Dear Readers,
My
name is Fr. Franz Devantier of Saint Titus, Independent Old Catholic Church
(IOCC) of Africa, operating in South Africa, and also creator of this blog.
My background was that of a Liberal Catholic
Priest, and a Traditional Catholic Priest in South Africa, and then an
independent Priest in the Catholic tradition. I was incardinated into the
IOCC by Archbishop-Primate Emeritus Maurice McCormick founder of the IOCC of
America.
Primate Archbishop George Le Mesurier, IOCC of
America
Primate Emeritus Archbishop Maurice McCormick, IOCC of America
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Primate Emeritus Archbishop Maurice McCormick, IOCC of America
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Bishop George Otieno Odhiambo, IOCC of Africa
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Father. Franz Devantier, IOCC South Africa
Invocatio:
P.
In nomine Patris, et + Filii et Spiritus
Sancti. Amen. (In the
name of the father, and of the Son, +
and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. )
Confiteor:
A. O Lord, Thou hast created man to be immortal and made
him to be an image of Thine own eternity; yet often we forget the glory of our
heritage and wander from the path which leads to righteousness. But Thou, O Lord, hast made us for Thyself
and our hearts are ever restless till they find their rest in Thee. Look with the eyes of Thy love upon our
manifold imperfections and pardon all our shortcomings, that we may be filled
with the brightness of the everlasting light and become the unspotted mirror of
Thy power and the image of Thy goodness;
Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Absolutio:
P.
Deus Pater, Deus + Filius, Deus
Spiritus Sanctus, vos benedicat, custodiat atque sanctificet; Dominus in
clementia sua respiciat supra vos et misereatur vestri; Dominus vos + absolvet ab omnibus peccatis vestris,
vobisque gratiam det Spiritus Sancti et confirmationem. Amen. (God the
Father, God the + Son, God the Holy
Ghost, bless, preserve and sanctify you; the Lord in His lovingkindness look
down upon you and be gracious unto you; the Lord + absolve you from all your sins and grant you the grace and
comfort of the Holy Spirit. Amen.)
21st
Sunday after Pentecost – 13th October 2013 (Colour of Celebration – Green)
Intent: Perseverance
Lord of all power and might, who art the author and giver
of all good things, may our hearts be so filled with gratitude to thee that we
may continually increase in true religion and from thine omnipotence may we
draw strength to persevere; through Christ our Lord. Amen.
God is good towards us; let us be the same towards our
brethren. If we pardon our brethren from
the bottom of our hearts, our Lord Jesus Christ will remit our debts.
Daily Scripture Readings – 13 to 19
October (Read the bible in a Year)
Date
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Morning
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Evening
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13
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Isaiah,
chapters 41, 42
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I
Thessalonians, chapter 1
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14
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Isaiah,
chapters 43, 44
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I
Thessalonians, chapter 2
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15
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Isaiah,
chapters 45, 46
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I
Thessalonians, chapter 3
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16
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Isaiah,
chapters 47, 48, 49
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I
Thessalonians, chapter 4
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17
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Isaiah,
chapters 50, 51, 52
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I
Thessalonians, chapter 5
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18
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Isaiah,
chapters 53, 54, 55
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II
Thessalonians, chapter 1
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19
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Isaiah,
chapters 56, 57, 58
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II
Thessalonians, chapter 2
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Commemoration
of the Saints, for the coming week
Sunday October 13th
St Edward, Confessor.
The King-Confessor was a grandson of St Edward. King and martyr, and the last but one of the
Anglo-Saxon Kings of England. He died
A.D. 1066.
Monday October 14th
St Callixtus, Pope, Martyr.
St Callixtus I, successor of St Zephyrinus, instituted the
Ember-Day Fasts, and provided for the honourable interment of the Martyrs. He himself suffered martyrdom under Alexander
Severus A.D. 223.
Tuesday October 15th
St Teresa, Virgin, Doctor.
The seraphic St Teresa born at Avila (Spain) at the age of
18, entered the convent of St Mary of Mount Carmel. As the Reformer of the Carmelites, she
re-established the primitive observance of their ancient Rule. On account of her invaluable works on
mystical Theology, she may be considered one of the greatest Doctors of the
Church. She died A.D. 1582.
Wednesday October
16th
St Hedwig, Widow.
St Hedwig, duchess of Poland, of royal stock and the
maternal aunt of St Elizabeth of Hungary, retired into a Cistercian convent
after the death of her husband. She died
A.D. 1243.
