TUESDAY OF THE TWENTY-SECOND WEEK OF ORDINARY TIME
Feast of St. Peter Claver (1654), Priest, Patron of the Negro Missions
Dear Father:
If has been awhile. The heat of late summer always has been on the down side. I have been sick a lot again this summer. It is beginning to cool down now, however, so I hope to be more productive by October.
Anyway, this article from Zenit caught my eye. The "Protestant Catholic", also known as "ultra-traditionalist" continual carp at the Pope for his interdenominational and interfaith dialogue. They accuse him of a false ecumenism and a traitor to the Faith.
I pray for these poor souls who have lost their faith and have allowed their Pride to cause them to lose communion with the Church.
This article from yesterday's Zenit gives an explanation of exactly what this interfaith and interdenominational dialogue is really about -- it is not about compromising the historic faith of the Catholic Church, it is about building respect. Here is the article:
AACHEN, Germany, SEPT. 8, 2003 (Zenit.org).- Aachen Bishop Heinrich Mussinghoff inaugurated an international interreligious meeting, stressing that the aim of dialogue is not a mixing of religions, but rather the promotion of mutual respect.
On Sunday the prelate opened the three-day event with a Mass held in the historic Cathedral of Aachen, built in 786 by Charlemagne.
The meeting, whose motto is "Between War and Peace: Religions and Cultures Meet Each Other," was organized by the Rome-based Community of Sant'Egidio.
The event has attracted representatives of the world's leading religions, to discuss ways to spread peace and tolerance among peoples.
"God is God for everyone," Bishop Mussinghoff affirmed in the presence of Orthodox bishops, Protestant ministers and patriarchs of old Eastern Churches, among others.
He added: "To be ambassadors of peace we must orient our lives on this model, to hunger for justice, be merciful and clement, opt for the poor, the elderly and the weak."
Following Bishop Mussinghoff's homily, the Orthodox metropolitan bishop of Germany, Augoustinos, said: "We Christians have understood little about the universal language of friendship and peace, but we must be open to each other and be open to the world, in order to defeat deafness and mutism."
Your miserable servant,
Brother Bubba
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