Saturday 26 February 2022
Statement by The Right Reverend Mgr Keith Newton, Ordinary of The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, on the situation in Ukraine
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Statement by The Right Reverend Mgr Keith Newton, Ordinary of The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, on the situation in Ukraine
We are called to reflect the image of God after whom we are made, “whose nature is always to have mercy.”
In his statement on the ‘blessed’ and ‘woes’, Christ inverts so much of what the world would have us believe. Far too often we might find ourselves making material wealth and security our first priority. Christ points to spiritual poverty, obedience to the teaching of God, and rejection by the world, as being the means to fullness of life in God.
The sacraments are the place where Christ waits to encounter us. In the confessional he hears our confession, “I am a sinful man,” that he might touch our lips so that “your guilt is taken away, and your sins forgiven,” thereby being prepared to hear the words of Christ, “Do not be afraid, henceforth you will be catching men.”