[Sundaycommunity] SOSNG PROGRAM for Sunday November 16

[Arthur Blomme]

What a lovely anomaly.  Maybe if MAGA is onboard with the bishops 
statement it might lead to some results.

Art

On 11/13/25 09:55, sylvia skrepichuk via Sundaycommunity wrote:
> Unfortunately the US Bishops just elected as their new president a 
> bishop connected to the Napa Institute,  a very conservative think 
> tank,,,MAGA
> Their "Special Statement " on Immigrants was more an anomaly.
> Peace
> Sylvia
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> Sent from my Galaxy
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: Brian Halferty via Sundaycommunity 
> <sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca>
> Date: 2025-11-13 12:00 p.m. (GMT-05:00)
> To: Sunday Community <sundaycommunity at integralshift.ca>
> Cc: Brian Halferty <bhalferty at yahoo.ca>
> Subject: [Sundaycommunity] SOSNG PROGRAM for Sunday November 16
>
> Friends,
>
> This Sunday coming up, November 16, 2025, is the 33rd Sunday in 
> Ordinary Time -- very close to the end of the liturgical year. The 
> program of songs and responses for Sunday is attached below.
>
> This Sunday is also designated as "World Day of the Poor." In recent 
> days, the American Conference of Catholic Bishops have met in 
> Baltimore, and they issued a "Special Statement." Such a statement can 
> only be approved by the bishops meeting together and must receive at 
> least a two-thirds majority vote.  This statement was directed 
> particularly at the question of how immigrants are being treated in 
> the United States, and it passed by a vote of 216 to 5, with 3 
> abstentions.
>
> In this statement, the bishops wrote, "We feel compelled now in this 
> environment to raise our voices in defense of God-given human 
> dignity."  Further on in their statement they say, "As pastors, we 
> look to Sacred Scripture and the example of the Lord Himself, where we 
> find the wisdom of God's compassion.  The priority of the Lord, as the 
> Prophets remind us, is for those who are most vulnerable: the widow, 
> the orphan, the poor, and the stranger."
>
> It's good to see the American bishops standing up strongly and 
> publicly against the unjust actions of their own government. We all 
> need to be in solidarity with the poor and the marginalized, to stand 
> up for them and with them, to give of ourselves for their benefit. It 
> appears that our own Canadian government is reducing its support for 
> the needs of the poor in our own country and in the world at large.  
> We have to consider carefully how to react to this, and how to 
> maintain our level of societal concern for those who need our help.
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Brian
>
>
> */Brian Halferty/*
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