Is it because a group of sinners has followed one of St. Mary’s Cathedral’s priests who has actually taken up the challenge of doing what the Lord who has called and consecrated him asks: “Listen to the voice of my Spirit and advance in the direction that he points out to you.“; that led to there being three times more people at the regularly scheduled Friday, 7am Mass this morning than there were at the “special” Independence Day Mass yesterday❓
…all my
from Bishop Zurek’s Letter to St. Mary’s Cathedral, “A Reflection on Christian Life”
brother priests have given their lives for the service of the Gospel and the
mission of Christ as manifested through their ministry in the Church. They
are not seeking wealth or fame and certainly not power or control. They
became priests to serve you and help you to grow spiritually. They are here to
satiate your hunger and to quench your thirst.
If I’m, “In search of the word of the LORD“, shouldn’t my parish be a logical place to go…
…accordingly, if, “One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God“, what message does it send to me if my parish priest does not take advantage of every opportunity, like Independence Day, to, “serve you and help you to grow spiritually“…
…or proclaim, “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened,
and I will give you rest, says the Lord“, as Father Avitus does with the 1st Friday of each month;…
…consequently, couldn’t the answer to the question that Father Avitus asked this morning at Mass, “Do you see yourself as righteous, or as a sinner❓”, be the reason for: the deterioration of both nature and culture “; why so few showed up for a “special” Independence Day Mass; and why so many “got up and followed” Father Avitus to a ordinary First Friday Mass this morning❓
