“Do not worry about tomorrow; tomorrow will take care of itself.
Sufficient for a day is its own evil.’”
Mt 6:34
Saturday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
But when you worry you make it double”
I agree with our bishop, Patrick J. Zurek, in putting forth in his Holy Week homilies this year the Encyclical of Pope Francis, Fratelli Tutti, as the standard for love and unity in our diocese. Today, let’s reflect upon paragraph #240, current events and an occasional question in that regard:
CHAPTER SEVEN
PATHS OF RENEWED ENCOUNTER
THE VALUE AND MEANING OF FORGIVENESS
Inevitable conflict
Bishop Robert M. Coerver of Lubbock, Texas, said he was concerned the document was being developed in time to be used as a political cudgel given that congressional elections are on tap for 2022 with a presidential campaign two years later.
I know that Bishop Zurek was one of 67 bishops that, “respectfully urge that all conference-wide discussion and committee work on the topic of eucharistic worthiness and other issues raised by the Holy See be postponed until the full body of bishops is able to meet in person.”; but will he inform us on how and why he voted the way he did?
240. Yet when we reflect upon forgiveness, peace and social harmony, we also encounter the jarring saying of Christ: “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.
For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and a man’s foes will be members of his own household” (Mt 10:34-36).
“We are looking at better ways to be doing our mission to serve the Palestinian people with education,”
These words need to be understood in the context of the chapter in which they are found, where it is clear that Jesus is speaking of fidelity to our decision to follow him; we are not to be ashamed of that decision, even if it entails hardships of various sorts, and even our loved ones refuse to accept it.
“It’s one of the tools along the way as we try to really create disciples,”
Christ’s words do not encourage us to seek conflict, but simply to endure it when it inevitably comes, lest deference to others, for the sake of supposed peace in our families or society, should detract from our own fidelity.
Here are seven places you might delight to encounter God with your family this summer.
Saint John Paul II observed that the Church “does not intend to condemn every possible form of social conflict.
What I did not suppose was the way fatherhood would be an occasion for conversion.
The Church is well aware that in the course of history conflicts of interest between different social groups inevitably arise, and that in the face of such conflicts Christians must often take a position, honestly and decisively”.[223]
“I was so scared. But he just listened to me and didn’t judge me. Things used to be so harsh. I think things are changing. I really do. It felt good. It really did.”
“Sometimes I still find myself wanting to pick up the phone and tell him what is happening and seek his advice.”
“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.
Borger—Parishioners at St. John the Evangelist Church are selling tickets for a Springtime Drawing. Tickets are a suggested $20.00 donation, with the drawing taking place on Sunday, June 20.
What has happened is that some of our number have lost focus.
A Reflection on Christian Life, Bishop Patrick J. Zurek
Today I ask St. Romuald to pray that those of us in the Diocese of Amarillo, but especially those at St. Mary’s Cathedral and, “the few” , when faced with Bishop Zurek’s words in “A Reflection on Christian Life“, remember that “Christ’s words do not encourage us to seek conflict, but simply to endure it when it inevitably comes“, and, “Do not worry about tomorrow; tomorrow will take care of itself.
Sufficient for a day is its own evil.“
