Weekend Edition - A Daily Spiritual Seed

Published: Fri, 05/27/22

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The Faith That Does Justice: Examining the Christian Sources for Social Change, by John C. Haughey, S.J. Wipf and Stock, 2006.

The essays in this volume address a closely interconnected set of questions: To be true to its mission, what function is the Church meant to perform? What does the faith of Christians contribute to the human perception of justice? What is the theological significance of action undertaken by Christians for political or social transformation? Is justice to be looked on as one of the moral virtues that it is incumbent on Christians to practice or has it a more intrinsic link to the gift of faith which Christians have received? Does the following of Christ call Christians away from social systems into "the new creation or is the call extended to them to concern themselves with the social systems which shape human beings? - from the Foreword Contributors include: -Avery Dulles -William Dych -John Donahue -John Langan -David Hollenbach -Richard Roach -William Walsh

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Saint of the Week

Blessed Angeline of Marsciano: 1377 - 1475. June 4.

Blessed Angeline founded the first community of Franciscan women other than Poor Clares to receive papal approval.

Angeline was born to the Duke of Marsciano near Orvieto. She was 12 when her mother died. Three years later, the young woman made a vow of perpetual chastity. That same year, however, she yielded to her father’s decision that she marry the Duke of Civitella. Her husband agreed to respect her previous vow.

When he died two years later, Angeline joined the Secular Franciscans and with several other women dedicated herself to caring for the sick, the poor, widows and orphans. When many other young women were attracted to Angeline’s community, some people accused her of condemning the married vocation. Legend has it that when she came before the King of Naples to answer these charges, she had burning coals hidden in the folds of her cloak. When she proclaimed her innocence and showed the king that these coals had not harmed her, he dropped the case.

Angeline and her companions later went to Foligno, where her community of Third Order sisters received papal approval in 1397. She soon established 15 similar communities of women in other Italian cities.

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Weekend Readings

Saturday

Acts 18:23-28
Psalm 47:2-3, 8-9, 10
Jn 16:23b-28

Sunday

Acts 1:1-11
Ps 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9
Heb 9:24-28; 10:19-23
Lk 24:46-53

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Joke of the Week

Groom's Day

A police officer in a small town stopped a motorist who was speeding.“But, Officer,” the man protested, “I can explain.”

“Be quiet,” ordered the officer. “You can sit in jail until the chief gets back.”

“But, sir, I just wanted to say—“

“I told you to stay quiet! You’re going to jail!”

A couple of hours later the officer checked in on the man and said,

“You’re lucky that the chief is at his daughter’s wedding. He’ll be in a great mood when he gets back.”

“I doubt that,” answered the prisoner. “I’m the groom.”

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