 There have been a lot of words spent trying to analyze what is going on with our society today. According to some, we have reached a point of no return - our society is on the brink of a major collapse, akin to the collapse of the empires of old, and it will only get a lot worse before we see the sun again. And the blame for this collapse lies on the [insert the political party to which you do not belong].
Others claim that we ain't doing that bad. In fact, we are improving, look at all the new green technology saving our precious earth. Only if [insert the political party to which you do not belong] weren't so damn pessimistic all the time, we wouldn't feel so down as a society. So, where's the truth? Who's right? It may be one of the sides; maybe even both sides; or the truth may be somewhere in the middle; or there may be no truth. In a way, who cares? For us, Christians, as long as we remain faithful to God (as opposed faithful to satan; and sorry, there is no middle ground in faithfulness, it's either God or satan), whatever comes or doesn't come will not matter in terms of how we behave towards ourselves, each other, or the society in general. We are here to repent, to take up our cross, to follow Christ, and spread His Gospel. There is, however, one troubling trend right now - the relationship between men and Christ. To put it simply, men are, for the most part, missing in churches. There are some men, and glory to God for them, but where are the others? There can be made a case for the present culture making the men weaker, less masculine (and no, masculinity does not equal toxic masculinity. Only toxic masculinity equals toxic masculinity. Masculinity is a gift from God and it has a purpose in our world. Just like femininity). Weaker men are incapable of maturing into husbands and fathers. Weaker men are incapable of building and supporting their families. Weaker men are scared of commitments and responsibilities. Weaker men are ashamed of facing God. Below are two facebook posts from two men (one priest and one layman), who have done some background work and assessed the situation with today's men and tried to come up with their own propositions.
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 Sunday sermon on the Gospel lesson from Matthew 17:14-23 In the Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen.
Today’s Gospel lesson is preceded by the story of Christ going up to the mount Tabor with His three disciples, Peter, James, and John, where He was transfigured before them, where He revealed to them His divine nature. While they were on Tabor, a man approached the other disciples, who waited at the bottom, and asked them to help his son, who was sick. He was possessed; he had seizures. In fact, the literal translation of his disease is lunacy. We don't know what the disciples did or tried to do, but they could not help the poor boy.  Sunday sermon on the feeding of a crowd of thousands of people from Matthew 14:14-22 In the Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen.
Every year we read today’s Gospel lesson about the feeding of the crowd of more than five thousand people, I am always struck by the magnitude of Christ’s request of His disciples. Jesus had spent the whole day with the crowd, having compassion on them and healing their sick. And as the evening came, His disciples said to Jesus, “Hey, listen, we are kind of in a wilderness here, in a deserted place; let these people go into the neighboring villages to get something to eat.” |
Jesus said to the crowds about John, “I tell you, among those born of women no one is greater than John the Baptist.” (Luke 7:28)
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