What can I do?
With all the troubles that are afflicting the Church right now, many self-inflicted, faithful Catholics are asking themselves, what can I do? What can I do to help the Church, to overcome the evil that seems to be both inside and right outside the doors of the Church?
The answer is simple: become a saint.
I don’t say that flippantly. I really mean it. There is one way, and one way only, for each of us to help the Church. Become a saint. One of my favorite all-time quotes is from St. Josemaría Escrivá: “These world crises are crises of saints”. All crises that occur in the world are due to a lack of saints, and the only person we can make a saint is ourselves. And the great thing is that the Almighty God wants nothing more than for each of us to be saints, so we have Him on our side in our battle for sanctity.
So what are you waiting for? If you want to help the Church, become a saint. Today.
I do not have the time to figure out who is telling the truth about this or that story. Many things were done that should not have been done, and many things were not done that should have been done. I have become more skeptical of some Church decisions. However, I am not leaving the Church.
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