tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168470913029139847.post2688846659550600018..comments2024-01-28T20:54:00.212-05:00Comments on elodocuments: Virtuous CommunitiesEdmond Lohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03138205604546918844noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168470913029139847.post-75185502297084749632016-11-20T14:31:28.466-05:002016-11-20T14:31:28.466-05:00I applaud Archbishop Chaput's idea. It is defi...I applaud Archbishop Chaput's idea. It is definitely a step in the right direction.<br />Make no mistake, chastity is the hallmark of a Christian, the true follower of Christ. Is a chaste person necessarily a Christian? No. But a true Christ follower is always chaste, whether (s)he is a student, single, a single who’s dating, a wife, a husband, or a consecrated person.<br />In the early Church, Christians lived in a godless and very anti-gospel environment, not much different from today's. St Paul was not politically correct. He blasted adultery, fornication, homosexual sins, and made clear that those who commit these things cannot inherit the Kingdom of God, period. <br />Imagine a world of ‘legalistic’ Christians who are Ten Commandments abiding, not quite charitable, just legalistic. Wouldn’t we instantly have a world that is void of porn, abortion, divorces, broken family children who in many cases perpetuate the negative cycle, the need for trans bathrooms, etc, etc…<br />I myself am very legalistic, realising though the need for breaking out of this mode, growing into the charitable realm. But the growth must stem from, not abandoning, a well formed legalism.<br />There is a reason why the first chapter IS the first chapter, for Psalm. Especially in Verse 2: Rather, the law of the Lord is his joy; and on his law he meditates day and night.<br />Day and night, day and night!!! Why? Because (s)he loves and reveres God so much that (s)he meditates the law day and night, in his/her dream (s)he meditates, and that becomes his/her joy. How beautiful!<br />I don’t know what happened to today’s preaching. No mention of laws. The legalistic person becomes persecuted, if not outright condemned. <br />I wonder what, and how, St Paul would preach today…….Recognizing gay partnership’s positive elements? Global warming? Promoting Energy for the Common Good?<br />Thank you Archbishop Chaput! ….a beacon of hope in a lost world.<br />Tony Chowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16838143091637666420noreply@blogger.com