I believe in God,

the Father Almighty,

Creator of Heaven and Earth.

Remember this prayer?

People recite it without thinking.

However, this is a huge statement.

How do we know that God exist?

The catechism teaches us that we must believe in God

because it is a revealed truth, as stated in the Apostles’ Creed.

However, is this enough to make it believable?

Further down on the same page of the catechism, it states, “How did God reveal Himself?” Answer by the visible world that He created.

Many moons ago, I wrote a thesis titled ‘And God Created the Big Bang.’

Many argue against this theory, but until it is proven otherwise, we will retain it as a possibility.

The Jesuit Priest Robert Spitzer says, ” If at the beginning it had nothing, you need someone or something that sparks the universe because the logic says from nothing cannot be turned into something, nothing + nothing = nothing.

Another time, I was a big fan of RTB. The Canadian astronomer Hugh Ross founded the ministry “Reasons to Believe” (RTB) because he concluded that a scientific understanding of cosmology and the universe’s “fine-tuning” points to God as the Creator, and that this evidence is consistent with the accuracy and inspiration of the Christian Bible. Ross believes science, rather than contradicting faith, provides “new evidence from the book of nature” that supports Christian beliefs and the existence of a personal, transcendent God. This statement has nothing to do with the eccentric Kenneth Alfred Ham.

Did you ever sit on your balcony and watch animals around for a long time? Trying to understand their behaviour, amazing what came out from them, how they get out of a bad situation.

Have you ever watched the water, flowers, and trees?

In nature, God reveal Himself.

Did you know that animals, plants and trees communicate among their own species?

Evolution, in which I agree, does not explain everything. We need to look further for an explanation.

I believe in God,

the Father Almighty,

Creator of Heaven and Earth.

Many priests and pastors have invited me to visit their countries to preach, even for an online sermon, and I always decline. I do not know how, and I am not interested in learning; it is not for me.

But I am a teacher and I love to teach, now to the topic:

A friend on Facebook posted a long story about

IS IT TRUE THAT THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL CONDEMNS THE APOSTLE PAUL?

There is an important question regarding “The Second Vatican Council and the Condemnation of the Apostle Paul”…

So, I need to reply: Next time, search the internet to verify the story before posting it.

I told him that it was a false statement and why

He replied: I will not argue with it Neither to You Bishop,,, that’s why the Praise is question mark right?…

…we should teach the whole truth, not half-truth, for we are accountable to that when we face Jesus Christ Our Saviour. We should practice truthfully through God, not for pleasing people in this earthly world.

I replied: If you want to teach the actual teaching of Jesus, you need to convert to the Jewish faith.

He answered to that: what? Don’t deceive

Me,,, Jewish teaching is telling the truth? You exposed your true color,,, never,,, Jesus Christ has his own True Church founded 33AD entrusted to Peter ( Matthew 16: 18 – 19,,, 28:19 – 20 ),,, as per my knowledge Jewish Teaching is half Truth… Half truth is a Sin… Go your Way and I will go my way,let met in cross Road to face Jesus Christ Our Saviour which crucifhed by Jewish Teacher of the Law Brived Jewish People to Let Pilate convict Jesus to be crucifhed, amen…

Now, my last reply to my statement:

What does Catholicism say about this statement: Jesus was a Jewish Teacher, teaching Jewish faith to Jewish people.

Catholics affirm that Jesus was a Jew, born into a Jewish family and practicing the Jewish faith. He taught Jews, but his message was also intended for all people. His teachings were rooted in and built upon the Jewish tradition, and he considered himself the fulfillment of Jewish prophecies.

This is supported by the New Testament, which portrays Jesus as a devout Jew who observed the Torah and taught in synagogues.

Some key points to understand regarding Catholics’ perspective on Jesus’ Jewish identity:

Jesus as a Rabbi:

Catholics recognize Jesus as a Rabbi, a teacher of Jewish law and tradition. He taught in synagogues and emphasized the importance of fulfilling the Torah.

