Tuesday, June 28, 2011

I will have you know

... that the vigil I was at was mentioned by none other than the Creative Miority Report.

Some Pictures from NY

Sunrise at Perth Domestic Airort as Mum & Az board their flight.
Sunrise (or sunset) as we circled above JFK for 40 mins.

Girl's corner of the Monastery.

St Micheal the Archangel's Parish Church.

Procession to Vigil after Mass at St Micheal's.

Brooklyn's Abrotion Mill; designed to be the biggest in the world.

Brooklyn Bridge.

Manhattan.

They do provide one useful service: time and temperature to tourists without watches or thermometers.

My bed at the monastery.

NY Update

Hey all,
Havn't had access to the internet much.
Will endevour to add some photos after the retreat (which starts tonight.)

God bless.

Friday, June 24, 2011

Sydney Town

After landing last night, I shared dinner with a wonderful Catholic family who were kind enough to put up both the boys and someone from Melbourne and with one of the sweetest women I've ever met, named Lia.

After some table tennis and dinner, I came to Lia's (with the daughter of the family whose house I ate at, Lucy) and, meeting Nia her sister, was invited to watch Karol with them.

Please say three Hail Marys for these girls. They are the sweetest, kindest women and have been extremely generous to me.


Today, I leave for New York. I hope to write something while I'm flying again. Hopefully it will be of better quality than this post and the previous one.

I'm leaving, on a jet plane.

Written whilemid-air between Perth and Sydney

 Start spreading the word; I’m leaving today; I’m gonna be a part of it, but  I’m not going to be in San Francisco to warrant wearing flowers in my hear.

So, for those of you who don’t know, I’m off to New York for a fortnight.
I left Perth this morning and will be staying overnight in Sydney. From there, I’ll fly from New York (JFK, sigh) via San Francisco. 

The purpose of my trip is to learn how to save babies and to pray for those who see killing an unborn child as a legitimate option.

Monday, June 20, 2011

Prayer Requests - 12th Week of Ordinary Time


PRAYERS OF THE WEEK
  • Sasha's Mum and Julie's Friend's Mum who both have cancer.
  • The work of Pregnacny Assistance
  • Rod and Eileen, that they realise that only boys can be the daddies.
  • My brother Aaron.
  • Those still doing exams.
  • Those marking exams.
  • Bridget's intentions, especially for her sister's 32 week onld baby.
  • Jen's intentions.
  • Those who suffer with depression.
  • Giovena's intentions.
  • For the Emmanuel Community in Perth.
  • Bec's intentions.
  • Juliet's intentions.
  • That Daniel, Chis and I may bring glory to God through our words, thoughts and actions both on our trip and when we come back.
  • For Linda, as she spends a few weeks in NSW
  • Sr Janice (RIP)
  • Sr Announciata, OP
  • Archbishop Hickey
  • The Archdiocese of Perth
  • The unborn, preborn and never-to-be-born
  • All mothers and fathers
  • T.A.Sweeney (RIP)
  • Pope Benedict XVI
  • All priests
  • All relgious
  • All married couples
  • All dedicated lay singles
  • All discerning vocation
  • Bishop Morris
  • (Father) John Corapi

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Consummatum est.

My exams are finished for this semester; I leave for New York in a week; I have a better grasp on certain phrases in Latin than I did last week; I have plans for every day in the next week, before I leave; I overuse semicolons.

4 exams in as many days is drainng, at best; thanks to Messers Kreeft, Lewis and Sts Aquinas and Augustine for their assistance over the past few days; also to Sts Basil, John Chrysostom, Bellamine, Teresa of Avila, Teresa of Liseux, John of the Cross, Paul, John Bosco, Gregory Nazianzen, Athanasius, Peter Canisius, Albert the Great, Alphonsus Liguori, Anslem, Anthony of Padua, Bede, Bernard of Clairvaux, Bonaventure, Catherine of Siena, Francis de Sales, Gregory I, both Cyrils who are doctors and all the other Doctors.
I now have the itineries for my trip to New York; the flights were confirmed about a week ago and the daily plan was recieved this morning.
I know know and understand some more Latin phrases; these ones have to do with grace.
I have full days every day between now and when I fly out, except Sunday; Sunday is for prayer; lots and lots of prayer.

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

On God, Death and Taxis. An Update.

At Paul's suggestion, I have ammended the graph that was featured on a previous post.

This is the ammended version.

