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Category: WM Special
WM Special

First Line Of Proclamation

“I have become all things to all, to save at least some. All this I do for the sake of the Gospel…” (1 Cor 9:22-23). To become “all” for the sake of proclaiming the Good News is such a difficult task. And yet St. Paul, the Apostle to the Nations, did exactly that to win souls for Jesus Christ. He became everything, and resorted to the use of anything, to save those under or outside God’s law. St. Paul’s challenge to proclaimers of the Gospel was not only practiced during his time. It had a profound and lasting effect throughout Christian history. In fact, it is still being lived to this day, as seen in the missionary activity during the last few centuries.

By Fr. Joseph Caramazza | Comboni Missionary
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You Must Announce From The Housetops (Mt 10:27)

Those who encounter Jesus for the first time are stunned by the passion and intensity that He put into His words – words that have astonishing depth and different levels of meaning, have an awesome relevance to human pain, and an amazing power to build confidence in human hearts. Jesus used local images with such color and sparkle that they cannot fail to persuade and convince. He appealed to the inner instincts of human beings in such a way that listeners are compelled to weigh the challenges He proposes, not because of their demanding harshness, but because of their enticing power.

By Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil, Sdb | Apostolic Administrator Of Jowai
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Forgiveness is the Ultimate Answer

God shows us that we too must first love others. When we achieve this stage of the Christian life, we have graduated. We need, first, to apply that love is the answer before expecting others to do the same. And forgiveness is a straight path to unconditional love.

By Fr. Emmett Coyne | Contributor
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Love is Stronger Than Fear

To use the emotion of fear is contrary to the teaching and spirit of Jesus. Any attempt to induce fear must be roundly rejected. The primacy of love must be the context to motivate members. It is a call not to act on an emotion but
to will to love.

By Fr. Emmett Coyne | Contributor
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Letting The Fox Guard The Hen House

I’m not sure whose lives the big corporations which produce GMO seeds, together with the doubtful herbicides and pesticides this type of crops requires, are interested in improving. Certainly not the Indian farmers who have lost everything and taken their own lives. Unfortunately, there is too little factual information regarding the effects of GMO products that is available and provided by the technology developers. In farming terms, that is letting the fox guard the hen house.

By Leonard Pollara | Organic Sage Consulting
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Words Can’t Feed The Hungry

Dwindling agro-biodiversity at all levels is a result of decades of agribusiness, and that’s why we are living in a great age of extinction. GMO crops only further this model. First, because of their engineered resistance to herbicides, the net result is that herbicide use has increased. Due to the emergence of resistant pests, more applications of pesticides and herbicides are necessary to prevent loss of profit in these massive monocultures. The mantra that GMO foods will save the world from famine are just words. And can’t fill bellies, just some pockets.

By Leonard Pollara | Organic Sage Consulting
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Pope Francis’ Pearls

In a time of predominance of the culture of the image, Pope Francis has given back power to the spoken word. Never has a pope spoken like Francis: human and candid. How refreshing to hear a pope speak like us: informal, direct, simple and provocative. The Pope’s words nail us down and do not allow us to be indifferent.

Fr. Lorenzo Carraro | Comboni Missionary
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The Culture of Encounter

Pope Francis’ style of communication promotes what he calls “the culture of encounter.” This original and striking approach to people by means of stunning words and gestures constitutes a pastoral turning point for the whole Church. Somebody has written: “Pope Benedict was classic music, Pope Francis is folk. Both are beautiful, but they are very different types of music.” If “style is substance,” then Pope Francis is disclosing to us how he wants the shape of the Church to become.

Fr. Lorenzo Carraro | Comboni Missionary
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The Reasons of our Joy

Christmas Season in the Philippines is in full swing with the joy of Mama Mary
holding the Baby Jesus in her arms at Bethlehem. It is the joy of Francis of Assisi,
the saint of the “Belen.” Pope Francis has made this joy the motif of his proclamation, a joy that he discovered as passion for Jesus in his family and in his youth, even through suffering and trials; as commitment to the poor and appreciation of community in his maturity and as fruit of contemplation in his ministry of unity as a pope.

Fr. Lorenzo Carraro | Comboni Missionary
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Long wakes and Extravagance

Our priests and cathechists will have to find ways to change this perception that extravagance and prolonged wakes and funerals are “Catholic.” There’s room certainly for a more festive observance of wakes and funerals and November 1, but we need more solemnity, a time to reflect about our existence on earth, of the goodness of the deceased, and how we might want to carry on their legacy.

Michael L. Tan | Dean, U.P. College of Sciences and Philosophy
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