It starts with me.

why did God give us truths we are to embrace in the face of a world of lies?
why did He give us the law?
St. Paul said if it wasn't for the law, for right doctrine, he would not have known how lost he was.
Right doctrine and rules of the Church are for the good of souls,
they guide us to a deeper love for God and others,
a sacramental life is a life of humility and staying before the Lord,
why did and do people die for the right doctrines of the Church?
why did the early Church Father's constantly write against the heresy of dissension?
but if you look at Christianity today in our culture,
"right doctrine" is a personal choice
"personal relationship" with Jesus has become an excuse in many cases for a "do what i want" lifestyle.
Luther said on his death bed, "without the Magisterium of the Church,
there are now as many interpretations of scripture as there are heads."
people who believe in Jesus can easily disagree on what it means to follow Him,
the numerous "prophets" on television have just as numerous and differing, "words from God".
mainline denominations are crumbling under the accepted heresies of birth control, pro-choice, and homosexual agendas,
something is badly wrong with modern Christianity
is it possible that if we stay on this path,
the future will hold greater disloyalty to Jesus and to the humans race He died to save?
will it hold more confusion, lead many astray, and turn more away from the Lord?
reason this,
why did St. Paul constantly say he was concerned for his "children in the faith" being led astray?
how could they be led astray if they were Christians?
it must be because they could be led astray.
nothing has changed,
Jesus still calls us to unity, John 17,
let's pray for humility to seek His heart in this,
it starts with me.
Lord have mercy!

wkm