Needed: Lawful Good Clerics

Given the rapid approach of my upcoming nuptials, I'm in the middle of thumbing through JP2's Familiaris Consortio. Early in the text, he discusses the dire need for wisdom in an age becoming overwhelmed with its own sophistication:

The following words of the Second Vatican Council can therefore be applied to the problems of the family: "Our era needs such wisdom more than bygone ages if the discoveries made by man are to be further humanized. For the future of the world stands in peril unless wiser people are forthcoming.(17)

Mace-wielders rejoice, for your hour is at hand!

Indeed, we are in the Age of the Mage, are we not? It is the epoch of the magic user -- the Harry Potter -- where we praise intelligence for its awesome power and seek after impressive abilities. We want to be able to cast magic missles, but we don't always ask whether or not we should be casting it any given time.

A glimpse at the headlines on any given day show the loss of wisdom pretty clearly, and it seems as though most of the debates are between people claiming what we can do versus people asking whether we should.

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[Akh Ari]

Pope St. Pius X says Don't neglect Lawful Good Laymen!
http://irishcatholichumanist.blogspot.com/2009/02/catholic-action.html
Blessed +5 Shield of Faith and Helm of Salvation etc. are just as much for him, and the Sword of the Spirit belongs in his hand (or mouth, as the case may be).

I know a priest who wields a mean mace, though...