continue working in the Orthodox- among equals.” The statement noted that Catholic dialogue if the problem The Eastern Orthodox, on the Metropolitan Hilarion “reminded the of ecclesiological and canonical other hand, have a conciliar or synodal meeting that the Joint Commission was consequences of the unia remains model of the Church. For them, unity to discuss the issue of ecclesiological unsolved.”  is through the common faith and and canonical consequences of 12 Exorcist says there’s a demon that targets the family Rome, Italy (CNA/EWTN News) – rite is administered it is counted as one find comfort and courage. In contrast, There’s a demon that specializes instance. the children of separated parents are in attacking the family, said exorcist “I remember a young couple, very more fragile and wavering,” he said. Cèsar Truqui, a priest who participated united, who wanted to get married, In 2014, Pope Francis gave an in a course on exorcism held in Rome however, the woman had to undergo address to the Charismatic Renewal, last year. an exorcism to be set free,” Fr. Truqi in which he pointed out that the devil Fr. Truqui warned that everything said. seeks to destroy families because that that is harming the family, including During the exorcism “the demon is where Jesus grows, in the midst of divorce, pleases the devil. was furious and threatened Fr. Amorth the love of the spouses and in the lives Speaking to the Italian weekly in order to prevent the marriage, of their children. Tempi in 2015, the priest said that otherwise he would kill the young “He grows in the love of the there is “a demon who specializes in woman. Obviously, it was a threat from spouses, he grows in the lives of the the attack on the family, also cited in the Liar which in fact did not happen.” children. And that’s why the enemy the story of Tobias, called ‘Asmodeus.’” In that regard, the priest added attacks the family so much. The devil In the Old Testament book, the that the devil also seeks to attack the does not love the family. He seeks to demon is known to have killed seven family through ideologies and lifestyles, destroy it, he wants to eliminate love of Sarah’s husbands and was chained as well as individualistic thinking and there,” he warned at Rome’s Olympic in the desert by Saint Raphael. The the spread of divorce. stadium before 52,000 people. demon “is present” in many exorcisms, “They think ‘if I don’t like my On that day Francis reminded that Fr. Truqui said. husband anymore, I would be better “families are these domestic churches. The priest recalled encountering off divorcing’ but they forget about The spouses are sinners, like everyone, the demon “in exorcisms by Father the consequences to the children and but they want to progress in the faith, Gabriele Amorth and Father Francisco society,” he said. “This mentality that in their fruitfulness, in the children and Bamonte, whom I assisted.” The works against the family pleases the their children’s faith.” recently-deceased Fr. Amorth was devil – he knows that a man who is And so he asked the Lord to “bless a renowned exorcist in Rome who alone without any points of reference is the family, make it strong, in this crisis has performed an estimated 70,000 manipulable and unstable.” in which the devil wants to destroy it.” exorcisms over the course of 29 years. “Even today, and I’m more than 50  Carrying out an exorcism can require years old, just thinking that my mother multiple sessions and each time the and father love each other forever, I Please note: Fr. Rick Stansberry is not an exorcist. 13 used, Fr. Lampert noted. “There are many who claim that Latin is the most powerful language for exorcisms,” he said. “It is my experience that as opposed to the language that is being used that the exorcist be a man of God. In my opinion this is the most effective weapon.” When asked whether or not he would recommend people watch the new exorcism series, Fr. Lampert said that there can be benefits as well as dangers to shows that deal with the demonic and the supernatural. “If watching these types of shows helps people understand the reality of evil then there is a benefit,” he said. “The danger would be for someone to become unduly fascinated with evil.” Recently updated rules of the Catholic rite of exorcism state that a person who believes they are Is Latin the best language? and possessed must first rule out mental illness before seeking an exorcism. If other questions about exorcism. the rite of exorcism is still needed, they may seek out a priest who has been Indianapolis, Ind. (CNA) - The new T.V. Catholic priest to allow an outside party trained and appointed as exorcist for series The Exorcist, based on the horror to witness or film an exorcism. his diocese by his Bishop. film series of the same name from the “Filming an exorcism is not The International Association of 1970s, debuted on FOX on Friday, allowed because it must be performed Exorcists (AIE) also meets annually in sparking another wave of fascination in such a way that it manifest the faith of Rome to discuss demonic possession with the supernatural. the church and that no one can consider from both theological and scientific In a recent article prior to the it as a magical or superstitious activity,” perspectives. show’s launch, Lance Higdon, writing he said. It would also be prohibited for Recently, an AIE spokesman told for pop culture website Vice, explored the protection of the possessed person, CNA that the rise of occult and demonic the world of exorcism, a phenomenon he added. activity had become a “pastoral mysterious to many inside and outside Another claim about exorcisms in emergency.”  the Church. the Vice article is in its headline: “Latin Higdon recalled that in an Is Still The Best Language for Fighting interview with Agence France-Presse Satan.” St. Michael the Archangel, (AFP) in May, director William Friedkin, The article cited a comment defend us in battle. of the original “The Exorcism” film made by exorcist Fr. Gary Thomas, as series, claimed that he had been reported by the site The New Liturgical Be our safeguard against invited to the Vatican to see - and film - Movement. After a talk he gave in the wickedness and the an exorcism in real life. February, Fr. Thomas commented that A Vatican spokesman denied the “The Devil hates Latin, it is the universal snares of the devil. claim to AFP, noting that the Vatican language of the Church.” May God rebuke him, we does not have an official exorcist. The Until very recently (2014), humbly pray, and do you, spokesman said it may have been an English translation of the rite of possible that Friedkin was mistaking exorcism had not been approved by o prince of the heavenly the Vatican for another Catholic entity. the Church. When further questioned, host, by the power of God, Fr. Vincent Lampert is a Vatican- Fr. Thomas said that in his experience trained exorcist for the Archdiocese and in talking to other exorcists, while thrust into hell Satan and of Indianapolis and a parish priest. the Vatican has approved translations all the evil spirits who He has travelled around the country of the rite in multiple languages, Latin prowl about the world, speaking about the supernatural and seems to be the most effective. his experiences as an exorcist. However, that the exorcist is seeking the ruin of souls. In e-mail comments, he told a man of God is actually far more Amen. CNA that it would be forbidden for any important than the language of the rite 14 Francis, Benedict praise Bartholomew I as a brother in faith by Hannah Brockhaus

