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19/07/2024

Heliga Birgitta av Vadstena torde vara Sveriges mest kända och internationellt erkända helgon. Född ur burgen släkt vid tidigt 1300-tal, med stora ekonomiska tillgångar och en hög social ställning, riktades istället hennes uppmärksamhet mot ensamma kvinnor och behövande barn. Hon anses till och med av Romersk-katolska kyrkan att vara ett av Europas skyddshelgon. Birgitta av Vadstena lär således vara ett mycket upptaget helgon dessa dagar. Hur det än kommer att gå för Europa, var hon i varje fall mycket dådkraftig under sitt jordeliv.

De som tror att kvinnliga helgon bara sitter i sin ensamhet och broderar skall veta att Heliga Birgitta var mor till åtta barn, varav en dotter saligförklarades till Katarina av Vadstena; därtill omfattande berest och ordentligt bokbildad. Heliga Birgittas fromhet lär ha varit av det strängare slaget, med hårda fasteregler och återkommande självspäkelse. Hade Heliga Birgitta levt idag hade hon kanske riskerat intagning för ätstörning och självskadebeteende, med inslag av gränspsykos och epileptogena hallucinationer, vilket moderna teoretiker har velat göra hennes visioner och handlingar till.

Till skillnad från dagens djupt självupptagenhetsstörda ungdom, höll Heliga Birgitta sin fasta för att av egen kraft kunna utfordra de hungriga, medan hon självspäkte sig för att försöka frigöra sitt rika andliga liv från köttets beroendeframkallande bojor. Heliga Birgittas helgonattribut utgöres av boken och pilgrimsstaven. Bön, böcker och botgöring var hennes ledord, men istället för att sitta inomhus och glo på bilder av sig själv och andra, vidgade hon modigt sina vyer genom pilgrimsvandringar i Norden och Europa tillsammans med sin make, som hon av allt att döma höll mycket kär.

Maken Ulf Gudmarsson, svensk riddare och lagman av Ulvåsaätten, lämnade jordelivet år 1344. Efter att ha släppt vigselringen i makens öppna grav tog Heliga Birgittas änkoliv en mer strategisk, monastisk riktning; från de svenska, kungliga maktsfärerna till att vandra i maktens sydeuropeiska korridorer. Heliga Birgitta kom att umgås med kyrkliga och kungliga potentater och var aldrig sen med att huta åt samma maktmänniskor för deras besvärande dubbelliv och moraliska svekfullhet.

Hårdförheten var emellertid inte bara riktad utåt. Under tiden i Rom och Neapel kom hennes metoder att kuva köttsliga begär upp i nivåer som numera måhända hade inneburit ett vårdintyg. Den till synes stränga änkan Heliga Birgitta beskrev emellertid rimligheten med den hårda livsföringen såsom en ständig påminnelse om Kristi Jesu lidande. Möjligen var detta Heliga Birgittas väg till en ödmjuk, allmänmänsklig självförståelse genom Kristi Jesu kors och lidande. Denna väg står alltid öppen, men genom målmedvetna, antikristliga åtgärder förstår allt färre hur man färdas på den, eller hur man ens hittar till den.

Kritisk och konfrontativ under sin levnad, då inte ens påvar eller drottningar gick i svaromål, fick emellertid hennes eftermäle negativa omdömen från en stor skara människor, från dubbelnaturen Martin Luther, som framställde henne som ”dåraktig” och ”förvirrad”, till den hetlevrade August Strindberg som beskrev henne som en härsklysten, trätosjuk kvinna, med höga maktambitioner för egen vinning genom avancerade manipulativa förmågor. Färre frågar sig dock vilket inflytande Magister Mathias Lincopensis hade på Sankta Birgitta.

Sakliga invändningar gällande visionerna om att bygga upp ett nätverk av ett slags monastisk blandning av universitetssjukhus och lantbruksuniversitet, för främjandet av ett välfungerande, omhändertagande och uppbyggligt samhälle verkar inte intressera Heliga Birgittas baktalare. Vidare insåg måhända Heliga Birgitta, till skillnad från de moderna ideologer som förespråkar något slags livslånga, sockervadderade barnrum för att alla skall ”känna sig säkra”, att lidandet är en oundviklig, integrerad del av jordelivet, respektive att om man vill få någonting gjort i världen behöver man tala med den världsliga makten eller starta en rörelse av och med människor; eller som hon: både och.

