Comments on: Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 00:05:35 +0000

Eminence,

I just read your column of January 7, 2007. The issue you raised affected me personally. It happened to me as a young adult. Regardless of the age, the action by the Priest was inexcusable. This does happen to adult victims and we are many. I’ve heard all of the apologies before, but yours is the first one I have ever believed. I read your heart when you addressed comments to the families. Thank you so much. I only wish the Church had more Prelates with your heart.

By: denis hurley

denis hurley — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:28:53 +0000

I found the following section of your homily on racism very moving:
“Racism thrives on fear, but love casts out fear. Solidarity transforms relationships and connects us with each other. Fear and suspicion are changed into a sense of partnership in a community that truly recognizes the value of each and every person as irreplaceable and as precious in the eyes of God.”

It’s important to recognize the all-encompassing nature of God’s love and to be aware that what is often the human substitute for that — tolerance (which necessarily involves condescension) — should not be something we are satisfied with.

By: Christine

Christine — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 02:08:56 +0000

Could you tell us more about Our Lady of Altoetting? Was she an apparition, like Our Lady of Lourdes? The statue is very beautiful.

By: G

Tue, 23 Jan 2007 22:40:21 +0000

This is off topic but I wanted to personally thank you for participating at the Vigil Mass in DC last Sun night. Its very disheartening to have no clergy support locally at our annual prolife march so it means alot to me to actually see bishops & priests present at the national march, at least.

By: Peggy Pritchard

Peggy Pritchard — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 22:40:11 +0000

As a member of St. Joseph Parish in York, PA. it has been a blessing to know and be “shepherded” by Capuchin Friars. Each year the Pro-Life Ministry buses to Washington to participate in the March for Life. Each year, before we walk, we raise our hearts in prayer at the annual Pro-Life Mass celebrated by the Friars. Cardinal O’Malley, your homily this year touched hearts and souls. It was so moving and forthright…not lukewarm, yet speaking the truth in love. If possible and with your permission I would like to obtain a copy of your words to share with my fellow Pro-Life “prayer warriors” and to print it in our next newsletter. Thank you for your witness and your leadership!
May Jesus bless you and Mary keep you,
Peggy

By: Eve

Eve — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 14:16:00 +0000

Dear Cardinal Sean,
Thank you for the photos. They serve as windows to the world. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream has not completely come to pass. We have in our own capacity to improve our relationship with other fellow human beings. It is easier to break than to build a relationship. I look forward to reading your next blog.

By: Redentor Lorenzo R. Bituin

Redentor Lorenzo R. Bituin — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 14:14:49 +0000

I am from Olongapo City, in the PHILIPPINES. I enjoy reading and taking a look on the pictures you have posted on this web page. The information here is very helpful for me to know the latest events in the Archdiocese of Boston, even though I came from the Diocese of Iba. I even admire your Capuchin way of life that you strive to live even you are now an archbishop of a multi- cultural archdiocese and as a cardinal of the Church.

Keep up the good work! God bless you, your eminence.

By: Mildred

Mildred — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 08:32:12 +0000

Hi Cardinal Sean!

As always, your posts never fail to inspire. Can I ask for your prayers? I’m trying to discern what God’s plan is for me and it’s not easy.

Thanks a lot and God bless you and your ministry.

By: Joseph Segovia

Joseph Segovia — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 15:45:59 +0000

Cardinal O’Malley,
I read your article on Racism… What a great reflection! I had had the honor to knowing you while you were a priest at the Centro Hispano in Washington, DC in the 70s. You are still the most wonderful soul i have ever met through my journey in this life. Priest like you strenghten our faith as Christians. Thanks again. js

By: Ann

Ann — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 14:32:26 +0000

Cardinal O’Malley:

You are doing a fabulous job in Boston. Keep up the great work. God Bless you, Ann

By: Frannie Schafer

Frannie Schafer — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 02:11:47 +0000

I just saw The Hand of God on Frontline. I was shocked by the arrogance and disdain of Bishop Lenin for victims and their families. Does he still hold a position of respect in Boston? Thanks.

By: dorothy a sheehan

dorothy a sheehan — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 01:19:58 +0000

ludos to father david mullen in the MCFL. he is a great priest, loves his parish, and by the way came from a super family from framingham. God Bless Him.

By: David

David — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 22:58:59 +0000

Could you please pray for me, Your Eminence, as I discern wither I am called to devoted service of the Church and more specificly the Francsican order.

By: Lorraine Caracciolo

Lorraine Caracciolo — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 22:28:56 +0000

Your Eminence
I have a question about the sacrament of marriage. Why do parish priests demand a specific amount of donation ($400) to perform the sacrament. Jesus cast the moneychangers out of the Temple but everything in the Church today is about money. I haven’t attended Mass in over a year because this occured during my daughter’s marriage.

By: Diane from Plymouth MA

Diane from Plymouth MA — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 20:53:29 +0000

GREAT photos this week. I look forward all week to seeing your posts. Thank you for all the wonderful work you are doing.

By: Marylin Thompson

Marylin Thompson — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 20:03:52 +0000

Thank you Cardinal O’Malley for making this site available. May God continue to bless you.

By: Ann

Ann — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 18:16:14 +0000

The March for Life is such an uplifting & spiritual experience. I would recommend it to everyone. To see the young people there from all over the country gives me such hope for the future. God bless you Cardinal Sean.

By: Fr. Roberto Mena, S.T.

Fr. Roberto Mena, S.T. — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 14:31:53 +0000

Grace and peace. Thank you for visiting my fellow guatemalans in Boston, for the beautiful devotion of the Christ of Esquipulas.

I liked that you still mantain the contact with your religious community.
I will pray for you in this coming weekend masses, specially for the success of the March of Life.
You could check my blog in Spanish and some other articles and blogs in English in http://www.parishworld..net
In the Most Holy Trinity:
Fr. Roberto Mena, S.T.

By: Grey Pilgrim

Grey Pilgrim — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 05:58:53 +0000

You will be in our prayers during the March for Life… keep up your powerful ministry… you are touching many lives in many places… thank you for being a “witness to hope”!

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 02:46:23 +0000

Cardinal Sean,

Great picture of the kids. THEY LOOK SO CUTE!!! My niece, who is two and a half, loves to walk around the house wearing her rosary beads like that.

It is very interesting to me to see pictures from masses celebrated by different cultures and ethnicities – Ethiopians, Guatemalans, etc.

Regarding Martin Luther King, Jr. – I remember reading some of his sermons including “A Knock At Midnight” when I was still an agnostic or aetheist or I-didn’t-know-what. It was a real eye-opener and really touched a nerve. In it he spoke about moral relativism, state-sponsored oppression of religion, church-state relations during war, the seeming hopelessness of the modern secular/scientific age. My favorite was his reference to the “eleventh commandment” that Man has invented: “Thou shalt not get caught”. His words really stayed with me and were a small part of what brought me eventually to Christ. Today they are more relevant than ever.

A copy of the sermon can be found at The Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute’s website at
http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/mlkpapers/.

Thanks for the great blog post as usual.

God bless you,

Ben