Thursday October
17th
St Margaret Mary Alacoque, Virgin.
St Margaret Mary Alocoque was born at Verosvres (France) in
1647 and entered the Order of the Visitation at Paray-le-Monial in 1671. Jesus appeared to her in numerous visions, displaying
to her His Sacred Heart, sometimes burning as a furnace, and sometimes torn and
bleeding on account of the coldness and sins of men. In 1675 the great revelation was made to her
that she, in Union with Father de La Colombiere, SJ, was to be the chief
instrument for instituting the Feast of the Sacred Heart and for spreading
devotion to the Sacred Heart throughout the world. She died on October 17th, A.D.
1690.
Friday October 18th
St Luke, Evangelist.
St Luke was probably born of pagan parents at Antioch. Converted, he became the missionary companion
of St Paul, who called him “the most dear physician” and “his fellow
labourer”. He preached the Gospel in
Achaia, where he died at a ripe old age.
He earned undying glory by his writing of the Third Gospel and the Acts
of the Apostles.
Saturday October
19th
St Peter of Alcantara, Confessor.
St Peter, a Spaniard of noble birth, entered the Order of
St Francis at the age of 16. He
re-established the primitive Franciscan rule, and gave St Teresa powerful
support in her work of reformation. He
died 1562.
Announcements:
We are actively recruiting members for Saint Titus,
Ordinary members, members who need baptism and confirmation, and candidate
Priests. If you are interested, then
please contact Fr. Franz devantierf@gmail.com
Special Prayer Requests:
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I urge you to pray daily that the sex-offenders in the church will be exposed
and publicly named, shamed, and removed from office; before being handed over
to the authorities.
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I urge you to pray for the wellbeing of the animals around us. Pray that both domestic and wild animals will
be properly treated, respected and loved by all of us in the world. The whole of the animal Kingdom, right down
to the smallest and most insignificant animal is a creature of God, and
deserves to be treated as such.
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Sacred References:
Ephesians, chapter 6, verse 10 onwards.
Matthew, chapter 10, verse 1 onwards.
Homily:
Today’s talk is about perseverance,
and about some of the tools that we have been given to help us to persevere.
Let’s jump right in, and look at the
Full Armour of God, that has been given to us.
The armour of God is to protect us against rulers, and authorities, that
constitute the powers of the dark world.
It is to protect us against the different levels of spiritual forces of
evil that are in heavenly realms. You
see if you are a spiritual zero, in terms of trying to develop yourself spiritually
or in terms of taking a stand against spiritual forces, then there is no need
for the evil spiritual forces in high places to pay any attention to you.
As a spiritual zero you could safely
say, that the spiritual side of life is of zero significance to you. However as soon as you make a stand for God,
you have exposed yourself, and sooner or later you will be a target of the
power of the evil spiritual forces in high places. These attacks can take many forms. I have known people in perfect health, who
have suddenly succumbed to illness that could have been understood in a
weakened and sick body, but not in a healthy body. I was witness to two healthy men who
challenged certain spiritual structures and tried to make positive improvements. Both of them got seriously ill within weeks
of each other, and within months had died of medically explainable
complications, but we know that they were seriously attacked by spiritual
forces in high places.
When you take on the path of spiritual
warfare, you are exposing yourself to attacks that will challenge both the
integrity of your soul and your body, potentially destroying both, without
mercy. I am going to illustrate the
quickest and easiest way to get involved in spiritual warfare, and leave you
with a challenge to take it on, if you have not already. You can become seriously involved in
spiritual warfare, simply by making a decision to give your life to the Lord Jesus
Christ, and to follow Jesus Christ from this point onwards in your life. If you don’t take up the challenge if you
have not already done so, it may be because you have already firmly established
yourself on a route that will not lead to Union with God at the end of your
lifetime. This may be the reason why you
have experienced no spiritual attacks in your life. From the other side of the fence you are
being offered love, not spiritual attacks, so you are able to walk away pretty
much unaffected.
Take up this challenge now, and join
us on the spiritual warfare front:
The Prayer of Redemption
Lord Jesus Christ, thank you for dying
on the cross for my sins.
Please forgive my sins and give me the
gift of eternal life.
I ask you into my life and heart to be
my Lord and Saviour.
I undertake to get baptized as called
for in the scriptures, Mark 16, verse 16.
Amen.
Mark, chapter 16, verse 16.
Whoever believes and is baptized will
be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
Acts, chapter 2, verse 38.
