On Dilexi Te

Purple Catholic Saturday Post

Oct 11, 2025

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Good morning and happy Saturday.

This week the Holy Father Pope Leo XIV published his first major document, the Apostolic Exhortation Dilexi Te. The title is Latin for “I have loved you” and is a completion of document that started by the late Pope Francis before his death in April.

The main theme of the Holy Father’s document is care for the poor and marginalized, a theme I believe ought to be readdressed here in the United States.

We have great Catholic charities here in the US that do great work to care for the homeless, pregnant mothers, migration issues, and the disabled. But what do you or I do for these organizations?

In the US we have a habit of ascribing that responsibility to the governemnt and as a result some criticize or ridcule charitible works. I have heard it myself from intellectuals that so-called “volunteerism” is a plauge on our society. But what this attitude reflects, Pope Leo XIV argues, is the unwillingess to have a human interaction with those who need it. He writes that “we need to give alms as a way of reaching out and touching the suffering flesh of the poor.”

The poor and the marginalized do not just need support, they need care and human interaction. As we claim that we defend the dignity of the human person in the womb, we must also do so at all stages of life: beit the homeless man on the corner or the migrant looking for work.

Below I have linked several articles on the Holy Father’s new document as well as the English translation of the document itself. I encourage everyone to read it and take it to heart.

While it is true that there may be nothing new in the document in the context of Church teaching, we must remember that the Holy Father is speaking to us on a issue that he believes must be emphasized in the time we live in.

If you have read it, I look forward to your comments and thoughts on the document below.

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Twenty-eigth Sunday in Ordinary Time

This Sunday at Mass, we will hear from 2 Kings 5:14-17, Psalm 98, 2 Timothy 2:8-13, and Luke 17:11-19.

Here is a calendar for the rest of the week:

Tuesday, 14 October - Memorial of St. Callistus I, pope and martyr (optional)
Wednesday, 15 October - Memorial of St. Teresa of Jesus, virgin and doctor
Thursday, 16 October - Memorial of St.Hedwig, religious (optional) or Memorial of St. Margearet Mary Alacoque, virgin (optional)
Friday, 17 October - Memorial of St. Ignatius of Antioch, bishop and martyr
Saturday, 18 October - Feast of St. Luke, evangelist