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Offline LaramieHirsch

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Some simply have weak faith cant handle it
« on: October 16, 2015, 01:37:21 AM »
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  • My recent run-in with a blogger called Brooklyn Catholic, as well as a year-old sermon by Fr. Ripperger, has put the idea in my head that: some people have a weaker faith, and they cannot handle the idea that the Church has these sorts of problems. Furthermore, it is a gift from God to have this awareness of Magisterial problems, and it is up to an individual to figure out what to do with/how to handle such a gift.

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    Offline Neil Obstat

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    Some simply have weak faith cant handle it
    « Reply #1 on: October 16, 2015, 02:05:42 AM »
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    ...some people have a weaker faith, and they cannot handle the idea that the Church has these sorts of problems.

    Certainly a weaker faith can be the cause of that inability or lack of desire to be concerned with ecclesiastical problems.  But I think that's only one of the root causes.

    Another can be an aversion to infighting or disagreement.  Some don't want to have anything to do with hearing people argue about anything at all, as if they're afraid of conflict.

    Another cause is superficiality, and this is probably much more common, because most people are superficial.  They don't want to delve deeply into abstract topics like philosophy or ecclesiology or especially epistemology (one of the divisions of philosophy).  This is actually true of the vast majority of people in all ages.  They are content with leaving this esoteric and challenging thinking to someone else for any of several reasons, but mostly because they don't find any JOY in undertaking it themselves.

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    Furthermore, it is a gift from God to have this awareness of Magisterial problems,

    I believe you are correct in this, Laramie.  According to Scripture, different people receive different graces.  And according to Tradition, it all depends on what you do with those graces.

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    and it is up to an individual to figure out what to do with/how to handle such a gift.

    God gives us what we need, and it is our place to cooperate with His grace.  In fact, that's all we can claim responsibility for, how we responded to God's calling, or actual grace.  We cannot claim any achievement for having received the grace in the first place, but only what we did in response to it.  And it is FAR MORE COMMON for us to do less than we are capable of in answer to God's sometimes gentle nudges.

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