When I began my search for the Truth, the real Catholic faith, I was struck by St. Pauls description of the church as being comprised of all members of the body of Christ. The we become members by virtue of our baptism. As I've come to recognize now, these personal revelations were God's way of letting me know that I was on the right track. The more I contemplated this revelation, the more it "fit" perfectly with the Truth.
The author of this article refers to the laity, which my mind immediately translates into the "body of Christ". I've had a growing feeling (which began when I was sitting in an AA meeting) that the Holy Spirit was moving and preparing an "army". A hidden army; one being assembled in plain view yet under the radar, so to speak, of the adversary. Lately, I've begun to see this army being called into active duty. Too many secular events to list here have strengthened this "inspiration". The most recent is the HHS decree which ordered almost every employer and insurer in the country to provide sterilization and contraceptives, including some abortion-inducing drugs, in their health plans. This act of the Obama administration, the most pro-death government to ever occupy the executive branch, was such an egregious breach of the First Amendment that for the first time on memory, ALL 180 U.S. bishops were united in their swift condemnation.
The body of Christ, always spiritually united by the Holy Spirit, has begun to move in secular America in a way that is wonderful to see. With very little effort, I am beginning to see how much Divine power is inherent in our Lord, Jesus Christ's design of his body, the Church, and how it it can be used as a force of good in this world.
This one recovered alcoholic, called back to serve my Lord and my God, is profoundly grateful. May God bless you all.
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