the barnabite messenger vol.38 no.1 - winter 2008-9

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THE BARNABITEMESSENGER2OO8-09 VOL.38 No.

imewe hearquotations ndwcwherc hcycanbc bund.as tVfutne),,s he Rrxtl o/ All Er,il

I Tim 6: 0). Theyarea sururnaryfwisdom. pract icalhouglits

dircct ion o holincss. Wc archc ycarof St.Pauland ts obvior"rshat, hor.rgh c hcarparts

the etters 1'St. aulalmost verydcvotic 'rno St. Paul sotaspopular s o somcof thc otherike St.Anthony,St. Francis,

St . R i ta . Thc rna in cason cc lnsndnot devotional:pcoplc resimple, irect ndnot

nto r-r.reclitation.ohcrc s a listconlmolr, hallenging, ndluotationsrom the Lettersof

.Paul.You may havc avoritcones.your hcart.Lil-c

Fight hc good ight of the faith.( 1T i m6 : 1 2 )I fought thc good fight. I havefinished hc race, kept he f-aith.(2T tm4:7)Nothingwill separatc s rom thelovcof God. Rorn8:30)We do not live for oursel ves, ndwe do not die to ourselves.Roml4 : 7 )Seek he things that are above.(Co l3 :1 )I presson towardthe goal for theprize. Phil3:14)I pray that you may have thepower to comprehend,with all

Tsu YEnnoF Sr. PeulTuB Pnnnr.sFROMHrsLE'r 'I 'ERS

the Saints.what s thc brcathandlcngth anclhcight arid depthandto k i row he ovco1 'Chr is t .Eph3 : I U )- Ourc i t izenships n hcavcn.Phi l3 : 20 )- Lovc bcars l l things, e ievcs llt l i ings,anclhopcsall things. 1Cor4: 2)- I t is not that ive.but . lcsusivcsi n m c . C o l : l )- Do not lct the sun set on yourangcrand clonot leavc oorn brthedcvil . F.ph :27)- lmmorali ty . . rnustnot cvcn berncntioncd mong ou. Eph5:3)

- So aith,hopc, ovc rcmain,hcscthree But thc grcatcst f tlicsc sl o v c . l C i o r 3 : 1 3 )

Thc Holy Spi r i tBccause oll arc chilcircn,God hasscnt the spir i t of His Son into ourhearts, rying, Abba! Fathcr!" Donot st i f le heSpiri t . Gal4:6)Affliction produccscndurancc,andendurancc,provides character,andproven character,hope; and hopedoes ot disappoint s becauseftheloveof Godpoured ut ntoour heartsthrough he Holy Spirit. Gal.5:5)Evangelization- I am not ashamed f the gospel.(Rom1 : 16 )- Because believed, spokeout.(2 C o r . 4 : 10 )- We walk by faith andnotby sight.

( 2 Cor5 : 0 )- Proclairr hcword (2 Tin 4:2- Thc love of Christ rnpclsus.Co r5 :14 )- All who wants o l ivc rel igiouin Christ csLrsi l l bepersecu(2T im 5 : 2 )

QurUf-c- Wc havc this treasurc n earthvessels.2 Cor.4:7)- Nail everythingo thecross.C2 : 14 )Be gentlewith everyone.2 Ti2:24)Each has a particular gift froG o d . ( l C o r 7 : 7 )The day of the Lord will comlike a thief in the night. (1 Th5 : 2 )Haveno anxietyat all. (Phil 4:6Do everything for the gloryGod . 1C or 0 : 31 )Rejoice lways. 1 Thes5:16)Be on guard. 2 Thes4:15)Be rooted n Him. (Col 2:6)


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SoxsoFSr. PeulExcerpts f thehomily givenby V. Rev.GabrielM.CRSPat a recent ntercommunityneeting. tof FatimaShrine.

We Barnabites avea very special easonorhe greatapostle. n fact,our first and rues not Barnabites, ut "sonsof Paul," whichthe official documents f the Church s renderedRegular f SaintPaul."Obviously, e arenotsons f Paul n thescnscwe are elatedo hint.or descendrom him. orounded y hintasa religious ongre_qationthatndeedmakeus he very irstcongregationnof Christianity!).We are,how-cvcr'.lrcreligiousordcr nantedaficr the Apostle Paul.

