Posted on 01/30/2010 10:23:14 PM PST by Salvation
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"Through countryside and city [the apostles] preached, and they appointed their earliest converts, testing them by the Spirit, to be the bishops and deacons of future believers. . . . Our apostles knew through our Lord Jesus Christ that there would be strife for the office of bishop. For this reason, therefore, having received perfect foreknowledge, they appointed those who have already been mentioned and afterwards added the further provision that, if they should die, other approved men should succeed to their ministry" (42:45, 44:13).Let there be little doubt: apostolic succession and the office of the bishop are tied together as early as Clement's letter--a fact often completely ignored by scholars.
There is also a story about Bishop Soto that I should probably add here--though I am hesitant to do so. In 2008 Bishop Soto was invited to speak at the National Association of Catholic Diocesan Lesbian and Gay Ministries conference. As usual, Bishop Soto was loving and compassionate in his talk. Yet, he apparently made waves by affirming official Catholic teaching that homosexual acts are disordered in nature and are sinful. He also urged everyone to vote for Proposition 8 in California, the measure which eventually passed in California by a comfortable margin. As I said, I am hesitant to mention the story. After all, I don't see why it made headlines. The Bishop simply taught what the Church and the Bible teaches.In his homily to all gathered at the conference, Sacramento, Calif., Bishop Jaime Soto spoke of the countless text messaging, facebooking, and twittering teens perform daily as a way to communicate with friends. As well, Jesus desires a relationship with every person, he said.
He wants to text the truth of Gods mercy on your soul. Jesus is the Word, the ultimate Facebook of God . Jesus does not twitter. Rather he humbled himself so that he could meet you, connect with you He is the IP address of the way, the truth and the life.
Bishop Soto also spoke of the misuse of the word freedom in todays society, saying that both truth and relationship are corrupted when the culture disconnects them to serve a distorted sense of freedom.
Life has become a multiple choice question for which there are no wrong answers and the only criteria for choosing are ones own impressions, preferences, desires, and fears (which) become the self created avatars to which one clings while we are all adrift in a sea of mass information that threatens us, confuses us, and challenges us.
Calling for the restoration of a climate of freedom and an environment of hope, Bishop Soto noted that we only need to look at the cross, to understand how much Jesus desires us. The cross is both the medium and the message that Jesus sends us. When we respond to that call we begin a dialogue that will connect you to the truth that will set you free.
. . . Gomez is a natural conciliator admired for uniting rich and poor and Anglo and Hispanic Catholics behind Denver's Centro Juan Diego, a hybrid Latino religious-instruction and social-services center hailed as a national model.In 2007 he was also featured on CNNs list of Notable Hispanics in a web special celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month.
"From very early on in my life, I have had profound respect for life and the quality of life. My grandparents and my parents treasured the value of life within the womb and in the total course of all human life.Unfortunately, videos of Bishop Garcia are scarce on the internet. He appears to keep his hands busy with humble pastoral ministry. However, I found one story that speaks volumes about him. A kid reporter, Gabriella Castaneda, writing for Scholastic News Online apparently decided to devote an entire article to Bishop Garcia. In the story she writes about how the bishop has impacted her life and in glowing terms describes the leadership he provides in the community. She writes,
They taught us what a gift we have in one another and how precious we should consider all life as created, nurtured and sustained by God. And during my priestly life, I have tried to be very attentive to and engaged in the Pro-Life Movement looking at it as the Seamless Garment of life as God has lent it to us."
"The people who work in his office really look up to him.The bishop has clearly touched this young reporter's life in a profound way.
He is always praying for others; he always keeps his promises; he is a joy to work for," said Kim from the Bishop's office."
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Bishop Soto will be a tremendous gain for the longsuffering Angelenos, but also a great loss in Sacramento.
Mahoney was kept on FAR too long, imo.
It looks like a strong group of ‘candidates’. I see that one of them is in Opus Dei. I agree that naming an Hispanic in LA is as logical as naming a person of Irish descent in NY or Boston.
Thanks for the very informative post. All would seem to be a very refreshing change for L.A.
My guess? Phoenix Bishop Olmstead.
Soto sounds good.
I hear Hubbard is available.
THANK you, Lord! ;-)
>> I hear Hubbard is available. <<
Nope... I’m not touching that one.
My guess is it's going to be someone like Chaput out of Denver who has the bigger city experience and the administrative knowledge and will to clean up a massive mess. The pastoral stuff doesn't mean quite so much when faced with the disaster LA is. Someone from outside of the California structure will have no favorites within the archdiocese, either. And, don't forget, this is a red hat in six years. Chaput is about the right age for that.
That being said, we can speculate all we want. What's interesting here is that a sitting CARDINAL has basically been told his resignation is going to be accepted. How often does that happen. If we just hang on, there's only a handful of the lefties remaining. It's the ones who are stuck in the 60's liturgically and are not left leaning in other ways that are starting to be an issue.
Gomez is big time pro illegal alien. He would be an economic disaster for not only the Archdiocese of Los Angeles but the entire country.
Unlikely that it will be a current Archbishop and Chaput wouldn't stand for Mahony telling him what to do for a year. Also, considering the diametrically opposed history those two have concerning EWTN and Mother Angelica, naming Chaput as Coadjutor could result in a bloodbath.
Last night when I was posting this, Olmstead’s name flashed through my mine!
Oh, my, would they have cat fits in LA!
NYer would be happy, but I doubt the people of the beleaguered LA Archdiocese would be! LOL!
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