“There is a logic in all this whereby different attitudes can feed on one another, leading to environmental degradation and social decay.”
Pope Francis, Laudato si’, III. THE CRISIS AND EFFECTS OF MODERN ANTHROPOCENTRISM, Practical relativism, paragraph 122
I have been trained to reject godless ways and worldly desires
and to live temperately, justly, and devoutly in this age,…
…but I’m not among the majority of Catholics who opposed the Supreme court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
I trust in the salvation of the just that comes from the Lord.…
…but for me, unlike other white Catholics, abortion is a more important issue than the health of our democracy, increasing costs and crime.
I love Jesus and try to keep his word,…
… but I don’t want to ensure, as between two-thirds and three-fourths of Catholics do, that at least some health care professionals in our community provide legal abortions.
…and yet, using a certain logic whereby with these different attitudes we feed on one another instead of Christ, I am lead to be among the 81% of white Catholics who say the country is going in the wrong direction!
“Who among you would say to your servant
who has just come in from voting Republican in the midterms,
‘Come here immediately and take your place at table away from all those who voted Democrat’”❓
“We are unprofitable servants;
Lk 17: 10
we have done what we were obliged to do.”
Tuesday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time
