I made a promise to myself that I wouldn’t let blogging turn into idolatry. Well, it has strengthened my faith but weakened my marriage. I now post on here before discussing my thoughts and ideas with my husband. And that’s borderline infedelity, an emotional affair if you will. At the very least it smudged the line, and it’s only a matter of time before it becomes a slippery slope.
In light of this realization, I’m taking a temporary break. Most people would type something passive-aggressive now like, “Thanks for your patience.” I think that is total bullshit.
I realize this is an important historical move yet I can’t motivate myself to read (and thus write) about it. Never the less, welcome home. We truly are brothers and sisters in Christ.
Colbert, a self-confessed Catholic, has recited the Nicene Creed several times on his program. This is the latest occurance. He’s snarky but in a good way.
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This controversy just won’t die. And Archbishop Chaput comes to the rescue again. He proves that Catholic teaching is not just empty, disconnected rhetoric.
He does an excellent job explaining how abortion is at the core, not the fringe, of human rights.
There is no “social justice” if the youngest and weakest among us can be legally killed. Good programs for the poor are vital, but they can never excuse this fundamental violation of human rights.
The common good is never served by tolerance for killing the weak – beginning with the unborn.
While he has spoken numerous times on the aforementioned, this is the first time I’ve read his doubt critique:
But doubt is the absence of something; it is not a positive value. Insofar as it inoculates believers from acting on the demands of faith, doubt is a fatal weakness. The habit of doubt fits much too comfortably with a kind of “baptized unbelief;” a Christianity that is little more than a vague tribal loyalty and a convenient spiritual vocabulary. Too often in recent American experience, pluralism and doubt have become alibis for Catholic moral and political lethargy.
I’m guilty of this sin. I say, “I must pray for wisdom about [insert issue here] before acting.” In reality, I’m using my doubt as an excuse for inaction. It allows me to avoid saying no/declining opportunities to serve people towards Jesus while still preserving the appearance of action. It shifts the blame from me to God. “I’d love to do something; it’s God who’s dragging His feet.” Well, God isn’t fooled by this trickery. Sorry God.
