Christ didn't leave us a book of instructions; He left us a body, a family - a Church. If it were perfectly clear, there wouldn't be any freedom. — Francis George Copy Share Image
The presumption that the law can tell us what natural institution is supposed to be is a formula for totalitarianism. There's not equality in a family; there never is. And yet for that reason, the family is condemned as patriarchal.… — Francis George Copy Share Image
God's is the causality at the level of our being, and therefore the roots of our freedom. Ours in causality is determinative of what… — Francis George Copy Share Image
The fact that God knows everything does not mean that He is directly causing everything. He respects our freedom at our level. He makes… — Francis George Copy Share Image
If you're going to say you're Catholic, you inform your conscience so that you're activities will conform to what God is telling us through the Church. If God is telling you something outside of that, well, the Church will look at that and say: we think it is true or we don't think it is true. The Church might say:… — Francis George Copy Share
So, in every case if you really love someone there is an element of submission to them because you want what's best for them,… — Francis George Copy Share Image
That question in marriage is mutual submission, really - the next verse goes on: "husbands love your wife as Christ loves the Church." — Francis George Copy Share Image
Equality, therefore, becomes the criterion because we can handle all that in process, but we can't handle that as principle without infringing on freedom. — Francis George Copy Share Image
Law is a process. If there is equality of process for everybody, then that's our definition of justice. Whether or not what is done is right or wrong, you follow the process. And so, the end result is just by definition within that alternative universe that is American law. Most people still operate within a moral universe where principles of… — Francis George Copy Share
He [God] made us free, and He respects that. It is two different spheres of causality. Interdependent, though. It is not two boxes looking at one another without any kind of direct connections. There are very direct connections. That's why the question of "how are we free if God is omnipotent?" is a real, constant question. Ultimately, God is all… — Francis George Copy Share
Christ didn't leave us a book of instructions; He left us a body, a family - a Church. If it were perfectly clear, there… — Francis George Copy Share Image
From a Christian perspective, the answer to all of that is not power, as it is in the modern perspective. It's love. It's self-sacrifice.… — Francis George Copy Share Image
The presumption that the law can tell us what natural institution is supposed to be is a formula for totalitarianism. There's not equality in… — Francis George Copy Share Image
The trust is a matter of love and faith is a matter of truth. The two together give you the guidance that you look… — Francis George Copy Share Image