A Real Piece of Work

I'm not usually a fan of promoting things my uni does. This however, is a fairly cool short film created by some Sydney students.

Please go and read the information that is here about it. It's true that ND loves shamelessly self-promoting, but this is one of their less irksome plugging-pieces. Moreover, it's the most easily accessible comments made by the director.


A Real Piece of Work from Olivia Cameron on Vimeo.

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Formation of Lectors

Last night's Mass was, unfortunately, not the Vigil Mass for Pentecost, but a Mass of Pentecost Day without the Sequence. That's fine.
What was more unfortunate was the obvious lack of formation for the Lector. Please note that I am not decrying her, or her reading but using this as an example for why Lectors must recieve proper formation. Or, at the very least, they must practice in front of someone who has been formed and who has clear knowledge of the meaning and pronounciation of the words.

An excerpt from text of the First Reading for today's Mass:
'Surely,' they said, 'all thses men speaking are Galileans? How doesit happen that each of us hears them in his own native language? Parthians, Medes and Elamites; people from Mesopotamia, Judaea and Cappadocia, Pontious and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya round Cyrene; as well as visitors from Rome - Jews and proselytes alike - Cretans and Arabs; we hear them all preaching in our own language about the marvels of God.'
 Last night, I listened to it as it was rendered (by someone who speaks english fluently and whose accent is Australian) as:
'Surely,' they said, 'all thses men speaking are Galileos? How doesit happen that each of us hears them in his own native language? Partyians, Meds and Eel-lam-ites; people from Meso-pota-mia, Judaea and Kappadotchia, Ponus and Asia, Fi-yi-ga and Pam-py-la, Egypt and the parts of Lib-ya round Kine; as well as visitors from Rome - Jews and pro-styles alike - Creations and Ara-bins; we hear them all preaching in our own language around the morals of God.'
Granted, these are somewhat difficult place names, but what struck me was Creations (usually, if it's mangled, it comes out as cretins) and around the morals of God.
These two mangalings showed, more than the others, that she had not practiced and did not know the meaning of the passage.
At the best of times, it is difficult to proclaim the Readings: when you have not read the passage before, it is often a reading and not a proclaimation. When you do not understand what you are reading, it is that much harder.


One upon a time, the Latin Rite had a Order [as in Holy Orders] called the Subdiaconate. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia:
"The duties of a subdeacon are to serve the deacon at Mass; to prepare the bread and wine and sacred vessels for the Holy Sacrifice; to present the chalice and paten at the Offertory, and pour water into the wine for the Eucharist; to chant the Epistles solemnly; to wash the sacred linen."

His role was similar to modern forma ordinaria Acolyte and,  had to have formation before having recieved the Order, and taken his duties. He was also olbliged (under the 1917 Code of Canon Law) to pray all the Canonical Hours.

The Motu Proprio of Pope Paul VI Ministeria Quaedam that became effective of January 1st, 1973 split the role of the subdiaconate into two ministries. Since ministries are open to lay people, these roles were no longer restricted to those hoping to recieve Holy Orders.

3.     Two ministries, adapted to present-day needs, are to be preserved in the whole Latin Church, namely, those of reader [lector] and acolyte. The functions heretofore assigned to the subdeacon are entrusted to the reader [lector] and the acolyte; consequently, the major order of subdiaconate no longer exists in the Latin Church. There is, however, no reason why the acolyte cannot be called a subdeacon in some places, at the discretion of the conference of bishops.
4.     The reader [lector] is appointed for a function proper to him, that of reading the word of God in the liturgical assembly. Accordingly, he is to proclaim the readings from sacred Scripture, except for the gospel in the Mass and other sacred celebrations; he is to recite the psalm between the readings when there is no psalmist; he is to present the intentions for the general intercessions in the absence of a deacon or cantor; he is to direct the singing and the participation by the faithful; he is to instruct the faithful for the worthy reception of the sacraments. He may also, insofar as may be necessary, take care of preparing other faithful who are appointed on a temporary basis to read the Scriptures in liturgical celebrations. That he may more fittingly and perfectly fulfill these functions, he is to meditate assiduously on sacred Scripture. [He has to know what he's saying, what it means. Moreover, he has to meditate assiduously on, not just the Readings that he is to proclaim that week, but on the whole of sacred Scripture.]

***


Interestingly,
7.     In accordance with the ancient tradition of the Church, institution to the ministries of reader [lector] and acolyte is reserved to men.

