The Crescat
… during blogs darker period I was quick with a sharp edged retort and even quicker to pass judgment. Then one day I decided to no longer fan the flames of gossip, calumny and slander. I’m not in the scandal business anymore.
We claim we are doing a service for the Church, denouncing heretics and upholding canonical law like some self appointed pontiff. In reality prayer is the only proven beneficial service we can provide for the Church. With that in mind I give you this…
“What if you were the reason a person refused to come back to Christ? What if your self-righteous, judgmental, dogmatic, theologically correct attitude repelled a soul from accepting Church teaching, from reconciling with the Church, from faith itself? What if they were just on the edge of conversion and one of your contemptuous sneers, caustic remarks, or hostile snubs drove them away? That is one aspect of what Jesus is talking about when he warned against “scandalizing one of these little ones”. ” [quoted by Terry @ Abbey Roads]
I don’t know about you, but millstones do not makes good accessories.
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