https://www.ncronline.org/news/accountability/distinctly-catholic/good-times-arent-ahead-us-church
No one ever remembers good times. Indeed, when they occur it is usually because some fundamental truth is being ignored, as in the 1950s when Triumphalism gripped the Church, who had become the moral leader of American culture. All the while, children were being raped and the hierarchy swept it under the rug, with a compliant Church covering it up. Those times gave us these times, from female emancipation and the sexual revolution to the present crisis.
To quote the Chinese curse, we live in interesting times. When these occur, interesting people are sent by the Spirit to be a voice to set things right. They will be unexpected and outside the normal authority structures. They will face opposition, but that opposition will be overcome, although it may lead to bad times for those who speak for God (see Jesus, Ghandi and Martin Luther King). We are in the worst of times, but these are also be seen as the best of times.
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