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From: John Sullivan:
Admittedly, frustration has begun
to set in, but disappointment has not. Father Garcia warned me I
might eventually become disappointed. I have not. The more I
read about the struggle of early Christianity as I do research
into what they had to face, driven underground into a
micro-society of early Catholicism within the Secular Roman
macro-world, I have it pretty good. No one (so far) in heaven or
on Earth is asking me to really suffer for this at all. In drafting the commentary
on the Gospel According to St. Mark (which along with the
writings of St. Luke form perfect objects for effective
evangelization), I am starting to realize just how well we have
it here, and what a lament it is that we are not effectively
doing our part - collectively - as we selfishly grab our
Communion on the way to rush as the person we were an hour ago
out of the Parking Lot, with no regard for those with whom we
had just shared our gestures of peace only minutes ago.
Even as I handed my card to one North-County Pastor on Saturday,
March 1st, he took one look at it and gave some object on the
ceiling the signal that I had lost my mind. All I had said was
that he should pray that my effort to improve his demographic
will succeed. Of course, as he has canceled all but one Saturday
Vigil Mass, leaving standing room only for a Church almost
exclusively filled with grey hair, attendance is not his
problem. Admittedly, it appears that I am frustrated that change did not
occur overnight, but of course as I remember things St. Peter
died on his own cross with every expectation that by then, Jesus
would have returned to tell the Emperor Nero to go look for
another job. As I have stated from the beginning, I entrust this
effort into God's hands, on God's calendar, and as we love to
say, I really mean it - THY will (not mine) be done on Earth as
it (already) is in heaven. It is not about me. It is all about
Glory and Praise of God, and nothing less, yet nothing more.
Today, I decided it would be a good time to start a Blog related
to this project, so you can read all about it
HERE.
More on March as information becomes
available.
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