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Office is closed on Saturday & Sunday • Office: 972-542-4667 Fax: 972-542-4641 • 411 Paula Rd,McKinney, Texas 75069

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Mass Intentions May 4-11, 2019Saturday, May 4 5:00 pm Bernard & Patricia TucciSunday, May 5 8:00 am William Flesher9:30 am Jesus Rios Murillo Eduardo Peñaloza Berenice Rios Petra Lopez11:30 am Eddie J. Champagne 2:00 pm Dylan & Kendi Pearson Norberta Romero Librada Hernandez Familia Solis Torres 6:00 pm For the PeopleMonday, May 6 8:00 am Hal & Martha Waters, & the Holy Souls in Purgatory Tuesday, May 7 5:30 pm Adelma PachecoWednesday, May 8 8:00 am Charles William FoxThursday, May 9 5:30 pm Burblis FamilyFriday, May 10 8:00 am Lastenia SuasteguiSaturday, May 115:00 pm Arthur Paul

Collection TotalsApril 21: $ 22,913.00Building Fund/Debt Reduction: $ 11,559.70Attendance:Holy Thursday 770Good Friday English 309/ Spanish 618Easter Vigil 804Easter Sunday 4829

April 28: $ 20,294.38Building Fund/Debt Reduction: $ 4.893.00Attendance: 3463

Prayer of Faithful StewardsAlmighty God, we give you thanks for the inspiration

of your Holy Spirit as we reflect on the gospel call to exercise Christ’s stewardship on our journey of faith.

Priests: Rev. Eugene Azorji Rev. Juan Carlos Marín Cortés

DeaconsGeorge Polcer • Andrew Tanner

Juan Jorge Hernandez • Jose Vazquez Patrick Hayes • Sid Little

Coordinator of Ministries: Evodio Vazquez Business Manager: Joe Olickan

Director of Music: Valerie Stagaman Faith Formation Director 1-6: Christy Scott

Youth Ministry/Confirmation: Deandria Gonzalez Facilities Manager: Deacon John Rapier

Facilities: Emilio Zavala

Normal Weekend Mass ScheduleSaturday: Vigil Mass 5:00 pm English Sunday: 8:00 am & 11:30 am EnglishSunday: 9:30 am & 2:00 pm & 6:00 pm SpanishWeekday Mass Schedule Monday, Wednesday & Friday: 8:00 am Tuesday & Thursday: 5:30 pmConfessions: Thursday: 6:00-7:00 pm Saturdays: 3:30 pm-4:30 pmAdoration: Thursday 6:00 pm-7:00 pmAdoration First Friday 8:30 am - 6:00 pm After Hours: Sick Call or Funeral Requests: 469-667-7324Funerals: Contact Valerie Stagaman 972-542-4667 ext 114.Weddings: Contact Emy Avendaño 972-542-4667 ext: 102.Six months prior to intended wedding date.Please call the office for information first.

HUMORWhat time of day was Adam created?Just a little before Eve.

Who was the fastest runner in the race?Adam. He was first in the human race.

Why are atoms Catholic?Because they have mass.

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5 DE MAYO — TERCER DOMINGO DE PASCUA

Cristo Resucito Luis Bojos

1. Fueron mujeres al sepulcro; la piedraIun ángel removió. Les dijo: “Ha resucitado”. YIal marchar les salióIel Señor.

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Creo en Jesús Carmelo Erdozáin

© 1975, 1990 Carmelo Erdozáin y San Pablo Comunicación, SSP.

1. Él llamóIa mi puerta, meIinvitó a compartir suIheredad; seguiréIa su lado, llevaré su mensaje de paz.

2. AyudóIal enfermo y le trajo la felicidad; defendióIal humilde, combatió la mentira yIel mal.

3. DíaIy noche creoIen Jesús, Él estáIa mi lado, creoIen Jesús. Sigo sus palabras, creoIen Jesús, doy por Él la vida, creoIen Jesús. Es mi salvador.

4. EnseñóIa Zaqueo a partir su haciendaIy su pan; alabóIa la viuda porque dio cuanto pudoIella dar.

5. Aleluya, creoIen Jesús, Él es el Mesías, creoIen Jesús. Él es miIesperanza, creoIen Jesús, vive para siempre, creoIen Jesús. Es mi salvador.

