I hear from lots of people these days that theyâ??re disoriented by whatâ??s going on in the Church and in the world. Weâ??ve entered one of those periods in which everything, public and private, appears to have become unsettled. Politics, economics, morals, spirituality, friendships, alliances â?? all these and more manifest a frightening new brittleness. A secular magazine I just came across puts the big question in high philosophical terms, which also seem to apply to everyday things: â??existence is becoming increasingly unthinkable.â?
What is to be done? Besides the tried and true prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, we need guidance about the permanent things: who we are, why we are alive? Hard subjects, to be sure, but despite appearances, a lot of people would like to tackle them, because not to do so means to be something less than human.
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