Reflecting on the ordeal of the Thai soccer team trapped in a cave – this story resonates with so many people not because of the one-to-one shared experience we may have had, but because of a very symbolic shared experience between us and these boys.
Seven-year-old Kristina sat in front of me before the 11 am service recently, wearing her alb. I leaned forward and asked her if she knew that girls at one time were not allowed to be acolytes. She looked puzzled more than shocked. “Why not?” she asked.
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“Jesus understood money. He spoke of it from time to time and always in the sense that money is not something that should be the be-all and end-all of things. Wealth is to be shared, not hoarded and not paid out to accomplish something criminal or even slightly criminal.”