{"id":15360,"date":"2014-05-22T23:30:23","date_gmt":"2014-05-23T05:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=15360"},"modified":"2017-04-17T22:00:08","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T02:00:08","slug":"the-two-temptations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-two-temptations\/","title":{"rendered":"The Two Temptations","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"CENTER\">THE NOW WORD ON MASS READINGS<br \/> <span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">for May 23rd, 2014<\/span><br \/> Friday of the Fifth Week of Easter<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"LEFT\">Liturgical texts <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usccb.org\/bible\/readings\/052214.cfm\"><em>here<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Career-Crossroads_000.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"470\" height=\"368\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>\n<script>\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n\/\/ ]]><\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><strong>THERE <\/strong>are two powerful temptations that the Church is going to face in the days ahead to draw souls from the narrow road that leads to life. One is what we examined yesterday\u2014the voices who wish to shame us for holding fast to the Gospel.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>These forces insist that the Church\u2019s teachings are out of date, retrograde, insensitive, uncompassionate, illiberal, bigoted, even hateful<\/strong>.\u00a0\u2014National Catholic Prayer Breakfast, May 15th, 2014; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/robert-george-the-persecution-has-come-will-you-now-abandon-the-gospel?utm_source=LifeSiteNews.com+Daily+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=7eeb0b0aa0-LifeSiteNews_com_Intl_Headlines_06_19_2013&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_0caba610ac-\">LifeSiteNews.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">The other is a temptation that will attempt to downplay the significance of doctrine, suggesting that we can all be &#8220;one&#8221; without the baggage of &#8220;obscure dogmas.&#8221; In a word, <em>syncretism. <\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">But we have a beautiful witness in this week&#8217;s readings from Acts on how to resist these pitfalls. For we see that all their acts are carefully and deliberately deferred to Apostolic Tradition. They do not treat truth lightly, handling it carefully as though <em>Someone had died for it. <\/em>In today&#8217;s first reading, the disciples are quick to extinguish the first flames of heresy:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\">Since we have heard that some of our number who went out <em>without any mandate from us<\/em> have upset you with their teachings and disturbed your peace of mind&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">Already we see the early Church grappling with the <em>practical applications <\/em>of Christ&#8217;s command to &#8220;love one another.&#8221; Yes, love at its heart is a sacrificial service and emptying of self for another. But love also guides, warns, corrects, disciplines, and cares for another&#8217;s well-being, especially spiritual well-being. How can love not speak when danger lies ahead? <em>Morals<\/em> are the pragmatic voice of love and thus closely linked to Christ&#8217;s mandate:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\">This is my commandment: love one another as I love you&#8230; Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations&#8230; teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. (Today&#8217;s Gospel and Matt 28:19-20)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">Thus, after consulting the Apostles and the apostolic teachings, they deliver the message that, among other things, &#8220;unlawful marriage&#8221; is not to be permitted.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">Nothing is different today. We have a mandate that is not ours to change.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">If Jesus said, &#8220;the truth will set you free,&#8221; then how can truth be insignificant? The corollary is that falsehoods lead us to slavery.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\">Amen, amen, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin. A slave does not remain in a household forever, but a son always remains. (John 8:34-35)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">We <em>are <\/em>brothers and sisters in Christ with our separated brethren. In fact, we are brothers and sisters with unbelievers to the extent that we have our common shared humanity through our first parents. As such, we can and should find a common consensus by which to build a more just and peaceful society. But this should only increase our zeal to evangelize and teach the nations those saving truths of Christ\u2014first, the good news that Jesus has come to reconcile us with the Father, and then the moral doctrines which flow from them\u2014so as to liberate all peoples in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/joy-in-truth\/\">joy of truth<\/a>. The salvation of souls is our zenith.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">Truth matters. Truth is Christ. Truth is the foundation on which a civilization of love is built, and the divine light that scatters the lies of darkness. We are called not only to be one &#8220;in the Spirit,&#8221; but also of &#8220;one mind.&#8221; <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_15360_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15360_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_15360_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15360_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_15360_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15360_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. 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(Today&#8217;s Gospel)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: courier new,courier;\">My heart is steadfast, O God; my heart is steadfast&#8230; (Today&#8217;s Psalm)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">RELATED READING<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-end-of-ecumenism\/\">The End of Ecumenism<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-coming-counterfeit\/\">The Coming Counterfeit<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-two-temptations\" data-layout=\"standard\" data-action=\"recommend\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-share=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-share-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-two-temptations\" data-via=\"MarkMallett2\">Tweet<\/a><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Thanks for your ongoing love and support. 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