Posted on 03/16/2015 7:17:57 AM PDT by cleghornboy
On April 6, 1941, Bishop Fulton John Sheen gave a sermon on his radio show "The Catholic Hour" in which he reminded listeners that, "The basic spirit of the modern world for the last century has been a determination to escape the Cross." He told his audience as well that, "There is no such thing as living without a cross. We are free only to choose between crosses." And then he asked them: "Will it be the Cross of Christ which redeems us from our sins, or will it be the double cross, the swastika, the hammer and sickle, the fasces"?
Bishop Sheen believed, as I do, that America is at a crossroads. In his own words, "We in America are now faced with the threat of that double cross...Our choice is not: Will we or will we not have more discipline, more respect for law, more order, more sacrifice; but, where will we get it? Will we get it from without, or from within, Will it be inspired by Sparta or Calvary? By Valhalla or Gethsemane? By militarism or religion? By the double cross or the Cross? By Caesar or by God? That is the choice facing America today. The hour of false freedom is past. No longer can we have education without discipline, family life without sacrifice, individual existence without moral responsibility, economics and politics without subservience to the common good. We are now only free to say whence it shall come. We will have a sword. Shall it be only the sword that thrusts outward to cut off the ears of our enemies, or the sword that pierces inward to cut out our own selfish pride"?
Bishop Sheen for sainthood.
97.3% of the American population have no clue what that sentence means.
Bishop Fulton J. Sheen was a staple on Sunday mornings at our Catholic, DemonRAT house {because my Mother, God rest her soul} was a DemonRAT Chairwoman in the county, but she was a devote Catholic.
Her conflict between the murder of unborn babies and JFK was satisfied by his lying smile.
My Mother was still a woman.
DemonRAT women can reconcile positions that are 180 degrees out of phase because of "feelings". {think doggie style}
I know, writing about your Mother, and doggie style in the same post, makes you and me want to puke.
arrgggghhhh, so I just did.
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