Vatican City, Oct 17, 2016 / 10:55 am refugee camp on the Greek island of of full communion in faith and love, (CNA/EWTN News) - In their forewords Lesbos April 16. They have also met in conscious of our legitimate differences.” to a new book about the head of the Jerusalem, Rome and Constantinople. Francis praised the patriarch’s Eastern Orthodox Church Patriarch These meetings “not only strengthened commitment to increasing awareness Bartholomew I, Pope Francis and our spiritual affinity, but above all regarding the “protection of creation,” retired Pope Benedict XVI praised the deepened our shared understanding of saying that they were “fundamentally faith and goodness of the ecumenical the common pastoral responsibility we united” in this commitment. patriarch.“Today, we brothers in the have in this moment in history, before “I found a deep spiritual sensitivity in faith and hope that does not disappoint, the urgent challenges that Christians Patriarch Bartholomew for the painful we are deeply united in the desire that and the entire human family must face condition of humanity today, so deeply Christians of the East and the West can today,” Francis said. wounded by unspeakable violence, feel part of the one and only Church,” The Pope highlighted the “shared injustice and discrimination.” Pope Francis wrote.The forewords commitment” between the two leaders, Patriarch Bartholomew has also praised were contributions to the book exemplified in the two joint statements Pope Francis on several occasions, Bartholomew, Apostle and Visionary by they signed in Jerusalem and Phanar notably for his humility, his care for the John Chryssavgis, written in honor of to build a world “more just and more environment, and his concern for the the 25th anniversary of the patriarch’s respectful of dignity and fundamental plight of Christians in the Middle East. election as head of the Eastern freedoms, the most important of which “This is precisely why the path toward Orthodox Church. It was released Oct. is the freedom of religion.” unity is more urgent than ever for those 11. Benedict XVI, who first met Bartholomew who invoke the name of the great In the messages, Pope Francis and in 2002, while still Cardinal Ratzinger, Peacemaker,” Patriarch Bartholomew Benedict both reflected on their said he also was immediately moved said Nov. 30, 2014, and prayed that meetings with Patriarch Bartholomew by the personal warmth and openness restoration of full communion between and on the things which unite them. of the patriarch. the Catholic and Orthodox churches “My first meeting with my beloved “It did not take a great effort to draw “will not be prolonged.” brother Bartholomew took place the close to one another. His interior He urged greater collaboration, saying same day in which I started my papal openness and his inspired simplicity that “we no longer have the luxury of ministry, when he honored me with suffered a welcoming intimacy.” isolated action” due to the current his presence in Rome,” Pope Francis The meeting took place on a train persecution of Christians, who are recalled. to Assisi for the international prayer targeted regardless of which church Patriarch Bartholomew’s presence at meeting with Pope John Paul II. “For they belong to. the inaugural Mass of Pope Francis on me,” Benedict wrote, “this meeting The two leaders “are both greatly March 19, 2013 was the first time that – along the way – it’s more of an troubled by the grave sin against God, an ecumenical patriarch had attended accidental expression of the state of which seems to grow by the day, which the inauguration of a pope since the faith.” is the globalization of indifference schism between the Eastern Orthodox Pope Francis also compared unity before the disfigurement of the image and Catholics in 1054. between the Eastern and Western of God in man,” Francis said. “I felt I was meeting a man walking in Churches as a gradual journey. “It is our belief that we are called to work the faith,” Francis continued, “who in “The Church of Rome and the Church for the construction of a new civilization his person and in his manner expresses of Constantinople are joined by a deep of love and solidarity.” deep human and spiritual experience of and ancient bond that not even centuries “We are both aware that the voices of the Orthodox tradition. On that occasion of silence and misunderstanding have our brothers and sisters, now at the we hugged with sincere affection and been able to break,” he said. point of extreme anguish, force us mutual understanding.” They now have “the sacred task to to move more quickly on the path of Pope Francis and Patriarch walk back along the path that led to reconciliation and communion between Bartholomew have met together the separation of our churches, healing Catholics and Orthodox, so that they frequently since Pope Francis’ election, sources of our mutual estrangement, can credibly proclaim the Gospel of including during the Pope’s visit to a and to proceed towards the restoration peace that comes from Christ.”  15 Church unity with a global focus: lessons from ‘bishop school’

Vatican City (CNA/EWTN News) - tools to better fulfill the requirements of bishops can use the secretariat “to give The Vatican holds a special seminar their new position. more visibility to our work, which is the series each year for new bishops “We were informed about the work of the Church in the world.” to help them learn their new role. current situation of the Church, we were The pastoral training includes Among these new bishops was Bishop given indications about how to work. We help for bishops on how to spread the Ruben Tierrablanca Gonzalez, the are provided guidelines in theology and gospel with joy. Bishop Tierrablanca vicar apostolic of Istanbul. For him, liturgy and we are taught about how to cited the joyous themes of the titles of the seminar had a singular focus. It live and administer a diocese and how Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortations “teaches all of us bishops to look at the to be in relation with the clergy and the Evangelii gaudium and Amoris laetitia. Church in its entirety,” he told CNA. people of God,” Bishop Tierrablanca “Emphasis is put on the fact “The seminar mostly focuses said. He then added that because the that the message must give joy,” he on one, reiterated issue: we must Roman Curia is undergoing reform and said. “That means that every bishop understand that the Church is simply renewal, bishops must be aware of or shepherd is called to express how one,” Bishop Tierrablanca recounted. how things are changing. joyful the Gospel is, and in this way we “We, the bishops of local Churches, are “It is not just a matter of how get closer to people” not called to merely focus only on our much we are renewing the structure (of He said that this is particularly local Churches, while not taking care of the Church). Cardinal Pietro Parolin, important in Turkey, where Christians other situations. We are called to look Vatican Secretary of State, celebrated are a minority and where churches are at the entire Church.” a Mass for us and said in his homily not allowed to be visible on the streets. A Franciscan originally hailing that the real reform is a spiritual one.” “It is important to get in touch with from Mexico, Bishop Tierrablanca has Concerning the Curia reform, the another person in a friendly and open lived in Istanbul since 2003. He was new bishops were informed about the way, and live a transparent life. Thanks appointed apostolic vicar for Istanbul in services of the dicasteries and how to this testimony of life, you can get April. He came to Rome for the annual they are being re-shaped. closer to those who are not Christians,” seminar for new bishops Sept. 10-18. “As bishops, we often merely Bishop Tierrablanca said. The annual gathering of newly refer to the Congregation of Bishops, In the end, the gathering of appointed bishops in Rome is “a or to the Congregation for the Eastern bishops reinforced the bond between meeting to reconfirm our union with Church, or to the Evangelization of local bishops and the Pope. Rome, and to understand that the People, that are the dicasteries to “Sometimes we think that being Church is always the Church, no matter which we are subject. But we don’t with Rome is a straitjacket that you where local communities are,” the think about other dicasteries, though cannot get rid of. But Rome presides bishop explained. they are very important” For example, over all the Churches with charity. The schedule of the seminar was he found an important resource in the We are always the Church, and we quite tight: three meetings per day, plus new Secretariat for Communications. always recognize ourselves as a an audience with Pope Francis Sept. “When we want to communicate unique Church,” Bishop Tierrablanca 16. The seminar series for new bishops something, we often use the channel concluded.  first began in 2001. It aims to provide of the parish bulletin, but we do not all the new bishops guidelines and reach a great audience.” He explained 16 What is the ‘beating heart’ of the Church? The Eucharist Genoa, Italy (CNA/EWTN News) - love for Jesus in the Eucharist,” said of 17 years - is “definitely one of the The Eucharist is the source of mercy Cardinal Bagnasco. “The Eucharist is outcomes of a world order without and the beating heart of the Church, the beating heart of the Church and of God.” Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco of Genoa the People of God. Charity, missions, “Only without God do we reach has said. He was appointed Pope and works of mercy are born out of the this point, as we have no more criteria Francis’ special envoy for the Italian Eucharist.” for love and for living together, for National Eucharistic Congress, held in Referring to the “world order loving others. Without God, we do Genoa Sept. 15-18. without God,” Cardinal Bagnasco not follow the rationale of love, but we “I would say that this congress is reiterated what he said Aug. 10, during rather follow the different rationale of the response to a world order without the homily for the feast of St. Laurence, effectiveness and of wellbeing at all God. It is also a testimony - for the city to whom the Genoa cathedral is costs.”  of Genoa and for the country - that dedicated. In that homily, the cardinal living a good and peaceful life is really noted that “even today, Christians possible when we are on Jesus’ side,” experience martyrdom,” not only in The Eucharist is “the source and Cardinal Bagnasco told CNA. the bloody, “classical” way, but also summit of the Christian life.” The The Archbishop of Genoa is in new forms,”refined, but not less other sacraments, and indeed also president of the Italian bishops’ cruel; legalized, but not less unjust.” all ecclesiastical ministries and conference. His envoy role was He pointed his finger at a Europe that works of the apostolate, are unusual, as for the first time since the considers Christianity as “divisive” and bound up with the Eucharist and Second Vatican Council, the Pope at the world that “in the name of values are oriented toward it. For in the did not attend a Eucharistic Congress like equality, tolerance and rights” blessed Eucharist is contained held in Italy. From all over Italy, 900 claims to “marginalize Christianity” and the whole spiritual good of the delegates and bishops gathered for establish “a world order without God.” Church, namely Christ himself, the congress, the theme of which was The cardinal told CNA that the our Pasch.” “Eucharist as the source of mission.” euthanasia recently performed on a Catechism of the Catholic Church (1324) “This congress renewed the minor in Belgium - a terminally ill boy

17 18 Cathy Costello to share ‘My Story: the Impact of Mental Illness on a Family and a Community” at Women’s Prayer Luncheon

The Women’s Prayer Breakfast at concern. They did everything medically, Christ the King is hosting a special physically, emotionally, spiritually luncheon event at 11:30am on Tuesday, and financially possible for their son November 15, 2016. Parishioner Cathy within a broken system. On August 23, Costello will be with us to share “My 2015, after a quiet summer dinner at Story: the Impact of Mental Illness on a local restaurant, during a paranoid, a Family and a Community.” There delusional psychotic break, their son Who We Are is no charge for the luncheon, but Christian inexplicably stabbed his NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental reservations are required. father to death. Mark died in Cathy’s Illness, is the nation’s largest grassroots Born and raised in Overland Park, arms. mental health organization dedicated Kansas, Cathy attended the University Cathy has become a frequent to building better lives for the millions of of Kansas, obtaining her Bachelor of public speaker, sharing her very Americans affected by mental illness. Arts degree in Classical Music and personal and heartbreaking story and What started as a small group of Opera and remains active as a vocal appearing on local and national radio families gathered around a kitchen soloist. While a Junior at KU, she met and television. After testifying twice table in 1979 has blossomed into “The Right Fellow,” Mark Costello at before a senate hearing committee, the nation’s leading voice on mental church, a handsome young man four she was instrumental in the unanimous health. Today, we are an association years her senior from Bartlesville, passing of the Labor Commissioner of hundreds of local affiliates, state Oklahoma. They fell madly in love and Mark Costello Act, which provides organizations and volunteers who work were engaged three weeks later. assisted outpatient treatment to in your community to raise awareness Married for nearly 34 years, Cathy Oklahomans in an on-going mental and provide support and education that and Mark have raised their 5 children in health crisis. was not previously available to those in Edmond, Oklahoma. During the early Cathy traveled to Washington DC need. years, Cathy worked in education in to advocate for mental health reform, Texas and Oklahoma. Recognizing encouraging federal legislators to vote What We Do the challenge of diverse learning for the “Helping Families in Mental NAMI relies on gifts and contributions styles, Cathy homeschooled some of Health Crisis Act,” which passed in the to support our important work: their children for 16 years. Mark had House in July. Cathy is an advisory We educate. Offered in thousands of an entrepreneurial spirit and with the board member for the Mental Health communities across the United States help of Cathy started several small Association of Oklahoma, a member through NAMI State Organizations businesses. Cathy and Mark have of NAMI - National Alliance on Mental and NAMI Affiliates, our education been active in their faith, community Illness, National Council for Behavioral programs ensure hundreds of service and stewardship. Health, Planning and Advisory Council thousands of families, individuals In 2009, with Cathy’s support, Member - Oklahoma Department of and educators get the support and Mark pursued a lifelong desire to run Mental Health and Substance Abuse, information they need. for public office. In 2010, Mark was and a committee member for National We advocate. NAMI shapes national elected as the Oklahoma State Labor Catholic Charities Partnership on public policy for people with mental Commissioner. In 2014, he was re- Disabilities. She was recognized with illness and their families and provides elected for a second term, and at the Dr. Krishna “Lifting the Stigma volunteer leaders with the tools, its conclusion planned to run for Award.” resources and skills necessary to save Lieutenant Governor. Mark loved his Cathy’s goal is to prevent other mental health in all states. job and loved serving the people of families from suffering the tragedy her We listen. Our toll-free NAMI HelpLine Oklahoma. He was also an excellent family experienced through educating allows us to respond personally to and faithful husband, loving father and and advocating for mental health hundreds of thousands of requests dedicated Christian. reform on behalf of the 60 million each year, providing free referral, But the greatest challenge that Americans who suffer with a chemical information and support—a much- faced the Costellos was the devastating brain disorder called mental illness. needed lifeline for many. mental illness that befell their second To make your reservation for the We lead. Public awareness events oldest child. For the past nine years, luncheon with Cathy Costello, visit and activities, including Mental Illness their oldest son has suffered with ckokc.org/womens-prayer-breakfast Awareness Week and NAMIWalks, diagnosed schizoaffective disorder with and complete and submit the RSVP successfully fight stigma and psychosis and paranoid, delusional form. 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20 101-year-old woman receives first communion Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Oct 2, 2016 where Mass is celebrated during the (CNA/EWTN News) - At 101 years old, week. Dona Penha has seen quite a bit of Dona Penha began to attend Mass life. But the centenarian experienced with the other women. One day, she something new on September 28, as asked to go to Confession. Father she received her First Communion Domingos Sávio Silva Ferreira realized during Mass at Our Lady of Mount she had not yet received Communion Carmel nursing home in Rio de Janeiro, and asked the sisters to prepare her Brazil. to receive the sacrament, Ribeiro For those who witnessed the recalled. occasion, it was a great testimony to After that preparation, Dona Penha the love of God. “It was a very beautiful received Communion for the first time. moment that showed us that it is never According to nursing home officials, too late to receive the Eucharist, which those who were with her could see that for someone seeking God, neither “that was what she really wanted.” Even time nor shame can prevent,” said the at 101 years of age, they said, “she is nursing home’s Facebook page, and administrative assistant of the nursing very lucid, and prepared to receive many people saw it, commented and home, Josiane Ribeiro. She added that First Communion from the heart.”For congratulated,” she said. occasions like this help “reaffirm faith.” Ribeiro, the occasion was a witness of The nursing home’s Facebook post Ribeiro told CNA that Dona Penha God’s love – not just for the people who received hundreds of likes and shares. arrived about a year ago at the nursing live with Dona Penha at the nursing Among the comments, one subscriber home, which is run by the Sisters of home, but also for the many others emphasized: “There is always time, the Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima who could share the moment through and her time was now! God bless you!” Association. There is a chapel on site social media.