HeyJaredFather Joshua J. Whitfield
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The work of St. Francis in the vineyard (opens the original)
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Early in his ministry, as a brother penitent, St. Francis would go into churches and just start cleaning. He also repaired churches; he begged his old friends for stones so he could rebuild the walls of chapels. It was for the young saint a form of penance, repairing and cleaning churches. Is 5:1-7 Ps 80:9, 12, 13-14, 15-16, 19-20 Phil 4:6-9 Mt 21:33-43 Most people probably picture in their minds St. Francis with birds, preaching to them. Giotto's fresco is beautiful, rightly famous, and it capt
In heaven as it isn't on earth (opens the original)
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"Graciousness is an old-fashioned word but it has a beautiful religious tradition," Day once wrote. It's to participate in divine life. Is 55:6-9 Ps 145:2-3, 8-9, 17-18 Phil 1:20c-24, 27a Mt 20:1-16a Dorothy Day thought that this parable from Matthew's Gospel, which we hear this Sunday, justified a Catholic's support for the idea of a living wage. She wrote, "He spoke of the living wage, not equal pay for equal work, in the parable of those who came at the first and the 11th hour." Now aside fro
Christians, people of truth (opens the original)
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St. Paul, however, talks about love. "Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another," he writes. Ez 33:7-9 Ps 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9 Rom 13:8-10 Mt 18:15-20 Václav Havel gave a speech at the Vatican in 1999. Somewhat controversially he quoted John Hus, the Czech Reformer who was burnt at the stake in 1415. St. John Paul II, also in 1999, called it a "cruel death" and expressed the Church's "deep sorrow" for Hus's execution. That, too, was controversial to some. But that's an aside; what is importa
Faith and vocation, Peter's and ours (opens the original)
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Faith then is what separates the disciples from the Pharisees and Sadducees, the Christian from the pagan. But what comes next? Again, the lesson is simple. After faith comes a new identity, a new vocation. Is 22:19-23 Ps 138:1-2, 2-3, 6, 8 Rom 11:33-36 Mt 16:13-20 Hassled for a sign, I imagine worn out, Jesus turns to his disciples. As if it's something of a pop quiz, frustrated he asks them, "But who do you say that I am?" Were his own disciples as hard-hearted and hard-headed as the Sadducees
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