The John-Henry Westen Show - Bishop Strickland Calls Out Rome For 'Weaponized Ambiguity' On Women, Homosexual Blessings

00:00:00.000 They're really at the forefront, being women of prayer.

00:00:04.360 And I know in the diocese where I served,

00:00:07.300 we were blessed with a cloistered monastery of women.

00:00:11.680 And I always reminded myself,

00:00:14.860 who knows how much more calamity there would be in the world

00:00:18.400 if there weren't these women in monasteries around the world.

00:00:22.140 They're diminished, but they're still there praying.

00:00:25.440 We have to believe in that power.

00:00:30.000 Hello, my friends.

00:00:34.520 It gives me great joy to bring to you a very familiar face.

00:00:38.760 Bishop Joseph Strickland is with us.

00:00:40.040 We're going to be talking today about another controversial thing

00:00:44.200 from Francis in the Vatican.

00:00:45.520 He instituted female lectors right inside the Vatican.

00:00:51.080 That was a permission given a while ago,

00:00:52.880 but it was a ceremony done as he did it in the Vatican

00:00:55.800 just a few weeks ago now.

00:00:57.280 Also, we noticed Diane Montagna, Vatican reporter,

00:01:02.660 has pointed out that only the English translation of Fiducia Supplicans

00:01:07.340 has a very part that many in the English language have used

00:01:11.600 to confront those who have said,

00:01:13.760 oh, there's a real problem with this document

00:01:15.000 because it said it was for the individuals

00:01:17.340 in paragraph 38 of Fiducia Supplicans.

00:01:20.020 But Diane Montagna, being the linguist that she is,

00:01:23.540 looked in the original Italian and in the Spanish

00:01:26.420 and in the German and in the French.

00:01:28.840 And lo and behold, it's all there about blessing in them.

00:01:32.440 It is for them.

00:01:33.740 Für sie in the German,

00:01:35.540 pour para ellos in the Spanish and so on.

00:01:39.540 And yet, in English, it's about the individuals.

00:01:42.720 So we're going to be talking about that

00:01:43.980 as well as Lent upcoming and starting on St. Valentine's Day.

00:01:48.160 Stay tuned for this episode of the John Maynard Weston Show.

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00:03:40.220 Bishop Strickland,

00:03:41.260 it's so good to be with you.

00:03:42.040 God bless you.

00:03:42.900 John Henry, thank you.

00:03:44.660 We can begin for us

00:03:46.280 as we always do

00:03:46.860 with the Santa Claus.

00:03:48.100 In the name of the Father,

00:03:48.900 in the Son,

00:03:49.480 of the Holy Spirit.

00:03:50.720 Amen.

00:03:51.620 Amen.

00:03:52.180 So,

00:03:52.980 you've been receiving

00:03:54.420 a lot of messages

00:03:55.460 of praise and thanks

00:03:56.380 for your stance,

00:03:58.620 your fidelity,

00:03:59.600 for the joy

00:04:00.680 and the confirmation

00:04:02.160 that people aren't crazy

00:04:02.920 that you're giving

00:04:03.380 a lot of people.

00:04:03.940 Tell us about that.

00:04:07.160 Yeah,

00:04:07.480 it really is overwhelming.

00:04:09.500 I'm humbled

00:04:10.040 by the number of people

00:04:11.340 really from all over

00:04:13.000 that are

00:04:13.960 just thanking me.

00:04:16.040 Thanking me

00:04:16.820 for the way

00:04:17.860 I've dealt with this,

00:04:19.220 which is,

00:04:19.940 you know,

00:04:20.520 humbling.

00:04:21.400 I really

00:04:22.160 feel

00:04:23.500 I have to credit

00:04:24.840 the grace of God,

00:04:26.540 the Holy Spirit.

00:04:27.980 Nobody told me

00:04:29.180 how to respond.

00:04:30.100 and I'm sure

00:04:31.620 there are different

00:04:32.380 ways to respond,

00:04:33.660 but really,

00:04:35.320 John Henry,

00:04:36.160 I base

00:04:37.140 the peace

00:04:38.780 that I feel,

00:04:40.140 the joy

00:04:40.620 that's still

00:04:41.160 in my life

00:04:41.940 is because

00:04:42.900 I'm sharing

00:04:44.180 the truth

00:04:44.840 of Jesus Christ.

00:04:46.000 That strengthens me,

00:04:47.840 but it is,

00:04:49.080 you know,

00:04:49.440 I'm human

00:04:50.060 and it's

00:04:51.200 very nice

00:04:52.460 to have

00:04:52.880 so many people,

00:04:54.340 I mean,

00:04:54.620 just today,

00:04:55.680 a couple of

00:04:56.340 high school students

00:04:57.680 thanking me

00:04:58.620 for speaking up

00:05:00.460 and for doing so

00:05:02.040 with a gentle heart,

00:05:04.320 not harshness,

00:05:06.000 but clear,

00:05:07.380 the clarity

00:05:08.580 I hear

00:05:09.400 gratitude for

00:05:10.880 and just

00:05:12.140 being willing

00:05:12.940 to speak

00:05:14.400 the truth

00:05:15.040 even when

00:05:16.380 there are

00:05:17.720 certainly forces

00:05:18.820 saying,

00:05:19.820 don't speak

00:05:20.200 the truth,

00:05:20.880 stay quiet.

00:05:22.320 So it is

00:05:23.500 gratifying

00:05:24.180 and I just

00:05:25.840 feel blessed

00:05:26.620 to have

00:05:28.560 that clarity

00:05:29.260 that,

00:05:30.000 you know,

00:05:31.120 I'm really

00:05:32.020 not against

00:05:32.920 anyone,

00:05:34.040 but I'm

00:05:34.820 for Jesus

00:05:35.640 Christ

00:05:36.260 and as he

00:05:37.400 tells us,

00:05:37.960 that creates

00:05:39.240 some division.

00:05:40.100 We divide

00:05:40.620 from anything

00:05:41.180 that is evil,

00:05:42.160 anything that

00:05:42.740 is not of God,

00:05:44.560 the closer

00:05:45.120 we grow to

00:05:45.840 Christ and

00:05:46.540 I'm still

00:05:47.620 on the journey

00:05:48.320 as we all

00:05:49.080 are.

00:05:49.820 I have a great

00:05:50.680 devotion to the

00:05:51.620 sacred heart

00:05:52.260 of Christ

00:05:52.780 and I,

00:05:53.820 just in prayer

00:05:54.480 this morning,

00:05:55.600 I like to pray

00:05:56.460 the rosary

00:05:57.280 and ask,

00:06:00.160 Lord,

00:06:00.660 bring me closer

00:06:01.580 to your sacred

00:06:02.340 heart as I

00:06:03.320 reflect on

00:06:04.220 the luminous

00:06:06.240 mysteries today

00:06:07.120 as he's

00:06:07.540 being baptized

00:06:08.200 by John

00:06:09.500 the Baptist.

00:06:10.220 So I think

00:06:11.260 to keep the

00:06:12.220 joy and

00:06:13.480 to keep the

00:06:14.060 clarity of

00:06:14.700 the truth

00:06:15.260 for me,

00:06:16.700 it gives me

00:06:17.300 strength and

00:06:18.120 I'm glad to

00:06:19.140 have so many

00:06:19.860 contacting me,

00:06:21.360 thanking me and

00:06:22.040 offering their

00:06:22.680 support,

00:06:23.760 offering help

00:06:24.680 in all kinds

00:06:25.420 of ways.

