The LORD has saved his people, the remnant of Israel…I was only able to save this remnant of the thirty some odd poults and keets we started out with…
R. The Lord will guard us as a shepherd guards his flock from practical relativism
Hear the word of the LORD, O nations, the culture of relativism is the same disorder which drives one person to take advantage of another, to treat others as mere objects, imposing forced labour on them or enslaving them to pay their debts.
R. The Lord will guard us as a shepherd guards his flock from practical relativism
The LORD shall ransom Jacob, from relativistic thinking that leads to the sexual exploitation of children and abandonment of the elderly who no longer serve our interests.
R. The Lord will guard us as a shepherd guards his flock from practical relativism
He shall redeem him from the hand of his conqueror who believes, “Let us allow the invisible forces of the market to regulate the economy, and consider their impact on society and nature as collateral damage.”
R. The Lord will guard us as a shepherd guards his flock from practical relativism
Shouting, “In the absence of objective truths or sound principles other than the satisfaction of our own desires and immediate needs, what limits can be placed on human trafficking, organized crime, the drug trade, commerce in blood diamonds and the fur of endangered species?“; so they shall mount the heights of Zion instead.
R. The Lord will guard us as a shepherd guards his flock from practical relativism
Then the virgins shall make merry and dance, because they are free from the relativistic logic which justifies buying the organs of the poor for resale or use in experimentation, or eliminating children because they are not what their parents wanted!
R. The Lord will guard us as a shepherd guards his flock from practical relativism
I will console and gladden them after their sorrows, brought on from this same “use and throw away” logic which generates so much waste, because of the disordered desire to consume more than what is really necessary.
R. The Lord will guard us as a shepherd guards his flock from practical relativism
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
A great prophet has arisen in our midst
and God has visited his people; but does it seem that in the diocese of Amarillo “we don’t talk about” “on care for our common home”, or anything other than anti-abortion as being “respect life”?
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
“It is not right to take the food of the children
and throw it to the dogs.”
She said, “Please, Lord, for even the dogs eat the scraps
that fall from the table of their masters.”
MT 15: 26-27
We should not think that political efforts or the force of law will be sufficient to prevent actions which affect the environment because, when the culture itself is corrupt and objective truth and universally valid principles are no longer upheld, then laws can only be seen as arbitrary impositions or obstacles to be avoided.
this quote as well as sections in italics above are from paragraph 123 of Laudato Si