An anonymous writer sent me a note in which he/she protests the public actions of America Needs Fatima with these words:
"Imagine if all of your energy was redirected to helping the poor or taking care of widows. Unfortunately, it seems you people care more about attention and public protest than you do about the Gospel.
"Matthew 6:1 "Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven."
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Our answer:
There is no contradiction between public acts of reparation and helping the poor and widows.
Countless groups today are dedicated to helping them. Very few, however are dedicated to doing public acts of reparation, such as the one scheduled for the blasphemies in the Jerry Springer show on June 26 in Cincinnati.
We are inspired to publicly defend the honor of Our Lord Jesus Christ in these passages of St. Matthew 10: 32, 33:
Every one therefore that shall confess me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven.
But he that shall deny me before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven.
And, we also read in the Gospel:
Mat 28:19 Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit:
Mat 5:15 Neither do light a lamp, and put it under the bushel, but on the; and it shineth unto all that are in the house.
Luk 11:33 No man, when he hath lighted a lamp, putteth it in a cellar, neither under the bushel, but on the, that they which enter in may see the light.
So, much to the contrary of what our writer/objector affirms, doing public acts of reparation are very much inspired by the Gospel.
While I myself am of the Lutheran persuasion, I certainly don't think that you're robbing widows by your actions. Christ healed and fed, but He also spoke.
ReplyDeleteHere's the opposite side of the coin to the Great Commission
ReplyDeleteMatthew 23:15 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you travel around on sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves."
Your protests and threats do nothing to glorify Christ or His Church.
It is such attitudes that have made abortion on demand, as well as pornography, fornication and same sex marriage so prevelant in our country. There were few who stood up and said NO! The same silence made the deaths of tens of millions possible under communism and nazism. The good must stand up to defend what is right and to publicly admonish those who promote evil.
ReplyDeleteThe United States is a nation founded on the principles of choice and freedom --- not theocracy. If you want to live in a nation where religion controls the rule of law, move to Iran. Comparing the United States to Nazi Germany or the former Soviet Union is neither right or righteous.
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