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I was replying to a thread that - obviously - was closed. I would still like to share part of my thoughts.
Nobody in their right mind negates that some things should have been dealt with better, but the Church condemns them, and in fact, it is thanks to the Church that we know some things are wrong and gravely immoral, because certain behaviors were actually very common in societies, before the Church of Christ brought her teachings to the whole world.
Ever since the beginning, incredible dignity was given by the Church to women, and even today the only voice that defends the true holiness and dignity of woman is the Catholic Church, all the while the world hurts them with lustful filth and desecration of the woman’s body, and strips her away of her dignity of virgin and of spouse and of mother.
If we visit the places where the vulnerable are found, we find almost exclusively or especially the Catholic Church in the form of missionaries. If we read some history, we learn how much the Church did ever since the very beginning for orphans and widows. If we brace ourselves and jump into the arena of the abortion debate, we see that the one community that is fighting against the killing of over one million unborn children every year in US alone is the Catholic Church.
But nobody praises her for her works of mercy around the whole world, for being the hope of billions, often the only reason that millions will live today rather than die of illness or starvation or a broken heart.
No, the world is too busy seeking the vanities of worldly affairs and, when time allows it, it turns towards the Church just for a minute or two, the time to spit on her face and walk away.
But the Church still loves everyone and protects the vulnerable. We take the spit in our face because some of our members have done wrong, even though many others have sacrificed their existence for the sake of those in need and still do and always will do.
We forgive those who scream at us and spit at us and throw us stones and yes, even kill us, because they do not know what they are saying and doing. They are hurt, and they need to blame someone, so they blame us, and they blame us because we are the ones that are called to be holy, we are the visible face of the God of infinite love and goodness in this filthy world of darkness that murders innocents every day and gives no hope to anybody.
We are supposed to be mankind’s hope, and when someone feels betrayed by us, he will hate us. We understand. We keep moving forward, doing the best we can. Because we, them, everyone…we are just men, brothers with the same defects, the same desires, the same hopes, the same weaknesses…and if in two thousand years we have not yet restored heaven on earth, the least we can do is bow our heads, accept it all, and work even harder for the suffering billions.
Nobody in their right mind negates that some things should have been dealt with better, but the Church condemns them, and in fact, it is thanks to the Church that we know some things are wrong and gravely immoral, because certain behaviors were actually very common in societies, before the Church of Christ brought her teachings to the whole world.
Ever since the beginning, incredible dignity was given by the Church to women, and even today the only voice that defends the true holiness and dignity of woman is the Catholic Church, all the while the world hurts them with lustful filth and desecration of the woman’s body, and strips her away of her dignity of virgin and of spouse and of mother.
If we visit the places where the vulnerable are found, we find almost exclusively or especially the Catholic Church in the form of missionaries. If we read some history, we learn how much the Church did ever since the very beginning for orphans and widows. If we brace ourselves and jump into the arena of the abortion debate, we see that the one community that is fighting against the killing of over one million unborn children every year in US alone is the Catholic Church.
But nobody praises her for her works of mercy around the whole world, for being the hope of billions, often the only reason that millions will live today rather than die of illness or starvation or a broken heart.
No, the world is too busy seeking the vanities of worldly affairs and, when time allows it, it turns towards the Church just for a minute or two, the time to spit on her face and walk away.
But the Church still loves everyone and protects the vulnerable. We take the spit in our face because some of our members have done wrong, even though many others have sacrificed their existence for the sake of those in need and still do and always will do.
We forgive those who scream at us and spit at us and throw us stones and yes, even kill us, because they do not know what they are saying and doing. They are hurt, and they need to blame someone, so they blame us, and they blame us because we are the ones that are called to be holy, we are the visible face of the God of infinite love and goodness in this filthy world of darkness that murders innocents every day and gives no hope to anybody.
We are supposed to be mankind’s hope, and when someone feels betrayed by us, he will hate us. We understand. We keep moving forward, doing the best we can. Because we, them, everyone…we are just men, brothers with the same defects, the same desires, the same hopes, the same weaknesses…and if in two thousand years we have not yet restored heaven on earth, the least we can do is bow our heads, accept it all, and work even harder for the suffering billions.
