Leave it to Fr. Rutler to find the appropriate quotation.
...Our culture is enduring a severe test of itself. If Christ does not
govern minds and hearts, mere humans will volunteer to do it, and they
will do it badly. When the Judges of Israel could think only about
their own existence with reference to how other people existed apart
from divine regimen, they wanted a human king. Samuel warned them: “He
will take the best of your fields, vineyards, and olive groves and give
them to his officials…. He will tithe your flocks, and you yourselves
will become slaves” (1 Samuel 8:14, 17). These days, he will take a lot
more than ten per cent....
Umnnnhhhh, yah.
Actually, the essay is about Advent, widely ignored by all, including most Catholics.
Ezekiel is better reading for where this country is, and what kind of judgment it is daring.
ReplyDeleteNo, sir.
ReplyDeleteIt is Maccabees...the story of the God-backed righting of TRUTH.
Even The Almighty knows that, sometimes, it is only a 2x4 upside the head that gets the message across to certain Sheol sympathizers.