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3 DENVER CATHOLIC | APRIL 13-26, 2019 Vatican Notes From here to eternity. Giving for the Kingdom of God ® Planning Your Will and Special Gifts Personally — Leave a legacy of what matters to you most. Financially — Wisely manage the assets that God has entrusted to you, in full compliance with the doctrine of the Catholic Church. Spiritually — Strengthen our parishes and our Catholic community through your charitable giving. The Catholic Foundation of Northern Colorado is here to help you plan your Will, including the opportunity for special gifts that you may not be able to create on your own. As Catholic faithful, we believe our earthly treasure is a gift from God, and we can give it a way to serve the greater good. Give alms. Provide money bags for yourselves that do not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven. LUKE 12:33–34 Jean Finegan | Deacon Steve Stemper 303.468.9885 | TheCatholicFoundation.com giving@TheCatholicFoundation.com -- -- anthony@proximotravel.com Call us 24/7 Several trips to different destinations: the Holy Land; Italy; France, Portugal, & Spain; Poland; Medjugorje, Lourdes, & Fatima; Ireland & Scotland; England; Austria, Germany, & Switzerland; Greece & Turkey; Budapest; Prague; Our Lady of Guadalupe; Colombia; Brazil; Argentina; Domestic Destinations; etc… We also offer other trips with prices starting at $2,499 ~ Prices are ALL-INCLUSIVE with Airfare from anywhere in the USA Additions · Remodels · Full Builds Design Thru Build Residential & Commercial General Contractor PARISHIONER Matthew Alderman c. 720.217.1263 w. 303.495.2777 aldermanbuilders.com FREE CONSULTATION "The Beer Option" Five Course Food and Beer Pairing Dr. Jared Staudt and Alex Combe, Cicerone® creatio.org/beer Holy Name Church • May 10 at 7 p.m. Pope Francis: Conversion requires a resolve to sin no more BY HANNAH BROCKHAUS/ CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY P ope Francis last week emphasized the need for people to have a fi rm resolve to change their lives when they ask for forgiveness of their sins. "Every true conversion is aimed at a new future, at a new life, a beautiful life, a life free from sin, a generous life," the pope said April 7. And people are not afraid to ask Jesus for forgiveness, "because He opens the door to this new life." Pope Francis, in his Angelus address, refl ected on the Gospel passage of the woman caught in adultery. The scribes and Pharisees, he said, try to trap Jesus by catching him going against the law, which says the woman should be stoned. The scribes and Pharisees "are closed in the bottlenecks of legalism and want to lock up the Son of God in their perspec- tive of judgment and condemnation," the pope said. "But He did not come into the world to judge and condemn, but to save and o˜ er people a new life." This episode contrasts two di˜ erent attitudes, he underlined: The scribes and Pharisees "want to condemn the woman, because they feel they are the guardians of the Law and of its faith- ful application. Instead, Jesus wants to save her, because he personifi es the mercy of God who, by forgiving, redeems, reconciles, and renews." And then Jesus says: "Let the one among you who is without sin be the fi rst to throw a stone at her." With these words he appeals to the consciences of the scribes and Pharisees, remind- ing them of their own sinfulness, Pope Francis said. "This scene also invites each of us to become aware that we are sinners," he said, "and to let fall from our hands the stones of denigration and condemna- tion, of gossip, which at times we would like to hurl against others."

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