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<\/a><\/div>\nI found this photograph on a blog with the following caption: So Funny, So True<\/span>. Maybe it\u2019s just me but I would argue that the caption should have been So Sad, So Tragic.<\/span> <\/a>Spinoza did not believe in a personal God, nor could his brilliant mind come to terms with the idea of God becoming a human, as Our Lord, and Savior, Jesus Christ did. I would say (and I\u2019m definitely not<\/span> brilliant) that Spinoza had a problem understanding Love.<\/p>\n As parents of three school-age children, my wife and I have been entrusted with raising these individuals in a way that will serve themselves and <\/span>society well and in the manner that God has ordained them to be raised. That is, in a way that will teach them the Two Greatest Commandments (as stated in Luke Chapter 10 here):<\/p>\n There was a scholar of the law who stood up to test him and said, \u201cTeacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?\u201d Jesus said to him, \u201cWhat is written in the law? How do you read it?\u201d He said in reply, \u201cYou shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your being, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.\u201d He replied to him, \u201cYou have answered correctly; do this and you will live.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n Of course, saying this and actually doing it are not easy tasks. And I would argue that they cannot be done alone, nor without prayer and constant attention. My wife and I need all the help we can get! And this is another reason why I personally became a Catholic so that I could join with my wife in unity to lead my small flock by example and with all of the benefits that the Sacraments provide and the Graces that The Church has to offer.<\/p>\n
<\/span>As a parent of three school-age children, there is plenty for me to worry about in the world. Teen \u201cSelf-Help\u201d is not one of them. As the title for this post states, \u201cNature abhors a vacuum,\u201d a quote attributed to the philosopher Baruch Spinoza. <\/a><\/p>\n\n
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