Rosary Save-the-Date; Pope Francis Links to Mass in Mongolia
In the Headlines, "Toronto pastor remembers mission life in Mongolia" (Aleteia interviews Fr. Peter Turrone) + St. John of the Cross Links for Sermon Spotlight
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THE ROSARY HOUR PODCAST NEWSLETTER [2nd EDITION]
3 SEPTEMBER 2023
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Dear Readers:
This is Amelia writing on behalf of Dr. Kaufman and Zosia: we wish to invite you to a back-to-school Rosary led by Children’s Rosary ® on 9 Sept. 2023.
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p.s. Did you see the mass for IN MONGOLIA in Steppe Arena? If you missed Pope Francis' Apostolic Journey to Mongolia, link here:
p.p.s. Please use this missal by the Vatican here: https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/libretti/2023/20230831-0904-messale-mongolia.pdf
and… very soon, Pope Francis will leave for “Chinggis Khaan” International Airport (Ulaanbaatar) at 11:30 AM. Check the Local time in Ulaanbaatar here:
https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/mongolia/ulaanbaatar
p.p.p.s. Excerpt for educational purposes from article published on 08/30/23
In this article, Fr. Peter, who is an advisory member of this RHP community and Spiritual Director who has helped us to teach the prayers of the Rosary. Read a little more about his previous ministry in Mongolia in this article by John Burger, recently published on 08/30/23 by Aleteia:
Toronto Pastor Remembers Mission Life in Mongolia: Fr. Peter Turrone hopes Pope Francis gets glimpse of same spirit he did in East Asian country.
EXCERPT: “Pope Francis’ visit to Mongolia is significant because it can help the people there see that as Christians “we’re not there to take anything away” but to offer life and salvation in Christ, said a former Canadian missionary who spent three years in the East Asian country.
Francis is set to become the first Catholic pope to visit Mongolia when he touches down in Ulaanbaatar, the capital, on Thursday.
Fr. Peter Turrone arrived in Mongolia in 2010 as a member of the Consolata Missionaries. He is now a priest of the Archdiocese of Toronto and a pastor there. One of his colleagues when he was in Mongolia was Fr. Giorgio Marengo, whom Pope Francis named a cardinal last year. Cardinal Marengo, 49, a Consolata Missionary, is Apostolic Prefect of Ulaanbaatar — and the Church’s youngest cardinal.
“The fact that Pope Francis chose Giorgio to be a cardinal is significant,” Fr. Turrone said in an interview. “It gives a sign of the universality of the Church. … You really are at the peripheries when you’re in the Gobi Desert.”
Read the entire article here:
https://aleteia.org/2023/08/30/toronto-pastor-remembers-mission-life-in-mongolia/
The author adds this link: http://www.consolatamissionmongolia.net/en/where-we-are
Also, you can watch my interview with Fr. Peter here:
p.p.p.p.s. SERMON: SPOTLIGHT POINTS FOR THE SICK / SUFFERING / HOSPITALIZED / HOMEBOUND
FR. PETER’S SERMON ON THE STAGES OF THE SOUL w/ RHP ANNOTATIONS
for 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
POINT 1: To be a child of God is to be “called to the heights of holiness”
FR. PETER’S LESSON FOCUS
3 phases of the spiritual life explained
Phase 1: Purgative stageGod touches our heart. We feel God’s presence; there is consolation / joy; it is easy to pray and practice virtue;
Phase 2: Illuminative stageMaturity via cross we must carry; holiness in God means to be transformed;
In this phase, we start to practice our faith regardless of how we feel; we start to understand what Jesus says when he carries his cross; those who struggle will move away from the Faith and/or feel a loss of joy, i.e. in prayer (of the Rosary, or even the mass);
The Desert Fathers / Jeremiah story
We discover our true identity: to be sons and daughters of God, which means to “grow and think like God”
Fr. Peter suggests that when we stay-the-course, this is not a narcissistic pursuit, but rather a desire to pursue God;
Phase 3: Unitive stageIn this final stage, we live only in the will of God; we are consumed with the love of God and are captivated by God’s presence;
We ask for absolute / total love for God and our neighbour
ANNOTATIONS:
READ THE COMPLETE WORKS of ST. JOHN OF THE CROSS HERE:
Fr. Peter mentions San Juan de la Cruz / John of the Cross who lived from 1542-1591 - see the timeline here: https://schoolofmary.org/outline-of-the-life-of-st-john-of-the-cross/ and article here: https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-of-the-Cross
Fr. Peter summarizes the 3 stages of spiritual life — please see this summarized in a PDF from 2015 by Rev. Daniel Chowning O.C.D. and Rev. Joseph Hirsch
SPANISH POETRY: SPOTLIGHT
“The Dark Night of the Soul”
BY ST. JOHN OF THE CROSS
TRANSLATED BY DAVID LEWIS
I.
In a dark night,
With anxious love inflamed,
O, happy lot!
Forth unobserved I went,
My house being now at rest.
II.
In darkness and in safety,
By the secret ladder, disguised,
O, happy lot!
In darkness and concealment,
My house being now at rest.
III.
In that happy night,
In secret, seen of none,
Seeing nought myself,
Without other light or guide
Save that which in my heart was burning.
IV.
That light guided me
More surely than the noonday sun
To the place where He was waiting for me,
Whom I knew well,
And where none appeared.
V.
O, guiding night;
O, night more lovely than the dawn;
O, night that hast united
The lover with His beloved,
And changed her into her love.
VI.
On my flowery bosom,
Kept whole for Him alone,
There He reposed and slept;
And I cherished Him, and the waving
Of the cedars fanned Him.
VII.
As His hair floated in the breeze
That from the turret blew,
He struck me on the neck
With His gentle hand,
And all sensation left me.
VIII.
I continued in oblivion lost,
My head was resting on my love;
Lost to all things and myself,
And, amid the lilies forgotten,
Threw all my cares away.
Notes: Public Domain.
St. John of the Cross. The Dark Night of the Soul by St. John of the Cross. Translated by David Lewis. London: Thomas Baker, 1908.
Other Quotes of St. John of the Cross:
1. Though the path is plain and smooth for people of good will, those who walk it will not travel far, and will do so only with difficulty if they do not have good feet, courage, and tenacity of spirit.
2. It is better to be burdened and in company with the strong than to be unburdened and with the weak.
3. Those who fall alone remain alone in their fall, and they value their soul little since they entrust it to themselves alone.
4. Deny your desires and you will find what your heart longs for. For how do you know if any desire of yours is according to God?
5. The soul that in aridity and trial submits to the dictates of reason is more pleasing to God than one that does everything with consolation, yet fails in this submission.
6. The fly that clings to honey hinders its flight, and the soul that allows itself attachment to spiritual sweetness hinders its own liberty and contemplation.
7. Since God is inaccessible, be careful not to concern yourself with all that your faculties can comprehend and your sense feel, so that you do not become satisfied with less and lose the lightness of soul suitable for going to him.
8. The soul that journeys to God, but does not shake off its cares and quiet its appetites, is like one who drags a cart uphill.
9. What does it profit you to give God one thing if he asks of you another? Consider what it is God wants, and then do it. You will as a result satisfy your heart better than with something toward which you yourself are inclined.
10. We must adjust our trials to ourselves, and not ourselves to our trials.
11. What does anyone know who doesn’t know how to suffer for Christ.
ADDED SERMON: [6 SEPT], FR. JAMES MALLON
“God is first. Everyone else is second. I am third.” ~ Unknown