Peter Replied, “Repent and be
baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of
your sins. And you will receive the gift
of the Holy Spirit.
Now let’s take a closer look at the
Armour of God. The armour of God is
fully capable of protecting you from the best attacks that can be launched
against you, provided that you remain facing your opponent. There is no protection provided for when you
turn your back on your spiritual opponent, and walk away. This is where Christians need to be, not much
fun in being not worthy of attack.
Firstly you will have the belt of truth firmly
buckled around your waist. This is
actually the most important part, because if you don’t have Truth fastened
around your core your middle or your waist, then you probably would not need
any of the other protection provided. So
the Truth needs to become part of your core-belief-system. You belt will be an anchor point for the
other pieces of armour that you will wear.
Next you need to put on the breastplate
of righteousness. This breastplate will
provide you with protection from attacks which could potentially otherwise be
fatal, to your soul or your body.
However take note that the breastplate is made of righteousness, or is
composed of the essence of righteousness.
In other words you need to be righteous, in order for your breastplate
to function.
Let me just make the concept of
Righteousness a little clearer.
Righteousness or Rectitude is an important theological concept in
Christianity, as we well as Judaism, Islam, Hinduism or Dharma, and
Zoroastrianism. It implies that a person’s
actions are justified. It means that the
person is leading a life that is pleasing to God. It implies that a person has given his life
to the Lord Jesus Christ, and has been justified by faith. The Hebrew word for righteousness is “tseh’-dek”,
which means righteous, integrity, equity, justice, straightness. The root of “tseh’-dek” is “tsaw-dak”, which
means upright, just, straight, innocent, true, sincere. Righteousness is best understood in terms of
being the product of upright and moral action in accordance with the Will of
God.
Ok, so you have the belt of truth,
firmly buckled around your waist, and you have put on the breastplate of
righteousness. Notice that the
breastplate does not protect your back in any way or form, so you dare not turn
your back on your opponent, the evil spiritual forces in high places.
Now you are ready to have your feet
fitted with the readiness from the Gospel of peace. You see your feet never lie. Your feet are always pointing in the
direction that you really want to go. If
somebody is open to you, they will open your foot towards you, if they are not
open to you, the foot will remain closed.
If somebody is nervous the toes will point inwards. Now what are your feet telling us about
you. The only way to properly get the
feet under control, is to study the Gospel of Peace, which is really just the
Holy Scriptures or the Bible. So you
really need to understand the lessons in the Gospels intimately, so that you
can apply them to situations in a genuine way.
Next we get the shield of Faith, which
can be moved around to block the flaming arrows from the evil one, or the evil
spiritual forces in high places. Don’t
be deceived, when you are under spiritual attack these fiery arrows will come,
and they will do damage to your soul and or your body. Notice that this excellent protection device
the shield of faith is designed to protect the front of yourself, again no
protection for your back, so you dare not turn your back, once you have engaged. Notice also that the shield is made of
Faith. So you will need to have studied
the scriptures, and have a firm unwavering belief or faith in the principles
that are explained in the Gospels. You
need to believe 100%, in order for your shield to work 100%. You need a 100% shield, you can’t afford to
have a shield that allows 50% of the fiery arrows to penetrate. So your faith has to be 100% complete.
Now you are ready for the next part of
the armour of God, the “Helmet of salvation”.
The knowledge of your salvation is symbolically carried around in your
mind or in your head, although it also resides in your heart and your soul. You need to be certain at all times that your
Salvation has been secured, because that is one of the foundation stones of all
that you stand for as a Christian. It is
the reason why Christ Jesus came to this earth in the first place. It is the reason why Christ Jesus died on the
cross for our sins. The helmet of
Salvation protects this knowledge, because one of the tactics of evil spiritual
forces in high places, is to just simply cast doubt as to the validity of your
salvation. Once that has been achieved,
then everything else will start to fall apart, because everything is based on
your personal Salvation, your atonement for sin, Justification by faith. So the Helmet of Salvation protects you from
intellectual attacks on your faith. The
Helmet of Salvation is the last of the purely protective parts of the Full
Armour of God.
Now as a Christian you are clothed in:
- Belt of truth buckled around your
middle.
- Breastplate of Righteousness.
- Feet fitted with readiness from the
gospel of peace.
- Shield of Faith.
- Hemet of Salvation.
At this point in time you are in a
position to withstand whatever the evil spiritual forces in high places decide
to dish out to you. However you are just
cannon fodder, you have no way of fighting back. So to complete the armour of God you will
also need:
The “Sword of the Spirit”.
