COALITIONS IN EVIL




Contrary to perpetuated belief, individual persons are not evil. Try as we may, we cannot put a face on the abstraction.


The Christ already conquered evil, but He did not clear it from the earth. With assent to Him I can CONTROL its influence, but only in myself. No matter how often I succumb to sin, I can turn to Him. But my sincerity must be pure. It is impossible to truly repent without specific allocution of my transgression, complete sorrow and the intent not to sin again. Metanoia must be TOTAL. If I "secretly" plan for my next foray into iniquity I have not repented. Like infinity this concept is mind-boggling to grasp. However, if I continue striving, effects of evil in my life fall away... very gradually. This is personal spiritual growth. It happens incrementally.

God's Law is Supreme and it is written in Nature. No law that mankind issues can be valid if it contradicts His Law. The little American Experiment laid down a framework. Our Founders did not "get it perfect" but they DID strive for perfection corporately. They called on Creation's God for Wisdom to craft a system to protect rights given to us by Him.

When two or more people attempt to atone for corporate sin - transgressions committed against God by the complicity of all of us combined - without the intent of true repentance it is an even more grievous affront to God and His Perfect Principle. Remember the enigma? If personal spiritual growth completely depends on INTENT - the striving for perfect union with God's Will - the moment two persons collude to continue in sin, repentance is voided. If
there is no true reconciliation with God's Law attempted, HE does not supply the incremental healing.

Habitual sin (even sin of omission) blinds us to the very awareness of sin. It also dulls our perceptions to the nuance of sin. Without complete submission to Truth, however imperfectly we currently perceive it, we do not receive conviction by the Holy Spirit to realize right judgment to even comprehend what may be lesser according to God's standards. The magnitude of the downward spiral becomes ever more viscous.

The fallacy in the "Anybody But Obama" mantra is that it incorrectly assumes a person is evil. We are battling invisible forces of evil and their manifestation in human BEHAVIOR. We cannot fight evil with impure intent, which is itself, evil. Anything less than striving for God's Perfect Truth renders us apart from Him with no hope of recovery.

The ANTIsocial INjustice of the Left
A Blindness in the
Body of the Church?





Political Correctness is the peer pressure enforcement arm of Secular Humanism. Under the guise of safety and the protection of the more vulnerable, a platitude has been emphasized in society’s daily life – the supremacy of the pedestrian. You might object that this has always been so. But not long ago grandparents and parents stressed a primary message of childhood to their grandchildren and children, "Look both ways before crossing the street." That message has virtually gone by the wayside within a Biblical generation. Motorized vehicles are without doubt a relatively recent introduction, and they increased the necessity for such parental admonishment in order to assure that their progeny survived to adulthood. But the wisdom behind it predates streets and roadways to pathways occupied with cartage and beasts of burden. We can venture to say that prudence itself enforces the idea that bigger things can deprive you of life if one inadvertently collides with them.

Just as important as the advice being withheld from offspring, it has been embraced and implemented by oldsters with an actual flaunting of pedestrian "authority." It has been adopted and put into practice by people old enough to remember a deference to cars. It has been put into practice by virtually everyone regardless of his or her political leanings or religious affiliation.

In daily life of our First World, the motor vehicle is the default - the norm - and great capital expenditure upon it is not surprising, it having enabled our efficient conduct of commerce. Codes are extensive for roadway construction and the use thereof. Therefore demarcations favoring that expediency are not unwarranted.

Enter the re-norming of those who consider mankind a blight to the planet earth. What do carbon emissions, the "equality" of animals and the fragility of the earth’s ecosystems have to do with pedestrian supremacy? The tacit understanding is that a more "civilized" (secular) human being is morally above confrontations with mere machines, the inventions of robber barons. Manipulators fuel underlying class struggle. A defiant strut has become the new norm for people crossing stretches of concrete that are built for cars – streets, highways and parking lots. The walk is done without regard for crosswalks or traffic lights. The walk is done with expectancy for passage as if the walker was in the safety of his/her living room.

