Attempts by fallen man, dating back to the Tower of Babel, to create utopia tend to end up as models of Hell.
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.
I keep a “Don’t Immanentize the Eschaton!” sign in the back of my classroom. I love it because it prompts the most questions from students, parents, and colleagues alike.
It is interesting that the above slogan was in response to tomfoolery such as what we see above.
Has there ever been a Council document that aged quicker than “The Church in the Modern World?” Outside the classroom or the Divine Office, is it ever read? It truly is a leftover from a naive time and outlook.
“I keep a “Don’t Immanentize the Eschaton!” sign in the back of my classroom.”
Erich Vöegelin enters the chat… 🙂
Also, Matthew, agreed about Gaudium et Spes. The first time I waded through it, I went away wondering what the point of all the verbose ambiguity was. But we see it cited ad nauseam by fans of The Council™️ as they attempt to convert “pastoral” into “dogmatic” at every turn. That, it turns out, was the point, I believe: to cement Modernism, the synthesis of all heresies, as the foundation of the Church.
Several things about this image:
1) “Tomorrow” never arrives. Man lives in today.
2) Both figures apparently need glasses!
3) There does not seem to be either bridge or path to the shining destination.
Perhaps most interestingly, you can’t even see the knife in the hand that the Council has on Mankind’s back 😉
“This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius… ”
That.. did not pan out well for The Church. Only a clergy steeped in modernism (and/or homosexuality) would be blind enough not to see that.
Are the hands of “Mankind” tied behind his back?
That would be an appropriate detail for subsequent events.
God gives mankind Faith and Reason. It is necessary to employ and enjoy both Faith and Reason.