Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Focus on the positive message of the church
Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan in the "Herald of Hope" column in our Catholic Herald says
It's like people think Catholics go around carrying signs saying something is wrong because it "does not appear in the Catechism of the Catholic Church."
Like anti-lock brakes? As distinguished from a preferential option, like satellite radio? Aside from vocabulary problems,
Of course, I'm speaking of Pope Benedict XVI, and here's the theme I’m detecting: the message of the church is overwhelmingly positive, not negative. "Catholicism is not a collection of prohibitions," the Holy Father commented ...
It's like people think Catholics go around carrying signs saying something is wrong because it "does not appear in the Catechism of the Catholic Church."
"... It's a positive option."
Like anti-lock brakes? As distinguished from a preferential option, like satellite radio? Aside from vocabulary problems,
Nothing could be further from the truth, claims the Holy Father. The church has something positive, not negative to say. She's on the side of life, not death, love, not hate, freedom, not shackles, peace, not war, light, not darkness. She's on the side of the angels, not of the demons.¶ 9/13/2006 07:59:00 AM
