Friday of the Seventh Week of Easter

And when he had said this, he said to him, “Follow me.”

Today’s Gospel

Will I follow the sacramental Jesus and set out as a missionary disciple; or #leapfrog over Jesus and follow Bishop Zurek’s clericalism as His Excellency tells us to have the 7am Mass and afternoon Confessions canceled at St. Mary’s Catholic Cathedral – Amarillo, TX on May 29th and go eat meatloaf with Fr. Tony;…

The intimate relationship between faith and human dignity means it would be contradictory for war to be based on religious convictions: “The one who calls upon God’s name to justify terrorism, violence, and war does not follow God’s path.

from paragraph 40 of Declaration of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith “Dignitas Infinita” on Human Dignity, 08.04.2024

…but before I make that decision, shouldn’t I ask myself, “Isn’t it an assault on human dignity when Bishop Zurek uses a religious conviction to justify having a Mass and the Sacrament of Reconciliation canceled in God’s name so that we parishioners are ordered more towards an intimate relationship with Fr. Tony than Jesus; …

It follows that “the deterioration of nature is closely connected to the culture which shapes human coexistence”.

FROM PARAGRAPH 6 of ENCYCLICAL LETTER LAUDATO SI’ OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME

…for if instead of following Jesus on the synodal path towards a missionary Church I am directed towards eating meatloaf, doesn’t it #follow that the culture which shapes human coexistence will deteriorate …

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…and along with it all of nature, even the toads playing #leapfrog❓

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