I am not doing this for your sake – it is the Lord who speaks. Be ashamed and blush for your conduct, House of Israel.
Today’s Office First Reading From Ezekial
So it is not to be wondered at that pride gives birth to dissension…
Today’s Office Second Reading From St Augustine’s sermon On Pastors
“I am proud of you; your Rector, your Associate Rector, all my
Bishop Zurek, “A Reflection on Christian Life”
brother priests are very proud of you”
wAS bISHOP zUREK SEEKING HIS OWN INTERESTS RATHER THAN cHRIST’S IN WRITING THIS LETTER ?
In the fourth year and 28th day since Bishop Zurek posted on the Diocesan Website that the “few” were not among the faithful and loyal disciples at St. Mary’s Cathedral that the Lord Jesus desires…
…during the 39th day of waiting for Pope Francis to accept Bishop Zurek ‘s resignation…
…and on this 26th day of the Season of Creation, I’m asking…
Reading 1
… through the Synod am I not being invited to continue the work of building the Church…
Responsorial Psalm
… but haven’t my MAGA fears, iced by Bishop Strickland’s coldness and Bishop Zurek being, “neither hot nor cold”, frozen my heart from going on the synodal journey rejoicing due to LGBTQ and women’s ordination…
Alleluia
Gospel
…and so, instead of being blessed by those who will be discerning the word of God by listening to others about LGBTQ inclusion and women ordination, will I be frozen in ice listening to the MAGA crowd debate about how many weeks or months after conception they can abort innocents and still keep a majority of voters happy❓
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