Solemnity, Holy Day and Jubilee 2025

On the Solemn Feast of the Nativity, I found the festivities away from the material world of meeting the gift of giving and declared independence from many of the demands that came from my person as a Cantor for the Diocesan Liturgies to simply be at the disposition of meeting my Confirmation and Baptism.

I enjoyed the continued Hymns and galore of the Liturgy and Choirs at the condition of meeting the obligation as at the right Conscience of the Theological Virtues of Faith, Hope and Charity and I realized how profoundly difficult it was to see this without the disruptions of persons who were never fully introduced to this festive communion of a reality of the birth of a newborn child.

In this coming year of 2025, His Holiness Pope Francis opened a Holy Door of Jubilee in recognizing the virtue of an Act of Hope amidst the ill-instructed and I was at the disposition of making this at every step of moving forward from a pronounced sorrow of the death of innocent people.

At realizing His Infinite Goodness and the Help of His Grace I continue to see this movement and see this Act of Hope at the light and darkness of an Act of Faith and where an Act of Charity is witnessed for His Greater Honor and Glory.

Meryl Viola Bravo 

Opening of the Holy Door, Basilica of St. Peter 

Solemn Feast of the Nativity

Holy Mass with Pope Francis

December 24, 2024

Opening of the Holy Door Ribibbia Prison

Holy Mass with Pope Francis

December 26, 2024

Opening of the Holy Door

Basilica of St. John Lateran

December 29, 2024

Solemn Feast of Mary, Mother of God

Holy Mass with Pope Francis

January 1, 2025

Opening of the Holy Door

Basilica of St. Mary Major and Holy Mass

January 1, 2025

Opening of the Holy Door 

Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls

January 5, 2025

Laity Formation: Fulfilling the Precepts

Laity Formation:  Fulfilling the Precepts, Meryl Viola Bravo

What is Holy Day of Obligation?  Meryl Viola Bravo

The Work - Proficiency and Condition, Meryl Viola Bravo

I discovered the condition of laity in the Call of the Church towards Reality of Sacrament and the distinction of maintaining a precept manifested a personal effect and knowledge of being in the world and being sent at the disposition of consistent and natural reality of Precept.  The day to day obligation is consistent for a Christian.

At the daily performance of meeting the precept, there are conditions in a Liturgical reality of celebration beyond the day to day obligation.  This being the obligation of Solemnity and Feast day.  A celebration beyond the day to day ordinary life of obligation.

I will envelope levels of this knowledge and understanding at the rate this is practiced with a consistent condition.

 

DECREE ON THE APOSTOLATE OF THE LAITY APOSTOLICAM ACTUOSITATEM SOLEMNLY PROMULGATED BY HIS HOLINESS, POPE PAUL VI ON NOVEMBER 18, 1965

RELIGIOUS FORMATION:  The Apostolate of Work, Not a Layperson

1.  The performance of human labor in the civic duty of service to the people is at the same liability of protection for accuracy and reliability for persons in a formed condition of private non-profit institution of services.  This liberal condition of protection in the Private vs. Public services will be brought to the court for examination under the distinct and general commission of protection for all persons in the work of service to the people.

2.  Church and State protocal will be observed accordingly for observance to the boundaries established for all positioned to be a legal binding of service to the people of the United States of America.

3.  Legal representation is at the discretion of each institute and organization presenting a work of service to the United States of America.

4.  Religious formation of discernment must recognize the liable rate of human labor performed by the temporary position of each religious receiving a period of program of religious discernment.  This must be documented and issued as a statement of reference of witnesses for the candidate to the Religious Congregation.  The number of years, hours, position of human labor, dates, supervisors and colleagues of the work of Apostolate is to be documented and presented to be legally binding for the candidate.

Meryl Viola Bravo 

From a Country, Not Culture

What are the distinct character assets of a Country and Religion not based on culture?

The People make a country what it is and the Religion determines the direction.

What is culture then?

Culture is not a Country.

1981 Film, "From a Far Country"

A Succession, The Chair of St. Peter

What forefathers of an origin deliver is a succession of manhood to a solid foreground built upon a reality.  There is a Chair in Rome.  The Head is Christ.  His Vicar is the Visible Head.

Today, the Church is mourning the passing of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.  His pontificate was from 2005 to 2013 succeeding the Chair from His Holiness Pope John Paul II.  Almost ten years from His retirement there have been a series of events in my own pilgrimage of meeting His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI.  And I am now at rest with His Holiness Pope Francis.

Thank you, Holy Father.

Meryl Viola Bravo

Vatican News, Requiem Mass and Rosary 

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, January 5, 2023

Separation of Church and State

 

        Angelus Prayer, September 18, 2022

On the Way to Jesus Christ by Joseph Ratzinger

There is a distinction and condition of Reality when offering an American Standard of Separation of Church and State and this is the Universal Language of Peace.  Every judicial action depends on an effort of peaceful language and determined reality of Right and Dignity.

There is a question on the Matter of what separates religion from Church and State.  Is Church a Religion?  Is State a Religion?  What is Religion when it comes to the Justified Cause of separating the two efforts of a governed social decision of making it the Right and Dignity of Humanity?

I will endeavor to study the Authority of His Holiness Pope Francis through his predecessors and the conditions of which the Traditional Consumption of Work this has enveloped for a care in social demographic delivery of location.  I am in the United States of America.

Meryl Viola Bravo ~

A Country, Religion and U.S. Citizenship

Corporal Work of Mercy, Visiting the Sick on 4th of July Independence Day 2022 

The American Flag, a Sign of Independence

As a Country and a Citizenship established through a Knowledge of Formed Good in sharing a Land and World United we Stand, there are realities of Religion and a Declaration of Living.  What is this living in a Country and Land under a Democratist Theory and Philosophy of Citizenship?

When I am declaring a Voice as a Citizen, am I difficult or am I compliant?  And in this difficulty in reaching a compliance do you find yourself at a reality of enemy lines or an ally?  In the United States of America there is no enemy on the line?  or is there a border of a line of territory?

Civilians, Military Veterans, Military Active Duty, families of domestic realia are on the line of territory with no border in this country.  Do we know who the real enemy and contradictory declaration proclaims in this 4th of July Independence Day?

Who is the enemy as a Citizen of this country?

Religion has an enemy.

A Country will declare independence from the enemy.

Who will declare the right of freedom from the enemy?

Father in Heaven, Mother of Heaven, I declare an independence from false parents and the parents of Original Sin.

Meryl Viola Bravo ~

Religious Life, Consecrated Persons and The VOCARE

St. Teresa de Avila and Hearing the CALL

At the disposition of an ACT of FAITH, there is the HEART of FAITH rediscovering an OPPORTUNE GRACE and return to what the HEART has always been drawn to ask.  And the question in your heart is THE CALL!

Are you CALLED by a VOICE from a Wilderness?

Am I hearing the VOICE OF A SERIOUS PERSON?

Is FAITH believing this VOICE well at the HEART of my PERSON who is drawn to listen to HIM?

There is a depth in the HEART of a PERSON who sees a depth beyond the ACCEPTANCE of a community, this is the ADOPTION of a FATHER who has always seen your HEART!

Your HEART is the CALL!

Meryl ~

The Vigil Project, Jesus, I Trust in You