Garrigou-Lagrange reminds us of some basic truths:
Because God is intelligent and good, he gives all people the
grace of salvation. Natural law tends to a rational end. Our natural end is
heaven or hell, with rewards of punishments in the afterlife.
Whether people believe in the afterlife or not does not
change the truth. The problem with many Catholics is that they simply do not
believe. They have lost faith. They do not see that their lives have a purpose
in this life and in the next. They think all religions are the same, or that
the fullness of truth is not in the Catholic Church, but in some odd
pan-religion.
Catholics no longer think like Catholics for the most part,
but as Protestants. Some have a rebellious spirit which means they think it is
right and good to contradict Church teaching.
Few understand obedience.
When will Catholics understand that the road to perfection
is locked with a gate marked, “Orthodoxy”.
Orthodoxy is rational.
Orthodoxy is not arcane or hidden knowledge, but free and
not difficult to discover.
Orthodoxy clears the mind, the soul, the heart so that one
can receive grace to step onto the road to holiness.
Orthodoxy is the foundation for the life of virtues and the
fruition of the gifts of the spirit.
Basic truths from a great mind…
