MI Canada: Inspiring Hope
by Msgr. Robert Nusca
The profane demonstration against
the Church witnessed by the young Saint Maximilian as a seminarian
in Rome in 1917 at first shocked, and then inspired him to found
a movement that now claims countless members worldwide.
Our own "post-modern" world is in many ways so different
from that of Saint Maximilian. And yet, beneath the hi-tech veneer
of our global era, similarities are not lacking. Theologians
speak of a society that has lost its moral compass. Psychologists
speak of a culture that has lost the "latitudes and longitudes
of the soul." Philosophers discuss the failure of the secular
humanist vision and speak of the arrival of a "post-secular"
era.
The drama of the spiritual conflict between St. Michael and the
Dragon (Rv 12) continues to play itself out in our day-just as
it has in every generation that has gone before us. For the temptation
"to build a city and a tower without God" (Gn 11:4)
is a perennial one that emerges from deep within a human heart
that is divided (Rm 7:14ff). And nowhere is this "struggle
over the world's soul" (Pope John Paul II) more evident
today than in the powerful forces of anti-evangelization at work
in a host of issues: abortion, euthanasia, embryonic stem-cell
research and in efforts to redefine marriage and the family.
Inspiring us to hope and trust in the Lord always, Saint Paul
reminds us that "where sin abounds grace abounds all the
more" (Rm 5:20). The lives of the Saints serve as shining
examples of great love, joy and determination amid the struggles
and adversities of their times. They show us that "all things
are possible for God" (Mk 10:27). As Saint Maximilian reminds
us, "The human heart desires a higher good, a good without
bounds, a good that lasts forever. And only God is the higher
good that the heart desires."
May the City of God-the New Jerusalem-and its culture of life
shine forth in our world today. To the "Woman Adorned with
the Sun," who stands at the center of the spirituality of
the MI, we entrust our efforts. And to her we consecrate especially
the institution of marriage and the family, "through which
run the future of the world and of the Church" (Familiaris
Consortio, 75).
MI Canada News
Communion Brunch
On October 14, 2005, MI Canada had an information table for promoting
marian consecration and of the life and patronage of Saint Maximilian
for the pro-life movement at the women's auxiliary group, Holy
Family Church. Guest speaker, Georgette Forney, co-founder of
the Silent No More Awareness Campaign,talked on the physical,
spiritual and emotional harm from abortion to women. She also
informed them of the help available for those hurting from abortion.
MI Leadership Training
Eleven people attended the second MI Leadership training, on
November 26, led by Msgr. Robert Nusca, Rector of St. Augustine
Seminary and Spiritual Director for the Militia of the Immaculata
in Canada. Msgr. Nusca talked about the importance of contemplation
and action and living out your marian consecration through the
ideal of St. Maximilian.
Adoration For Life
The first Adoration For Life, an evening of prayer, was held
on November 11, 2005, sponsored by Second Chance Ministries,
Militia of the Immaculata and Aid to Women. The focus was to
pray for the cultivation of the culture of life within our Canadian
society.
Fr.Vince Heffernan, co-founder of Second Chance Ministries, led
the Adoration and Benediction. Msgr. Robert gave a talk on "Christian
Hope." Adoration For Life will continue to be held every
first Friday of the month at St. Catherine of Siena Parish, Toronto,
from 7:30 - 9:30pm with Mass and Eucharist Adoration. Please
join us!
My Consecration
An MI emails us, "I read the book 'One More Gift,' [author,
Fr. Luigi Faccenda] and was moved by what I read and the following
year...June 9, 1996 (the feast of the Solemnity of the Body and
Blood of Christ), all of us formally consecrated ourselves to
Mary...My consecration has been a great blessing for me and my
family...I became involved in RCIA, as well as other activities
in my parish, and I believe so much of what I am doing is possible
only because of the graces I receive through the Immaculata."
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