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Open Thread
- 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.
First law in engineering (& beer brewing) is “it depends”.
Of man – “laws were made for men… not men for laws.”
The totalitarian understands neither. It is our duty to oppose totalitarians be they small or large.
And our birthright as Americans feline, canine and human. 🙂
God’s Laws are all good, deserving of all our love and unchanging.
Dear James Martin & Pope Leo:
“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.“
Related: Dogs have owners. Cats have Staff.
Laws were made for the observance of fools, and the guidance of wise men.
The office of husband is a vocation to which a man gives informed consent. The office of wife is a vocation to which a woman gives informed consent. Equally in free will or it is not.
The covenant in blood is for “many”; not for all unless they (we) give informed consent. God forces no person into heaven.
All persons are baptized as priest, prophet and king through Jesus Christ.
Ordained ministers, Catholic priests, are called by Jesus Christ through a vocation.
Women need to ask God for their true vocation. A synodal vocation does not count. Like all gifts from God, vocations must be used to know, love and serve God.
LGBTQ+, sodomites and lesbians have a calling to hell.
Bad law is tyranny.
Religion is man’s love affair with God.
No authority on earth can impose, reduce, change, obliterate, a love relationship of a sovereign person with his sovereign God.
II
God gave a peace treaty to the dog. The dog gave the treaty to the cat. The mouse ate the treaty. The dog chases the cat. The cat chases the mouse….
“the faithful here assembled “, “Holy Church”, at the Mass these persons are prayed for. The unfaithful, the unholy are not prayed for. Marco Rubnik please take note.