Tuesday, March 5, 2013

How to respond as a Catholic

Today seems to be a day full of interesting articles crossing my desk.  There is some great thought here in this piece, “And the Gates of the NY Times Shall Not Prevail Against It.” Catholics Can Beat the Press–3 Easy Steps.  How common it is as a Catholic to find oneself on the defensive, being subject to questions that really miss the point, questions that allow the questioner to avoid real critical thought or real honest discussion of what they believe, what they seek, and how the Church, if actually listened to and understood, not only builds on what they truly know and believe in their heart, but gives them the answers they truly seek and desire.

I'll have to try to remember this for the next time I'm facing the barrage of misinformed, misguided, anti-Catholic questions...