Monthly Archives: March 2021

Fratelli Tutti 135: The Latino Witness

Posted on 30 March 2021 by catholicsensibility

135. Here I would mention some examples that I have used in the past. Latino culture is “a ferment of values and possibilities that can greatly enrich the United States”, for “intense immigration always ends up influencing and transforming the … Continue reading →

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Post-Pandemic Church

Posted on 29 March 2021 by catholicsensibility

Catholic news writer Russell Shaw has a commentary on the months and years ahead. Difficult times are yet to come. Yesterday I commented rather bleakly on another site that I was arrogant to think that the headiness of the 80s … Continue reading →

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Fratelli Tutti 134: Helping Others Develop

Posted on 29 March 2021 by catholicsensibility

It’s a matter of cultural wealth: 134. Indeed, when we open our hearts to those who are different, this enables them, while continuing to be themselves, to develop in new ways. The different cultures that have flourished over the centuries … Continue reading →

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Fratelli Tutti 133: Reciprocal Gifts

Posted on 27 March 2021 by catholicsensibility

RECIPROCAL GIFTS 133. The arrival of those who are different, coming from other ways of life and cultures, can be a gift, for “the stories of migrants are always stories of an encounter between individuals and between cultures. For the … Continue reading →

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Building Sold, Ministry Continues

Posted on 27 March 2021 by catholicsensibility

I heard a whisper that the Rockville Centre diocese announced a final sale on its chancery. An office building not fully used, and besides, people working remotely. Bankruptcy aside, it seems like a good move. I remember 2012 when an … Continue reading →

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Fratelli Tutti 132: Policy Effects Beyond Any One Border

Posted on 26 March 2021 by catholicsensibility

132. Even when they take such essential steps, states are not able, on their own, to implement adequate solutions, “since the consequences of the decisions made by each inevitably have repercussions on the entire international community”. This seems right. We … Continue reading →

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A Lenten Word: Daniel 3:41-43

Posted on 26 March 2021 by catholicsensibility

And now we follow you with our whole heart, we fear you and we seek your face. Do not put us to shame, but deal with us in your kindness and great mercy. Deliver us in accord with your wonders, … Continue reading →

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Fratelli Tutti 131: Discrimination

Posted on 25 March 2021 by catholicsensibility

Sometimes displaced people have found new homes in unfamiliar lands. Sometimes new families are established and even though second and third and subsequent generations are legal citizens, there is an inequality based on culture, color, faith, or other aspects unfamiliar … Continue reading →

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Scripture for the Sick or Dying: Psalm 90

Posted on 25 March 2021 by catholicsensibility

Perhaps the most well-known presentation of Psalm 90 is Isaac Watts’ 18th century paraphrase “O God Our Help In Ages Past.” The appeal is that God is available to assist those who are in need, no matter what the situation … Continue reading →

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Fratelli Tutti 130: Fifteen Steps

Posted on 24 March 2021 by catholicsensibility

It’s an undeniable fact of a fallen world that people are threatened by sinful persons, groups, and situations. Here’s a bullet point list (points mine, list Pope Francis’) of what we can offer: 130. This implies taking certain indispensable steps, … Continue reading →

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Private Masses

Posted on 24 March 2021 by catholicsensibility

Every so often an old liturgical discussion becomes new again. I noticed an interest in private Mass discussion here and here. A result of this, I think. I know it’s been discussed here before. I’ve been in discussions about it … Continue reading →

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Bloody White Mischief

Posted on 24 March 2021 by catholicsensibility

When the background hum tells you something is off: I viewed the Bush II admin with suspicion on their intrusion into citizens’ lives over a decade ago. I observe that after more than 3 months of being a Minnesota resident, … Continue reading →

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Fratelli Tutti 129: Borders And Their Limits

Posted on 23 March 2021 by catholicsensibility

Chapter Four, first topic: BORDERS AND THEIR LIMITS 129, Complex challenges arise when our neighbor happens to be an immigrant. [Cf. Catholic Bishops of Mexico and the United States, A Pastoral Letter Concerning Migration: “Strangers No Longer Together on the … Continue reading →

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Taking A Reading

Posted on 23 March 2021 by catholicsensibility

A recent commenter asked about the liceity of adding one word to the celebration of Mass: A reading taken from the book of  … My own bias as a liturgist is fewer words not more. Circumspection is a virtue. More … Continue reading →

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Fratelli Tutti 128: A Heart Open

Posted on 22 March 2021 by catholicsensibility

Today, a new chapter, the fourth, “A HEART OPEN TO THE WHOLE WORLD.” 128. If the conviction that all human beings are brothers and sisters is not to remain an abstract idea but to find concrete embodiment, then numerous related … Continue reading →

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