Bishop calls Lent an invitation to step back, move forward

From The Superior Catholic Herald...
 

Reflecting on the readings of the day, Bishop James P. Powers spoke to the more than 115 women participating in the 2022 Diocesan Women’s Retreat about seeing themselves as God’s anointed.

“Every one of us has been anointed at our baptism,” the bishop said. “Anointed with that sacred chrism, anointed as prophet, priest and kind in our own ways.”

Referring to young David’s decision not to harm King Saul, who had been pursuing him because he was the Lord’s anointed, Bishop Powers added that it’s not merely a matter of not harming someone else, but should extend to not doing harm to oneself – affirming each person as a temple of God, as St. Paul says in his letters.

“If we were to go around and share the name of a holy person, not many of us would use our own name,” the bishop continued. “That’s the vocation of each and every one of us – simply by virtue of our baptism, we are called to be a holy person.”

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