Most Holy Trinity, May 30, 2010
Fr. Anthony Brankin
Gospel: John 16:12-15. “When the Spirit of truth comes”
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Summary: The Church is the same one that Christ began two thousand years ago. Truth is not relative. Because we believe in something doesn’t make it true. If I believe there are dinosaurs in my bedroom, that does not make it true.
We only partly understand God and his universe. We accept and believe God because He has revealed his truths. If those teachings are true, we must structure our lives around them.
This country and the world have to become Catholic —the whole world over, from Jews to Muslims, to Christian Protestants to Hindus, from atheists to animists. Everyone needs to convert to Christ in the Catholic Church. To the degree that this world is not Catholic, we are in trouble and out of touch with reality, and maybe a bit insane.
All the Bible churches in Cicero and Berwyn are not the church of Christ, because they do not possess the fullness of the truth.
We believe that there is one God in three persons: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. We tell that to the world when we make the sign of the cross. When we sinned in Adam and Eve, he eventually sent his Son, born of the Virgin Mary, to save us. He finally sent us the Holy Spirit to make us strong, holy and virtuous, and give us all the grace we need to get to heaven.
The world today is modern, secular. It lives as if God did not exist, as far as our public daily lives. This attitude seeps into our personal lives. We wrongly regard our Catholic religion as apart from us. We are asked to ignore the Church, and make the government our God. The world of fashion, politics, etc. are ugly. Modern society has made a wall of noise so we don’t have to hear the voice of God. We have one thousand and one devices, but don’t know what to say.
We need to start listening to God, turn off the TV, celebrity dancers, and the sleeze on the screen. We need to say the Rosary. For example, ten Hail Marys after supper. Read a Psalm every day. Our faith needs to become part of the fabric of our daily lives. Then our lives will become sane, or a little happier and more beautiful.
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