Ordo Amoris

 

There has been a lot of controversy online recently about whether or not Christians had a legitimate Ordo Amoris, that is Order of Affections, or hierarchy of those they should love and care about. I don’t intend to say a lot on this, because I think it is rather self-evident that those who deny the Ordo Amoris starts with our immediate family and works out from there are very wrong. The natural person can intuit this, as can most Christians. I think those who deny the Ordo Amoris are well described by Jesus:

"8 You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men.”

9 And he said to them, “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition! 10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’ 11 But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, “Whatever you would have gained from me is Corban”’ (that is, given to God)— 12 then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother, 13 thus making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And many such things you do" (Mark 7:8-13).

Those who deny we have a hierarchy of love nullify the word of God for their globalist, anti-nationalist tradition. They have taken the same approach as the Pharisees in attempting to override the obligation to their immediate family, in this case parents here in Mark 7, by presenting a faux-spirituality that claims all people are equally important. Note, this is irrational and unworkable. Nobody can care about everyone at the same time and anyone who claims to do so is just lying. God has placed us in families for a reason. He has placed us in local communities and nations for a reason.  

Remember even when Jesus was dying for the sins of the whole world he turned to his closest friend and asked to him to look after his mother. Jesus was the ultimate man of righteousness and in his final moments the care of his beloved mother was on his mind. This is righteous Ordo Amoris in action.