Letters

Shepherds (letter)

Br Con Moloney CFC

Contents - Oct 2002 - Buy a copy now Editorial: Positive developments in liturgy - Michael Gilchrist Power without responsibility: the vendetta against Dr Pell - Peter Westmore News: The Church Around the World - AD2000 Commission for Australian Catholic Women justifies its existence - Michael Gilchrist Liturgy: Vatican control over ICEL tightens - Dr William Oddie Bishop Power: Church teachings need to be 're-examined' - AD2000 REPORT US billionaire promotes orthodox teaching - Zenit News Service Catholic liturgy in the 21st century: major challenges facing the Church - Fr Peter Williams John Henry Newman's critique of liberalism - Michael Davies Letters: Archbishop Pell (letter) - Eamonn & Patricia Keane Letters: "The Pell Show" (letter) - Stephen Hitchings Letters: Justice? (letter) - Godwin Brown Letters: Shepherds (letter) - Br Con Moloney CFC Letters: Church "renovation" (letter) - B. Tooley Letters: Church re-design (letter) - Michael Barry Letters: Soul and body (letter) - Dr Nicholas Tonti-Filippini Letters: Zero tolerance (letter) - Alan A. Hoysted Letters: Letters to the Bishops (letter) - Mavis Power Letters: Catholic education (letter) - Dr Garrick Small Letters: US theologians (letter) - Fr G.H. Duggan SM Letters: Celibate priesthood (letter) - Cyril Drew Letters: Good response (letter) - C.G. Jarrells Letters: Novus Ordo (letter) - Maurice Collins Letters: New Zealand (letter) - Kevin E. Fennessy Poetry: The Great Deliverance - Marion Craig Books: The Courage to be Catholic, by George Weigel - Michael Novak (reviewer) Books: Completed Jew, by Andrew Sholl - Michael Casanova (reviewer) Books: Godfaring: On Reason, Faith and Sacred Being, by Francis Clark - Br Christian Moe FSC (reviewer) Books: New Titles from AD Books Reflection: Devotion to God through the Angelus and Rosary - Fr Fabian Duggan OSB

Even to the casual observer it should be evident that some sections of the media are taking every opportunity to attack the leaders of the Catholic Church, especially our Holy Father and our bishops. These leaders are our God-appointed shepherds and we are the sheep to whom they minister.

I have always found these shepherds to have been most diligent and loving in caring for the flock entrusted to them by the Lord. I find it ironic that the roles are now somewhat reversed and that we are called upon to show our leaders the love, care and support they now urgently need.

In fact it is not at all surprising that our Church leaders are being attacked, for this has been the case through the entire history of the Church. At the Last Supper Jesus himself predicted that it would be so: "If the world hates you, just remember that it has hated me first. If you belonged to the world, then the world would love you as its own. But I chose you from this world, and you do not belong to it; that is why the world hates you. Remember what I told you: 'No slave is greater than his master. If they persecuted me, they will persecute you too ... (Jn 15: 18- 20).

To all readers of AD2000 I make an earnest appeal that you keep in your prayers our Holy Father the Pope and all our bishops. Today they certainly need our support and encouragement.

BR CON MOLONEY CFC
Indooroopilly, Qld

Reprinted from AD2000 Vol 15 No 9 (October 2002), p. 13