It is urgent that St. Mary’s Catholic Cathedral offer its “Spiritual Gifts” sessions to “discover with faith, the many and varied charismatic gifts of the laity, be they of a humble or more exalted form”, because they are indispensable for evangelizing any number of human situations and contexts; however, if these sessions awaken a “Spiritual Gift” that brings peace to me because I’m being more and more myself, as God intends, but this newfound peace is a peace that Bishop Zurek and Father Tony will not receive because I’m now speaking words to which they will not listen; will Bishop Zurek and Father Tony do as they have in the past and try to crush into false uniformity by some idealistic and authoritarian regime me and my “Spiritual Gifts”…❓
Finally please pray for all who are restless: that they may find peace
From a letter from Bishop Patrick J. Zurek to the Faith Community at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Amarillo.
and tranquility.
The reason I continue to speak out about the canceled Sacraments and people at St. Mary’s Cathedral is because it is the only way I can find peace and tranquility while being a parishioner there; nevertheless, doesn’t it seem that, “The more I called them,
the farther they went from me,”…
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…indeed, although I am at peace with what I’m doing, there are those around me who are not, and this causes me to wonder if I am doing the right thing in speaking out; and so I cry out, “Just, ‘Let us see your face, Lord, and we shall be saved.‘”, even though I know that is not the way He works…
…Alleluia, alleluia;
so, believing that, “The Kingdom of God is at hand”,
and knowing that I must, “repent” of my hiding behind appearances of religiosity and even love for the Church, when in reality I’m seeking, instead of the glory of the Lord, human glory and personal well-being instead of believing in the Gospel;
Alleluia, alleluia…
“…must I not remember that, “no one can cultivate a sober and satisfying life without being at peace with him or herself“, and that if the peace I have does not come upon those around me, then, “let my peace return to me.”❓