Admonishing the sinners

Taking a stand against sexual violence, human trafficking, child abuse, domestic violence and giving hope to survivors is to admonish the wrong does. The B.O.L foundation will engage in below endeavors to exercise this work of mercy:

1. Standing against alcohol, tobacco and drug abuse.
2. Standing against human trafficking.
3. Standing against rape & injustice.
4. Standing against child abuse.
5. Standing against domestic violence.

This work of mercy inspired by a classic text of the Gospel of Matthew dealing with conflicts within the community, where the emphasis is shifted from legal thinking to a more ecclesiological and pastoral perspective:

“If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every word may be confirmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector." (Matthew 18:15-17).

This fraternal correction should be made not as a judgement, but as a service to truth and love, since it addresses the sinner not as an enemy but as a brother (2 Thes 3:15). 

Through this close link with truth, charity can be recognized as an authentic expression of humanity and as an element of fundamental importance in human relations, including those of a public nature. Only in truth does charity shine forth, only in truth can charity be authentically lived[1].  

[1] Pope Benedict XVI, CARITAS IN VERITATE, 3.