Angelus News | May 7, 2021 | Vol. 6 No. 9

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Getting serious on homilies
Thank you for Heather King’s column in the April 23 issue of Angelus.
Enough of these insipid homilies that say nothing to anyone.
This column should be required reading for all homilists. Post a
copy of it in all of the pulpits!
— Jorge Garcia, Simi Valley
Küng’s life deserves a more balanced assessment
I loved the April 23 issue: The reflections of Archbishop Gomez and the
pope were wonderful, Father Rolheiser’s reflection on beauty was poignant,
and Msgr. Antall’s sermon about Barabbas was very powerful.
The one sour note in the issue was the unsigned news brief about Father
Hans Küng. Such a remarkable man’s death should not serve as an occasion
to drag out all the criticism of him. If such editorializing must be included
in our diocesan magazine, perhaps it should at least lend the name of a
specific person who holds that opinion rather than leaving it unsigned — as
if everyone shares this view.
— Patrick Whelan, Corpus Christi, Pacific Palisades
A boost of faith at private Masses
Regarding the suppression of private Masses in St. Peter’s Basilica: As an undergraduate
resident at Villanova University in Pennsylvania, I attended many
Masses celebrated by individual priests in the local chapel, at one or another
of the side altars.
For me, it was very edifying to know I could go to the chapel in the early
morning and attend Mass before many minutes passed. As far as I know, the
priests were unaware of people like me in attendance, but the practice helped
to cement the faith I remain graced with 60 odd years later.
— Francis Donohoe, St. Raphael, Santa Barbara
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Restoring the glory
Artwork at San Gabriel Mission is seen
behind scaffolding as the mission undergoes
renovations following last summer’s
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“They believe in freedom,
whose author is Jesus
himself.”
~ Father Gianni Criveller, on the sentencing of
several pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong,
including five Catholics.
“They’re a very brave
bunch. The pimps got to
the point with the nuns
where they just left them
alone. Because nothing
you say or do is going to
run them away.”
~ Rescued sex-trafficking victim Leslie King in
an NBC News feature story on Talitha Kum, an
international network of Catholic nuns fighting
human trafficking.
“Whatever the stage of
human life, it not only
matters, it is sacred.”
~ Bishop Shelton J. Fabre and Archbishop Paul S.
Coakley of Oklahoma City, USCCB chairmen, after
Derek Chauvin was found guilty in the death of
George Floyd.
“A person can have
money. God gives it to
him so he can administer
it well, and this man
administered it well.”
~ Pope Francis on Enrique Shaw, an Argentinian
businessman and father who died in 1962. On April
24, the Church declared Shaw venerable.
“Government overreach by
the Biden administration
continues to victimize
women, girls, and people
of faith by gutting their
legal protections.”
~ Americans Defending Freedom senior counsel
Julie Marie Blake, representing the College of the
Ozarks against President Biden’s executive order
that redefines sexual discrimination.
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