Continuity and Newness:

While Jesus taught within the Jewish tradition, his message introduced a new covenant and understanding of God. Catholics believe that Jesus’ ministry completed and fulfilled Judaism, not abolished it.

The Role of the Jewish People:

Catholics acknowledge the special relationship God has with the Jewish people. They believe that Jews are God’s chosen people and that Jesus came to bring salvation to all people, including Jews.

It’s important to note that while Catholics acknowledge Jesus’ Jewish identity, there can be different interpretations of his mission and relationship with Judaism. Some theological discussions focus on the nature of his divinity and the relationship between Christianity and Judaism. However, the core belief that Jesus was a Jew who taught Jews remains consistent within Catholic theology.

For a more nuanced understanding of Catholic perspectives on Jews and Judaism, consider exploring documents like the Second Vatican Council’s “Nostra Aetate”, which addresses interreligious relations and emphasizes the shared heritage of Christians and Jews.

What Catholic says about this statement:  Jesus was a Jewish Teacher, teaching Jewish faith to Jewish people.

The Catholic Church recognizes Jesus’ Jewish identity and his roots within Judaism.

Explanation

Jesus was Jewish: The Catechism of the Catholic Church states that Jesus was “born a Jew of a daughter of Israel”. He grew up observing Jewish scriptures, customs, and traditions.

Jesus taught Jewish people: During his earthly ministry, Jesus primarily taught Jewish people in Galilee and Jerusalem, and his message was rooted in Jewish scripture and prophecy.

The Fulfillment of Judaism: Catholic teaching sees Jesus’ ministry as the fulfillment of the Old Covenant and the Jewish faith, establishing a New Covenant for all people.

However, the Catholic Church does not believe Jesus’ teachings were exclusively for Jewish people, nor did he intend to create a movement solely within Judaism.

A Universal Message: Jesus’ instructions to his disciples included the command to make disciples of “all nations,” signifying a mission beyond the Jewish community to bring the gospel to the Gentiles. This indicates a broader, universal scope for his teachings and the resulting Church, which is open to people of all backgrounds.  

A religious habit is a distinctive set of clothing worn by members of a religious order. Traditionally, some plain garb recognizable as a religious habit has also been worn by those leading the religious eremitic and anchoritic life, although in their case without conformity to a particular uniform style.

In many orders, the conclusion of postulancy and the beginning of the novitiate is marked by a ceremony, in which the new novice is accepted as a novice and then clothed in the community’s habit by the superior. In some cases, the novice’s habit will be somewhat different from the customary habit: for instance, in specific orders of women that use the veil, it is common for novices to wear a white veil while professed members wear black, or if the order generally wears white, the novice wears a grey veil. Among some Franciscan communities of men, novices wear a sort of overshirt over their tunic; Carthusian novices wear a black cloak over their white habit.

Tunic: This is the central piece of the habit. It is a loose dress made of serge fabric pleated at the neck and draping to the ground. It can be worn pinned up in the front or in the back to allow the nun to work.

Scapular: This symbolic apron hangs from both the front and back; it is worn over the tunic. Benedictine nuns also wear it over the belt, whereas some other orders wear it tied under the belt.

Cincture: The habit is often secured around the waist with a belt of leather, wool or a lanyard. The cincture of the Franciscan orders has three (or four) knots standing for the vows.

Deacons, priests, and bishops belonging to religious institutes wear the habit of their institute.

Clergy bishops who are abbots wear pontifical items. Mitre, crosier and ring are bestowed on an abbot at his blessing and the pectoral cross is a customary part of an abbatial habit.

In the Middle Ages, the vesting of the Scapular identified members who had been accepted into the spiritual community of various religious orders. The role of the Scapular is similar to that of the Rosary; it is one form of devotion to the Most Holy Mary, who gave it to us as a means of sanctification and salvation, thus the title of Sacramental.

Friars wear the rosary as part of their habit, typically on their side, symbolizing it as a spiritual “weapon” or defence against evil, a practice rooted in historical tradition. This practice serves as both a functional tool for prayer and a visible sign of their total dedication to Mary.