Our Founder, St. Anthony M. Zaccaria, called hfollowers "sons of Paul." Before St. Anthony's timreligious ordersdid not have a specific itle, exceptthosededicated o the Mother of God. Our Foundwas the irst to nafflehis first companionsaftera sainamely, he Apostle Paul.o ln his writ ings our Foundernot only calledhfol lowers "sons of Paul," he called hrmself "prieof Paul the Apostle" (fr 5). And he refers to Pawith thc t i t les "divine Pall l ," "father" (Lt 5): "divinfather.""sweet fathcr," "saint father" (Lt 7\, "chasParrl." lcarneclPaul" (Lt 9): "true f i iend of God" (I I I ) ; "our n- ros t o ly leaderand pat ron. " ntos t w idoctorof thc Genti les." icaderand fathcr" (Si,VIIo Ncedlesso say.Anthony M. Zaccarta druirSt . PaLr l nd was fasc inatcd y h is personal i ty ,teachings. is way of l i f c and aposto l icmin is t ry .o Our historianspoint or-rt hc l lany characsirni lari t iesbetweenany fbrm of compromise, igagainst lukewannncss.giving of oneself withoreservc. mixtureof tcnderness nd irn-tness.o This close connectionbetweenAnthony anPaul s ref lectcd lso n thc Rontan itLrrgy. hcre hnarnesof thc two saints.Anthonv anclPaul. appeirr tlre sal-ncprayer: "Lrtrtl, t'rtuhf tt\ [() tt'd,\:l)lht' .;ltiril d St. Puul, rhe .suhlintav i.ytlottt l'Chri,t ' t ' t t t ' i t ' ied.Richlv endotred .r ' i t l t .st t t 'h , isdom, S.1 t ttttt.t'\1un'Zucc'ariupreuchad irtc'e.s,suntIvn wnC'lturr'lt lte mcssuge / thec'll)^r^r.This ur.riclucaseidcntif icat ionof saints n ar"r f f ic ial l i turgicalprayof the Church s 'ery dit f icult to f ind clsovhe.,-o An inscr ip t ion. la tec lo the cnd of the l8ce l t tur \ . ic 'sc r ibe: , \n thr rnr> Pt r t r I is t r i ' i J t , I is . ;. \ ;pL ' ( tu to t ' (n tos ta i th t i r l b l lor ier of h is Paul ) . Hethe ut i ique elat ionship c-tr i enAnthor-ry nd Paulthrcc-dimensional.First of al l . the inscript ion sathatAnthony was a follower of Paul Pcruli pec:tatrThen a quality was added o this qualif icat ion: sinthe simple 'faithful ' was deemed to be someholacking, the superlative most laithful' (/bdelissimuwas used. Finally, the most beautiful element n thwhole inscriptionwas inserted: his,' 'his Paul' (Pauseri),as f the Apostle Paulbelonged n a very specand unique way to our Founder.o One of Anthony's first eight companions,FBattista Soresina, gives this eyewitness testimon


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SoxsoF Sr. Peur, coNT...Anthony'sadmirationof Paul: "He was a greatnd a great mitatorof St. Paul he Apostle.

would always have the Apostle'sat handandgreatlydelightedn reading hem,s why hewould ead hemas f heweresingingAnd in writing his own etters, ewould mitate. Paul'sstyle. His sermonswere steepedn andwith the doctrineof, andquotationsrom,Apostle. That'swhy, ust beforehisdeath. . St.appearedo hirn n a vision,and nvitedhim, fesowished, o gowith hirn. As hewill inglyagreed,eFather ied." (Attestatiorzs,8).Anthony's isionSt. Paulon his deathbed,reported y more thanewitness, anbe seen s heApostlc's anction flived n the botsteps nd mitation f

Vcry beautiful is also the testirnorry ivcnChiesa: "ln his senlons he had handy hebeautifuland irnporlant cntcnces f St. PaLrl,wcrc for him a continuousesson,pronouncedhcir words n sucha way so aswhathe magincd ad o be n theApostlc'swas writing them" (De.spositio,7) .Fr .GiovanniRizzihasanalyzedhe 'ewextantof our Founderand discovcredPaLrlineLettersand Acts). Fr. Rizzi concludesanguages first of all Paulineandevangelical.

