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ST. ANN CATHOLIC CHURCH ✥ JESUS OF NAZARETH Jesus of Nazareth Pope Benedict XVI SEPTEMBER 2008 OLD TESTAMENT The collection of writings referred to as the “Old Testament” was written between about 1500 B.C. and 400 B.C. The Jewish people do not refer to the Scriptures in this way since the Hebrew Bible contains only the books of The Law, The Prophets, and The Writings. These they refer to as the TANAK, deriving from the first letters of the three types of writing. Torah (Mosaic Law) N’vi-im (Prophets) K’tuvim (Writings) The Four Evangelists (from Keith Nickel’s Synoptic Gospels) The first four books in the New Testament section of the Bible are known as “Gospels.” Each of these books, in its own way, relates incidents out of the life and ministry of Jesus of Nazareth. There is an interrelatedness between the first three Gospels that are due partly to similar theological views and beliefs, but there is also a literary dependency of the three. Scholars have grouped Matthew, Mark, and Luke together as the “Synoptic” Gospels. They may be set side by side and “viewed together” in a comparative way. The Gospel of John stands in a class by itself. Its author was a highly creative theologian. It was produced among a group of early Christians which was quite different from the Christian communities for which the other Gospels were written. It would not be inexact for us to think of John’s community as a sort of sect of early Christians who were on the fringes of Christianity. Symbol (Rev 4:7) Symbolizes Around the second-century B.C. a group of 70 Jewish scholars translated the TANAK into Greek, the language of the day. This effort, it is said took 70 days and is consequently called the Septuagint. Seven books not part of the TANAK are included and are referred to as the Apocrypha. “The unity of the two Testaments proceeds from the unity of God’s plan and his Revelation. The Old Testament prepares for the New and the New Testament fulfills the Old; the two shed light on each other; both are true Word of God” (CCC 140). Theme Gospel Begins MATTHEW winged human humanity, reason manhood of Christ Christ’s genealogy from Abraham MARK winged lion royalty, resurrection Christ as king John the Baptist in wilderness LUKE winged ox sacrifice, strength Christ as priest and sacrifice temple duties of Zacharias JOHN eagle sky, spirit Christ’s divine nature Christ as Logos FR. VALENZUELA - PAGE 1 ST. ANN CATHOLIC CHURCH ✥ JESUS OF NAZARETH CATHOLIC IDENTITY AFTER VATICAN II nor disputes its ability to promote a magnificent witness of both homely and heroic holiness.” “For the years subsequent to the council have witnessed an inordinately large measure of polarization within Catholicism, to the point where sometimes even civility, much less charity, has seemed a casualty. The For Roman Catholics and the antagonists have contended under the Christian world as a whole the definnot always helpful banners of "tradiing ecclesial event of our century is tionalists" and "progressives" or (more the Second Vatican Council. It can be polemically) "restorationists" and "indescribed as both an end and a new novators." Like the erstwhile political beginning. It brought an end to one designations "conservative" and "libperiod of Roman Catholic selferal," the labels seem to camouflage as understanding and ushered in a new much as they clarify. But they do age. Indeed, the council was convened point to tendencies and concerns that by John XXIII to undertake an agcrystallize around themes like tradigionamento: a bringing up to date of tion and experience, universal church the Catholic vision and mission, of and local church, sacramental strucboth the changeless and changing ture and justice advocacy, identity and Catholic enterprise. openness, and even, ultimately, the Robert Imbelli writes, “The case transcendence and immanence of can be argued that the pre-Vatican II God. Catholic self-understanding was unIn the heat of debate the unimduly restrictive and reactionary; that peachable legitimacy of many of the it often viewed the surrounding culconcerns that animate both parties ture in suspicious if not hostile fashcan receive scant attention. But, even ion; that it lacked a discriminating when acknowledged, what is often historical sense; and that its zeal for lacking is a sufficiently comprehensive unity too often satisfied itself with a framework to integrate the both/and rather rote uniformity. None of the of the Catholic vision and prevent its above assessment gainsays the very collapse into a polarized and less proreal pastoral and missionary achieveductive either/or.” ments of pre-Vatican II Catholicism In the Balance BOTH...AND (not EITHER...OR) faith...reason human...divine religion...science Scripture...Tradition prayer...action contemplation...social justice body...soul matter...spirit individual...communal grace...nature Petrine...Marian OT...NT One...Three Son of Mary...Son of God Word...Sacrament love of God...love of neighbor THE LUMINOUS MYSTERIES OF THE ROSARY now...not yet 1. The Baptism of the Lord 2. Wedding at Cana faith...works 3. The Proclamation of the Kingdom 4. The Transfiguration 5. Institution of the Eucharist For the Rosary to become more fully a “compendium of the Gospel”, it is fitting to add, following reflection on the Incarnation and the hidden life of Christ (the joyful mysteries) and before focusing on the sufferings of his Passion (the sorrowful mysteries) and the triumph of his Resurrection (the glorious mysteries), a meditation on certain particularly significant moments in his public ministry (the mysteries of light). This addition of these new mysteries, without prejudice to any essential aspect of the prayer's traditional format, is meant to give it fresh life and to enkindle renewed interest in the Rosary's place within Christian spirituality as a true doorway to the depths of the Heart of Christ, ocean of joy and of light, of suffering and of glory. from John Paul II - Rosarium Virginis Mariae SEPTEMBER 2008 Fr. James Valenzuela Parochial Vicar St. Ann Catholic Church Our Lady of the Assumption Mission P.O. Box 1057 Gulf Breeze, FL 32562 [email protected] frjames.com FR. VALENZUELA - PAGE 2