The first settlers, accompanied by Philemon Wright, settled in Hull in 1800, probably near Lake Leamy. The following year, Philemon Wright built a sawmill and a flour mill near Chaudière Falls. The town of Hull grew rapidly and became one of the largest cities in Quebec, with a population of 800 inhabitants by 1824. The name Hull recalls the city of the same name in the United Kingdom, where Philemon Wright was originally from.

The parish of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce was canonically erected on 14 November 1870. It was then entrusted to the Congregation of Oblates. A first chapel was built in 1846. The construction of a stone church took place from 1868 to 1874. It was blessed in 1870 by Bishop Eugène Bruno Guigues of Ottawa. On 5 June 1888, a major fire destroyed several buildings, including the church. The latter was quickly rebuilt, and Bishop Thomas Duhamel came to bless it in 1892. This second church, in turn, burned down on 12 December 1971. It was not rebuilt. It was located at the corner of Notre-Dame-de-l’Île and Victoria streets in Gatineau.

My parish belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ottawa.

Two factors from my youth that contributed to my decision to become a Chaplain. First, our Parish Chaplain, Father Legris, and the Scout movement began as Wolf Cubs and later evolved into Boy Scouts, where I learned to be of service and always be ready to help someone. In my mind, I had been a chaplain since my teenage years. The desire to help led me to become a Street Outreach Worker in French, “Travailleur de rue,” for an addiction center in 1993, and a Bivocational Minister since 1988. I was there, but not entirely.

So, it was normal to have the goal of becoming a real Chaplain working for the church. I was ordained a Chaplain in 2011. I have been working for the International Federation of Christian Chaplains since 14 November 2012. (https://www.facebook.com/ChaplainFederation) .

During my training with Révérend Michel Beaumier of the Evangelical Christian Church of Lorraine, on our way to lunch, walking side by side, he asked me why I didn’t have my own chaplaincy.

From this, I worked toward this new goal, my own chaplaincy. It took me two years, and it happened in 2014, when I registered with the federal government on 14 July. The Reverend Mary joined me in May 2012. She is a Baptist Minister, and we raised the chaplaincy until 2020 when I decided to become Catholic. Franciscan one.

I joined the National Association of Catholic Chaplains on 10 March 2022 (https://www.facebook.com/choosechaplaincy)

As the NACC and the IFCC are American, I sought a Canadian Chaplaincy, which I found and became an Affiliate on 27 September 2024 at the Canadian Practical Chaplain Association (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064838522731).

However, the Ministries remained Protestant, and after a resolution by the House of Bishops and the Board of Elders, the organization Eric Michel Ministries International became Catholic and requested an Amendment to our constitution, which Corporation Canada granted on 14 January 2025.

REF.: https://franciscanseucharist.com/?page_id=64

The Feast of Mary, Queen of the World, is celebrated on August 22nd. It is the octave day (8th day) after the Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary, which is celebrated on August 15th. The feast day was established by Pope Pius XII in 1954. The Second Vatican Council in 1964 referred to Mary as Queen of the Universe.

The Queenship of Mary is closely linked to the Kingship of her Son, Jesus. Catholic tradition holds that just as Christ is King, Mary is Queen due to her role in the story of divine redemption as the mother of the Saviour.

Several traditions and prayers honour Mary’s Queenship, including the “Hail, Holy Queen” prayer, hymns like “Hail, Queen of Heaven,” and invocations in the Litany of Loreto. The feast day is a logical extension of the Assumption, celebrating Mary’s role in salvation history and her place in heaven.

Queen of Heaven (Latin: Regina Caeli) is a title given by the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodoxy to Mary, mother of Jesus, and, to a lesser extent, in Anglicanism and Lutheranism. The title has long been a tradition, included in prayers and devotional literature and seen in Western art in the subject of the Coronation of the Virgin from the High Middle Ages, long before the Church gave it a formal definition.

