We live in a world of so much hatred. For those of you who use social media, you are well aware that it is seething in anger and hatred. This is a sign of the diabolical.
But this hatred and anger not only exists amongst those who have no religion, it even exists amongst those who claim to be Catholics. Those who claim to profess in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ, must remember that to enter into eternal life we must love our enemies and even forgive them. The sins of hatred and anger is a cause for great scandal. Non-believers look at Catholics hating each other, and mock us.
What is the root cause of hatred and anger? The Church Fathers teach is it a lack of humility: it is the dwelling on the remembrance of "wrongs", the desire for revenge, leading the soul to bitterness, disfiguration and arrogance. It is born in spiritual pride. Since God is a God of peace, anger and hatred is a sure sign of the diabolical.
What is the root cause of hatred and anger? The Church Fathers teach is it a lack of humility: it is the dwelling on the remembrance of "wrongs", the desire for revenge, leading the soul to bitterness, disfiguration and arrogance. It is born in spiritual pride. Since God is a God of peace, anger and hatred is a sure sign of the diabolical.
Sin and mental illness are at times confused, and even, in their external manifestations, seem to be indistinguishable. The truth is, sin eventually drives a man insane. History is replete with psychopaths driven literally insane due to their addiction to sin. If you are addicted to sin, it is a sign of the diabolical.
It is Advent. It is time to flee the diabolical. It is time to flee hatred, anger. Time to free oneself from enslavement to sin. It is a time for us to increase our prayer life, get back to Confession.
We need to reform our lives: NOW. Not tomorrow, but today.
Have you committed a mortal sin of anger, hatred? Do you hate your brother or sister? Repent and truly believe in the Gospels.
Have you failed to live the good Catholic life? I know at times I have, and I know, dear reader, you have too. Do you hate, do you feel anger? Repent, get to Confession, and amend your life.
Tomorrow is Sunday. Do not forget how we are to present ourselves before God at Mass. He died for you and me on the Cross. What can we do for Him?
"Leave there thy offering before the altar, and go first to be reconciled
to thy brother: and then coming thou shalt offer thy gift".
(St. Matthew 5:24)
1 comment:
Hatred and anger between Catholics is a very grave sin, but this does not mean we cannot be harsh in our criticism of false teaching, provided it is done with charity.
Not long after his conversion, C.S. Lewis wrote: *I find my extreme view of personality changing. My own empirical self is becoming more important, and this is exactly the opposite of self love. You don't teach a seed how to die into treehood by throwing it into the fire.* Page 101 of The Authentic Voice by William Griffith.
Leah Libresco said she entered Harvard as an atheist who wanted to develop her debating skills.
So she joined the Catholic Club, because she could cut her teeth in dispute with people who held such absurdist views.
It was through attack and counter attack that she gained respect for the Catholic world view, and after four years at Harvard, Leah converted.
That is why I say it's right for Church Militant and other traditional groups to go on the sharp offensive against the Modernists.
That word *Modernist* has nothing to do with living in the modern world, though the proponents of Modernism somehow imagine they are engaging with social reality, and that we traditionalists are harping back to the past.
Watch *Bishop Barron presents/ Leah Libresco. Arguing with atheists in good faith.* YouTube.
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