Conceived, Born, and Cradled Catholic
“Marriage to a born Catholic,” says his biographer, Arthur Hughes, “seems to have intensified his interest in his adopted religion and it certainly stepped up his public avowal of his faith” —Patrick Allitt, “Carlton Hayes and His Critics”
Most people today seem to say “cradle Catholic” rather than “born Catholic”, but I may like “conceived Catholic” best of all.
John Clare, “The Stranger”
A couple desiring a child love something that does not and may not ever exist. This is good and natural.
To evangelize is good, to proselytize is bad.
Most people are obviously far more anxious to express their approval and disapproval of things than to describe them. Hence the tendency of words to become less descriptive and more evaluative; then to become evaluative, while still retaining some hint of the sort of goodness or badness implied; and then to end up by being purely evaluative – useless synonyms for good or bad. —C. S. Lewis, Studies in Words
He testified with many other arguments, and was exhorting them, “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation. Acts 2:40
Was Peter evangelizing or proselytizing or doing something else?
Some examples of the use of “proselytizing”, etc. in the OED: twitter.com/LeoTheLes…
Separate … is inherently unequal. —Chief Justice Earl Warren, quoted in Robert Pierce Forbes, editor, Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia, Introduction
Reason is to the philosophe what grace is to the Christian. —Encyclopédie, Du Marsais, “Philosopher”, quoted in Robert Pierce Forbes, editor, Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia, Introduction.
If there are any men whom [white Americans] have a right to hold in slavery, there may be others who have a right to hold them in slavery. —Richard Price, Observations on the Importance of the American Revolution, and the Means of Making It a Benefit to the World (1784), quoted in Robert Pierce Forbes, editor, Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia (1785/2022), Introduction.
Personal knowledge vs. artificial intelligence micro.blog/LeoWong/2…
In point of fact, nothing is of any worth in the spiritual life, except what ends in practice. –Cécile Bruyère, The Spiritual Life and Prayer
Most of our Catholic spiritual classics were written for religious. The few that were not assume a Christian culture. Caveat lector.
Considering that we continue to sin, it behooves us to continue to forgive those who sin against us.
Simply say no, yes, yes, yes, yes. —after Sc. 31, Matthew 5:37
Painted crosswalk
Yellow paint
