Links for 02/18/15 | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: Rest in peace, David, as you join that big meeting in the sky (or have a heavenly drink - no one knows). Sin is that thing we all have - whether it is part of our fallen makeup or something we learn from the culture (and I am not a big believer the story of Adam except as myth). To know and know of sin is to have tasted from the tree of knowledge of good and evil - a taste made when we are too young to stop. When we know of our sin and of our knowledge of the sins of other in a moral inventory, the next step is humility - to accept ourselves as we are and as we are not - and let God do the changing. The next step is forgiveness - that is when we extend that acceptance to everyone else. Then we do something about it (after talking to sponsors) - of course, the thing most needed for all of this is God - doing it alone can be a disaster, and Dave knew that. Thanks,Daniel for bringing it out again.
On the EWTN interview, at first I thought of the Bishop of Scranton, Martino, then remembed that Morlino is from Madison, Wisconsin and is Rep. Paul Ryan's Ordinary. My guess is that he feels that he is speaking to the Choir and is safe - Fr. Z certainly liked it. Maybe he thinks his defiance is the Lord speaking through him. Maybe, but only if the Lord needs someone to be foil for personal intollerance and capitalism. Maybe he wants to be the Chaplian for the Napa Institute, having suffered one harsh Wisconsin winter too many. Its hard to say - he presumes a bit much on the tolerane of Pope Francis - although recent events have shown that being a public ass no longer gets you an appontment to Rome. I suspect that hubris is the right answer - the emotional immaturity to think no one is listening. Sad.
MSW is in a musical mood, even Lenten music. I'm waiting for the Stations of the Cross and Benediction chants.
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