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WORDS OF WISDOM

“I try to impress on them that nothing is important in our teaching, preaching, and pastoral activities as the notion we convey of the God who underwrites it all. Every homily we preach, every catechetical or sacramental teaching we give, and every pastoral practice we engage in reflects the God who undergirds it. If our teaching is narrow and petty, we make God look narrow and petty. If our pastoral practice lacks understanding and compassion, we make it seem as though God lacks understanding and compassion. If we are legalistic, we make God appear legalistic. If we arer tribal, nationalistic, or racist, we make God seem tribal, nationalistic, and racist. If we do things that befuddle common sense, we make God out to be the enemy of common sense, Crassly stated, when we do stupid things in our ministry, we make God look stupid”

- Fr. Ron Rolheiser, OMI, Ph.D., Insane for the Light, 2025

Wishing you and your loved ones a blessed and merry Christmas! 🎄

With joy,
Tim, Randy, Brian, Jeanette, Amy, & Luz
(OACE Staff)