Reestablishing the harmony with the Magisterium is not as difficult as we imagine. This moment is clouded with doubt and hesitation. However, we know that theology is built on solid philosophy and healthy psychology. We know both are found in our beautiful and beloved Catholicism. Our theology is the full measure, deeply textured and expressed through the Holy Family, the saints, the doctors, fathers and martyrs found in antiquity and ever present today. It is the Magisterium which brings this theology alive, ever present into our lives. Priests who did not know what it truly means to be a priest; this is the sin which has stained their cloth. Their sins and behavior are so grievous that it will be punished by our courts of law. The world will burden these men with the weight of their crimes. Once these men are removed, the flock will once again hear the voice of their good shepherds and follow them along the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake. This is the way it was intended to be and the way it will be.
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What Will We Do Part I
The turmoil, troubles and falling away which the Church is experiencing may be solved by making the past, the path into the future. Through the rediscovery of our perfected precepts, we the Body of Christ, we the laity, through our Faith and our continuing conversion of heart can recreate the cornerstone and construct Jesus’ Church. As it was, as the Holy Spirit makes it, as it will be. Solutions will be found by reestablishing the harmony in our hearts, through the teachings of the Magisterium, and through the Holy Order of Brothers, in our Domestic Church and our communities. Through right thinking, evangelization flows naturally from one thought to the next. What does this look like, what will we do?
Let us ask; what has been forgotten and what has been lost? Two thousand years of biblical and historical perspective have brought us to this moment; surely this isn’t the end of those means. Have we forgotten that the betrayer was one of the twelve? Are we too sophisticated to believe the evil one prowls this world destroying lives and crushing souls? Is the Greater Good, found in the tragedies of today’s headlines; a return to our roots, the foundation found in the Word as told through Sacred Scripture, that word written in our hearts and told through our listening. Will we now say openly and honestly; the Lord has spoken, and we have answered? If prayer is a conversation between two people who love each other, and I believe it is; then, we pray our prayers will be answered. We pray we receive and accept His will. So, we pray together; from the deepest, most focused and concentrated meditative state of mind we can muster, to simply calling his name; Jesus, Jesus, Jesus.
Free From Suffering
As Christians, we are familiar with a world view which simply states; we are “in” the world, not “of” it. Can we apply a similar concept to our present-day sufferings and the life events which have wounded us? What would this look like?
Could we contrast our sufferings as being free “of” them or free “from” them? If we have made creditable observations, then one conclusion would be that it makes sense to say; I am free “of” them. That those events from the past and today’s worries do not define me. I have recognized the impact the past has had on my life, as well as the time and calories I am burning to deal with today’s troubles. I am free “of” them, but not free “from” them. If this is a viable conclusion and I think it is; then the next step would be to realize I never would want to be free “from” them. In part, who I am is a product of how well I navigated those troubled waters. My achievements then and now are in some respects a testimony of how well I managed my life, the good and wrongful decisions which were made at the time and the benefits I enjoy today because of those experiences.
ologyism
How about a new word for secularism? How about considering that God is not being rejected or excluded from public affairs? How about considering the God standard is exactly what is being applied and used to measure the value and quality of our civil society? How about considering secularism is really “ologyism”? How about considering, Theism as seeing value and quality as being discovered in the Word of God and “ologyism” as seeing value and quality as being invented by the will of the individual. So, you take some psychology and a dose of biology and a dash of theology and a little spooky philosophy; blend it with twenty first century individualism, expressionism and some lively liberalism; mix well and bake for twenty-five years; spread it over middle and upper-class Americans while attending state sponsored schools and presso-chango “ologyism”. But it’s the very virtues found in Holy Scripture which are used to measure the results of this “ologyism”. So, if the “ologyist” really believes that the logic, reason, understanding, awareness and the power of their will can lead to the perfectly structured society, well then at least give themselves a new name because ideologist, socialist, utopians and democrats are already taken.