Cardinal Manning wrote “The Apostles were to be “witnesses” unto Him. Witnesses give evidence - they do not argue. St Paul said “Our preaching is not in the persuasive words of mere wisdom, but in the demonstration of the Spirit and in power”.
“A Catholic priest comes from Jesus as a herald. He can do what others cannot do – assert and affirm, and leave the Truth to do the work by its own evidence. The surest way to keep error out of men’s minds is to fill them with the Truth. Assertion and affirmation construct and build up, filling the mind with Truth or at least some positive and intelligent statement. Clearness is evidence. Truth looks out upon the human reason. The voice of the Church is positive, dogmatic, affirmative, touching the hearts of men and lifting their souls to Heaven.
Destructive and negative writing and preaching ruins and sweeps away, it leaves a space, a void, a bleakness of soul.”
wonderful blog........tone down responses to very rude questions asked..none of your business?Just be humble as the site doescheers.
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