00:06:26.760 Beautiful.

00:06:27.940 The Vatican

00:06:29.640 continues to be

00:06:30.700 a source of

00:06:31.460 news,

00:06:32.300 of controversy,

00:06:33.500 of all things

00:06:34.380 going on.

00:06:34.920 One of the

00:06:35.740 things that

00:06:36.080 happened recently,

00:06:37.580 it actually

00:06:38.200 follows on

00:06:38.880 something that

00:06:39.320 came out of

00:06:39.840 Rome.

00:06:40.800 It was a

00:06:41.900 sort of

00:06:42.920 permanent or

00:06:44.240 making formal

00:06:45.900 the right or

00:06:47.480 the position of

00:06:48.700 acolyte and

00:06:49.640 lector for

00:06:51.020 women.

00:06:51.480 It was something

00:06:51.960 that was

00:06:52.320 permitted by,

00:06:54.160 you know,

00:06:54.320 in cases,

00:06:55.020 in circumstances

00:06:55.800 where that

00:06:56.860 wasn't,

00:06:57.560 there wasn't

00:06:57.900 something,

00:06:58.400 you know,

00:06:58.760 someone,

00:06:59.400 a man readily

00:06:59.960 available to

00:07:00.540 read or

00:07:00.740 whatever,

00:07:01.220 but there was

00:07:02.260 a formalization

00:07:03.000 of that some

00:07:03.560 time ago.

00:07:04.280 Pope Francis

00:07:04.740 has just

00:07:05.220 recently also

00:07:06.180 instituted two

00:07:07.840 women lectors

00:07:09.280 from different

00:07:09.880 parts of the

00:07:10.420 world.

00:07:11.560 Why is that

00:07:12.600 controversial?

00:07:14.040 What is that

00:07:14.900 and what is the

00:07:15.740 church's actual

00:07:17.060 stance on these

00:07:17.840 things and where

00:07:18.300 does it come from?

00:07:19.160 My take on it

00:07:20.380 is that it's

00:07:21.320 sort of a

00:07:22.220 very slow

00:07:24.140 but very

00:07:25.340 clear movement,

00:07:27.440 you know,

00:07:27.660 the controversy

00:07:28.480 of women's

00:07:29.140 ordination and

00:07:29.940 everything,

00:07:30.280 and we've

00:07:31.160 heard things,

00:07:31.720 oh,

00:07:31.920 well,

00:07:32.080 that's not

00:07:32.520 even on the

00:07:33.040 table for

00:07:33.580 discussion.

00:07:34.380 I think we

00:07:34.940 would both

00:07:35.460 agree we're

00:07:36.160 in a time

00:07:36.900 of great

00:07:38.180 confusion.

00:07:39.200 I would even

00:07:39.740 have said

00:07:40.340 recently,

00:07:41.300 weaponized

00:07:41.940 confusion.

00:07:42.800 You know,

00:07:43.020 people speak

00:07:43.820 of virtually

00:07:44.780 anything can

00:07:45.440 be weaponized,

00:07:46.360 but confusion

00:07:47.760 is really

00:07:48.860 not what we

00:07:50.360 need.

00:07:51.220 Very harmful.

00:07:53.200 It allows

00:07:54.040 people that

00:07:55.180 totally disagree

00:07:56.640 with our

00:07:57.840 faiths,

00:07:58.760 do not believe

00:07:59.660 in Jesus

00:08:00.180 Christ,

00:08:01.200 and really

00:08:02.240 mock us.

00:08:03.740 It allows

00:08:04.560 them to

00:08:05.020 kind of have

00:08:05.660 a pathway

00:08:06.760 into saying,

00:08:08.260 see,

00:08:08.880 even they

00:08:09.620 are not

00:08:10.160 clear on

00:08:10.920 what they

00:08:11.320 believe,

00:08:11.900 these Christians

00:08:13.180 or these

00:08:13.680 Catholics.

00:08:14.820 So I

00:08:16.240 think it

00:08:16.860 really does

00:08:18.000 create confusion.

00:08:20.200 And,

00:08:20.480 you know,

00:08:22.300 God has

00:08:23.520 created us

00:08:24.280 male and

00:08:24.960 female,

00:08:25.980 and given

00:08:26.460 distinct roles

00:08:27.620 of what it

00:08:28.540 means to be

00:08:29.340 male,

00:08:29.700 what it

00:08:29.980 means to

00:08:30.420 be female.

00:08:31.620 There's

00:08:32.020 been controversy

00:08:32.980 for my

00:08:34.360 lifetime about

00:08:35.560 a male-only

00:08:36.880 priesthood,

00:08:38.260 but that is

00:08:39.280 our belief.

00:08:41.140 Christ chose

00:08:42.140 12 men.

00:08:43.760 One of them

00:08:44.300 was a betrayer,

00:08:45.660 but they were

00:08:46.160 all men.

00:08:48.360 Failed

00:08:49.000 in times,

00:08:50.300 weak,

00:08:51.240 but they were

00:08:51.940 men.

00:08:52.500 They're through

00:08:54.080 the Hebrew

00:08:54.980 scriptures.

00:08:56.140 There's

00:08:56.380 something about

00:08:57.440 a patriarchal

00:08:59.100 community,

00:09:01.000 and many

00:09:02.100 people reject

00:09:02.820 that.

00:09:03.140 Oh,

00:09:03.260 it's just

00:09:03.700 terrible.

00:09:04.240 It's horrible.

00:09:05.000 But God,

00:09:06.160 the Father,

00:09:07.080 we believe,

00:09:08.480 has set a

00:09:09.440 pattern there

00:09:10.240 out of his

00:09:11.120 love.

00:09:12.320 And I would

00:09:13.000 encourage people

00:09:13.840 to,

00:09:15.260 and really,

00:09:16.280 John Henry,

00:09:16.860 I believe

00:09:17.640 an awful

00:09:18.120 lot of

00:09:18.500 our issues

00:09:19.220 in the

00:09:19.720 world,

00:09:20.220 all across

00:09:21.520 the board,

00:09:22.940 come down

00:09:23.560 to not

00:09:25.400 knowing and

00:09:26.720 not believing

00:09:27.700 God really

00:09:29.180 loves us.

00:09:30.820 If we really

00:09:31.960 believe that,

00:09:32.940 male or

00:09:33.580 female,

00:09:34.700 then we

00:09:35.900 can begin

00:09:36.360 to trust

00:09:37.220 in these

00:09:38.300 traditions and

00:09:39.920 these patterns

00:09:40.680 of how has

00:09:41.740 God operated?

00:09:42.540 If we believe

00:09:43.560 sacred scripture,

00:09:45.320 which of course

00:09:46.040 we do,

00:09:46.660 as Catholics,

00:09:47.960 and thankfully

00:09:48.420 many people

00:09:49.280 do,

00:09:50.400 if you believe

00:09:51.440 sacred scripture,

00:09:53.040 then God

00:09:53.740 has operated

00:09:55.180 in a

00:09:56.500 patriarchal

00:09:57.420 manner.

00:09:58.340 I mean,

00:09:58.620 the fact that

00:09:59.200 we call God

00:09:59.960 Father is

00:10:01.300 not some

00:10:01.880 denigration

00:10:03.420 of women.

00:10:04.220 It really

00:10:04.660 is the

00:10:05.020 opposite.

00:10:06.120 It's giving

00:10:06.840 the clear

00:10:07.820 roles of

00:10:09.500 humanity.

