Wednesday, October 31, 2018

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Bishop Barron's Gospel Reflection October 31, 2018

Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time

Luke 13:22-30

Friends, our Gospel for today features a question that people have been asking from time immemorial and that they still ask today: "Lord, will only a few people be saved?" Heaven, hell, salvation, damnation, who will be in and who will be out? We have remained fascinated with these questions for a long time.

Here’s how I would recommend we approach this issue. The doctrine concerning hell is a corollary of two more fundamental truths—namely, that God is love and that we are free. Love (willing the good of the other) is all that God is. He doesn’t go in and out of love; he doesn’t change his mind; he’s not loving to some and not to others. He is indeed like the sun that shines on the good and bad alike, in the words of Jesus.

No act of ours can possibly make him stop loving us. In this regard, he is like the best of parents. However, we are free. We are not God’s marionettes, and hence we can say yes or we can say no to his love. If we turn toward it, we open like a sunflower; if we turn from it, we get burned.

Wednesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time
Lectionary: 481

Reading 1 Eph 6:1-9

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
Honor your father and mother.
This is the first commandment with a promise,
that it may go well with you
and that you may have a long life on earth.
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger,
but bring them up with the training and instruction of the Lord.

Slaves, be obedient to your human masters with fear and trembling,
in sincerity of heart, as to Christ,
not only when being watched, as currying favor,
but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,
willingly serving the Lord and not men,
knowing that each will be requited from the Lord
for whatever good he does, whether he is slave or free.
Masters, act in the same way towards them, and stop bullying,
knowing that both they and you have a Master in heaven
and that with him there is no partiality.

Gospel Lk 13:22-30

Jesus passed through towns and villages,
teaching as he went and making his way to Jerusalem.
Someone asked him,
"Lord, will only a few people be saved?"
He answered them,
"Strive to enter through the narrow gate,
for many, I tell you, will attempt to enter
but will not be strong enough.
After the master of the house has arisen and locked the door,
then will you stand outside knocking and saying,
'Lord, open the door for us.'
He will say to you in reply,
'I do not know where you are from.'
And you will say,
'We ate and drank in your company and you taught in our streets.'
Then he will say to you,
'I do not know where you are from.
Depart from me, all you evildoers!'
And there will be wailing and grinding of teeth
when you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
and all the prophets in the Kingdom of God
and you yourselves cast out.
And people will come from the east and the west
and from the north and the south
and will recline at table in the Kingdom of God.
For behold, some are last who will be first,
and some are first who will be last."

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Fr. Warren's Week Reflection: The Blind Man

THIS WEEK'S REFLECTION from Fr. Bob Warren, SA

The Blind Man

In our Gospel today we have a blind beggar, Bartimaeus, and he hears that Jesus is walking by. This is his chance, perhaps his only chance, to speak with this miracle worker. So he calls out, “Jesus, son of David, have pity on me.” But instead of taking the beggar by the hand and leading him to Jesus, the crowd yells at him, and tells him to keep quiet. They shove him away. Only one person comes to his aid: Jesus Himself.

When Jesus heard the people shouting at the beggar, He stopped. What does He do? What would you do? Go over? No, Jesus tells those who were keeping the beggar away to call him over to Him, and only then did the people change, only then did they help the unfortunate man.

Who was truly blind? The beggar or the followers of Jesus? Blindness is difficult to cure, but it is also difficult to diagnose. One man brushes his young daughter away when she wants to show him her school work, “Can’t you see I am trying to watch the game? Go bother your mother.” Another father is so overwhelmed by his love for his daughter that he writes a song in her honor. It is called, “Isn’t she lovely.” He writes she is truly the angels best, we have been heaven blessed. I can’t believe what God has done, isn’t she lovely? His name is Stevie Wonder, the blind singer. Which man truly sees his daughter? Which man is blind?

A man ignores his wife. She wants to know if he still thinks she is attractive. She wants to talk to him, and wants him to listen to her. His response is, have you washed my golf shirt yet? Another husband is so overwhelmed by his love for his wife that he writes her a love song. You are so beautiful to me. You are everything I hoped for, you are everything I need. You are so beautiful to me. That song was written by another blind artist, Ray Charles. Which man truly sees his wife? Which man is blind?

A woman sits in church during mass: the word of God is spoken; the Bread of Life is broken. She is thinking, I wonder what I should fix for lunch. Just look at that woman’s coat, I bet it is not real fur. Another woman sat in church. She was blind from birth Her name is Fanny Crosby. She later wrote these words about the mass: “Perfect submission, perfect delight, visions of rapture now burst on my sight.” Which of these women truly experienced worship?

