When the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?

"I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. 

However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?"

(Luke 18:8)

Many people, including many Catholics, think that the Christian

faith is summed up in charitable work and a general kindness.

And it is true that all the spiritual gifts and practises within

our faith are worthless without love;

"If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love,

 

I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift

 

of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if

 

I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am

 

nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body

 

to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing." 

( 1 Corinthians 13: 1-3)

Love has only goodness itself at heart.

                                   But what about faith?

The reality is that due to the ceasing of transmission of the 

authentic and integral doctrine of the Catholic Church; 

the Deposit of Faith,

the understanding of the faith is heavily diminished and sometimes

reduced to the practice of charitable work.

While charitable work is good in itself, and God knows that there 

are no other worldly organisation that comes close to the Catholic 

Church when it comes to charitable work, but this charity grew out 

from; was founded on, personal knowledge of God, who is love.

There are many kind atheists in the world too, who also perform

acts of charity. It might be because it makes them feel good; 

they get something out of it for themselves. 

Are we just like atheists?

The Catholic Faith is codified, in order for it to

 

even enter our understanding it has to be delivered pedagogically 

correctly, and in the right order, to shine light on the subtle nuances,

because it is precise.

We are called to evangelise others, it is inherent in our Faith.

But that is complicated for those who do not know

the faith well, as they do not have the confidence necessary

to evangelise others, because they know in their heart that they do 

not really know it themselves.

A way out for them is to be "good" all the time.

But true love tells the truth:

"Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth."

(1 Corinthians 13; 6 )

In spite of the clarity of the New Testament regarding the truth:

"Jesus said to him: I am the way, and the truth, and the life. 

No one comes to the Father except through me." 

(John 14:6)

we have unfortunately Catholics today who can not distinguish

between the "god" of islam ( the devil) and our God; 

they say ; "sure anyway there is only one god" and they leave it 

at that, not reflecting any deeper, revealing that they do not have 

a grasp of the catholic faith. Which is not their fault! 

Nobody taught them, but nevertheless not good, as sometimes they 

have prominent roles in the Church.

Because how do we know anything, about any subject at all, 

if nobody tells us, shows us, explains things to us, educate us?

And how can they do that, when they haven't themselves been

taught, when they do not know themselves?

The Christian message becomes vague and blurred, and soft to 

the point of melting and disappearing in a fuzzy haze.

(sure there's only one God....)

The truth of our faith often comes in revelations; a personal

experience where God reveals Himself, but it must not stop there,

because whether we have been properly catechised (not many have),

or whether God's Power has been revealed to us personally, we are 

obliged, as baptised Catholics, to continue to grow in faith, to 

learn more, to understand more. 

Living Faith does this naturally, it is in accordance with it's nature.

I have strong faith, but I am not impressed when 

other Catholics seems to be in admiration of my faith, as if they

are trying to flatter me. Sometimes I hear: " Oh your faith is so strong,

I wish mine were as strong as yours." or "Oh you are so great, so 

courageous", etc etc. 

It is a way of taking away responsibility from

themselves, take themselves off the hook.

My faith is strong because I continue to deepen it, to know more,

to learn more, to understand more, to love more. 

To put the faith into practise, to actually forgive those who hurt 

me, to keep trusting in God, no matter what.

You have to wonder when frequent Mass goers, maybe even 

daily Mass goers, are not sufficiently spiritually nourished 

and enlightened by it to direct them in regard to their lives as 

citizens, because what is the point then?

When you have catholics who vote for abortion and same sex

 

"marriage", or who vote for government representants who are

 

for those things? Or those who did not even question it when 

the exprimental covid "vaccine" made from stem-cells 

of aborted babies, even alive babies, were pressured on them.

What is the point of Christianity and what is the point of the 

message of  Jesus Christ; True God and True Man?

It is to sanctify us, but He needs our cooperation.

 

For example, what is the point, in an apostolate of the Church, 

of having a handbook that has to be strictly followed and adhered to, 

when it is read from every week, and not being followed? 

When it explains in detail why it is important to be on time for

the meetings, and without fail there are always those who are late,

and on top of that, when they arrive they disturb the prayers that has 

commenced, by chatting!! even when it is the priest who is praying,

and then they are told that "it doesn't matter", and they are 

instead thanked for turning up at all??

It is what we do in small things that matter. 

Like respecting time schedules, it is easily within human 

capacities.

If we can not manage to do small things well, we will not 

be able to do great things.

Saint Therese emphasised this by saying that we must do small

things with great love, it elevates.

In opposition to regularly arriving late for Mass; what 

does that say about our heart? 

That we actually think that it is not that important, we

elevate ourselves, making ourselves more important than the 

presence of God. It is pride. 

Because we are always on time for what we really personally 

deem important.

God wants to give us Eternal Life, to share in His Glory.

We can not be like everybody else, we can not blend in with the 

world, we are a people set apart; we are the Children Of God. 

"Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal 

of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, 

what is good and acceptable and perfect."

(Romans 12:2)

The Catholic Church is not a social club, it is not a place to go

 

to make friends, to gossip and do some charitable work to pass 

the time;

The Catholic Church is the Church that Jesus Christ founded

when He said to Peter; 

"And I say also unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock 

I will build My Church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail 

against it" 

(Matthew 16:18)