I often enjoy Fr. Powell’s homilies via his podcast and I listened to his Sunday one today which has much to commend it.
That we must be ready to remove from us the soul-killing voices of dissention, rebellion, bitterness, and contention does not mean that we must be ready to ignore or even coddle the Spirits of Deceit and Disobedience. Nothing about growing up to be Christs for others requires us to tolerate false teaching, listen to phony myths, or watch anti-Catholic bigots (both in and outside the Church) dismantle the Body given to us by Christ. Charity without Truth is not love; it’s merely lazy toleration. But Truth without Charity is mere accuracy, just fact—cold, hollow.
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Two Good Entries Over @ Curt Jester
Entry #1 was an excerpt of a podcast homily: That we must be ready to remove from us the soul-killing voices of dissention, rebellion, bitterness, and contention does not mean that we must be ready to ignore or even coddle…
“Charity without Truth is not love.”
Wow! A prophetic statement. I think he’s hit one of the central problems with modern public sentiment. It’s sad that most people do not seem to see the reality of this statement and instead settle for less, all in the name of “tolerance.”