A little rant

I added a quote from St. Ignatius to my side bar yesterday. I remember finding it a few years ago when I wanted to find out who exactly was responsible for starting the Society of Jesus a.k.a. the Jesuits. Finding that quote nearly sent me backwards in my chair in peels of laughter. Did the Jesuits know how their founder felt about magesterial fidelity? Apparently not.

While reading the blogs of others, a couple of other items came up which made me decide to add this to the side bar. One blogger opined that Catholics seemed “brainwashed” and not open to “self discovery.” I can’t imagine that anyone who has tried the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, or the Liturgy of the Hours, said the Rosary or prepared for a good confession, has not been open to self discovery. That’s the wondeful part I think of being Catholic, is that there are so many ways and opportunities to learn about yourself, and even more importantly, to learn what that means in coming closer to knowing God.

As one matures in the faith, one discovers that it takes discipline to grow in holiness. Even St. Theresa’s little way included a discipline to deny ones self and making these offerings to God. The example of St. Theresa also shows us that these disciplines are little opportunities in our everyday lives. They aren’t hard to find. Where are they? For Catholic Christians they are found in the Sacred Scriptures, (the ten commandments, the beatitudes) and in our Sacred Traditions. They are in living and believing in whatever is true, and we know what those things are when we follow the teachings of our church which is “the pillar of truth.” For Catholics truly searching for this truth, their catholicism, holiness and spirituality must be rooted in the Catholic Church and ALL thatshe teaches.

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