Obergefell v. Hodges, My Catholic Prospective

Obergefell v. Hodges, My Catholic Prospective

Trenton Bush

“The number of men and women who have deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not negligible. This inclination, which is objectively disordered, constitutes for most of them a trial. They must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided. These persons are called to fulfill God's will in their lives and, if they are Christians, to unite to the sacrifice of the Lord's Cross the difficulties they may encounter from their condition.”

- Catechism of the Catholic Church, No. 2358

The Light of the Crucifix

The Light of the Crucifix

Trenton Bush
Philosophy, Everyday Life

We must regard as guilty all those who continue to relapse into their sins. Since our sins made the Lord Christ suffer the torment of the cross, those who plunge themselves into disorders and crimes crucify the Son of God anew in their hearts (for he is in them) and hold him up to contempt. And it can be seen that our crime in this case is greater in us than in the Jews. As for them, according to the witness of the Apostle, "None of the rulers of this age understood this; for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory." We, however, profess to know him. And when we deny him by our deeds, we in some way seem to lay violent hands on him.

- Catechism of the Catholic Church, No. 598

A Desire for Death

A Desire for Death

Trenton Bush
Everyday Life, Politics

“Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.” And once more he bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. But when they hear it, they went away, one by one, beginning with the eldest, and Jesus was left alone with the women standing before him. Jesus looked up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and do not sin again.”

- John 8:7-11

The Accumulation of Coats

The Accumulation of Coats

Trenton Bush
Everyday Life, Philosophy

“You will hear everlastingly, in all discussions about newspapers, companies, aristocracies, or party politics, this argument that the rich man cannot be bribed. The fact is, of course, that the rich man is bribed; he has been bribed already. That is why he is rich. The whole case for Christianity is that a man who is dependent upon the luxuries of this life is a corrupt man, spiritually corrupt, politically corrupt, financially corrupt.”

- Orthodoxy, GK Chesterton

Shalom - Let Your Actions Speak

Shalom - Let Your Actions Speak

Trenton Bush
Announcement

But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. When you pass through the waters I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.”

- Isaiah 43:1-3

A God of Many Nations

A God of Many Nations

Trenton Bush
Everyday Life, Philosophy

Likewise we see it in Juan Diego. It was precisely he, and not another, who carried imprinted on his mantle, the tilma, the image of the Virgin: the Virgin with a dark complexion and face of mixed race, supported by an angel with the wings of quetzal, pelican and macaw; the mother able to assume the features of her children to make them feel part of her blessing. It would seem that God unceasingly persists in showing us that “the stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner”

- Pope Francis 12/12/2017

Moral Wages

Moral Wages

Trenton Bush
Politics, Business Ethics

“Remuneration for work should guarantee man the opportunity to provide a dignified livelihood for himself and his family on the material, social, cultural, and spiritual level, taking into account the role and the productivity of each, the state of the business, and the common good. Agreement between the parties is not sufficient to justify morally the amount to be received in wages.”

- Catechism of the Catholic Church, No. 2434

A Christian Response to Immigrants

A Christian Response to Immigrants

Trenton Bush
Politics

"Christians are indistinguishable from other men either by nationality, language or customs.... They live in their own countries as though they were only passing through. They play their full role as citizens, but labor under all the disabilities of aliens. Any country can be their homeland, but for them, their homeland, wherever it may be, is a foreign country." 

- Letter to Diognetus

What is Catholic Policy?

What is Catholic Policy?

Trenton Bush

Catholic | adjective | Universal

Policy | noun | A definite course or method of action selected from among alternatives and in light of given conditions to guide and determine present and future decisions.