Catholic Revelation

I remember a night over thirty years ago when I was a 17 year old inside of a Protestant church watching a movie titled, “A Thief in the Night”.  It was in the 70s and the Fundamentalist movement was sweeping through my high-school like a wild fire.  I watched the movie in horror as those movie characters bearing the mark of ‘666’ realized that their loved ones had vanished without a trace and left them to endure unimaginable trials on earth.  What was most horrifying to me as I watched this movie was not the doom and gloom of the impending tribulation of those left behind.  It was the fact that throughout this entire movie I could discern no true and heartfelt message about loving Christ or His love for us.

As Catholics, we are asked to endure our sufferings, not to avoid them, and we are encouraged to offer our sufferings to Christ as a way to unite ourselves with Him.  We try not to lament a day when we will endure trials and tribulations because the flip side of our suffering is our hope.  We hope in Christ, Jesus.  Read more...