00:10:10.700 Of course,

00:10:11.080 God is

00:10:11.600 Father.

00:10:12.780 He's not a

00:10:13.380 human Father.

00:10:14.720 He's divine.

00:10:15.640 But that

00:10:16.720 patriarchal

00:10:18.160 approach

00:10:18.760 shows us

00:10:19.960 something of

00:10:20.520 who God

00:10:21.060 is and

00:10:22.060 the

00:10:22.240 complementarity

00:10:23.220 of women

00:10:24.280 in the

00:10:25.220 human

00:10:25.580 society.

00:10:27.260 It really

00:10:28.320 is a

00:10:29.040 beautiful

00:10:29.540 gift that

00:10:30.800 God has

00:10:31.220 revealed to

00:10:31.860 us.

00:10:32.360 These

00:10:32.560 distinctions,

00:10:33.600 these

00:10:33.760 differences,

00:10:35.100 not a

00:10:35.600 lack of

00:10:36.120 equality.

00:10:37.920 God's

00:10:38.400 sons and

00:10:39.100 God's

00:10:39.540 daughters are

00:10:40.260 beloved.

00:10:40.800 And we can

00:10:41.200 see that in

00:10:41.960 sacred scripture.

00:10:42.700 Of course,

00:10:43.360 we see the

00:10:45.060 most exalted

00:10:46.080 human being

00:10:47.040 is a

00:10:48.100 woman,

00:10:48.900 Mary of

00:10:49.600 Nazareth,

00:10:50.460 the Immaculate

00:10:51.060 Conception,

00:10:51.940 the mother of

00:10:52.600 Jesus.

00:10:53.760 And people

00:10:54.060 would say,

00:10:54.660 well, what

00:10:55.040 about Jesus?

00:10:55.820 Of course,

00:10:56.480 he is fully

00:10:57.220 man, but

00:10:58.160 he's also

00:10:58.600 fully God.

00:10:59.720 So he is

00:11:00.360 not the

00:11:01.920 only human.

00:11:04.260 Mary is

00:11:04.840 only human.

00:11:05.780 So she is

00:11:06.800 a member

00:11:07.780 of our race

00:11:08.580 and there's

00:11:09.320 poetry,

00:11:10.080 there's

00:11:10.260 beautiful

00:11:10.880 reflections

00:11:11.960 and theological

00:11:12.920 texts that

00:11:13.760 speak of that

00:11:14.560 reality of

00:11:15.420 marriage.

00:11:16.000 So to

00:11:16.940 say that

00:11:17.500 somehow

00:11:18.080 women are

00:11:20.020 less than

00:11:21.520 for the

00:11:22.000 Catholic

00:11:22.320 Church,

00:11:23.220 it just

00:11:23.720 doesn't

00:11:24.260 really

00:11:24.660 understand

00:11:25.380 our

00:11:25.680 theology

00:11:26.200 and our

00:11:27.620 piety,

00:11:28.880 our way

00:11:29.660 of living

00:11:30.360 as devout

00:11:31.240 Catholics.

00:11:32.380 Certainly

00:11:32.860 through the

00:11:34.420 centuries,

00:11:35.220 sometimes women

00:11:36.300 have been

00:11:37.520 put down

00:11:38.980 in one

00:11:39.540 way or

00:11:39.920 another.

00:11:41.100 But to

00:11:41.860 abandon a

00:11:42.980 patriarchal

00:11:43.960 model because

00:11:45.300 of those

00:11:45.940 issues, it

00:11:46.960 doesn't make

00:11:47.540 sense and it

00:11:48.180 doesn't really

00:11:48.840 work because

00:11:50.240 no matter how

00:11:51.220 much modern

00:11:52.060 society wants

00:11:53.720 to say there's

00:11:55.040 no difference,

00:11:56.220 there is.

00:11:57.420 Children will

00:11:58.480 tell you that.

00:11:59.580 There's a

00:12:00.020 difference between

00:12:00.820 dad and

00:12:01.380 mom.

00:12:02.120 Those can be

00:12:03.100 and should be

00:12:03.880 and are meant

00:12:04.500 by God to be

00:12:05.480 complimentary.

00:12:06.100 And all

00:12:07.520 of that is

00:12:08.160 what the

00:12:09.240 church's

00:12:10.040 holy orders

00:12:11.180 and the

00:12:12.260 whole church's

00:12:13.200 structure is

00:12:13.960 based on.

00:12:15.180 We both

00:12:15.900 know holy

00:12:17.640 religious women

00:12:18.920 committed and

00:12:20.300 consecrated

00:12:21.140 religious.

00:12:22.640 In many

00:12:23.180 ways, I

00:12:23.920 believe their

00:12:24.780 quiet prayers,

00:12:26.760 you might say

00:12:27.440 in the

00:12:27.780 background, but

00:12:28.900 really not in

00:12:30.420 the background as

00:12:31.720 far as people

00:12:32.620 of the kingdom.

00:12:34.080 They're really at

00:12:34.760 the forefront,

00:12:36.200 being women

00:12:36.800 of prayer.

00:12:38.320 And I

00:12:39.080 know in the

00:12:39.660 diocese where

00:12:40.380 I served, we

00:12:42.760 were blessed

00:12:43.460 with a

00:12:44.280 cloistered

00:12:45.140 monastery of

00:12:46.240 women.

00:12:47.000 And I

00:12:47.340 always reminded

00:12:48.640 myself, who

00:12:50.240 knows how

00:12:51.560 much calamity,

00:12:52.760 how much more

00:12:53.500 calamity there

00:12:54.360 would be in the

00:12:55.020 world if there

00:12:56.140 weren't these

00:12:56.720 women in

00:12:57.540 monasteries around

00:12:58.660 the world.

00:12:59.180 They're diminished,

00:12:59.980 but they're still

00:13:00.560 there praying.

00:13:02.300 We have to

00:13:03.100 believe in that

00:13:03.840 power.

00:13:04.320 So there are

00:13:04.860 multi-facets to

00:13:06.640 what I see as

00:13:07.820 a concern.

00:13:09.320 For one thing,

00:13:10.920 if there is

00:13:11.820 absolutely no

00:13:13.360 intention of

00:13:14.780 having, of

00:13:15.880 promoting and

00:13:16.920 pushing a

00:13:18.440 female priesthood,

00:13:20.140 then you're

00:13:21.600 definitely, again,

00:13:22.580 going back to

00:13:23.280 confusion, you're

00:13:24.920 giving women a

00:13:27.720 false impression

00:13:28.600 that's like,

00:13:29.240 well, we can

00:13:30.160 make it to

00:13:30.620 Lecter, we

00:13:31.200 can get to

00:13:31.780 Acolyte, maybe

00:13:32.660 deacons next,

00:13:33.680 and then keep

00:13:34.900 moving down

00:13:35.860 that path.

00:13:36.760 If there's

00:13:37.140 absolutely no

00:13:37.880 intention of

00:13:38.620 that, then

00:13:39.800 it's confusing

00:13:41.160 to say, well,

00:13:42.600 we'll give you

00:13:43.180 this.

00:13:43.760 And to me,

00:13:44.860 it's denigrating

00:13:46.340 to the beautiful

00:13:48.000 value of women

00:13:49.220 in the church.

00:13:50.780 Tremendous

00:13:51.380 blessing as

00:13:52.740 a man.

00:13:53.360 I mean, that's

00:13:53.840 God's plan.

00:13:54.760 So it's

00:13:56.380 troubling to

00:13:57.300 see the

00:13:57.700 confusion.

