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First Sunday of Advent - Cycle B - Mark 13:33-37
A dramatic picture appeared in a newspaper. It was a
young man dead from a drug overdose in his cherry red Corvette. The car
was parked beside a parking meter that read "TIME EXPIRED." But so,
too, is my clock expiring. So is yours. No wonder Jesus says today,
"Stay awake."
An auto decal reads: "Jesus is coming back. Look
busy." Today's Gospel affirms He will return for each of us.
Rod McKuen's ballad sets the theme for today's
Gospel. "We've all grown older. Come see where we have been, out here
rusting in the rain."
In a twenty four hour period, I learned of the
sudden death in separate incidents of three friends. Each was younger
than I. This fresh Advent I am reminded vividly I do not know "when the
Master of the house is coming." Their death tells us that we all live
"in the shadow of eternity."
The disciple asked, "How do we prepare for death?"
The hermit replied simply, "By living." Somehow these next four weeks, we must learn
to live as if the Christ was crucified yesterday, rose this early
morning, and will return for us at any hour. Would that we could in
this fresh liturgical year come to remember today's first reading that
God is the potter and we are but the clay!
To paraphrase a Time magazine article, Advent is the
season in which we Christians preside over the reinvention of
ourselves. We strive to climb out of our deepest problems by
reimagining our Christian lives. It should be, as Thomas Merton
advises, "the beginning of the end in us of all that is not Christ."
The Church wisely gives us these next four
weeks to let us know Jesus is not enchanted with us. Yet, even a quick
self-examination tells us that we are unhappy with our own situations.
Each of us is shot through with potentialities which we have been
fearful to actualize to this point at least. Change and growth frighten
everyone. Yet, John Powell advises us, "There is an old Christian
tradition that God sends each person into this world with a special
message to deliver, a special song to sing for others, a special act of
love to bestow."
Were a scientist to warn us that an earthquake
measuring
7.0 on the Richter scale was fast approaching, we would take every
precaution imaginable. Yet, unhappily, the Master's prediction that He
shall return does not move us to make even accidental changes in our
lives. But, given the on target correctness of the prophecies of His
first arrival told in Micheas 5:2-6 and Isaiah 9: 6-7, one would think
we would be smart enough to act accordingly. Should we decide not to do
so, we can hardly fault the Early Warning System God has today put in
place in Mark's Gospel. "Be on your guard..."
Many think they're too old to renew themselves.
Knowing that, Glen Van Ekeren put together statistics. George Burns won
an Oscar at 80. Golda Meir became Prime Minister of Israel at 71. At
96, George Bernard Shaw broke his leg when he fell out of a tree he was
trimming. Grandma Moses began painting at 80. Michelangelo was 71 when
he painted the Sistine chapel. Albert Schweitzer was performing surgery
at 89. Casey Stengel was managing the Mets at 74. Do you still think
you're too old?
Yesterday we are told is a memory. Tomorrow but a
dream.Now is the only time on which eternity depends.
A story comes to us from Eastern mysticism
that we might
want to make our own this Advent. "Abbot, what has God's wisdom taught
you? Did you become divine?" "Not at all." Did you become a saint?"
"No, as you can clearly see." "What then, O Abbot?" "I became awake!"
The Abbot might have been reading today's Gospel "Be on your guard,
stay awake..."
Charles Lindberg flew across the Atlantic Ocean solo
and nonstop in 1927 from New York to Paris in 33 hours and 30 minutes.
To get himself ready for the ordeal, he often refused to go to bed.
When asked why, he replied, "Just practicing to stay awake all night."
This is the attitude that Christ would have us bring to this opening
day of Advent. "Stay awake. You don't know the day nor the hour when I
will come for you."
Here are suggestions to start your reformation from
the
Providence Visitor, "Become a volunteer at a local hospital. Help a
friend with a project he or she is working on. Offer comfort to someone
unhappy. Stand up for someone being treated unfairly. Reconcile with
someone you have quarreled with. Wish people you meet a good day and
help make it so."