To any reader with information on when women were allowed to start proclaiming the readings, please share this informaiton in the comment box below. References to specific documents would be great.



PARTAY!!!

Come and Celebrate
The Birthday of 
The One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church

In grand style at

The Upper Room
followed by a Street Party
in Jerusalem



As this is too far away for most people, alternative arrangements have been made at your local Catholic Parish, including a foretaste of the Heavenly Banquet called The Holy Sacrafice of the Mass. See your local Parish for details.

And there appeared to them tongues as of fire, distributed and resting on each one of them.


Saturday, June 11, 2011

Beauty and Deificaiton

I leave with something somewhat unrelated from Saint John of the Cross. Take some time to read it carefully. Reread it.

Let us so act taht by means of this loving activity we may attain the vision of ourselves in Your beauty in eternal life. That is: That I be so transformed in Your beauty that we may be alike in beauty, and both behold ourselves in You beauty, possessing Your very beauty; this, in such a way that each looking at the other may see his own beauty, since both are Your beauty alone, I being so absorbed in Your beauty; hence, I shall see You in Your beauty, and I shall see myself in You in Your beauty, and You will see Yourself in me in Your beauty; that I may resemble You in Your beauty and my beauty be Your beauty, and Your beauty my beauty; wherefore I shall be You in Your beauty, and You will be me in Your beauty, because Your very beauty will be my beauty; and therefore we shall behold each other in Your beauty.


Seriously, take a few hours to mull it over if you can.
Then go and adore Our Lord in the Most Holy Sacarment of the Altar.
Then pray this passage.
All the time.
Even if it's just the first line: Let us so act that by means of this loving activity we may attain the vision of ourselves in Your beauty in eternal life.

On God, Death and Taxis.

I’ve just had a lovely evening with Paul.

It’s amazing how God can answer your prayers when you actually ask. God has been so good to me in these past weeks, giving me situations that test me and refine me while not withholding even the small graces that I need and ask for.

I’ve been seeking an opportunity to get to know Paul a little better. Having known him for six months, I’ve felt like he’s known me better than I have known him. This is mostly due to my inability to speak prudently about myself.

What I mean is, I have the inordinate tendency to reveal more that would be prudent about my life to people who either have not asked or do not need to know; sometimes both. This is evidenced in what I write on this blog, most often. For this reason, Paul - who is blest with the gift of such prudence as I lack and who is a counsellor and very caring by nature - knew much, much more about my life and spiritual growth than I did about him.
None of this is inherently bad.
On the other hand, knowing that I need to temper my lack of prudence, I have resolved not to share random anecdotes about my life with people who I knew comparatively little about. This has required learning (albeit slowly) new conversation techniques, including listening. It’s been fruitful.

I digress.

I’ve always felt comfortable around Paul and he’s something of an older brother to me, so (my new conversation skills still lacking) I prayed that I would be able to know Paul better some how. This has been a prayer of mine for a few weeks now. This consistency in prayer is something else I’ve been working on. I have had the inclination to give-up on my intentions if they’re not answered immediately. Or, well, at least very soon. I need to learn to die to myself. Instead of being arrogant and assuming that God should do things in my time, I need to realise that He is outside of time and eternal, and, moreover, that He is God.

This evening, after Mass (which, unfortunately wasn’t the vigil Mass for Pentecost but was a Pentecost Sunday Day Mass without the Sequence [perhaps there’ll be more on this in a different post/rant]) Paul invited me to share a meal with him. Given that I could have been using the time to study - and having mentioned as much to Paul - I took very little convincing.

Deciding to go to the Mezz, Paul suggested that Fish and Chips should be on the menu. Having arrived there - at the Mezz, that is - we decided that the Authentic Japanese Restaurant (not it’s name, just the descriptor) might be the go instead. Conversation was initially bright and light hearted (to quote Minchin) and it continued to be both bright and light hearted throughout the evening. The subject matter, however, got deeper as time went on. (See graph below.)

***
God is good. Not only does He answer my prayers, He allows me to draw close to Him. Even in the midst of suffering, God is always there for me. I may not always be able to see Him, feel Him, touch Him, taste Him or hear Him, but He is there for me nonetheless.

God is the only constant. Well, and taxis.

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Friday, June 10, 2011

Ezekiel 3:14-15

"The Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness in the heat of my spirit, the hand of the LORD being strong upon me; and I came to the exiles at Tel-abib, who dwelt by the river Chebar. And I sat there overwhelmed among them seven days."