What of sidewalks built at expense of homeowners and required by law in some cases? They are not necessary or mandated for pedestrian use. Pedestrians instead demand use of the roadway from cars... and get it. What of specifically erected and marked crosswalks in the middle of blocks emblazoned with state law signage protecting pedestrians? Better not dare to encroach on those safety zones. But even when those dedicated holy trails are present, any other portion of the roadway is equally sacrosanct and must be yielded to the whim of errant crossers. No consequence is ever demanded of them because the "archaic" term has been erased from all PC dictionaries – jaywalking. (Jaywalking according to wiki is – of course – something Jay Leno did).

I am in no way advocating reckless endangerment of pedestrians by assault with a deadly vehicular weapon. But the inordinate carte blanche afforded to those walking, especially when they flagrantly ignore measures for their own safety is filled with hypocrisy. Consider this. Minus the safety consideration: A deference to human beings over human beings in cars is in and of itself an injustice. Once a human being parks the car, he/she in turn perpetuates the tyranny on those driving incoming vehicles.

Illustrations abound even in the confines of church parking lots. Did The Golden Rule (the corollary of Christ’s second greatest commandment) undergo Post-Modern modification? Our own church entrance is within yards of the parking lot entrance. Every Sunday, without regard for traffic piling up on the busy roadway that passes the church, pedestrians routinely trickle in front of cars which are lined up not daring to take their turns to ingress the lot. The "entitlement strut" takes no heed of fellow strutters, the timing or length of their passage. Pedestrians perceive an indult to strut for as long as it takes – no matter how many strutters are strung out in front of waiting traffic. Another platitude/lesson of childhood went out the window with "Look Both Ways." The Entitlement-minded have changed "Take Turns" to "TAKE EVERYTHING... Let’s OCCUPY the path of modern civilization… I’m the 99%... Everyone ELSE is a 1% suspect." (Did I forget to mention that logic also went out the window?)

You may think I am exaggerating by saying that parents are specifically teaching their children that it is not necessary to look both ways before stepping out in the habitat of motor vehicles. I know of a day care with entrance logistics similar to the church parking lot just described. The very young obviously do not traverse the lot unaccompanied. They hold a parental hand. A marked, raised crosswalk (per the public roadway variety) exists between the entrance and parking-lot-proper on this private property. I have yet to see an adult look both ways him/herself to model safety, let alone instruct the child to do so. The very young lack the ability to discern the subtle nuance of this specialized crosswalk. And even if they did, prudence dictates that adults prepare them for the fact that scofflaws exist in society and safety zones are not 100% safe.

One would think with the elevation of the pedestrian to such a pedestal that the environment for the most vulnerable - the blind - would be at an unprecedented level of safety. There’s the irony! Several factors make it not so. The recognition of a white cane among youth in our culture is inversely proportional, it seems, to the heightened awareness of the pedestrian. One might think that fact a non-issue since sensitivity to pedestrians in general has increased. If pedestrians can walk out in traffic at will, why not the blind? The blind are naturally (and trained to be) cautious and tentative. A side-glance toward - or a nonchalant assessment of - intent of the people surrounding one is not available to the blind. In our image-conscious world one must strut decisively to be respected and thus attain the yield. I did not teach my blind daughter recklessness because that is not the prudent execution of Orientation and Mobility. In any case I would not attempt to endow any child of mine with arrogance. Strutting does not mesh with my understanding of Christian sensibilities. Not surprisingly, a backlash toward the demanding pedestrian exists, and that resentment is most likely to manifest itself at the expense of the non-assertive.