Genom sina livliga uppenbarelser, vilka manade till omsorg om de fattiga och de sjukliga, fick Heliga Birgitta inte minst impulsen till att återupprätta det förfallna klosterlivet och grunda ett dubbelkloster. För att etablera en dylik klosterorden behövdes dock tillstånd inhämtas från påvedömet, vid den tiden utlokaliserat till Avignon av Järnkonungen Filip IV av Frankrike.

Efter att Guillaume de Grimaud tillfälligt återvänt till Rom, kunde en redigerad version av Regeln för Den Allraheligaste Frälsarens Orden godkännas. Fram till reformationens förstörelseangrepp mot det monastiska livet fanns det ett birgittinskt dubbelkloster i Vadstena med både kvinnlig och manlig gren. Birgittinorden överlevde dock reformationens förödelse och har alltjämt fyra förgreningar i världen.

Möjligen mer sorgeslagen än vad omgivningen i förstone förstod, efter sonen Karls oväntade bortgång, samt efter en efterlängtad, men mycket ansträngande pilgrimsfärd till Kristi Jesu grav, sviktade Heliga Birgittas hälsa till den punkt då hon gled ur tiden den 23 juli 1373, efter återkomsten till Rom. Kvarlevorna fördes sedermera till Vadstena klosterkyrka. Den 7 oktober 1391 helgonförklarades hon, som kom att kallas sanningens dotter, av Pietro Tomacelli till Heliga Birgitta av Vadstena.

Man kan i sitt stilla, lilla sinne undra hur en nutida upplaga av Heliga Birgitta skulle klara sig. Skulle hon fastna på hispan redan i unga år? Finnes det förresten ens en kvinna någonstans som i dessa dagar, i respektfull vänskap, kan röra sig fritt bland regenter, tjänstemän, opinionsbildare och geopolitiska strateger och lära dem att veta hut enligt Guds bud, samt inte minst få generösa gengåvor för dessa tillrättavisningar?

En sådan kvinna skulle kanske istället råka trilla ut genom ett fönster eller hamna i en trafikolycka? Å andra sidan är kanske vår tids maktmänniskor, inte minst i det antikristliga Sverige där vi har fullt sjå med att skilja på Valborg (S:ta Walpurgis) och studentfestande, totalt likgiltiga inför Guds bud?

Heliga Birgitta, bed för oss.
Låt oss alla bedja till Herren; att visa oss Herrens Väg,
samt att göra oss villiga att följa den.

Fr. Albertus Magnus
Nordisk-katolska kyrkan

14/07/2024

Amos 7:12-15; Ephesians 1: 3-14; Mark 6: 7-13

Today’s Gospel passage narrates the moment Jesus sends the Twelve [Apostles] on mission. After calling each of them by name “to be with him” (Mk 3:14), listening to his words and observing his gestures of healing, he now calls them again to “send them out two by two” (6:7) to the villages he was going to visit. It is a sort of “internship” of what they would be called to do following the Resurrection of the Lord, through the power of the Holy Spirit.

The Gospel passage pauses on the style of the missionary which we can sum up in two points: the mission has a centre; the mission has a face.

First of all, the missionary disciple has his centre of reference who is Jesus himself. The narrative indicates this by using a series of verbs which have him as the subject — “He called to him”; he “began to send them”; he “gave them authority”; “he charged them”, “he said to them”, so that the going out and working of the Twelve appears to be radiating from a centre, reaffirming the presence and work of Jesus in their missionary actions. This demonstrates that the Apostles have nothing of their own to proclaim, nor any abilities to manifest, but rather that they speak and act as “emissaries”, as messengers of Jesus.

