St. Augustine – First Self Righteous Church of the Hypocrite http://fsrcoth.org hypocrisy gets a bad rap sometimes Sun, 18 Mar 2018 19:23:18 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 Justice or just us? http://fsrcoth.org/justice/justice-or-just-us/ Sat, 01 Oct 2011 00:04:11 +0000 http://www.fsrcoth.org/wordpress/?p=32 Saint Anthony once said that “Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.” and that got me thinking about the nature of justice as a concept and our part in it. What exactly is justice? Is it really just the quality … Continue reading →

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]]> Saint Anthony once said that “Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.” and that got me thinking about the nature of justice as a concept and our part in it. What exactly is justice? Is it really just the quality of being fair and reasonable or is justice a more active virtue? I think about my own interactions with people who are regularly denied justice, the poor, orphans, the lonely, victims of various things and wonder at what I can do to bring a sense of justice to them, or is it my duty as a companion of Christ to merely love and try and minister to their needs individually? Supposedly, politically established law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice, but when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress. Where is the justice of political power if it executes the murderer and jails the plunderer, and then itself marches upon neighboring lands, killing thousands and pillaging the very hills? We’ll discuss these things this week on Sunday October 2nd when we meet at Ca Phe Phin at 1:00, and spend some time in prayer that we can become more aware of how we may be conduits for justice through love as we sojourn through the world!

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]]> St. Augustine quote for the day http://fsrcoth.org/musings/st-augustine-quote-for-the-day/ Sat, 17 Sep 2011 04:30:20 +0000 http://www.fsrcoth.org/wordpress/?p=19 God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.

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]]> 20110916-112915.jpgGod loves each of us as if there were only one of us.

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