00:13:58.200 it's troubling

00:13:59.060 to see

00:13:59.760 moving away

00:14:01.120 or even

00:14:02.560 incremental

00:14:03.260 steps moving

00:14:04.360 away from

00:14:04.920 being very

00:14:05.540 clear that

00:14:07.100 little boys

00:14:08.720 should be

00:14:10.040 encouraged and

00:14:11.260 supported to

00:14:12.920 contemplate the

00:14:14.860 possibility.

00:14:16.460 Are they

00:14:16.760 called to

00:14:17.720 holy orders?

00:14:19.140 Deacon,

00:14:19.660 priest,

00:14:20.440 little girls

00:14:21.280 need to be

00:14:22.100 reminded to

00:14:23.280 think of the

00:14:24.340 beautiful path

00:14:25.300 of religious life

00:14:26.460 that they

00:14:26.840 may be

00:14:27.220 called to.

00:14:28.320 And even

00:14:28.700 that, I

00:14:29.220 think, gets

00:14:29.620 interfered with

00:14:30.680 the confusion

00:14:31.860 in the mixing

00:14:32.800 of roles and

00:14:34.160 not being

00:14:34.680 clear what

00:14:35.920 the role of

00:14:36.680 men is in

00:14:37.300 the church

00:14:37.840 and in

00:14:38.400 society,

00:14:39.140 what the

00:14:39.460 role of

00:14:39.900 women is

00:14:40.480 in the

00:14:40.860 church and

00:14:41.860 in society.

00:14:43.800 Beautiful.

00:14:44.920 There is one

00:14:45.740 more big

00:14:46.200 confusion from

00:14:47.080 Rome.

00:14:47.380 In fact, it

00:14:47.700 was discovered

00:14:48.200 by Dan

00:14:48.760 Montagna, a

00:14:50.060 Vatican reporter

00:14:51.500 who's very

00:14:52.560 much in the

00:14:52.900 language,

00:14:53.240 particularly

00:14:53.680 Italian.

00:14:54.460 She's just

00:14:55.020 perfect in

00:14:55.680 Italian.

00:14:56.020 When she

00:14:56.240 looked at

00:14:56.620 the texts,

00:14:57.940 she discovered

00:14:58.660 in the

00:14:59.660 Italian

00:15:00.000 official text,

00:15:01.320 paragraph 38

00:15:02.080 of fiducius

00:15:02.820 uppercrants,

00:15:03.320 because in

00:15:03.600 the beginning

00:15:03.880 it does talk

00:15:04.660 very specifically

00:15:05.520 about the

00:15:06.460 possibility of

00:15:07.040 blessing for

00:15:08.200 irregular couples

00:15:09.860 and same-sex

00:15:11.460 couples.

00:15:12.060 So we're

00:15:12.260 talking about

00:15:12.620 couples already,

00:15:13.200 and that

00:15:13.360 created much

00:15:14.260 consternation,

00:15:14.940 particularly in

00:15:15.600 Africa.

00:15:16.080 But she

00:15:16.320 discovered

00:15:16.660 something even

00:15:17.140 beyond that,

00:15:17.900 because in

00:15:18.720 America,

00:15:19.400 particularly,

00:15:20.420 there were

00:15:20.840 people arguing

00:15:21.820 about, no,

00:15:22.260 it's for

00:15:22.480 individuals,

00:15:23.200 but it says

00:15:23.520 couples,

00:15:23.900 but yes,

00:15:24.300 but the text

00:15:24.700 says individuals.

00:15:25.680 And then

00:15:26.980 came something

00:15:27.960 of a bombshell

00:15:28.700 when she

00:15:29.420 reports it.

00:15:30.740 Wait a minute.

00:15:31.860 Actually, in the

00:15:32.560 Italian original,

00:15:33.660 it doesn't say

00:15:34.400 for individuals,

00:15:35.620 it talks about

00:15:36.960 for them.

00:15:39.560 In the German,

00:15:40.780 for you,

00:15:40.960 a Z, which is

00:15:41.640 totally plural,

00:15:42.940 it's not.

00:15:43.960 And in

00:15:44.900 Spanish,

00:15:46.960 para ellos,

00:15:47.940 and in other

00:15:48.540 languages,

00:15:49.000 there's about

00:15:49.340 five languages

00:15:49.940 there,

00:15:50.180 even in

00:15:50.540 Dutch,

00:15:52.000 we check,

00:15:52.940 I stop

00:15:53.280 Dutch,

00:15:53.640 excuse me,

00:15:54.020 Polish.

00:15:54.600 It also is

00:15:55.240 the plural

00:15:55.640 only.

00:15:56.760 So somehow,

00:15:57.960 there's some

00:15:58.280 fooling around

00:15:58.760 going on,

00:15:59.760 making in

00:16:00.580 English,

00:16:02.400 the,

00:16:03.660 you know,

00:16:04.080 I don't know,

00:16:04.680 it's some kind

00:16:05.260 of leaning

00:16:05.720 toward perhaps

00:16:06.680 a more orthodox

00:16:07.400 interpretation,

00:16:07.840 because,

00:16:09.040 well,

00:16:09.180 that's where

00:16:09.520 all the pushback

00:16:10.000 comes from,

00:16:10.440 usually in

00:16:11.100 English-speaking

00:16:11.540 countries,

00:16:12.080 and now it's

00:16:12.680 English-speaking

00:16:13.300 Africa and

00:16:14.300 America as

00:16:15.540 well.

00:16:16.060 What's your

00:16:16.460 take on that?

00:16:17.400 It was just

00:16:18.100 stunning to me.

00:16:19.520 Well,

00:16:19.920 once again,

00:16:20.980 confusion.

00:16:22.940 And one

00:16:23.860 thing that I

00:16:24.400 would point

00:16:24.920 out that

00:16:25.740 is,

00:16:27.440 I think,

00:16:28.120 problematic,

00:16:29.700 certainly

00:16:31.420 could be

00:16:32.300 dealt with,

00:16:33.500 but for

00:16:34.840 many,

00:16:37.040 many years,

00:16:37.840 I would

00:16:39.060 presume

00:16:39.780 centuries.

00:16:41.180 I mean,

00:16:41.920 I don't

00:16:42.720 claim to

00:16:43.580 know that

00:16:44.060 for sure,

00:16:44.900 but I

00:16:45.520 know when

00:16:45.920 I studied

00:16:46.580 Canada Law,

00:16:48.000 what we

00:16:48.520 learned is

00:16:49.180 the official

00:16:50.960 texts were

00:16:51.720 always published

00:16:52.460 in Latin.

00:16:54.580 And I

00:16:55.560 can see

00:16:56.040 now why

00:16:57.380 that's so

00:16:57.940 important,

00:16:58.360 because as

00:16:59.240 you know,

00:16:59.780 translations

00:17:00.420 can,

00:17:01.720 as you're

00:17:02.200 pointing out,

00:17:03.300 can make a

00:17:04.000 total difference

00:17:05.060 in the meaning

00:17:05.840 and can be

00:17:06.960 critical.

00:17:07.840 to what

00:17:08.580 we're

00:17:08.860 talking about.

00:17:10.360 And so

00:17:10.800 the wisdom

00:17:11.780 of the

00:17:12.120 church using

00:17:12.740 Latin as

00:17:13.840 the standard,

00:17:15.960 as the

00:17:16.460 home base

00:17:17.320 language to

00:17:19.240 be used

00:17:19.800 always,

00:17:21.120 it really

00:17:22.740 helps to

00:17:24.160 avoid the

00:17:24.720 confusion.