“We put the photos on the  Arizona Mass for migrants shows Catholic unity crosses borders Tucson, Ariz., Oct 26, 2016 (CNA/ neighboring dioceses. Prayers were Gonzalez of Noagles in Mexico’s EWTN News) - Catholic unity traversed said at the Mass for border patrol Sonora state. They had invited the the border on Sunday when Archbishop agents and those who work around the apostolic nuncio to celebrate the Mass. Christophe Pierre, the new apostolic border. It was the last of three Masses Archbishop Pierre had served as nuncio to the U.S., celebrated Mass at organized by the group Dioceses Sin apostolic nuncio to Mexico from 2007 Arizona’s border with Mexico. Fronteras, also known as Dioceses through 2016. Pope Francis named “His decision to join us is a reminder without Borders. The organization aims him to his new post in the U.S. this that this is an issue very important to to broaden awareness of the need to April. During the Pope’s trip to Mexico our Holy Father,” said Bishop Gerald treat people on both sides of the border in February 2016, the pontiff visited F. Kicanas of Tucson, the Associated with dignity and respect, “in the spirit of the U.S. border at Ciudad Juarez and Press reports. faith,” the Diocese of Tucson said. looked out over the Rio Grande River The Mass was celebrated Sunday The previous two Masses on the from a memorial built to commemorate afternoon near the Port of Entry in border were concelebrated by Bishop those who have died along the Mexican downtown Noagles, Ariz. About 250 Kicanas and Bishop Jose Leopold border.  people attended the Mass from the U.S. side, while it was unclear how many attended on the Mexico side. Previous Masses have included the distribution of Holy Communion through the border fence, but border patrol officers did not allow this on Sunday. Bishop Kicanas said the Oct. 23 Mass aimed to bring attention to immigrants and refugees. “The economic migrant is not a criminal. The economic migrant is someone seeking a decent way of life for themselves, for their family,” he said. The Mass also aimed to highlight the close relationship between the 21 “This is the kind of spiritual life the Church asks of us: not to win by war, but to win with peace! There is an important message in this story of Moses: commitment to prayer demands that we support one another,” he said. “To pray is not to take refuge in an ideal world, nor to escape into a false, selfish sense of calm,” Francis said. “On the contrary, to pray is to struggle, but also to let the Holy Spirit pray within us.” Not alone, but through Christ, the saints “attained the goal,” the Pope continued. “Thanks to prayer, they had a generous and steadfast heart. They prayed mightily; they fought and they were victorious. So pray!” St. Elizabeth of the Trinity was a Carmelite nun from the 20th century. She grew up in Dijon, France near a Carmelite monastery. After visiting the monastery at age 17, she felt called to join. Obedient to her mother, who said she could not enter until age 21, she continued to work with troubled youth, teaching them the faith, until she entered the Carmel in Dijon in 1901. She died from Addison’s disease only 5 years later, at the age of 26. St. José Sánchez del Río was Pope at canonization Mass: Prayer born in Sahuayo de Morelos, Mexico in 1913. He was a Mexican Cristero. At the age of 14 he was tortured and put isn’t always easy, pray anyway to death by government officials when by Hannah Brockhaus he refused to renounce his Catholic faith. Often pictured on horseback, Rome, Italy, Oct 16, 2016 / 06:50 am declared seven new saints, including Argentinian priest St. José Gabriele (CNA/EWTN News) - On Sunday, Pope the new Saints Elizabeth of the Blessed del Rosario Brochero was known for Francis canonized seven new saints in Trinity, a Carmelite nun; and José his service to the poor and sick; St. the Catholic Church, saying that prayer Sánchez del Río, who was martyred at Solomon Leclercq was a French priest isn’t always a smooth path, but that the age of 14.“…we declare and define killed during the French Revolution for like the saints, Christ supports us even Blessed Solomon Leclercq, José refusing to swear an oath of allegiance when it is difficult. Sánchez del Río, Manuel González to the new government. St. Manuel “The saints are men and García, Lodovico Pavoni, Alfonso González García was a Spanish women who enter fully into the mystery Maria Fusco, José Gabriel del Rosario Roman Catholic bishop; St. Lodovico of prayer. Men and women who struggle Brochero and Elizabeth of the Trinity Pavoni, an Italian priest, founded the with prayer, letting the Holy Spirit pray Catez to be Saints,” Francis stated. Sons of Mary Immaculate; and St. and struggle in them,” Pope Francis “And we enroll them among the Saints, Alfonso Maria Fusco, also an Italian said Oct. 16. decreeing that they are to be venerated priest, founded the Sisters of St. John “They struggle to the very end, as such by the whole Church.” the Baptist. with all their strength, and they triumph, In his homily, Pope Francis Pope Francis acknowledged but not by their own efforts: the Lord likened our prayers to the battle Moses that weariness in our prayer lives is triumphs in them and with them. The waged against Amalek as recounted in “inevitable.” But that, with the support seven witnesses who were canonized the Book of Exodus. Even though he of our brothers and sisters, the Lord today also fought the good fight of faith grew weary and discouraged, Moses can succeed in us. and love by their prayers.” was supported by Aaron and Hur, and “The ‘battle’ of perseverance In a Mass with 80,000 pilgrims was able to persevere in prayer for cannot be won without prayer. Not in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis Israel. sporadic or hesitant prayer, but prayer

22 offered as Jesus tells us in the Gospel: ‘Pray always, without ever losing heart,’” he said.“This is the Christian way of life: remaining steadfast in prayer, in order to remain steadfast in faith and testimony.” The mystery of prayer, Pope Francis said, is to keep “crying out, not to lose heart, and if we should grow tired, asking help to keep our hands raised.” We are members of the Body of Christ, the Church, so even if we grow weary, we are not alone, the Pope said. “Only in the Church, and thanks to the Church’s prayer, are we able to remain steadfast in faith and witness.” At the end of the Mass, Pope Francis led pilgrims in the Angelus, noting in his message the World Day against Poverty taking place Oct. 17. “Let us join forces, moral and economic, to fight together against poverty that degrades, insults and kills so many brothers and sisters, by implementing standard policies for families and for work,” he said.  Inaugural CK Fun Run success sets a course for the future by Alyssa Farrell

On a beautiful, sunny morning, the last financial contributions made possible timed 5K on a U.S.A. Track & Field- Saturday in September, 483 runners this inaugural event. Then, the certified course that ran down Elmhurst and dozens of volunteers gathered at Celtics, Christ the King’s Junior Avenue onto a route that would bring Christ the King School and Church for High Cheerleading Squad led by them through beautiful, tree-lined the Inaugural CK Run – a 5K, 1 Mile CK Parishioner Hannah Connelly, sections of western Nichols Hills before and Toddler Dash through the streets got everyone into the spirit with a completing the loop. All along the route of Nichols Hills. All races started and performance of resounding cheers and CK neighbors and volunteers cheered, finished in front of Christ the King chants. Next, Zach Morton, CK parent, with the loudest and most constant Catholic School. The event brought former U.S. Navy SEAL and founder cheers coming from “Spirit Spots” together generations of Christ the of OKC’s Higher Ground Running’s and the many volunteers stationed King runners and walkers, alumni and treadmill studio and running club, at every race turn or intersection. To students, parents and grandparents, joined Patrick Gomez, the winner of guarantee a spirited and encouraging neighbors and volunteers – a true this year’s OKC Memorial Marathon, to run throughout the course, race celebration of the entire CK Community. lead the anxious runners with an