Our Priest at today's Mass reminded us to not view going to church or any part of our Christian life as a burden. He reminded us of all the people in the world today who cannot worship freely. He told us of a Jordanian seminarian who told him that his friend's brother was on a bus in Jordan that was borded by two men with guns, who wanted to know who on the bus was a Christian. When the man's brother stood up, he was shot and killed. The Priest related that there are entire Christian villages in Afghanistan that are wiped out by non-Christians. The Priest related that in China, there are two churches, the state sponsored church and the Catholic church. Recently the Catholic church was not allowed to ordain a new Bishop, and the communist government forced the church to ordain one of their people. The thing the Jews most desired in the time of Jesus was the freedom to worship under Roman oppression. Today, all over the world, Christians are still persecuted and forced to worship Jesus and God in hiding. Today in our global community, a Christian is killed by a non-christian every 5 minutes.
As we celebrate our nation's birthday this weekend, be thankful for our religious freedom, and give thanks to God.
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