00:17:25.220 and you

00:17:26.240 can,

00:17:26.780 I mean,

00:17:27.080 like the

00:17:27.580 Code of

00:17:27.940 Canada Law,

00:17:28.740 you have a

00:17:29.760 Latin text,

00:17:31.480 and you can

00:17:32.540 have different

00:17:33.480 ideas about

00:17:34.260 certain

00:17:34.860 translations of

00:17:36.100 Latin,

00:17:36.520 but some,

00:17:37.040 like you're

00:17:37.420 pointing out,

00:17:38.240 some of it's

00:17:39.060 totally clear.

00:17:40.860 I mean,

00:17:41.100 in Spanish,

00:17:41.900 I know some

00:17:42.600 Spanish,

00:17:44.000 ellos means

00:17:45.140 them,

00:17:45.700 it doesn't mean

00:17:46.360 anything else.

00:17:47.100 If you're using

00:17:47.620 that word,

00:17:48.220 you're speaking

00:17:48.700 of a plural

00:17:49.640 them.

00:17:50.440 And so

00:17:52.200 that's one

00:17:53.380 level of

00:17:54.180 problem that

00:17:55.520 I see with

00:17:56.960 issuing a text

00:17:58.380 in Italian.

00:17:59.980 Why do I

00:18:00.520 not issue it

00:18:01.000 in Latin?

00:18:01.720 And then

00:18:02.920 be very clear

00:18:04.080 about the

00:18:04.620 translations of

00:18:05.820 those Latin

00:18:06.460 words into

00:18:08.040 the different

00:18:08.620 languages.

00:18:10.060 Beyond that,

00:18:11.340 it doesn't

00:18:12.240 help.

00:18:13.380 I mean,

00:18:13.880 I applaud

00:18:14.880 you and

00:18:15.880 Diane and

00:18:16.760 other

00:18:17.140 journalists who

00:18:18.720 are watching

00:18:19.760 things.

00:18:21.380 And it,

00:18:21.820 I mean,

00:18:22.080 that's what

00:18:22.520 you need to

00:18:23.100 do is to

00:18:23.780 point out,

00:18:24.820 was it a

00:18:25.900 mistake?

00:18:26.660 It needs to

00:18:27.200 be corrected.

00:18:28.460 Was it

00:18:28.980 intentional?

00:18:29.820 With what

00:18:30.280 sort of

00:18:31.320 intent was

00:18:33.000 there?

00:18:34.080 And to

00:18:34.460 me,

00:18:35.220 without even

00:18:36.280 trying to

00:18:37.580 figure out

00:18:38.460 why this

00:18:39.740 was done,

00:18:40.280 if it was

00:18:40.920 done intentionally,

00:18:41.980 if it was

00:18:42.660 not an

00:18:43.360 editing error,

00:18:45.120 which I

00:18:45.540 presume it

00:18:46.060 wasn't,

00:18:46.520 or that

00:18:46.820 would have

00:18:47.080 been made

00:18:48.140 very clear

00:18:48.860 already,

00:18:49.620 oh,

00:18:49.840 we edited

00:18:50.340 it wrong,

00:18:50.880 and here's

00:18:51.280 the proper

00:18:52.420 correction.

00:18:53.680 And that

00:18:54.020 can happen.

00:18:54.640 I mean,

00:18:54.960 we both

00:18:55.500 edited text,

00:18:56.500 and you

00:18:56.980 can have

00:18:57.720 a mistake

00:18:58.300 there.

00:18:59.680 But it's

00:19:01.360 very

00:19:02.060 troublesome.

00:19:03.740 And to

00:19:04.040 me,

00:19:04.280 probably the

00:19:05.060 heart of

00:19:05.800 what troubled

00:19:06.620 me about

00:19:07.260 it is

00:19:08.200 that,

00:19:09.500 again,

00:19:10.620 it gives

00:19:11.340 fodder to

00:19:13.120 people who

00:19:14.180 love to

00:19:15.060 attack the

00:19:15.740 church.

00:19:16.100 it gives

00:19:17.320 people

00:19:17.820 information

00:19:19.860 that says

00:19:20.840 there's

00:19:22.080 deceit

00:19:22.640 here.

00:19:23.500 You hate

00:19:24.180 to make

00:19:24.640 that

00:19:24.920 judgment,

00:19:26.160 but having

00:19:27.280 a brain,

00:19:28.700 you can

00:19:29.240 say,

00:19:29.720 well,

00:19:29.920 that is

00:19:30.540 one path

00:19:32.300 you can

00:19:32.680 go down.

00:19:33.300 And that's

00:19:33.680 a very

00:19:34.360 difficult and

00:19:36.660 problematic

00:19:37.360 path to

00:19:38.640 say there's

00:19:39.900 an intentional

00:19:40.680 deceit

00:19:41.560 happening

00:19:42.040 with one

00:19:43.900 translation in

00:19:45.420 English and

00:19:46.440 another in

00:19:47.120 another language

00:19:48.240 that what's

00:19:49.900 going on

00:19:50.480 there.

00:19:50.940 And that

00:19:51.260 becomes,

00:19:52.260 I mean,

00:19:53.120 you know,

00:19:53.480 we have

00:19:53.880 such a

00:19:54.480 problem in

00:19:55.600 the world

00:19:56.140 today,

00:19:56.840 not just

00:19:57.540 in the

00:19:57.920 church,

00:19:58.400 but across

00:19:59.720 the board

00:20:00.360 with authority

00:20:01.260 and trusting,

00:20:03.520 trusting authority

00:20:04.600 in these kind

00:20:06.100 of things

00:20:06.580 don't help

00:20:07.680 when people

00:20:09.540 that are ready

00:20:10.660 to just tear

00:20:11.720 the church

00:20:12.480 down can

00:20:13.780 say,

00:20:14.400 see,

00:20:15.240 they're being

00:20:15.880 deceptive in

00:20:16.880 the way they're

00:20:17.360 doing this.

00:20:18.640 You would

00:20:19.100 hate to even

00:20:20.080 think that,

00:20:21.680 but it

00:20:23.020 opens the

00:20:23.760 door for

00:20:24.480 that kind

00:20:24.980 of speculation.

00:20:26.640 And I

00:20:26.900 think we

00:20:27.980 need to pay

00:20:28.480 attention to

00:20:29.280 that because

00:20:30.240 in this

00:20:30.740 modern world

00:20:31.520 with all

00:20:32.080 the communication,

00:20:33.500 with all

00:20:33.980 the people

00:20:34.480 that would

00:20:34.920 love to,

00:20:35.520 I mean,

00:20:35.740 we've both

00:20:36.280 heard statements

00:20:37.080 from people

00:20:37.780 that want

00:20:38.760 to have a

00:20:39.460 globally

00:20:40.160 different world

00:20:41.460 who would

00:20:42.640 love to

00:20:43.260 see the

00:20:43.820 Catholic

00:20:44.260 Church

00:20:44.880 totally

00:20:46.040 eliminated

00:20:47.140 from the

00:20:48.360 human

00:20:48.760 landscape.

00:20:50.000 We know

00:20:50.640 that won't

00:20:51.100 happen because

00:20:52.260 it was

00:20:52.640 established by

00:20:53.580 Jesus Christ,

00:20:55.220 God's divine

00:20:56.100 son.

