Oh, dear, loving Baby Jesus! Give the Cardinals, bishops, priests and religious the courage, fortitude, and strength to be the "signs of Your Kingdom". Amen.
"Blessed is the servant who has faith in the clergy who live uprightly according to the norms of the Roman Church. And woe to those who look down upon them; for even though they may be sinners, none the less no one is to judge them since the Lord alone reserves judgement on them to Himself. For inasmuch as their ministry is freater in that it concerns the most holy Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, which they receive and which they alone administer to others, so those who sin against them commit a greater sin than [if they sinned] against all other people of this world."
It’s not that you don’t love them any more.
You’re trying to remember something
too important to forget.
Trees. The monastery bell at twilight.
Tell them you have a new project.
It will never be finished.
Show us your face and we shall be saved. "Each soul is the object of My special love. That is why I am so grateful to those who are resourceful and bringing back sinners to Me. Keep this in mind then. I gave My life for them in the most atrocious torture, for these poor beloved ones. A humble repentance, and they are already on My heart. So speak gently to them. Speak with tenderness. A brusque remark could drive them farther away." - He and I
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Honestly, I was expecting him to say it was "above his paygrade." Blech.
Oh, dear, loving Baby Jesus!
Give the Cardinals, bishops, priests and religious the courage, fortitude, and strength to be the "signs of Your Kingdom". Amen.
"Blessed is the servant who has faith in the clergy who live uprightly according to the norms of the Roman Church. And woe to those who look down upon them; for even though they may be sinners, none the less no one is to judge them since the Lord alone reserves judgement on them to Himself. For inasmuch as their ministry is freater in that it concerns the most holy Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, which they receive and which they alone administer to others, so those who sin against them commit a greater sin than [if they sinned] against all other people of this world."
-Francis
[I need to read this more often.]
Me too Thom! Thanks. Pray for me.
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