What! Am I likely to take pleasure in the death of a wicked man – it is the Lord who speaks – and not prefer to see him renounce his wickedness and live?
Today’s Office First Reading From Ezekial
What are these hammer and chisel strokes?
Today’s Office Second Reading From the letters of St Pius of Pietrelcina
Reading 1
In the fourth year and 26th day since Bishop Zurek proclaimed that I was not among the faithful and loyal disciples at St. Mary’s Cathedral that the Lord Jesus desires…
…during the 37th day of waiting for Pope Francis to accept Bishop Zurek ‘s resignation…
…and on this 23rd day of the Season of Creation, I’m asking…
…what could possibly keep me from keeping the commandment without stain or reproach
until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ…
Responsorial Psalm
…for does not the MAGA lands where I live serve the LORD with gladness…
Alleluia
Gospel
…or has MAGA dealing with the thorny issue of abortion by finding a number of weeks or months after conception in which innocents can be aborted without making voters unhappy; trampled and stole, withered or choked the seed that was sown in my heart❓
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