
Sharing the Word for October 11, 2021 – Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time – Year 1
Saint Paul was one of the great teachers of the apostolic church. He writes to the Romans so that they can get to know him before he comes to them.
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Saint Paul was one of the great teachers of the apostolic church. He writes to the Romans so that they can get to know him before he comes to them.

Wherever there was human suffering, Jesus was concerned about it now, and about its healing now.

Respected physician Marcus Ji Tianxiang (1834-1900), self-prescribed opium for an ailment. When he became addicted to the drug, his confessor forbade him to take communion until he overcame the addiction.

Christianity isn’t an abstract philosophy. It’s a complete way of life.

We don’t have to earn God’s benevolence or work for it. We must only open ourselves to what God has in store for us.

The heart of Christianity is the great and incomprehensible truth that God’s true majesty, God’s authentic immensity, consists in God’s willingness to become lowly and forsaken.

Social friendship is based on the principles of the common good for each and every person and for the environment in which we live and move and have our being.

Celtic Christians spoke of “thin places” as locations where heaven and earth meet. While certain places may be set apart as revealing God, all places reflect God’s presence.

The day of the Lord is always near. It is an occasion for repentance and reform. It calls for responsiveness from the people. We need to be ready.

We are each unique, yet we have so much in common. We all come at things differently, yet we find common ground in sharing our experiences and profiting from each other.