00:20:57.360 But the

00:20:57.840 fact that

00:20:58.300 people would

00:20:59.020 love to

00:20:59.500 see that

00:21:00.000 happen,

00:21:00.820 and these

00:21:01.360 kind of

00:21:01.740 things undermine

00:21:03.580 the presence

00:21:05.220 of the church

00:21:05.980 in the world

00:21:06.520 that needs

00:21:06.960 to be a

00:21:07.660 beacon of

00:21:08.320 light and

00:21:08.900 hope.

00:21:09.300 So I

00:21:10.440 hope we

00:21:10.980 can learn

00:21:11.620 from some

00:21:12.180 of these

00:21:12.520 things and

00:21:13.880 be very

00:21:14.960 clear about

00:21:16.080 everything that's

00:21:17.040 issued.

00:21:18.280 And if

00:21:20.040 it is a

00:21:22.020 what I would

00:21:23.640 call sinister

00:21:24.440 intention of

00:21:25.920 being deceptive,

00:21:27.340 that needs to

00:21:28.680 be addressed

00:21:29.580 as well.

00:21:30.380 What in the

00:21:31.280 world is

00:21:32.060 going on

00:21:32.900 if leaders

00:21:35.280 in the

00:21:35.760 church are

00:21:36.820 intentionally

00:21:37.420 saying,

00:21:38.540 well,

00:21:38.700 in this

00:21:39.080 language,

00:21:39.820 they'll get

00:21:40.180 this version,

00:21:41.280 in this

00:21:41.680 language,

00:21:42.240 they'll get

00:21:42.580 a different

00:21:43.020 version.

00:21:44.600 Talk about

00:21:45.240 politics.

00:21:46.100 I mean,

00:21:46.400 that's what

00:21:46.880 you can

00:21:47.220 presume,

00:21:47.800 is they're

00:21:48.100 trying to

00:21:49.080 tamp down

00:21:50.040 one or

00:21:51.140 the other

00:21:51.580 somehow,

00:21:52.780 saying,

00:21:53.200 well,

00:21:53.340 it'll be

00:21:53.680 more

00:21:53.960 accepted.

00:21:55.140 It's just

00:21:55.800 deceit in

00:21:57.320 its ugliest

00:21:57.980 form.

00:21:58.780 It would be

00:21:59.300 something if it

00:21:59.960 was just an

00:22:00.560 error.

00:22:01.080 Except the

00:22:01.680 Vatican,

00:22:02.420 under Pope

00:22:02.840 Francis,

00:22:03.720 is already

00:22:04.320 known for

00:22:05.100 this kind

00:22:05.540 of deception.

00:22:06.060 There was

00:22:06.260 a book

00:22:07.480 out by

00:22:08.100 Pope Francis

00:22:08.940 and they

00:22:09.540 tried to

00:22:09.920 get Pope

00:22:10.320 Benedict,

00:22:10.660 while he

00:22:10.900 was still

00:22:11.200 alive,

00:22:11.560 to endorse

00:22:12.440 it.

00:22:12.680 And he

00:22:12.860 sent a

00:22:13.220 letter thanking

00:22:14.560 them for

00:22:15.100 it,

00:22:15.400 but he had

00:22:15.920 some issues

00:22:16.920 with it.

00:22:17.620 And they

00:22:18.040 even showed

00:22:18.580 a photo

00:22:19.160 of the

00:22:19.680 Benedict

00:22:19.900 letter with

00:22:20.860 some of

00:22:22.000 the parts

00:22:22.540 that were

00:22:23.100 somewhat

00:22:23.400 critical,

00:22:24.100 fuzzed out,

00:22:24.660 you couldn't

00:22:25.000 see them,

00:22:25.380 and that was

00:22:25.720 intentional,

00:22:26.260 and they

00:22:26.400 were caught

00:22:27.020 for it.

00:22:27.940 And so it

00:22:28.160 was a real

00:22:28.560 embarrassment,

00:22:29.240 and I

00:22:29.460 think the

00:22:30.080 Monsignor

00:22:30.800 was actually

00:22:31.300 like both

00:22:31.740 of that,

00:22:32.080 put into

00:22:32.360 another

00:22:32.660 higher

00:22:32.900 position

00:22:33.220 probably,

00:22:33.840 but nonetheless

00:22:34.340 officially let

00:22:35.420 go so

00:22:35.820 they could

00:22:37.040 make sure

00:22:37.440 that they

00:22:37.720 did something.

00:22:38.240 But it

00:22:39.260 was an

00:22:39.580 intentional

00:22:40.360 deception,

00:22:41.540 that was

00:22:41.860 proved,

00:22:42.800 in order

00:22:43.160 to bolster

00:22:44.040 Francis at

00:22:44.780 the expense

00:22:45.320 of Pope

00:22:45.940 Benedict and

00:22:46.420 being honest

00:22:46.920 with the

00:22:47.380 former

00:22:47.660 Holy Father.

00:22:49.280 It's totally

00:22:50.040 crazy, but

00:22:50.540 yet that is

00:22:51.280 our Vatican

00:22:51.660 today.

00:22:52.240 So to

00:22:53.100 try and,

00:22:54.440 for all those

00:22:54.840 who would

00:22:55.020 like to say,

00:22:55.480 oh, it's

00:22:56.080 probably nothing,

00:22:57.340 well, actually

00:22:57.920 there's some

00:22:58.360 indication that

00:22:59.120 they've gone

00:23:00.360 down that

00:23:00.780 road before.

00:23:02.360 we are in

00:23:04.860 strange times,

00:23:06.160 but one of

00:23:06.920 the helps

00:23:08.280 to the

00:23:08.920 church, I

00:23:09.400 think a

00:23:09.640 great help

00:23:10.100 to the

00:23:10.400 church, is

00:23:11.620 penance,

00:23:12.740 penance of

00:23:13.260 the people.

00:23:14.360 We are

00:23:14.580 coming up

00:23:15.180 quite soon

00:23:15.820 actually, to

00:23:17.100 Lent.

00:23:18.380 Lent starts

00:23:19.040 this year on

00:23:19.700 St.

00:23:19.900 Valentine's

00:23:20.300 Day, that's

00:23:20.800 an interesting

00:23:21.240 thing all by

00:23:21.760 itself, but

00:23:22.820 tell us about

00:23:24.480 Lent and

00:23:25.320 what are your

00:23:25.920 thoughts for

00:23:26.900 this Lent for

00:23:27.660 yourself this

00:23:28.280 year?

00:23:28.720 Well, I

00:23:29.400 believe Lent is

00:23:30.300 a great

00:23:31.100 blessing in

00:23:32.100 the life of

00:23:32.640 the church,

00:23:33.440 thankfully, still

00:23:34.420 more or less

00:23:35.460 the way I

00:23:36.340 grew up with

00:23:36.960 it.

00:23:37.980 It is a

00:23:38.880 time of

00:23:40.480 what the

00:23:41.860 church likes

00:23:42.440 to call a

00:23:43.100 retreat of

00:23:44.500 the church, a

00:23:45.780 time to be

00:23:48.540 renewed, to

00:23:49.600 refocus.

00:23:51.100 There's the

00:23:51.740 tradition of

00:23:52.560 some fasting

00:23:54.360 and abstinence,

00:23:55.880 and the idea

00:23:57.400 of giving

00:23:58.640 something up,

00:23:59.620 sort of

00:24:00.980 during the

00:24:01.660 Lenten

00:24:01.980 season, of

00:24:02.640 fasting from

00:24:03.700 various things

00:24:05.160 that are

00:24:05.600 enjoyable, and

00:24:07.520 even maybe

00:24:08.880 some extra

00:24:10.220 prayer, some

00:24:11.360 time to go

00:24:12.700 to church.

