The others, who proclaim Christ for jealous or selfish motives, do not mind if they make my chains heavier to bear. But does it matter?
Today’s Office First Reading Philippians 1:12-26
Even though we are children and have a long, a very long and dangerous way to go, with such protectors what have we to fear?
Today’s Office Second Reading From a a sermon of St Bernard of Clairvaux
In the fourth year and 34th day since Bishop Zurek posted on the Diocesan Website that the “few” , I included, were not among the faithful and loyal disciples at St. Mary’s Cathedral that the Lord Jesus desires; thus beginning the burning away of even my virtues…
…during the 45th day of waiting for Pope Francis to accept Bishop Zurek ‘s resignation…
…and on this 32nd day of the Season of Creation, I’m asking…
… does it matter, or do I have anything to fear if the MAGA church is assaulting the Synod and aborting innocents, and Bishop Zurek does nothing to guard them…
Reading 1
…for even if it seems impossible for me to resist Cardinal Burke (“The Synodal Process Is a Pandora’s Box”), Bishop Strickland (the synod will reveal “the true schismatics” who wish to “undermine the Deposit of the Faith.”), and Father James Altman (“best thing we could do would be to throw the great millstone around Pope Francis’s neck and throw him into the deep blue Mediterranean Sea.”) , who are very vocal and are supported by social media which can make Pope Francis’s opposition to MAGA look like a conspiracy; should overcoming such forces be impossible for the LORD as well…
Responsorial Psalm
…for hasn’t the LORD promised to build His Church upon the Rock of Peter, and in building up the Church with the Synod, shouldn’t the LORD regard the prayer of the destitute women,
and the MAGA despised LGBTQ…
Alleluia
Gospel
…and so, in this process of building, what do I think my heavenly Father will tell my Guardian Angel to protect me from: a Synod that has the current Rock’s assurances that it will dialogue with those who are despised without changing Church doctrine or morals; or MAGA who despises the Church the pope is building, even as it is changing Church doctrine and morals itself by determining the number of weeks or months after conception it can despise little ones in the womb through abortion, 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 Crelation. 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