10 Catholic Things that Caught My Eye Today (Feast of Saints Cornelius & Cyprian)

Last updated on: September 16, 2015 at 7:42 am by Kathryn Jean Lopez

10 Catholic Things that Caught My Eye Today (Feast of Saints Cornelius & Cyprian) 2015-09-16T07:42:54-05:00 Kathryn Jean Lopez

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We celebrate St's Cyprian and Cornelius, may their prayers inspire a deeper friendship with Christ. pic.twitter.com/la6kV7TEbZ

— Fr. Patrick Brennan (@Pathound) September 16, 2015

2. About Cornelius and Cyprian: Here and here and here and here.

3. Cyprian in the Liturgy of the Hours today:

Cyprian sends greetings to his brother Cornelius. My very dear brother, we have heard of the glorious witness given by your courageous faith. On learning of the honor you had won by your witness, we were filled with such joy that we felt ourselves sharers and companions in your praiseworthy achievements. After all, we have the same Church, the same mind, the same unbroken harmony. Why then should a priest not take pride in the praise given to a fellow priest as though it were given to him? What brotherhood fails to rejoice in the happiness of its brothers wherever they are?

Words cannot express how great was the exultation and delight here when we heard of your good fortune and brave deeds: how you stood out as a leader of your brothers in their declaration of their faith. You led the way to glory, but you gained many companions in that glory; being foremost in your readiness to bear witness on behalf of all, you prevailed on your people to become a single witness. We cannot decide which we ought to praise, your own ready and unshaken faith or the love of your brothers who would not leave you. While the courage of the bishop who thus led the way has been demonstrated, at the same time the unity of the brotherhood who followed has been manifested. Since you have one heart and one voice, it is the Roman Church as a whole that has thus borne witness.

Dearest brother, bright and shining is the faith which the blessed Apostle praised in your community. He foresaw in the spirit the praise your courage deserves and the strength that could not be broken; he was heralding the future when he testified to your achievements; his praise of the fathers was a challenge to the sons. Your unity, your strength have become shining examples of these virtues to the rest of the brethren.

Divine providence has now prepared us. God’s merciful design has warned us that the day of our own struggle, our own contest, is at hand. By that shared love which binds us closely together, we are doing all we can to exhort our congregation, to give ourselves unceasingly to fasting, vigils and prayers in common. These are the heavenly weapons which give us the strength to stand firm and endure; they are the spiritual defenses, the God-given armaments that protect us.

Let us then remember one another, united in mind and heart. Let us pray without ceasing, you for us, we for you; by the love we share we shall thus relieve the strain of these great trials.

“That priest truly discharges the office of Christ, who imitates that which Christ did” (Saint Cyprian).

— Fr James Bradley (@FrJamesBradley) September 16, 2015

5. Today’s Mass readings.

6. On being authentically Catholic.

"Freely you received, freely give." Mt. 10:8

— SrMadeleine Miller (@SrMadeleine) September 16, 2015

8. From the pages of Magnificat today, Wisdom invites:

9. Evidently Thursday is Buy a Nun a Book Day.

10.

Weds audience: Pope reminds us that the "principle reason" for his U.S. trip "is the Eighth World Meeting of Families" in Philadelphia.

— Greg Erlandson (@GregOSV) September 16, 2015

Pray the World Meeting of Families prayer.

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