In an article by Carrie A Robinson entitled why Catholics are called to radical hospitality in these political times, August 24, 2017 published in American Jesuit Review, the author stresses globalization in the most idealistic terms. His thesis reflects the naive liberal ideals that have plagued Catholicism and in a sense civilization as a whole.
His theory, based on limited experience, has numerous flaws. Catholics have obligations to their families and loved ones and a singular commitment to God. We perform good works as a matter of course, not as a substitute to receiving the Eucharist.
The last Vatican counsel stressed the a singular focus to receiving the Sacred Sacrament as the center of Christianity and de-emphasized popular devotions and activities that did not lead directly to the celebration of the Lord’s supper. Yet, activities outside the scope of of the Eucharist especially social justice has sapped the energy of evangelical causes.
Social justice lacks the sanction of the Council and for good reason. Societies differ within the church across our planet. Our faith should have a stabilizing effect on whatever country or political unit in which the church resides.
If you wonder how radical globalists have sabotaged American and Western values, then look no further than the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) who occupy positions within education the world over. These men poison the minds of your children and have created a world in which family vocations have almost disappeared. They provoke hysteria among women who have come to hate men, who in turn hate women.
The Pope has dominion many branches of the body of the faithful including these unique cultures in union with Rome: East Syriac, Personal Ordinariate of Anglicans, Patriarchal Armenian Catholic Church, Syrian Maronite Catholic Church, Chaldean Catholics, Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, Italo-Albanian Catholic, Romanian Catholic Church, Greek Catholic Church, Bulgarian Catholic Church, Slovak Catholic Church, Albanian Catholic Church and so forth. Is that enough diversity for you.
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Think about it.
George Santayana wrote the Those who do not know history’s mistakes are doomed to repeat them. Such can be said about liberal values within church teachings today. Radical hospitality attempts to integrate people whose core beliefs differ from those taught by Jesus Christ. You can expect Muslims to have a dialogue with Christians because the doctors of their faith believe we have perverted the word.
Protestants believe that after the death of Jesus Christianity didn’t exist until the Protestant Reformation. Mormons also believe that. The core belief of Protestants consider Catholics as apostates. According to them, we did not live the teachings of Jesus and grow from a nice event today and called of approximately 120 adherents and 50 A.D. to 33 million in 350 A.D.
How can you reconcile such diverse worldviews and embrace ecumenism?
Radical hospitality suggest we invite everyone into our homes, even those who do not adopt Catholic teachings that existed before the Protestant Reformation. Let us not forget history, let us not forget the religious wars!
Let us not forget the genocides of the last few hundred years. The Ottomans slaughtered those who refused to convert to their Muslim faith. The Germans and their allies murdered, not only six million Jews, but approximately 80% of all those who died during World War II.
During my college years, I embraced an idealistic worldview. My professors had such an influence on me that I could not vary from their enforced reality. If I did, my grades would suffer, and that meant I would face a dismal future.
When I entered the business world, I faced a new reality and different norms of behavior. If I wanted to make a decent living, accumulate the basics of a household, pay for a car and food and student loans, then my idealistic liberal mentality had to go. Some people call that the real world. One cannot expect his or her idealism to end wars, to stop conflicts, or redistribute wealth to those who lack the basic understanding of how to handle money.
I also worked as a bureaucrat at the Library of Congress. I saw little change from the University environment. My coworkers knew nothing about business, industry and how to make a living in business. That, my friends sums up what people call the deep state.
I’ve seen statistics which indicate liberals represent 85% of the Catholic Church. A similar number of Catholics use contraception and many have had abortions. The excuses fall under the auspices of hysteria caused by mainstream media who oppose the Catholics in general. In the last election the head of the Democratic party attempted to create a Catholic spring.
I didn’t become a Catholic, that is, join the Catholic Church to engage in the administration of the faith. I joined to merit heaven and to me that includes accepting the Eucharist and contributing my talents to my parish in hopes to remedy the punishment of temporal sin, to confess my sins and to welcome those who choose to remain devoted Catholics and guests who may want to join the church.
I doubt we have the time or resources on our own to engage in social justice. I hope you’ll give it up.