I was going to write a post about mercy, or rather what mercy isn't. It seems that certain Cardinals in the Church are confused, and clearly need some enlightening. Some think that it is mercy to allow Holy Communion for those who live and persist in an adulterous situation. When I learned my catechism as a kid I was taught that such conduct was actually sacrilegious, and even blasphemous. Others think it is mercy to allow groups representing homosexuality to march in a parade (in theory) dedicated to a Catholic saint.
The reasons for such "mercy" are plentiful. My personal favourite reasons revolve around Scripture. Take a verse or story. Preferably a parable. Then show that Jesus approves of such mercy. The parable of the prodigal son, for instance. "See how merciful God is! No matter what, we must also show such mercy!"
Like I said, I was going to write about this. But then Cardinal Burke beat me to the punch by saying, among other things in an interview, that "it simply makes no sense to talk about mercy which doesn't respect truth." Almost as if mercy and truth come from the same source, and cannot violate one another. Mercy surely is wonderful. I probably would have long been dead in a gutter somewhere without Christ's mercy. But it does not violate truth. Ever.
Sounds very Thomistic doesn't it? Like something someone would say during those rousing medieval days of the Knights Templar...
So I won't say anything about it.
I'll just put up a couple boring pictures of us eating supper outside in late September.
As for Cardinal Burke... he was demoted last week.
He'll now be in charge of the Knights Templar.