Amazingly good turn of phrase, isn’t it?
Got it from a rather good article on Crisis magazine, which opens with a story that isn’t immediately clear how it relates– but it does, because the problem wouldn’t have gotten to where it did, if folks had done their own jobs rather than what was easy, and nice, and low cost for them, at that moment.
It goes on in a similar theme, not instantly obvious but definitely applicable. Please, go read!
“If a man asks you for your coat,” Jesus never said, “give him your neighbor’s.”
I always enjoy reading this particular Crisis contributor. I don’t go there much since they shut down the comment box, so I appreciate the link. Couldn’t agree more with his point.
You can subscribe by email– I don’t read as often as I might, but sometimes phrases do catch my eye.
I would say that if you wanted to cause a sense of societal unrest, then an effective way is for the powers-that-be, to have a management model whereby they take the shirt off a persons back and give it to someone else. And label it “for the common good”. That has been the model lately in all facets of life:
Wear masks to protect others. 2. Get vaccinated to not spread Covid to others.
Teach your kids they have white privileged because that will make the “coloured” people better and more equal in life.
Let a man disguised as a woman compete in women’s sports because that’s the kind thing to do. (it doesn’t matter that all female competitors will now have to accept second place by default).
Let boys dressed as girls use girls bathrooms because it’s good for the girl-dressing boy self-esteem.
Get rid of an unwanted pregnancy because the workforce and society needs your uninterrupted “womanly” input.
I’m sure there are more.
The lie of Satan the serpent just re-invents itself at every turn.
A very relevant post for our times.
Anthony Esolen is often featured in The Magnificat magazine or Magnified Cat if you have auto correct.
Thanks, Foxfier and CAM. And great points, Ezabelle.
Prof. Esolen also shows up regularly at The Catholic Thing. He’s a keeper. 👍