{"id":1788,"date":"2017-10-29T10:01:24","date_gmt":"2017-10-29T09:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jp2doc.pl\/en\/?p=1788"},"modified":"2017-10-29T22:37:59","modified_gmt":"2017-10-29T21:37:59","slug":"god-must-come-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jp2doc.pl\/en\/2017\/10\/29\/god-must-come-first\/","title":{"rendered":"God Must Come First"},"content":{"rendered":"

I remember a rather heated discussion on why God must come first in our lives ? That was years ago, in a religion class at my parish church. No one of us, teenagers, was particularly well versed in the Bible but we all have heard that when we love the poor, the sick, the destitute, we love God. And it felt so good to help others. And it was way more engaging than praying.<\/p>\n

Poor father Stephen, our teacher \u2013 there were 30 of us in this class \u2013 tried to argue with words \u201cGod must come first or else whatever you do will fall apart\u201d but we would not listen. On the way back from church on that day I proudly gave a begger all my change and felt just fantastic. Now years afterward I must humbly admit that Father Stephen was right. Whenever God and His laws are put aside, or denied, or forgotten, terrible things happen.<\/p>\n

Who is exactly our neighbour?<\/h4>\n

I am lucky to live among good people. Canadians have fantastic record of helping others. If your house burns, neighbours will bring you twice the amount of what was lost and will help you rebuild. Wherever there is a need there is always response to it. Charitable organizations, religious and secular abound everywhere and they function very well.<\/p>\n

Immigrants (and the government accepts three hundred thousand of them annually) are supported both via private and public means. Children are taught to volunteer as early as elementary school. My own granddaughter was frying hundreds of pancakes for Knight of Columbus family dinner when she was 12 or so \u2013 and thought nothing of it. This is truly a country of open hearts and wallets. There is no doubt about it \u2013 there is love for one\u2019s neighbour here. But, as God\u2019s presence and God\u2019s laws are being removed from the vital laws of the country it is becoming increasingly unclear who exactly is that \u201cneighbour\u201d.<\/p>\n

I still remember the years when abortion was illegal. Now there about one hundred thousand of Canadian children annually never see their beautiful country. Are they our \u201cneighbours\u201d we are asked to love as ourselves? Then what about euthanasia? Almost everyone I have talked to seems to see nothing wrong with it \u2013 always conditional \u201cwell you know, when someone really cannot stand it.\u201d Now only the priests, religious and a handful of (mostly elderly) really committed Catholics believe in sanctity of life.<\/p>\n

Terrorism of “modernity”<\/h4>\n

Secularism is eroding souls, no matter how dedicated to human good. And it does it insidiously, step by step.<\/p>\n

Every few months of so on the main Canadian news website CBC appears an article regarding euthanasia. Well researched, perfectly worded, the text presents this form of killing as \u201cservice\u201d to the population. The word \u201cservice\u201d is always repeated several times throughout the text. It creates a sense of normal, even desirable.<\/p>\n

Before the law was introduced stories on this subject used to present – in highly emotional language – individual cases of terminally ill people who wanted to put an end to their suffering with doctor\u2019s assistance. The stress was on description of pain, depression, humility. No it is became \u201cservice\u201d.
\nAlas, children are still excluded from this \u201cservice\u201d and this is now being presented as gross injustice. The text is a typical probe \u2013 is society ready for the next step? Can we move on now or wait a bit? Because the new initiative is proposed \u2013 the euthanasia law should include children.<\/p>\n

After all, those bastions of modernity, Netherlands and Belgium offer this \u201cservice\u201d already. The author of the article mentions that there is no great demand for assisted suicide for children in those progressive countries. Why not, therefore make this small step, really insignificant step here in Canada and allow parents of terminally or severely handicapped children to ask for the service for them? Of course, children should be able to ask to have themselves terminated \u201chumanely\u201d without any intermediaries. It is only fair that they should be given the chance.<\/p>\n

To save sanctity of life<\/h4>\n

Canadian Catholic hospitals do not offer this \u201cservice\u201d and the press never fails to bring this shameful fact to attention of the public. A man had to be moved from the Catholic hospital to a public hospital to be killed there. Those Catholics have no compassion at all.<\/p>\n

The only worrisome aspect of euthanasia one can find when reading press news is scarcity of doctors who will perform it. Somehow it is not the most popular procedure and those doctors who are willing to engage in it are overworked, suffering nervous breakdowns. A few months ago there was even an press appeal to the medical world to consider joining the ranks of providers of the \u201cservice\u201d.<\/p>\n

Such are results of forgetting the words of Jesus:<\/p>\n

You shall love the Lord, your God,
\nwith all your heart,
\nwith all your soul,
\nand with all your mind.
\nThis is the greatest and the first commandment.
\nThe second is like it:
\nYou shall love your neighbor as yourself.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It is impossible to love God when you hate yourself or another human, but it is very, very dangerous to think you can love humanity and yourself without love of God in your heart, soul and mind. There is an order of loving and in it \u2013 God comes first.<\/p>\n

Maria Kozakiewicz,\u00a0<\/strong>Edmonton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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