“Benedict XVI told us well: the Church does not grow by proselytizing but by attraction."—Pope Francis  “He has done all things well.  He makes the deaf hear and the mute speak” (Mark 7:37), those deafened and muted by the sexual cover ups.  Even so, “Blessed are those whose sins are forgiven” (Psalm 32:1a).  “the man and his wife hid themselves from the LORD God among the trees of the garden” (Genesis 3:8) as does the cover-up hierarchy among the secular trees of justice.  The Church needs attractiveness.  Liturgy of the Word, Reading 333, Friday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time, Year I