Pastor's Corner: Love of God = Faith, hope and Joy

The reading at our (Catholic Church) this Sunday are as follows:

Acts of the Apostles 8:5-8, 14-17

1 Peter 3:15-18

John 14:15-21

In the world today there is much conversation about how Christianity and participation in Christian churches is shrinking. It seems more and more people are choosing to live lives without involvement in a Church. There seem to be many causes to this phenomenon - ack of relevance of the church in the world, lack of credibility of the church, the church is so judgmental and condemning, the church is out of touch with the world today. Statements like "I don't nee...