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@RevDrWJP It’s a beautiful place !

Huge plane is full! I’m mid-back half in row 41F

@bpdflores @ArchofDet @CatholicRGV ¡Bendiciones! Por la bendición que eres.

Thanks very much to the Cathedral and to all who have sent prayers and good wishes. I hardly recognize the guy in the photo 😎 Thanks to the @ArchofDet for 3 happy years there. And @CatholicRGV for the happy years since.

In the end, after the arguments are done, the only effective apologetic for the Church’s Faith is that we try to care for the poor; this is what the Lord asks, and it is the visible sign of our Eucharistic faith, our Christological hope, and our Trinitarian love.

@dcosacchi @PhoenixDiocese Jesus did not come to to save the bread which becomes His Body, he came to save the People who share His Body

"In our Eucharistic renewal here and across our nation, I'm wondering if we can make a concerted effort to spend an equal amount of time adoring our God in each other as we do in our tabernacles." -Bishop John Dolan installation homily @PhoenixDiocese

A question we have received from many is, 'do I have to abstain from meat on Friday, March 19, the Solemnity of St. Joseph?' Canon 1251 in the Code of Canon Law covers this! #Solemnity #FeastDay #SaintJoseph #YearOfStJoseph

...This split between the faith which many profess and their daily lives deserves to be counted among the more serious errors of our age. (Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, # 43) .

..They are mistaken who, knowing that we have here no abiding city but seek one which is to come,(13) think that they may therefore shirk their earthly responsibilities. For they are forgetting that by the faith itself they are more obliged than ever to measure up to these duties

(From the Second Vatican Council's Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, #43)... "This council exhorts Christians, as citizens of two cities, to strive to discharge their earthly duties conscientiously and in reponse to the gospel spirit. "

@bpdflores AMEN

To be a follower of Christ commits us irrevocably to the protection of the vulnerable wherever and whoever they might be, respect for the dignity of each and every person, and the fostering of humane social conditions in every community. (The Pope will say it better than I can:)

What role does the cross play in the lives of Christians?Jesus invites us to discover the answer by bearing our own suffering and accompanying those who suffer. Livestreamed masses Sunday at 9:00 at St. Cyprian FB page and 11:00 am at Sacred Heart Catholic Community FB page.

As we approach the upcoming election: we each have a responsibility to change the game, to treat each other better, particularly when we disagree. #CivilizeIt! #USCCB

Mt. 20: 1-16 : Which is fair? That everyone gets the same share, or that everyone gets what they need? A question for our day.

Friends, in our country, we need to start building bridges and bringing people together. We need to reach out to those who are hurting. Now is the time to build unity and heal communities, through our love for our neighbor and our care for those in need.

Both Jesus and George Floyd were repeatedly mocked by their killers. Jesus cried out to his father, and George Floyd called for his mother. americamagazine.org/faith/2020/07/…

Packing and moving can be exhausting and energizing at the same time! Knowing I will miss who I’m moving from but exited about possibilities for the future...all at once!

A sign that the economy is waking up again slowly but surely. Lots of lumber moving south on this train!

It is not the law that is wrong, but its separation from justice. Clever people can even make the law an instrument of injustice. This happens daily in the ...world...and in the church. “ - Donagh O’Shea OP on Wednesday’s gospel : Mt.5-17-19.