Kind of a late post for me siblings, but at least two of you know why! I'm home for the evening! Surprise! I was going to do it earlier in the day, but I ended up going to Mass since today is also the Ascension of Christ. Yay for Catholicism!
In other news, I saw grandpa today, he was looking alright.
My allergies continue to act up even though I've started taking a knock-off claritin product to help. Also, I'm done with finals in 9 days! OMG! That's right, with the start of May, it's just a short jump till May 10th when I wrap up with finals. Also siblings, two weeks, keep it marked down. Maybe next week I'll post a wish list for those struggling to come up with ideas. Gloriously enough, I get to post on that day!
There seems to be an issue over some word choices I made in a comment on someone else's post, however I maintain that it does not violate a PG rating by the standardized movie rating system so it leaves me in the clear. Stop being so puritanical, Bill, you're Catholic! I refuse to accept any punishment on this topic since I did nothing wrong. End of story.
Now to the meat of the post, something I was thinking about earlier today. People don't believe in religion anymore, not most people. Even most people who go to Church don't really bring Christ with them into their lives. After this semester, and being influenced by several sources, one being my Bible and literature course, another being Chapel Choir and a third being my own life, I started thinking about why that is and how to change it. Whenever I meet people who are lukewarm in their faith,they tell me that they don't see the role of religion in everyday life. Our ever increasing secular society teaches us to push religion to the fringe, in the name of religious freedom which is a cruel irony. Also, many people erroneously believe that science has disproved much of religion and see it as a defunct tradition. This belief is dead wrong, science has disproved nothing, at least from the Catholic standpoint. Evolution does not disprove the Bible. It is a different perspective to see the sacred Scripture's truth. In fact, Catholic teaching approves of evolution. The Bible is a tough book to understand and to not take the easy way and simplify the hard truths it teaches. You want tough questions in the Bible? Read the book of Job. Read Genesis, and a glaring problem will face you almost right off the bat. There are two Creation stories. The material is important, though challenging.
I know this sounds preachy, but in addition to the lukewarm nature of religion, I see a growing belief in materialism and a growing number of miserable people who just seem lost. The things I learned this semester lead me to believe that a true active faith in Christianity is a relief from this misery and loss of direction. I've got a bunch of ideas that I've been thinking about and I'll post here in good time, I think this post has rambled on long enough though. So I'll leave you with three (paraphrased) quotes from the Bible, which I'll explain in more detail later. The first is spoken by God, the second and third are spoken by Jesus. They touch on the theme of being lost, what it means to be Christian and the promise of Christianity.
"Where are you?"
"Who do you say I am?"
"See, I am making all things new."
4 comments:
1st comment. w00t!
This felt really long winded, even though it's not really that long.
I agree, and actually, I've thought the same thing kind of recently.
Although it didn't sound so smart in my head. My college educated Francois :)
Frank, if you're going to swear, then don't get on your high moral horse about bringing Christ into your everyday life right afterward.
I have to vote for a penalty, for the impudence of preaching after using an obscenity.
Because Jesus is my homeboy, and he doesn't swear.
I vote for a penalty, Anne and I are the last bastion of siblings that can follow the rules. Time you got off your high horse and wallow in the mud.
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