active organizers identified seven homes of By 7:30 Saturday morning, Junction warm-up and stretch session. Father CK supporters along the route who Coffee’s red double-decker bus and Rick Stansberry opened the running would guarantee vocal support from Bakin’ and Cakin’s food truck were events with Saint John Paul II’s prayer their front yards as runners passed by delighting runners and spectators alike for athletes, the prayer Pope John Paul that Saturday morning. with their offerings of freshly ground II wrote for the European athletes upon The CK Run Committee provided espressos and hand-poured coffees, their return from the 1984 Olympic a starter pack of spirit gear, but sweet and savory stuffed pancakes. games in Los Angeles. His words the families were quite creative in Meanwhile, family-friendly music kept captured the essence of this CK Run, expressing their CK Run spirit! Among everyone moving and groovin’ between and the many goals behind it. these designated Spirit Spots, the announcements and races. Upon concluding his prayer runners voted the Merrills at Guilford The event began with recognition Father Rick sounded the start of the and Dorset as the most Spirited Spot. of the generous sponsors whose first event, the competitive, chip- continued on page 25 23 Did you know Mother Teresa experienced visions of Jesus? Vatican City (CNA/EWTN News) - Even she discusses what Jesus spoke to her love through her, and with a human her friend of more than 30 years, Father directly during the time of the locutions expression.” Sebastian Vazhakala, did not know and visions. Jesus told her what sort of nuns Mother Teresa had conversations with During a period lasting from he wanted her order to be filled with: and visions of Jesus before forming the Sept. 10, 1946 to Dec. 3, 1947, Mother “‘I want free nuns covered with the Missionaries of Charity. Teresa had ongoing communication poverty of the Cross. I want obedient It wasn’t until after her death, for with Jesus through words and visions, nuns covered with the obedience of the the vast majority of people, that this Fr. Vazhakala said. This all happened Cross. I want full-of-love nuns covered part of Mother Teresa’s spiritual life was while she was a missionary sister with the charity of the Cross,’” Fr. uncovered. “It was a big discovery,” in the Irish order of the Sisters of Vazhakala related. Missionary of Charity priest, Fr. Loreto, teaching at St. Mary’s school in According to the Missionary, Vazhakala told CNA. Calcutta. Jesus asked her, “Would you refuse When Mother Teresa’s cause Mother Teresa wrote that one day to do this for me?” “In fact, Jesus told for canonization was opened, just at Holy Communion, she heard Jesus her in 1947,” Fr. Vazhakala explained, two years after her death in 1997, say, “I want Indian nuns, victims of my “‘I cannot go alone to the poor people, documents were found in the archives love, who would be Mary and Martha, you carry me with you into them.’” of the Jesuits in Calcutta, with the who would be so united to me as to After this period of joy and spiritual director and another of Mother radiate my love on souls.” consolation, around 1949, Mother Teresa’s close priest friends, and in It was through these Teresa started to experience a “terrible the office of the bishop, containing her communications of the Eucharistic darkness and dryness” in her spiritual accounts of the communications. Jesus that Mother Teresa received her life, said Fr. Vazhakala. “And in the Fr. Vazhakala, who co-founded directions for forming her congregation beginning she thought it was because the contemplative branch of the of the Missionaries of Charity. of her own sinfulness, unworthiness, Missionaries of Charity alongside “She was so united with Jesus,” her own weakness.” Mother Teresa, said he has a document Fr. Vazhakala explained, “that she was Mother Teresa’s spiritual director handwritten by Mother Teresa where able to radiate not her love, but Jesus’ at the time helped her to understand 24 that this spiritual dryness was just another way that Jesus wanted her to share in the poverty of the poor of Calcutta. This period lasted nearly 50 years, until her death, and she found it very painful. But, Fr. Vazhakala shared that she said, “If my darkness and dryness can be a light to some soul let me be the first one to do that. If my life, if my suffering, is going to help souls to be saved, then I will prefer from the creation of the world to the end of time to suffer and die.” People around the world know about Mother Teresa’s visible acts of charity toward the poor and sick in the slums of Calcutta, but “the interior life of Mother is not known to people,” said Fr. Vazhakala. Mother Teresa’s motto, and the motto of her congregation, was the words of Jesus, “I thirst.” And that third, respectively. emblem and specially created for the they could quench the thirst of Jesus For the women, the race was tight CK Run. by bringing souls to him. “And in every throughout, with a pack of runners from The CK Run brought together many breathing, each sigh, each act of mind, the Bishop McGuinness cross country families of runners, joggers and walkers shall be an act of love divine. That was team setting the pace for one of their in all three of its races. From Christ the her daily prayer. That was what was competitors, Kyndall Ashworth. Kyndall King School, Sydney Bohanon was to motivating her and all the sacrifices, won the race with a time of 20:54, with top runner with an exceptional time even until that age of 87, and without the encouragement and strong pacing of 25:03, and her mother, Beth, won resting,” he said. of two veteran competitors, Alexandra as female Top Parishioner. Tyler Grey Mother Teresa never rested from Amidon and Laura Webb, who was the first male student to cross the her work during her life on earth, and were second and third, respectively. finish line with a time of 26:35, and his she continues to “work” for souls from Alexandra is a former college runner mother, Jennifer, won her age group. heaven. “When I die and go home to who now competes for Higher Ground. Close behind Tyler, though, came the God, I can bring more souls to God,” Laura was a Bishop McGuinness stand- first of the five Hale family runners – she said at one point, Fr. Vazhakala out athlete who has won numerous Elise. Four Hale children competed in noted. local races in recent years, now the 5K run with their dad, Brandon. Most She said, “I’m not going to sleep competing in the Masters category. The notably, Elise and many of her siblings in heaven, but I’m going to work harder 5K Run also recognized top runners in actually ran “a double!” A “double,” in in another form.” the standard age categories. running lingo, is two races within a Mary Shovlain contributed to this Recognizing the effort and short period of time of each other. The report.  accomplishment of the many types of 1 Mile Run was a truly fun run lined with runners within the CK Community, the cheering supporters on every block. CK Run awards some special categories Generations of runners ran alongside continued from page 23 of awards – The Special Category each other, each encouraging the Awards go to: Top Parishioners Baby other. When a child struggled to keep Upon winning, Joanie Merrill graciously Stan Evans (who, in his baby stroller, going, he had plenty of support from declared that it was the most fun she’d beat Dad, who was pushing him along, other runners or volunteers, and many ever had at a CK event. by a few feet to claim the award), and children finished the mile holding the The 5K race included all levels Beth Bohanon; Top Alumni Clay Axton hand of either a classmate, a parent, or of competitors and supporters – and Lauren Creevy; Top Students: a parishioner they may not have even from former high school and college Sydney Bohanon and Tyler Gray; Top known before race day. champions to first-time runners, joggers CK Neighbor: Blair Elder and Ashley The final race of the day was and walkers. The fastest 5K runners Elder; Top Faulty: Acting Co-Principal the Toddler Dash. Around 34 of our quickly pulled ahead as they raced Robert Crump. Each of these award youngest runners walked, toddled, ran the downhill toward Pennsylvania winners and the overall award winners or strolled from the corner of Christ Avenue, and after an early lead that received a unique, hand-tossed mug the King Church at Dorset down the he maintained throughout Will Hogston from Paseo Pottery, many of which Elmhurst block to finish at Christ the won with a time of 16:22. Hunter Swink were embossed with the CK crown and Brad Folks finished second and continued on page 27 25 like liturgical dancing and the other 7 Deadly Sins.