This sword is the spirit of God. Whatever situation you are in, the spirit of
God will shine through and do and say the appropriate things, so as to take the
spiritual attackers out of action. The
Sword of the Spirit is a double edged sword.
This sword will cut your adversaries, on all the points that they don’t
comply with the will of God. However it
will also cut the wielder of it with all the point that you don’t comply with
the will of God. So be careful, do
proper preparation, before you just stand up and wield the “Sword of the Spirit”. Also to ward off the attacks of evil spiritual
forces in high places, you are going to have to use the “Sword of the Spirit”.
Once you are swinging the Sword of the
Spirit around, and not bleeding because you are cutting yourself on it, you are
ready for the next piece of the armour of God.
You need to “Pray in the Spirit on all occasions”. You see Christians are instructed to get
baptized with water and also with fire.
The day of Pentecost was when the Holy Spirit descended on all who were
present, and baptized them with fire in the Holy Spirit. Each of them started manifesting a gift of
the spirit, such as speaking on other tongues.
By praying in the spirit, on all occasions, means that you are firstly
addressing the attacks of the evil spiritual forces in ways that may be beyond
your understanding. Secondly you are
developing your spiritual gifts that are giving to you by the Holy Spirit. This can be done in different ways, you may
be praying in other tongues for part of your prayer, or there may be an
understanding that the spirit of God is upon you in some or other way. When the spirit of God is upon you, or
displayed within you, the evil spiritual forces in high places dare not take on
the Holy Spirit directly.
Once you are praying in the spirit on
all occasions you are ready for the big one.
Be alert, and keep on praying for all
the Saints. Yes this is the biggest one
yet, because it is the final step that actually starts creating the Kingdom of
god on Earth as the evil spiritual forces in high places sit and watch, powerless
to do anything about it, because you have all the other pieces of the Armour of
God in place. You need to be alert, so
that you can recognise the type of spiritual attack that is being mounted by
the evil spiritual forces in high places, so that you can properly counter
these attacks. You need to keep on
praying for all of the Saints because the church of Christ or the body of
Christ is made up of all the individual Christians, working together. In order to achieve a good healthy
functioning whole, one needs to make sure that all the individual components
are working properly. So you are praying
for all of the Saints to facilitate that as the body of Christ forms, it
functions in the best possible way, with regards to its separate parts.
So now we are wearing the Full Armour
of God, against which none of the Evil spiritual powers in high places has any
power. Of course you need to keep your
armour in a state of good repair. Your
shield of Faith needs to be kept strong so that it can ward off all of the flaming
arrows, that will be coming its way.
Your Sword of the Spirit will cut you where you don’t comply with the
will of God. Every part of the Armour of
God needs to be in good condition, otherwise you will leave yourself exposed,
to potentially fatal attack. Also the
armour of God has been designed in such a way, that once you engage with the
evil spiritual forces in high places, there is no way that you can disengage or
walk away, without suffering serious consequences. You have to face your adversary, until the spiritual
battle has been won.
- Belt of Truth buckled around your
waist.
- Breastplate of Righteousness.
- Feet fitted with readiness from the
gospel of peace.
- Shield of faith.
- Helmet of Salvation.
- Sword of the Spirit.
- Pray in the Spirit on all occasions.
- Be alert, and keep on praying for
all the saints.
We find Jesus Christ sending out the
twelve disciples with very special instructions, and of course to a large
extent they were wearing a limited version of the Armour of God already. They were given the power to drive out evil
spirits, which to some intellectuals may equate to be able to remedy serious
mental illness with a prayer. They were
given the power to heal every disease and sickness. Just think for a moment about the power of
this gift to the twelve disciples. They
could meet somebody who was dying from kidney or liver failure, or systemic
heart failure, and just by laying their hands on them and praying, they would
be healed. For example those dying with
HIV and AIDS, Cancers and etc, could all be healed.
Jesus Christ instructed them to do
something that has largely been ignored by Christians from the earliest times,
and right up to the present times. Jesus
said, “Go first to the lost sheep of Israel”.
Granted the lost sheep of Israel may not be the easiest group of people
to convert to Christianity, but Jesus Christ has a very good reason for asking
that of the disciples, and of us.
Jesus Christ told them that they were
in effect being sent out as sheep amongst the wolves. They were told to be a shrewd as snakes and
as innocent as doves. In their time of
need the spirit of the Father would speak through them, so they did not have to
be afraid to make appointments with absolutely any person or group of persons;
because they would never be lost for words.