I was going to write a commentary on these two verses, bringing in their context and such, but I got stuck reading On Nature and Grace by St Augustine, so I'll just let you mull over this yourselvs.

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Cool Post Alert!

There is a post over at The Hermeneutic of Continuity that you should all check out. It's written by guest blogger Joshua who is six years of age.= on his recent trip to Lourdes.

Here's a few quotes to get you started:
First Day in Lourdes
After two hours the aeroplane landed, we came off the aeroplane. We then went on a coach to the hotel and ate dinner. I ate at the priests’ table and the priests called me Bishop Joshua. [On account of the fact that he was down as +Joshua after his parents on the guest list.] We went in the lift up to our room, it was on floor 7.
 ...
We went down and walked up to St. Gabriel’s chapel, I served with Thomas in Mass. The priest held the Body and Blood of Christ up. [He's properly catechised and ready for first communion, I think.]
...
We went to Mass, I served with Thomas. After Mass, Thomas dropped his cassock and cotta down into a pit by mistake. We had to get a security man to get it out. Then we wrote our petitions and put them into the petition box in the Grotto. We said a goodbye prayer to Our Lady and it was time to get back on the coach to the airport.

Letter from God

A Franciscan and Jesuit were debating which order was the greatest. So, they decided to ask for a sign from God. This is what they received falling down from heaven:
My sons,
Please stop bickering about such trivial matters,
GOD, O.P.

A Jesuit Joke

What is similar about the Jesuit and Dominican Orders?
Well, they were both founded by Spaniards,
St. Dominic for the Dominicans, and St. Ignatius of Loyola for the Jesuits.
They were also both founded to combat heresy:
the Dominicans to fight the Albigensians, and the Jesuits to fight the Protestants.

What is different about the Jesuit and Dominican Orders?
Well, have you met any Albigensians lately?

Monday, June 6, 2011

Foundation Day, Part II

I'm in the middle of filling in a "reseach poll" from NineNews/The Sunday Times/Galaxy Research and have come across some stupid questions so far but none that have been  blog worth.
Until just now:
IMMIGRATION


34. How would you like to see WA's population change?


35. Do you support the establishment of a detention facility at Northam for asylum seekers?


36. On race and multi-culturalism, do you think West Australians are generally:


37. Do you support or oppose the wearing of burqas (hijabs) that cover the face in public?



  1. "Wearing of burqas (hijabs)" in question 37 proves my answer to number 36, except that - ideally - my answer there would read "Western Australians in general are woefully ignorant of races, cultures and systems of belief as demonstrated by the question below."
  2. I support the wearing of traditional cultural and/or relgious dress because I support religious freedom.
  3. I don't much mind what happens with Perth's poulation. I guess I'd like it to grow BUT there seems to be an hint in question 34 that "naturally" is opposed to "by immigration" even though our population has always increased by immigration and through births in this country. I assumed that that was natural. Apparently it's not.
  4. I'm not sure what to think about our immigration policies. I would much prefer a detention centre in Northam to "the Pacific Solution" but other than that, I'm not well informed enough to have an opinion.

Prayer Requests - 7th Week of Easter

[UPDATE Friday, June 10th]

PRAYERS OF THE WEEK
  • As always, for Notre Dame's fidelity to the Magesterium
  • And for Rod and Eileen
  • For mum and my brother, Aaron
  • Those preparing for exams, both highschool, tafe and Uni.
  • Heretics and schismatics
  • The unborn
  • The people of Nepal and the softening of the hearts of their legislators
  • The conversion of all sinners, especially myself
  • Juliet
  • Fr Paul Raj
  • Mervin
  • The Cummings Family
  • The Sweeny Family
  • For Giovena's intentions
  • In thanksgiving for graces recieved
  • For Catherine, Matthew & Robin
  • Ambrose who in in Melbourne
  • For Abmrose who is not in Melbourne and for his faily
  • For Linda, her family and her intentions
  • The conversion of Yazh
  • The success of the Emmanuel Pentecost Mission
  • For Gen, Julianne and Joanna
  • For Bron, Lize, Mon and Mark
  • For Aaron (another one)
  • That I recieve the grace to trust Him
  • For the readers of this blog and all their intentions

  • Sr Janice (RIP)
  • Sr Announciata, OP who suffers from sevre depression.