00:24:13.860 If you

00:24:14.280 typically don't

00:24:15.180 go on a

00:24:15.700 Friday, maybe

00:24:16.380 go for

00:24:16.880 Fridays for

00:24:18.440 Stations of

00:24:19.540 the Cross.

00:24:20.300 So it's a

00:24:21.200 time, and

00:24:22.260 beautifully, Lent

00:24:23.960 is a time

00:24:24.680 leading up to

00:24:26.160 Easter, our

00:24:27.080 greatest feast,

00:24:27.920 resurrection of

00:24:29.000 the Lord, the

00:24:30.060 very heart

00:24:31.380 of where

00:24:33.740 our faith

00:24:34.440 begins, Jesus

00:24:36.020 Christ born

00:24:37.060 into this

00:24:37.580 world, he

00:24:38.580 suffers for us,

00:24:39.620 he dies for

00:24:40.280 us, he rises

00:24:41.040 from the dead,

00:24:42.240 that is the

00:24:43.160 kerygma, that

00:24:43.900 is the

00:24:44.720 beginning, that's

00:24:46.660 the seed of

00:24:47.860 what the

00:24:48.940 church is.

00:24:50.160 The apostles

00:24:51.220 and those

00:24:51.880 gathered around

00:24:52.700 them, they

00:24:53.540 originally called

00:24:54.320 it the way,

00:24:55.320 and they

00:24:56.260 followed that

00:24:57.000 way that

00:24:57.680 led with

00:24:59.620 Christ to

00:25:00.640 everlasting

00:25:01.240 life.

00:25:01.920 So Lent

00:25:02.880 is pretty

00:25:04.400 much preparing

00:25:05.640 for what it's

00:25:06.260 all about,

00:25:07.160 what the

00:25:08.320 church is.

00:25:09.860 Every Sunday

00:25:10.700 is a little

00:25:11.520 Easter, and

00:25:12.500 Lent is a

00:25:13.160 time to

00:25:13.580 remember how

00:25:14.800 significant

00:25:15.340 Easter is.

00:25:16.700 We follow

00:25:17.920 a resurrected

00:25:19.400 Lord who

00:25:20.920 is with us

00:25:22.000 now in the

00:25:23.080 Eucharist as

00:25:24.380 risen Lord,

00:25:25.340 body and

00:25:25.800 blood, soul

00:25:26.440 and divinity.

00:25:27.260 It's his

00:25:27.740 risen body,

00:25:29.340 blood, soul

00:25:29.920 and divinity

00:25:30.520 that is with

00:25:31.220 us, continuing

00:25:32.420 to strengthen

00:25:33.160 us and guide

00:25:34.140 us in this

00:25:35.620 journey through

00:25:36.380 life to

00:25:37.300 everlasting life,

00:25:38.480 to the salvation

00:25:39.280 of our soul.

00:25:40.160 So Lent is

00:25:41.200 very important,

00:25:42.640 and you

00:25:42.960 mentioned

00:25:43.420 Ash Wednesday

00:25:45.360 being on

00:25:45.960 Valentine's

00:25:46.660 Day.

00:25:46.880 I already

00:25:47.340 spoke to

00:25:48.260 someone about

00:25:49.340 that, and

00:25:50.820 I would

00:25:52.600 encourage

00:25:53.160 pastors and

00:25:54.060 parents who

00:25:55.760 are guiding

00:25:56.860 their children

00:25:57.740 and certainly

00:25:58.680 individually to

00:26:01.260 really look at

00:26:02.740 that Valentine's

00:26:03.880 Day and Ash

00:26:04.800 Wednesday.

00:26:05.740 It's an

00:26:06.220 interesting just

00:26:07.360 how the calendar

00:26:08.140 falls.

00:26:08.980 I remember it

00:26:09.700 happening before,

00:26:11.240 but I'd

00:26:12.420 encourage those

00:26:13.520 people who are

00:26:14.520 really people of

00:26:15.660 faith to take it

00:26:17.000 as an opportunity

00:26:17.980 for some good

00:26:19.800 discussions to

00:26:21.240 look at what

00:26:22.440 do you do

00:26:22.900 with an Ash

00:26:23.560 Wednesday on

00:26:24.400 Valentine's

00:26:25.160 Day, and

00:26:26.020 maybe to

00:26:26.860 talk to your

00:26:28.400 kids about,

00:26:29.300 I mean, I

00:26:29.580 think there are

00:26:29.980 different ways to

00:26:30.920 approach it, but

00:26:31.900 I think a good

00:26:33.620 way for parents

00:26:34.620 would be to

00:26:35.720 talk to their

00:26:36.300 kids about,

00:26:37.160 you know,

00:26:37.660 it's Valentine's

00:26:39.220 Day, but it's

00:26:39.780 also Ash

00:26:40.400 Wednesday.

00:26:41.280 And so

00:26:42.360 maybe encouraging

00:26:45.220 your children

00:26:47.340 and being

00:26:48.960 encouraged

00:26:49.380 yourself to

00:26:50.740 say, I'm

00:26:52.160 going to be

00:26:54.100 even a little

00:26:55.320 more penitential

00:26:56.440 on this Ash

00:26:57.560 Wednesday, just

00:26:58.940 to sort of

00:26:59.540 emphasize, because

00:27:00.760 it's almost like

00:27:02.480 a bonus penance

00:27:03.880 you could do

00:27:04.780 to say, I'm

00:27:06.020 not only entering

00:27:07.300 into the fasting

00:27:08.600 and abstinence

00:27:09.440 of Ash Wednesday,

00:27:10.680 but I'm going

00:27:11.580 to do a little

00:27:12.340 extra to just

00:27:13.260 really highlight

00:27:14.340 what I'm giving

00:27:16.140 up for this

00:27:17.160 Valentine's

00:27:17.960 Day.

00:27:19.280 And another

00:27:19.840 take that I

00:27:21.320 would encourage,

00:27:22.980 as I said, I

00:27:24.180 think there are

00:27:24.580 multiple ways to

00:27:25.640 look at it, you

00:27:26.920 know, some

00:27:28.220 people might

00:27:28.700 say, well,

00:27:29.500 let's ask

00:27:30.160 Father if we

00:27:30.820 can get a

00:27:31.280 dispensation

00:27:31.980 from Ash

00:27:32.620 Wednesday.

00:27:33.920 Ash Wednesday,

00:27:35.080 for one thing,

00:27:36.140 we know it's

00:27:36.740 not a holy

00:27:37.240 day of

00:27:37.580 obligation, but

00:27:38.900 in my

00:27:39.820 experience as a

00:27:40.680 priest, it's

00:27:41.180 the most

00:27:41.660 attended day,

00:27:43.900 which is

00:27:44.320 beautiful.

00:27:44.720 I think it

00:27:45.520 really is a

00:27:46.960 time when

00:27:47.440 people, even

00:27:48.620 if they've

00:27:49.080 kind of

00:27:49.420 wandered from

00:27:50.120 the church,

00:27:51.000 it's a time

00:27:51.500 in many times

00:27:52.400 people will

00:27:53.460 return to a

00:27:54.300 more active

00:27:55.020 living out of

00:27:56.040 their Catholic

00:27:56.620 faith.

