The Responsibility to Follow Him

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-8rgy5-1462af0

When Bishop Barron talked about Catholicism as the privileged way, he got a lot of heat. However, looking at it from another perspective, it makes a lot of sense. We have nothing to do with our becoming Catholic, as infants, should that be our Grace. But having that Grace we have been given an advantage, a benefit, that requires a response–to share it, and to live a life that uses the tools of the Church leading us to Paradise. When a Catholic walks away, it is a failure to accept the gift. 

Catholic ”Privilege” and Responsibility

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-6ugui-1460eb0

When Bishop Barron said that Catholicism was the privileged way to salvation, he got a lot of heat. But you know, if privilege is an opportunity or an advantage, then to be a Catholic is to bear a deep responsibility, not only to one’s own soul, but to those of others. To die with Jesus really means not merely accepting suffering, but coming, in God’s time, to embrace it, as cooperation in the work of salvation. 

Contradictions

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-d6qhg-1450425

We all handle the reality of existence; we have no choice, except in how we interpret why things are the way they are. Some say there is no God and try to create a meaning. Others believe strongly in God and objective reality, though marred by sin and redeemed by the Act of Jesus on the Cross and His Resurrection. How we handle those things were on my mind when I read the memoir of brilliant psychiatrist/author/therapist Irving Yalom. 

Whither Goes the Synod: Will Somebody Help Me?

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-gmchs-143f506

Last week, a working document was published apropos the Synod on Synodality. 

When asked about a section related to those who feel unwelcome, the divorced and civilly remarried, the polygamous and the gay community, someone asked Cardinal Hollerich about how these concerns played into the teachings of the Church. I was listening to another podcase presenting his answer, and that answer floored me. My concerns aren’t original, but they are very real. And what will be the answer? And why do we need an answer?