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The Church in the hands of the potter
Today we had a special reading at Mass from Jeremiah (18:1-6). It makes a good meditation for those of us who are "uncomfortable" with the "reshaping" the new "House of Israel" is going through these days:

1 This word came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
2 Rise up, be off to the potter's house; there I will give you my message.
3 I went down to the potter's house and there he was, working at the wheel.
4 Whenever the object of clay which he was making turned out badly in his hand, he tried again, making of the clay another object of whatever sort he pleased.
5 Then the word of the Lord came to me:
6 Can I not do to you, house of Israel, as this potter has done? says the LORD. Indeed, like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, house of Israel.

Especially note the line, "Whenever the object of clay which he was making turned out badly in his hand, he tried again, making of the clay another object of whatever sort he pleased." Is this not precisely what the Church in America is going through?

Ouch!