00:27:57.240 But I think

00:27:58.200 Ash Wednesday

00:27:58.840 really captures

00:28:00.580 the Catholic

00:28:01.680 imagination and

00:28:02.840 beyond.

00:28:03.780 In a non-Catholic

00:28:04.820 area where I

00:28:05.980 was, Bishop,

00:28:07.340 we were only

00:28:08.080 less than 10%

00:28:09.240 Catholic, and

00:28:10.100 many non-Catholics

00:28:11.520 would come

00:28:12.120 to Ash

00:28:12.980 Wednesday, and

00:28:13.800 they received

00:28:14.900 the ashes

00:28:15.380 because it's

00:28:16.580 a sacramental,

00:28:17.780 it's not like

00:28:18.520 the Eucharist, so

00:28:19.460 anyone can

00:28:20.640 receive the

00:28:21.280 ashes and be

00:28:22.040 reminded, either

00:28:23.780 dust you were

00:28:26.660 and unto dust

00:28:27.480 you shall return

00:28:28.400 or repent and

00:28:29.460 believe the

00:28:30.000 gospel.

00:28:30.580 Both ways can

00:28:31.860 be used at

00:28:32.580 Ash Wednesday,

00:28:33.320 and both are

00:28:33.780 great reminders of

00:28:35.380 the very heart

00:28:36.200 of our faith.

00:28:37.060 And using

00:28:37.920 that word, I

00:28:38.780 think, with

00:28:40.420 Lent beginning

00:28:42.240 on Valentine's

00:28:44.180 Day, Ash

00:28:44.700 Wednesday, another

00:28:46.600 way that I

00:28:47.680 would encourage

00:28:48.280 parents to

00:28:49.040 consider is to

00:28:50.360 maybe really

00:28:51.240 talk about

00:28:52.240 why is it

00:28:53.500 St.

00:28:54.320 Valentine's

00:28:54.920 Day, what

00:28:55.980 is the heart

00:28:57.320 imagery of

00:28:58.260 that day really

00:28:59.160 about, and

00:29:00.660 then bring in,

00:29:01.600 of course, a

00:29:02.960 great love

00:29:04.360 devotion that I

00:29:05.380 have is the

00:29:06.060 Sacred Heart

00:29:06.680 of Christ, and

00:29:07.640 to really

00:29:08.660 maybe use it

00:29:09.860 as an

00:29:10.380 opportunity to

00:29:11.800 remind kids

00:29:13.100 and adults

00:29:13.900 that it's

00:29:15.120 St.

00:29:15.720 Valentine's

00:29:16.480 Day in its

00:29:17.580 origin, and

00:29:18.780 where did that

00:29:19.380 come from?

00:29:19.960 Who was St.

00:29:20.660 Valentine?

00:29:21.280 What's that

00:29:21.800 about?

00:29:22.680 And the

00:29:23.320 reason that

00:29:23.960 hearts are

00:29:24.620 there, it's

00:29:25.020 kind of become

00:29:25.740 the day for

00:29:26.920 spouses to

00:29:29.040 exchange gifts

00:29:30.440 or whatever,

00:29:32.060 but to look

00:29:33.660 at the

00:29:34.860 Valentine's

00:29:35.600 Day and what

00:29:36.360 it says to

00:29:37.500 the love

00:29:38.740 that Christ

00:29:39.760 is love

00:29:40.320 incarnate and

00:29:41.300 what it says

00:29:42.000 to us as

00:29:42.740 we begin

00:29:43.740 this journey

00:29:44.520 to his

00:29:45.480 passion and

00:29:46.240 Holy Week

00:29:46.900 and then his

00:29:47.880 resurrection.

00:29:48.860 So I would

00:29:50.040 encourage people

00:29:50.860 to really be

00:29:52.340 creative and

00:29:53.480 be, use the

00:29:56.680 opportunity that

00:29:58.020 Valentine's Day

00:29:59.020 and Ash Wednesday

00:29:59.700 happen to be

00:30:01.220 the same day

00:30:02.180 this year,

00:30:02.940 beginning Lent,

00:30:03.700 to really

00:30:04.600 not just

00:30:05.420 say, well,

00:30:06.040 Father, can

00:30:06.500 we have a

00:30:06.920 dispensation from

00:30:07.820 Ash Wednesday

00:30:08.380 or just

00:30:09.860 say, kind

00:30:10.660 of pretend

00:30:11.420 we'll just

00:30:12.500 ignore Valentine's

00:30:13.640 Day and just

00:30:14.140 have Ash Wednesday,

00:30:15.060 but to really

00:30:15.640 kind of play

00:30:16.560 around with,

00:30:17.500 you know, what

00:30:18.120 does that say

00:30:18.800 to us?

00:30:19.220 What can we

00:30:19.680 learn from it

00:30:20.720 that is

00:30:21.860 beautiful for

00:30:23.880 our faith as

00:30:24.820 we enter into

00:30:25.660 a Lenten

00:30:26.320 journey once

00:30:27.020 again?

00:30:28.460 Absolutely

00:30:28.940 beautiful.

00:30:29.360 Bishop

00:30:30.700 Strickland, may

00:30:31.200 I ask you

00:30:32.080 to bless

00:30:33.040 our viewers

00:30:33.720 because I'm

00:30:34.320 sure they

00:30:34.820 would love

00:30:35.520 to have

00:30:35.860 your blessing.

00:30:37.040 Sure.

00:30:39.960 Heavenly

00:30:40.560 Father, we

00:30:41.140 ask your

00:30:41.500 blessing for

00:30:42.480 all of those

00:30:43.300 who will view

00:30:44.160 this conversation

00:30:45.420 that it might

00:30:47.040 be an opportunity

00:30:47.860 for us to

00:30:48.900 rejoice in our

00:30:50.260 life in Jesus

00:30:51.140 Christ, rejoice

00:30:52.200 in the blessings,

00:30:53.720 face the

00:30:54.280 challenges,

00:30:55.460 always praying

00:30:56.480 for all of the

00:30:57.960 church, the

00:30:58.580 hierarchy, the

00:30:59.580 laity, every

00:31:00.420 member of the

00:31:01.160 church, the

00:31:01.960 mystical body

00:31:02.800 of Christ, and

00:31:04.140 praying that we

00:31:04.920 can continue to

00:31:06.540 seek the life

00:31:07.660 that Christ

00:31:08.200 brings, continues

00:31:09.320 to bring,

00:31:10.520 undembed into

00:31:11.560 each of our

00:31:12.240 lives and into

00:31:13.040 our world, with

00:31:14.580 the intercession

00:31:15.420 of the saints

00:31:16.120 and especially

00:31:16.780 the Queen of

00:31:17.580 Saints, the

00:31:18.540 Immaculate

00:31:19.040 Virgin Mary.

00:31:20.200 And we ask

00:31:20.880 this blessing

00:31:21.580 in the name of

00:31:22.600 the Father, and

00:31:23.640 of the Son, and

00:31:24.880 of the Holy

00:31:25.480 Spirit, amen.

00:31:27.220 Amen.

00:31:27.500 Thank you, Bishop

00:31:28.580 Strickland, God

00:31:29.160 bless you.

00:31:30.120 Thank you.

00:31:30.860 And God bless

00:31:31.540 all of you.

00:31:32.500 And we'll see

00:31:32.800 you next time.

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The John-Henry Westen Show - February 02, 2024

Bishop Strickland Calls Out Rome For 'Weaponized Ambiguity' On Women, Homosexual Blessings

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