3: Are you a one-man team? Do you take submissions? I’ve written most of the articles on the site. I’ve had a couple submissions from readers, and about ten to fifteen from friends. I don’t really accept articles from readers anymore because I found it difficult to deny someone when I didn’t think their article was a good fit for the site. It always made me feel bad to say no. It especially made me feel bad when that one guy I denied told me to shove it. I didn’t want to shove it, that’s the thing. I wasn’t telling him that it wasn’t funny... just that it simply wasn’t a good fit. I remember that I had had a long work week, and I was tired and had so many things going on, and shoving it was seriously the last thing on my mind. So I didn’t. I just decided that I’d no longer Denver, Colo. (CNA) - If you’re a Where the heck was I? Ah yes, take submissions. Catholic on Facebook, or the internet what inspired me? Love for the Church in general, chances are SC Naoum and love for good satire. The Onion 4. Where does your inspiration for has made you laugh. Or he’s made you is wonderful. Their ability to poke fun articles come from? Whisky. angry. If he’s done his job the way he and to reveal truths with sometimes wants, he’s done both. subtle, sometimes absurd headlines is 5. When you’re not running EOTT, Naoum is the man, the myth, breathtaking. But there were so many what do you do? I love hanging out the legend behind the Catholic satire times I thought, and still do think, that with my family. I love reading, writing, site, Eye of the Tiber. Catholic News they could tone down the sacrilege a praying, and working out. That last part Agency had a chance to sit down with notch or ten. And so, cue light bulb, and was a lie. I hate working out. I have no the Californian writer and professional the idea of a Catholic satire site was idea what I was trying to pull off with smart aleck to talk inspiration, born. that lie. excommunication (well, his nightmares of it), and of course all those people 2: What is your goal for Eye of the 6. What has been the most popular who think it’s actual news. Tiber? To piss off every Catholic at EOTT article? Peter Jackson least once. If you’re not happy with Announces Plans For 72-Part Movie 1: What first inspired you to start that answer, please delete and insert Series of the Silmarillion is the most writing Eye of the Tiber? I’ve loved this: to shed light on the absurdity popular EOTT article written. It got like satire for as long as I can remember. of some of the things going on in 100k+ Facebook likes, 600+ Twitter Unfortunately, anyone who loves the Church while giving people an reposts or whatever you call them, and the Church recognizes that satire, opportunity to laugh at themselves. a bunch of other relatively impressive like most everything else that’s good And also not getting excommunicated. stats as well. Actually, there was a while in this world, like literature, poetry, You think the last part’s a joke, but there where if you googled “Silmarillion” music, the sciences and so on has it’s not. I’ve literally had nightmares it was the top post in Google News. been secularized. Heck, even Judeo- of being excommunicated because of That was kinda awesome. Christian symbols like the rainbow and an article. But the nightmare’s always Best part about the article, the thunderbolt were taken by those followed by a happy dream about me though, is that it wasn’t even written by typically most hostile to the Church. being handcuffed and led to a tribunal me. It was written by a priest friend, Fr. The rainbow, of course, represents during the Spanish Inquisition, and Andy Younan (Twitter: @Jonah_3001). God’s covenant with Noah. The world realizing that Toquemada is the Grand The thing with many of these articles, now sees it as a symbol representing Inquisitor for my case, and he sets me as Fr. Andy (Twitter: @Jonah_3001) man’s covenant with another man. free because Torqumada wasn’t as bad would agree with is that the ones you The thunderbolt, I understand, never as he’s been made out to be. think are gold will typically suck and the really represented anything for the Anyhow, that’s my goal for EOTT. ones you think will suck, will typically Church, but I kinda wish it did, because Not the weird dream part per se, but turn gold. It’s an odd thing that neither thunderbolts are pretty awesome, and letting readers know about random I (Twitter: @SCNaoum), nor Fr. Andy I’d love an excuse to get one of them Catholic facts that I find interesting, (Twitter: @Jonah_3001) can figure tattooed on me. while poking fun on important things out. So if you ever see an article that

26 just absolutely sucks, it’s because I (Twitter: @SCNaoum) thought it was genius. Don’t be frustrated. It was an honest mistake.

7. Which EOTT article has cause the most controversy? I can’t remember exactly which article caused the most controversy, but I know that the ones written about the Mass typically get the most heated. If I write an article titled, Report: Some 2nd Century Roman Christians Hated Latin Mass Because It Was Said In The Vernacular, I know I’m gonna piss off liturgical traditionalists. If I write one titled, Clown At Circus Mass Reprimanded For Honking Sanctus Horn At Wrong Part Of Consecration, I know it’s gonna piss off whatever the complete opposite of a liturgical traditionalist is. I think they’re called Protestants, actually.

