In this excellent sermon, he reminds those entering the Church that just because they have commited their lives to Christ and the True Church, does not mean it wil be sunshine and rainbows from now on. They will be tempted, like Our Lord in the desert, and that the Devil loves to target those who are actively seeking Holiness. He also warns of the attitude the modern world has taken toward religion and God, including many Catholics (I know from first-hand experience), of believeing in, as the Bishop puts it, "Moralistic Therauputic Deism".
Moralistic, meaning that all there is to being a "good Christian" is to be nice to everybody and accept them for who they are without expecting them to change, hugs and kisses! ... .... ....
Therauputic refers to the attitude that church and religion should make you feel good! That if "I don't get anything out of it" it's not worth our time.
Deism is belief that God set the world in motion, yet takes no active part in it, so we need to make out our lives according to what we want, that there is no judgement after death and everybody gets to Heaven, no matter what.
Wrong, wrong, wrong. Of course the Catholic Church teaches that all these are errors, unfortunately many Catholics believe in one or all of these.
Thank you Bishop Morlino, for preaching the Truth.
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