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To comprehend fully the gross folly into which our US bishops have led the #Catholic Church, sit on the Feast of #ChristTheKing in a mostly empty sanctuary listening to the embarrassingly flowery language of the 2011 Roman Missal.

The absurd collision of the...
...triumphally sacral vernacular with so many empty pews, the energy level that rivals chair aerobics at Casa Tranquila while we 'glory in obedience to the commands of Christ, the King of the universe,' is a lot of dissonance to process.

This is a result of choices, mostly...
...choices like the Missal that stepped back from renewing the #Catholic church after #Vatican2 and deliberately took the church out of our lived experience (except when it's time to remember our true King insists we vote GOP).

We have clarified that we should refrain from...
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Gospel: Today on the Solemnity of #ChristTheKing Jesus tell us the litmus test for entrance into heaven: how we treat the "least among us." Who are they? The hungry, the thirsty, the sick, the stranger, the imprisoned. God will judge us on how we cared, or didn't care, for them..
There are so many arguments today about what it means to live a Christian life and to be a disciple, but Jesus is clear in today's Gospel passage:
"'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? When did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you When did we see you ill or in prison, and visit you?’"
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