Bishop Mark Brennan released a letter today on Personal Liberty and the Common Good.
“There are many issues in our society and in our Church – gun possession and use, school vaccination policies, taxation, personal piety and social justice, the old Latin Mass and the Mass in English – where the inevitable tension between personal liberty and the common good can be felt. We must seek the right balance between the two, so that the good that each of them enshrines is preserved, serving both the individual person and society. We trust the Holy Spirit to guide us to strike that balance, for, as Jesus said: When he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth [John 16:13]. While distinguishing essential things from non-essentials, let us observe St. Augustine’s last phrase: ‘in all things, charity.'”
