A Miracle for Mother Angelica?
"The Wall" is Okay! ...and Deportation Too!
Trump may have had it right all along!!! What's that you say???
The Republican Party has a Pro-Life “Plank” in their Platform. It is their intent to severely limit abortions in this country. They are also anti-euthanasia! ...and they tend to be “Law and Order” oriented. This is where “The Wall” comes in...but first...
I hope many of you go to the Sacrament of Reconciliation. There are several things that happen in this sacrament. The most prominent being, that your sins are taken away. However...there are a couple of other items that are necessary for that to happen! First of all, you must acknowledge or confess your sins. You must freely admit that you did wrong. Next...you must be sorry for those sins and be repentant...which means you sincerely wish to avoid those sins in the future. Then you are forgiven and then there is the “Expiation”...the punishment...the atonement...the penance. The Church recognizes that for any transgression there must be an expiation. It is crucial that this occur that the one being forgiven has the opportunity to give back for their transgression. The Church considers this “medicinal.” Many of you (including many religious) believe that “The Wall” is wrong. That the deportation of “illegal immigrants” is wrong, but the Catechism says it is not! First of all, what does the word “illegal” mean?
illegal |i(l)'leg?l|
adjective
contrary to or forbidden by law, especially criminal law: illegal drugs.
noun derogatory, chiefly N. Amer.
a person present in a country without official authorization.
That means if someone is here illegally, he or she has broken a law.
What does the Catechism of the Catholic Church say about this?
“2266 The efforts of the state to curb the spread of behavior harmful to people’s rights and to the basic rules of civil society correspond to the requirement of safeguarding the common good. Legitimate public authority has the right and the duty to inflict punishment proportionate to the gravity of the offense. Punishment has the primary aim of redressing the disorder introduced by the offense. When it is willingly accepted by the guilty party, it assumes the value of expiation. Punishment then, in addition to defending public order and protecting people’s safety, has a medicinal purpose: as far as possible, it must contribute to the correction of the guilty party.67 (1897-1898, 2308)” Excerpt From: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. “Catechism of the Catholic Church.” iBooks. https://itun.es/us/kMWMD.l
So...not only does the Church frown on persons breaking civil law, but Legitimate public authority has the right and the duty to inflict punishment! ...and the Church encourages this punishment!
What you must understand is the Republican Party has no ill will against immigrants! They do not have ill will against illegal immigrants other than the method by which they immigrated which was “Illegal”...against the law! We are a civil society and certain behaviors are acceptable and some are not! Coming to this country without going through the correct procedures as enumerated by law, is bad behavior and contrary to our civil society!
The Catechism and the Church say that the punishment must be proportionate to the gravity of the crime! Deportation is NOT disproportionate! It is a reasonable outcome for violating civil law with bad behavior. It is not imprisonment...it is not torture...it is not an objectionable penalty (considering the behavior) and it is commonly used worldwide as a remedy or punishment for violating a country's civil law by entering that country illegally. In fact, deportation is quite a mild punishment!
...but you say these people are poor...they are desperate! That is an entirely different matter that can be addressed when they enter the country legally. If you wish...work with an organization like Catholic Charities to make sure the deportees have food, water, money, clothing and the necessary information for entering legally the next time they come! Form a group to officially assist them in the entry process Legally! The punishment can be modified by law. There is no problem with that. Republicans don't want to destroy families and they have suggested community service and fines in certain circumstances as substitute punishments, but the Church actually thinks that punishment is a good idea! ...it has medicinal purpose! This is contrary to the Democrat view that Amnesty is the best policy...along with open borders. Amnesty does not teach responsibility and good social behavior. It teaches that violating civil law and disrupting a duly authorized legal process is in itself legitimate! It promotes anarchy and chaos in violation of a social contract with the Legitimate Civil Authority to maintain civil order.
“1899 The authority required by the moral order derives from God: “Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore he who resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment.”17” Excerpt From: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. “Catechism of the Catholic Church.” iBooks. https://itun.es/us/kMWMD.l
...and what about those open borders? Here we get to Donald Trump and his wall! What is the obligation of Legitimate Civil Authority?