Eleazar Cortés y Pedro Rubalcava El Cordero Pascual

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Baptisms / BautismosRegistrations for Baptism and Baptism Class are on

Tuesdays: 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.Wednesdays: 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Call the Church office for more information: 972-542-4667Registraciones para Bautismos y Pláticas

Bautismales están Martes: 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Miércoles: 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.Por favor llama la oficina para mas información:

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We pray for those who need the healing touch of Christ. Oramos por aquellos que necesitan el toque

sanador de Cristo.Angie Encizo, Santiago Puente, Carter Bills, Carlos Martinez, Mary Fox, Ralph Flores, Jeff Gotses, Dean

Jurak, Maria Romero, Maria del Refugio Hernandez, Jorge Torres, Martha Waters, Charley Bartolo, Ashley Mora, Ofelia Sanchez, Angeline Bloemer, John Lewis, Lloyd Bryant, Rachael Owens, Sherry Owens, Cheryl

Pushnack, Chris Luck, Jay Semon, Kerman Iriarte, Alicia Solomon, Regina Cole, Alex Cole, Nelma Hyde,

Paul Brands

Please inform us of your loved one needing to be added to the prayer list, please call the parish office @ 972-542-4667. Names will remain on the list for 1

month at which time you can re-submit their names for prayers.

Para agregar o quitar a alguien de la lista de oraciones, por favor Llama a la oficina.

Parish Calendar for the week of May 6th, 2019. Monday, May 6th 8:00 am - Mass - Chapel 10:00 am - Prayers & Squares - Holy Family Hall 7:00 pm - CRHP Women - CL 3 7:00 pm - CRSP Mujeres - S. Drake 7:00 pm - CRSP Seguimiento Mujeres - St. Michael Hall 7:00 pm - Grupo Emmanuel Práctica Coro - CL 5 7:00 pm - Jóvenes Adultos para Cristo - St. Rose/Holy Family Halls 7:00 pm - Legión de María - N. Drake 7:00 pm - FF Parent Formation - Church Tuesday, May 7th 9:00 am - Talleres de Oración y Vida - CL 5 2:00 pm - SVDP Food Pantry - Holy Family Hall 5:30 pm - Mass - Chapel 6:30 pm - Talleres de Oración y Vida - CL 5 7:00 pm - Certificado en Ministerio Pastoral - St. Rose Hall 7:00 pm - Grupo Emmanuel - Iglesia 7:00 pm - KofC Business Mtg. - St. Michael Hall 7:00 pm - MFCC Junta para Promociones - N. DrakeWednesday, May 8th 8:00 am - Mass - Chapel 10:00 am - Women’s Bible Study - CL 3 4:30 pm - Children & Teen Choirs - Holy Family/Saint Rose Halls & Church 5:00 pm - Youth Ministry Confirmation - All Rooms 7:00 pm - Adult English Choir Practice 11:30 am Mass - Church LoftThursday, May 9th 2:00 pm - SVdP Food Pantry - Holy Family Hall 5:30 pm - Mass - Church 6:00 pm - Adoration and Confessions - Church 7:00 pm - Stewardship Committee Mtg. - St. Michael Hall 7:00 pm - Stewardship Committee Town Hall - St Michael Hall 7:00 pm - CRSP Hombres - St. Rose HallFriday, May 10th 8:00 am - Mass - Chapel 6:30 pm - FF 1st Communion Reconciliations - Church 7:00 pm - Ensayo Coro Misa 9:30 am - Holy Family Hall 7:00 pm - Junta de Acomodadores - St. Michael Hall Saturday, May 11th 7:30 am - SVdP Food Distribution - Holy Family Hall 9:00 am - FF 1st Communion Classes - All Rooms 9:00 am - Baptisms - Church 11:00 am - Bautizos - Iglesia 3:30 pm - Confessions - Church 5:00 pm - Mass - ChurchSunday, May 12th 8:00 am - Mass - Church 9:30 am - Misa - Iglesia 11:30 am - Mass - Church 1:00 pm - Ensayo Coro Misa 2:00 pm - Bride’s Room 2:00 pm - Misa - Iglesia 3:00 pm - Pastoral Juvenil Hispana - St. Michael Hall 4:30 pm - Ensayo Coro Misa 6:00 pm - Bride’s Room 6:00 pm - Misa - Iglesia

“Faith in the resurrection of Jesus says that there is a future for every human being; the cry for unending life which is a part of the person is indeed answered. God exists: that is the real message of Easter. Anyone who even begins to grasp what this means also knows what it means to be redeemed.”