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Awake and Aware for the Challenge and the Triumph
In
the annals of the extremely foolish things that I have done in my life,
at least those I’m willing to share with you, the worst was not falling
down a mountain a few years ago, although that was certainly up
there.The worst was something that took place way back when I
was in my early twenties, back in the dark ages, before cell phones and
I-pods.I was driving from Tampa to New Jersey with two other
seminarians. We were taking turns behind the wheel, and were not
pushing it, but I was definitely more tired than I thought I was.
I can remember saying to myself that “I'm OK,” and I can remember
trying to convince myself that I only had to hang in there for another
hour. And then, for a split second, I fell asleep, driving.Not
too bright to say the least. Also, it was absolutely frightening.
Thank God, but the fellow next to me started calling out, "Joe,
Joe".I opened my eyes, always a good thing to do when driving,
and I saw that I was headed towards oncoming traffic.I veered
the car back in my lane, then did what I should have done an hour
earlier.I pulled over and let someone else drive.I was
lucky to be alive, a thought shared at the time by the other fellows in
the car.
Our
spiritual life is like driving a car.We can be going about our
business, attempting to live our faith, but taking things for
granted.Warning signs are often ignored.These signs might
be slacking off from church attendance, letting some things into our
homes or lives that are questionable, inappropriate or even
unchristian.Maybe we are exercising less control over our
tempers.Or perhaps, we are not making as much time for prayer as
we need.Suddenly, we fall asleep.Temptation is there, but
we don't have enough spiritual energy to resist.If we are
blessed, we wake up in time to realize that we are destroying the
spiritual life of our baptism.But it could happen that we don't
wake up and sleep forever in our sins, spiritually dead.
Perhaps we fall asleep missing the opportunities the Lord provides for
us to experience His Presence and provide His Presence, His Love and
Compassion, to others.Sometimes we get so involved in what we
are doing that we forget why we are doing it.You know me.
I’m a steamroller when it comes to preparing everything for one of our
celebrations.How many of you have smiled at me, or said “Hi” and
I haven’t even noticed?That’s what I mean, getting so involved
with what I am doing that I forget why I am doing it.Moms and
Dads can do this quite often too.A Mom or Dad can be so busy
caring for the family that he or she misses the opportunity to be with
the family.Or we can be so determined to reach out to Christ in
strangers and experience His Presence in those whom we do not know,
that we ignore His Presence in our brother and sister, our parents or
our children.
We
need to stay awake.
“Stay awake” is the theme for this First Sunday of Advent.The
Master of the house is the Lord.His coming is at the end of our
lives to determine our capacity to receive an infinite share of His
love.If He come and finds us ready and waiting, the door of our
life open to His Presence, then we have nothing to worry about.
If He comes and finds us spiritually asleep with the doors of our lives
firmly closed to Him, then we face an eternity of coldness and hatred,
an eternity without love. That is what hell is.
Each
of us has a unique set of warning signals telling us we are liable to
doze off, or fall into temptation.It may be when people say
certain things to us. It may be when we are in certain
situations.It may even be at particular times of the year.
Many people are more at edge in February and March; others during the
Christmas season; still others in the summer.We may not be at
our best when certain people come into our lives, like relatives,
people we work with, etc.We have to know where temptations lie
and deal with them.We have to stay awake or the Lord will come
when we least expect, and find himself shut out of our lives.
And
so, we watch.We watch for the signs of the spiritual in our
lives.We watch for the presence of Christ.Without the
spiritual, our lives would be self-destructive.Without the
spiritualwe wander like the people of the first reading from
Isaiah.They wandered aimlessly.They got themselves into
all sorts of trouble.Possessions, selfishness, arrogance, all
dominated their lives and destroyed them.A main theme of the
Hebrew Scriptures, the Old Testament, is that left to their own
devices, people can easily become self-destructive. This applies to
people of all epochs, including us.Without the spiritual we also
become materialistic, selfish, and arrogant.Without the
spiritual we lose the capacity to love.We rush to satiate our
needs, but remain empty because only God can complete our being, only
God can fill our emptiness.Without Christ we also become
self-destructive.
And
so we stay awake, and we watch.We watch for the Divine Healer to
come and lead us into His Love.We watch for the times, more than
we could imagine, when God extends His Love to us.We watch for
the times when we serve His Love by serving others. We watch for the
opportunities to unite ourselves closer to His Love through prayer and
sacrifice.We wait. We watch.We watch for opportunities to
grow.Advent, the time of watching reminds us that our entire
lives must be a watching for ways that we can grow more spiritual, grow
closer to Christ.
