To tell the priest to throw away theology and impress us with his personality, is exactly like telling the doctor to throw away physiology and merely hypnotize us with his glittering eye.
It is clear that the pro-life battle will not be won through legislation alone. Only when the hearts and minds of millions of Americans are changed will the little ones be spared, and that can only happen through a profound spiritual change of mind.
I wouldn't mind paying more taxes if they used the money to fund good, local initiatives that helped people. But the gummint continues to fund wars, abortion and other death dealing projects. Meh.
God desires for us to fully engage with him, beyond just auto-pilot prayers and automatic routines. Are you living as a "Catholic minimalist" and barely scratching the surface of where God desires for you to grow? Read more in the August Miscellany: https://t.co/3cHRxNGpzJ.
Fulton J. Sheen - “There are not one hundred people in the United States who hate The Catholic Church, but there are millions who hate what they wrongly perceive the Catholic Church to be.”
Old Liberal Catholics: "Humane Vitae was dumb. We only had two kids."
Also old liberal Catholics: "Where the heck are all these conservative young priests coming from?"