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He remained there for twelve years and accomplished both of those tasks . Questions of social justice or liberty are simply never of any concern to them as they have never known any nor will they receive any in this world . This is not an easy task because at times we can find comfort in holding on to dark grumbles and deep grudges . I wrote a letter to the public relations officials , asking if the university had any statistics on alumni who had renounced personal possessions ( in order to enter religious life ) or who had deliberately chosen a less lucrative career because of the service that could be rendered . Indeed , Marshall points out in a touching remark , that the faith is much more real when the believers know that they may be killed or persecuted any day of their lives . This last sentence of the Catechism does not indicate that any individual soul can necessarily intercede for us , nor does the number in question tell us anything about how the souls would know what to pray for but it does clearly state that they intercede for us and their efforts can succeed . In both instances , he was actively seeking to dissolve boundaries between himself and the laity . Clearly the preacher held the deceased in high esteem ; he learned much from him both professionally and personally . It would be very helpful if all liturgists , musicians and readers as well , could come to the common conviction that at Mass , something far more theocentric is happening than homocentric : that is , we are in the midst of God doing something divine to and for us at the same time as we attempt to reach out to him and receive that touch of beauty which is ultimately called grace or divine life . The challenge both to Church teaching and to single Catholics practicing their faith is to be Catholic in society . He reminded us that our true lives and fulfillment lay elsewhere , beyond this world . Through these changes , we move closer to God within us . Thus , for national , international and canonical reasons , I find it personally unbelievable and scandalous that any Catholic pastor would offer a pulpit , during the Sacred Liturgy , to any politician , but especially to one who uses so many other platforms to oppose and contradict ( even belittle ) Catholic teaching and Catholic practice . Fortitude enables us to cling to all that is good and refuse to let go no matter what . Fortitude enables us to endure hardships with patience and firmness . He did his priestly training with the Jesuits at Heythrop College , Oxfordshire , England and then at London University where he gained degrees in both philosophy and theology . On the contrary , the forgiveness proclaimed by the gospel requires a mature assessment of where we have turned against God , where we have violated others , and where others have sinned against us . We can thank the Cardinal for giving us all the opportunity to reflect on what it is we are doing when we attend Mass or any other liturgical function ( p. 14 ) . St. Thomas speculates that those who are in purgatory are more perfect than we insofar as they are not able to sin , but they are less perfect than we insofar as the punishment which they are suffering is concerned.14 In this latter respect , they are not in a state of prayer for us , but rather in a state which requires us to pray for them .