{"id":20630,"date":"2012-08-03T12:02:32","date_gmt":"2012-08-03T17:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.austincnm.com\/?p=20630"},"modified":"2012-08-03T14:39:40","modified_gmt":"2012-08-03T19:39:40","slug":"catholics-arent-scared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atxcatholic.com\/index.php\/2012\/08\/catholics-arent-scared\/","title":{"rendered":"Catholics Aren’t Scared"},"content":{"rendered":"

Catholics don\u2019t run for the hills.<\/strong> We don\u2019t run away and hide to give in to the spirit of fear or despair. Catholics aren\u2019t scared.<\/p>\n

\"\"In times of war, famine, disaster, and tragedy, we Christians are not called to look away. It is our call to act in charity to protect the weak, care for the wounded, and comfort the mourning.<\/p>\n

Even for those that don\u2019t believe in God, this makes some sense for the good will of man. If there was no creator, then we would be left to do everything ourselves<\/a>, and there would only be hope if we pulled together and did it on our own. This is where a lot of people, even Christians, get it wrong. We\u2019re not on our own, and thank God for that because we wouldn\u2019t be able to do it on our own. Only a complete dependence on God will get us through.<\/p>\n

Now stop and take a look around your life today. We don\u2019t have to look around too far to see the brokenness of this world and the cloud of confusion that has caught up the culture.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s easy to see devastation when there are deaths or families lose their homes, but there is much more to life what we can see and touch.<\/p>\n

We are living through a horrific spiritual disaster right now.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Sometimes when we surround ourselves with only like-minded people it\u2019s easy to be convinced that we\u2019re all ok, and that there are some people out there somewhere that need conversion.<\/p>\n

First, we need conversion of our hearts. Then, every single one of us needs to pray more. We need a Church that falls to it knees in submission to our Lord and offers prayers for the world<\/a>, especially for those that do not believe.<\/p>\n

The spiritual disaster that surrounds us goes deep into the soul , but has many external symptoms that are going ignored because their sources aren\u2019t considered spiritual.<\/p>\n