Dag: 9 april 2016

When taking a look at Ecclesiastical writings of diverse eras, our attention is called by the frequent affirmations of Pontiffs, Bishops and holy men lamenting the adversities that the Church was passing through in their days. The storms that the attacks of external and internal enemies raised against the ship of Saint Peter were constant during the two millenniums of the Church’s victorious navigation. This undeterred advance throughout all epochs may only be explained if we take into consideration that the Church is not a human institution, but rather divine. Born of the open side of Christ upon the cross and irrigated by his Blood, in its visible elements the Church should, therefore, seek the realization of the desires of its divine Founder in that which refers to its constitution, sanctity, mission and even its government.

At this time, when many question the form of government of the Church, one…

To say that someone is ‘as changeable as a weathervane’ is a way to describe a person who constantly modifies his opinion or attitude according to the trend of the moment, just like a weathervane at the whims of the wind.

A compass is the extreme opposite: faithful to itself, it always points north, indicating the course with a sureness that is characteristic of things that are governed by permanent and immutable laws. Consequently, the compass is able to be used to guide sailors in tranquil or turbulent seas, in the storm as well as in calm weather.

If we were to compare the Church with one of these instruments, which would we choose? The answer is not as simple as it seems at first sight. Pope Benedict XVI had warned against a ‘hermeneutic of discontinuity’, which we could even call the ‘hermeneutic of the weathervane’…

So, during the Jubilee…