8. How often do people think EOTT is a real news source? Very often. continued from page 25 supporters, and neighbors. And each [Awkward silence]. Is there a follow up encourages the other to achieve a level to the question? King School. Former coach in Jim Nicholson of physical fitness commensurate with 9. How can satire speak truth in could be heard shouting cheers of the talents God gave them. The kids ways that news sources or other encouragement from his volunteer compete, but they compete primarily media cannot? Satire is an interesting station along the last turn before the against themselves to be the best they art form. It’s not only the greatest form finishing stretch – and every child can be – and our hope is that they of passive aggression there is, but it is, who passed straightened his form and strive to improve their individual race at the same time, the most direct form picked up his pace at the sound of that times year over year. of criticism and examination. While voice! The route swelled with pride in Regardless of placement, every proper journalism takes the issue at individual accomplishment, or pushing child who crossed the finish line in the hand and attempts to reveal the fact oneself to the maximum of the abilities 5K or 1 Mile received a special dog tag, of the matter, proper satire takes that God gave. commemorating this inaugural event very same matter assumed to be Acting Co-Principal Amy Feighny and recognizing their substantial efforts factual, beats it to a pulp, dissects it, also encouraged her students as she to complete the race. Every registrant finds the inaccuracy in what the media completed the run. Some students received a swag bag with a full range of is reporting, siphons off the inaccuracy, even dressed in costumes, recognizing goodies, from lip balm to Kize bars. The beats it to a pulp once more just for good the “fun” in this Fun Run. The CK Run Imel sisters, Laura Webb and Missy measure, waterboards it to make sure did recognize the fastest runners – Henderson, collaborated to create the it has all the details, and represents it in Hunter Lozano, AJ Twombly, Tanner unique design for the CK Run t-shirts; a way so that the average reader can Sullivant, Maddie Miskovsky, Elise Hale and Higher Ground, recognizing truly understand the fact of the matter and Ann-Marie Weitzel – with a fun the school’s new effort to go green, without the spin. It’s in this way that cookie shaped like a medal indicating provided re-usable water bottles for satire is passive aggressive and at the places 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. We hope that every registrant. same time direct. It takes a round about the CK Run has imbued in our children The CK Run was a great community way of delivering direct truths. You a desire to train hard, to compete, and event that brought together families, know what I’m saying? Good, cause I to achieve at the highest level. parishioners and long-time friends and sure as heck don’t. We know we cannot all be at the supporters of the CK Community – front of the pack, but we can learn the parish, school and neighborhood. 10. What is your favorite liturgical to celebrate and honor everyone’s It is the culmination of a vision that dance? My top three are The Catholic efforts. We presented this CK Run as started years before. The concept of Carlton, Walk Like an Egyptian Coptic, a community sport – not an individual the CK Run began as it should have, and of course The Cha Cha Slide, one. The kids run together, often on a run through Nichols Hills with a  Stand, Sit, Stand, Kneel. with their families, generations of CK set of second generation CK alumni students, alumni, parents, teachers, This article was originally published Sept. 4, 2015. continued on page 30 27 evil by way of something good (but it is only apparently—not actually—good for us, due to the evil wrapped up in it). This helps us to discern more carefully. We learn to distinguish what seems good (or as St. Thomas says, has the semblance of good) from what is truly good. Because nothing is absolutely evil, we can note what is good within any proposal, but also look beyond it to grasp the evil lurking there. 2 – It teaches that evil has no good of its own. Whatever good it has is stolen from what is truly good. Evil steals the good by misappropriating, misapplying, exaggerating, or deforming it in some way. Evil in itself appeals to no one, so it must steal from the good and dress itself up, luring us with what is good and cloaking its true emptiness. Is there such a thing as pure evil? Evil in itself is unappealing and devoid of anything it can claim as its Here’s what St. Thomas says own. It lives like a parasite on the good Msgr. Charles Pope and must take something good in order to be anything at all. We human beings are inclined to So, while evil may appear powerful Jesus warned us, Beware of false thinking categorically and absolutely. and enticing, in itself it has nothing to prophets, who come to you in sheep’s But not all (or even most) categories offer. Though evil scoffs at the good, it clothing but inwardly are ravenous are absolute. Is there such a thing ultimately depends upon it. wolves. You will know them by their as absolute goodness, with no error fruits (Matt 7:15-16). The essence of 3 – It helps us to avoid hatred and admixed? Yes, most assuredly. God is temptation is including or alluding to disdain of human persons, even those so, as are the saints He has perfected something that is good or true. It is the deeply wounded by sin and marked by in Heaven. But is there such a thing good and the true that attract and serve rebellion or arrogance. There remain as absolute evil, in which there is no as the lure. A fish would not be tempted in them things that are good. They admixture of goodness? St. Thomas by a rock attached to a hook. The bait still have existence (from God). They Aquinas and others say that there is is designed to attract the fish; it hides still have intelligence and will, and not not. the hook. Similarly, we are not attracted everything they do or desire is evil. On one level, this is because evil is by what is evil, ugly, and awful. Thus good can still be found in them; a privation, the absence of something we can hope to appeal to those still that should be there. Hence if someone Scripture describes Eve’s temptation good qualities as a basis for conversion (or something) were wholly evil, he (it) to partake of the forbidden fruit as before it is too late. would not exist at all. There would be follows: The woman saw that the no “there” there. fruit of the tree was good for food and 4 – It helps us find what is true even pleasing to the eye, and also desirable in false doctrines and philosophies. St. Thomas says, Now in things it is for gaining wisdom (Gen 3:6). Food, Heresy and error usually involve some impossible to find one that is wholly beauty, and wisdom are all good. Thus exaggeration of what is true, but they devoid of good. Wherefore it is also even in the archetypal temptation, fail to regard other truths that balance impossible for any knowledge to be good things were proffered. But these and distinguish them. Hence it is wholly false, without some mixture of concealed and were admixed with usually imprudent to wholly dismiss truth. Hence Bede says that “no teaching terrible ingratitude, disobedience, erroneous teachings as lunacy or to is so false that it never mingles truth with pride, and lack of trust in God. ridicule their proponents. A time-tested falsehood.” Hence even the teaching method is to find what is true, meet the of demons, with which they instruct Though the good can be absolute proponent there, and then disclose the their prophets, contains some truths and categorical, evil cannot. Why is error by showing how it fails to account whereby it is rendered acceptable. For this important? for other truths meant to balance it. St. the intellect is led astray to falsehood by 1 – It helps to make our battle with Thomas Aquinas was a master at this. the semblance of truth, even as the will temptation and evil more informed, is seduced to evil by the semblance of 5 – It teaches us patience and fortitude. more prudent. It helps us to recognize goodness (Summa Theologica II, IIae, The Lord told the parable of the wheat the sly tactics of those who tempt us to Q. 172, Art. 6). and the tares. Having sown good

28 wheat in his field, the owner (God) acknowledges that an enemy sowed the tares. What is interesting is that the wheat and the tares look very much alike until just before the harvest. Nevertheless, an impatient field hand proposes to the owner that all the tares be removed immediately. The owner (God) urges caution, saying, No, because while you are pulling the weeds, you may harm the wheat with them (Mat 13:29). While it is true that wheat cannot become tares and tares cannot become wheat, the same is not so with us. Too easily can we who would be wheat become tares. Yet also we who are tares can become more and more like wheat. Thus in our battle against evil we must show care not to destroy what is good in us or in others. Even in evil is not absolute, God can draw good experience the same suffering in kind people, some good can be found and from it; in all things God works for the or degree as a genocidal and atheistic nourished. This does not mean that good of those who love him, who have head of state directly responsible for the strong medicine is never required, but been called according to his purpose death of millions. Both have rejected the goal is to preserve what is good (Romans 8:28). key values of the Kingdom: one rejected and to expose clearly what is evil. chastity, the other rejected the worship 7 – It teaches us a subtlety about So there will be a day of judgment, due to God and the sacredness of God’s justice in relation to Hell and the but not yet. God permits