Apr 02 2009
Removing Ourselves From the World By the Way We Live Our Lives
I have written in the past about forming a separate society while living within the confines of present society.
With the events of the past couple of months, I believe it more imperative that we do so. We must remove ourselves by avoiding the perverse trappings of Materialism and Relativism that have in ingrained into society by Liberalism and Socialism.
We must be very careful about who we interact with and, if they do not measure up to the moral and social teachings of the Catholic Church, refuse to associate with them. If this means setting up alternative sources of necessities, so be it.
In fact, setting up alternative sources of goods may be preferable in all cases since Global Capitalism, which supplies the bulk of goods these days, is a miserable failure and is mainly responsible (along with intrusiveness of Socialism) for the economic turmoil going on. Only when production is returned to the local/family level and the intrusiveness of government regulations that prevents returning to this state, will true social justice be possible.
The only time this will not apply is when evangelizing the non-Catholic, (and even the misinformed, fallen away, and heretical Catholic) about the Truth of the Catholic faith and how we should live our lives according to the Social and Moral doctrines of the Church. However, we must live our lives according to these doctrines if our evangelization efforts are to be effective. As Our Lord taught:
“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid. Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a bushel, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.” (Mt 5:14-16 RSV)
We are a light, now live that way.
