Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Warnings...

"I say this so no one may deceive you by specious arguments. For even if I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing as I observe your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ. So, as you receive Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in him, rooted in Him and built upon Him and established in the faith as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving. See to it that no one captivates you with an empty, seductive philosophy according to human tradition, according to the elemental powers of the world and not according to Christ"--Colossians, 2:4-8.

"The moral conscience, both individual and social, is today subjected, also as a result of the penetrating influence of the media, to an extremely serious and mortal danger: that of confusion between good and evil, precisely in relation to the fundamental right to life...and yet all the conditioning and efforts to enforce silence fail to stifle the voice of the Lord echoing in the conscience of every individual: it is always from this intimate sanctuary of the conscience that a new journey of love, openness and service to human life can begin"
--John Paul II, Evangelium Vitae (1995).

Faith and morality calls each of us to awake and act. The warnings are for those open to hear. The faith of the saints--an example of how to live-- here, St. Therese of Lisieux gives us a lesson in living....
"The Lord has given me the grace never to fear the conflict, to do my duty no matter what the cost."
Silence is a luxury we can no longer afford if we are faithful to the Gospel. Pray incessantly yes! But we must also be a people who act--in faith and charity--but always in the Truth--cognizant that Evil exists, and hell is not an illusion.

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