Friday, March 16, 2012

"A man dying of AIDS at the Gift of Peace Hospice in Cardinal Donald Wuerl's archdiocese of Washington,

"asked for baptism ..."



Snippets from Cardinal Timothy Dolan's address "to the entire College of Cardinals," reported in Inside The Vatican magazine, March 2012.

Dealing with "the new evangelization," the article is a compilation "by Inside The Vatican Staff."

And the title is: The American Cardinal Speaks.

"A man dying from AIDS at the the Gift of Peace Hospice , adminstered by the Missionaries of Charity in Cardinal Donald Wuerl's archdiocese of Washington, asked for baptism.

"When the priest asked for an expression of faith , the dying man whispered:......"

Like the Good Thief on his cross, this man, too, keeps it both simple and profound!

"All I know is that I'm unhappy, and these sisters are very happy, even when I curse them and spit on them.

"Yesterday I finally asked them why they were so happy.

"They replied Jesus.

" I want this Jesus so I can finally be happy..."

Cardinal Dolan goes to make some points:

"A genuine act of faith, right?

"The New Evangelization is accomplished with a smile, not a frown.

"The missio ad gentes is all about a yes! to everything decent, good, true, beautiful and noble in the human person.

"The Church is about a yes! not a no!"

Way, to go, huh? :)

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