We
long for Jesus’ presence. If we deny this need, this necessity for God
to be in our lives, then we chance becoming useless shells, Christians
on the outside, but not much on the inside.But if we fight off
our inclination to embrace chaos, if we fight off being overwhelmed by
the fluff of Christmas and allow our need for Christ to transform our
lives, then we can be what He created us to be,images of His
Love on earth.We can be whole.We can be Christians.
Advent is the season of hope.The promise of the prophets will be
fulfilled.The Messiah will come to return the world to God’s
original plan.Our thirst for the Messiah will be quenched not
just on December 25th, but every day of our lives.
We
wait.
We
watch.
We
stay awake.
To
the extent that we do this well, to the extent that our lives are a
celebration of the presence of Christ in the world, to that extent, our
entire lives are a celebration of Christmas.
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The
Diagnosis
(November 30, 2008)
Bottom line: An accurate diagnosis is first step toward a cure.
Now that the election is over, it might be safe to tell a political
joke: A Democrat and Republican were having lunch together. The
Republican was taking the Democrat to task. "You guys," he said, "are
ruining the country. You don't respect marriage and human life. You
don't know the Ten Commandments. You probably don't even know the
Lord's Prayer."
"Wait a minute," the Democrat said, "I do too know the Lord's Prayer."
The Republican pulled out a hundred dollar bill and said, "I bet you
can't say the Lord's Prayers." The Democrat accepted the bet and began,
"Now, I lay me down to sleep..." At that the Republican interrupted
him, "Darn," he said, "I didn't think you knew it."
Something is wrong with our society - and Republicans, as well as
Democrats, share the blame.* The readings today are about diagnosing
the ills of a society. We see it especially in the Old Testament
reading from the prophet Isaiah. Before hearing Isaiah's diagnosis,
let's be clear about why a good diagnosis is so important.
All of us know that the first job a doctor has is to make correct
diagnosis. For that very reason, many people avoid seeing the doctor.
They are afraid of what he will tell them. They have some discomfort,
maybe a pain that won't go away, but they are not sure they want to
find out the cause. On one level, it is understandable: Who wants to
learn they have a serious disease or that they might have to undergo a
treatment that will turn their life upside down?
In spite of this natural hesitation, when a person does get the courage
to go to the doctor, the diagnosis can be a relief. At least the
patient knows what he is dealing with. And an accurate diagnosis is
first step toward finding a cure.
In today's first reading, the prophet Isaiah gives a profound,
penetrating diagnosis. It is not the one the people wanted to hear.
They of course knew something was wrong: They could see their nation
falling apart. They had become easy prey for a predatory enemy. But
they hoped the prophet would give them softer words. He does not,
however, sugar coat things; he doesn't mince words. Here is the
diagnosis Isaiah gave them:
All of us have become like unclean people
all our good deeds are like polluted rags;
we have all withered like leaves,
and our guilt carries us away like the wind.
Those are strong words. Isaiah did not have the gentlest bedside
manner. When he diagnosed what was wrong with the people, he did not
hold anything back. Let's take a closer look at his diagnosis: He is
saying that even though the people's external behavior appears OK,
inwardly they have become unclean. Sin - going against God's way - has
affected even their good deeds. "Our good deeds," he says, "are like
polluted rags."
Now, all this sounds a bit somber - maybe even pessimistic. But it had
a good outcome: the people took Isaiah seriously and they humbled
themselves before God and each other. They didn't get trapped in guilt,
but started working together. In the end, thanks to some good
leadership, they rebuilt the temple.** It didn't reach its former
glory, but it laid the basis for something more important - precisely
what we are waiting for during this time of Advent.
Advent is a time to draw close to Jesus as the doctor of our souls. We
have to open ourselves to his diagnosis. He has the only remedy for
what troubles us.
