MARANATHA

AFTER THE SCANDAL GIVEN BY MEMBERS OF THE CATHOLIC CLERGY A FEW YEARS AGO, BEFORE THE SIXTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ATTACK ON THE TWIN TOWERS IN NEW YORK ON 9/11, AS REPORTS OF MURDERS RUN APACE AND NATURAL DISASTERS BEFALL US - WE SHOULD BE MINDFUL OF THE WORDS OF THE LATE POPE JOHN PAUL II, "AMERICA NEEDS MUCH PRAYER LEST IT LOSE ITS SOUL." JOHN PAUL II ALSO SAID INTROSPECTIVELY, " PRAYER MAKES US AWARE THAT EVERYTHING - EVEN EVIL - FINDS ITS PRINCIPAL AND DEFINITIVE REFERENCE POINT IN GOD."

SO PRAY. PRAYER IS "THE REVELATION OF THAT ABYSS WHICH IS THE HEART OF MAN: A DEPTH WHICH COMES FROM GOD AND WHICH ONLY GOD CAN FILL." JOHN PAUL KNEW WHERE TO LOOK FOR GUIDANCE. 90% OF AMERICANS OVER 50 BELIEVE IN GOD. 80% IN HEAVEN. 70% IN HELL. WHY NOT FACE THE FUTURE WITH HOPE? DESPAIR IS A DOWNER. WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO LOSE WHEN THERE IS SO MUCH TO BE FOUND? A BETTER LIFE IS ABORNING. MARANATHA, O LORD COME!