That's ironic - after my seven years on FR, I've come to the conclusion that God is bigger than my imagination. This year, I'm even more sure that this is the case.
“It is precisely when every earthy hope has been explored and found wanting, when every possibility of help from earthy sources has been sought and is not forthcoming, when every recourse this world offers, moral as well as material, has been drawn on and expended with no effect, when in the shivering cold every faggot has been thrown on the fire, and in the gathering darkness every glimmer of light has finally flickered out – it is then that Christ’s hand reaches out, sure and firm, that Christ’s words bring their inexhaustible comfort, that His light shines brightest, abolishing the darkness for ever”
- Malcolm Muggeridge, from Christ And The Media
Is it that we (Catholics and Protestants) don't need to be allies? That we already are? Or what?
That's a nice passage from Muggeridge but I read it as a witness to Christ's faithful presence in times of personal crisis. Is there some oblique relevance to the Catholic/Protestant thing?
This presumes of course, that both Catholics and Protestants regard godless secularism as a greater threat to the common good than they do each other.
After a few years on the FR religion forum, however, I'm afraid I've lost my innocence and I'm no longer sure that this is the case.
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I am not sure that I understand your post.
The above is the post to which I was responding. I will not presume to speak for marshmallow, but if I understood him/her correctly, we agree that there is little hope left for a reconciliation between Catholics and Protestants. I know I see too much distrust here daily to believe otherwise.