October 8, 2024
Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger
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Listening
What does God do all day long? And what might we learn from God?
What does God do all day long? And what might we learn from God?

Permission to be human
God will love us even in, through and beyond our sins.
God will love us even in, through and beyond our sins.

Our reality: More than our realty?
Some parishes may come to decide that it no longer serves their mission to invest in the costly maintenance of their realty when they can invest in the needs of their surrounding communities
Some parishes may come to decide that it no longer serves their mission to invest in the costly maintenance of their realty when they can invest in the needs of their surrounding communities

The God who is real
Since when has our Catholic faith become a menu of likes and dislikes?
Since when has our Catholic faith become a menu of likes and dislikes?

Who’s here?
When asking this question, we must consider not just the parish staff and regular church-goers, but also every person, every family within our boundaries.
When asking this question, we must consider not just the parish staff and regular church-goers, but also every person, every family within our boundaries.

Conversion to mission
Seeing Christ as our Lord and Savior leads to a conversion that changes not only outlooks but lives.
Seeing Christ as our Lord and Savior leads to a conversion that changes not only outlooks but lives.

Disrupted!
When the Lord knocks at the door of our hearts and we open up for him, he is going to make changes.
When the Lord knocks at the door of our hearts and we open up for him, he is going to make changes.

Remade for mission
Rebuild the Church the way St. Francis was called to do
Rebuild the Church the way St. Francis was called to do

Crisis and conversion
We are being challenged to a conversion of thinking and behavior that our current crisis calls us to in the Diocese of Albany.
We are being challenged to a conversion of thinking and behavior that our current crisis calls us to in the Diocese of Albany.
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