A local market parking lot is an especially instructive example of anarchic congestion. Space is at a premium and there are no specific provisions for foot traffic. It is the perfect storm for the exultation of pedestrian supremacy! Narrow parking spaces, curved internal roadways and inadequate line-of-sight to enable easy egress of parking aisles all compound the wait-time for drivers even if the pedestrians were not in the equation. When people are in their vehicles a semblance of driving etiquette eventually rescues the waiting driver. But when pedestrians swarm, all bets are off because pedestrians, according to PC indoctrination, MUST exercise their "right" to not only go first, but to ignore your existence. A human being in a car could die of old age waiting for an opening, but the model-runway pedestrian couldn’t care less. What makes this the most insane of scenarios is that every pedestrian in this story likely got there via a car and must leave in one. There’s a line in the film Titanic where the Billy Zane character utters prophetically, (paraphrased) "We better hurry, order is starting to break down." That sinking disaster is a microcosm. Aside from the added irony of that particular character speaking the line, there could be no better assessment of our present spiraling decline due to the rejection of logic and true compassion in social situations.

Shhhhhhhhh? Wait for the right moment.

Martyrdom is the ultimate witness. If faith in Jesus Christ mandates that we share the gift in order to keep it, martyrdom is necessarily never "off the table" in the life of a Christian. Christ's call to Evangelism is the same as His exhortation to pick up our cross daily in order to follow Him. The Dictatorship of Relativism seduces us to think that no quibbling detail warrants risking our very life. But if we are ever to be able to give our full witness to faith in Christ, we must first be able to conceive of that possibility in our minds.

Jesus's own march to the cross was built in a crescendo of uncomfortable witness to Truth. When the Master healed, He frequently held His charges to the "Messianic Secret," particularly as revealed in the Gospel of Mark. This cap on Evangelization only emphasizes the importance of God's timing.

Pray, as Jesus warned Peter, "not to be put to the test," but with full knowledge that a pop quiz may be imminent, according to the Will of The Father.

http://presentationministries.com/obob/obob.asp?d=12/2/2011

A Shepherd Vacuum

Are we sheep? Goats? Or are we merely dust bunnies?

I have never been to a gathering of American Bishops. (Not being a bishop rather precludes an invitation to a meeting of the USCCB :) I can only surmise what takes place there by studying the fruits of their endeavors – the documents they produce.

Are there decisions based on calculation rather than a pure trust in the simple truths of God’s Heart? Has the Holy Spirit been frozen out of the august body through the Leftist influence on academia and its atheist-driven philosophy of class struggle? Have the trappings of first-world affluence turned their collective heads, making them believe they are executives instead of men of God?

The only thing definite we can say about the good bishops according to their pronouncements is that they are non-committal. In that, they represent Relativism’s highest achievement and thereby operatively remove themselves from functional authority. If it weren’t for their Apostolic Succession guaranteeing the Eucharistic Presence from their fingertips, their prescription for behavior would be no different than the profane and the secular. And we are all-too-familiar with what the world teaches: “We have free will. If there ‘is’ a god, he’ll sort it all out at the end. Heaven forbid we impose on anyone as if there was Absolute Truth.”

The Surprise Anti-Christ
　
No American can ever forget the sight of muslims cheering while they were watching television replays of the Twin Towers falling. We were asked to believe that not all members of islam were terrorists or *extremists* even though we witnessed their supportive behavior. We reasoned that if they were really a peaceful people they would have denounced more vocally the actions of their *zealous* brethren. Even if the immediate visceral reaction was that of satisfaction of a perceived "imperialist" bully getting his "just desserts" – if we gave them that – we expected a uniform and mounting criticism against the use of lethal force on the totally innocent victims of terrorism. After all, what sort of guilt-line-of-causation could be drawn to everyday workers or, even more removed, first responders?

We have surmised that the end-time adversary of everything holy would be an individual entity upon which we could focus our enmity and rally our defenses. What if the expected persona was not an individual at all, but a "movement?" As Catholics, we know that the Blessed Mother of our Lord is given the honor of crushing the serpent’s head. The only sinless human (who submitted completely to the Will of God) is permitted to wield the force which signifies the end of evil’s reign. It is fitting that this honor should go to the one epitomizing the feminine persona.

Because, dear Believers, the Anti-Christ is closer than you ever thought possible. Feminism is our nemesis. In our willingness to root for the underdog - the unjustly oppressed over centuries - we have lent our support to an ideology that goes against God’s order. Unquestionably, males have abused females and lorded both authority and physical stature over them in selfish defiance of God’s mandate. Woman is "mad as hell" and resigned not to take ANY of man’s crap anymore. There lies the final rebellion.