This episode of the Gospel also applies to us and not only to priests but to all baptized people called to witness to the Gospel of Christ in the various spheres of life. And for us too, this mission is authentic only in so far as its unchanging centre who is Jesus. It is not an initiative of faithful individuals nor of groups and not even of large gatherings. It is the mission of the Church, inseparably united to her Lord. No Christian proclaims the Gospel “on his/her own”, but is only sent by the Church who received the mandate from Jesus himself. Indeed it is Baptism that makes us missionaries. A baptized person who does not feel the need to proclaim the Gospel, to proclaim Jesus, is not a good Christian.

The second characteristic of the missionary’s style is, so to speak, a face, which consists in the poverty of means. His accoutrement responds to a criteria of modesty. Indeed the Twelve have the order to “take nothing for their journey except a staff; no bread, no bag, no money in their belts”. The Teacher wants them to be free and unhampered, without reserves and without favours, certain only of the love of the One who sends them, strengthened only by his Word which they go to proclaim. The staff and the sandals are the gear of pilgrims because that is what the messengers of the Kingdom of God are, not omnipotent managers, not irreplaceable officials, not celebrities on tour. Let us think for example of this Diocese of which I am Bishop. Let us think about some saints from this Diocese of Rome: Saint Philip Neri, Saint Benedict Joseph Labre, Saint Alessio, Blessed Ludovica Albertoni, Saint Frances of Rome, Saint Gaspare del Bufalo and many others. They were not officials or business people, but rather humble workers of the Kingdom. This was the face they had. And to this “face” also belongs the way the message is received: it can happen that one is not welcomed or listened to. This too is poverty: the experience of failure. The experience of Jesus who was rejected and crucified anticipates the destiny of his messenger. And only if we are united to Him, who died and Rose, can we find the courage to evangelize.

May the Virgin Mary, the first disciple and missionary of the Word of God, help us to convey to the world the message of the Gospel in a humble and radiant exultation, beyond any rejection, misunderstanding or tribulation.

Pope Francis
Saint Peter’s Square
Sunday, 15 July 2018

Open your ears, O Christian people,
Open your ears and hear Good News.
Open your hearts O royal priesthood
God has come to you.
God has spoken to his people, alleluia.
And his words are words of wisdom, alleluia.

Israel comes to greet the Saviour,
Judah is glad to see his day.
From East and West the people travel,
He will show the way.
God has spoken to his people, alleluia.
And his words are words of wisdom, alleluia.

Those who have ears to hear his message;
Those who have ears, then let them hear.
Those who would learn the way of wisdom,
Let them hear God’s words.
God has spoken to his people, alleluia.
And his words are words of wisdom, alleluia.

10/07/2024

"Volksmission" - eine Neubelebung des christlichen Glaubens?

Eine lange Zeit war die Volkmission eine Möglichkeit zur (Neu-)Begegnung mit der erlösenden Botschaft vom Kreuz. Heute ist dieses Angebot vielerorts abgeschafft worden. Stört der Begriff "Mission"? Entspricht dieses Modell von Mission nicht mehr dem Zeitgeist? Oder ist das "Konzept" zu aufwendig? Schade ist es allemal...

Zum Bild: Missionskreuz in Ostwestfalen. Die letzte Mission war im Jahr 1989.

"Ludwig Feuerbach in 1835 wrote “politics is now our religion”. This was part of an enlightenment that has been advancin...
07/07/2024

"Ludwig Feuerbach in 1835 wrote “politics is now our religion”. This was part of an enlightenment that has been advancing the idea that life can be lived without reference to a God given creation. A philosophy centered on the self and individual happiness. George Orwell saw the coming of this Gnostic obsession with economics alone which he correctly said, would create the death of objective truth."
Fr. Geoffrey Neal

5th Sunday after Trinity Mark 6,1-13 The season of Pentecost is a time to reflect on word’s of Jesus for today, to gain a greater self understanding of “being church”. Jesus tells his friends that a “prophet is without honour” even among his countrymen and relatives. This remark comes afte...