Pope Benedict XVI

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LIFELONG SERVICE “I am going fishing.” What an announcement! If asked

who made it, and not told it was a Bible quote, we might guess “Grandpa” or “Uncle Fred,” or admit, “I said that last summer!” But it is a Bible quote, from today’s Gospel. The person who said it also once declared, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Yes, it’s Peter! So today’s announcement seems quite the comedown. Last Sunday Jesus said, “As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” But Peter seems determined to return to his pre-apostolic occupation, until Jesus intervenes, making Peter’s later announcement deeper, “Lord, you know that I love you,” and Peter’s apostolic calling clearer, “Tend my sheep.” Peter does so. Acts presents the consequences: Peter declares, “We must obey God rather than men.” As Revelation proclaims, “Worthy is the Lamb”—to receive Peter’s lifelong service, and ours.

TODAY’S READINGSFirst Reading — God exalted Jesus as leader and savior (Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41).Psalm — I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me (Psalm 30).Second Reading — To the Lamb be blessing and honor, glory and might (Revelation 5:11-14).Gospel — When the disciples came ashore, they saw a charcoal fire with fish on it and bread (John 21:1-19 [1-14]).

READINGS FOR THE WEEKMonday: Acts 6:8-15; Ps 119:23-24, 26-27, 29-30; Jn 6:22-29Tuesday: Acts 7:51 — 8:1a; Ps 31:3cd-4, 6, 7b, 8a, 17, 21ab; Jn 6:30-35Wednesday: Acts 8:1b-8; Ps 66:1-3a, 4-7a; Jn 6:35-40Thursday: Acts 8:26-40; Ps 66:8-9, 16-17, 20; Jn 6:44-51Friday: Acts 9:1-20; Ps 117:1bc, 2; Jn 6:52-59Saturday: Acts 9:31-42; Ps 116:12-17; Jn 6:60-69 Sunday: Acts 13:14, 43-52; Ps 100:1-2, 3, 5; Rv 7:9, 14b-17; Jn 10:27-30 SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCESSunday: Third Sunday of Easter; Cinco de Mayo; Ramadan (Islamic observance) beginsFriday: St. Damien de Veuster

SERVICIO A LARGO PLAZO “Voy a pescar”. ¡Qué anuncio! Si preguntó quién lo

dijo, pero no digo que es una frase que está en la Biblia, podríamos decir: “el abuelo o el tío Alfredo”, o admitir “¡lo dije yo el verano pasado!” Pero es una frase tomada de la Biblia, del Evangelio de hoy. La persona que lo dijo una vez afirmó “tú eres el Cristo, el Hijo del Dios vivo”. Así es, ¡fue Pedro! Así que la frase aparece al final. El domingo pasado Jesús dijo: “Así como el Padre me ha enviado, así los envío yo”. Pero Pedro parece determinado a regresar al oficio que tenía antes de ser apóstol, hasta que Jesús interviene, haciendo que Pedro diga ahora lo siguiente: “Señor, tú sabes que te quiero” y la llamada apostólica aparece más clara, “apacienta a mis ovejas”. Así lo hace Pedro. Los Hechos presentan las consecuencias: Pedro declara: “Debemos obedecer a Dios antes que a los hombres”. Como el Apocalipsis dice: “Digno es el cordero”, para recibir el servicio de toda la vida de Pedro y las nuestras.

LECTURAS DE HOYPrimera lectura — Llevados ante el sanedrín, los apóstoles dieron testimonio de Jesucristo (Hechos 5:27-32, 40b-41).Salmo — Te alabaré, Señor, eternamente. Aleluya (Salmo 30 [29]).Segunda lectura — En su visión Juan ve a todo en el cielo y en la tierra rindiendo honores y gloria al que está en el trono y al Cordero (Apocalipsis 5:11-14).Evangelio — Jesús se aparece a los discípulos cerca del mar de Tiberíades (Juan 21:1-19).

