Back in DC, when I used to drive my daughter to track practice, we passed a church that displayed every sign and flag of the times. I think you catch my drift.
Plastered all around the church was social justice warrior messaging and not a single thing—not one thing—that clued you in that the God of the Universe was worshiped within that building.
If I didn’t know any better, I would have just thought it was a rented building for social justice meetings. The only indication it was supposed to be a house of God was the denomination mentioned on a sign.
But, on the flip side, I’ve heard people leave churches because politics weren’t talked about enough. More than anything, they want a good Trump rally at their church rather than worship of the Almighty.
St. Paul told the Romans, “For although they knew God they did not accord Him glory as God or give Him thanks. While claiming to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for the likeness of an image of mortal man.” Romans 1:21, 22-23
I’ve said it many times, but I’ll say it again. The vast majority have placed our favored politician above God and we have tried to conform God to our modern-day, American political parties. We have reduced God down to a cause, a left or a right ideology.
We have forgotten the purpose of our churches.
They are places to give praise, honor, thanks, and worship to God. They are to be sanctuaries where we refresh our souls after a long week of being mired in the many burdens of the world by coming to worship, not ourselves or some politician, but the One who is the Supreme Being.
God does not fit into our desired mold. We don’t get to claim Him for one side or the other. He is above all this and He calls us to live differently than any man-made institution.
If you really want to see change that’s extraordinary, Catholic Pilgrims, we must humble ourselves and worship God—not our ourselves, not some famous person, not some politician.
“They exchanged the truth of God for a lie and revered and worshiped the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever blessed Amen.”
Live the Faith boldly and travel well this Tuesday.