105,000 Christians martyred yearly, says European official

June 06, 2011

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s Representative on Combating Racism, Xenophobia, and Discrimination estimates that 105,000 Christians are martyred annually--one every five minutes.

“If these numbers are not cried out to the world, if this slaughter is not stopped, if it is not acknowledged that the persecution of Christians is the first worldwide emergency in the matter of violence and religious discrimination, the dialogue between religions will only produce beautiful conferences but no concrete results,” said Massimo Introvigne.

Foundation Day

Australians are an apathetic bunch, it seems. Or maybe it's just the Sandgroppers. I don't know.

Maybe we're not apathetic but have become so reliant on television to promote our sense of nationalism and stateism that I've missed it.

But I've not seen a single banner, headline or even poster taking about WA's Foundation Day.
Except for those ones outside major shopping centres proclaiming that they're "OPEN ALL FOUNDATION DAY LONG WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!eleven!!!!" which is nice.

To be honest, I think the only time I ever learnt about Foundation Day at school was in year 2. We had a class party where we dressed up in "olden-days" clothes.

And then there's the painting of Lady Stirling about to chop down the first ever tree to be chopped doen in the Swan River Colony.
Power to the Women!
Besides having just gone to find out more about Foundation Day, all I knew about this painting was that it showed that our State was founded on the principles of equal rights for women (and men, I guess) and that's why WA was one of the first states to grant suffrage to women. Thank you, Girl Guide leaders.

Anyway, YAY for Foundation Day and YAY for Women Power and all that jazz.




Happy Foundation Day!

Sunday, June 5, 2011

Within.

2 Inception related quotes from this weekend for you:
  • "Leo Di Caprio never died in the Titanic. The last scene in the Titanic is him going underwater. The first scene in Inception is him washed up on a beach..... It's a movie inside a movie."
  • "Conception: A person within a person." 

Both were made without attribution.

    Friday, June 3, 2011

    To Do List

    • Get an art degree. Ask people if they would like fries with that.
    • Major in philosophy. Ask people WHY they would like fries with that. 
    • Marry a guy named Jessie. Have a girl named Stacy. Become Stacy's mom and Jessie's girl.  
    • Buy a parrot. Teach the parrot to say, "Help! I've been turned into a parrot." 
    • Change iPod name to "Titanic." Download new songs. Be amused by the fact that the Titanic is syncing.  
    • Put sign on door that reads "Dumble." 
    •  Boycott shampoo. Demand real poo.
    • Break personal record for days without dying.  
    • Find out what color a chameleon is while it's on a mirror. 
      • Buy Connor a mirror.*
    • Make elaborate Hogwarts rejection letters. Put in mailboxes of the neighbours who have kids.
    • Play hide and seek in Ikea. 
    • Write essay.
    • Live forever or die trying. 
    • Get a dog. Name it Curiosity. 
    • Find a sleeping mosquito. Make a buzzing noise to wake it.
    • Find out what that mysterious ticking noise is.  
    • Place an empty guitar rack in a public space with a sign that reads, "Free air guitars!"
    •  Invent time machine that only moves forward at normal pace. 
    • Find a deaf person. Have them take a video camera to a forest and cut down a tree.  
    • Complain about how everything sucks. Do nothing about it. 
    • Attach a sign to a manhole that reads, "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle tryouts. Inquire within.
    • Close browser window. Get a life.

      Most items on this list are from Grouchy Rabbit. They own the copyright. If they want, I'll take this down. Until then... Some of these are actually do-able...






    *The real lyrics to that BoyGeorge Song

    Quote of the Now.

    "The problem with quotes found on the internet is that they're not always accurate."
    - Abraham Lincoln.

    Weekend Reading

    This post is for a friend of mine. I think that she should follow this link and read the whole article. Of course, the rest of you can do that too and even, perhaps, ought to.

    Here's a few lines before you do that though.

    There is a case to be made for spending some time with ugliness. Specifically, ugliness at Mass.
    You really don’t have to seek it out. Unless you’re cloistered, sooner or later you will find yourself in a parish that just doesn’t get it — doesn’t get beauty, doesn’t want it, chases it out with a stick every Sunday.
    ...
    The whole production, from the opening joke — I mean, the Introductory Rites — to the last hurrah — I mean, Final Blessing — will seem designed to irritate, to offend, and to cause you grief and pain. And you know what? This is your big opportunity. You can either clench your teeth, wrap your scapulars around your ears to block out the tambourines, and hightail it out of there as soon as you can . . .
    Or you can think to yourself, “Christ is here. And if he can stand it, then so can I.”




