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My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? You think, well, I don't feel like that. I'm feeling great right now. But somewhere, someone else is feeling that way and maybe I pray this Psalm, not for myself, but for someone else. And I can enter into their experience or conversely, if I'm feeling, oh, it was a terrible day and I'm, oh I'm so distraught, everything's going wrong! I flip open the page and it's, you know, come into our joy to the Lord, serve the Lord of gladness. Well, I don't feel that way but maybe someone else does and maybe I need to get out of my own self. We implode into ourselves too much. Maybe I should pray for someone else, and not just for myself. So we lose ourselves in the Psalms, and they're better. It's nice when the Psalm expresses what I feel. It's better when it doesn't, because then it stretches me out of my own ego, and that's what we need to do.
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In this episode, listen to Cardinal Thomas Christopher Collins being interviewed by well-known journalist Lorna Dueck. Cardinal Collins talks about the power of Lectio Divina - the contemplative and transformative practice of reading, praying with and meditating on Scriptures - and how engaging with the Scriptures not only impacts us personally but also positively affects the people around us.

His Eminence Cardinal Thomas Christopher Collins is one of only 16 people in all of Canadian history to be appointed by the Pope to serve at the College of Cardinals. Cardinal Collins has served as a priest in Canada for 50 years, celebrating his golden jubilee in that role in May of 2023.

Cardinal Thomas Christopher Collins, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto (Canada) is a Canadian Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was the Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto from 2007 to 2023. 

Ordained a priest in 1973, he holds a BA and MA in English, and a BA in theology. While studying in Rome, specializing in sacred Scripture and the Book of Revelation, he received his Licentiate in Sacred Scripture from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in 1978 and a Doctorate in Theology from the Gregorian University in 1986.

He has also served as Chancellor of the University of Saint Michael’s College and the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies in Toronto, and Chair of the Board of Governors of Saint Augustine’s Seminary and of the Redemptoris Mater Missionary Seminary.

In this episode, listen to Cardinal Thomas Christopher Collins being interviewed by well-known journalist Lorna Dueck. Cardinal Collins talks about the power of Lectio Divina - the contemplative and transformative practice of reading, praying with and meditating on Scriptures - and how engaging with the Scriptures not only impacts us personally but also positively affects the people around us.

His Eminence Cardinal Thomas Christopher Collins is one of only 16 people in all of Canadian history to be appointed by the Pope to serve at the College of Cardinals. Cardinal Collins has served as a priest in Canada for 50 years, celebrating his golden jubilee in that role in May of 2023.

Cardinal Thomas Christopher Collins, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto (Canada) is a Canadian Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was the Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto from 2007 to 2023. 

Ordained a priest in 1973, he holds a BA and MA in English, and a BA in theology. While studying in Rome, specializing in sacred Scripture and the Book of Revelation, he received his Licentiate in Sacred Scripture from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in 1978 and a Doctorate in Theology from the Gregorian University in 1986.

He has also served as Chancellor of the University of Saint Michael’s College and the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies in Toronto, and Chair of the Board of Governors of Saint Augustine’s Seminary and of the Redemptoris Mater Missionary Seminary.

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Whether you’re well-versed in Scripture or just starting out on your journey, The Bible Course offers a superb overview of the world’s best-selling book.  This eight-session course will help you grow in your understanding of the Bible. Watch the first session of The Bible Course and learn more at biblecourse.ca. 

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Learn more about Cardinal Collins: cccb.ca/the-catholic-church-in-canada/directory-of-bishops-and-eparchs/cardinals/thomas-cardinal-collins/ 

The Word of God and Christianity is foremost and above all, a relationship, an experience of a relationship with someone. It's an encounter. It's not a book of history, although there's a lot of history. It's not a book of stories, although there are a lot of stories. It's the revelation of a God who so loved the world, that He created it for us. And when it was broken, and when it was going to the...not in a good situation, He so loved the world that He sent His only Son to reveal that love, that mercy so that we could have life and have it abundantly. So that's the love. That's the love of God that we encounter. When you encounter that or are encountered by that love it changes you. 
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Watch this fascinating conversation between His Eminence Gérald C. Cardinal Lacroix and Canadian Bible Society Ambassador, Rev. Dr. Andrew Stirling. Cardinal Lacroix talks about how the Bible has shaped his life and how the Bible strengthens our relationship with Jesus and brings people, families, and communities together. 

