Cultivating Peace in the Midst of Anxiety – Catholic Stand

The world around us has grown increasingly wild in its clamor for our attention.  More than ever, there are scandals, tragedies, and international emergencies foaming and writhing before our eyes and clawing at our hearts.  To ignore them, to even refrain from making public comment on these issues, is held by public opinion to be the grave sin of our age.  At times, it seems there can be nothing about which one is entitled to a private opinion because there are no longer hills upon which men might not choose to die. While the impulse is laudable, and the natural desire of man for justice is a holy whisper or a divine fingerprint, the Christian exhortation to test spirits remains an invaluable counsel.  Setting aside the possibility that large financial interests are at play when the 24-hour news cycle chooses which stories to tell (and re-tell), and in determining the language with which these stories are described, it’s clear that before we can begin to process the grief of the wider world, we need to have a well of peace from which to draw.

Cultivating Peace in the Midst of Anxiety – Catholic Stand