Four Reasons for Hope
When invited to families homes for dinner, I am often asked about the crisis in the Church hierarchy. I am a realist on these issues (no longer an idealist) so my replies frequently dampen the mood. However, here's four items I am now highlighting so as to bring hope (again, as a realist:) 1. We live in an age of many martyrs. We seem to be no longer living in an age of great saints, but I remind people that many new martyrs are interceding for us. You have probably heard me quote this frequently, but here it is with a source. Susan Brinkman writes, "The secular West has been [...]