Saturday, July 28, 2012
Rescuer
In the non-fiction book, The Zookeeper's Wife, Antonina was a rescuer of Jews in WWII Poland. She had been brought up a Catholic but was not particularly focused on following all the rules of the church or worship. On page 315 of the book, rescuers seem to have certain traits. They tend to be risk-taking, fast thinking, independent, rebellious, unusually flexible, able to abandon habits, or change ingrained routines. This certainly does not sound like the type of Catholic the hierarchy is looking for. Would the hierarchy's good Catholic, in WWII, be waiting around for Pius XII to tell them what to do? Jesus was a rescuer, and he did not seem to fit in. "Crucify Him!" Rescuer or obedient follower can be a difficult choice for all of us.
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Thank you for your inspiring thoughts--these days I feel so helpless listening to the pronouncements coming from Church leaders. To have intentions read at Mass denigrating various groups makes it more and more difficult to attend. We just want to pray--not be barraged with political ideology.
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Agree! Fr. Terry is one of the lights in the darkness.
ReplyDeleteI so agree. Would love to have it purely spiritual and also stop the sermon after 6 minutes, anything more and the audience is asleep or annoyed! Thank you Fr Terry for being direct and to the point in your homilies. You give me hope.
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