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IN TROUBLED TIMES Rev Southwest Kansas “Wh�t doe� �o�e �ook �ike? It h�� the h�nd� to he�� othe��. It h�� the feet to h��ten to the �oo� �nd needy. It h�� eye� to �ee �i�e�y �nd w�nt. It h�� the e��� to he�� the �i�h� �nd �o��ow� of �en �nd wo�en. Th�t i� wh�t �o�e �ook� �ike.” — st. Augusti ne CNewspaper of the Catholicatholic Diocese of Dodge City www.dcdiocese.org/swkscatholic Vol. LIII, No. 15 Sunday, November 25, 2018 The art and joy of being Ask, Live, Pray The Most IN TROUBLED TIMES Rev. John B. Thankful Brungardt, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Dodge City devoted my fi rst elevenSouthwest Kansas Register columns in 2011 to the call by Iour Loving Lord of our boys and our single men to become ordained priests for the Catholic Diocese of Dodge City (I have edited and reprinted the series now). As our now Director of Seminarians, Father Wesley Schawe wrote: "I know God is calling men to be priests, or God wouldn't be calling us to salvati on! It’s not a questi on whetherof , it’s a questi on ofwho ." But what can the rest of us do to encourage our guys to listen to God's call, to promote the ministerial priesthood? 1) Ask/wonder. I was in my early 30’s when a priest asked, "John, what are you doing with the rest of your life? ... Have you ever thought about the priesthood?" Variati ons for you to try: “What do you think — priesthood? I think you would be a good priest! I wonder if God wants you to be a priest or a husband and dad?” A hint is pope Francis enjoys dinner with some of the poor of rome in this fi le photo. fi ne — no need to over-do it! 2) Live your own vocati on abundantly“ ” ‘In everything, give thanks.’ (John 10:10). Whether a deacon, priest, — 1 Thess. 5:18 bishop, religious sister, religious brother, husband or wife, as we live our calling By sArAh ChrIsTMyEr As you leave [the museum], there is painted on the abundantly, to the full, with God's grace, our Editor’s Note: There is the troubling news of abuse in wall in red and black lett ers a prayer. The refrain “And boys and single men will see our striving to the Catholic Church, fi res ravaging California, sad faces of praised … be … the Lord” is interrupted by a litany of the holiness. They will be att racted to this life in hundreds of refugees pining for safety, politi cal divisiveness, names of prison camps: the Lord; each will want this joy in Christ for and conti nuing war. Yet, as this arti cle reminds us, in this his own life, his own call, his own vocati on season of anti cipati ng the birth of our Savior, we can always that God has planned for him. fi nd ready reason for having the feeling of utmost grati tude. “And praised. Auschwitz. Be. 3) Pray. My last column focused on to "pray always" (Luke 18:1). Pray during ach year as Thanksgiving approaches and I start Magdenek. The LORD. Treblinka. a liturgy, especially Holy Mass, that a to review my blessings, I stumble on this from St. And praised. Buchenwald. Be. parti cular boy or single man in your parish Paul: “In everything give thanks.” (1 Thess. 5:18). will be called to the seminary. Pray during Everything? You’ve got to be kidding me. Mauthhausen. The LORD. Belzec. Word Working (lecti o divina) that our When things go wrong, I’m supposed to give And praised. Sobibor. Be. Chelmno. seminarians will persevere and be called to Ethanks? When my husband is laid off and no jobs are in the Sacrament of Holy Orders. Pray during sight? When the mortgage is underwater? When illness The LORD. Ponary. And praised.…” your adorati on ti me before Jesus in the strikes and the pain won’t go away? Blessed Sacrament that your son, grandson, nephew or friend will listen to Jesus, and Paul goes on: We are to give thanks in all situati ons … Is the author praising God for prison camps? Far that he speak with his priest, Father Wesley because “this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning from it. This prayer/poem isolates those evil camps and or our other Vocati on Directors, or me about you.” plunges them into the midst of the praises, surrounding what he hears in his heart. Humbly listen, I used to wonder whether that means it’s God’s will for them in the greater power of God and His good. It is courageously follow, always trusti ng in me to give thanks, or that the situati on is God’s will for catharti c to read. The longer you