     Read all of it at the National Catholic Register:  Why I Love My Ugly Little Liturgy

    Salvation Inside the Chruch

    I finished my pervious post  on this topic with a reminder that rejecting the Church is a bad idea. The Church is our only sure guide when it comes to Faith and Morals.
    Down the bottom of that page, I have a quote from Edith Stien onnearness to God; this is what we attain when we are saved; this is the beatific vision.


    Below is a video on what is means to be saved. It is a really good Catholic response to the highly Protestant question "Are you saved?"
    Do watch it.
    Kind thanks to Steve Silvia for the permission to use this video.



    "I have been justified, God and I are working out my sanctification and I hope to be saved." - Fr Sean Fernandez

     ***   ***   ***

    The next installment will be on seeking truth and coming to the Truth.

    Saving Souls

    A reminder: enroll souls in the Purgatorial Society
    This is a friendly reminder to send me as many names of souls you can think of to enroll in the Rorate Caeli Purgatorial Society where 14 holy priests say regular TLMs and numerous faithful remember the souls daily in their prayers. These souls could have been anyone while on Earth -- not just practicing Catholics in good standing.
    I can tell you first hand that, once you enroll these souls, you can then turn to them for help. And oh how they come through -- and fast.
    How to enroll souls: please email me at athanasiuscatholic@yahoo.com and submit as follows: "name, state, country." If you want to enroll entire families, simply write in the email: "The Jones family, Ohio, USA". Individual names are preferred. Be greedy -- send in as many as you wish and forward this posting to friends as well. PLEASE follow this format strictly, as any deviation creates a lot of extra work.

    Please consider forwarding this Society to your family and friends, announcing from the pulpit during Holy Mass or listing in your church bulletin. We need to spread the word and relieve more suffering souls.

    And please remember to follow @RorateCaeli on Twitter.

    Thursday, June 2, 2011

    The Innocence of Music

    It's interesting how the genre of music makes certain song not seem as morally poor.
    The lyrics of the song before are still as morally questionable as the Rihanna version, but for some reason the jazzy musical interpretation and the exploding piano is so much less provocative than the short skirts, lack of shoulders on the tops, club scene (and the type of 'dance' that is common in such places.)

    The Jamie Cullum version is here, below.

    He's a pretty awesome pianist, imo.

    Wednesday, June 1, 2011

    Religious Diversity

    This week (the final week of my Philosophy of Religion class) we are discussing Religious Diversity.
    This is a quote from one of the slides:
    Religious diversity does provide a problem for certain religions, like Christianity. Christianity teaches that Fod is all-loving and all-powerful, and yet he chose to reveal his saving truth by way of a human sacrifice in a remote corner of the Roman empire 2000 years ago, and will forever torture everyone who hasn't heard of this or can't believe it.
    Now to me, this seems like a grossly unfair claim. I cannot think of a single mainstream Christian denomination holds that God will "forever torture everyone who hasn't heard of this or can't believe it." Indeed, the true Christian denomination - namely Catholicism - does not hold that at all.

    The Catechism of the Catholic Church says that:
    "Since Christ died for all, and since all men are in fact called to one and the same destiny, which is divine, we must hold that the Holy Spirit offers to all the possibility of being made partakers, in a way known to God, of the Paschal mystery."63 Every man who is ignorant of the Gospel of Christ and of his Church, but seeks the truth and does the will of God in accordance with his understanding of it, can be saved. It may be supposed that such persons would have desired Baptism explicitly if they had known its necessity.
    The foot note [63] says GS 22 § 5; cf. LG 16; AG 7.

     Moreover, "[w]hosoever, therefore, knowing that the Catholic Church was made necessary by Christ, would refuse to enter or to remain in it, could not be saved." (Lumen Gentium 14) This implies that unless you know, epistemologically speaking, "that the Catholic Church was made necessary by Christ" you can be saved outside the Church. 
    Does that mean that we should reject the Chruch? Absolutely not! If you actively seek truth, the Truth, you will come to know that Christ founded the Catholic Church is that it is necessary for salvation and the only sure means thereof. 


    The limitless loving devotion to God, and the gift God makes of Himself to you, are the highest elevation of which the heart is capable; it is the highest degree of prayer. The souls that have reached this point are truly the heart of the Church. - Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross