"In those days they will call evil good and good evil." I never understood how that was possible but I see it happening more and more these days. We are now in the midst of a pagan culture, the likes of which have not been seen for millennia.
Our only hope is a consecrated Church, that will stand in unity and purity, to be a prophetic voice. We have to be different than the culture that surrounds us. We have to provide the answers that so many are desperately searching for. We need to be the hands and feet of Christ in a hurting world.
It was a consecrated Church that touched members of Cesar's household in ancient Rome. It was a consecrated Church that picked up the infants who were discarded in the garbage heaps. It was a consecrated Church that gave their lives instead of bowing their knee in worship of Cesar. And it was a consecrated Church that eventually saw Christianity supplant the paganism of Rome.
We need to stop fighting each other and focus on the forces of darkness that are at our gates. What use is the light of Heaven if we hide it under a bushel? We need to be lighthouses of love, hope, and refuge in the midst of a dark world.
When Christ said that He would build His Church upon the rock of Peter it wasn't Peter Himself. It was the profession of faith that Peter made. It was the proclamation of Christ that Peter made. Peter, as our spiritual father, gave us an example that we need to follow. To proclaim Christ, the power of His anointing as Messiah, and the hope of His resurrection. There is no greater message than Christ crucified.
In the words of the liturgy:
"Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again!"
