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Christ, it would be equally mistaken to overlook that the law of Christ is directed to love. When St. Thomas calls the laws of the Church, "a kindly tutor,” he means that Christian law should not be obeyed for its own sake. Observance of Christian lawshould always be1 considered a means of love.
But every generation is threatened w-ith an unhealthy legalism.
Observance of the law in servile fear or for the law's sake is far more common than observing the law for the just ordering of society. We are awash in legalism in the contemporary bureaucratic society with its rules and regulations, policies, procedures and protocols.
What has been the consequence of such legalism9 Church “disciplines" are changeable “rules” that are designed to direct our attention to the firm certainties of faith. But some Catholics forgot that the discipline of meatless Fridays was meant to be a
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