07/07/2024

Ezekiel 2: 2-5; 2 Corinthians 12: 7-10; Mark 6: 1-6

I would like to reflect briefly on this Sunday’s Gospel passage. It is taken from the text that has the famous saying “Nemo propheta in patria”. In other words no prophet is properly accepted among his own people who watched him grow up. Indeed after Jesus, when he was about 30 years old, had left Nazareth and had already been travelling about preaching and working miracles of healing elsewhere, he once returned to his birthplace and started teaching in the synagogue. His fellow citizens “were astonished” by his wisdom, and knowing him as “the son of Mary”, as the carpenter who had lived in their midst, instead of welcoming him with faith were shocked and took offence. This reaction is understandable because familiarity at the human level makes it difficult to go beyond this in order to be open to the divine dimension. That this son of a carpenter was the Son of God was hard for them to believe. Jesus actually takes as an example the experience of the prophets of Israel, who in their own homeland were an object of contempt, and identifies himself with them. Due to this spiritual closure Jesus “could do no mighty work there [Nazareth], except that he laid his hands upon a few sick people and healed them”. In fact Christ’s miracles are not a display of power but signs of the love of God that is brought into being wherever it encounters reciprocated human faith. Origen writes: “as in the case of material things there exists in some things a natural attraction towards some other thing, as in the magnet for iron... so there is an attraction in such faith towards the divine power” (Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew, 10, 19).

It would therefore seem that Jesus – as is said – is making sense of the negative welcome he received in Nazareth. Instead, at the end of the account, we find a remark that says precisely the opposite. The Evangelist writes that Jesus “marvelled because of their unbelief”. The astonishment of Jesus’ fellow townspeople is matched by his own surprise. In a certain sense he too is shocked! Although he knows that no prophet is well accepted in his homeland, the closed heart of his people was nevertheless obscure and impenetrable to him: how could they fail to recognize the light of the Truth? Why did they not open themselves to the goodness of God who deigned to share in our humanity? Effectively Jesus of Nazareth the man is the transparency of God, in him God dwells fully. And while we are constantly seeking other signs, other miracles, we do not realize that he is the true Sign, God made flesh, he is the greatest miracle in the world: the whole of God’s love contained in a human heart, in a man’s face.

The One who fully understood this reality was the Virgin Mary, who is blessed because she believed (cf. Lk 1:45). Mary was not shocked by her Son: her wonder for him was full of faith, full of love and joy, in seeing him so human and at the same time so divine. Let us therefore learn from her, our Mother in faith, to recognize in the humanity of Christ the perfect revelation of God.

Pope Benedict XVI
Castel Gandolfo
Sunday, 8 July 2012

Firmly I believe and truly
God is Three, and God is One;
And I next acknowledge duly
Manhood taken by the Son.

And I trust and hope most fully
In that Manhood crucified;
And each thought and deed unruly
Do to death, as he has died.

Simply to his grace and wholly
Light and life and strength belong,
And I love supremely, solely,
Him the holy, him the strong.

And I hold in veneration,
For the love of him alone,
Holy Church as his creation,
And her teachings as his own.

Adoration ay be given,
With and through the angelic host,
To the God of earth and heaven,
Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen.

30/06/2024

Acts 12: 1-11; 2 Timothy 4: 6-8, 17-18; Matthew 16: 13-19

We are celebrating with joy the liturgical Solemnity of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, a Feast that accompanies the 2,000-year-old history of the Christian people. They are called the pillars of the nascent Church. Outstanding witnesses of the faith who spread the Kingdom of God with their various gifts and, following the example of the Divine Master, they sealed their Gospel preaching with blood. Their martyrdom is a sign of the Church’s unity, as Saint Augustine says: “Only one day is consecrated to the Feast of the two Apostles. But they too are only one. Although they were martyred on different days they were one. Peter came first and Paul followed” (Disc. 295, 8: PL 38, 1352).

The Vatican Basilica and this square, so important to Christianity, are an eloquent sign of Peter’s sacrifice. Significant traces even remain in our City of the martyrdom of Paul, especially the Basilica dedicated to him on the Ostian Way. Rome has engraved in its history signs of the glorious life and death of the humble Fisherman from Galilee and the Apostle to the Gentiles, who have been rightly chosen as Protectors. In recalling their luminous testimony, we remember the venerable beginnings of the Church which believes, prays and announces Christ the Redeemer in Rome. But Saints Peter and Paul shine not only in the sky of Rome but also in the hearts of all believers who, illuminated by their teaching and their example, walk in every part of the world on the path of faith, hope and love.

