MS Catholic January 15, 2021

JANUARY 15, 2021 MISSISSIPPI CATHOLIC

let there be light

MISSISSIPPI CATHOLIC JANUARY 15, 2021

Volume 67 Number 1 (ISSN 1529-1693)

BISHOP’S SCHEDULE Wednesday, Jan. 27 – School Mass, Sister Thea Bowman, Jackson

P.O. Box 2130 Jackson, MS 39225-2130 Phone: 601-969-3581 E-mail: editor@jacksondiocese.org

Monday, Feb. 1 – School Mass, Cathedral School, Natchez

Publisher ........................................................................................... Bishop Joseph R. Kopacz

Tuesday, Feb. 2 – School Mass, Vicksburg Catholic Schools

Communications Director ...................................................................... Joanna Puddister King Production Manager ...................................................................................................Tereza Ma Contributors ......................................................................................................... Berta Mexidor

Wednesday, Feb. 3 – School Mass, St. Richard, Jackson Thursday, Feb. 4 – School Mass, St. Anthony, Madison Friday, Feb. 5 – School Mass, St. Joseph, Greenville

MISSISSIPPI CATHOLIC POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Mississippi Catholic, P. O. Box 2130, Jackson, MS 39225-2130.

Website: www.mississippicatholic.com

www.jacksondiocese.org

Sunday, Feb. 7, 9 a.m. – Re-dedication, Our Lady of Victories, Cleveland

All events are subject to change.

Please check with local parishes or schools for further details.

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4 VOCATIONS CALLED BY NAME

As I wrote my Christmas cards last month, I dated them in the top right corner with the notation Coronatide. The time of isolation due to the pandemic will certainly be held in our memories for many reasons. Certainly, there was tragedy for many, stress for even more, and suffering of one kind or another for all. And yet, we know as Christians that no suffering is ever wasted when we enter into it ready to receive the graces we need to endure. One of the graces that the Lord gave me was a greater willingness to enter into silence and stillness. I also read more books this past year than I ever had before.

Back to Virtue by Peter Kreeft. Kreeft is a Catholic philosopher who writes about the challenges of trying to apply virtues like prudence, justice, temperance and fortitude in a society that exalts to be fully functioning and fully alive.

This attitude ignores a tenant of the faith that we profess: the fact that our very life comes from and is leading us back everything else today. If soccer tournaments and hunting trips take precedent for many over Sunday Mass, then surely what our culture sees as listen to the voice of the Lord in prayer and at Mass.

Father Nick Adam If you want to know more about becoming a priest or religious brother or sister, please contact Father Nick Adam at 601-969-4020 or nick. adam@jacksondiocese.org. You can also learn more about vocations by visiting to www.jacksonpriests.com.

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12 Columns

THINGS OLD AND NEW

REFLECTIONS ON LIFE

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FROM THE ARCHIVES

ARCHIVEs 13

14 DIOCESE

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YOUTH 15

16 DIOCESE

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