As I posted, I would be thrilled beyond measure if all the Catholics in this nation fully practiced their faith. I would be especially ecstatic if all of the Catholic clergy ceased worshiping at the altar of Marxist Liberation Theology and returned to their Catholic roots.
Have you noticed? When a plane is about to take off the flight attendant says, “Put your **own** oxygen mask on first, then help those next to you with their mask.” This is good advice, not only for a plane that is about to crash but for a nation that is in a spiritual nosedive.
My suggestion:
Put your own spiritual mask on first, then help the people closest to you ( your family and fellow Catholics.) There are plenty of Catholic lost sheep wandering out there in the spiritual wilderness to keep you very busy without criticizing Protestants. I am trying to do this within my Protestant circle without criticizing my fine Catholic neighbors.
It's a beam in the eye thing and first being able to see clearly before being about to help others.
“There are plenty of Catholic lost sheep wandering out there in the spiritual wilderness to keep you very busy without criticizing Protestants.”
I deal with that every day.
“I am trying to do this within my Protestant circle without criticizing my fine Catholic neighbors.”
That’s fine. I will continue to criticize the Protestant heresies and liberal beliefs which now affect my fellow Catholics. If that means attacking Protestantism itself - which is a heresy - that’s okay with me.
“It’s a beam in the eye thing and first being able to see clearly before being about to help others.”
I see clearly. I see no reason why I can’t help Catholics by showing the errors of Protestantism since that is the problem for Catholics in the first place. When a Catholic “backslides” he is acting like a Protestant in spirit if not in practice.
OUCH!!!