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Be mindful of prisoners, as if sharing their imprisonment. (Letter to the Hebrews) That most loveable of popes, St Pope John XXIII, the Pope of the Council, very quickly showed the priorities of his Petrine ministry by being ‘mindful of prisoners’. His action spoke volumes about his pastoral...
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To bear wrongs patiently...
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To visit the sick...
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To counsel the doubtful...
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To shelter the homeless...
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To instruct the ignorant...
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To give drink to the thirsty...
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To feed the hungry...
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French novelist Andre Malraux once described a country parish priest who had heard confessions for many decades and summed up what he had learned about human nature in this manner: "First of all, people are much more unhappy than one thinks ... and there is no such thing as...
Be mindful of prisoners, as if sharing their imprisonment. (Letter to the Hebrews) That most loveable of popes, St Pope John XXIII, the Pope of the Council, very quickly showed the priorities of his Petrine ministry by being ‘mindful of prisoners’. His action spoke volumes about his pastoral...
To bear wrongs patiently...
To visit the sick...
To counsel the doubtful...
To shelter the homeless...
To instruct the ignorant...
To give drink to the thirsty...
To feed the hungry...
French novelist Andre Malraux once described a country parish priest who had heard confessions for many decades and summed up what he had learned about human nature in this manner: "First of all, people are much more unhappy than one thinks ... and there is no such thing as...