In Whom do You Hope?

My conservative friends: We have two choices--to complain, to fear, to be walking stress balls . . . or to begin to live in such a way that people will see that a Christian way of life is joyful, kind, just, hard-working, and (when called upon) bold.
 
Except for a few brief periods of time in the last 2,000 years, Christians, and especially Catholics, have rarely been the "favored" or "approved" group of people.  In fact, the rapidly declining religious freedom we enjoy in this country is still envied by Christians across the world, especially in the Middle East and Asia. But that freedom is not preserved through silence or inaction.

And the best type of language is that of daily charity and truth to others; the best type of action is to be engaged in our world, affirming the dignity of others through justice and love, daily. Shutting down, becoming insular--this will not make a better world for our children. In so far as we can, WE must create the world our children know. We should not place all our hopes on a human government to create that world for them. Those hopes will always fail.

We find our hope in Christ who conquered death itself. Men will promise "hope," "change," and "a better tomorrow;" only Christ can say, "I make all things new." Perhaps we "believed in America" these last few months. I encourage you now to believe in God--and act that way.