In those three examples, who were the truly blind? And what kind of blindness is hardest to heal? Some just choose to be blind. Why? Perhaps, because you can get used to the darkness, just as you can get used to the light. It has been said that the moment of death is not extinguishing the light, but rather it is putting out the lamp. Why? Because dawn has come.

In our Gospel the dawn comes to blind Bartimaeus, ending his long night of darkness. Bartimaeus did not sit quietly and wait for things to happen. He boldly called out for Jesus. In our personal daily quest for the light, be inspired by Bartimaeus. Persistently call to an ever-passing Jesus.

Many of us have blind spots: blind to prejudice; blind to what goes on in the company we work for; blind to the needs of others, especially those closest to us. Remember the request of the blind man: Lord, let me see.

That is a prayer that we might all want to whisper now and again. Let me see the things I need to see, the people I have hurt, the wrongs I have done. Let me look on those who feel rejected by society and by our Church. Let me see Your goodness to me. Let me experience Your love for me. At all times, in all places, in all situations, Lord, let me see.

Yours in Christ,

Fr. Bob Warren, SA

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Tuesday, October 30, 2018

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Sunday, October 28, 2018

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The Vatican under Siege What Must the Church Do to Restore Trust?

The Vatican under Siege
What Must the Church Do to Restore Trust?

by Lawrence A. Franklin • October 28, 2018 at 4:00 am

If reports are verified that Pope Francis, while Archbishop of Buenos Aires, defamed accusers of predator priests, refused to meet with them, and denied that any abuse occurred under his watch, then he may not possess the moral authority to cleanse the Church of predatory priests, and those who protected them, without resigning.
The Vatican, it seems, still needs to make a policy decision on whether to allow homosexual-oriented clergy. Pedophilia, on the other hand, needs to be treated with zero tolerance.
The Vatican could convene a new Vatican Council where resolutions could be adopted to permit priests to marry and have children. In a world where women are increasingly recognized as equals before the law, such a council could also decree that female priests are permissible. These changes would be superficial and would not alter the eternal truths and dogma of the Catholic faith.
The Catholic Church needs to recast itself as the conscience of the world, although this could invite censure, even persecution, and risk alienation from secular authorities and some leaders of other religions over issues such as abortion, immigration, capital punishment, religious freedom, the equality of women, and freedom of conscience.

On October 12, Pope Francis officially accepted the resignation of Washington's archbishop, Cardinal Donald Wuerl, from the high-profile post Wuerl had occupied for 12 years. Wuerl's resignation was the latest and most direct casualty of the sex-abuse scandal that for years has been rocking the Catholic Church. Pictured: Pope Francis waves as he leaves after his September 24, 2015 visit at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Washington, DC, as Donald Wuerl (right) looks on. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

On October 12, Pope Francis officially accepted the resignation of Washington's archbishop, Cardinal Donald Wuerl, from the high-profile post Wuerl had occupied for 12 years. Wuerl's resignation was the latest and most direct casualty of the sex-abuse scandal that for years has been rocking the Catholic Church. More specifically, Wuerl -- a close ally of Pope Francis -- stepped down as a result of a nearly 900-page Pennsylvania grand jury report from 2018, which detailed the extent of the rampant sexual abuse of priests against children and of the systemic cover-up of the crimes.

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The Annihilation of Iraq's Christian Minority

by Raymond Ibrahim • October 28, 2018 at 5:00 am

"I'm proud to be an Iraqi, I love my country. But my country is not proud that I'm part of it. What is happening to my people [Christians] is nothing other than genocide... Wake up!" — Father Douglas al-Bazi, Iraqi Catholic parish priest, Erbil.
"Contacting the authorities forces us to identify ourselves [as Christians], and we aren't certain that some of the people threatening us aren't the people in the government offices that are supposed to be protecting us." — Iraqi Christian man, explaining why Christians in Iraq do not turn to government authorities for protection.
Government-sponsored school curricula present indigenous Christians as unwanted "foreigners," although Iraq was Christian for centuries before it was conquered by Muslims in the seventh century.

