Thursday, 6/20/13
In the Lord’s Prayer we pray, “Thy Kingdom come on earth as
it is in heaven.” In the Middle Ages Europe was known as Christendom, and
people felt that they their prayer had been answered, since all of Europe saw
itself as God’s kingdom on earth.
Europe no longer sees itself as God’s kingdom, or as
Christendom. Its church spires are still there, but the churches are near
empty.
This year with Slovokia entering the European Union the
officers of the Euro zone are objecting to Slovakia’s flag and coinage. The
flag features two crosses that honor St. Cyril and St. Methodius, founders of
their country, and their coins have twelve stars from Mary’s crown; and the
European Union is objecting to those Christian symbols as forms of
proselytizing.
Some Catholic leaders feel we should wage war on this
blatant secularism, but waging war isn’t always the best way to change people’s
minds. A better way of ending hostilities is to find common ground for which we
can agree. So many people who have stopped going to church still insist that
they are spiritual. That is common ground we can build on. Another bit of
common ground where we could get a start is the realization that every one of
those secularists is actually God’s beloved child.
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