Good will to all men? Not from the grumpy atheists! (Thank God not all atheists are grumpy but there sure seems to be a lot of them)
Why is it that so many in the atheist community cannot bring themselves to get past their anger whenever they engage in discussions? The language of many of their contributions in public debate is laced with invective and dripping with sarcasm and bile. There are exceptions of course, but they tend to fall more into the category of being the 'exception that proves the rule' when compared to the hostility of many of today's atheist posters. Comment offered by the theists in the public square is often depicted as being 'malicious' or 'venomous' and intended to enslave the 'feeble minded and weak' by those who post. Nothing could be further from the truth. Venom is something that is oriented to death. Christians are oriented in a 180 degree different direction. We speak not to the culture of death that grips our world but rather for the culture of life and light which ends with the gift of eternal life. For example, the Catholic Church in its hum...
When i read this beautiful homily what came to mind is what our pastor is always stressing...our focus needs to be on what God has done for us..we get caught up in thinking we need to do for God
ReplyDeleteMary: Although I know that you have an EXCELLENT pastor, he would be SURPRISED to know that you see a confluence between his preaching and the Holy Father. Maybe all the teasing that I've hit him with over the years about him being named a Bishop someday is starting to rub off on him!!
ReplyDeletePlease give Fr. Paul my best and make sure you point out to him how close the Papal mindset he really is!
Fr. Tim