tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439331035718369167.post1523783177822654238..comments2024-02-09T02:48:13.776-06:00Comments on Daily Meditations with Fr. Alfonse: Mark 12:18-27 The Big Bang of MistakesFr. Alfonsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02557206560119402976noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439331035718369167.post-37679476538013259782012-06-06T18:42:21.324-05:002012-06-06T18:42:21.324-05:00Very good, Father. This is a nice tasty morsel….....Very good, Father. This is a nice tasty morsel….. ;)<br /><br />I was thinking along the same lines: Offer the class “Logic & Common Sense 101”. How sad our youth lack logical thinking and common sense in every day decisions. (I think critical thinking should be examined in this class, too.) I think as people feel too much they make improper judgments. As feelings are acerbated, people become disinterested in the Church and the message of the Gospel. They become so mesmerized by the “hyper-theatrical scenario” that they live in a make-believe-feel-good world : A godless world. A world that is so obsessed with consumerism, materialism, wealth, and power. A world led by crooked politicians who mislead people with false hopes and dreams. Logical thinking is a way to solve so many of the problems facing our world. Why has thinking become so difficult for people? There should be a proper balance between feeling and thinking. However, our culture focuses so much on "feelings" that all sorts of excuses vomit out of people’s mouths: "Oh, you don't have to do this if you don't feel like it!" "I don't feel good today so I'm going to stay home from Mass!" "I don't feel much love for you anymore so I'm going to file for divorce!" “I don’t feel like eating healthy so I’m going to eat a triple cheese burger, slug down a Super Size soda, and smoke a little weed for dessert!” <br /><br />I tried to locate a previous post from late last year when you spoke about logic but in terms of God being illogical. You said something about logic is boring. (???) Now it seems the opposite in this post. The illogical was tied in with God being full of surprises. Can you perhaps reconnect this past point to what you wrote today about the need for logical thinking and how faith and logic define the Church today? Thanks. <br /><br />Blessings,<br /><br />-JenniferJennifer B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15338737502809429613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439331035718369167.post-83881018668159256832012-06-06T16:31:50.489-05:002012-06-06T16:31:50.489-05:00I don't know if you can teach common sense, bu...I don't know if you can teach common sense, but it seems to be missing in a great percentage of our population.<br /><br />Faith and Logic are necessary components of the Catholic Church but I believe common sense is as well. And I believe that there is some conspiracy in academia to downplay that 'sense' or 'gift' in students because it cannot be measured, explained or manipulated. Common sense seems to be on the other side of 'book' sense and that is dangerous in our society today. They cannot control it the way they can control the media, re-write school books and basically change the truth into whatever meets the needs of the 'one' in charge, namely Satan. Yes I believe he is behind every lie.<br /><br />Lord, help our youth and our fellow Americans and Christians open their eyes and use their common sense so they can see the lies that are taking us all down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439331035718369167.post-67491651265120062762012-06-06T15:51:21.814-05:002012-06-06T15:51:21.814-05:00Right on Father!
It is terrible and horrific to s...Right on Father!<br /><br />It is terrible and horrific to see how much society has adopted a victimized ideology where what is right is not accepted and what is wrong must be accepted. Selfish feelings used as justifications for our actions is what has gotten us as a society to this point in time of chaos. The TRUTH hurts and that is why a lot of people can't handle the truth but would rather question it to feel better about the things being done that go against THE WAY,THE TRUTH & THE LIFE!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com