His Eminence Cardinal Lacroix was born in the Province of Quebec, but his studies and missionary service to the church has taken him into the United States, Columbia and beyond with various honourable appointments and titles in the Church. He is the Archbishop of Quebec and Primate of Canada since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on 22 February 2011. He has been a cardinal since 22 February 2014 and was previously the Auxiliary Bishop of Quebec. 

His Eminence Cardinal Lacroix is a member of the Board of Directors of the Quebec Assembly of Catholic Bishops (AECQ). In the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), he is a member of the Permanent Council, and Liaison Bishop for Secular Institutes in Canada. He is also a member of the Board of Governors of the Fondation Québec Philanthrope.

Listen to this fascinating conversation between His Eminence Gérald C. Cardinal Lacroix and Canadian Bible Society Ambassador, Rev. Dr. Andrew Stirling. Cardinal Lacroix talks about how the Bible has shaped his life and how the Bible strengthens our relationship with Jesus and brings people, families, and communities together. 

His Eminence Cardinal Lacroix was born in the Province of Quebec, but his studies and missionary service to the church has taken him into the United States, Columbia and beyond with various honourable appointments and titles in the Church. He is the Archbishop of Quebec and Primate of Canada since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on 22 February 2011. He has been a cardinal since 22 February 2014 and was previously the Auxiliary Bishop of Quebec. 

His Eminence Cardinal Lacroix is a member of the Board of Directors of the Quebec Assembly of Catholic Bishops (AECQ). In the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), he is a member of the Permanent Council, and Liaison Bishop for Secular Institutes in Canada. He is also a member of the Board of Governors of the Fondation Québec Philanthrope.

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Watch this episode on YouTube: @canadian_biblesociety

Learn more about the Canadian Bible Society: biblesociety.ca

Connect with us on Instagram: @canadianbiblesociety

Whether you’re well-versed in Scripture or just starting out on your journey, The Bible Course offers a superb overview of the world’s best-selling book. This eight-session course will help you grow in your understanding of the Bible. Watch the first session of The Bible Course and learn more at biblecourse.ca. 

Give to the Canadian Bible Society: biblesociety.ca/donate

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Learn more about His Eminence Gérald C. Cardinal Lacroix: ecdq.org/diocese-de-quebec/eveques/gerald-cyprien-lacroix

Episode 7 of AMSTERDAM IN FOCUS features host and Dutch street photographer Fleur Goetzen’s serene image of the St. Barbara Cemetary, a Roman Catholic Cemetary initially based on the quiet outskirts of the city when it first opened in 1888.  Fleur reveals that the city wasn't as spread out and developed as it is today...

To see the full image while listening to this episode, go to the Episode 7 image on the AMSTERDAM IN FOCUS series on the jasoncharles.net Podcast Network Arts & Culture Channel: www.jasoncharles.net/podcasts/arts_culture_shows

For more images by FLEUR GOETZEN, follow her on Instagram @fga020

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Deze 71ste Roomse Loper is gewijd aan de relatie tussen de Italiaanse katholieke kerk en de maffia. Aanleiding is de zaligverklaring op zondag 9 mei in het Siciliaanse Agrigento van onderzoeksrechter Rosario Livatino, die in 1990 door de maffia werd vermoord. Livatino, een overtuigd katholiek, was toegewijd aan de bestrijding van corruptie en afpersing. Paus Johannes Paulus II noemde hem een 'martelaar van de gerechtigheid en indirect van het geloof'.

Speciale gast in deze uitzending is Aart Heering, oud-correspondent in Rome, die veel over de maffia heeft gepubliceerd. Hij vertelt hoe de rooms-katholieke kerk de clans aanvankelijk steunde, maar dat vanaf de jaren tachtig van de vorige eeuw steeds meer priesters, bisschoppen en overtuigde katholieken als Livatino in opstand kwamen tegen de georganiseerde misdaad. De vraag is ook hoe het eigenlijk zit  met de geloofspraktijk van de voormannen van de maffia. En trekken ze zich iets aan van het feit dat paus Franciscus hen heeft geëxcommuniceerd?

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