By Charles Collins
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Thursday, October 10, 2024
Joy in Solidarity
Richard Rohr's Daily Meditations
From the Center for Action and Contemplation
Week Forty-One: Dancing with Divine Fire
Joy in Solidarity
CAC faculty member Dr. Barbara Holmes highlights God’s call to joy and partnership in all circumstances:
We are born with an inner fire. I believe that this fire is the God within. It is an unquenchable, divine fire. It warms us, encourages us, and occasionally asks us to dance.
Suppose that at the entrance to heaven there is a scale—not a scale to weigh good and bad deeds—but a scale to measure joy. Suppose our passage into the next life will not be determined by the number of souls saved, sermons preached, or holiness pursued. Just joy.
A Hurricane Prayer
A Hurricane Prayer
A Prayer in the Storm
God
of the Universe, at the dawn of creation, your Spirit breathed on the
waters, making them the wellspring of all holiness. You created the
oceans and rivers, and all that dwell within them, and at your word the
wind and the waves were born.
The seasons follow your plan, and the tides rise and fall on your command. In both calm and storm, you are with us.
On the Sea of Galilee, even when the disciples began to fear, Jesus showed that he was Lord over the waters by rebuking the storms, so that all would know that even the wind and the waves obey him.
Creator God, we ask you to calm the wind and the waves of the approaching hurricane, and spare those in its path from harm. Help those who are in its way to reach safety. Open our hearts in generosity to all who need help in the coming days.
In all things and in all times, help us to remember that even when life seems dark and stormy, you are in the boat with us, guiding us to safety.
Amen.
Pope Francis told American Catholics to vote their conscience. What did he mean?
Pope Francis told American Catholics to vote their conscience. What did he mean?
A roll of "I Voted Today" stickers are pictured in a file photo.. (OSV News photo/Gary Cameron, Reuters)Pope Francis often makes headlines with in-flight press conferences at the end of papal trips, and his return to Rome from visiting Southeast Asia in September was no exception. Asked what advice he would give to Catholics in the United States for the upcoming presidential election, he minced no words in his assessment of the candidates: “Both are against life: the one that throws out migrants and the one that kills children. Both are against life.”
Nevertheless, he said, in response to a follow-up question about whether it was moral to vote for a candidate who supported abortion, that Catholics have a duty to “vote, and one has to choose the lesser evil.” He refused to speculate about which was the lesser evil, saying, “Each person must think and decide according to their own conscience.”
Canon lawyers and theologians aim to make synodality more concrete
Canon lawyers and theologians aim to make synodality more concrete
Cardinal
Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of
the Faith, attends the opening session of the Synod of Bishops in the
Vatican's Paul VI Audience Hall Oct. 2, 2024. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The study groups appointed by Pope Francis to deal with controversial topics removed from the synod’s agenda made their interim reports to the synod on Thursday (Oct. 3).
The decision of the pope last March to remove these topics from discussion at the synod was received with disappointment by many observers. He seemed to be cutting off open discussion, which is what people thought synodality was all about.
The pope, on the other hand, felt that there were too many topics to be dealt with adequately by the synod and that they would distract from his central topic: synodality. He also felt that these topics were complicated and needed further study.
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