Without truth, charity degenerates into sentimentality. Love becomes an empty shell, to be filled in an arbitrary way. In a culture without truth, this is the fatal risk facing love. It falls prey to contingent subjective emotions and opinions, the word “love” is abused and distorted, to the point where it comes to mean the opposite.
-Pope Benedict XVI
Caritas In Veritate
July 7, 2009
Symptoms of a culture without truth.
July 7, 2009
3 comments:
Any shred of hope I had for mankind was ditched after this "macabre circus." Very good description.
We're over-ripe for a takeover. It'll be a piece of cake.
Maravillas
Yesterday morning I watched flying monkey's doing battle with flying donkeys in the sky. At that point I knew the memorial service would be surreal.
Last night I read Caritas In Veritate and recovered my sanity.
Viva Benedictus!
Everyone pretty much despised Michael Jackson but when he dies all of a sudden the entire world mourns?????
Looks to me that all of this is more like yet another chance to see and be seen.
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