So, begin with examining where “bitter zeal” is infecting your own thoughts, words, & deeds. “Peace be with you” is the counterweight as the two are incompatible
Rule of Thumb: Don’t post what you wouldn’t show your priest (in persona Christe).
Bravo Matt, Mark & Katharine ❤️🔥4/4
In his Summa Theologiae, St Thomas Aquinas laid out one of the most charitable yet practical arguments concerning immigration that effectively shaped the West for almost 1,000 years.
1. Immigration must always be proportionate so that foreigners can properly assimilate into the culture and mode of worship of the state.
2. Citizenship – and associated rights – should only ever be granted after the third generation to preserve the culture, mode of worship, and constitution of the state.
3. The common good of the citizens must remain the highest priority of the state, meaning, the state's obligation to provide aid to its neighbours can never be at the expense of the citizens.
However, Aquinas ends with the sobering reminder that some peoples and states are incompatible with one another, and these must be held as "foes in perpetuity".
Catholic Bishops sending traditional priests to psychiatric hospitals, where homosexuals & feminists attempt to reeducate them - to the tune of $30,000 a month - in a "massive exercise in medical fraud" paid for by the diocese's health insurance, was not on our 2026 bingo card.🤡
I'm too spent to offer much of an update, but she's home. She's where she needs to be. There was one final twist, which I will tell you about later. It might be meaningful down the road and it is mingling my relief with a sense of disquiet. But she's home. Thank God.