The Newlywed Game: Ignorance Is Sin
By: Eric Gajewski
I was recently trying to explain to
a fellow Catholic how not knowing your Faith offends God. For there are many who call themselves
Catholics but so few who truly know their Faith inside out. This is frightening considering we had a
warning from Pope St. Pius X. He
explained how he felt that a good number of professed Catholics would lose
their own soul due to not knowing their Faith inside out. It is true that invincible ignorance ALONE
does not save however we are not speaking about that here. Thus, I tried to explain in laymen’s terms
how this (being ignorant in areas of our Faith) deeply offends God. What came to mind really drove home the point
to this young lady.
Spiritual progression. In order to please God (objectively speaking)
we must hold the proper norm of Faith which is Catholic alone. The “Protestant Faith” or any other
profession does not please God. Without
holding those proper doctrines Christ taught which were passed down through the
first Pope Peter and the Catholic Apostles we cannot please God. Having said that, do Catholics really know
their Faith? Or do they know just
certain elements/aspects of the Faith?
Does just knowing a little please God in the end? As we move from purification into
illumination and we are expanding in Selfless Love we should be learning more
about God much like a dating couple would.
And as we move from illumination into the spiritual marriage (which few
on this earth do) we should REALLY know the Beloved (subjectively). Hence, I use the example of the “Newlywed
Game”. Have you ever seen the reaction
of some of the spouses on questions that were answered wrong by their
spouse? Have you seen their faces on some of the most basic
questions even? The spouse gets really
mad and rightfully so. Aren’t you
supposed to know your spouse inside and out BEFORE marriage? In a certain loose sense it is the same with
our Beloved of souls.
Objectively speaking we must know
our Faith and subjectively we must know His Sacred Heart. On top of this it is one thing “to know” and
another thing “to do”. To know and to “not
do” is even worse than not knowing at all.
We live in age where churchmen are trying to fit in with the world as
opposed to being obedient to Tradition.
Objectively speaking, those following Vatican II do not know the
Catholic Faith and why? Because they are
following a new twisted fairytale version of the Original and only Gospel. Therefore, objectively speaking we cannot
please God with the Novus Ordo profession of “Faith”. Furthermore, do we take time out daily to
actually get to know our Beloved? What
individual (in their right state of mind) gets married to a person after only a
week of dating? This is why I preach an
hour of silence and solitude daily. This
is your time to intensely dialogue with Jesus and Mary.
It is awkward when we do not know
the basics of our spouse in this life.
Can you imagine just how embarrassed you will be before all in not
knowing some of the basics of our Faith at your Judgement? Therefore, as an eagle, make sure you are
reading portions of your catechism daily.
Make sure you are reading the encyclicals and Councils daily . The reason we are in this Vatican II mess is
because Catholics became lax and didn’t know their faith and then after changes
were made they were so full of self love they decided not to speak up and
resist. God is providing you another day
to get to know the Faith and to get to know His Sacred Heart but how will you
choose to spend the rest of your days?
Fantasy football? Video
games? The movies and club scene? Those aren’t going to save your soul in the
end. It is time to get our priorities
straight and make sure we are pleasing the Spouse of our soul. Remember, in the end, ignorance is sin and may
only save your soul…not that it infallibly will. Let us pray to God to have mercy on us all
but let us use our remaining time wisely.