According to the "World Watch List 2018" report, Christians in Iraq -- the eighth-worst nation in the world in which to be Christian -- are experiencing "extreme persecution," and not just from "extremists." Pictured: A church that was burned and destroyed in the predominantly Christian town of Qaraqosh, Iraq. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

"Another wave of persecution will be the end of Christianity after 2,000 years" in Iraq, an Iraqi Christian leader recently said. In an interview earlier this month, Chaldean Archbishop Habib Nafali of Basra discussed how more than a decade of violent persecution has virtually annihilated Iraq's Christian minority. Since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, the Christian population has dropped from 1.5 million to about 250,000 -- a reduction of 85%. During those 15 years, Christians have been abducted, enslaved, raped and slaughtered, sometimes by crucifixion; a church or monastery has been destroyed about every 40 days on average, said the archbishop.

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Bishop Barron's Gospel Reflection October 28, 2018

Sunday, October 28, 2018

Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mark 10:46-52

Friends, today in the Gospel passage we see Jesus’ mercy toward the blind man as a hallmark of his ministry. Jesus comes as healer, savior, inaugurator of the kingdom. He is the embodiment of hope. Jesus wanted to connect human suffering to the very source of life and health. The energy of God pours through him to the needy.

Now, I realize a question may be forming in your mind: "Well, why doesn’t he simply cure everyone, then?" The answer is obviously wrapped up in the mystery of God’s will, but the important point is this: Jesus is healer in many senses, but ultimately in the sense that he heals us from sin and death, not only physical maladies. What appears historically in Jesus is an eschatological anticipation, a hint and foreshadowing of what is coming in God’s time and in his everlasting kingdom.

Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Lectionary: 149

Reading 1 Jer 31:7-9

Thus says the LORD:
Shout with joy for Jacob,
exult at the head of the nations;
proclaim your praise and say:
The LORD has delivered his people,
the remnant of Israel.
Behold, I will bring them back
from the land of the north;
I will gather them from the ends of the world,
with the blind and the lame in their midst,
the mothers and those with child;
they shall return as an immense throng.
They departed in tears,
but I will console them and guide them;
I will lead them to brooks of water,
on a level road, so that none shall stumble.
For I am a father to Israel,
Ephraim is my first-born.

Gospel Mk 10:46-52

As Jesus was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a sizable crowd,
Bartimaeus, a blind man, the son of Timaeus,
sat by the roadside begging.
On hearing that it was Jesus of Nazareth,
he began to cry out and say,
"Jesus, son of David, have pity on me."
And many rebuked him, telling him to be silent.
But he kept calling out all the more,
"Son of David, have pity on me."
Jesus stopped and said, "Call him."
So they called the blind man, saying to him,
"Take courage; get up, Jesus is calling you."
He threw aside his cloak, sprang up, and came to Jesus.
Jesus said to him in reply, "What do you want me to do for you?"
The blind man replied to him, "Master, I want to see."
Jesus told him, "Go your way; your faith has saved you."
Immediately he received his sight
and followed him on the way.

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Synod ends, calling women's inclusion in Catholic leadership a 'duty of justice' | National Catholic Reporter

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The Khashoggi Affair and the Future of Saudi Arabia – Consortiumnews

The Khashoggi Affair and the Future of Saudi Arabia – Consortiumnews: If the Saudi power structure were to crumble in the wake of the Khashoggi scandal there would be chaos at home and a shift in power around the Gulf, says Daniel Lazare.

By Daniel Lazare
Special to Consortium News
If Donald Trump seems at a loss about how to respond to the Jamal Khashoggi murde

Japan pledges to back BRI project, promote economic cooperation with China | Business Standard News

Japan pledges to back BRI project, promote economic cooperation with China | Business Standard News: Read more about Japan pledges to back BRI project, promote economic cooperation with China on Business Standard. China, Japan pledge new economic collaboration as Abe backs BRI

American Economic Association

American Economic Association: Does Trade Cause Growth? by Jeffrey A. Frankel and David H. Romer. Published in volume 89, issue 3, pages 379-399 of American Economic Review, June 1999, Abstract: Examining the correlation between trade and income cannot identify the direction of causation between the two. Countries' geographic cha...

Lessons from the Trump Administration’s Conflicts of Interest | GAB | The Global Anticorruption Blog: In May 2017, this blog began tracking corruption and conflicts of interest in the Trump Administration, in order to identify and document the myriad ways that the President, his family, and his clo…

Unexplained Wealth Orders: Godsend for London Property Bargain Hunters? | GAB | The Global Anticorruption Blog

Unexplained Wealth Orders: Godsend for London Property Bargain Hunters? | GAB | The Global Anticorruption Blog: Those looking for bargains in London real estate may want to follow developments in National Crime Agency v Mrs A [2018] EWHC 2534 closely. The case is the first to rule on Unexplained Wealth Order…

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