Fr. Meeks reflects on 1 John chapter 3: "The reason why the world does not know us is it did not know Him." The world refers to the world of sin estranged from God. The world cannot relate to people that live according to the will of God.
We are citizens of another Kingdom - to be in this world but not of this world. Those of the world have chosen darkness over light. Approval, affirmation and validation by the world are ultimately undesirable by the Christian.
If we are children of God and do not receive disapproval by the world we need to seriously evaluate our faith and life. The Church is called to be counter-cultural. The failure to do so on the part of so many Catholics has contributed significantly to the moral decline of our culture. Far too many Catholics have remained silent as our culture becomes more and more debase.
We cannot placate evil - we must show the world there is a better way.
Fr. Altman discusses the prevalence of uninformed opinions in today's society. Everyone is entitled to seek the truth, but not to simply spout-off their...
Fr. Altman recalls the freedom won for us by our nation's forefathers and the responsibly we have to defend this freedom for future generations.
Fr. Edward Meeks discusses the Church's teaching on the real presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist. A 2019 Pew Research poll showed 70%...