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Sunday 13 July 2014

Meanderings from Reading Vianney


I know a person whose mother wanted to abort her the entire time that baby was in the womb. I pray for that person, who grew up cursed by her mother.

I pray for God’s mercy and justice to prevail.

I know a person who curse his parent, but repented and went to confession. I pray that curse is lifted through mortification and contrition.

Many people say thing they think they do not mean.

Many people, more than one would like to think, do not want their children.

We need to reach out to those children who have grown up under a death sentence of rejection and pain.

Reading both St. John of Vianney and Garrigou-Lagrange over the past two weeks, I am struck by the awareness of how far our culture, our society has fallen away from Christianity. I am too aware of how accommodating the Catholic leaders in our parishes, our dioceses, have been towards evil.

Too often in America, we concentrate on abortion, contraception and ssm, which are evils we must combat. But, do we think of the evils against God Himself? What of the blasphemies in movies, TV shows, on the lips of students and workers?

We have forgotten Who God Is. America had forgotten God, and soon, God must respond by letting us feel the proper judgment of His Righteouness.

A friend of mine told me that she is so tired of rude people. She is so tired of bullies. She meets these people daily in her place of work.

She has no recourse; believe it or not, as these people are customers and the customers are always right. If one of her fellow workers treated her the way these people do, that person could be fired or fined. But, not the public.

Her only defense is great humility and prayer. She must see that God has allowed these people to be horrible to her. Like King David’s response to Shimei, she must think, God has allowed this, therefore, I must endure this.

Try, I say to my friend. Please try to let go the hurt in your soul and mind from rude and even ignorant people.

God is allowing this trial for you to endure for some reason.

And, think of Christ’s Passion. He is God, and yet, He allowed Himself to experience horrible rudeness, blasphemy, unbelievable torture of both mind and body, for our sake.