LECTURAS DE LA SEMANALunes: Hch 6:8-15; Sal 119 (118):23-24, 26-27, 29-30; Jn 6:22-29Martes: Hch 7:51 — 8:1a; Sal 31 (30):3cd-4, 6, 7b, 8a, 17, 21ab; Jn 6:30-35Miércoles: Hch 8:1b-8; Sal 66 (65):1-3a, 4-7a; Jn 6:35-40Jueves: Hch 8:26-40; Sal 66 (65):8-9, 16-17, 20; Jn 6:44-51Viernes: Hch 9:1-20; Sal 117 (116):1bc, 2; Jn 6:52-59Sábado: Hch 9:31-42; Sal 116 (115):12-17; Jn 6:60-69Domingo: Hch 13:14, 43-52; Sal 100 (99):1-2, 3, 5; Apo 7:9, 14b-17; Jn 10:27-30 LOS SANTOS Y OTRAS CELEBRACIONESDomingo: Tercer Domingo de Pascua; Cinco de Mayo; Comienza Ramadán (el mes musulmán de ayuno)Viernes: San Damián de Veuster

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TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITIONThe Gospel today sees Peter and his colleagues after

the Resurrection, returning to Galilee and resuming the family business. They are fishing by night. Although it is true that fish feed by night, the mention of darkness here is more about the human spirit than it is about fishing advice. Modern life keeps darkness effectively under control; much of the world has been glowing radiantly through the night for a century. Yet just as surely as the Risen Christ breaks into Peter’s fishing, so does he break into the usual patterns of our own darkness, electric lights notwithstanding. It is Easter, and we are the people of the light.

In our tradition, Evening Prayer, celebrated in monasteries, parishes, cathedrals, and homes everywhere, is a kind of solemn protest against the darkness and its claims, an act of praise for our light bearing God, and a commitment to carrying that light forward. Sunset is a turning point of our day, felt less acutely in an electrified world, but still an effective reminder that one day darkness overtakes us all. Yet our Eastering has taught us in a hundred ways that the victory belongs to the Bearer of Light. Easter summons us to transform our everyday “blackouts,” perhaps in a way as simple as a whispered prayer of thanks at evening for the blessings of the day.

TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FEMuchas primeras comuniones se celebran en el Tiempo

de Pascua. Además de recibir el Cuerpo y la Sangre de Jesús por primera vez en su vida los comulgantes reciben un libro de oraciones, un rosario y un escapulario. Como recuerdo del evento, muchos comulgantes regalan a sus amigos y

parientes alguna estampita religiosa.Las estampitas llevan imágenes

de Jesucristo, la Virgen, los ángeles o los santos y son muy populares entre los latinos. Las ponemos en nuestros autos, en libros como la Biblia o libros de oración. Las tenemos en altarcitos domésticos o metidos en los marcos de las fotos de nuestros seres queridos.

Muchos critican esta práctica recordando que en Éxodo 20:3-5, Dios prohibió el uso de ídolos. Esto la Iglesia católica nunca lo ha negado, pero recuerda que Dios también pidió imágenes de ángeles para el arca de la alianza (Éxodo 25:17). En Números 21:8 mandó hacer una imagen milagrosa de

una serpiente. Ninguna de esas imágenes es considerada un ídolo porque son imágenes al servicio de Dios y recuerdo de su presencia igual que las estampitas e imágenes religiosas.

“CELEBRATING OUR HOME ---BUILDING FOR TOMORROW”

If you did not have an opportunity to attend one of the town halls that were held on May 5 to learn more about our Increased Offertory Program, we have scheduled two additional meetings. One will be conducted in English on May 9th at 7pm and another will be conducted in Spanish on May 16th at 7pm. Both town halls will take place in St. Rose Hall.

“CELEBRANDO NUESTRA CASA --- CONSTRUYENDO PARA EL MAÑANA"Si no tuvo oportunidad de asistir a alguna de las juntas de ayuntamiento que se llevaron a cabo el 5 de mayo, las cuales tenían como propósito informarse y entender todo lo relacionado sobre nuestro Programa Aumentando nuestra Ofrenda, le informamos que tenemos programadas dos juntas adicionales como sigue: La primer junta en inglés el día jueves 9 de mayo y la junta en español el día jueves 16 de mayo. Ambas juntas del ayuntamientos darán inicio a las 7:00 pm, en el salón Santa Rosa.

