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Pope, President
& Peace
While leaders of the world try to carry out their jobs to make their country a better place, so does the pope have his job in guiding the universal church to reflect the message and mission of Christ around the globe. Jesus is often called The Prince of Peace. His resurrection greeting is a message of peace. Central in our lives, as Christians, is to advance peace.
Pope Leo, in his first Easter message as pontiff, asked the worldwide church to join him in prayers for peace, to work for peace, and to dedicate our actions toward peace. Though peace seeks the end of conflict and wars between nations (as well as individuals), it is so much more than the absence of strife. It is also a striving to alleviate anxiety, anger, angst, grief, and fear. Though these are natural human tendencies, the Bible tells us hundreds of times to fear not, to be unafraid, to not get caught up in anxiety or worry, to not get trapped by grief or anger. Read the Full Post.
Father Don and his sister, Barbie, drop a podcast about podcasts, particularly this podcast, Upon This Rock, as we pause operations to assess its impact and how the church can reach people in our twenty-first-century virtual society. They reminisce about messages from the hundred-plus conversations and how we can encourage people to talk with one another about matters of faith and faith that matters to us, our families and friends, our community, and our world.
Direct Link. Listen on Apple and Spotify. Download the MP3 file.
Listen to all the Upon This Rock episodes. #uponthisrockpodcast
Saint Thomas More (STM) Parish has a sister community relationship with San Andrés Itzapa, a rural parish in south-central Guatemala. STM Parishioners Phil Smith and Marla Byrne have visited frequently in recent decades, often leading groups on work retreats and pilgrimages of faith that support foreign friends. The STM group has escorted thousands of Kansas Citians, including over a thousand teenagers, to Central America to encounter brothers and sisters who struggle in ways that open their eyes and hearts.
Direct Link. Listen on Apple and Spotify. Download the MP3 file.
Listen to all the Upon This Rock episodes. #uponthisrockpodcast
"In the end, these things are only required: that you act justly, that you love tenderly, and that you walk humbly with the Lord."
— The Prophet Micah
"We are like travelers who have forgotten
the name of our destination. We must return from where we came to discover where
we are going."
— G. K. Chesterton
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