Friday, September 7, 2018

The Lord is cleaning His house

We see the need for the purification of our Catholic Church and even though it will be painful, needs must be done. Our Lord is cleaning His house, which seems to happen every 500 years or so. The first was with Saint Benedict who established monasteries and reformed monastic life in Europe around 500 AD. 

About 500 years later, St. Peter Damian, Benedictine monk, reforming Cardinal and a Doctor of the Church, in 1050 AD wrote a scathing treatise on the corruption of bishops and clergy and started a reform of ordination of clerics and bishops.  Pope Benedict XVI described him as "one of the most significant figures of the 11th century ... a lover of solitude and at the same time a fearless man of the Church, committed personally to the task of reform." We could use another St. Peter Damian right now.

Of course, in the next 500 (plus or minus) years later complacency set in yet again and the Reformation with Luther's 95 theses in 1517 AD spurred another house cleaning.

Now we are 500 years after the Reformation and it is time for another house cleaning by the Lord. It will not be comfortable but it is necessary for us to become rededicated to serving Jesus as worthy disciples. As Hebrews 12:11 reminds us:

For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant; later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

May God bless us with the grace to endure and persevere in holy discipleship.

Romans 12:12 Rejoice in your hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

Amen.

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