Angelus News | April 19-26, 2019 | Vol. 4 No. 15

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ANGELUS April 19-26, 2019 | Vol.4 • No.15 3424 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90010-2241 (213) 637-7360 • FAX (213) 637-6360 — Published by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles by The Tidings (a corporation), established 1895. Publisher ARCHBISHOP JOSÉ H. GOMEZ Vice Chancellor for Communications DAVID SCOTT Editor PABLO KAY pkay@angelusnews.com Multimedia Editor TAMARA LONG-GARCÍA ttirado@angelusnews.com Production Coordinator OSVALDO CISTERNAS oecisternas@angelusnews.com Features Editor R.W. DELLINGER bdellinger@angelusnews.com Photo Editor VICTOR ALEMÁN valeman@angelusnews.com Managing Editor RICHARD G. BEEMER rbeemer@angelusnews.com Assistant Editor HANNAH SWENSON hswenson@angelusnews.com Circulation CHRIS KRAUSE ckrause@angelusnews.com Advertising Manager JIM GARCIA JAGarcia@angelusnews.com Sales PATTY BROOKS pabrooks@angelusnews.com MARY CASARES mcasares@angelusnews.com JOE MANZA jmanza@angelusnews.com CHUCK MILAN cmilan@angelusnews.com ANGELUS is published weekly except at Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas and semiweekly in July and August by The Tidings (a corporation), established 1895. Periodicals postage paid at Los Angeles, California. One-year subscriptions (44 issues), $30.00; single copies, $1.00 © 2019 ANGELUS (2473-2699). No part of this publication may be reproduced without the written permission of the publisher. Events and products advertised in ANGELUS do not carry the implicit endorsement of The Tidings Corporation or the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: ANGELUS, PO Box 306, Congers, NY 10920-0306. For Subscription and Delivery information, please call (844) 245-6630 (Mon - Fri, 7 am-4 pm PT). facebook.com/ AngelusNews POPE WATCH God is watching Pope Francis stunned onlookers at the end of a highly unusual spiritual retreat for the political leaders of warring factions in South Sudan by kneeling at the feet of the country’s leaders to beg that they pursue peace among one another. “As a brother, I ask you to remain in peace. I ask you from my heart, let’s go forward. There will be many problems, but do not be afraid,” the pope told the leaders April 11 at the Vatican as he begged them to give peace a chance and told them that God would be watching their efforts to achieve peace. The two-day retreat at the Domus Sanctae Marthae, the Vatican guesthouse where the pope lives, was the idea of Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury, spiritual leader of the Anglican Communion. Under the terms of a peace agreement signed in September, South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and five designated vice presidents are to take office together May 12, sharing power and ending the armed conflict between clans and among communities. Kiir and four of the vice presidents attended the retreat. “You have begun a process, may it end well,” the pope said. “There will be disagreements among you, but may they take place ‘in the office’ while, in front of your people, you hold hands; in this way, you will be transformed from simple citizens to fathers of the nation.” info@ angelusnews.com www.angelusnews.com FOLLOW US Angelus News Francis told the politicians and members of the Council of Churches that “peace” was the first word Jesus said to his disciples after the Resurrection. “Peace is the first gift that the Lord brought us, and the first commitment that leaders of nations must pursue,” he told them. “Peace is the fundamental condition for ensuring the rights of each individual and the integral development of an entire people.” When South Sudan gained its independence from Sudan in 2011 after years of war, the people were filled with hope, the pope said. Too many of them have died or been forced from their homes or face starvation because of five years of civil war. After “so much death, hunger, hurt, and tears,” the pope said, the retreat participants “have clearly heard the cry of the poor and the needy; it rises up to heaven, to the very heart of God our father, who desires to grant them justice and peace.” Francis expressed his hope that “hostilities will finally cease — please, may they cease — that the armistice will be respected, and that political and ethnic divisions will be surmounted.” Video from the meeting showed the 82-year-old pontiff kneeling at the feet of each of the leaders, even letting his white skullcap lay on the floor as he did so. Reporting courtesy of Catholic News Service Bureau Chief Cindy Wooden. Papal Prayer Intentions for April: For doctors and their humanitarian collaborators in war zones, who risk their lives to save the lives of others. @Angelus News www.la-archdiocese.org @Angelus News 4 • ANGELUS • April 19-26, 2019
NEW WORLD OF FAITH BY ARCHBISHOP JOSÉ H. GOMEZ Love is the reason As I write, we have entered into Holy Week, the week of salvation, the week of love. Love is the reason for everything we see in these days leading up to Jesus’ passion, crucifixion, death, and resurrection. God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so believing in him we will not perish. We understand these beautiful words from the Gospel. But Jesus died not only for “the world.” He died for you and for me, for each and every person who ever lived and every person who is yet to be born. God’s love is personal. We can each say, as Saint Paul did, “I live by faith in the Son of God who has loved me and given himself up for me.” It is an ancient devotion to read the Passion stories in each of the Gospels during Holy Week. I encourage you to do it. It is important to remember when we read that it was all for love; every word and gesture, all the humiliation and suffering. In these columns during Lent, I have been trying to read the Gospels with more prayer and more “intentionality” — really being conscious of how the Gospels are meant to be “transformative” and to form us more and more in the likeness of Christ. The imitation of Christ is the way of the saints, and we are all called to be saints. We understand what this means when we read Christ’s words and the stories of his life. In the pages of the Gospel it is clear that we are called to imitate his humility and compassion, his zeal for saving souls, his servant’s heart. We can see that, like him, we are called to be a good friend to others and men and women of prayer. We should not forget that Jesus is still teaching and guiding us from the cross and in his passion. In fact, Paul said that in his death on the cross, we can see the mind of Christ, his whole attitude. We need to let Jesus look down upon us from the cross. We need to raise our eyes above ourselves, to feel his gaze. It is all love, it is all compassion. When we see ourselves reflected in Christ’s eyes, we understand in the most personal way that he knew us and loved us even before we were created. We need to let ourselves be loved by him, lift up our hearts to accept his mercy. For love, Jesus died for you and for me on the cross. He asks us to live our lives as a response to his death. He asks us to live for him, as he died for us — out of love. We have all heard Paul’s litany in praise of love: “Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous. ...” This is one of the most popular readings at weddings, and many families have Paul’s words framed in their home — a beautiful reminder of how they want to live. But as Paul reminds us, our human love is meant to be a mirror of the love that we are shown in Jesus. In Christ’s passion and death, we see love that is patient and kind, love that bears all things and endures all things. On the cross, we see love that never fails, love so strong not even death can defeat it. When we see human love, we see the Trinity, Saint Augustine told us. God is love and we are created in his image. We are made out of love and we are made for the sake of love. That is why love is Christ’s new commandment, and he makes his love the measure and pattern for our love. There is no greater love than a life broken and shared and given for others. Jesus laid down his life even for those who did not love him in return. He loved us with no limit, and he loved us until the end. This is the love that he calls us to, as Paul teaches: “Be imitators of God, as beloved children, and live in love as Christ loved us and handed himself over for us as a sacrificial offering to God.” Christian love is always sacrificial; we love as we have been loved. We give our lives for the love of God — as he gave his life out of love for us. Pray for me this week and I will pray for you. I wish all of you and your families and loved ones all the joy of Easter. May our Blessed Mother Mary, who stood at the foot of the cross and witnessed his resurrection, help us to see that love is the reason for Jesus and love is the reason for our lives. To read more columns by Archbishop José H. Gomez or to subscribe, visit www.angelusnews.com. April 19-26, 2019 • ANGELUS • 5
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