On this path of salvation, the Christian community, supported by the presence of the Spirit of the living God, feels encouraged to move forward with strength and serenity on the road of fidelity to Christ and the proclamation of the Gospel to men and women in every era. On this fruitful route, spiritual and missionary, we situate the conferral of the Pallium on the Metropolitan Archbishops, which I performed this morning in the Basilica. An ever eloquent rite which highlights the intimate communion of Pastors with the Successor of Peter and the deep bond that links us to the Apostolic Tradition. It is a double treasure of holiness where unity and the catholicity of the Church are fused together: a precious treasure to rediscover and to live with renewed enthusiasm and constant commitment.

Dear pilgrims, come here from every part of the world! On this Feast day, we pray with the phrases from the Eastern Liturgy: “Praise to Peter and Paul, two great lights of the Church; may they shine in the firmament of the faith”. In this climate, I would like to address a special thought to the Delegation from the Patriarchate of Constantinople which, as every year, has come to take part in our traditional celebrations. May the Holy Virgin lead all believers in Christ to the goal of full unity!

Pope Benedict XVI
Saint Peter’s Square
Friday, 29 June 2012

With golden splendour and with roseate hues of morn,
O gracious Saviour, Light of light, this day adorn,
Which brings to ransomed sinners hopes of that far home
Where saints and angels the praise of martyrdom

Peter Keybearer, Paul the Teacher of mankind,
Lights of the world and judges sent to loose and bind,
Alike triumphant or by cross and sword-stroke found,
In life’s high senate stand with victor’s laurel crowned.

Good Shepherd, Peter, unto who the charge was given
To close or open ways of pilgrimage to heaven,
In sin’s hard bo***ge held may we have grace to know
The full remission thou wast granted to bestow.

O noble Teacher, Paul, we trust to learn of thee
Both earthly converse and the flight of ecstasy;
Till from the fading truths that now we know in part
We pass to fullness of delight for mind and heart.

Twin olive branches, pouring oil of gladness forth,
Your prayers shall aid us, that for all our little worth,
Believing, hoping, loving, we for whom ye plead,
This body dying, may attain to life indeed.

Now to the glorious Trinity be duly paid
Worship and honour, praise and service unafraid,
Who in unchanging Unity, one Lord sublime,
Hath ever lived as now and to unending time. Amen.

Image: Early Christian. Roman tombstone. Relief depicting apostles Peter and Paul, c313 AD. Plaster copy of an original from the Vatican Museums.

26/06/2024

PERSOK

Dei gav opp alt og fylgde Jesus. Det gjeld for apostlane og alle kyrkja sine martyrar.

Peter og Paulus leid mest truleg martyrdøden i Rom under keisar Nero på 60-talet. Peter krossfest på ein arena ved Vatikanet, med hovudet ned. Paulus halshoggen, sidan han var romersk statsborgar.

To hundre år seinare vart deira jordiske levningar førte til San Sebastian-katakombene den 29. juni, som har blitt deira felles minnedag. Difor feirer vi Persok komande sundag.

Vårt motto er å fylgje Jesus og tru som apostlane. Det gjer vi i full visse om formaninga og lovnaden: Ro båtane iland! Gå frå alt som held tilbake! Og Han er med alle dagar så lenge verda står.

Velkomen til messefeiring i St Olav kyrkje, Ålesund, sundag 30. juni kl. 11.

26/06/2024

Job 38: 1, 8-11; 2 Corinthians 5: 14-17; Mark 4: 35-41

Today’s liturgy tells the episode of the storm calmed by Jesus. The boat in which the disciples are crossing the lake is beaten by the wind and the waves and they fear they will sink. Jesus is with them on the boat, yet he is in the stern asleep on the cushion. Filled with fear, the disciples cry out to him: “Teacher, do you not care if we perish?”.

