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3 DENVER CATHOLIC | FEBRUARY 13-26, 2016 May 6th,2016 Live Music, Cocktails, Dinner, Live & Silent Auctions & Dancing Great way to celebrate the night before the Kentucky Derby! Friday, May 6th, 5:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m. The Cable Center 2000 Buchtel Boulevard, Denver, 80210 Proceeds to benefit Dominican Home Health Agency Celebrating 93 Years of providing no cost in-home nursing care and health-related services to the poor, sick elderly of the Metro Denver area Our goal is to raise money through the support of organizations, foundations and individuals who share the same commitment to this often voiceless population. 2501 Gaylord Street, Denver, CO 80205 Ph. 303-322-1413 ext. 17 Gary & Teresa Yourtz Foundation Buy Your Tickets Today! www.dominicanderby.org FreeHomeCareforVets.com Start care in 2-4 weeks 888-74-4VETS (8387) ® ACCREDITED BUSINESS * Over 65 * For Veteran Spouses and Widows too! No Hidden Fees! See if you are eligible today! We're a non-medical home care agency dedicated to providing compassionate assistance to veterans, Spouses and their Widows int he comfort of their own home at NO COST! VAAH is not affi liated with the VA (U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs), nor does VAAH charge fees to families applying for VA benefi ts. Only those who are accredited by the VA are involved in the preparation of a claim for benefi ts. VAAH does not sell insurance products or legal services. House Cleaning Transportation Needs Walks & Talks Laundry Meal Prep Linen Changing Medication Reminding Shopping Assistance Companionship Pope Francis: Consecrated must be close to the people A s the Year of Consecrated Life ended, Pope Francis reminded men and women religious that they must remain close to the people. "Consecrated life is not a status that allows us to watch others from a distance. Consecrated life must lead us to close- ness to the people, physical and spiritual closeness, knowing the people," he said in his address on Feb. 1.¢ He also encouraged the religious to pray for vocations to their communities, and not to lose hope. Finally, he thanked them for their service. "I thank you for what you do. Con- secrated persons, each one with his or her own charism. And I would like to underline what women religious and nuns do. What would the Church be with- out nuns? I have said this before: when you go to hospitals, to colleges, parishes, neighbourhoods, missions, there are men and women who have given their lives. ...When you go to a cemetery and see the many missionaries and nuns who died at the age of 40, from sicknesses, from the fevers they caught, who burned their lives — these are saints, these are seeds! We must ask the Lord to look to these cemeteries and to see what our anteced- ents did, and to give us more vocations, because we need them," Pope Francis said. SOURCE: VATICAN NEWS God's justice is mercy P ope Francis explained that mercy and justice are not contradictory during his general audience on Feb. 3. "They may appear to be contradictory, but this is not the case, as it is precisely God's mercy that leads us to achieve true justice," he said. He compared Biblical justice to legal justice. Legal justice, he said, consists of a person who considers himself or herself a victim seeking¢ retributive¢ justice, or infl icting punishment upon the o– end- ing party. "This route does not lead to true jus- tice, as in reality it does not conquer evil, it simply limits it," Pope Francis said.¢ However, he said that Biblical justice o– ers a chance to conquer evil. In this form of justice, the victim invites the guilty party to conversion by helping him understand what he has done and appeal- ing to his conscience. "In this way, recognising his blame, he can open up to the forgiveness that the injured party o– ers," he said. "It is cer- tainly a di cult path: it demands that the victim be disposed to forgive and wishes for the salvation and the good of the perpe- trator of the damage. But only in this way can justice triumph, as if the guilty party acknowledges the harm he has done and ceases to do so, the evil no longer exists and the unjust becomes just, as he has been for- given and helped to fi nd the way of good." Although this form of justice is not easy, Pope Francis reminded the audience that this is how God the Father treats sinners. "The Lord of Mercy wishes to save everyone…The problem is letting Him enter into our hearts," he said. DENVER CATHOLIC Vatican Notes

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