Every human being is like a battleground. There is a never-ending conflict between the forces of good and evil in each of us. Every individual has the will to choose between these two opposing forces. The babe-in-the-woods, the uneducated may sometimes be excused for their naivete. But we have many knowledgeable, powerful, and wealthy brethren who continue to pursue goals totally self-serving but clearly fraught with harmful, cruel, evil consequences not only to their neighbors but to their own selves and their kin.
Oft their motivations are superficial, morally unjustifiable, i.e.more money, more material possessions, more power, ostentation, all of which have no lasting spiritual value.
I recall a behest by our Holy Father some months ago. It was not something about the possible collapse of the global economy, which is today's primary topic of the media. Rather, it was about the world's apparent
lack of interest in man's 'unworldly' but more precious possession--his immortal soul. Have we forgotten there is an on-going battle for that 'commodity'?
Time to re-focus, ladies and gentlemen.
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