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CMCS Manhood Monday
Your weekly dose of "Living the Goodness of a Catholic Man".
May 10, 2021

Photo: Deer on the Forest Trail - Copyright 2021 Frank J Casella
The Moral Witness We Have To Offer
From Today's Readings:

Monday of the Sixth Week of Easter
 

Alleluia

R. Alleluia, alleluia.
The Spirit of truth will testify to me, says the Lord,
and you also will testify.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

 

.... Nevertheless, Catholic faith is brought to trial within an increasingly assertive secularization that imposes itself on the Church such that the reasoned debate and moral witness we have to offer in these days are mocked by the popular culture as being irrelevant to the aims and enlightened freedoms envisioned by our democracy.
 
In midst of all this, Catholics are encouraged to live out their faith – to put faith into action, principally by:
 
  • Joining the assembly of fellow Catholics who come together to sanctify Sunday, the Lord’s Day, rehearsing the Lord’s message and nourishing ourselves with his Sacrament.
  • Reflecting upon the scriptures as the Constitution of our very lives.
  • Living lives that reflect the instruction and spirit of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
  • Passing our faith to our children and making sure that faith finds trace in our households by our God-talk, family prayer and the images and symbols usually incident to Catholic life and praxis.
  • Compassionate action towards and advocacy for others who are in any way in a disadvantaged position in life.
  • Establishing a regimen of prayer in our private lives so as to nourish our discipleship in Christ.
  • Offering our resources for the mission of spreading the Good News of Christ to our church communities, for our children and youth and others who wish to know the Christ and his Church.
 
Bishop Joseph Perry
2012
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Frank's Photo of the Week
Visual inspiraton from 'God's Paint Brush'.
Photo: Deer on the Forest Trail - Copyright 2021 Frank J Casella
Photo: 'Deer on the Forest Trail Copyright 2021 Frank J Casella
I only got one click from the camera shutter of this guy before he leaped off into the woods. 
 
There seem to be more deer in the preserve this year, and I wonder if it is because of the hard winter with heavy snow? 
 
What is interesting, though, is that this deer seems to be quite young and is by itself. I usually see a pack of deer with the mother, and then, like this, when it seems the mother lets them go to be on their own. 
 
You wonder if deer make friends, like we humans do. 
 
Do you have friends? 
 
What kind of friends do you have? 
 
What kind of friend are you? 
 
Good friendship is rooted in love and forgiveness, loyalty, honesty, dedication, and shows itself in times of crisis. 
 
This, too, is the truth Christ calls us to testify.

 

Thanks for Reading.

 Make it a great week. See you back here again next Monday.

Frank J Casella, Cofounder & CMCS-Director

 

 

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Photo: Deer on the Forest Trail - Copyright 2021 Frank J Casella
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