I read a story that illustrates what Jesus can do for us. It is a true
story about the great French scientist, Dr. Louis Pasteur. Among other
accomplishments, he developed the rabies vaccine. In July of 1885 a
family brought him a boy named Joseph Meister. A rabid dog had bitten
Joseph and they begged Dr. Pasteur to help him. Pasteur had not yet
perfected the vaccine, but seeing the family's desperation, he decided
to make the attempt. After several weeks of treatment, the vaccine
proved successful and the boy's life was saved.***
As Dr. Pasteur did for that young man, Jesus wants to do for us. We
have been bitten, not by a rabid dog, but by something worse - a power
that can destroy us from within. Before we can receive Jesus' cure, we
have to accept his diagnosis. We will hear more about that in the
coming weeks. Today we light the first candle of our Advent wreath. It
represents the light of Christ that can show us the true state of our
souls - and brings us the cure we need.
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*As well as credit for much that is good.
**See the books of Nehemiah and Haggai.
***Because of his subsequent devotion to the memory of the man who
saved him (he became gatekeeper of the Pasteur Institute in Paris),
Joseph Meister could be considered a figure of a disciple. The final
act of his life, however, vitiates that image.
General Intercessions for the First Sunday of Advent, Cycle B (from
Priests for Life)
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Background:
The Gospels at this time of the year are apocalyptic in tone
with their scary image of the world coming to an end. This Jewish
rhetorical style emerged in the Judaism before the coming of Jesus
because prophecy was no longer heard in the land. By its imagery and
message it looked forward to a new creation. The old one would dissolve
and in something like a new Genesis a new world would be born. There
were also expectations of a similar new era in the world of Greece and
Rome. A new astrological age was booming. Perhaps the world was tired
of all the wars and suffering. Anyway, it is not clear that Jesus
himself used the apocalyptic style all that much. But Gospel writers
used it to convey one of Jesus’ most important themes – Take advantage
of the opportunities of the present moment.
Story:
Once upon a time a family won a trip to Ireland in a parish
raffle. Everyone else in the parish was envious of them. Wouldn’t it be
great to take your three kids to visit the land of their ancestors, all
expenses paid. How come you’re so lucky. Well, the various members of
the family were something less than excited.The father didn’t
think he could afford to be that far away from his job, even for week
in the summer. Cell phones and e mail didn’t permit him to be as close
to the situation as he would be if he went to the Lake for a week in
the summer. At the Lake he could always drive into the city if a
problem came up. The mother was afraid that the boss at her job would
be upset about her going away, even if it were on a vacation week,
because she felt he was looking for a reason to fire her. The fourteen
year old girl did not want to leave her clique of friends, because she
knew they’d talk about her behind her back. The ten year old boy did
not want to miss his little league games. The seven year old daughter
said she was afraid of airplanes. So they didn’t go. They traded the
trip in for money. Maybe next year they could visit the Emerald Isle.
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Meeting Christ in the Liturgy
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First
Sunday
Isaiah 63, 16-17. 19; 64, 2-7; Psalm 80;
1 Cor 1, 3-9; Mark 13: 33-37
Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
"What I say to you, I say to all: Be on guard!"
The world from God's perspective must appear a veritable beehive of
activity as man goes about his perennial task of seeking "the good."
Once man has what he wants to possess, he guards it and cares for it.
What is the one thing above all others for which you and I make daily
sacrifices and in pursuit of which we spend great time and effort? Are
we "on guard"? For what? Why?
The young man and woman, deviantly pursuing sexual pleasure outside of
marital commitment, "guard" their Godless lifestyle by putting their
newborn child in a plastic bag and throwing it into a garbage can.
Women and men, married as well as not, seeking the fantasy of sex
without consequences "guard" themselves against what they believe to be
the "disease" of pregnancy. They turn to abortifacient contraception,
and to abortion in ever-increasing numbers when contraception fails.
Doctors too selfish to truly care for the well-being of their patients
"guard" their free-time and profits by prescribing abortifacient
contraceptives and dangerous implants and shots, rather than taking the
time to learn and teach God's beautiful, natural, healthy, and
effective means of spacing and delaying births through natural family
planning. Today pleasure is "guarded", at the expense of health and
life of the body, at the expense of the child conceived, by the marital
act sullied in a brief shameful encounter devoid of love or marital
commitment. The "cult of the body" leaves no effort undone in pursuit
of physique, "guarding" the passing splendor of the body while
neglecting the higher good of mind and spirit and the moral life.
