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Prayer for Priests (Archdiocese of Philadelphia)
Ever-loving God and Father of us all, you give to your Church the Priesthood of your Son, Jesus. And with the grace of the Holy Spirit, you provide holy priests for a holy people.
We pray for all our priests, for those who celebrate the Sacraments and teach us the Word of God, for those who are young and for those who are old, for those who serve in difficult and trying circumstances, for those who are faithful and those who are faltering, and for those who have died.
We entrust all our priests to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary that they will persevere with fidelity to you and to your Church. With Saint John Vianney, patron of priests, we pray that our priests will never fail to lead us to you.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
A general introduction to the theology of St. Paul contained in the letters of the Pauline corpus. The class will begin with background information on the life and work of St. Paul reflected in Acts and in his Letters. The second part of the course will examine the Pauline Corpus and the theology represented in these texts
This course will include an introduction to the literary genre of Gospel, the Synoptic Fact and the Synoptic Problem, as well as Synoptic methodology; a study of the origin, structure, style and purpose of Mark’s Gospel; attention to the history of the Markan community as illuminated by the Gospel as well as to the miracle tradition contained therein; and an analysis of several key themes in Mark’s Gospel, including Christology and discipleship, all with a view toward preaching and spirituality. The above aspects of the study of the Gospel will be illustrated by appropriate exegesis of selected texts. This survey of the New Testament will focus on the Four Gospels and the Letters of Paul. A brief historical background will be given in order to contextualize each book. Then the course will examine the portrait of Christ. By examining the theological principles and content of Pillar II (Celebration of the Christian Mystery) and Pillar IV (Christian Prayer), the course intends to offer a catechist a grounded experience of catechesis that is ordered toward “putting people in communion with Jesus Christ” (CCC 426) through the sacraments and prayer. An examination of the three synoptic Gospels, including a consideration of the interrelationships among the three Gospels and specific attention to questions of authorship and theological purpose, audience, dating and significant themes in each individual Gospel. This core course reviews, reinforces, and advances through intensive application the mechanical, interpretive, expressive, and rhetorical principles of oral/public presentation as these were introduced and developed in COM 101
This course considers the canons of Book I and Book IV of the Code of Canon Law of 1983: General Norms and the Sanctifying Office of the Church. An introduction to the nature, purpose and history of ecclesiastical law will be given. Lectures will develop a method for the interpretation of the canons. A commentary on the canons of Book I will be offered. Book IV will be treated with the exception of Canons 1055 through 1165, that is, the canons on Matrimony. The course will examine the theological foundations of the norms, especially as they express the documents of the Second Vatican Council and postconciliar liturgical revisions. Ample opportunity will be provided for the careful interpretation and application of the canons to practical cases. From the very beginning of his pontificate, Pope John Paul II exhorted the Church to go forth and proclaim the mystery of God’s salvific love for all humanity. Through the writings of Pope John Paul II, this course will explore the various ways in which Christians are called forth to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ and to re-evangelize a world subject to increasing secularization. This course studies the core principles of Catholic Social Teaching, including the common good, solidarity, subsidiarity, and social justice, and their application to contemporary economic, political, and cultural issues. The study is guided by the social teachings of the papal and conciliar Magisterium from Rerum Novarum to the present, interpreted according to its historical context and theological and philosophical sources. Specific topics will include the Church’s teaching on rights and duties, private property, just wage, capital punishment, just war theory, religious liberty, and the Church’s role in social and political life. This course provides an introduction to the fundamental issues of moral theology in the light of Scripture, the moral tradition of the Church and the human sciences. It includes an overview of the history of moral theology and an examination of Jesus Christ as the source and model of moral values, humanity's dignity and destiny, moral decision-making and the formation of conscience, human freedom, sin and conversion. A study of the integral relationship between music and liturgy through an examination of the documents of the Church related to Church music, the foundational principles of liturgical music, the nature and role of music in ritual, an introduction to various forms of liturgical music from various eras of Church history, with criteria for their appropriate selection, and suggestions for the effective formation of various music ministries.
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