Shadowing Practice: 2026 09 06 Reflection 127 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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I am blessed to have as my brothers in the Franciscan community several friars who are canon lawyers.
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One aspect of the Church's canon law deals with penalties,
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which might be incurred or imposed for very serious actions which break the unity of the Church.
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One of these has been in the news lately, excommunication.
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While popular opinion might see excommunication as the church condemning someone to hell, that is not the case.
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The church never rejects any of its members.
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Rather, it acts as a loving parent might in the face of a child who slams the door and leaves the house.
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In the face of someone's serious violation of a church law,
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the church names it through the penalty but then remains open to that person's return always.
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The Church, in imitation of the father of the prodigal son, waits to embrace the prodigal's return with sincere affection.
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In today's Gospel, Jesus spells out a process to address the situation where one community member hurts another.
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Our Lord asks His followers first to keep the problem private with a one-to-one conversation between the one injured
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and the one who inflicts the injury.
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Only if that fails is the disciples to involve others as witnesses.
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A third step after failure is to tell the church, that is, bring the issue before the whole community.
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If nothing persuades the sinful disciple to listen, quote, then treat him as you would a Gentile or a tax collector.
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Scripture scholar Father Ron Witherup writes that this extreme treatment, quote, may at first seem like making them outcasts,
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but we should remember that Jesus called such outcasts to be members of his inner circle and his wider community.
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These now public Christian sinners would become the focus of reconciliation, following Jesus' example in reaching out to tax collectors and sinners.
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And so, in the church today, our Holy Father and our bishops
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and pastors are called to foster unity with prayer for the return of those who have broken that bond of love.
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When we act as Jesus has taught, we are ensured of the Father's generosity and the presence of Jesus in our midst as we gather.

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