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White Things Falling From Heaven. Father Reto Nay 22nd of January 2011 Sedrun, SwitzerlandMore
White Things Falling From Heaven.
Father Reto Nay
22nd of January 2011
Sedrun, Switzerland
Ana Luisa M.R
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Peace Gregory.
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You wrote:
One must bear with the irate as one bears with the sick, for anger is moral malady.
Yet, the saints and Christ Himself were angry when the situation called for anger.
In addition, sickness arises ordinarily through no fault of the patient unless, of course, the patient has lead an unhealthly life. On the other hand, the perpetually irate can and ought to exercise some …More
Peace Gregory.

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You wrote:

One must bear with the irate as one bears with the sick, for anger is moral malady.

Yet, the saints and Christ Himself were angry when the situation called for anger.

In addition, sickness arises ordinarily through no fault of the patient unless, of course, the patient has lead an unhealthly life. On the other hand, the perpetually irate can and ought to exercise some degree of self control for their own good and for that of society. If some individuals are unable to exercise self-control, perhaps a strong correction is exactly the 'medicine' that they need?

I like the following quote and have posted it before. This provides all of us with some guidance for life's more difficult situations/conflicts. What better example is there than that of Our Lord Himself and His saints?
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St. John the Baptist calls the Pharisees a "race of vipers"; Jesus Christ, Our Divine Savior, hurls at them the epithets "hypocrites, whitened sepulchres, a perverse and adulterous generation." St. Paul criticizes the schismatic Cretians as "always liars, evil beasts, slothful bellies." The same Apostle calls Elymas the magician a "seducer, full of guile and deceit, a child of the devil, and enemy of all justice."

The Fathers of the Church exercised the same vigorous castigation of heresy and heretics. The gentle St. Bernard did not honey his words when he attacked the enemies of the Faith. Addressing Arnold of Brescia, the great Liberal agitator of his times, he calls him in his letters, "seducer, vase of injuries, scorpion, cruel wolf."

The Angelic Doctor, Saint Thomas Aquinas, forgets the calm of his cold syllogisms when he hurls his violent attacks against William of St. Amour, and his disciples; "Enemies of God, ministers of the devil, members of antichrist, ignorami, perverts, reprobates!"

Did St. Francis de Sales, purr softly over the heretics of his age and country? With the enemies of the Faith he preserved neither moderation nor consideration. Asked by a Catholic, who desired to know if it were permissible to speak evil of a heretic who propagated false doctrines, he replied: "Yes, you can, on the condition that you adhere to the exact truth, to what you know of his bad conduct, presenting that which is doubtful as doubtful, according to the degree of doubt which you may have in this regard."

In his "Introduction to the Devout Life", he expresses himself again: 'If the declared enemies of God and of the Church, ought to be blamed and censured with all possible vigor, charity obliges us to cry 'wolf' when the wolf slips into the midst of the flock and in every way and place we may meet him."


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Holy Cannoli
Your presentation today was very good, indeed. Why? Because you appeared to be very relaxed, smiling and speaking in a conversational manner. It was as if you were speaking directly to your listeners -- almost on a one-to-one basis -- like they were your friends and not necessarily parishioners. Therefore, you were able to make a stronger "connectionn" with them.
St. Paul wrote to the Ephesians: …More
Your presentation today was very good, indeed. Why? Because you appeared to be very relaxed, smiling and speaking in a conversational manner. It was as if you were speaking directly to your listeners -- almost on a one-to-one basis -- like they were your friends and not necessarily parishioners. Therefore, you were able to make a stronger "connectionn" with them.

St. Paul wrote to the Ephesians:
Be angry, and sin not. Let not the sun go down upon your anger.

The apostle obviously recognized that anger is a valid and sometimes an appropriate human emotion. However, he cautions us that in our anger to β€œsin not.” That, I believe, is the key and I hope that you will speak in greater detail providing examples of what it means to β€œBe angry, and sin not.” I personally like examples (stories/parables) because they are easier to remember and therefore the underlying truth remains with us for a longer time.