In his Holy Week homilies Bishop Patrick J. Zurek put forth the Encyclical of Pope Francis, Fratelli Tutti, as the standard for love and unity in our diocese. Today, let’s reflect upon paragraph #226 in that regard:
CHAPTER SEVEN
PATHS OF RENEWED ENCOUNTER
STARTING ANEW FROM THE TRUTH
226. Renewed encounter does not mean returning to a time prior to conflicts.
“He was like an octopus, that Father Estefan. He had a lot do and yet he always seemed to do it all well,”
All of us change over time.
“These children have witnessed horrible things in their homes before they fled to the camp, including the deaths of their parents, siblings, friends and neighbors,”
Pain and conflict transform us.
“For older people that have lived through wars … there’s a certain respect when it comes to the honor guard or the military service that you recognize the sacrifice that that individual made of their early life to serve and protect our freedoms. Younger people, however, I find that it’s a learning experience — and a good one, at that.”
We no longer have use for empty diplomacy, dissimulation, double-speak, hidden agendas and good manners that mask reality.
“There are aspects to President Biden’s budget proposal that will assist vulnerable people. However, Congress must reject the administration’s proposal to subsidize the deaths of unborn children,”
Those who were fierce enemies have to speak from the stark and clear truth.
There has been a
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lot of unrest in the Cathedral parish for the last few months; actually, in
reality, for some decades.
They have to learn how to cultivate a penitential memory, one that can accept the past in order not to cloud the future with their own regrets, problems and plans.
“That is the reason why, at the end of your earthly existence, in the evangelical perspective, you will be welcomed by the many patients, children, boys and girls, teenagers, you helped when they were in the ward. We will be judged on charity, with the certainty that God’s mercy is greater than our frailties, limitations, sins. This is what the Gospel tells us.”
Only by basing themselves on the historical truth of events will they be able to make a broad and persevering effort to understand one another and to strive for a new synthesis for the good of all.
“If something happens to me,” meaning if he died, “will you come?”
Every “peace process requires enduring commitment.
With nothing new to reveal about the marauders and their behavior — anyone seeking a parable about the COVID-19 pandemic will be left disappointed — the sequel merely repeats familiar sci-fi tropes.
It is a patient effort to seek truth and justice, to honour the memory of victims and to open the way, step by step, to a shared hope stronger than the desire for vengeance”.[209]
As the Bishops of the Congo have said with regard to one recurring conflict: “Peace agreements on paper will not be enough. We will have to go further, by respecting the demands of truth regarding the origins of this recurring crisis.
We lose the capacity to realize
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“I, as a lay person, do not always have all the knowledge”; while it is quite
probable that the deacon, priest or bishop has a much fuller picture of what is
actually happening.
The people have the right to know what happened”.[210]
“The Glenn” in conjunction with the Laudato Si’ Action Platform has pledged to develop a Laudato Si’ Plan, which we can use to discern and implement our response to Laudato Si’. This part of the blog will update readers on this journey.
On 25 May, the new Laudato Si Platform for Action was presented in Rome. The Laudato Si’ Action Platform is a unique collaboration between the Vatican, an international coalition of Catholic organizations, and “all men and women of good will”.
Amarillo—The St. Faustina Ladies Group at St. Hyacinth Church will conduct its annual Garage Sale over two weekends—Friday, July 30 and Saturday, July 31 and continuing Friday, Aug. 6 and Saturday, Aug. 7.
Today this “restless” and formally unrecognized catechist, is asking our shepherd “under the dome, ” ‘As people of Faith, we know God is far greater than this enduring pandemic; but how does a ‘quota’ teach us how to cultivate a penitential memory, one that can accept the past in order not to cloud the future with our, ‘under the dome’, regrets, problems and plans?”
I ask Blessed Mother Mary, St. Elizabeth and her son St. John the Baptist to pray that those of us in the Diocese of Amarillo, but especially those at St. Mary’s Cathedral and “the few” , base ourselves on the historical truth of events that have occurred at the cathedral, and that we will be able to make a broad and persevering effort to understand one another and to strive for a new synthesis for the good of all.
