In our society people who hold, or practice a religious faith are being treated like second class citizens. Society seems to applaud immoral behaviour and people of faith are being scorned and marginalized. The legal system increasingly restricts our lived out practice of our beliefs; I am starting to feel like an alien in my own country.
I am writing about my faith. In the hope that I will shed light on the issue and with God’s grace, redress the situation.
You and I live in a consumer world, eating everything about us, but unlike the hungry caterpillar most of us do not blossom into beauty. Most of our efforts and those of the people around us are vain, selfish and indulgent. We strive for more, bigger and best. We walk over our brothers and sisters to get it. All humanity selfishly striving to have more, and at what cost.
This week I heard a captain of industry criticise some politicians for considering actions that would not maximise profits. The politicians were considering prioritising people, and their needs. Trade is important, it is part of life but profit should be for the people, people should come first. We ought not to be working constantly to make profit, more and more money. We need to make profit so people benefit, society benefits. Attempting to build a great tower off Babble, made off accumulative wealth and greed.
In the same way as industry should be made by man for man, rather than man made for industry; you and I are made for God. Creation was created for God's mysterious purposes, not to serve our appetites, we need to focus on God. If we do God's will, not our will we will grow into something beautiful. You and I can recreate our sick and sickening society.
There is a lot a very good Christian media out there, for a variety of churches and denominations. Check out Fr Barron whose preaching may help you. And do not forget the Bible. Start now, start today, make a difference to your self and to society.
Each of us, you and I included are tools. As Christians each of us are the voice, hands and the true and only witnesses of God in the world.It is often said, as the Apostle Paul wrote, that the church is the body of Christ in the world.Unfortunately, most of us do not really take this on board. We leave it to somebody else to do, and the result is nobody does it. Buy virtue of our baptism we are all called to be priests, prophets and kings. We are all called to minister.If you are serious about winning souls for Christ, about making a difference. You and I must act, allow Christ to act in the world through us.
Whether at home, when travelling, at work or in the market place, in bed or in church. We MUST allow Christ to act through us, always and everywhere. If we do not, then we are allowing the devil to win, and worse you and I are preventing Christ from healing souls.
Lets pray that God give you and I the grace, so to open our hearts to allow the spirit of God to act through us, now, today and every day.
