Comments on: The Reasons for ‘Partisanship’ http://catholicexchange.com/the-reasons-for-partisanship/ Catholic News, Catholic Articles, Catholic Apologetics, Catholic Content, Catholic Information Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Joe DeVet http://catholicexchange.com/the-reasons-for-partisanship/comment-page-1/#comment-65825 Joe DeVet Wed, 08 Aug 2012 12:42:00 +0000 http://catholicexchange.com/?p=158102#comment-65825 The message in Weigel’s final paragraph may seem obvious, but it can be so familiar as to be treated lightly and even overlooked.  We in the Church need to think of ourselves not so much as the biggest and baddest social-service provider in the world, with attendant political lobbying energies, but as the bearer of the Good News.  The latter has a moral dimension, the teaching of which is sorely needed in our immoral, amoral, and morally confused culture. 

Teaching it first means living it, a challenge for all of us.  For as a famous author has famously said, the line between good and evil runs through the heart of each of us.

Thus a refocus on the issues of eternal salvation, on personal virtue, prayer, the sacraments including Reconciliation is a first priority.

We might also consider backing away from willy-nilly lobbying about minutiae of public policy, to concentrate more on principle.  This is not to say we should back down from political persuasion–but I think we should be more selective in the battles we engage.  The HHS mandate is a good example of the kind of fundamental issue which should command our focus.

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