The Eclipse of God’s Commandments
“There
are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit,” says St. Paul
(1Cor.12:4). God wished us to have these gifts from the beginning, but
they were lost through the sin of Adam and Eve. And if God had not
restored these gifts through the Sacrifice of His Divine Son, Jesus
Christ, upon the Cross, we would all be left in the darkness of this
world, which is passing away. We would think like the world, act like
the world, and die like the world. But God sent His Divine Son to be the
Light of the world, as Isaiah prophesied:
“Land
of Zabulon and land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond the
Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles: the people who sat in darkness have
seen a great light; and upon those who sat in the region and shadow of
death, a light has arisen” (Mt.4:15,16).
Those
who have the mind of Christ know evil when they see it, but those who
have the mind of the world cannot recognize sin and its consequences. It
has turned into a catastrophe for this country, where sin is not
acknowledged and we are led into the darkness by God’s enemies.
In
Noah’s time God destroyed those who failed to seek refuge in the ark
because they focused on the activities and pleasures of the world. God
regretted, so to speak, that He had made them, and only Noah and his
family were spared:
“I
will wipe from the earth man whom I have created – man and beast,
crawling creatures and bird of the air as well – for I regret that I
made them” (Gen.6:7).
In
the time of Abraham, God condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah
because of the gravely immoral behavior of their inhabitants:
“The
Lord poured down on Sodom and Gomorrah sulphur and fire from the Lord
out of heaven. He overthrew those cities and the whole region, all the
inhabitants of the cities and the plants of the soil” (Gen.19:24,25).
It
should be clear to all that no one has a right to do wrong. No one has a
right to offend God. And these things are an abomination in God’s eyes,
says St. Paul:
“For
since the creation of the world his invisible attributes are clearly
seen – his everlasting power also and divinity – being understood
through the things that are made. And so they are without excuse, seeing
that, although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give
thanks, but became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless minds
have been darkened… Therefore God has given them up in the lustful
desires of their heart to uncleanness, so that they dishonor their own
bodies among themselves – they who exchanged the truth of God for a lie,
and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator who is
blessed forever, amen” (Rom.1:20,21;24,25).
In
this country the Holy Commandments of God were once recognized as the
basis of the laws that were passed, and our representatives in
government considered it their responsibility to preserve public order
and lawful behavior. We were said to be a Christian country. But God’s
rights were set aside when we began to focus on “human rights”. On December 10, 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly.
Today
we are being pressured by the so-called “LGBT Community” to accept
their lifestyle as normal, and to approve of their parades and their
rainbow flags. It is presented by the media as a human rights issue. But
no one has a right to do what is offensive to God.
We
must make it clear that we are not talking about those who recognize
the fault within themselves, and who strive to overcome it. We must all
do that, while making good use of the Sacrament of Confession when it is
available. But those things that belong in the confessional, or in
God’s tribunal, should not be paraded in public as something to be proud
of. Yet this is exactly what those who “come out” are doing. And we are
all expected to admire them for their courage and to recognize their
“rights”. But there are no rights for those who do wrong. God Himself
tells them the truth, through the prophet Isaiah:
“Woe
to you that call evil good, and good evil: that put darkness for light
and light for darkness: that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter.
Woe to you that are wise in your own eyes and prudent in your own
conceits… Therefore as the tongue of the fire devoureth the stubble, and
the heat of the flame consumeth it: so shall their root be as ashes,
and their bud shall go up as dust. For they have cast away the law of
the Lord of hosts, and have blasphemed the word of the Holy One of
Israel” (Is.5:20, 21,24).
“A
woman shall not wear an article proper to a man,” says the Lord, “nor
shall a man put on a woman’s dress; for anyone who does such things is
an abomination to the Lord your God” (Deut.22:5).
“Be
not deceived, God is not mocked” St. Paul tells us, “For what a man
sows, that he will also reap. For he who sows in the flesh, from the
flesh also will reap corruption. But he who sows in the spirit, from the
spirit will reap life everlasting” (Gal.6:7-9).
Pity
the poor children who are exposed to such things, almost before they
can walk. Near San Francisco there is the Rainbow Day Camp, for
transgender and “gender fluid” children, some as young as four years
old. How can little children be expected to know even what these things
mean? But God just judgment is upon the world:
