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22 Nov, 5 tweets, 2 min read
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?’"
"'Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of the least brothers of mine, you did for me’" (Mt 25).
Image: A child looks on as a man cooks dinner for his family in late October in Yangon, Myanmar. (@CatholicNewsSvc photo/Shwe Paw Mya Tin, Reuters)

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23 Nov
Pope Francis in #LetUsDream:

"We spoke earlier of narcissism, of armor-plated selves, of people who live off grievance, thinking only of themselves. It is the inability to see that we don't all have the same possibilities available to us....
...It is all too easy for some to take an idea--in this example, personal freedom--and turn it into an ideology, creating a prism through which they judge everything.

You'll never find such people protesting the death of George Floyd...
...or joining a demonstration because there are shantytowns where children lack water or education, or because there are whole families who have lost their income....On such matters they would never protest; they are incapable of moving...
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18 Nov
Gospel: In Jesus's Parable of the Talents, a servant who does not invest his master's money is punished (Lk 19). Usually the "moral" is about being prepared or using one's "talents" (though the Greek "talanton" didn't have that meaning). But in a provocative "minority reading"...
Barbara Reid, a NT scholar, suggests that it is precisely the third servant, the one who fails to invest, who was the intended hero of Jesus's story: "The third servant is the honorable one—only he has refused to cooperate in the system by which his master continues to accrue...
....huge amounts of money while others go wanting."

Other NT scholars suggest that the parable must be seen alongside Jesus's other eschatological parables, which are mainly focused on preparedness (e.g., the "Wise and Foolish Bridesmaids).
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16 Nov
Presente. On Nov 16, 1989, Ignacio Ellacuría, S.J., Ignacio Martín-Baró, S.J., Segundo Montes, S.J., Juan Ramón Moreno, S.J., Joaquín López y López, S.J., Amando López, S.J. and Elba and Celina Ramos, were martyred at the University of Central America in San Salvador, El Salvador Image
Fr. José María Tojeira, SJ, Jesuit Provincial for Central America at the time, remembers the martyrs at the University of Central America.
More on the Jesuits and their companions Elba and Celina: ignatiansolidarity.net/resources/jesu…
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9 Nov
A tragic example of the hectoring, and even harassment, from Catholic clergy that was commonplace during this recent election season, made possible by church leaders who told people they'd go to hell for voting a certain way, overlooking the primacy of the informed conscience.
Here is the response from the local bishop, which Dawn Eden Goldstein said she found "unsatisfying."
In the last few weeks, I've received dozens of messages through Facebook, telling me of priests who condemned @JoeBiden from the pulpit, told parishioners they were risking damnation, and so on. Some of these people live in dioceses where their bishops made similar remarks.
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9 Nov
Tomorrow the long-awaited Vatican report on the former Cardinal Theodore #McCarrick (now Mr. McCarrick) and his crimes of abuse will be released. It will dominate conversation in the US church for weeks, if not months. I've not seen the report, but it is supposed to be lengthy...
The report will most likely detail the sexual abuse, but also how someone like McCarrick could have risen through the ranks, while people knew or suspected his abusive crimes.
(He went from Bishop of Metuchen to Archbishop of Newark to Cardinal-Archbishop of Washington, DC)...
Josh McElwee has a helpful timeline: ncronline.org/news/accountab…
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8 Nov
Do not put your trust in princes,
    in mortals, in whom there is no help.
When their breath departs, they return to the earth;
    on that very day their plans perish.
Happy are those whose help is the God of Jacob,
    whose hope is in the Lord their God,
 who made heaven and earth,
    the sea, and all that is in them;
who keeps faith forever;
    who executes justice for the oppressed;
    who gives food to the hungry.
The Lord sets the prisoners free;   the Lord opens the eyes of the blind.
The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;
   the Lord loves the righteous.
The Lord watches over the strangers;
    he upholds the orphan and the widow,
    but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.
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