Testimonial to Volume XIII: Supplementary Documents (ii)
Preface to Volume XIII
Given the quality of the work, it is no surprise that the PRECIS is now in ever greater demand not only in countries where English is the official language. But also in those parts of the world where English is increasingly common as a second language.
The challenge will be to make the series available in ever more significant numbers in Eastern Europe and Asia and particularly throughout those parts of the world where persecution of the Church for many years prevented the publication of these texts, which ere so important for a complete understanding of our Catholic faith.
I feel privileged that I was personally introduced to the PRECS by Mr. and Mrs. George P. Morse on one of their many trips to Rome, having witnessed the commitment of Pat and Margaret to this project, and to one another.
I was not in the least surprised that Pope John Paul II would have chosen to receive them so many times end that he had even offered them precious encouragement for the completion of the PRECiS: “Our work is important to the Catholic Church. What you cm doing is for future generations.”
And this is so because the teaching of the Catholic Church is unchanging – “it is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow.’
As Volume XIII is released, Í would like to thank not only those who worked on this final supplement but also all those who have labored for the publication of the PRtCIS throughout these two decades and those who supported this worthy project with their prayers and support.
I am pleased to be able to grant Pat Morse’s request for my blessing for him, his colleagues in this tremendous accomplishment, and their families.
Through the maternal intercession of Our Lady, Seat of Wisdom, may their continued service to the Church draw them ever closer to her Son, Who alone is the Way, the Truth and the Life.
Julian Cardinal Herranz
President, Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
Julian Cardinal Herranz
Julián Herranz Casado (born 31 March 1930) is a Spanish cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as President of the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts in the Roman Curia from 1994 to 2007 and was elevated to the cardinalate in 2003 by Pope John Paul II.
He is one of two cardinals – along with Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne – who belong to Opus Dei; Herranz Casado is the organization’s highest-ranking member in the Church’s hierarchy. He is also considered one of the foremost experts in canon law, and to have been one of the Vatican’s most influential figures during the period shortly before the death of Pope John Paul II.
Lectio Divina Cordis
Divine Reading of the Heart
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HEAR the words as you inwardly read or speak
LECTIO
– Read –
E
ENTER the silence to reflect on a core precept
MEDITATIO
– Meditate –
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ANSWER to the knock at the heart’s door
ORATIO
– Speak –
R
REST silently without words or thoughts
CONTEMPLATIO
– Contemplate –
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TRUST: “Do not let your HEART be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me.” (John 13:1)
CREDE FORMULAE
– Trust in the process –
Lectio Divina (Latin for “Divine Reading”) is a traditional Benedictine practice of scriptural reading, meditation and prayer intended to promote communion with God and to increase the knowledge of God’s Word. It does not treat scripture as texts to be studied, but as the living word.
The focus of Lectio Divina is not a theological analysis of biblical passages but viewing them with Christ as the key to their meaning.
Approaching the Magisterium Summaries from this perspective may lead to a deeper appreciation of its meaning and an appreciation of how it may be applied to one’s life.
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