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CONSAGRACION AL SAGRADO CORAZON DE JESUS

¡Oh Corazón de Jesús! Yo quiero consagrarme a ti con todo el fervor de mi espíritu.

Fechas de Preparación:Sesión 1 mayo 14 Sesión 2 mayo 21

Lugar North Drake y Horario: 5:30 pm -7:00 pm

La Consagración será el viernes 7 de Junio del 2019!!

Interesados para la consagración contactar a Evodio Vazquez/Severino Pineda

FAITH FORMATIONFirst Communion date

First Communion Mass will be bilingual May 25th at 1 pm

Misa de Primera comunión sera bilingüe el 25 de mayo a la 1 pm

CONFIRMACIONMAY 20 AT 7:00 PMMAY 23 AT 7:00 PM

SUMMER ORGAN CAMP JULY 8-13Children with backgrounds in piano ages 12-18 are invited to a summer organ camp introducing them to the organ. Lessons, classes, demonstrations and FUN! Check out www.organacademy.org/camp

May 4-5, 2019 - Trust the Lord, Jesus with your marriage. Participate in a Worldwide Marriage Encounter weekend. The next Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend is June 7-9, 2019. Dates fill

fast. To apply, visit our website at: http://www.dfwme.org/apply . For more information e-mail apply@dfwme.org or call 469-444-0904. Para mas informacion de Encuentro Matrimonial en Espanol, escriba a emmdfw@gmail.com o visite http://www.emmseccion21.org/

TALENTOSEl talento es querer algo tanto que uno está dispuesto a trabajar para conseguirlo.

—Anónimo

ADULT SOCIALPOT LUCK DINNER

Tuesday May 28Come on by and meet

some new friendsand enjoy a pot luck meal

6:30 pm to 8:00 pmSt Michael’s Hall

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Third Sunday of Easter“Smoting” or Non-“smoting”?

Some times I get angry at things that frustrate me. I’m driving home and traffic slows to a crawl. The electricity goes out while I’m watching a favorite show. So I have to struggle with the line in our first reading, where the disciples were “rejoicing that they had been found worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name” (Acts 5:41). They weren’t just frustrated; they were flogged for believing in Jesus. And still they rejoiced.

Imagine rejoicing over pain and suffering. These disciples had seen Jesus on the cross. When he rose from the dead, they began to see that his suffering was not a tragic loss, but a sign of his glory. They loved him so much that they took to heart his command to take up the cross. And when they suffered because they believed in him, as is recounted in today’s reading, they saw that as a way to imitate Jesus on the cross. Those who had followed him in life could also follow him to the cross—and many did that literally, by dying for their faith.

Most of us today rarely have the chance to die for our faith. We may wonder if we even have the courage it would take. Instead, we usually find ourselves suffering because we have done wrong. God does not use special interventions to smite sinners. Think of the times we were punished as a child. Think of the times we lost a friend because of a cruel remark. Think of the times we got a ticket for speeding. These are the result of our actions. These are sufferings that we would rather avoid.

Jesus, however, suffered for our sins when he was totally innocent. If he could do that, could we not accept suffering for our own sins when it comes? We may not be ready to rejoice in that suffering, but we can at least try to learn from it. If we behave differently because of it, if we can grow to be better persons, then that suffering can be our way of accepting the cross.

Of course, not all suffering is caused by the sins of the person suffering. The suffering of the innocent is a great mystery, a cause for sorrow and a challenge to help where we can. But like growing pains, all suffering is a step to new life in Christ. And that is what Easter is about.

