Monday, August 11, 2008

Cdl Stafford on Humanae Vitae dissent - from the trenches

This article by Cardinal Francis Stafford is a bright glimpse into the dark night of Aug 5, 1968...

Humanae Vitae - The Year of the Peirasmòs - 1968
by Cardinal J. Francis Stafford, D.D.

No dialogue was possible in 1968; it remained impossible in 1978. There was no common ground. Both of us were looking into an abyss - from opposite sides. Anguish and disquiet overwhelmed the distant hope of reconciliation and friendship. We never returned to the subject again. [...]

Diocesan presbyterates have not recovered from the July/August nights in 1968. Many in consecrated life also failed the evangelical test. Since January 2002, the abyss has opened up elsewhere. The whole people of God, including children and adolescents, now must look into the abyss and see what dread beasts are at its bottom. Each of us shudders before the wrath of God, each weeps in sorrow for our sins and each begs for the Father’s merciful remembrance of Christ’s obedience.

© Copyright 2008 - Libreria Editrice Vaticana

hat tip to the wonderful Catholicculture.org


Note: I have four days left to complete my move-out. Thanks be to God for providing the solution to my home-ownership problem; and then get back to writing!

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