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In reply to the discussion: "Pope doesn't come over to where you work and slap Jamie Dimon's dick out of your mouth." [View all]joshcryer
(62,269 posts)90. Yeah, but, it starts off with stuff like:
2. The great danger in todays world, pervaded as it is by consumerism, is the desolation and anguish born of a complacent yet covetous heart, the feverish pursuit of frivolous pleasures, and a blunted conscience. Whenever our interior life becomes caught up in its own interests and concerns, there is no longer room for others, no place for the poor. Gods voice is no longer heard, the quiet joy of his love is no longer felt, and the desire to do good fades. This is a very real danger for believers too. Many fall prey to it, and end up resentful, angry and listless. That is no way to live a dignified and fulfilled life; it is not Gods will for us, nor is it the life in the Spirit which has its source in the heart of the risen Christ.
6. There are Christians whose lives seem like Lent without Easter. I realize of course that joy is not expressed the same way at all times in life, especially at moments of great difficulty. Joy adapts and changes, but it always endures, even as a flicker of light born of our personal certainty that, when everything is said and done, we are infinitely loved. I understand the grief of people who have to endure great suffering, yet slowly but surely we all have to let the joy of faith slowly revive as a quiet yet firm trust, even amid the greatest distress: My soul is bereft of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: the steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord (Lam 3:17, 21-23, 26).
7. Sometimes we are tempted to find excuses and complain, acting as if we could only be happy if a thousand conditions were met. To some extent this is because our technological society has succeeded in multiplying occasions of pleasure, yet has found it very difficult to engender joy.[2] I can say that the most beautiful and natural expressions of joy which I have seen in my life were in poor people who had little to hold on to. I also think of the real joy shown by others who, even amid pressing professional obligations, were able to preserve, in detachment and simplicity, a heart full of faith. In their own way, all these instances of joy flow from the infinite love of God, who has revealed himself to us in Jesus Christ. I never tire of repeating those words of Benedict XVI which take us to the very heart of the Gospel: Being a Christian is not the result of an ethical choice or a lofty idea, but the encounter with an event, a person, which gives life a new horizon and a decisive direction.[3]
6. There are Christians whose lives seem like Lent without Easter. I realize of course that joy is not expressed the same way at all times in life, especially at moments of great difficulty. Joy adapts and changes, but it always endures, even as a flicker of light born of our personal certainty that, when everything is said and done, we are infinitely loved. I understand the grief of people who have to endure great suffering, yet slowly but surely we all have to let the joy of faith slowly revive as a quiet yet firm trust, even amid the greatest distress: My soul is bereft of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: the steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord (Lam 3:17, 21-23, 26).
7. Sometimes we are tempted to find excuses and complain, acting as if we could only be happy if a thousand conditions were met. To some extent this is because our technological society has succeeded in multiplying occasions of pleasure, yet has found it very difficult to engender joy.[2] I can say that the most beautiful and natural expressions of joy which I have seen in my life were in poor people who had little to hold on to. I also think of the real joy shown by others who, even amid pressing professional obligations, were able to preserve, in detachment and simplicity, a heart full of faith. In their own way, all these instances of joy flow from the infinite love of God, who has revealed himself to us in Jesus Christ. I never tire of repeating those words of Benedict XVI which take us to the very heart of the Gospel: Being a Christian is not the result of an ethical choice or a lofty idea, but the encounter with an event, a person, which gives life a new horizon and a decisive direction.[3]
You shouldn't want things, you should be happy being poor, basically, the freaking tenants of the class system the church has espoused and perpetuated for centuries.
And of course, the really sad part is here:
204. We can no longer trust in the unseen forces and the invisible hand of the market. Growth in justice requires more than economic growth, while presupposing such growth: it requires decisions, programmes, mechanisms and processes specifically geared to a better distribution of income, the creation of sources of employment and an integral promotion of the poor which goes beyond a simple welfare mentality. I am far from proposing an irresponsible populism, but the economy can no longer turn to remedies that are a new poison, such as attempting to increase profits by reducing the work force and thereby adding to the ranks of the excluded.
Oops. The workforce is reduced by automation. Yaknow, the technology he denounces as the second thing he literally says.
220. People in every nation enhance the social dimension of their lives by acting as committed and responsible citizens, not as a mob swayed by the powers that be. Let us not forget that responsible citizenship is a virtue, and participation in political life is a moral obligation.[180] Yet becoming a people demands something more. It is an ongoing process in which every new generation must take part: a slow and arduous effort calling for a desire for integration and a willingness to achieve this through the growth of a peaceful and multifaceted culture of encounter.
Status quo, of course. Dear Pope, do you not know what Christ meant when he said Render unto Caesar?
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"Pope doesn't come over to where you work and slap Jamie Dimon's dick out of your mouth." [View all]
rufus dog
Dec 2013
OP
I left the computer for a few hours and only saw this now.. just so you know
Voice for Peace
Dec 2013
#30
They'd get their servants to sweep it up and sell it to a coal fired power plant.
MADem
Dec 2013
#17
More like a national disgrace. Why does no one picket, demonstrate against, occupy, these abusers?
freshwest
Dec 2013
#77
Same reason Occupy couldn't protest in front of the Stock Exchange. It's all private property.
Spitfire of ATJ
Dec 2013
#82
Well kinda. The sidewalks aren't private property. No one seems to protest these guys and
freshwest
Dec 2013
#85
Love it! Love it! Love it! I hope the network doesn't try to force him to apologize.
mucifer
Dec 2013
#21
Thank you, and Jon Stewart. Conservatives are clearly proud of being evil, murderous, greedy scum.
Zorra
Dec 2013
#29
Loved this! I had to interrupt my laughing out loud to explain to mr z who jamie dimon is
me b zola
Dec 2013
#46
I will forever remember Dimon as the dog who barked "Everyone should always pay their mortgage"
Kurovski
Dec 2013
#47
It has everything to do with capitalism and nothing to do with automation
Fortinbras Armstrong
Dec 2013
#100
" I'm sure at this point you are no longer interested in a conversation."
Fortinbras Armstrong
Dec 2013
#106
actually, I've always thought an Aussie accent sounds like a mixture of Brit and American
Skittles
Dec 2013
#71
Kudlow rambles on about what a hot little Catholic he is and how he "adores" the pope.
Kurovski
Dec 2013
#86
It's a common response to hecklers in the comedy biz, and has been for 40 years or more
alcibiades_mystery
Dec 2013
#98