time so that human life. But the degree of their sin damned. While Heaven is perfection we and others may repent. He seeks to and the consequences of that sin are and pure goodness, Hell is not pure evil. grow what is good from within otherwise very different. St. Thomas teaches, It is impossible for bad situations. So Heaven is a place of absolute evil to be pure and without the admixture This often requires patience, perfection, a work accomplished by God of good …. [So]those who will be thrust admixed with resolve to expose evil for for those who say yes. But Hell, though into hell will not be free from all good … what it is. To be patient is not necessarily a place of great evil, is not a place of [And even] those who are in hell can to be quiet. The word patience is rooted absolute evil. It cannot be, because receive the reward of their goods, in in the concept of suffering (patior = God continues to sustain human and so far as their past goods avail for the I suffer, I endure). To be patient is to angelic persons in existence there mitigation of their punishment (Summa stay at the work of preaching and (despite their final rejection of what Theologica, Supplement 69.7). calling to repentance until the very day He offers), and existence itself is This can assist us in understanding of the harvest. To be patient involves good. He also judges them according that God’s punishments are just and suffering and endurance, because evil to their deeds. Their good deeds may that the damned are neither devoid of is stubborn and hides, pretending to be ameliorate their sufferings; this, too, all good nor lacking in any experience good. is good and allows for good in varying of good. Even though a soul does not The virtue of fortitude helps us degrees there. Hell is not in any way wish to dwell in God’s Kingdom due to be courageous and to persistently pleasant, but it is not equally bad for all. to that person’s rejection of God or stay at this work in spite of obstacles, And thus God’s justice, which is good, the values of the Kingdom, the nature disappointments, and setbacks. reaches even Hell. of suffering apart from God in Hell is 6 – It provides us with insight as we commensurate with the sin(s) that In summary, good can be perfect and endure suffering. God permits evil excluded the person. whole, but evil can never be pure so that something good and better This would seem to be true even and total. The implications to this are can come from it. There are hidden of demons. In the Rite of Exorcism, the many. Pray carefully over the insights and paradoxical gifts in suffering and exorcist warns the possessing demons, presented above and apply them well, enduring evil. We are taught patience “The longer you delay your departure, for the days are evil. Thanks be to God and humility. We learn to thirst for the worse your punishment shall be.” that total evil is not to be found. Our job justice and the paradise of Heaven. In his Inferno, Dante wrote of levels is to find what is good and, by God’s Error can help us to better understand within Hell and that not all the damned grace, to grow it.  truth and hone our skills in apologetics experience identical sufferings. Thus, Read more from Msgr. Charles Pope on his as we seek to refute error. Because evil an unrepentant adulterer might not blog at http://blog.adw.org/author/cpope/

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continued from page 27 value in it. Many thanks go to Rosetta, only encouraged and supported them Laura and Missy, who helped us create on race day, but one that continues to from a long-time CK parish family. and organize the CK Run, a race that encourage and support them throughout Laura Webb and Missy Henderson we hope will continue for many years. their lives as members of that vibrant, helped me truly understand the Many more thanks go to Cody much larger CK Community. longstanding, meaningful connections and Jeremy Dunnington who, assisted Those of us who advocate running between the school and its vibrant, by Bryan and Jeannette Stanton, know the reality behind Saint John Paul much larger parish and neighborhood graciously accepted the task of II’s words: running is “not merely the community. We all lived close enough procuring sponsors and far exceeded exercise of muscles, but the school of to the school that our children walked our fundraising needs; to Jenny moral values and of training in courage, to school and church, and we wanted Richard and Laura Webb for creating in perseverance, and in overcoming to celebrate that community in a way our original awards; to Nichole Lipps laziness and carelessness.” Running that engaged every member through for managing the spirit spots; to Allyson the CK Run is not the end but the means an event in which every generation of Heffington and Barbara Kelly for “to total and harmonious physical, that community could participate in a managing so many details – from race moral and social development.” And meaningful way. As runners ourselves, packets to Porta Pottys and bagels beyond that, as CK Kindergarten whose friendship derived from running to bibs; to Wanda Ross for assisting student Thomas Hale said, “It was just together, we decided a run might just with all things set-up and clean-up; to really fun.” be the perfect format to celebrate that Debbie Anglin and Lori Alspaugh who Alyssa Donovan Farrell is a CK CK community. jumped in anywhere needed, and to parent, parishioner and neighbor. She Rosetta Nguyen, another CK mom the many school and parish volunteers is also a five-time State Champion and parishioner, who had organized whose presence on race day and middle distance runner from Mississippi numerous successful road races before made the event possible. and was Captain of the U.S. Naval before, was the willing expert who We hope the CK Run continues Academy’s track team in 1999, earning volunteered to help us bring that vision to imbue in our children an ethic of eight NCAA DIV I Varsity Letters while to reality. She readily saw what we physical fitness and a deeper sense competing as a Midshipman.  hoped to achieve and recognized the of community, a community that not

30 Have grandkids? Pope Francis wants you to talk with them by Hannah Brockhaus Rome, Italy, Oct 15, 2016 / 11:35 am grandparents care for grandchildren, – because I too am one of them,” (CNA/EWTN News) - On Saturday, simply by transmitting to children the Francis noted, “are called to work for Pope Francis told grandparents that experience of life, the spiritual and the development of the culture of life, they are valuable and that their wisdom cultural values of a community and a witnessing that every season of life is a should be shared with the younger people!”It is important to promote the gift from God and it has its own beauty generation, to help them grow and to bond between generations, the Pope and its importance, although marked support them in their faith.“And talk to said. “The future of a people requires by fragility.”In countries that have been your grandchildren, talk. Let them ask the encounter between young and under severe religious persecution, you questions,” he said. They may be old: the young people are the vitality grandparents have had an important different from you, they may do other of a people on the way and the elderly role of passing along the faith to the things, “they like other music... but reinforce this vitality with memory and next generation, the Pope said. They they need the elderly, this ongoing wisdom.”The elderly show that it is have even lead children to be baptized, dialogue.”“You are an important possible to withstand even the greatest despite suffering or an underground presence, because your experience is a trials, never losing confidence in God church.Pope Francis thanked the precious treasure, essential to looking to or in a better future, Francis continued. grandfathers and grandmothers the future with hope and responsibility,” The elderly are like trees that “continue present for their example of love, Pope Francis said Oct. 15 at the to bear fruit” giving their contribution for dedication and wisdom. “Continue Vatican.The Pope met with pilgrims, a society “rich in values,” and affirming with courage to bear witness to these including around 7,000 grandparents, the “culture of life.”He shamed the values! Not lacking your smile in to share a reflection and prayer as part “throwaway” culture which considers society and the beautiful brightness of of the Celebration of Grandparents. old people unproductive and useless, your eyes!”“The Church regards the The audience also included the instead of respecting and appreciating elderly with affection, gratitude and National Association of Older Workers their personal dignity.In a world that high esteem. They are an essential and the Federation of Seniors Italy. believes strength and appearance are part of the Christian community and During the audience, Pope Francis the most important things, “you have society, in particular they represent the acknowledged how many elderly the mission to witness to the values roots and the memory of a people.”At people give generously of their time in that really matter and which endure the end of his speech, the Pope the Church – whether as catechists, forever because they are engraved encouraged people to pray to St. Anne, or during the liturgy, or by cleaning or on the heart of every human being the grandmother of Jesus: “Everyone decorating.“And what about their role and guaranteed by the Word of God,” ask Anne to teach us to be good and in the family?” he said. “How many he told pilgrims.“You, or rather we wise grandparents,” he said.  31 Christ the King Catholic Church P.O. Box 20508 Non-Profit Org. Oklahoma City, OK 73156 US POSTAGE PAID (405) 842-1481 Oklahoma City, OK www.ckokc.org PERMIT NO. 1302

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