I used to love a good battle. Give me a political battle and I’d happily enter the ring.
My competitor and I would battle it out with our words and then exhausted, we’d both leave the “ring” not changed one bit.
It was after the summer of 2020 when my eyes were opened to the pointlessness of it all. There was so much chaos and everyone had picked their side and I was accused of not picking a side because I didn’t really talk about all the things here on my platform.
I was accused of not caring enough.
I was accused of being weak for not having an opinion.
I thought to myself, “This is all just stupid.”
Everyone running around with their hair on fire and trying to scream louder than the next person and solving not one thing. Nothing.
I realized, people that agree with me are just going to agree with me and people who don’t will just show up to call me names.
Christ said, “Go into the whole world and proclaim the Gospel to every creature.” Mark 16:15
Boy, that seems hard in this day and age, because what people care about is the next outrage…and then the next outrage…and the next one. All fueled by social media.
It’s not that I don’t have opinions on things, I do. And I do care deeply. It’s just that it gets exhausting to keep up that level of outrage for any length of time and then you get bitter, and disgruntled, and…bleh.
If your reaction is to take this post as me calling for surrender or suggesting that we should just sit back and watch all the destruction, well, don’t have that reaction.
Thinking of the Apostles today, especially St. Mark, I marvel at their patience to change hearts through steady charitable witness to the Gospel. Even amongst people who wanted nothing to do with the message of Truth.
Such a hard task, Catholic Pilgrims, but one that truly matters.
Live the Faith boldly and travel well this Thursday.
St. Mark, pray for us!
