Thought For the Day
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
The tables have turned on St Thomas Aquinas words. You see these days, if you voice your anger at injustice, you are labelled a trouble maker. Waiting for the day the tables turn back.
Picture this. There are five men are on the WH staff whose sole duty is to ensure Brandon doesn’t walk into the Oval office with no pants on.
Don’t get angry. Wrath is one of the seven capital sins.
Wednesday our anger was on the Courthouse lawn with five priests present. 70 high school students and 80 others to summon God Almighty into action for the unborn.
It was cold and windy but the talks and Rosary with the Precious Blood injected into each State of the United States with each Hail Mary prayed, was anger transformed into healing and hopefully conversion.
At the beginning of each mystery we prayed for each body of Federal Government, ending the 5th mystery with county municipality’s.
Overturn Roe!
Actual Quote:
“He who is not angry, whereas he has cause to be, sins. For unreasonable patience is the hotbed of many vices, it fosters negligence, and incites not only the wicked but even the good to do wrong.”
Summa Theologiae > Second Part of the Second Part > Question 158. Anger – 8) “Does it have a contrary vice?”:
https://www.newadvent.org/summa/3158.htm#article8
Anger, in and of itself, is not a sin.
“Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun set on your anger” (Ephesians 4:26).
Anger is a natural and healthy emotion. What we choose to do with our anger can lead us toward God or away from God.