Our age is one of the most challenging for the Christian Era. First because of the extreme polarity of how people from different continents view or accept Christianity. While in Western Europe there was a decline in the practice of faith, there is a resurgence of this Catholic faith in the vast continent of Africa and in Oceania. Secondly, the polarity of poverty and wealth among the north and the south points us to the reality of what our Lord has said that it is easier for the camel to pass through the needles eye than for a rich man to enter into heaven. And lastly human theories and achievements have not assured the human family the peace that they have been looking for. I would like to qoute Archbishop Fisichella as reported by zenit.org.
"To understand the current state of this crisis we need to look back into the recent past, he said. The two World Wars, totalitarian regimes, Marxist ideology, and the desire for domination over others, demonstrate how "society, though advanced, does not succeed in finding ways of international coexistence that are able to respect the peculiarities of each one."Then, the repeated failures of the United Nations demonstrate an inability to resolve problems both in the economic and political spheres. Combined with the predominance of an economic system that operates without ethical principles we have now arrived at a situation of generalized crisis, Archbishop Fisichella commented." To Read the Full Report at Zenit follow link.
Indeed, the answer to peace is that peace can only be found in Jesus Christ. Unless man recognize this truth all these theories and efforts will be considered futile. Till that day when they say blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord will they realize that Christ is the peace of mankind. Come Lord Jesus. Maranatha.
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