To be a Christian is to be a martyr.
Americans have watched Christians get slaughtered in the Mid-East, Egypt and Africa. We have watched them go to jail in Vietnam and China. They are God’s children too - so what makes us special that we may not undergo such trials someday?
Nothing.
Christians WILL BE persecuted in this once free Republic. One may argue that the persecution has already started.
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We HAD God’s blessings on this nation- way back when He was allowed in this country-
This past Sunday the priest asked all of us to consider the matter of faith.
He asked if we knew going to mass would lead to our deaths, would we still come? He also admitted, congregational confession maybe, that he pondered if he would cross the ground from the rectory to officiate mass.
He explained that these are the very choices Catholics and Christians are making everyday from Egypt to Syria, Iraq and all through the Middle East.
He didn’t get graphic about it per se, but he did point to the crucifix and explain that people are still dying in that fashion today for be Christians. He explained that the media is blacking out that horror.
Mass is pretty quiet most times, but this past Sunday I think even the church mouse was listening.