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 #230 in that regard:
CHAPTER SEVEN
PATHS OF RENEWED ENCOUNTER
THE ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF PEACE
230. Working to overcome our divisions without losing our identity as individuals presumes that a basic sense of belonging is present in everyone.
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Bishop Patrick J. Zurek, A Reflection on Christian Life
southwest seems to have evolved a new philosophy which he termed,
“exaggerated frontier individualism”. This has dulled our society and
permitted a philosophy of “non-distinction; all is equal!”
Indeed, “society benefits when each person and social group feels truly at home.
Other dioceses with ratios under 900 Catholics per deacon, in ascending order, are…the Diocese of Amarillo, Texas, 747
In a family, parents, grandparents and children all feel at home; no one is excluded.
“The (commission) publication has been the voice of people and families who are victims of violence in the countryside and has served to bring about solidarity, through actions, virtual complaints and in financial support, for their struggle for land, territory and water,”
If someone has a problem, even a serious one, even if he brought it upon himself, the rest of the family comes to his assistance; they support him.
…meeting had been extraordinary, inspired and guided by the Holy Spirit.
His problems are theirs… In families, everyone contributes to the common purpose; everyone works for the common good, not denying each person’s individuality but encouraging and supporting it.
One of House of Hansen’s clients was Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, who wore the cape they made on his popular TV show, “Life Is Worth Living.”
They may quarrel, but there is something that does not change: the family bond.
Family disputes are always resolved afterwards.
The joys and sorrows of each of its members are felt by all.
That is what it means to be a family!
If only we could view our political opponents or neighbours in the same way that we view our children or our spouse, mother or father!
The first story, appearing June 2, is an interview with Luci Baines Johnson, the youngest daughter of President Lyndon Baines Johnson. She became a Catholic at age 18 and has a deep devotion to Mother Seton. As a wife, mother, businesswoman and philanthropist, Johnson said she feels her life’s journey has been marked with connections to the saint.
How good would this be!
The first video in the series, “I Am a Mother,” appears on the shrine’s website at https://setonshrine.org/seeker-to-saint and its social media channels.
Do we love our society or is it still something remote, something anonymous that does not involve us, something to which we are not committed?”[215]
“It is important to me to share the responsibility for the catastrophe of the sexual abuse perpetrated by representatives of the church over the past decades.”
“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.
Amarillo—Rise Up—Men after God’s Heart (1 Samuel 13:14) is the theme of a Men’s Conference, taking place Friday, Sept. 10-Sunday, Sept. 12 at St. Mary’s Cathedral, 1200 South Washington.
Today this “restless” and formally unrecognized catechist is asking our shepherd “under the dome, “How can you be ‘inspired by the Holy Spirit‘ to call on us to, ‘examine ourselves in regard to our relationship with each other as
reflecting our relationship with Christ, and yet deny ‘that a basic sense of belonging is present in everyone’, even ‘the few‘; all the while refusing to believe that there is a shared responsibility for the catastrophe of the sexual abuse perpetrated by controversial priest assignments made by Bishop Matthiesen.
I pray that those of us in the Diocese of Amarillo, but especially those at St. Mary’s Cathedral and “the few” , are “inspired by the Holy Spirit” to work ‘for the common good, not denying each person’s individuality but encouraging and supporting it.’
