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Blasphemy, Reparation and the Two Great Commandments, by Thomas V. Mirus – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Blasphemy, Reparation and the Two Great Commandments, by Thomas V. Mirus

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Philippe de Champaigne (1602–1674). Author: Philippe de Champaigne. Moses with the Ten Commandments ... The author died in 1674, so this work is in the public domain ...

By Thomas V. Mirus, Catholic Culture, Jul 29, 2024

Thomas V. Mirus is Director of Podcasts for CatholicCulture.org, hosts The Catholic Culture Podcast, and co-hosts Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast. 

 

Our Lord taught us two great commandments: to love God and to love our neighbor. The first is, of course, the more important, and without it, we cannot fulfil the second. Of the Ten Commandments, the first three pertain to love of God and the last seven to love of neighbor. The first commandment forbids idolatry, the second forbids blasphemy, and the third forbids the profanation of the Lord’s Day and of holy things in general.

Violations of the first three commandments offend God more than any other sins. Do we sufficiently realize this? Consider that St. Thomas Aquinas taught that blasphemy is, in its object, a worse sin than murder. Or consider that in the Old Testament, when God poured His wrath on His people and allowed them to be conquered by their enemies, it was typically because they had fallen into idolatry (together, to be sure, with the oppression of widows and orphans, and the other sins that cry out to heaven for vengeance). …

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