Bishop to educators: ‘Open hearts and minds’ to Christ

From The Superior Catholic Herald...
 

As Bishop James P. Powers began his homily on Friday, Oct. 27, at the Diocese of Superior’s 61st Annual Fall Conference, he noted the energy and excitement of those gathered.

Reflecting on the readings for Mass – Romans 7: 18-25a, Psalm 119 and Luke 12: 54-59 – he addressed the congregation, “I’m guessing that if we were asked, we’d say we know right from wrong and how we should act … I would also guess also that if we were honest – and we are in church – that we would have to say that we could relate to St. Paul’s words, ‘for I do not do the good I want, but I do the evil I do not want.’”

He continued with the assertion, “Whether we like it or not, sin is real, evil is alive and well in the world and our lives. We can know what is right and still fail to do it.”

The bishop reflected on how St. Paul’s recognition that he was incapable of winning the battle in his own heart and mind “sheds light on our fallen human condition, the fight between good and evil inside us.”

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