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Truth And Freedom Must Go Together Hand In Hand

                                                                                          ( Photo©Michael Seagriff) …the Church teaches that authentic freedom does not exist without the truth. Truth and freedom either go together hand in hand or together they perish in misery. In a society in which truth is neither mentioned nor sought, every form of authentic exercise of freedom will be weakened, opening the way to libertine and individualistic distortions and undermining the protection of the good of the human person and of the entire society.   Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

But There Are Always Consequences!

(Image Source: Wikimedia Commons ) We can believe what we choose.  We are answerable for what we choose to believe. Saint John Cardinal Newman

True Freedom

(Image source: Wikimedia Commons ) It is of the greatest importance to re-establish the essential connection between life and freedom…There is no true freedom where life is not welcomed and loved; and there is no fullness of life except in freedom. Saint John Paul II

Acting On Our Beliefs

(Image source: Wikimedia Commons ) People who take the question of human truth, freedom and meaning seriously will never remain silent about it. They can’t.  They’ll always act on what they believe, even at the cost of their reputations and lives. That’s the way it should be. Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap.