Proverbs 15:22
Without counsel plans go wrong,
but with many advisers they succeed.
One advantage of being a Catholic is that you don't have to make up the Christian faith as you go along. Catholics have the happy advantage of being able to plagiarize freely from minds like Sts. Augustine, Thomas, Edith Stein, and Francis of Assisi. So far from theft, it's just fidelity to the tradition. And it's also common sense. Nobody ever built a computer or a civilization by working from scratch. It requires teamwork and especially team thought. The Holy Spirit is, significantly, given to the Church, not simply to Me. I need the counsel He gives others as much as the counsel He gives me, otherwise I'm missing out on the Big Picture and highly likely to do something stupid. Conversely, I have insights from Him which I alone can give the Church and which I am obliged to share just as surely as I am obliged to help those who have less money than I do. Today pool the insights the Holy Spirit has given you with the insights He gives His Church. We'll all be the richer for it!
