Fraternal Correction and Silence

The practice of fraternal correction assumes several factors. First, a sin has been committed and it can be identified. Second, a person of goodwill and moral rectitude comes forward to make the correction. Third, other persons and the Church must be willing to intervene if called upon. Fourth, the Church has the courage to remove a recalcitrant sinner from the ranks of the faithful until the sinner repents. Clarity of thought, purity of intention and courage to take the right (and at times difficult) course of action will help sinners repent of their transgression and lead souls to Christ.

'In the end, action must be taken because all that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.' - Edmund Burke

Father Jerome Magat

Who Are We Laity Meant To Be?

(Image Source: Wikimedia Commons ) The laity are not, and were never meant to be, the “long arm” of the hierarchy. They are not a part or an extension of an official Catholic system. They are, or rather each one is, in his or her own right and on the basis of his or her piety and competence and doctrine, meant to be the presence of Christ in secular affairs. Monsignor Cormac Burke

Salvation Requires Our Cooperation

Image Source: Wikimedia Commons ) While the whole human race was redeemed by Jesus’ Passion and Death, not a single soul was saved by this Infinite sacrifice…The fright comes from the fact that we who have already been redeemed can yet be damned. Redemption is an accomplished fact; salvation for us is still only a possibility. Salvation is a matter of cooperation. Jesus does not do it alone! (From God, A Woman and The Way by Rev. M. Raymond, O.C.S.O.)

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