read it, the more it God’s grace to assist. me and it will work for my eventual good. Either way, I’ve strengthens you and gives you hope. Try inserti ng your We can all parti cipate in encouraging our learned that it is precisely by giving thanks in the diffi cult own trials in the spaces below, and praying it: “And boys and single men, and promoti ng the call ti mes of our lives, that our hearts are lift ed above the praised. __________. Be. ________. The Lord. _______. to the ordained priesthood. Let us take great situati on. Amen.” hope in Jesus the High Priest. Let us trust in Having a thankful heart is not only appropriate in good God willing, no one reading this will ever have to God to bless us abundantly. Thank you for ti mes, it can help us survive the bad. There’s a powerful confront the depth of suff ering represented by that your faithfulness. Jesus loves us more than example of this at the Yad VaShem Holocaust History poem. But in the dark patches of your life, think of the we can ask or imagine! Museum in Jerusalem, which I wrote about in Psalms: the Jews and praise the Lord, taking care to give thanks “in School of Prayer: everything.” If they can do it—so can we. + Bishop John Page 2 November 25, 2018 The Southwest Kansas Catholic Abandoning ourselves to God’s will manuscript survived the De Caussade was much taken sure. God acts in total freedom, chance, say others; as luck, good French Revoluti on, and with the idea of Abandonment, simply according to his own good and bad. Think of it as his will of Awas published by a fi ne something he found in St. Fran- pleasure. pure providence. editor in 1861, one hundred ten cis de Sales (1567-1622). But The fi rst expression of his will Abandonment is the key for in- years aft er the death of its writer. abandoned to what? Abandoned is clear, straightf orward, and terpreti ng both these ways. Each That writer, a note in another to whom? To God’s will, de Sales predictable. The second is less moment is a moving thing. We hand on the manuscript said, thought. so, and is somehow disconcert- have only this moment, for a mo- was Jean Pierre de Caussade, SJ There are two ways of fi nding ing. In each life, something will go ment, and then it is gone. God is (1675-1751). Abandonment to God’s will. First, it is expressed in wrong: we may be ill, or have an in each such moment, the Sacra- Divine Providence, was the new the commandments and counsels accident, or get into an embar- ment of the Moment, he said. No Bishop Emeritus name the editor gave it. It spoke he gives to all Christi ans, and, with rassing situati on. Perhaps we will wonder it spoke to so many. As ronald M. gilmore to people almost immediately. It suitable adjustments, to individu- be caught in a dramati c confl ict. it did to me nearly one hundred has not been out of print since. als in their chosen state of life. This is his unknown will break- years aft er it was sent into the Another Way Its fame and its infl uence are Second, it is expressed in what St. ing in upon us: this is his will-in- world. legendary. Francis called his will of good plea- disguise … as fate, some say; as Movies With a Message: Season of Advent begins Sunday, Dec. 2 ‘The Man Who Invented Christmas’ dvent comes from the Latin word receive the Sacrament of Reconciliati on. n Friday Nov. 30, the movie, “The characters and a ti meless tale, forever Ameaning “coming.” Jesus is coming, The color of the Third Sunday of Advent Man Who Invented Christmas,” changing the holiday season into the and Advent is intended to be a season is rose. This color symbolizes joy and Owill be showing at the Heartland celebrati on we know today. of preparation for His arrival. While represents the happiness we will experience Center for Spirituality for the fall series The movie begins at 6:15 p.m. in we typically regard Advent as a joyous when Jesus comes again. The Third Sunday “Movies with a Message.” the Auditorium of the Motherhouse season, it is also intended to be a period is a day of anti cipatory celebrati on. It is “The Man Who Invented Christmas” of the Dominican Sisters of Peace. of preparation, much like Lent. Prayer, formerly called “Gaudete” Sunday; gaudete tells the magical journey that led to Other movies in the series include: penance and fasti ng are appropriate during means “rejoice” in Lati n.
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