From PopePaul lll in the 16'r' entury oourclays. ll hcpontifical locumcnts

dealwith our Holy Founder reunanimous lhe intimate elationship hich boundheApostleof the Gentiles ith theApostleLon-rbardyuring hc pre-Tridentineears.On July 5. 2002. the 51r' entenaryof St.irth.JolinPaul I said, ln pursuinghis]St. AnthonyMary Zaccarra as inspiredthe Apostleof the Gentiles. He therefore ikedcall himself "Priestof the Apostle Paul." Thishe held up to the religious amilieshe lay movementhat he founded. He liked too his followers: "So be sureandcertainyou will build on the oundations f Paul,not ony or wood, but on gold andpearls.." (LetterYI).schoolof St .Paul,he earnedhe undamental

of spiritual ife, understood s"growth from one

momentto the next" (Letter X), until the statureothe perfectman in Christ s attained, y constanlaying aside he old man andputtingon the new,justiceand n holinesscf.Eph4,22-24).o A fewyears efore iselevationo hepontificchair, n the ntroductiono a biographyof our SainCardinalRatzingerwrote: "His life coincideswita turbulentperiod n which Luther, n his own waatternptedo reform the Church,an attempt hat.ended n thc tragic division of Christianity. Idealingwith the problems f his personalif-eanof his imes,Luthcrhaddiscoveredheperson f SPaul. ndwith the ntcntion f fbllowing heapostlmessagc,egan is ourney.Unfbrtunately,eplaceSt. Paul n contrast o thc hierar chical hurch. hlaw againstheGospel, nd n doingso,even houghc rediscovcredirn,he detachcdhc saint iorn thtotalityof theChurch, iont thc message f the SacreScripture. nthonyMary Zaccaria lsodiscoveredPaul;hewanted o fbllow hisevangelical ynarnisandhesawhim in the otalityof thedivinemessagin thecornmunity f the Holy Church.It seemso mc thatSt.AnthonyMary Zaccais a saintof greatcurrent elevancc. n ecumeniand nissionaryigr"rrc, ho invitesus to di splayanto live the Paulincmessage ithrn heChurch tscHe shows cparatedrethrenhat St.Paulhashis ruplacc n theCatholicChurch, nd t is not necessto placehismessagen contrast ith thehierarchicChurch."

Weknow that t lnayDeorfficult br us to iuil iour holy Founder's ish: "You are my crown anmy glory,so muchso that solneday I will makeouholy ApostlePaul ecl envious f me on account you. In factyou arenot nferior o his fdisciples]your greatdesire o sufler for Christ, n your totacontempt f worldli ness ndself-denial, nd n youstriving o leadpeople o a spiritual enewaland tJesus rucifiedwho sdespised omuch." (L Q Mathis holy yearbe for us a stimulus o act asbestaswcanon the Founder's ppeal, I entreat ou, childreandoffspringof Paul, o openwideyour hearls. anbe no lessworlhy of the vocation o which you havbeencalled! If you really mean t, you will be herand now heirs and leeitimatechildren of our HolFather." Z VII)


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RpxovATroN F Or-rnLerv oFFArrve Sunrup-BestrrcA-The Shrinewas built over fifty-four yearsago, a

thushasbeen n needof renovations, hicharecurentunderway.TheVeryReverend r.JulioM. Ciavaglia,C.R.StheRector nd heartistic piritbehindheworkundertalast year. He just placed he last stoneof the facaenclosuref thc"Dome". Thecostof the enovationexpanslonbr he hree hasesf constructionill costmilliondollars theaugmcntationncludes newchawith a seating apacity f onehundrcd an ambulatpathwayaround he "dome" includingncw restrooWith the Shrine's opularity rowing, hc new buildiwill accornrnodatehc ncrcasingurnbcr f visitors roaroundhcworld.Many ethnicgroupsmadc he Shrine hcir locatifor the SpecialFcastshat they annually clebrate,.F i l ip ino c leb ra t ion .Thc latest ddition o the ovcr one hundred ife-s

statucsn thc open-air hrines Blessed atcri, he Liof thc Mohawk.


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TnE 50'" AxxrvERsARyoF OnuNATroN oFFR.Peur M. MencoNr,CRSPFr. Paul M. Marconi retumed to SaDiego,CA, to celebrateis 50'r'AnniversarOrdination n the churchwhere he was Pas

from 197 to 1985.Hewaspopularn the talicommunity,as well as with his altar boys anBocce riends.Fr.Marconiwasordainedn 1958, ttendthe Buffalo University, taught at BishGibbonsHigh School.and for 5 -vearsi orkat St. James n Oakville,Canada. In 1971hcarre o Our Lady of the Rosaryn SanDicgCA. After 10ycarsat thc Our Lady of FatirShrine,Youngstown, Y, he was sentbackCalifornia,o thePala ndianMissionwhcrehwas nstrumentaln construction multi-purpobuilding. n 2006,hewas ransferrcdo CarnpCA. wherchc ministcrcdo 2 churches.

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