Jesus Christ explained how all sorts
of people would come to hate them, because of what they stood for. However they were instructed to not be afraid
of powerful men, or men who could destroy the physical body. They should rather have more fear of the evil
one who could destroy both the soul and the body.
Jesus Christ explained that whoever
acknowledges him before men, he will acknowledge them before his Father in
heaven.
There was a whole lot of advice that
was given to the twelve before they set off.
Perhaps a lot of it, like the details on how to heal anybody was not
added into the Gospel. Imagine attending
a Master class with Jesus Christ, on how to heal anybody from any disease or
illness. What would that have been worth
to you? Well the twelve disciples
attended just such a Master class, which included the transference of whatever
spiritual powers were needed to achieve the healing. Would you like to gain the knowledge on
healing any disease with a prayer?
Although the details of the Master
healing class were not included in the Gospels as such, there were some details
given, as far as anecdotal information around each specific healing incidence
was concerned. In different books of the
bible, little bits and pieces of the healing process were revealed. If one were to put them all together, you
would get a bigger picture of how the heaoing worked. However probably still not enough. However if you looked further into various
works from various authors over the last two thousand years, you would be able
to crystalize the combined knowledge into a much more comprehensive account of
how spiritual healing works. Yet there
would still be something missing. You
would still not have the complete picture.
These days there are some evangelists
who have the gift of healing. People
come to their healing meetings and leave healed of their illnesses. People like this have probably found some of
the missing pieces to the puzzle, but again, one does not find books published
by these healing giants, explaining how to do the healing. There may be anecdotal details, but about the
mechanism, and how it really works, not much.
However the secret to spiritual
healing has been documented and explained, but perhaps not in the way that we
would like to see it documented and explained.
In the details of the Full Armour of God, we see that one of the
instructions is to Pray in the Spirit on all occasions. Now if it pleases God to give you the gift of
healing, you will be given whatever you need on a Spiritual level in order to be
able to perform the healing. So it is
not a manual that everybody can study, and become a healer, it is reserved for
those who have followed the Will of God by praying in the spirit on all
occasions, and whom God has chosen for reasons that we don’t understand, to
give the gift of healing to. To others
who align themselves to the Will of God, God has given them other fruits or
gifts of the spirit. I am sure that the
most appropriate and valuable gifts are given to each individual, according to
their needs, on an eternal level. So it
is not about a moment of gratification on this earthly plain, but more of a very
long-term strategy, determined by the Will of God, and what you as a Soul are
ready to take on, in this moment in time.
Love Rev. Fr. Franz Devantier IOCC.
Church History – Article 16:
Awakening
The Great Awakening was not just
another revival, but a spiritual revival of major proportions. In America the Revival had its beginnings in
New England, and Jonathan Edwards (1703 - 1758), played a major role. George Whitefield an associate of John Wesley
visited America in the late 1730’s.
“Revivalism” had always been the essence of American Christianity, all
the way from the first plantation, and all the way up to Billy Graham. A steady rhythm of revivals followed the lean
years in America.
The Great Awakening followed the
pattern of previous revivals. Coldness and
corruption in the orthodox churches provoked many Christians into a desire for
greater spiritual warmth and reality.
Eventually the spark of concern broke forth into the flame of revival. After the initial awakening in New England
under the leadership of Jonathan Edwards, the revival swept up and down the
Atlantic seaboard. Every denomination
was affected by the revival.
Every part of British North
America reaped its benefits in terms of converts, and renewed religious
life. With this came increased spiritual
and social sensitivity. Every major
Christian group had an internal battle with those who supported the preaching
of the great Awakening, and those who opposed it. Ultimately the pro-revivalists won. Revivalism has continued to be a major part
of the American Christian life up to the present day.
The Great Awakening also came at
the time of the American Revolution of 1776.
The Protestant denominations in the colonies, all supported the American
Revolution. Baptists, Congregationalists,
Presbyterians, Reformed and Lutherans, joined the American Revolution in Great
numbers. The Anglicans on the other hand
did not support the cause of the American Revolution, to the same extent. The Anglicans were hampered by the authority
structure of the church and conflicting loyalties within the church. Most of the religious enthusiasm generated by
the great awakening was channelled into the revolution. Expectations for the coming Kingdom of God on
Earth were exchanged for the ideal of a Nation that would emphasize both
evangelical Christian values and republican principles.
