Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Educate Yourself: Border Issue

You would have to be living under a rock to not know of the Border issue played daily on the local and cable news outlets. Every newspaper, and political magazine has it covered and even the late
night shows have to add their two cents to up their ratings.

The one thing that is missing is the facts and an honest discussion. In fact an honest discussion and real facts on the subject are the last thing portrayed.

We need to educate ourselves and learn the facts for ourselves because its getting harder and harder to believe anything. We hear from our priest, bishops and even the Pope as interpreted by the media, which is often twisted to conform to a particular bias.

Case in point, I did an quick internet search: "Catechism of the Catholic Church, Immigration". It came up with reference to the US Catholic Bishops websites.

¶1911: Internal quote is from Gaudium et Spes: “The unity of the human family, embracing people who enjoy equal natural dignity, implies a universal common good. This good calls for an organization of the community of nations able to provide ‘for men’s different needs, both in the fields of social life—such as food supplies, health, education, labor and also in certain special circumstances which can crop up here and there, e.g., the need to promote the general improvement of developing countries, or to alleviate the distressing conditions in which refugees dispersed throughout the world find themselves, or also to assist migrants and their families. to alleviate the distressing conditions in which refugees dispersed throughout the world find themselves, or also to assist migrants and their families.’”

¶2211: “The political community has a duty to honor the family, to assist it, and to ensure especially… the right to private property, to free enterprise, to obtain work and housing, and the right to emigrate.”

¶2241: “The more prosperous nations are obliged, to the extend they are able, to welcome the foreigner in search of the security and means of livelihood which he cannot find in his country of origin. Public authorities should see to it that the natural right is respected that places a guest under the protection of those who receive him.”

Political authorities, for the sake of the common good for which they are responsible, may make the exercise of the right to immigrate subject to various juridical conditions, especially with regard to the immigrants' duties toward their country of adoption. Immigrants are obliged to respect with gratitude the material and spiritual heritage of the country that receives them, to obey its laws and to assist in carrying civic burdens.

--> ¶2433: “Access to employment and to professions must be hope to all without unjust discrimination; men and women, healthy and disabled, natives and immigrants. For its part society should, according to circumstances, help citizens find work and employment.”

Catholic teaching except it leaves out pertinent paragraphs, see the text in Red.
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Making sense of U.S. immigration law, enforcement, and the current crisis


Where do we go, who do we listen to?

Not all our priest and bishops are wrong, often we hear partial  truths and facts. We need to continue to read the churches teaching through encyclicals good Catholic resources, and our good and faithful priests and Bishops


Pray for peace and a fuller understanding on this issue


Below are a couple more good resources:
http://www.antoniano.org/carbajo/FST/Readings/Magisterium/EN_Compendium_CST.pdf

https://cliniclegal.org/sites/default/file/modern_catholic_social_teaching_on_immigration_0.pdf

 
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Tuesday, June 12, 2018

PETER KREEFT NEW BOOK - FORTY REASONS I AM CATHOLIC

I just finished a Philosophy 5 college course this passed semester. I kind of knew the academic world was biased against religion and as I expected, I ended up confronting (respectfully) the professor who is a professed Catholic, Agnostic, Eastern religious guru follower and sometimes Atheist in his writings on many occasions in class during the semester. All of these like the heads of a Hydra, you never knew which you were facing when you attended class. The Professor and I butted heads on the second day of class on the topic of Galileo religion vs science...NOT!) and believe it or not that kind of created a sort of relationship of mutual respect throughout the rest of the class. 

His bias was of the Scientism perspective and being maybe four or five years younger than the professor, I tried to bring a little balance and counter for the benefit of the youngin's in the class They seemed to want to swallow whatever the instructor feed them. 

 For those of faith, the academic environment can bring doubt and cause one to really question our beliefs. But that shouldn't be so. We should enter these classes and well the world with a sense of confidence in our faith. 


Philosopher Peter Kreeft is an anchor in revealing the beauty and truth of the Catholic faith and his new book, Forty Reasons I am Catholic seems like a timely one. I'm ordering mine...you should pick one up for yourselves as well.

STAY STRONG AND CONFIDENT IN YOUR FAITH, THE LORD JESUS CHRIST