Foundations
Today’s Office of the Readings (Two Year Cycle)
“In Christ, light of all the nations, we are one People of God, called to be a sign and instrument of union with God and of the unity of all humanity.“; however, how can that unity exist at St. Mary’s Cathedral if our daily reception of Communion is canceled so that one individual can keep the possessions of their, “own spirituality and health“; indeed, since, “There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink and find enjoyment in his toil“, are we not, “care-taking a priest’s own spirituality and health“, “by walking together in history, living the communion that is a partaking in the life of the Trinity, and promoting the participation of all in view of our common mission.“; furthermore, what better could a priest do for his, “own spirituality and health“, than, “to the weak and feeble citizens within they give compassion, afraid that they might otherwise lose the life of righteousness completely.” ; consequently, has not Bishop Zurek’s clericalism taken us away from, “This vision (that) has deep and strong roots in the Church’s living tradition. The synodal process has simply allowed a renewed awareness of this vision to mature. This renewal is expressed in the convergences that have emerged during the journey since 2021 and have been collated by the First Session of the Synodal Assembly (October 2023). Its Synthesis Report presented them to the whole Church to aid the discernment that will complete the Second Session.❓
Does it sound like St. John Eudes would agree with Bishop Zurek that a funeral is not a, “just cause”, for which a priest could celebrate Mass twice a day❓
Pope Francis encourages us to rediscover a sense of wonder and gratitude as we reflect on today’s Gospel when Jesus says He is the “living Bread that came down from heaven,” the total gift of Himself as heavenly Bread that satisfies the hunger of our hearts.
“This “living and true Bread” however does not simply solve all our problems in life, but they give immense hope in our world that often deprives the poor of their daily bread.”
Would Pope Francis think that Bishop Zurek’s clericalism that has a priest have cancelling daily Mass if he has a funeral Mass the same day be depriving, “the poor of their daily bread.”❓
Today’s First Reading
Is not Bishop Zurek’s clericalism telling St. Mary’s Cathedral that when there is a funeral you are not to be, “ eating the customary bread.
Your turbans shall remain on your heads, your sandals on your feet.
You shall not mourn or weep,
but you shall rot away because of your sins and groan one to another.“;…
Today’s Responsorial Psalm
…moreover, is not Bishop Zurek’s clericalism saying that a priest will, “become become too hurried or routine“, by doing a daily and funeral Mass on the same day showing that, “You have forgotten God who gave you birth.”…
Today’s Alleluia
…R. Alleluia, alleluia.
“Blessed are the poor in spirit; for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven.“
R. Alleluia, alleluia…
Today’s Gospel
…finally, since, “We fail to see that some are mired in desperate and degrading poverty, with no way out, while others have not the faintest idea of what to do with their possessions, vainly showing off their supposed superiority and leaving behind them so much waste which, if it were the case everywhere, would destroy the planet.“; likewise, will I fail to see that, “Spiritual worldliness is a “gentle” temptation and for this reason “even more insidious; In fact, it creeps in, knowing how to hide well behind good appearances, even within ‘religious’ motivations”, such as “a priest’s own spirituality and health“; It is, in short, one of those “elegant demons” Pope Francis spoke of in his Address to the Roman Curia in 2022, that come and go and that “knock in a polite way.”, and then goes, “away sad,
for he had many possessions.” ❓