[Sundaycommunity] Fr. Jack Costello, Mother Angelica and Pope Francis

[Catherine Walther]

Father Jack Costello a conservative Catholic? Perhaps he’s forgotten that
in 1997, during my graduating year, at a Mass at Regis College he handed me
the gospel to read. It was a life-changing moment in my life. Thank you for
that, Jack, Catherine

On Fri, Nov 26, 2021 at 3:17 PM John Scandiffio via Sundaycommunity <
sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:

> Today’s Gospel is from Luke.
>
> Luke 21:29-33 ©
>
> My words will never pass away
>
>
> This is about Fr. Jack Costello,  Mother Angelica, Pope Francis and The
> Synod.
>
> Preserving the word of God through the presence of God’s Spirit in
> creation as lived in Christ Jesus and daughters and sons of God.
>
> Last Sunday Fr. Jack Costello spoke of being a Conservative Catholic and
> explained what that meant in his spirituality.
>
> Jack some fifty-six years ago while preparations were being made for the
> Good Friday service liturgy performance said he did not want to play Jesus.
> Then he asked does anyone else want to play Jesus ?
>
> Marianne Scandiffio shot her hand up in the air and so it was to be her.
> It changed Marianne’s life.  Preparing herself for the role , speaking the
> words and then delivering the words and feelings in public was monumental.
>
> Now if asked by her granddaughter, does she believe in God, she answers
> yes before the question is even finished.  The granddaughter replied, I’m
> only seven so I have time to think about it.
>
> Mother Angelica and the woman who played Jesus
>
> Christina Brown a twenty-three your old actor  won the role to play Christ
> in liturgical production.  It was at a International youth day presentation
> at a stadium in Denver, Colorado in Sept. 1993. Pope John Paul II was in
> town but not in attendance for the  play.
>
> A small religious theater company cast a female mime as Jesus in a Good
> Friday performance. Officials of the Cincinnati-based liturgical troupe
> called the Fountain Square Fools insist that they chose the woman on purely
> arttistic, not political, grounds. The men in the group were really not
> suited. In the play one could not distinguish whether she was a woman or
> man from her clothing
>
> Mother Angelica was a Sister of Poor Clares of Perpetual Adorationand
> operated a media empire the eternal word network television or EWTN.com.
> She is no longer with us but but her words in books and commentaries and
> many stunningly pious videos carry on. The network  of followers over
> three countries are said to be over two hundred million. She lived in
> Alabama.
>
> She was a live commentator on Fox News during the visit of Pope John Paul
> II's visit to Denver. On the giving the role to a woman Mother Angelica
> said many negatives comments about role of women in as priests and women
> playing Jesus . Mother Angelica called using a woman to play Jesus, a cheap
> liberal Catholic trick .
>
>  Pope Francis , Mother Angelica , EWTN, Fox News and The Synod.
>
> Below there is piece found in Google and written by Gerard O’Connell.
>
> In America Magazine a Jesuit Review there is a piece written , Pope
> Francis responds to attacks from EWTN, and other Church critics. “They are
> the works of the devil”.
>
> On Sept. 13,2021 Pope Francis was before fifty-three Jesuits in Slovakia
> preparing for a conclave  when a Jesuit asked Pope Francis “How are You”.
> The Pope answered ,  “ Still Alice, even though some people wanted me to
> die”
>
> A Q&A  continued and a full transcript of the conversation was made.
>
> A Jesuit asks “ How do you deal with people that look at you with
> suspicion. “.
>
> The Pope’s response is an insight of his view of Mother Angelica and
> others in the media as well as many other matters.
>
> An informal and intriguing introduction into the mind of Pope Francis and
> perhaps steps leading up to the upcoming Synod .
>
> Maybe it is a source to guide us . As Pope Francis says, It is  a time for
> conversion.
>
> John Scandiffio
> Sent from my iPhone
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