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The global pandemic caused by the Coronavirus has granted us an opportunity to reassess and evaluate our priorities. Is it conceivable that our Lord is leading us to make a definitive choice between aligning ourselves with Him or standing against Him? It is impossible to serve two masters; we must choose to wholeheartedly love either the Father or the world, but not both (refer to Matthew 6:24 and 1 John 2:15). Lukewarmness is a sin against God’s love, and is defined by the Catechism of the Catholic Church as the “hesitation or negligence in responding to divine love; it can imply refusal to give oneself over to the prompting of charity” (2093).
In our Catholic faith, there is no room for tepidity or ambiguity. The teachings of Catholic doctrine and morality are not mere suggestions; they demand consistent adherence and should never be taken for granted. We have a clear-cut decision to make: to fully embrace God or to reject Him entirely. We are not called to be selective in our Catholicism, picking and choosing what suits our preferences, such as when we pick items off a cafeteria menu. Christ and the Church are inseparable; we cannot have one without the other. Christ is the head, and we are the body, united as one. Sacred Scripture, Sacred Tradition, and the Magisterium form a unified whole that cannot be separated. One cannot stand on its own without the other as all are how we receive Divine Revelation from God. St. Alphonsus Liguori has said:
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No Room for Lukewarmness as Catholics
So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you out of My mouth. – Rev. 3:16 The global pandemic caused by the Coronavirus has granted us an opportunity to reassess and evaluate our priorities. Is it conceivable that our Lord is leading us to make a definitive choice...
