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caption id="attachment_73063" align="alignright" width="344"] Pope Francis washes the foot of a prison inmate during the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper at Rome's Casal del Marmo prison for minors.[/caption] Are we taking care of such suffering souls in our families or in our vicinity? Are we consistently telling someone to do what they are not able to do? Or are we forcing people in our families to do consistently what they are not willing to do? It will kill their freedom. Are we the fault finders? Are we ignoring anyone? Do we know to do what we need to do?

The 75-year-old co-founder of the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) notes that care of priests has become a regular item on the agendas of priests’ councils and in the conversations of priests. “Fifty years ago no one talked about care of priests or priests at risk,” he said. But with few vocations, congregations melting away, collections declining by the year, priests’ morale is “at an all-time low”. our country, our world experienced national disasters, floods, famines, civil wars, epidemics or pandemics This is not the whole picture, however. Today's passage invites us to remember the temporary and fleeting "judgement moments" we may have experienced:Irish Catholics Call for Married Priests and Ordination of Women", The Scotsman 13 April 2012, accessed 22 May 2012

Christ himself wishes to be identified with and recognised in every refugee." ... Pope St John Paul II. Hoban, Brendan. "A new 'Association of Catholic Priests' ". Association of Catholic Priests . Retrieved 3 August 2020. As always in the bible, the judgement causes two reactions and we have experienced them both at different times:Actually, God places the hungry, thirsty, naked, stranger in our vicinity. He never deprives us of the situation to be helpful. They will be in our own family, neighborhood, workplaces, commutation and so on. We miss noticing the hunger, thirst, nakedness, or loneliness; they are suffering from. Those with strong private theories and opinions have plenty of churches to choose from and, if they find none to their liking, they can always set up another. [28] The group was founded by priests as a "forum to discuss theological issues" and as an "independent body to fight for the rights of priests and defend them in situations where their bishops have refused support". [7]