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Colm Holmes from We Are Church writes:
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The little things in life matter
Seamus Ahearne has time to de-clutter and observe and write;
“it is the cleaners, the bin men, the shelf packers, the shop servers, the drivers of the lorries, the post people, the orderlies, the receptionists taking calls, the local nurses and doctors, the shoppers for the cocooned….. We need eyes to see and to appreciate and to be grateful….. if there is an outbreak of generosity and gratitude; Eucharist is happening.”SÉAMUS AHEARNE: MEANDERINGS ON A QUIET AFTERNOON.
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What does God want of us?
Very simple:
“God made us to know Him, love Him and serve Him in this world, and to be happy with Him forever in the next”.
Thus taught the late Cardinal Heenan in the old Red Westminster Penny Catechism. I still have my battered copy!
Interestingly, this Catechism is selling very well instore and Online at Knock Shrine Bookshop.
I recommend people read the book “Catholic Revivalism versus a Synodal Church” by Professor William Thomas, a Galway man and former Classmate of Leo XIV. He is a prominent Roman Catholic Theologian and professor of Mariology. Available on Amazon.