Spirit News - January 16th

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Also, two Pro-Life events on Friday and Saturday this week, see below for details.

Here's this week's update with what's going on with the Parish.

Monday,

January 16

St. Berard and Companions - Martyrs to the Muslim World

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Parish Office Closed

Open again Tuesday, Jan. 17

Tuesday,

January 17

St. Anthony of Egypt - Fleeing alone to the dessert, he lead many to Christ

Wednesday, January 18

St. Charles of Sezze - He almost burned the monastery down... but he's still a saint.

Thursday,

January 19

St. Fabian - Farm Boy Turned Pope

Eucharistic Adoration

Thursdays, 6 PM - 8 PM

Holy Family Chapel at Holy Spirit

Your Phone doesn't deserve all your free time.

Jesus deserves at least some of it.

Come and pray before our Lord in Adoration!

Friday,

January 20

St. Sebastian - Patron of Athletes, Hero of the Early Church

Diocese of Cleveland Mass for Life

Downtown at the Cathedral on Friday, January 20th at 10am will be the Mass for Life. Bishop Malesic will be presiding. Bishop Woost will give the homily. Please come to pray for an end to abortion, conversion of hearts, and protection of all families.

Saturday,

January 21

St. Agnes - Once of the many girl martyrs who toppled pagan Rome

2023 Cleveland March for Life

With Roe vs. Wade overturned we are now more empowered to defend Life on a local level.

Please consider joining us next weekend on Saturday, January 21st at Noon to March for Life in Cleveland. We will be starting at Benedictine Highschool and marching to Preterm to pray before marching back.

Let's make abortion unthinkable and stand for a more compassionate society together! Hope to see you there.

Sunday,

January 22

Mass Readings Here

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Events List

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Thoughts for Reflection

Did the Church Change Its Stance on Usury?

When confronted by a papal decision they don't accept-teachings against contraception or the ordination of women, for example-some Catholics say, "The Church teaches that now, but it will change its stance, just like it did with usury." But the Catholic Church's treatment of lending at interest must be situated in its broader context to be properly understood and to address this objection.

Usury is still a sin. So why is interest OK?

5 Non-Religious Arguments Against Abortion

Not everyone is religious.

And not all religious people value the sanctity of human life.

Still others do, but think religion is just "private opinion" that shouldn't be voiced in public or made into law.

The Right to Life is a Human Issue, not (Just) a Religious one.

The Word You Must Add to Your Catholic Vocabulary

That is why, in the Middle Ages, the Church rejected the idea of double truth—i.e., that something could be true in one area, like science, but false in another, like theology. That is why the Church has always stressed the harmony of faith and reason, and why the Church’s own teaching cannot be in contradiction to itself.

How You Understand the Church Hinges on Pope Benedict's favorite Word...

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