Our world needs Changing

To be sure there would have been more than 2 people in the temple during the day - it would have been filled with devout people who went to the Temple 3 times per day to pray. Perhaps it is these extremes that remind us that wherever we stand – we stand in need of God.  All of us – those in the front and those in the back, those wearing Mitres and those with baseball caps. We are complex, each of us a bundle of contradictions. There is a saint and a sinner in each of us. And that’s the person – the whole person that Jesus is calling us to recognise: calling us to stand before God in Honesty & Humility

Matthew Kelly from "Dynamic Catholic" recently said:

We have taller buildings, but shorter tempersWider freeways, but narrower view points We Spend more, but have less We have bigger houses, but smaller familiesWe have more conveniences, but less timeMore degrees, but less common senseWe have multiplied our possessions, but have reduced our valuesWe have been to the moon and back, but we have trouble crossing the street to meet our neighbourWe have split the atom, but not our prejudiceWe have more leisure, and less funMore kinds of food, and less nutrition

Our world needs changing – and yet there is hope:Every day the Catholic church feeds more people, houses more people, clothes more people, visits more imprisoned people, takes care of more sick people, and educates more people than any other institution on planet earth could ever hope to. There is hope!
The Church needs game changers – not spectators! 

God emptied himself - to come among us in the flesh.
The life of Christ, on the Road, in the Temple,  on the Cross, and at our very banqueting table, the Altar, reminds us of God’s humility. And having been schooled in that humility at the table, we are equipped to be witnesses of that humility in our world! 

Peace