TESTIMONIAL

Good Afternoon,My husband and I both considered ourselves

non practicing Catholics and didn't attend Mass for various personal reasons. Lately, we both have been feeling compelled to go back to church. One of us would say to the other every weekend, "We really need to start going to church." We live relatively close to your church, and I talked my husband into going this past Sunday at 11:30. We walked in a minute late, so we missed the name of the priest. I'm writing this email because he spoke directly to me and my husband in his homily. Well, not directly but his message hit us hard. My husband is a drug addict. I have been trying to get him to go to counseling, but he has fought me on the subject. It has caused us tremendous stress. He was in denial until he went to church on Sunday. I saw a change in him after the priest mentioned to anyone doing drugs, "Stop." He also mentioned how no one has the right to judge someone. There is only one person we need to answer to, and that is God. I had told that to my husband while we were driving to Mass that morning. No doubt in either of our minds that God was speaking directly to us through the priest. It brought tears to both of our eyes, and my husband is not a crier. I see a difference in my husband since then. Even though it's only one day, I see it, and I hope this is the beginning of big changes for him. I truly believe that with God on our side, we can fight any battle.

Just thought I'd share this with you and hopefully whoever reads this will let the priest know that we heard his message. Please thank him for me.Sincerely, Stephanie Rooks

WORDS AND DEEDSWhen people hear us speak God’s word, they marvel at its beauty and power; when they see what little impact it has on our daily lives, they laugh and poke fun at us.

—Second-century Christian

ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL CATHOLIC CHURCH

Cardinal Robert Sarah is publishing the third of his book-length interviews with Nicolas Diat: The Day is Far Spent. An unflinching diagnosis, but one full of hope in the midst of the spiritual and moral crisis of the West.

1) In the first part of your book, you describe “a spiritual and religious collapse.” How does this collapse manifest itself? Does it only affect the West or are other regions of the world, such as Africa, also affected by it?

The spiritual crisis involves the entire world. But its source is in Europe. People in the West are guilty of rejecting God. They have not only rejected God. Friedrich Nietzsche, who may be considered the spokesman of the West, has claimed: “God is dead! God remains dead! And we have killed him…” We have murdered God. In view of God’s death among men, Nietzsche would replace him with a prophetic “Superman.”

The spiritual collapse thus has a very Western character. In particular, I would like to emphasize the rejection of fatherhood. Our contemporaries are convinced that, in order to be free, one must not depend on anybody. There is a tragic error in this. Western people are convinced that receiving is contrary to the dignity of human persons. But civilized man is fundamentally an heir, he receives a history, a culture, a language, a name, a family. This is what distinguishes him from the barbarian. To refuse to be inscribed within a network of dependence, heritage, and filiation condemns us to go back naked into the jungle of a competitive economy left to its own devices. Because he refuses to acknowledge himself as an heir, man is condemned to the hell of liberal globalization in which individual interests confront one another without any law to govern them besides profit at any price.

In this book, however, I want to suggest to Western people that the real cause of this refusal to claim their inheritance and this refusal of fatherhood is the rejection of God. From Him we receive our nature as man and woman. This is intolerable to modern minds. Gender ideology is a Luciferian refusal to receive a sexual nature from God. Thus some rebel against God and pointlessly mutilate themselves in order to change their sex. But in reality they do not fundamentally change anything of their structure as man or woman.

The West refuses to receive, and will accept only what it constructs for itself. Transhumanism is the ultimate avatar of this movement. Because it is a gift from God, human nature itself becomes unbearable for western man.

This revolt is spiritual at root. It is the revolt of Satan against the gift of grace. Fundamentally, I believe that Western man refuses to be saved by God’s mercy. He refuses to receive salvation, wanting to build it for himself. The “fundamental values” promoted by the UN are based on a rejection of God that I compare with the rich young man in the Gospel. God has looked upon the West and has loved it because it has done wonderful things. He invited it to go further, but the West turned back. It preferred the kind of riches that it owed only to itself.

Africa and Asia are not yet entirely contaminated by gender ideology, transhumanism, or the hatred of fatherhood. But the Western powers’ neo-colonialist spirit and will to dominate pressures countries to adopt these deadly ideologies.

Part II of the Interview to follow in subsequent bulletins.

Cardinal Robert Sarah is a Guinean prelate of the Catholic Church. A Cardinal since 20 November 2010, he was appointed prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments by Pope Francis on 23 November 2014. Wikipedia

Born: June 15, 1945 (age 73 years), Ourous, Youkounkoun, Guinea

Nationality: GuineanOrdination: July 20, 1969Education: Pontifical Gregorian University

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