We must be like Eleazar in the book of Maccabees whom we read about today in the first reading. We must be prepared. It seems that mostly the lay ‘visionaries’ are the only ones who have been crying ‘Wolf!’ and that has been going on a long while such that even that cry is not eliciting much response.

We as Catholics in this country as a whole have been dumbed down for almost 40 years and the Truths of the faith are no longer recognizeable to many. Leadership has been compromising. So many have left the faith!

Yes, it is imperative that we be prepared to give the good example and speak the Truth even as the cost gets higher.

Ave Marai!