FRATELLI TUTTI
OF THE HOLY FATHER
FRANCIS
ON FRATERNITY AND SOCIAL FRIENDSHIP
CHAPTER ONE
DARK CLOUDS OVER A CLOSED WORLD
LACKING A PLAN FOR EVERYONE
A “throwaway” world
19. A decline in the birthrate, which leads to the aging of the population, together with the relegation of the elderly to a sad and lonely existence, is a subtle way of stating that it is all about us, that our individual concerns are the only thing that matters. In this way, “what is thrown away are not only food and dispensable objects, but often human beings themselves”.[14] We have seen what happened with the elderly in certain places in our world as a result of the coronavirus. They did not have to die that way. Yet something similar had long been occurring during heat waves and in other situations: older people found themselves cruelly abandoned. We fail to realize that, by isolating the elderly and leaving them in the care of others without the closeness and concern of family members, we disfigure and impoverish the family itself. We also end up depriving young people of a necessary connection to their roots and a wisdom that the young cannot achieve on their own.
I can understand this influence of our secular society; but it does not justify constant violation of the Seventh Commandment of the Decalogue! A lie is a lie…always!
Bishop Patrick J. Zurek
Speaker: Day’s life sets example for today’s similarly troubled times
socialist-catholics in fear face humiliation for arguing their “individual concerns” that Dorothy Day, Archbishop Gregory and healthcare professionals all show that socialism is catholicism in practice…
maga-catholics in fear face humiliation for arguing their “individual concerns” that Dorothy Day was an anarchist, Archbishop Gregory is anti-trump and healthcare professionals should be honored by changing the colors of the flag to a black background with a thin white line…
comfortable catholics in fear, face humiliation for arguing their “individual concerns” that Dorothy Day, Archbishop Gregory, and healthcare professionals should support the church by keeping criticism to themselves…
Catholics in LOVE through humility are not decieved with empty arguments or the counsels of the wicked that are “a subtle way of stating that it is all about us, that our individual concerns are the only thing that matters”.…
Today’s Scriptures
Let no one deceive you with empty arguments,
EPH 5:6
R. (see Eph. 5:1) Behave like God as his very dear children.
Blessed the man who follows not
the counsel of the wicked
PS 1:1
When he said this, all his adversaries were humiliated;
LK 13:10-17
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