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Guest
Dearly beloved,
It is much easier for man to be guided by the Ten Commandments, athough as one observes the moral bedlam of our contemporary world, one could be forgiven for thinking that such was the case.
Myriads of our fellow men are living without moral convictions; their only firm belief appears to be tolerrance and allowing each man to ‘flourish’ physically and emotionally according to his own choosing, the only caveat being that he does not harm others whilst pursuing his happiness. However this is too simplistic for words, for if there are no moral absolutes and non-negotiable truths then there can be no consensus as to what is right or wrong. All truth becomes a very relative affair and results in a man being carried along a subjective path to an ultimate qaugmire of competing opinions, a rather silly sort of situation where everybody is right and yet nobody is wrong and where there is a morbid and unhealthy dislike of dogmatism. It is hardly surprising that in this climate of moral nebulousness and laxity, validly held beliefs, especially of the religious variety, are deemed to be unacceptable or merely a matter of private opinion. This is not because they are untrue but because they are at variance with the current prevailing wisdom or are somehow considered politically incorrect and restrictive.
Therefore, a traditional orthodox Catholic or Protestant might well find himself branded a facist or a ‘homophobe’ when all he is doing is being authentically Christian and loyal to Sacred Scripture and the Church’s teaching. As an example let us take the case of Mr. Rocco Buttiglione, a minister in the Italian government, who was selected to be justice minister for Europe. During questioning he admitted that he was a Catholic and that he believed, quite rightly, that homosexual conduct was sinful but that it was a sin that should not be a crime. This admission disqualified him from taking up office as his moral convictions were held to be “in direct contradiction of European law”. Mr. Buttiglione aptly described this as the “new totalitarianism”. Evidently, the moral law of God is inconsequential in modern Europe. Now clearly this state of affairs cannot last because only allegiance and submission to God’s truth can bring any genuine cohesion to our disordered world.
Alas, even within the bosom of Holy Mother Church there are those dissidents who perversely refuse to consent or comply with the whole truth of the teaching of Sacred Scripture and, as consequence, have introduced schism and opposing sections. Political correctness does not serve the Church or further its mission in the world; men need to hear God’s unalloyed truth and not some attenuated and paletable version of it. Look, giving people what they want to hear and not the whole unadulterated truth is just cheating them and being downright unfair to them. It is a little like giving an adolecent a diet of fast food rather than good, wholsesome and nourishing meals, which is what they require for their physical and mental well-being.
The Archbishop of Prague said that Muslims were now well placed to fill the spiritual void created, as Europeans empty Christian doctrine of its true content so that they can live as they please. An aggressive secularism has left a deep spiritual vacuum and Christians, Catholic and Protestant, are culpable for abandoning their roots. It is imperative that they find their way back to “the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it” (Jer. 6: 16); back to the traditional teaching and discipline of the Church. Our beautiful Faith is being rejected all over Europe and, I suspect, in North America also. Do we really care about this deplorable state of affairs?
Let us do our bit to try to reverse this unacceptable trend by striving to live pure and holy lives and to be loyal to our Church and its doctrine.
Warmest good wishes,
Portrait
It is much easier for man to be guided by the Ten Commandments, athough as one observes the moral bedlam of our contemporary world, one could be forgiven for thinking that such was the case.
Myriads of our fellow men are living without moral convictions; their only firm belief appears to be tolerrance and allowing each man to ‘flourish’ physically and emotionally according to his own choosing, the only caveat being that he does not harm others whilst pursuing his happiness. However this is too simplistic for words, for if there are no moral absolutes and non-negotiable truths then there can be no consensus as to what is right or wrong. All truth becomes a very relative affair and results in a man being carried along a subjective path to an ultimate qaugmire of competing opinions, a rather silly sort of situation where everybody is right and yet nobody is wrong and where there is a morbid and unhealthy dislike of dogmatism. It is hardly surprising that in this climate of moral nebulousness and laxity, validly held beliefs, especially of the religious variety, are deemed to be unacceptable or merely a matter of private opinion. This is not because they are untrue but because they are at variance with the current prevailing wisdom or are somehow considered politically incorrect and restrictive.
Therefore, a traditional orthodox Catholic or Protestant might well find himself branded a facist or a ‘homophobe’ when all he is doing is being authentically Christian and loyal to Sacred Scripture and the Church’s teaching. As an example let us take the case of Mr. Rocco Buttiglione, a minister in the Italian government, who was selected to be justice minister for Europe. During questioning he admitted that he was a Catholic and that he believed, quite rightly, that homosexual conduct was sinful but that it was a sin that should not be a crime. This admission disqualified him from taking up office as his moral convictions were held to be “in direct contradiction of European law”. Mr. Buttiglione aptly described this as the “new totalitarianism”. Evidently, the moral law of God is inconsequential in modern Europe. Now clearly this state of affairs cannot last because only allegiance and submission to God’s truth can bring any genuine cohesion to our disordered world.
Alas, even within the bosom of Holy Mother Church there are those dissidents who perversely refuse to consent or comply with the whole truth of the teaching of Sacred Scripture and, as consequence, have introduced schism and opposing sections. Political correctness does not serve the Church or further its mission in the world; men need to hear God’s unalloyed truth and not some attenuated and paletable version of it. Look, giving people what they want to hear and not the whole unadulterated truth is just cheating them and being downright unfair to them. It is a little like giving an adolecent a diet of fast food rather than good, wholsesome and nourishing meals, which is what they require for their physical and mental well-being.
The Archbishop of Prague said that Muslims were now well placed to fill the spiritual void created, as Europeans empty Christian doctrine of its true content so that they can live as they please. An aggressive secularism has left a deep spiritual vacuum and Christians, Catholic and Protestant, are culpable for abandoning their roots. It is imperative that they find their way back to “the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it” (Jer. 6: 16); back to the traditional teaching and discipline of the Church. Our beautiful Faith is being rejected all over Europe and, I suspect, in North America also. Do we really care about this deplorable state of affairs?
Let us do our bit to try to reverse this unacceptable trend by striving to live pure and holy lives and to be loyal to our Church and its doctrine.
Warmest good wishes,
Portrait