Organizations worldwide seek to "guard" the environment or endangered
species from the effects of man's work and life, obsessed by ecological
concerns in a bizarre denial of the human holocausts in our midst. This
while the most beautiful and perfect "ecology" in all of creation, that
of the mind, body, soul and spirit of the human person, is attacked in
the womb, in old age, if unfit, handicapped or voiceless.
Misguided parents seek to "guard" economic security at the expense of
their children. The security and happiness of childhood is marred as
babies are shifted daily from one caretaker to another, denied the love
and presence of their parents, whom no person and no amount of money or
financial security can replace.
Blind nationalists or revolutionaries seek to "guard" their national
identity through a genocidal bloodbath in East Timor, Bosnia, Rwanda,
and other places through "ethnic cleansing", dirtying their own hands
through murderous wars which cry out to heaven. These and other
conflicts have raised up a near-countless host of Catholic and
Christian martyrs in this bloody "suffering century", as it is
described by Pope John Paul II.
The Catechism discusses the petition of the Our Father, "and lead us
not into temptation," in reference to the gospel according to St. Mark,
chapter thirteen, verses thirty-three to thirty-seven. The one who is
truly on guard is the one who struggles against temptation through
union with God in prayer. To "be on guard" means to turn away from sin,
to cast all one's sins behind one's back. Sin begins with our
consenting to temptation (CCC 2846). Only by prayer and spiritual
watchfulness are we ready for the "appointed time" of the judgment, the
coming of the Lord in glory to invite forever into the kingdom those
who have sought Him and His love above all things.
"Be constantly on the watch! Stay awake!" When, roused to attention by
Christ's unmistakable words of warning, we discover what is that thing
we "guard" most, will we find it something lasting? Or are we "asleep",
lulled into spiritual blindness by our love of comfort, our fear of
human respect, our lust for money, our romance with a false "security."
The true vision given by Christian faith infuses us with the truth to
see that the only security is in God, fully revealed in Jesus Christ.
In prayer, the prayer of the Our Father and the perfect prayer of the
Eucharistic Sacrifice, we embrace Christ. Pray for the blessing of
strength in battle, for the grace of watching in love while others
sleep, pray for victory over temptation. Effective prayer is a generous
expression of love, rather than a hurried obligation, or a perfunctory
rattle of words.
Such a battle and such a victory become possible only in prayer. It is
by his prayer that Jesus vanquishes the tempter, both at the outset of
his public mission and in the ultimate struggle of his agony. (Mt
4:1-11; 26:36-44) In this petition to our heavenly Father, Christ
unites us to his battle and his agony. He urges us to vigilance in
communion with his own. Vigilance is 'custody of the heart,' and Jesus
prayed for us to the Father: 'Keep them in your name.'(Jn 17:11; Mk
13:9, 23, 33-37) The Holy Spirit constantly seeks to awaken us to keep
watch. (1 Cor 16:13; Col 4:2) Finally this petition takes on all its
dramatic meaning in relation to the last temptation of our earthly
battle; it asks for final perseverance. 'Lo, I am coming like a thief!
Blessed is he who is awake.'(Rev 16:15)
The greatest tragedy of all, beyond the power of words or weeping to
express, is the murder of the soul and of the conscience. They invite
everlasting exile from God who, though they may pursue and gain the
whole world, "guarding" it as a treasure, reject eternal life and lose
their souls in the process.
I look forward to meeting you here again next week as, together, we
"meet Christ in the liturgy," Father Cusick
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First
Sunday of Advent, Year B
Today we begin the new liturgical year. During this year we hear the
Gospel as told to us by St Mark. But do not think that we hear it the
same way as we did three years ago.
This is a new year; we are older and hopefully wiser. Although on the
surface we might think and feel the same, underneath we have changed.
Time has moved on, our experience is richer and changes have occurred
in our lives; we are indeed different.
So with these different ears let us hear the gospel afresh. Let us make
an Ecclesiastical New Year resolution to be particularly attentive to
the Word of God especially as presented to us in the Gospels in this
coming year.
If I were to make one suggestion that would really help it would be to
take the Gospel of Mark, the shortest of the Gospels, and invite you to
read it through in one sitting. It is only twenty-five or thirty pages
and it will take less than an hour of your time even if you read it
very reflectively.
