tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post4910949172417033965..comments2024-03-26T12:19:52.801-04:00Comments on Tea at Trianon: Beware of False Prophetselena maria vidalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-29571266201999369712011-08-01T00:47:26.468-04:002011-08-01T00:47:26.468-04:00Thanks. That was a great clarification.Thanks. That was a great clarification.Mercuryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15864822194727243615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-1655986564874963512011-07-31T08:46:35.902-04:002011-07-31T08:46:35.902-04:00"But does it have to be hereditary rulers bor..."But does it have to be hereditary rulers born into that right? Must a poor man settle for always being poor? Did God will that peasants be tied to the land and that nobility would get to travel?"<br /><br />I certainly do not think so and I do not think that is what the Pope meant or what Our Lord meant when He said: "The poor will be with you always." We are commanded by God in the Scriptures and by Church teaching to work for social justice by helping the poor and needy to better themselves. It is part of the Gospel message. What the Pope is saying is that the message of the Revolution, be it Marxism or Liberty, Equality and Fraternity, is a false message which promises social equality and freedom under false pretenses. For instance, during the French Revolution and under Communism in Russia many people actually lost their freedoms, and even their lives by refusing to go along with the new order.elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-50237412506604901842011-07-31T03:58:16.556-04:002011-07-31T03:58:16.556-04:00I understand the importance of nobility and that t...I understand the importance of nobility and that they have been charicatured by the modern world, that a Xhristian nobility is something to admire and cherish.<br /><br />But I get nervous when I see that "god willed that men be divided into classes", or that some men be subjected to others. Granted, there will alwas be rich and poor, and their will always be leaders and followers. Such is the order of things. But does it have to be hereditary rulers born into that right? Must a poor man settle for always being poor? Did God will that peasants be tied to the land and that nobility would get to travel?<br /><br />I say this as someone whose origins are most certainly lower class, living in a world where I have a (minimal) say in the affairs oft government, and enjoying rights and freedoms that even many nobles didn't have in the past. <br /><br />An as an American, where are we even suppose to get royalty from? I think that, whatever its pluses and minuses, its alien to our culture - I just wish we'd go back to a republic with God and tradition holding a place of honor.Mercuryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15864822194727243615noreply@blogger.com