“They”, our society, seek to define their own subjective truth based on their own desires as opposed to simply allowing the ultimate Truth of Jesus Christ inform them. Ultimately, “they” seek a world without the true God.
Particularly since the protestant reformation, there has been a continually widening gap between what “they” believe and the actual Truth. Sadly, that gap continues to widen with each subsequent generation.
As each generation grows further from the Truth, an increasing number of people get to the point where they can no longer recognize the Truth, even when it is plainly in front of them.
Where “they” are today is simply the natural progression of a society that has abandoned God.
Our culture of death and hatred has continued to build and strengthen. The disposable mindset of our society has expanded from the material to the personal.
If you think differently than me, you do not deserve to live. If you look differently than me, you do not deserve to live. If you are an inconvenience to me, you do not deserve to live. If I have resentment towards you, you do not deserve to live. If you believe differently than me, you do not deserve to live.
The number of people that celebrated the deaths of Charlie Kirk, Iryna Zarutska, Brian Thompson and so many others is simply alarming and it should be downright frightening. It certainly is shocking, though (to be honest) not entirely surprising when we come to realize this is the natural conclusion to a worldview where God does not matter...a worldview where objective truth (the Truth of Jesus Christ) does not exist.
Each case has a common thread: total disregard for the value of life…total disregard for human dignity. Somehow, to our society at large, it has become a greater evil to voice a differing opinion than it is to kill someone. Somehow, to our society at large, it has become a greater evil to be different or unique than it is to kill someone. Somehow, to our society at large, it had become a greater evil to inconvenience someone than it is to kill someone.
Sadly, I do not believe it is going to get any better. In fact, I think it will only get worse as “they” continue to progress further away from the Truth.
Think about it, if you can make up your own version of truth based on what you want to believe, you can do whatever you want. You get to say what is good and what is evil. You get to judge others based on what you say is true.
The protestant reformation began the process of removing the Catholic Church, the pillar and foundation of Truth, from influencing society. That opened the door to the French Revolution; which began the process of removing God, particularly the Truth of Jesus Christ, from influencing society.
Now, “they” cannot find the Lord because “they” have been systemically separated from Him over time through the onslaught of intellectualism, socialism, moral relativism, human secularism, and the like. They speculate about the world through the lens of their personal bias, without regard to the reality of eternity.
Fortunately, for you and for me, we have the Catholic Church, the pillar and foundation of Truth as exclaimed by Saint Paul in his first letter to Timothy.
If we diligently follow the teachings of the Catholic Church and diligently live the sacramental life Jesus instituted in the Catholic Church, then we are securely anchored to the Truth…the Truth that the rest of society is in desperate need of.
We are fortunate in that we can quickly find the Lord because He is here, truly with us in the tabernacle. We can have an authentic encounter with Him through the sacramental life of the Church. At every Mass, we hear the truth of His voice through the Liturgy of the Word and we receive the truth sacramentally in the Liturgy of the Eucharist.
Though the world around us continues to decay; through the Mass, heaven proclaims the glory of God.
Thanks be to God!
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