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March 14th, 2010
The Vietnamese Catholic Church's Jubilee Year
Fourth Sunday of Lent - Year C

God always is happy and delighted to have us return
My sisters and brothers in Christ,
Today’s readings draw us into the Promised Land. The first reading speaks about this change in the lives of our ancestors in the faith. They no longer had manna but they had food from the produce of the land. God no longer fed them with the manna and quail. Instead they now took on the responsibility of obtaining their own food. God remains with them, but now in a different way.
The second reading repeats the theme, now in terms of Christ saving us and making us a new creation. Far too often we forget that we have been made a new creation in Christ Jesus and we live as if we had never been baptized or changed at all. This is our human condition of sinfulness. The more we become aware that we are made new, the more we can life in the newness of life and give glory to the Lord. It is always a matter of asking our loving Father: change us and make us in your image.
The Gospel is the story of the two sons who are so very different and yet both of whom in the end seek to do the Father’s will. We can presume that if the Father is so good, then the second son eventually accepts His words. We find elements of both the first son and the second son within ourselves. It doesn’t matter whether we think in terms of sons or daughters, the teaching is the same. We can also think of God as our Mother here, as Pope John Paul I once said. The teaching is about our humanity and not about our gender.
What is the teaching: we are made new, we make mistakes, we reject the good—but God always is happy and delighted to have us return to the way of salvation and to come to enjoy divine life with Him. We are invited to the Promised Land. We are invited to be part of the New Creation. We are invited to see the love our Father has for us, whether we have been one of those who strayed or one of those who tried to stay on the path always.
May our Lord send His Spirit on us this Sunday and move our hearts and our minds so that we may love others as He has loved us.
Your brother in the Lord,
Abbot Philip, OSB |
Welcome to Vietnamese Catechetical Commitee Pages
The Vietnamese Catechetical Committee in the United States of America is organined with the purpose of helping the Vietnamese Catholic in America to grow in Faith in the Vietnamese spirit as Pope John Paul II said in the encyclical "The Church in Asia." This spirit is to be faithful with the Gospel's Messages and to reserve and develop the beauty of the Vietnamese culture.
In order to accomplish this goal, we:
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Publish catechetical documents in English-Vietnamese.
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Organize Vietnamese Catechetical Assembly every other year.
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Conduct catechist formation and training at the Vietnamese churches and communities in the United States of America.
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Utilize mass media to reach American churches and Vietnamese catechist who are living in this country.
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The Art of Teaching the Faith
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[02.05.2007 11:55]
What does it mean to say that the teaching of the faith is the work of the Holy Spirit? It means that the catechist cooperates in God the Father’s communication of His truth and love to His sons and daughters, most perfectly in the sending of the His only-begotten Son into the world for our salvation. The norm of all catechesis is the revelation of God the Father to us in His Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ. The catechist shares in the mission of Christ to reveal God the Father to His children. |
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Social Justice: How to live It and Teach It
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[03.05.2007 18:03]
Lê Xuân Hy, Ph.D & Nguyễn Ngọc Thảo, SJ Seattle University The authors present to to us what is social justice and how can we live an teach it as catechist.... This is one of the topics in the Eighth Vietnamese Catechetical Conference in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2005. |
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Purgatory Is Necessary Purification
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[02.11.2007 10:22]
Before we enter into full commUNI0N with God, every trace of sin within us must be eliminated and every imperfection in our soul must be corrected At the General Audience of Wednesday, 4 August 1999, following his catecheses on heaven and hell, the Holy Father reflected on Purgatory. He explained that physical integrity is necessary to enter into perfect commUNI0N with God therefore "the term purgatory does not indicate a place, but a condition of existence", where Christ "removes ... the remnants of imperfection". |
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The IXth Vietnamese Catechetical Conference
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[19.06.2007 09:07]
The IXth Vietnamese Catechetical Conference will be held in Baton Rouge, Louisiana from July 13 to July 15, 2007. The theme of this con ferrence is "Dialogue for Evangelization". As a catechist, you will learn many asprcts of dialogue that will help you better bringing others to Christ. |
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Meeting Christ in Liturgy
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[08.07.2007 03:21]
Weekly reflections on the Scriptures of the sacred Liturgy and the Catechism of the Catholic Church By Father Kevin M. Cusick. Every week Father Cusick gives us a short explaination of the readings and relate it to the teaching of the Church in the CCC. |
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Things Catholics Are Asked About
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[08.07.2007 01:33]
Outside the Catholic Church there is at present very great interest in things Catholic. Sincere people of other denominations are dissatisfied with the vagueness and uncertainty of their creeds and the worldly character of their churches. Ordinarily these people do not come in contact with the Catholic clergy, but they do associate with Catholics in business and society. This volume is intended to furnish a ready and satisfactory answer to the inquiries commonly made with regard to Catholic belief and practice. Catholics who are able to give a convincing reason for their faith are a light unto those who are groping after the truth. |
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Homily to Youth on Mount of Beatitudes
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[28.10.2007 16:00]
"Blessed are you!", he says, "all you who are poor in spirit, gentle and merciful, you who mourn, who care for what is right, who are pure in heart, who make peace, you who are persecuted! Blessed are you!" But the words of Jesus may seem strange. It is strange that Jesus exalts those whom the world generally regards as weak. He says to them, "Blessed are you who seem to be losers, because you are the true winners: the kingdom of heaven is yours!" Spoken by him who is "gentle and humble in heart" (Mt 11:29), these words present a challenge which demands a deep and abiding metanoia of the spirit, a great change of heart. |
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Jesus Christ, King of the Universe and of Hearts
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[24.11.2007 05:36]
Sunday’s Gospel passage narrates the death of Christ, because it is at that moment that Christ begins to rule over the world. The cross is Christ’s throne. “Above him there was an inscription that read, ‘This is the King of the Jews.'” That which in the intention of his enemies was the justification of his condemnation, was, in the eyes of the heavenly Father, the proclamation of his universal sovereignty. |
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