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8 Gulf Pine Catholic • October 16, 2020 Thank you, Jesus, Mary, St. Jude, and St. Anthony, for prayers answered. CS THANKSGIVING NOVENA TO ST. JUDE O Holy St. Jude, Apostle and Martyr, great in virtue and rich in miracles, near kinsman of Jesus Christ, faithful intercessor of all who invoke your special patronage in time of need, to you do I have recourse from the depth of my heart and humbly beg to whom God has given such great power to come to my assistance. Help me in my present and urgent petition. In return I promise to make your name known and cause you to be invoked. St. Jude pray for us and all who invoke your aid. Say three Our Fathers, Hail Marys and Glorias. Publication must be promised. This Novena has never been known to fail. I have had my request granted. Publication as promised. MSB In thanksgiving to the Holy Spirit, Blessed Mother and St. Jude, for prayers answered. BAB “Fraternity is the exact opposite of this,” he said. “It introduces the idea of general interests, those capable of forming a true solidarity and of changing not only the structure of the international community but also the dynamics of relationships within it.” As the first Muslim presenting a papal encyclical at the Vatican, Abdel Salam noted the significance of the new document for promoting interreligious dialogue and praised the pope’s “ability to express the themes of human fraternity to the whole world.” “It is an appeal to concord to a world in discord, as well as a clear message in favor of both individual and collective harmony with the laws of the universe, the world and life,” he said. “This notion relies on a clear reasoning that is rooted in the truth and is practicable in real life and in the real world.” With its criticism of “ideologies imbued with selfish- ness and the loss of social sense,” the Islamic scholar said, the encyclical, along with the 2019 Document on Human Fraternity signed by Pope Francis and Sheikh Ahmad el-Tayeb, grand imam of al-Azhar Mosque, “will restart the train of history that had stopped at the station of this world order, and was rooted in unreasonableness, injustice, pride and colonial violence.” “I hope that this encyclical, together with the Document on Human Fraternity , shall be a strong deter- rent against falsehood in all its forms and expressions, and that it can be the basis, or the most important factor for the birth of a new world order that relies on the sacredness of dignity and human rights -- as the pope said -- not on contempt, slavery and the exploitation of man,” he said. “At the same time,” he said, “I hope that this encyclical will reach the hands of politicians and decision-makers alike and enlighten them to lead the world out of the unrea- sonable state that it is liv- ing today.” Rowlands noted that “this letter has its roots in a specific interfaith encounter” and seeks to rally action in the name of the truths proclaimed by faith, beginning with the truth that all people were created by God. Faith is our well- spring,” she said. “It is part of how we can name and move beyond the grieving indifference of our age.” Encyclical Conference From page 1 Beatified teen showed that heaven is ‘attainable goal,’ cardinal says BY JUNNO AROCHO ESTEVES Catholic News Service ASSISI, Italy (CNS) -- Thousands sang and applauded as Italian teen Carlo Acutis was beatified in a town dear to him and to many Christians around the world: Assisi. During the Oct. 10 beatification Mass, Italian Cardinal Agostino Vallini, the papal legate for the Basilicas of St. Francis and St. Mary of the Angels in Assisi, read Pope Francis’ apostolic letter proclaiming Acutis’ “blessed,” the step before canonization. “With our apostolic authority, we grant that the ven- erable servant of God, Carlo Acutis, layman, who, with the enthusiasm of youth, cultivated a friendship with our Lord Jesus, placing the Eucharist and the witness of charity at the center of his life, henceforth shall be called blessed,” the pope decreed. After the reading of the apostolic letter, the newly beatified teen’s parents, Andrea Acutis and Antonia Salzano, processed toward the altar carrying a reliquary containing their son’s heart. The reliquary was engraved with one of the teen’s well-known quotes: “The Eucharist is my highway to heaven.” Pilgrims flocked both to the Basilica of St. Francis for the beatification Mass as well as to the Shrine of the Renunciation at the Church of St. Mary Major, where the newly beatified teen’s remains were on display for veneration. Men and women, boys and girls passed by the tomb quietly, some stopping to pray the “Our Father.” A young toddler blew a kiss goodbye to the young blessed as she passed by. SEE ACUTIS BEATIFICATION MASS, PAGE 23 Carlo Acutis is pictured on the booklet for his beatification Mass in Assisi, Italy, Oct. 10. (CNS photo/ Junno Arocho Esteves)