The Catholic teaching on this subject is expressed in the papal encyclical Ad Caeli Reginam, issued by Pope Pius XII in 1954. Therein, the pope states that Mary is called Queen of Heaven because her son, Jesus Christ, was charged as being “King of Israel” and the heavenly king of the universe. This would render the mother of the king as the “queen mother” of Israel.

She is invoked in the Litany of Loreto as:

Queen of the Angels
Queen of Patriarchs
Queen of Prophets
Queen of Apostles
Queen of Martyrs
Queen of Confessors
Queen of Virgins
Queen of all Saints
Queen of Families
Queen conceived without original sin
Queen ascended into Heaven
Queen of the Most Holy Rosary
Queen of Peace

Queenship of Mary is a Marian feast day in the liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church, created by Pope Pius XII. On 11 October 1954, the pontiff pronounced the new feast in his encyclical Ad caeli reginam. The feast was celebrated on May 31, the last day of the Marian month. The initial ceremony for this feast involved the crowning of the Salus Populi Romani icon of Mary in Rome by Pius XII as part of a procession in Rome.

In 1969, Pope Paul VI moved the feast day to August 22, the former Octave day of the Assumption, to emphasize the close bond between Mary’s queenship and her glorification in body and soul next to her Son. The Second Vatican Council’s Constitution on the Church states that “Mary was taken up body and soul into heavenly glory, and exalted by the Lord as Queen of the universe, that she might be the more fully conformed to her Son” (Lumen gentium, 59).

The movement to officially recognize the Queenship of Mary was initially promoted by several Catholic Mariological congresses in Lyon, France; Freiburg, Germany; and Einsiedeln, Switzerland. Gabriel Roschini, founded in Rome, Italy, an international society to promote the Queenship of Mary, Pro Regalitate Mariae. Several popes had described Mary as Queen and Queen of Heaven, which Roschini documented. Pope Pius XII repeated the title in numerous encyclicals and apostolic letters, especially during World War II.

The small and simple young girl of Nazareth became Queen of the world! This is one of the marvels that reveal God’s Heart. Of course, Mary’s queenship is relative to Christ’s kingship. He is the Lord whom, after the humiliation of death on the Cross, the Father exalted above any other creature in Heaven and on earth and under the earth (cf. Phil 2:9-11). Through a design of grace, the Immaculate Mother was entirely associated with the mystery of the Son: in his Incarnation; in his earthly life, at first hidden at Nazareth and then manifested in the messianic ministry; in his Passion and death; and finally, in the glory of his Resurrection and Ascension into Heaven … Benedict XVI.

The Queenship of Mary is commemorated in the last of the Glorious Mysteries of the Holy Rosary, the Coronation of the Virgin as Queen of Heaven and Earth.

Parishes and private groups often process and crown an image of Mary with flowers. This is often referred to as a “May Crowning”. This rite may be done on solemnities and feasts of the Blessed Virgin Mary, or other festive days, and offers the Church a chance to reflect on Mary’s role in the history of salvation.

The Virgin has been called “Queen of France” since 1638, when, partly in thanksgiving for a victory over the Huguenots and also in hope of the birth of an heir after years of childless marriage, Louis XIII officially gave her that title. Siena, Tuscany, hails the Virgin as Queen of Siena, and annually observes the race and pageant called the “palio” in her honour.

Mary was declared “Queen of Poland” by King John II Casimir during the Lwów Oath in the 17th century. Since then, she is believed to have saved the country miraculously during the Deluge, the Partitions of Poland, the Polish-Soviet War, World War II and the Polish People’s Republic. The solemnity of Our Lady Queen of Poland is celebrated on 3 May.

FSSP Lapel Pin

An “FSSP church” refers to a parish or apostolate served by the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter (FSSP), a traditionalist Catholic clerical society of apostolic life for priests who celebrate the traditional Latin Mass. The FSSP is in communion with the Holy See and focuses on preserving and promoting the use of the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite within the Catholic Church.