What really excited many
Christians during the American revolution was the New Constitution of the
United Sates, which incorporated the notion of the separation of Church and State
in its Bill of Rights. Thomas Jefferson
(1743 - 1826), had worked with the growing numbers of Baptists and evangelical
dissenters in the new nation to get this into the Bill of Rights.
In France, the great revolution
of 1789, had a markedly different effect to the American revolution. The was a strong reaction against organized
religion and the constitutional Church.
The revolutionaries built upon the ideas of the Enlightenment, and
regarded the Church as being part of the old regime, which needed to be
overthrown, and banished from French life, once and for all. The French Catholic hierarchy supported the
monarchy. However perhaps the saving
grace for the Catholic church in France was that the parish priests tended to
be sympathetic with the cause of the revolutionaries, especially in the early
days.
The French Revolution severely
and permanently damaged the status of the Roman Catholic Church in France. It became almost impossible during the
revolution to be both a republican and a catholic. Eventually in the next century the nineteenth
century, a bitter struggle between the state and the church developed,
especially over such matters as education.
Eventually a series of laws were passed which severely restricted the
powers of the Catholic Church in France, which still remain.
(Next week we look at “an age of
reason”)
An Anglican Catechism
– Article 16:
The Sacraments (Baptism)
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What are the sacraments?
The
sacraments are outward and visible signs of inward and spiritual grace, given
by Christ as sure and certain means by which we receive that grace.
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What is grace?
Grace
is God’s favour towards us, unearned and undeserved; by grace God forgives our
sins, enlightens our minds, stirs our hearts, and strengthens our wills.
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What are the tow great sacraments of the gospel?
The
two great sacraments given by Christ to his Church are Baptism and the Holy
Eucharist.
Baptism
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What is Baptism?
Baptism
is the sacrament by which God adopts us as his children and makes us members of
Christ’s Body, the Church, and inheritors of the Kingdom of God.
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What is the outward and visible sign in baptism?
The
outward and visible sign in baptism is water, in which the person is baptized
in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
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What is the inward and spiritual grace in baptism?
The
inward and spiritual grace in baptism is union with Christ in his death and
resurrection, birth into God’s family the Church, forgiveness of sins, and new
life in the Holy Spirit.
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What is required of us in baptism?
It
is required that we renounce Satan, repent of our sins, and accept Jesus as our
Lord and saviour.
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Why then are infants baptized?
Infants
are baptized so that they can share citizenship in the Covenant, membership in
Christ, and redemption by God.
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How are the promises for infants made and carried out?
Promises
are made for them by their parents and sponsors, who guarantee that the infants
will be brought up within the Church, to know Christ and be able to follow him.
(Next
week we will look at The Holy Eucharist)
Prayer:
Our
Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name: Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth
as it is in heaven. Give us this day our
daily bread. And forgive us our
trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil.
[Protestants
can optionally add: For Thine is the
kingdom, the power and the glory, for ever and ever.]
Amen.
A Meditation for all Humanity, The Great Invocation:
This meditation or prayer refers to the Kingdom of God,
establishing itself on Earth.
(In place of the word “Christ” below, you may be more
comfortable with the term “Lord Maitreya”, “the Imam Mahdi”, “the Bodhisattva”,
“the Messiah”, or etc.)
From the point of Light within the Mind of God
Let Light stream forth into the minds of men.
Let Light descend on Earth.
From the point of Love within the Heart of God
Let Love stream forth into the hearts of men.
May Christ
return to Earth.
From the centre where the Will of God is known
Let purpose guide the little wills of men
The purpose which the Masters know and serve.
From the centre which we call the race of men
Let the Plan of Love and Light work out
And may it seal the door where evil dwells.
Let Light and Love and Power restore the Plan on Earth.
By using the Invocation and encouraging others to use it,
no particular group or organisation is sponsored. It belongs to all humanity.
Benedictio:
P.
Pax Dei, quae exsuperat omnem sensum, custodiat corda vestra et intelligentias
vestras in scientia et amore Dei, et Filii ejus Jesu Christi Domini nostri; Et
benedictio Dei omnipotentis, Patris, + et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti, descendat
super vos, et maneat semper vobiscum.
Amen. (The peace of God, which passeth
all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God
and of his Son, Christ our Lord; and the Blessing of God Almighty, the Father, + the Son and the Holy Ghost, be
amongst you and remain with you always. Amen.
)
Love,
Rev. Fr. Franz Devantier of Saint Titus, IOCC, South Africa,
devantierf@gmail.com
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