The Legacy of Senator Edward Kennedy - 1

The Legacy of Senator Edward Kennedy – 1

In pursuit of righteousness – Memorial of St. Monica – Thursday, August 27, 2009

Preamble: 1.) Meditation: Co-Workers of the Truth – Cardinal Ratzinger, p. 273

“We have lost sight of the fact that Christians cannot live like “everyone else.” The foolish notion that there is no specifically Christian morality is merely one way of saying that a fundamental concept has been lost: the “distinctively Christian” as opposed to the models offered by the “world.”

Even religious orders and congregations have confused true reform with a relaxation of the traditional austerity previously practiced. They have confused renewal with comfort.

To give a small but concrete example: a religious reported to me that the downfall of his monastery began very concretely with the declaration that it was “no longer practical” for the religious to rise during the night to recite the nocturnal office. But that was not the end of the matter.

The religious replaced this uncontested but significant “sacrifice” by staying up late at night to watch television. An apparent minor matter.

But the present-day decline of the indispensable austerity of Christian life, beginning with that of religious orders, is composed of just such “minor matters.”

Christians must realize today more than ever before that they belong to a minority and are in opposition to all that appears good, natural and logical to what the new Testament calls “the spirit of the world.”

2.) Jesus and Zacchaeus: Jesus entered Jericho and made his way through the town. There was a man there named Zacchaeus. He was one of the most influential Jews in the Roman tax collecting business, and he had become very rich. He tried to get a look at Jesus, but he was too short to see over the crowds. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree beside the road, so he could watch.

When Jesus came by he looked up at Zacchaeus and called him by name. “Zacchaeus!” he said, Quick come down! For I must be a guest in your home today.”

Zacchaeus quickly climbed down and took Jesus to his house in great excitement and joy. But the crowds were displeased. “He has gone to be the guest of a notorious sinner,” they grumbled.

Meanwhile, Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “I will give half my wealth to the poor, Lord, and if I have overcharged people on their taxes, I will give them back four times as much!”

Jesus responded, “Salvation has come to this home today, for this man has shown himself to be a son of Abraham. And I, the Son of Man, have come to seek and save those like him who are lost.” Luke 19: 1-10
George H. Kubeck,

I perceive the mother of Senator Edward Kennedy as a St. Monica to her children. She succeeded with the daughters but the father influenced the sons.

1.) The politics of Senator Edward Kennedy to that of his brother President John F. Kennedy is what black is to white particularly on the abortion, marriage, political, even family and religious issues.

2.) Anyone who refers to the deceased Edward Kennedy as a committed Roman Catholic is either uninformed or a liar.

3.) These CINOP letters are dedicated to the exposure and removal of Catholic-in-name-only politicians. Senator Edward Kennedy was “par excellence” a CINO politician.