He fled violent gangs in El Salvador that were threatening him and his family.
A U.S. court protected him from deportation. He got a work permit, a job, a wife, and three kids. No criminal record. Then ICE deported him anyway—by "mistake"—and dumped him into a Salvadoran prison built to house the very gangs he ran from.
No trial. No heari…
“The extreme greatness of Christianity lies in the fact that it does not seek a supernatural cure for suffering, but a supernatural use for it.'“
—Simone Weil
Blessed Holy Week to all—
Tomorrow, instead of the usual interview, I’ll be sharing a meditation on the suffering and death of Our Lord—featuring the profound insights of St. Thomas Aquinas. It’s Holy Week, and I hope this helps you draw closer to Christ.
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The Cross is the way of Paradise, but only when it’s borne willingly.
—St. Paul of the Cross
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What side do you fall on?
The Incarnation happens because of man’s sin. God became man so that He would die on the cross to redeem mankind. In other words, God became man in response to man’s fall.
Or
The Incarnation was always in the Divine plan regardless of man’s sins because in the Incarnation, God fully reveals Himself to us? In other words, the Incarnation would have happened even if man had not fallen.
The first is the Thomistic position and the second is the Scotus position.
Thoughts?
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