"Why doesn't the Church sell all its fine art and precious metals to feed the poor?"
When someone asks this question, writes Fr. Gabriel Mosher, "he is naturally defaulting to his personal experience of private ownership and then projecting that upon the institution of the Church and its ministers. The appropriate disposition, however, clearly perceives the distinction between the private and the common good.
"Like a museum, the Church acts as a steward of these beautiful creations for the sake of all people. Unlike in a museum, the Church sets these objects of devotion to work for the glory of God and to aid the faithful as they journey toward communion with the incarnate and triune God.
"If this art existed merely for those who could afford to commission it, then it would only unjustly impoverish the faithful."
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We think of this evil as Marxism. In reality, Marxism is nothing more or less than the current instantiation of a much more ancient evil: possession by the envious and hateful spirit that drove Cain to murder his brother Abel.
The great book of Genesis thus portrays mankind as riven by an eternal fratricidal conflict.
Those who reject genuine sacrifice become embittered by their subsequent failure ("rejection by God").
Instead of repenting and changing, they turn to revenge.
And who do they target? Those who strive to do well and offer what is best.
I can't believe how much wisdom the author of Genesis 4 compressed into that story's few sentences. You might even come to believe that God Himself had a hand in it.
Truly: it's uncanny. The first two human beings born into history are, respectively, a good, honest productive man and his brother, who allows himself to be consumed by resentment and the desire to destroy.
Communism, in a nutshell.
It is mind-boggling that year after year Apple can't find an extra 10 bucks to find a third grader that could do a better job at getting Siri to understand human speech.
I disagree. A lawful permanent resident has been admitted by the United States to live here indefinitely and is subject to U.S. law in a fundamentally different way than someone who enters temporarily as a tourist or specifically to give birth. A green card reflects an ongoing legal residence authorized by the United States, compared to a tourist or someone here on an other legal or illegal temorary basis.
@cyclopspilot68@elonmusk@t_blom Yes! Every day I leave work it tries to use a route that would force it to try to cross two lanes of traffic and get to a left turn lane in the space of about 100 feet, during rush-hour. It would be physically impossible for me to,do a let alone FSD.
@elonmusk@Tesla@t_blom it's definitely most of my interventions. I park on the lower level of a two story garage at work. It can't it figure out how to get out of there, let alone park at the charging station I use when it's free.
@LACountyRRCC@CountyofLA 37.5% of all registered voters in the county voted in a non-presidential year primary? That sounds sus all by itself. How does that compare to 2018?
@mkhammer@mirandadevine And the Knights Of Columbus very much answer that call within the Catholic church. In fact, we were founded specifically to care for widows and their children. @KofC
@briankeepsworth After moving too far away from the stylist that did mine for almost 15 years I have struggled for two years to find anyone that can do a decent job.