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Fraternal Correction and Silence

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(Image Source: Wikimedia Commons ) 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