“Great people change the course of history while demagogues change the facts of history. The latter find their prey among the witless that never were taught the facts.”
The above is a quote from a book entitled ‘COINCIDENTALLY’ written about 8 years ago by Father George W. Rutler, Pastor of OUR SAVIOR CHURCH in MID MANHATTAN.
Now you can consider this quote from many angles...Those who never had a liking for the study of History can become students of History before the REVISIONISTS get a hold of it...Those who were witless or ignorant of history, and who relied on whim and fancy to make decisions of critical importance absent the support of History, can repent and turn to HISTORICAL FACT in the future...Those who are Demagogues.......well...I’ll pray for you...!!!
It wasn’t actually Father Rutler’s book that caused me to write this post, but Sacred Scripture, where THE CHURCH, THE BODY OF CHRIST, is described as a living organism with many parts...feet, hands, legs, arms, etc., with JESUS as its HEAD...
I began to think, then, this is how we accumulate WISDOM...by paying attention to the many parts of THE CHURCH, assembling the information derived from these many parts, then using the knowledge to make the essential decisions that life demands.......all with the assurance that CHRIST, OUR HEAD, LEADS US...After all, HE IS THE TRUTH...Truth leading us TO TRUTH...
MUCH better than running off to some corner and trying to figure it all out on our own...where we can become egotistical, self centered, self righteous, proud...and yes, even WITLESS...!!!
Let us go forth, then, with this knowledge, having FAITH that Christ Himself is leading us, with the support and encouragement of the rest of CHRIST’S BODY, THE CHURCH assisting us in reaching our goal...TO SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS OF SALVATION TO THE WHOLE WORLD...!!!
HAVE A GREAT AND BLESSED WEEKEND...!!!
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