Be it mine to look up to thy light, even from afar, even from the depths. Teach me to seek thee, and reveal thyself to me, when I seek thee, for I cannot seek thee, except thou teach me, nor find thee, except thou reveal thyself. Let me seek thee in longing, let me long for thee in seeking; let me find thee in love, and love thee in finding. Lord, I acknowledge and I thank thee that thou hast created me in this thine image, in order that I may be mindful of thee, may conceive of thee, and love thee; but that image has been so consumed and wasted away by vices, and obscured by the smoke of wrong-doing, that it cannot achieve that for which it was made, except thou renew it, and create it anew. I do not endeavor, O Lord, to penetrate thy sublimity, for in no wise do I compare my understanding with that; but I long to understand in some degree thy truth, which my heart believes and loves. For I do not seek to understand that I may believe, but I believe in order to understand. For this also I believe,—that unless I believed, I should not understand.
— Saint Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109), Proslogium, Chap. 1:7
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Feast of Saint Anselm
The Most Rev. Robert J. Carlson selected as Archbishop of Saint Louis
From the Saint Louis Review:
Pope Benedict XVI announced April 21 the appoinment of The Most Rev. Robert J. Carlson as Archbishop of St. Louis. Bishop Carlson is currently Bishop of the Diocese of Saginaw Michigan. He will succeed Archbishop Raymond L. Burke as and will become St. Louis' 10th bishop.
The Archdiocese of St. Louis hold a press conference with the Archbishop-elect at 10:30 a.m. (CST) today. More information and a live stream can be found on the Archdiocesan website (www.archstl.org).
Bishop Robert J. Carlson was installed as the fifth bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Saginaw on February 24, 2005 at the direction of Pope John Paul II. A native of Minneapolis, Minn., he was ordained to the priesthood on May 23, 1970 for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. He was later ordained as an auxiliary bishop for his home archdiocese on January 11, 1984 and went on to serve as Bishop of Sioux Falls, S.D., from 1994 to 2005.
Bishop Robert Hermann, auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Saint Louis, said of Bishop Carlson, "Archbishop-elect Carlson is 64 years of age and has celebrated his 25th anniversary of his Episcopal ordination. I have known Archbishop-elect Carlson for a number of years. He is a very energetic, articulate, warm and gifted pastor and administrator."
Praising his many accomplishments, Bishop Hermann continued, "In the past five years in Saginaw, he has raised the number of seminarians from two to eighteen! He has published six pastoral letters, and has created the Saginaw Area Catholic Schools system. He is very dedicated to Life issues. He thinks and works with the Church he loves, and will continue to build upon the legacy of his predecessors here in St. Louis."
Bishop Carlson's Curriculum Vitae:
Personal
Bishop Robert J. Carlson was installed as the fifth bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Saginaw on February 24, 2005 at the direction of Pope John Paul II. A native of Minneapolis, Minn., he was ordained to the priesthood on May 23, 1970 for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. He was later ordained as an auxiliary bishop for his home archdiocese on January 11, 1984 and went on to serve as Bishop of Sioux Falls, S.D., from 1994 to 2005.
Education
Earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from St. Paul Seminary in 1966; earned a master's degree in divinity from St. Paul Seminary in 1976; and earned a Licentiate in Canon Law from the Catholic University of America in 1979.
Other Current Appointments
Member, Canon Law Society of America
Board Member, The International Dominican Foundation
Board Member, Sacred Heart Seminary, Detroit, Mich,
Co-Chair, Mission Advisory Committee, Institute for Priestly Formation, Omaha, Neb.
Board Member, Los Cabos Children’s Foundation
Member, National Conference of Diocesan Vocation Directors Advisory Board
Founder, The Messengers of Peace Religious Community, Colombia, South America
Previous Appointments
Past Chair, National Foundation for Catholic Youth Ministry
Past Chair, USCCB Committee on Vocations
Past Chair, USCCB Committee on Priestly Life and Ministry
Past Chair, USCCB Ad Hoc Committee on Youth
Past Chair, USCCB Ad Hoc Committee for the Catholic Charismatic Renewal
Former Member, USCCB Committee on Laity
Former Member, USCCB Committee on Pastoral Practice
Former Episcopal Moderator, USCCB Committee on Scouting
Former Episcopal Moderator, Serra International - USA/Canada Council
Past President, National Evangelization Team (NET)
Monday, April 20, 2009
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Divine Mercy Sunday
[Heretics] deemed a sin committed by a man after he had received pardon, to be so grave that it could not be forgiven. In this they erred not only with regard to sin which, even after a sin has been forgiven, can be either more or less grievous than the first, which was forgiven, but much more did they err against the infinity of Divine mercy, which surpasses any number and magnitude of sins, according to Psalm 50:1-2: "Have mercy on me, O God, according to Thy great mercy: and according to the multitude of Thy tender mercies, blot out my iniquity."
— Saint Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, Pars. III Q. 84 Art. 10
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