With the election over and done with, it is now time for all devout and practical Catholics - not "c"atholics - to take stock of our current situation. To begin with, the American people have elected a man who, for all intents and purposes, is pro-gay marriage and pro-abortion. Additionally we have the Obama Administration's HHS contraception mandate which directly effects the Catholic Church's 1st Amendment right to believe in what She has always taught. It is for this reason that the Catholic Church in the U.S. is currently embroiled in one of the largest federal lawsuits in U.S. history with over 50 different Catholic institutions listed in the lawsuit itself.
Couple this upcoming storm with several facts: 1) Obama just won re-election, which only serves to emboldens his ideological resolve. 2) Several states, for the first time in history, passed gay marriage via the electorate; which only serves to embolden Obama's ideological resolve. 3) With the prospect of choosing 1 or 2 new Supreme Court Justices, Obama has all the ammunition needed to bend the courts of the U.S. towards pro-death and anti-religious sentiment for at least one generation; which - as you may have already guessed - only serves to embolden his ideological resolve.
Indeed, the time has come for all men and women of the Catholic faith to stand up for the truth no matter how uncomfortable or socially unacceptable it may be, as well as, standing up for the truth that has been proclaimed by Christ's one and only Church for over 2 millennia; The clouds on the horizon might seem a little greyer then they did yesterday but we mustn't quake nor tremble for with us abides the Spirit of Truth and it is our responsibility as the Ecclesia Militans here on earth to fight for our Holy Mother Church, give testament to the Gospel and, if need be, give up our lives for Christ Himself.
As Ephesians 6:12 proclaims:
"For our struggle is not with flesh and blood but with the principalities, with the powers, with the world rulers of this present darkness, with the evil spirits in the heavens."
Our battle as Christians may seem to be against an earthly foe but the real enemy are the powers of darkness and evil which seek our end, blur our vision and hurl us towards destruction. But we shouldn't be afraid, on the contrary, as St. Paul wrote to the Roman church:
"...If God is for us, who can be against us?"
Without a doubt, if the Creator of all is with us in our fight against evil then we cannot fail and, as members of the Catholic Church we can take solace in the words that Jesus said to Peter in Matthew 16:18:
"...you are Peter, and upon this rock, I will build my church and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it."
This is my clarion call to all Catholics. Get right with the Church or, get out. For far to long too many cafeteria "c"atholics have been able to find a cozy home within the confines of our Church - picking and choosing what they like from the faith and conveniently doing away with what they don't - it is now time to call them out for what they really are: ignorant and lazy christians. Because as Revelation 3:15-16 demonstrates, halfhearted commitment to the faith is nauseating to Christ:
"I know your works; I know that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either cold or hot. So because you are lukewarm, neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth."
There will be a persecution of us faithful, the question ultimately is whether you stand with Christ or with the persecutors. Whether you choose to stand up for what's right or whether you deem it inappropriate to take action for fear of what people will think about you. Will you defend the right of any religion to practice as they always have or, would you much rather see them changed established dogma to accommodate the current status quo or societal trend?
A choice is soon in coming; choose wisely and know why you've chosen as such, because sooner or later - in this world or in the next - you'll have to give an account as to why you believe what you've chosen to believe and you better be sure that you're right...your eternal destiny might depend on it.
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