This will help to set the scene for the year ahead. It will help you
get the feel of Mark who is much more urgent and insistent than the
other Evangelists. In Mark Jesus is always going somewhere immediately
or directly; he is always on the road leaving here or going there.
Jesus’ teaching is always fresh, direct and to the point. No words are
wasted.
We begin our new year with the Season of Advent. It is a season in
which we prepare for the celebration of the anniversary of the coming
of Christ into our world. It is a season which looks back to that most
crucial of all events; the one which was the effective beginning of our
redemption.
But it is also a season which looks forwards. It looks forward to the
second coming of Christ at the end of time. We already heard last
Sunday about the final judgement; in this season of Advent we learn how
to prepare ourselves and in the liturgy we express our longing for the
Kingdom to come. It is a season in which those words in the Our Father,
Thy kingdom come, are especially significant
In the Gospel selected for today Jesus tells us to be on our guard and
to be ready for that day because we cannot know when it will come. All
we do know is that the Master will certainly come and that we must
prepare ourselves to be ready to greet him.
Because 2000 years have gone by since the time of Christ we tend to
think that we will not see the Last Day in our earthly life. We think
this despite the fact that in recent years enough nuclear bombs have
been produced to blow the world to smithereens several times over.
However, one thing that we can be absolutely certain about is that we
will die, that we will meet God and that we will experience judgement.
We surely hope that we will not be found wanting. We hope with all our
hearts that Christ will find us worthy on that great day of days.
Of course, we can hope as much as we like, but unless we actually do
something about it all our hope is in vain.
The message of today is that sorting ourselves out is not something
that we can leave till tomorrow. Our moral failings must be dealt with
today. Tendencies towards spitefulness, malicious gossiping, correcting
other peoples mistakes, telling untruths, dishonesty, failures in our
relationships, etc, etc, must all be dealt with today.
Repentance and making amends cannot be delayed. We know that sin is a
contaminant; it pollutes our lives. We know that, like a bad stain on
our clothes, the longer we leave it untreated the harder it is to
remove.
So it is not only a question of being on our guard against new sins, we
must also repent and make amends for all those old ones.
We are, however, especially blessed because we live in a Christian
community. We in the Church are all striving for holiness. We are all
aiming in the same direction and there is strength in numbers; it is
far easier for us to grow in holiness together rather than alone and
isolated.
St Paul points this out in the second reading. Like him we should be
thankful that we have so many teachers and that so many people around
us are actively witnessing to their faith in Christ. His prayer for the
Corinthians, and we presume also for us, is that God will keep us
steady and faithful until the last day.
That is the clue to achieving it, of course, that God keeps us steady
and faithful. For this is something that we cannot do by our own
efforts, something we cannot achieve simply by ourselves.
In the First Reading Isaiah says that without God our natural
inclination would be to drift away from him and become proud and
independent.
But God has revealed his face to us in the person of Jesus Christ and
through him acts in our lives constantly guiding and protecting us. He
invites us to trust in him and place ourselves in his hands just like
clay in the hands of an expert potter.
If we place our trust in him he will surely shape our life and make it
a thing of beauty and lasting joy.
It is right that, like St Paul, we should thank God that so many
teachers and examples of faith surround us. But more important is that
we ourselves should become one of those teachers and examples of faith.
By doing so we will not only help others gain salvation but will surely
also gain it ourselves.
There are not enough positions as catechist available in the parish to
accommodate everyone, nor do we really need to be crowded out by dozens
of deacons and priests and sisters.
But there are many other ways to teach. The simplest acts of kindness,
the times we give encouragement or affirmation, the inclusion of other
peoples’ needs in our prayers—all these are ways we can teach and give
example to our faith.
Let us resolve in this new year to make this new year a year of grace,
a year in which we move decisively towards God and away from our sins.
A rather wealthy aristocratic lady had an audience with Pope Pius X. As
she knelt before him and let him take her hands into his she asked the
Pope if there was anything she could do for the Church. She expected to
be asked for a hefty cheque towards some worthy cause but the Pope
looked at her very kindly and simply said: Teach catechism.
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