“The Korean Church is unique because it was founded entirely by laypeople. This fledgling Church, so young and yet so strong in faith, withstood wave after wave of fierce persecution. Thus, in less than a century, it could boast of 10,000 martyrs. The death of these many martyrs became the leaven of the Church and led to today’s splendid flowering of the Church in Korea. Even today their undying spirit sustains the Christians of the Church of Silence in the north of this tragically divided land.”
Pope John Paul II at the canonization of the Korean Martyrs, May 6, 1984
And the glory of the Lord rose to leave the city and paused on the mountain to the east of the city.
Today’s Office First Reading Ezekial
How then can we see this persecution except as something ordered by the Lord either as a prize or as a punishment?
Today’s Office Second Reading From the final exhortation of Saint Andrew Kim Taegŏn, priest and martyr
Reading 1
On this 20th day of the Season of Creation, given how, “Undeniably great is the mystery of devotion“, am I behaving in the house of God by following Bishop Strickland in denouncing Pope Francis and the Synod…
Responsorial Psalm
…for how am I to know who is doing the work of the Lord, “exquisite in all their delights“,…
Alleluia
Gospel
… however, after weeping to Bishop Strickland’s dirge of abortion tainted vaccines, and dancing to his flute proclaiming the heresy of the Synod, how can I say Bishop Strickland’s words are everlasting life when, now that MAGA is finding a number of weeks or months after conception about which all people will be happy to abort innocents; the music stopped for this generation❓
From September 1 – October 4, the Christian family unites worldwide in prayer and action for creation during the Season of Creation. The 2023 theme is “Let Justice and Peace Flow.”
“in this Season of Creation, as followers of Christ on our shared synodal journey, we may live, work, and pray so that our common home will teem with life once again.”
Pope Francis
When we fail to acknowledge as part of reality the worth of a poor person, a human embryo, a person with disabilities – to offer just a few examples – it becomes difficult to hear the cry of nature itself; everything is connected.
Laudato si, paragraph 117