Mea culpa! I knew a voice from the south would object! Trust me when I say I am the ultimate anti-Seattlite! I have family in the Redneck Riveria and when I visit once a year, I am always astounded by the blatant racism. By no means did I mean the entire south. Truce?
****incidentally, this would make it much easier to raise morally upright children who aren't bombarded with those images from a relatively early age.
“A Few Good Men” would be an in depth look at the formation of young men discerning a vocation to the priesthood. Fr. Corapi would have a primetime show on one of the major networks. Sadly, “the Journey Home” wouldn’t exist because we would already all be Catholic.
That was awesome! Thanks!If all Americans were faithfully practicing Catholics…
*Each family would have more children since they would be open to life. This would not necessarily pose a financial problem since
*There would be fewer women in the workplace. Women would embrace their God-given honor and blessing to raise those children. Fewer employed women would mean higher wages for the daddies.
*Hollywood and related industries would tone down the sexuality substantially. There would maybe still be an R rating for movies with heavy action scenes, but not for gratuitous sex. Avoiding the near occasion of sin is important.
*With the women exercising their right to mother their own children, there would likely (though not necessarily) be more home cooking. This would benefit the health of the average American family.Code:****incidentally, this would make it much easier to raise morally upright children who aren't bombarded with those images from a relatively early age.
Please don’t get me wrong here. I am a woman. I am offended that my gender has been hijacked to create a myth that motherhood and domestic wifery is to be looked down upon with pity and sometimes even disgust. Careers are great, but there is no higher calling for a woman (in the grand scheme of things) than motherhood.
***One more thing…“Desperate Housewives” would be a sitcom or reality show about moms homeschooling more than 7 children at once.
OOO…All the restaurants would feature meatless dishes on Friday!!! Good Friday would be a National Holiday so all the dads could be home for the way of the Cross around the Church. Displaying the Nativity at businesses would be embraced. Children who aren’t homeschooled would be encouraged to pray in school!!!
My, this is fun…
“Redneck”? I do not think that a Catholic America would have such unrestrained prejudice against Celts.:irish1:
My uncle is part Celtic.
(I’m not, but his mom married an Irish man after her divorce way back in the mid 1950s). Of course, they were Protestant Celts, not Catholic Celts.Sounds kind of like Ireland…although, according to Frank McCourt, even before Vatican II Ireland was hardly free of pornography, drunkenness, and other vices.If all Americans were faithfully practicing Catholics…
*Each family would have more children since they would be open to life. This would not necessarily pose a financial problem since
*There would be fewer women in the workplace. Women would embrace their God-given honor and blessing to raise those children. Fewer employed women would mean higher wages for the daddies.
*Hollywood and related industries would tone down the sexuality substantially. There would maybe still be an R rating for movies with heavy action scenes, but not for gratuitous sex. Avoiding the near occasion of sin is important.
****incidentally, this would make it much easier to raise morally upright children who aren’t bombarded with those images from a relatively early age.
*With the women exercising their right to mother their own children, there would likely (though not necessarily) be more home cooking. This would benefit the health of the average American family.
Please don’t get me wrong here. I am a woman. I am offended that my gender has been hijacked to create a myth that motherhood and domestic wifery is to be looked down upon with pity and sometimes even disgust. Careers are great, but there is no higher calling for a woman (in the grand scheme of things) than motherhood.
***One more thing…“Desperate Housewives” would be a sitcom or reality show about moms homeschooling more than 7 children at once.
OOO…All the restaurants would feature meatless dishes on Friday!!! Good Friday would be a National Holiday so all the dads could be home for the way of the Cross around the Church. Displaying the Nativity at businesses would be embraced. Children who aren’t homeschooled would be encouraged to pray in school!!!
My, this is fun…
In other words, how about a country in which every practicing Catholic was truly loving “Jesus in His distressing disguise”?Yup. That was my originial question. What if everyone in America was a Catholic who practiced his/her faith, who was truly loving “Jesus in His distressing disguise”A country in which everyone was a practicing Catholic? How about a country in which every practicing Catholic was truly opening their hearts to the love of God, and putting that love into living action towards every human with which they had contact?
Another name for this is the Kingdom of God. Everyone will be Catholic and loving one another. There would be no crime and no one will use God’s name disrespectfully like seen on the media. The media would be censored.
All bad music and videos would be thrown into the sea.There would be no jails because everyone would treat everyone with kindness.Well, in this exercise in fantasy, my question stipulated that this Catholic America would not be a perfect America because we all still have the burden of original sin.Another name for this is the Kingdom of God. Everyone will be Catholic and loving one another. There would be no crime and no one will use God’s name disrespectfully like seen on the media. The media would be censored.
IF people are living a truly Catholic lifestyle-- which is the very premise of the question— praying family Rosaries, keeping their minds pure, striving for chastity, following the Biblical command to love your neighbor as yourself, “husbands, love your wives,” putting God first, nurturing their prayer lives, etc., etc…Fewer LEGAL abortions, women who could afford it going to Mexico or Canada
Less divorce, increased desertion rates, more children raised in a disfunctional environment
More poverty from more families struggling to raise more children
More crime from unwanted children raised in poverty
More alcoholism and drug addiction from those living a life of “quiet desperation”
But probably an increase in religious callings:thumbsup:
This is true…but it is also an immorality when people go without being wanted and are poor without being given a care by those who are rich. This is true even when the poor and unwanted are meek and humble enough to stay out of jail…it is found in the plain meaning of the Gospels, from the parable of the sheep and the goats to the parable of Lazarus and the rich man.
Yes–loved the book. Love all things Peter Kreeft.
