"Where is our faith?"
It is a question that I ask myself all the time. One that comes up often in my personal prayer. It started during the course of the pandemic. When our ability to receive the sacraments was restricted. It has kept coming up with every Mass I have taken part in ever since.
Given the state of the world is it not a big surprise that I would be wondering this. The world keeps moving in a direction that runs directly counter to what God has asked of us. With no real revival in sight. Our parishes for the most part have suffered because of this. The empty pews on Sat and Sunday are indication of a problem. We no longer have faith in Christ. We no longer believe that God is ever present in our lives. That we no longer have the desire to take part in the life of the church.
The parishes seem to know that a problem exists. However the desire to commit to solid action is limited. It is also not consistent. We have access to tools that we can use to evangelize and yet not everyone has a desire to do so. We seem to be silently resigned to our fate. That nothing can be done to change the course of the direction our parishes as headed into. It is an element of a deeper spiritual problem that exists in our society. Something that each parish needs to navigate in order to thrive in a world where people no longer believes that Christ is our Savior.
As I sit in pray on this issue my heart becomes troubled. I worry for the fate our parishes and the fact that our pews are so empty. We cannot expect much from the parish when no one is around to help in parish life. Ministries tend to suffer. Often with a silent frustration that few people see. The needs of the many become great. But the resources to help no longer exist.
It will take a major act of God to bring more people back to the church. This much I understand. A time when people will realize that God is very much needed and the closer we draw to Him. The better our world becomes. Until that time I will set in the pew and ask myself that same question. "Where is our faith?"
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