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17 Oct, 5 tweets, 2 min read
An extraordinary message from @Pontifex on social justice yesterday, a "mini encyclical" as @robinrome said. Including comparing the Parable of the Good Samaritan to the protests over the death of #GeorgeFloyd. Social justice teachings are part of...
vatican.va/content/france…
...are part of the "traditional teachings of the church," said the Pope...
"Do you know what comes to mind now when, together with popular movements, I think of the Good Samaritan? Do you know what comes to mind? The protests over the death of George Floyd. It is clear that this type of reaction against social, racial or macho injustice...
...can be manipulated or exploited by political machinations or whatever, but the main thing is that, in that protest against this death, there was the Collective Samaritan who is no fool!"
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As the Synod of Bishops begins to listen, will the church listen to everyone, or only the voices we are used to listening to? Will it listen to LGBTQ people?

Pope Francis asked, "Are we good at listening? How good is the 'hearing' of our heart?"...

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Dear friends: Today I finished reading the most extraordinary book, which a friend had recommended a few weeks ago. For a long time, I've said to myself, "Wouldn't it be great if someone wrote a book like this?" Well, Mark Gevisser, a South African writer, has... Image
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Gospel: Today Jesus tells us the story of a man who persists in asking for food (Lk 11). Elsewhere he tells the story of the persistent widow (Lk 18). Both are used to encourage people to persist in prayer. Some believers are embarrassed to ask for something from God. They say...
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But being honest with God about your real needs is part being in an open relationship with God. So much...
...of what Jesus teaches his disciples about prayer, as in today's Gospel, is about *asking.* The Our Father, after all, is a primarily a prayer of petition: "Give us," "Forgive us," "Lead us not," etc.

Go to God confidently in prayer and ask for what you need today...
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Dear friends: I'm so grateful to the Marist Brothers @MaristsUSA leadership for inviting me to speak with the presidents and principals of Marist high schools in the United States about welcoming #LGBTQ students in their schools... Image
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Gospel: Today's reading has one of the most remarkable utterances ever made to Jesus. It comes from Martha, who is frustrated that her sister, Mary, is not helping her in the kitchen, during a meal with Jesus (Lk 10). "Tell her to help me!" she says. Who else in the Gospels... Image
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