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9 Jul, 4 tweets, 1 min read
"The physical sciences are not truly fruitful in a society that loses its attachment to the moral order."
"Today's savants cannot excel except by sequestering themselves within a narrow specialty. Consequently, in the use of their faculties there follows a phenomenon analogous to that which results for artisans from the extreme division of the manufacturing art."
"The expert grows, but the man is diminished, especially if a preoccupation for moral truths does not preserve in him a certain breadth of mind."
"From this point of view, a too-exclusive application to the physical sciences in not without peril for society, and, far from healing the evils that produce moral disorder, it may aggravate them." -Frédéric Le Play

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"In the spiritual life, the habit of persisting in union with God, of remembering Him and doing everything for His pleasure has to be developed. When some action is undertaken, either at the initial state of intention, or in the deliberation about its appropriateness . . ."
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Too quick a reading of "Samaritanus bonus," released yesterday by the CDF, will focus only on the guidelines for the pastoral care of the sick and dying outlined at the end of the letter. That's where the "juicy" parts of the text are found, after all.
But this facile reading misses the letter's core concern, which is to offer pastors and faithful a theological and spiritual lens through which to understand the mystery of death and dying.
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