The
émigré Holy Family of Nazareth, fleeing into Egypt, is the
archetype of every refugee family...
Yes,
and even though one can argue that both those areas were, likely,
then a part of the Roman Empire, thus making them internal refugees, the important point to note is
that the Holy Family were not illegal immirgants nor were they
lawbreakers, and, they intended to, and did, return home when they
had the opportunity which makes them as an example for the Mahometan
immigration/invasion into Europe a very dicey proposition.
There
can be no doubt that there is a right to emigrate and flee from
oppression but note a few of these selected passages from our old
school ways and then ask your own selves if The One Holy Roman Catholic and Apostolic Church is acting similarly today (and note the emphasis is on Catholics, not Mahometans).
We
wrote specifically on this subject in a letter of December 24,
1948 to the American Bishops:
You
know indeed how preoccupied we have been and with what anxiety we
have followed those who have been forced by revolutions in their
own countries, or by unemployment or hunger to leave their homes
and live in foreign lands.
The
natural law itself, no less than devotion to humanity, urges that
ways of migration be opened to these people. For the Creator of
the universe made all good things primarily for the good of all.
Since land everywhere offers the possibility of supporting a large
number of people, the sovereignty of the State, although it must
be respected, cannot be exaggerated to the point that access to
this land is, for inadequate or unjustified reasons, denied to
needy and decent people from other nations, provided of
course, that the public wealth, considered very carefully, does
not forbid this.
Informed
of our intentions, you recently strove for legislation to allow
many refugees to enter your land. Through your persistence, a
provident law was enacted, a law that we hope will be followed by
others of broader scope. In addition, you have, with the aid of
chosen men, cared for the emigrants as they left their homes and
as they arrived in your land, thus admirably putting into practice
the precept of priestly charity: "The priest is to injure no
one; he will desire rather to aid all." (St. Ambrose, "De
Officiis ministrorum," lib. 3, c. IX)...
But
no one who has heard our words, whether in our Christmas Address
of 1945,or in our allocution of February 20, 1946 to the newly
created cardinals, and in our address on the 25th of February to
the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See, certainly, no one
can be unaware of the grave concern gripping the heart of the
worried father of all the faithful.
In
these addresses and in our radio talks, we have condemned severely
the ideas of the totalitarian and the imperialistic state, as well
as that of exaggerated nationalism. On one hand, in fact they
arbitrarily restrict the natural rights of people to migrate or to
colonize while on the other hand, they compel entire populations
to migrate into other lands, deporting inhabitants against their
wills, disgracefully tearing individuals from their families,
their homes and their countries.
In
that address to the Diplomatic Corps, in the presence of a solemn
gathering, we again affirmed our desire, often previously
expressed, for a just and lasting peace. We pointed out another
way of attaining this peace, a way that promotes friendly
relations between nations; that is, to allow exiles and refugess
to return finally to their homes and to allow those in need, whose
own lands lack the necessities of life, to emigrate to other
countries...
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In
that address to the Diplomatic Corps, in the presence of a solemn
gathering, we again affirmed our desire, often previously expressed,
for a just and lasting peace. We pointed out another way of attaining
this peace, a way that promotes friendly relations between nations;
that is, to allow exiles and refugess to return finally to their
homes and to allow those in need, whose own lands lack the
necessities of life, to emigrate to other countries..
Well,
are the Mahometan immigrants needy and decent people who desire to
return home as soon as they get the chance or are they a people whose false faith is antagonistic to the beliefs, morals, language, traditions, and legal structures of their host countries and whose immigration might be part of a Jihad strategy?
Needy and decent?
Looking to return home as soon as possible?:
Over at Fr. Ray's Blog, Amateur Brain Surgeon was called a racist for raising the very same questions as the questions raised by Mr. David Wood at his estimable and important Blog.
http://marymagdalen.blogspot.com/2015/09/so-many-and-for-so-long.html
The Universal Solvent of Tradition, Ecumenism, seems to require that we lay men just shut the hell up and not ask questions.
O, and maybe it was not such a great idea for us to choose to forget the past and choose to set out as willfully ignorant pilgrims on the path of innocent naiveté ;but, that is ecumenism for ya;
Nostra Aetate:
http://marymagdalen.blogspot.com/2015/09/so-many-and-for-so-long.html
The Universal Solvent of Tradition, Ecumenism, seems to require that we lay men just shut the hell up and not ask questions.
O, and maybe it was not such a great idea for us to choose to forget the past and choose to set out as willfully ignorant pilgrims on the path of innocent naiveté ;but, that is ecumenism for ya;
Nostra Aetate:
3. The Church regards with esteem also the Moslems. They adore the one God, living and subsisting in Himself; merciful and all- powerful, the Creator of heaven and earth,(5) who has spoken to men; they take pains to submit wholeheartedly to even His inscrutable decrees, just as Abraham, with whom the faith of Islam takes pleasure in linking itself, submitted to God. Though they do not acknowledge Jesus as God, they revere Him as a prophet. They also honor Mary, His virgin Mother; at times they even call on her with devotion. In addition, they await the day of judgment when God will render their deserts to all those who have been raised up from the dead. Finally, they value the moral life and worship God especially through prayer, almsgiving and fasting.
Since in the course of centuries not a few quarrels and hostilities have arisen between Christians and Moslems, this sacred synod urges all to forget the past and to work sincerely for mutual understanding and to preserve as well as to promote together for the benefit of all mankind social justice and moral welfare, as well as peace and freedom.
http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_decl_19651028_nostra-aetate_en.html
http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_decl_19651028_nostra-aetate_en.html