Letters

Christian models (letter)

Brett Powell

Contents - Jul 2004 - Buy a copy now Editorial: Separation of Church and State? - Michael Gilchrist Liturgy: New improved English Mass translation nears completion - Michael Gilchhrist Feminist 'rituals': no substitute for prayer - Joanna Bogle News: The Church Around the World Pastoral Letter: The secular challenges to our faith: how to respond - Bishop Geoffrey Jarrett Eucharistic Adoration: heart of evangelisation - Fr Sebastian Camilleri OFM Croagh Patrick, Ireland's Holy Mountain: 'Sure, it's a bit of a hill' - Paul Russell Letters: Synod (letter) - Lance Eccles Letters: Courageous lead (letter) - Tom King Letters: Ineffective system (letter) - John Mulholland Letters: Catholic schools (letter) - George Simpson Letters: Dating the Gospels (letter) - Fr G.H. Duggan SM Letters: Informative talk (letter) - Frank Bourke Letters: Gay lobby (letter) - Alan A. Hoysted Letters: Abusive letters - Maureen Federico Letters: Christian models (letter) - Brett Powell Letters: Christians the most vilified group (letter) - Arnold Jago Letters: Disappointment (letter) - Cathy Cleary Letters: The Passion of the Christ (letter) - June Forester Letters: Parish concerns (letter) - Peter Gilet Letters: No kneelers (letter) Letters: The power of one (letter) - Brian Harris Letters: Sacred Heart (letter) - V. Mulligan Letters: CD response (letter) - Melanie and Christopher Duluk Books: Flee To the Fields - The Founding Papers of the Catholic Land Movement - Peter Chojnowski (reviewer) Books: An Essay on the Restoration of Property, by Hilaire Belloc - John Ballantyne (reviewer) Books: Ethics and the National Economy, by Heinrich Pesch - John Williamson (reviewer) Redemptionis Sacramentum (Sacrament of Redemption) abridged version - Fr M. Durham Books: More new titles for 2004 from AD Books Reflection: No time to pray? Try contemplation - Fr Leo J. Trese

In his knowledgeable article, "The world needs Jesus Christ and Christian models", (May AD2000), Father Sebastian Camilleri OFM emphasises the fact that the only hope for a lasting peace in the world is Jesus Christ - there is no alternative.

The history of Cain and Abel and human belligerence in general shows that our nature needs supernatural assistance to cultivate mutual love and respect. Here, God gives us His Son Jesus as a guide.

Repeated efforts, schemes, plans and strategies, without a Christian perspective, have always failed to secure lasting social harmony and peaceful relations.

Pride is the cause of human downfall. No matter how far we advance scientifically, we can never make it on our own.

Jesus waits patiently for our response to his loving invitation: "Come to me all you who labour and are burdened and I will refresh you ... The peace that I give, the world cannot give."

I thank you Father Camilleri for your inspiring articles.

BRETT POWELL
Moreland, Vic

Reprinted from AD2000 Vol 17 No 6 (July 2004), p. 14