Monday, October 17, 2016

MEMORIAL OF IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH, BISHOP, MARTYR

Make room for everyone
Catholics can take pride in the fact that the word catholic comes from the Greek katholikos meaning universal, complete, whole. Saint Ignatius gave us the first example of the word’s use way back in the year 107 when he wrote in a Letter to the Smyrnaeans, “. . . wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church.” We have a 1,900-year legacy of being an inclusive people, of making room for one and all. Now more than ever, in this age of strife and division, let’s affirm our catholic tradition.

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