“1907 First, the common good presupposes respect for the person as such. In the name of the common good, public authorities are bound to respect the fundamental and inalienable rights of the human person. Society should permit each of its members to fulfill his vocation. In particular, the common good resides in the conditions for the exercise of the natural freedoms indispensable for the development of the human vocation, such as “the right to act according to a sound norm of conscience and to safeguard... privacy, and rightful freedom also in matters of religion.”27
1908 Second, the common good requires the social well-being and development of the group itself. Development is the epitome of all social duties. Certainly, it is the proper function of authority to arbitrate, in the name of the common good, between various particular interests; but it should make accessible to each what is needed to lead a truly human life: food, clothing, health, work, education and culture, suitable information, the right to establish a family, and so on.28”
(...a side note on this...has the Democrat Party who has controlled the Democrat Socialist Utopia known as Detroit (for over a half a century), actually followed this Church directive? )
“1909 Finally, the common good requires peace, that is, the stability and security of a just order. It presupposes that authority should ensure by morally acceptable means the security of society and its members. It is the basis of the right to legitimate personal and collective defense.” Excerpt From: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. “Catechism of the Catholic Church.” iBooks. https://itun.es/us/kMWMD.l
A society cannot have peace where anarchy reigns! Government is directed by the Church to provide for the common good of the society it has authority over! ...to provide legitimate personal and collective defense! Open borders cannot do this! If the Government cannot control and verify the comings and goings of non-citizens, then they cannot do their job as directed by the Church and the Magisterium! If building a wall to control the comings and goings of non-citizens will protect even one citizen's rights, then it is a valid and a morally correct choice!
This brings into question the existence of “Sanctuary Cities.” If a city and it's government work against the directives of the common good, then they are in violation of the Church's directive and guidance! Ask if San Francisco did right by Kate Steinle!?! Her murderer was a 5 time deportee who was released from jail in lieu of turning him over to the authorities for deportation...yet again! His release was seen by San Francisco's civil authority as a triumph of social justice! Kate's murderer escaped deportation and his expiation for the criminal act of entering the country illegally. Unfortunately for Kate, the poor, disadvantaged soul who escaped deportation (thanks to San Francisco's Civil Authority), chose to thank his liberators by murdering a young woman who died in the arms of her father...begging him to help her!
Should our civil authority have protected Marilyn Pharis, age 64, from her Illegal Immigrant attacker? She was raped and then had her head beaten in with a hammer in her California home. Unless such entities are rejected at the border and disallowed entry or are removed from our civil society with deportation (or imprisonment for the truly criminal and evil), the government is not providing its citizenry (us) with “the stability and security of a just order.” That is a violation of Section 1909 in the Catechism!
So you see...you do have a valid, moral, choice if you choose a Republican (who wants to build a wall) over a Democrat who is pro-choice, and pro-amnesty with open borders! There is nothing immoral about “The Wall” or deportation! ...at least according to the Catechism of the Catholic Church and the Magisterium!!!
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I’m just a guy born to poor parents (mother Catholic, father agnostic) that both died before their time and the second of 5 children. I’m the last practicing Catholic of my family. I was lucky enough to be schooled by the Sisters of Providence (K-8) and to be able to work my way through a Catholic High School. This, I found, was a detriment to qualify for an IL State Grant for college, as the grant is given on the basis of need. People in “need” don’t go to private high schools, I found out! (...regardless of the fact that I had to work two part time jobs to pay for school and my father had a brain tumor and my mother became an alcoholic as a result of his tumor). I managed to work my way through a junior college (night school) to get an associates degree in electronic technology. The two year degree only took 8 years to procure. My personality is somewhat dominant though patient. I love playing Santa Claus at Christmas and I love Comic Books, audio books (sci-fi), Drawing (comic book style), and Drones! …and though I’m rarely inspired by the homilies, I do love going to Mass! I don’t believe in either Creationism or Evolution but in Intelligent design (God’s really, really, smart)! I believe in a multi-dimensional universe that was designed and created by God as a self managing environment (think God of Laws vs. Free Will)! …and I’m rabidly Pro Life! …and I’m Pro Constitution! I view it as a non-living document in a traditional manner (words have meaning)!
I’m self employed as a Satellite Broadcast Transmitter Technician. By the Grace of God, I am one of (if not) the best transmitter technician(s) on the planet! I have spent over 30 years assisting Mother Angelica and EWTN with their broadcast transmissions on a volunteer basis (for the most part) in addition to my regular work. I love to teach and have spent several years as a catechist at my parish until they decided that teaching “Christianity” was more important than teaching “Catholicism.” I tend to be very conservative in both Religion and Politics. I rarely mince words! I enjoy when Jehovahs’ Witnesses or Mormons come knocking at my door! When we’re done, they have enjoyed it less than I and it thrills me to plant a seed of doubt in their minds (and souls), primarily in the basis of their belief system! While they are trying to convert me to protestantism, I am trying to convert them to Catholicism using their own bible and religious documents!!! Not many folks keep at least half a dozen bibles on their phone including a complete and current Catechism of the Catholic Church! I’m almost never what they are expecting! My wife calls me a “zealot!” …an
