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

Sat Nov 27 14:20:28 PST 2021

Jack referred to himself as a conservative from the philosophical point of
view.  Unfortunately this has become in our parlance a catchword for "right
wing" and is very political.  Philosophically, Jack does not want the RC to
'throw the baby out with bathwater'.  In other words he may well want to
see some gradual and lay-inspired reforms in the church but retaining what
is good and beautiful about it.  I have been accused of being right wing
about certain issues but I do not and never have seen the value of
revolutions.  I am not sure I have the energy right now to explain all this
but certainly this was something i put a lot of intellectual energy into
when I was in my 20s and 30s.

*Patricia Smiley*

*email:  smileypatricia76 at gmail.com <smileypatricia76 at gmail.com>*

*mobile:  647-517-1599*

On Fri, Nov 26, 2021 at 5:48 PM Catherine Walther via Sundaycommunity <
sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:

> 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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