And quite often we too, beaten by the trials of life, have cried out to the Lord: “Why do you remain silent and do nothing for me?”. Especially when it seems we are sinking, because love or the project in which we had laid great hopes disappears; or when we are at the mercy of unrelenting waves of anxiety; or when we feel we are drowning in problems or lost amid the sea of life, with no course and no harbour. Or even, in moments in which the strength to go forward fails us, because we have no job, or an unexpected diagnosis makes us fear for our health or that of a loved one. There are many moments when we feel we are in a storm; when we feel we are almost done in.

In these situations and in many others, we too feel suffocated by fear and, like the disciples, risk losing sight of the most important thing. In the boat, in fact, even if he is sleeping, Jesus is there, and he shares with his own all that is happening. If on the one hand his slumber surprises us, on the other, it puts us to the test. The Lord is there, present; indeed, he waits — so to speak — for us to engage him, to invoke him, to put him at the centre of what we are experiencing. His slumber causes us to wake up. Because to be disciples of Jesus, it is not enough to believe God is there, that he exists, but we must put ourselves out there with him; we must also raise our voice with him. Hear this: we must cry out to him. Prayer is often a cry: “Lord, save me!”. In our life too the same thing happens: “Lord, save us!”, and prayer becomes a cry.

Today we can ask ourselves: what are the winds that beat against my life? What are the waves that hinder my navigation, and put my spiritual life, my family life, even my psychological life in danger? Let us say all this to Jesus; let us tell him everything. He wants this; he wants us to grab hold of him to find shelter from the unexpected waves in life. The Gospel recounts that the disciples approach Jesus, wake him and speak to him. This is the beginning of our faith: to recognize that alone we are unable to stay afloat; that we need Jesus like sailors need the stars to find their course. Faith begins from believing that we are not enough for ourselves, from feeling in need of God. When we overcome the temptation to close ourselves off, when we overcome the false religiosity that does not want to disturb God, when we cry out to him, he can work wonders in us. It is the gentle and extraordinary power of prayer, which works miracles.

Jesus, begged by the disciples, calms the wind and waves. And he asks them a question, a question which also pertains to us: “Why are you afraid? Have you no faith?”. The disciples were gripped with fear, because they were focused on the waves more than on looking at Jesus. And fear leads us to look at the difficulties, the awful problems, and not to look at the Lord, who many times is sleeping. It is this way for us too: how often we remain fixated on problems rather than going to the Lord and casting our concerns to him! How often we leave the Lord in a corner, at the bottom of the boat of life, to wake him only in a moment of need! Today, let us ask for the grace of a faith that never tires of seeking the Lord, of knocking at the door of his Heart. May the Virgin Mary, who in her life never stopped trusting in God, reawaken in us the basic need of entrusting ourselves to him each day.

Pope Francis
Saint Peter’s Square
Sunday, 20 June 2021

Walk with me, oh my Lord,
Through the darkest night and the brightest day.
Be at my side, oh Lord,
Hold my hand and guide me on my way.

Sometimes the road seems long,
My energy is spent.
Then, Lord, I think of you
And I am given strength.
Walk with me, oh my Lord,
Through the darkest night and the brightest day.
Be at my side, oh Lord,
Hold my hand and guide me on my way.

Stones often bar my path
And there are times I fall,
But you are always there
To help me when I call.
Walk with me, oh my Lord,
Through the darkest night and the brightest day.
Be at my side, oh Lord,
Hold my hand and guide me on my way.

Just as you calmed the wind
And walked upon the sea,
Conquer, my living Lord,
The storms that threaten me.
Walk with me, oh my Lord,
Through the darkest night and the brightest day.
Be at my side, oh Lord,
Hold my hand and guide me on my way.

Help me to pierce the mists
That cloud my heart and mind,
So that I shall not fear
The steepest mountain-side.
Walk with me, oh my Lord,
Through the darkest night and the brightest day.
Be at my side, oh Lord,
Hold my hand and guide me on my way.

As once you helped the lame
And gave sight to the blind,
Help me when I’m downcast
To hold my head up high
Walk with me, oh my Lord,
Through the darkest night and the brightest day.
Be at my side, oh Lord,
Hold my hand and guide me on my way.

Image: Bernard Allen https://stpatricksstudios.com/home/artists-2/bernard-allen/

26/06/2024

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