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AS<\/b> the weekend Mass readings rolled by, I sensed the Lord saying once again:\u00a0it is time for the prophets to arise!\u00a0<\/em>Let me repeat that:<\/p>\n It is time for the prophets to arise!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n But don’t start Googling to find out who they are… just look in the mirror.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2026the faithful, who by Baptism are incorporated into Christ and integrated into the People of God, are made sharers in their particular way in the priestly, prophetic, and kingly office of Christ, and have their own part to play in the mission of the whole Christian people in the Church and in the World.<\/strong><\/span> \u2014Catechism of the Catholic Church,\u00a0<\/em>n. 897<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n What does a prophet do? He or she speaks\u00a0God’s Word in the present moment\u00a0that we may know more clearly His Will.\u00a0<\/em>And sometimes, that “word” must be a strong one.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n CASE IN POINT<\/p>\n Right now, I am thinking of the recent ghastly turn of events in New York where the Governor there has moved to a new level of barbarism by legalizing abortion<\/a> for any reason right up until birth. To the politicians in Canada, Ireland, Australia, America, Europe, and beyond, the Church (that is, you and me) ought to cry out with one voice, not only that life is sacred, but repeating again God’s commandment: “Thou shalt not kill”!\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n Why do we have Canon Laws if we fail to enforce them? To not use them for fear of offending or sending the wrong message is<\/em> actually offensive and<\/em> sends the wrong message. The power Christ gave the Church to “bind and loose” is ultimately the power of excommunication when a baptized member commits an excommunicable sin.[1]<\/sup><\/a>Matthew 18:18<\/span><\/span>\n
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