Mississippi Catholic March 26, 2021

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MISSISSIPPI CATHOLIC MARCH 26, 2021

Volume 67 Number 8 (ISSN 1529-1693)

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

BISHOP’S SCHEDULE

Communications Director ...................................................................... Joanna Puddister King Production Manager ...................................................................................................Tereza Ma Contributors ......................................................................................................... Berta Mexidor ............................................................................................................ Cindy Wood MISSISSIPPI CATHOLIC POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Mississippi Catholic, P.O. Box 2130, Jackson, MS 39225-2130.

Website: www.mississippicatholic.com

www.jacksondiocese.org

Thursday, April 8, 11 a.m. – St. Joseph Catholic School Golf Tournament, Annandale, Madison Thursday, April 8, 6:30 p.m. – Annual Pro-Life Mississippi Spring Banquet, Mississippi Trademart Building, Jackson Sunday, April 11, 2 p.m.

All events are subject to change.

Please check with local parishes or schools for further details.

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The following is an excerpt (with minor edits) that completes a homily I delivered on the Third Sunday of Lent. If you’d like to hear the and Apple Podcasts.

The Gospel for the Third Sunday of Lent, in which Jesus rebukes the ongoing business in the Temple during Passover,

that are stuck in their ways, and which can be obstacles to others joining in.

God will give you the help you need to make changes to your own routine that will bring you closer to him. God will help grow; it is how we become the disciples that we are called to be. And don’t settle for “this is the way it’s always been done” in the church most of all, please! With the dynamic talent throughout our diocese who knows what can be unleashed when we work together?

Bishop Kopacz has put forth a vision which calls us to Embrace Diversity, Serve Others and Inspire Disciples. That is a great place to start. The Bishop is our Shepherd, and we trust that he is Spirit-led in his efforts to build up the diocese, but each one of us has a part to play in bringing this vision about. we? Are we seeking to embrace diversity in a true way? Not in just saying we appreciate other cultures but in engaging and learning about the differences and similarities we have and inviting people to come to Mass that are not just in our social circle? In the vocations department, I want our seminarian poster to “look like” our diocese. I want men from all corners of our boundaries and from all backgrounds, and I need to develop strategies and skills to make that happen. I’m planning on going to brush up on my conversational Spanish this summer in order to connect with the parents of potential Hispanic discerners to keep them in the loop of their son’s journey.

Are we serving others? As Vocation Director I need to serve our seminarians and discerners by pouring myself out for them; by spending time listening to their needs and responding. We all are called to do this in our own way with those entrusted to us.

And are we inspiring disciples? First of all are we learning from our Good Teacher Jesus and then becoming witnesses to others through that We can’t just do the same old thing and expect a different result. We must become evangelists to the fullest extent of the term. We cannot only promote that which we are comfortable with about our faith, but we must learn more and more about what Jesus teaches and become so engulfed in God’s love for us that we simply want to do the will of the Father and nothing else. This will lead to a dynamism that is attractive, and which parts the red tape of “we’ve always done it this way” and leads more people through the doors of our parishes and through the doors of the seminary as well!

Father Nick Adam

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12 Columns

SPIRIT AND TRUTH

ON ORDINARY TIMES

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14 youth

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16 DIOCESE

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