Why do these, our brothers and sisters, have no place to live?
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When Donald Trump is their presidential front-runner and they elect representatives like Arizona’s Paul Gosar (a Catholic who boycotted the pope’s address to Congress because of the climate change issue), they’ll probably double down and call Pope Francis a socialist and continue their evil ways.
“You are Peter and upon this Rock I will build my church”. I understand the spirit of what the Pope has said and his reaching out to Muslims, but it is time to pray, stand and lock and load.
But he stressed that in urging this, “we shouldn’t knock down or put to one side our Catholic identity and our belief, because the substance of our belief is not a doctrine, it’s not a theory of human rights, but it is the person of Christ himself”. “I’m not sure why everyone is trying to correct you”, someone noted.
So … how do you really make your life count? And give thanks for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. I would imagine that God just loved that fact you, a child, found comfort in Him. Joy springs from a grateful heart. One characteristic seems certain, Francis is more for speaking rather than doing. God help us to be criticized for holiness, good works, and our Christianity, not our sloppy scholarship, money hunger, or cheesy, inauthentic sub-culture. “With these two realities each of the Churches entrusted to us remains Catholic, because open to, and in communion with, all the particular Churches and with the Church of Rome which ‘presides in charity'”. To seek the grace of remembrance so as to grow in the spirit of gratitude. Polluting our planet sickens and kills life. Most are not. May we all live by these powerful rules every day of our lives as children of God.
Think about this: God placed eternity in our hearts when he gave us a longing for intimacy.
Now, it may be an absurd notion to act as the world’s ATM, but then why make the claim that wealth equality is important when one’s own bank account states otherwise? This signaled his intent to tear down boundaries and create conversations between people who previously had been opponents. But the true worth of our apostolate is measured by the value it has in God’s eyes. I also want to dialogue with all those young people who are working to realize their great and noble aspirations, who are not led astray by facile proposals, and who face the hard situations, often as a result of immaturity on the part of many adults. The cross shows us a different way of measuring success.
“Our mission as bishops is first and foremost to solidify unity, a unity whose content is defined by the Word of God and the one Bread of Heaven”, he reminded them. We know how great God’s love is, because He hung on that old rugged cross. We should offer prayers of thanks when we are happy, and ask for help in times of trouble. The problem with this reasoning is that it can blunt the power of God’s daily call to conversion, to encounter with him. But love, service, and sacrifice can make an impact. Rest is needed, as are moments of leisure and self-enrichment, but we need to learn how to rest in a way that deepens our desire to serve with generosity. His book concentrates on how male spirituality (and hence male authority) derives from the same covenantal relationship between God and man, Christ and the Church, and male and female; he applies these insights to sin and forgiveness, truth and freedom, the theology of the body, fatherhood, work, and witness to Christ.
“Father, I know that I have broken your laws and my sins have separated me from you”. Some of his harshest critics worry that he is leading the church into schism or heresy. In a special way I would like to express my esteem and gratitude to the religious women of the United States. Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also wish to go away?”
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If you knew how I was mistreated, you would know how Jesus felt, and me too.
