Catholic Word of the Day: SOLICITUDE, 06-03-10

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SOLICITUDE

As one of the charisms of administration in the apostolic church, it was the anxious concern of a bishop about the spiritual welfare of his people. St. Paul's solicitude for the churches under his care has been the model for bishops ever since (II Corinthians 11:28). (Etym. Latin sollicitus, thoroughly moved, agitated.)

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As I understand, this pertains to administration of churches for spiritual needs. Am I misreading that?

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Mass Salutation	Old Law	Nazarene
Subjectivism	Papal Coronation	Apostle
Subdiaconate	Mala Fide	Spiritual Espousals
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Tabernacle	Council of Trullo	Mortuarium
Repairing Scandal	Auriesville	New Law
Perfectae Caritatis	Violence	Tertian
Rule	Corpus Christi	Czestochowa
Solicitude

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I think you’re right - it’s a gift given to Bishops. We’ve had some Bishops who definitely exercised this charism: Archbishop Beltran and Bishop Slattery in Oklahoma, Bishops Curlin and Jugis here in Charlotte. A good Bishop is a real gift!