Posted on 07/05/2012 9:22:07 AM PDT by marshmallow
What do you and I, and all of us, really render to God in our personal lives?
On the Fourth of July, Archbishop Chaput delivered the closing homily before an overflow crowd gathered at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on the campus of Catholic University. The Liturgy, along with others in major cities throughout the Nation, was to "close" the "Fortnight for Freedom" called by the US Catholic Bishops. His choice as the homilist was not accidental. Nor can the critical and essential intention of this fortnight, the protection and preservation of religious freedom, actually come to an end.
WASHINGTON, DC (Catholic online) - The Archbishop of Philadelphia, Charles Chaput, is one of America's great churchmen who has gained an international recognition for his preaching and teaching on the proper understanding of Catholics and their civic duty. His courage and prophetic clarity on the authentic view of faithful citizenship have inspired thousands to a new Catholic Action which is only just beginning.
On the Fourth of July, Archbishop Chaput delivered the closing homily before an overflow crowd gathered at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on the campus of Catholic University. The Liturgy, along with others in major cities throughout the Nation, was to "close" the "Fortnight for Freedom" called by the US Catholic Bishops. His choice as the homilist was not accidental. Nor can the critical and essential intention of this fortnight, the protection and preservation of religious freedom, actually come to an end.
This prophetic Archbishop consistently calls all Catholics to live with what Pope Benedict XVI refers to as "moral coherence". This is not easy under the oppressive boot of what the same Pope properly called "the Dictatorship of Relativism." He has long challenged all of us who bear.........
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I clicked on the Vatican link and got connected to: The Holy Shroud: One Big Bang and the body was gone.
I clicked on the Vatican link and got connected to: The Holy Shroud: One Big Bang and the body was gone.
What an amazingly confusing garble of newspeak was uttered by the ‘pathetic’ spokesman for the current pope who heads the new religion established subsequent to Vatican II.
Obfuscation results from using utterly confusing phrases and terms to deliberately shroud what this new religion is really all about.
Well isn't that special. Religious freedom is essential and a necessary condition to being a free person; however, it is not a sufficient condition. We must also have economic freedom to enjoy the fruits of our labors. This is something that the Catholic Church preaches AGAINST in their pastoral letter Economic Justice for All.
This letter (quite long btw) has such gems in it as "70. Distributive justice requires that the allocation of income, wealth, and power in society be evaluated in light of its effects on persons whose basic material needs are unmet." and ""It is of the very essence of social justice to demand from each individual all that is necessary for the common good." and "74. Basic justice also calls for the establishment of a floor of material well-being on which all can stand. This is a duty of the whole of society and it creates particular obligations for those with greater resources. This duty calls into question extreme inequalities of income and consumption when so many lack basic necessities."
Since the thing runs to 90 pages I will let you read it yourself to see how contradictory the official position of the church is with tru economic freedom.
You seem to have confused the Liberation Theology promoted by the USCCB, for the “Teachings of the Catholic Church”.
They are NOT the same thing!
A distinction without a difference. Where then are the “Teachings of the Catholic Church?” Where are the official positions of the Catholic church if not in the USCCB? (Keeping in mind that one of those quotes was from a pope, not the USCBB.
The Teachings of the Catholic Church are found in the unadultrated Bible and are explained in the Catechism.
Since the link is blown, please provide the quote from the Pope, and I’ll be happy to address it.
Although, I susspect AB Chaput has done that work already in “Render unto Caeser”.
Charity is not the job of the government.
Also I hear the same crap from the pulpit. I have yet to hear a priest who ever said "Poverty is a voluntary choice. People who don't want to be poor should work harder." or words to that effect. To the contrary, I am ceaslessly exhorted to give more and to "give back." etc. I have a special problem with the phrase "giving back." I can't give back anything that was't given to me in the first place. If I earned it, then I can give it or not give it, but I can't give it back. The church goes along with the 0bama philosophy that everything you have was given to you by the government. In fact with the exception of things to do with reproduction, and euthanasia, the church's stand on political matters pretty musch corresponds to that of the liberal wing of the Democratic party.
It happens only when the government tries to replace religion.
If you are able to completely compartmentalize your moral life such that your economic and spiritual lives are in no way intertwined I pity you.
If you believe that human dignity realized in community with others, is the not criterion against which all aspects of economic life must be measured, from the moment of conception until the instance of natural death I pity you.
If you are able to convince yourself that you are in no way responsible for the millions in our community, country and around the world who hunger, thirst, and suffer, I pity you.
If you do not think that we as Christians will be individually judged by what we do and fail to do for the least of His brethren, I pity you. When Christians look into the face of those in need we do not look first to see if it looks like our face, we only see Jesus' face.
Christianity is not some abstract or hypothetical thought process played out only in pews or in internet forums, it is a way of life.
Peace be with you.
“The USCCB represents the official church hierarchy”
NOT when they contradict the Vatican!
Which has happend all too often in the last 50 years!
You need to quit going to the Church closest to your front door and find one that is faithful to the Vatican.
I drive an extra 5 miles for that reason.
I am a sinner on a pilgrimage of conversion who once saw the world as you do.
Peace be with you
Nonsense. Only the obtuse would confuse that collective cabal of navel gazing buffoons at the USCCB with "the entire church hierarchy".
I'll bet you've never read QUOD APOSTOLICI MUNERIS or DIUTURNUM or LIBERTAS PRAESTANTISSIMUM, ad infinitum.
Your objections seem to be based upon a premise that Catholics are outsiders to the political process and do not pay taxes. One in four Americans is Catholic and as such have significant input into the policies and spending decisions of this country.
The agenda of the Catholic Church is set by the Gospel of Jesus Christ and is not subject to the influence of Conservatives or Liberals or any single nation. Catholic allegiance is rightly first to God, not to country, party or political ideology. We are citizens of heaven first. We are patriots only to the degree that this country serves God and we best serve this country when we serve God. If you believe that the Church's position on abortion, religious freedom, euthanasia, opposition to communism, and defense of marriage is contrary to American interests then perhaps it is your agenda that is in need of change.
Peace be with you
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