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| July 28, 2005 Edition |
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18th Sunday in Ordinary Time (July 31, 2005)
Is 55:1-3
Ps 145:8-9, 15-16, 17-18
Rom 8:35, 37-39
Mt 14:13-21
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Faith Alive!
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In a Nutshell
Pope John Paul II respected, valued and welcomed interaction between science and religion.
Science seeks the truth about material creation and religion seeks the truth about our spiritual relationship to God.
Science needs a religious perspective to attain the accuracy and completeness that it strives for.
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The pope and the world
of science
By Father Robert L. Kinast
Catholic News Service
A significant part of Pope John Paul II's legacy is the encouragement he gave to a positive working relationship between science and religion. The pope addressed this theme consistently throughout his pontificate. In doing so, he echoed and advanced the position of Vatican Council II as set forth in its Constitution on the Church in the Modern World.
In that document the council affirmed the rightful autonomy of scientific pursuits (No. 36) and the importance of cooperation and dialogue between scientists and theologians (No. 62). John Paul II championed those views in what he said and in what he did.
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Three Catholic scientists' views on faith and science
By Scott J. Rutan
Catholic News Service
The metropolitan area of Rochester, N.Y., is home to scores of people working on the cutting edges of science. It is also the home of major corporations and nationally renowned research universities. Recently I spoke with three chemists at Eastman Kodak. Each is involved in a different aspect of science but approaches it from a similar stance: as Catholics of deep faith, rooted in their religious heritage.
Terrance O'Toole looks at the legal aspects of chemistry and issues that concern patent law and "intellectual property." Brian Cleary is involved in the manufacturing process, ensuring the "robustness" of both chemicals and their manufacture. And Michael Carmody participates in, as he puts it, "pure science" as his team explores the concepts, ideas and properties of chemicals and processes.
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Science and social consciousness
By John Hart
Catholic News Service
Over the centuries Christians have alternately been alarmed and elated by scientific discoveries. They were disconcerted by the discoveries of Copernicus and Galileo that the Earth was not the center of the universe; they were grateful for news that new inventions would enable them to traverse the world more rapidly; they were distressed by Darwin's proposal that life, including human life, was continually evolving; they were joyful when new medicines were developed to alleviate misery or eradicate disease.
In the 20th century, people came to view scientific and technological advances as ordinary, expected events, and came to believe that if science "messed up" in some way it would be able to "clean up" whatever harm had been done. In the Western mind, a new kind of "deus ex machina" came to dominate public consciousness: Human inventions would supplant divine interventions to rescue an individual or planet in distress, or to enhance human existence.
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Faith in the Marketplace
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This Week's Discussion Point:
What scientific breakthrough to aid our world would you like to see right now?
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Selected Response From Readers:
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This week's readings
Week of July 31 - Aug. 6, 2005
Sunday, July 31, 2005
Reading I: Is 55:1-3
Reading II: Rom 8:35, 37-39
Gospel: Mt 14:13-21
Monday, Aug. 1, 2005
Reading I: Nm 11:4b-15
Gospel: Mt 14:22-36
Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2005
Reading I: Nm 12:1-13
Gospel: Mt 14:22-36
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Wednesday , Aug. 3, 2005
Reading I: Nm 13:1-2, 25--14:1, 26a-29a, 34-35
Gospel: Mt 15: 21-28
Thursday, Aug. 4, 2005
Reading I: Nm 20:1-13
Gospel: Mt 16:13-23
Friday, Aug. 5, 2005
Reading I: Dt 4:32-40
Gospel: Mt 16:24-28
Saturday, Aug. 6, 2005
Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord
Reading I: Dn 7:9-10, 13-14
Reading II: 2 Pt 1:16-19
Gospel: Mt 17:1-9
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Pope's Prayer Intentions
August General Intention
World Youth Day. That World Youth Day may inspire in young people the desire to meet Christ and find in Him the guide of their own lives.
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August Mission Intention
Mission students in Rome. That the priests, religious, seminarians, and laity from mission countries who are completing their formation in Rome may find their stay in the "Eternal City" a time of spiritual enrichment.
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Prayer on loss of St. Raphael Cathedral
O God,
whose word is like a fire,
who spoke to your servant Moses in the burning bush and who led your people
Israel out of bondage
with a cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night:
hear your people as we call upon you both in gratitude and sorrow.
We thank you for the safety
of the Cathedral staff and parishioners,
for those who fought the fire
and for all who live and work in nearby buildings.
May this fire purify your Church in the Diocese of Madison
so that our hearts may burn with the knowledge
that your Church is built upon the bedrock of your Son, Jesus Christ.
Through the intercession of Saint Raphael,
your messenger of healing,
may we find comfort in our affliction
and the courage to continue proclaiming
the Good News of Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God for ever and ever.
Amen.
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