Not Strangers; Sons!

Alienation. It's the result of the isolation that has plagued humanity since the fall. The enemy deploys a legion of forces that seek to make us strangers in our own families, communities and societies. But there's good new; there's Good News!

Monsignor Clarke has more here.

In this complex, rapidly-changing culture of ours, that terrible malaise can afflict any one of us, and it can be crushing if we've lost our compass by letting ourselves get disconnected from Christ. He is the one who speaks for our Father and helps us to remember who we are — not aliens and strangers, but much beloved sons and daughters, and heirs, who have a future that's only begun to unfold.

So stay connected to him, and you'll always remember who you are. Stay connected to him, and you'll never doubt that you have a very special place in God's world.

The encompassing Darkness of this world longs to disconnect us from God. When we fall for our enemy's seduction, we surrender our place in the Lord's family. Then, we're left only as strangers among strangers. Then, we're slaves to the disordered thoughts and passions of our fallen and evil-addicted nature. Our Father in heaven becomes our Eternal Judge and Condemner, as Mark Shea eloquently explains here.

This does not have to be our fate. We can turn to our Father through his Son, Jesus Christ. We can open ourselves to his Love and Mercy. We can turn away from the seductions of Darkness and bask in the glories of Light. Then, we'll know once again what it means to belong.