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When you stop to read some of the hatred being spewed in Britain against the Holy Father (go here<\/a> for a sample) you see that when it comes to the spiritual life nothing changes. The gospel for today says clearly, \u201cThe world will hate you as it hates me.\u201d What I find exciting is that this goes with the territory. You stick up for the truth. You stick up for beauty. You stick up for goodness and somebody somewhere will hate you sure enough. Don\u2019t be surprised when the world persecutes and reviles you.<\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t trouble me when this happens. What troubles me is when this does not happen. Woe to you when all men speak well of you\u2026Something\u2019s wrong there. Yet, in our American Catholic society this is so often exactly what we seek. We buy into the Alpha, American, Achievement culture and seek all the big \u2018P\u2019 words: Power, Prestige, Privilege, Pleasure, Prosperity. But this is the way of the world, not the way of the Kingdom.<\/p>\n

Set out to challenge those values\u2013set out to undermine the expectations\u2013set out to do something radical\u2013set out to do something beautiful for God and then be prepared for the battle.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"