Here’s the naked distillation of Feminism:
"Without this basic right, women cannot be free,
Abortion On Demand, and without apology!"

Go back to the first paragraph and draw the analogy. The pre-born are hostages in woman’s frustration with man. Closet Feminists abide everywhere, and they are the reason abortion-on-demand is perpetuated. Even the *non-radical* sort give aid and comfort – maybe even against the better angels of their nature – to the adamant fringe. Who is the face of true womanhood today? The women who emulate Mary.

We blame our shepherds for not speaking out more boldly. We might even think they castrate themselves to mammon for the sake of a 501(c)(3). Why aren’t so-called *radical feminists* shouted down when the Colossians Scripture passage is a scheduled Reading? ... "Wives, be submissive to your husbands." No priest or shepherd DARE preach forcefully on this directive. Publicly ban Kathleen Sebelius from Communion? They can barely maintain the defense of the male, unmarried priesthood amid the constant haranguing.

Large numbers of people followed him, and of women too, who mourned and lamented for him. But Jesus turned to them and said, ‘Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep rather for yourselves and for your children. For the days will surely come when people will say, "Happy are those who are barren, the wombs that have never borne, the breasts that have never suckled!" Then they will begin to say to the mountains, "Fall on us!"; to the hills, "Cover us!" For if men use the green wood like this, what will happen when it is dry?’
Luke 23: 27-31

They said to the mountains and the rocks, ‘Fall on us and hide us away from the One who sits on the throne and from the anger of the Lamb. For the Great Day of his anger has come, and who can survive it?’
Revelation 6: 16, 17

http://thefloridacatholic.org/iv/the_church_can_never_be_intimidated_to_share_her_voice?parent_cat_id=1934

Just When You Thought Scandal Couldn't Be Outdone

What's WORSE than a spiritual shepherd who remains silent when outspoken, prominent Catholics promote the abortion agenda through their public offices? . . . A shepherd who undoes centuries of Catholic teaching through his theologically unsound "pastoral" exemption.

Jesus said of the Pharisees, "[they] have succeeded Moses as teachers; do everything and observe everything they tell you. But do not follow their example." Instead of doling out burdens under the law, Archbishop Joseph Naumann acts as though he can be nicer than Jesus by absolving any burden whatsoever. He has allowed one of his sheep to forgo consequences regarding the Church's teaching of sacrilege against Christ's Real Presence. In his own testimony Naumann states that he met with Kathleen Sebelius as her ordinary and had "'tense conversations' that surrounded life issues.'" He wrote to the then-governor of Kansas and asked her not to present herself for Communion. Sounds good so far, right?

BUT . . . if she would present herself, she would not be turned down.

What happened to the doctrine of mortal sin? What happened to the sin upon sin known as sacrilege? What happened to flagrant, unrepentant ill-formed conscience after SPECIFIC information given to that same conscience? Is this a blanket instruction that no sin will be held binding on earth? The ACTION of this shepherd speaks VOLUMES.

In His parable of The Prodigal Son, Jesus emphasizes His heart's desire to reclaim lost souls. He teaches that the son who remains faithful should not feel neglected or hold resentment toward the brother who eventually returns. HOWEVER, in the parable the son who squandered his inheritance on dissolute living REPENTED!

There is irony in the archbishop's own prior statement. Naumann's motivation for confronting Sebelius was that she crossed a line by prefacing her public statements with, "As a Catholic who respects life..." Archbishop Naumann said of that behavior: "She was usurping my role as the bishop and the principle teacher of the faith. She was telling people, 'I'm a Catholic. I do this and it is consistent to faith.'"

Consistent to faith?!!! Naumann is telling Catholics I'm a bishop, the principle teacher of the faith, and I merely SUGGEST that Catholics do not sin upon sin by dishonoring the Real Presence of Jesus. And (consistent with The Dicatatorship of Relativism) none of what I say is binding.

Now THAT is exponential scandal!