752 In Christian usage, the word “church” designates the liturgical assembly,141 but also the local community142 or the whole universal community of believers.143 These three meanings are inseparable. “The Church” is the People that God gathers in the whole world. She exists in local communities and is made real as a liturgical, above all a Eucharistic, assembly. She draws her life from the word and the Body of Christ and so herself becomes Christ’s Body.
Catechism of the Catholic Church
In paragraph 1931 of the Catechism it states…”No legislation could by itself do away with fears, prejudices and attitudes of pride and selfishness which obstruct the establishment of truly fraternal societies. Such behavior will cease only through the charity that finds in every man a neighbor and brother.” We can’t expect it to, in fact any government that tries, is impeding free will. This is not to say that we shouldn’t have laws, we need to protect human life and protect our freedoms. But so many these days are looking to the government to do the church’s job . As we often hear, a government that gives you everything is a government that can take it all away. The church should never be under the subjugation of such a government.
So as we stand here fighting to maintain our political freedoms, we need to join up forces to increase the body of Christ as well…His Church! It’s the only real answer to all of society’s ailments. Yet, it’s the exact opposite of what we see happening. Communism (and all its varied branches), which is essentially an atheistic political governance, is spreading like wild fire. The reason can only be because we Catholics have not done our job properly. It is now time to change that. We can’t leave it simply to the hierarchy, or to ‘professional Catholics’…but it’s the duty of all of us, to reach those closest to us, in a way that only we can. That requires that we allow the ‘dogma’ to live loudly within us. Stay strong!!!