Memorial Day Stewardship Reflections

This Memorial Day we see so many visbible signs of Stewardship to our nation and faith. Freedom and faith go hand and hand and our nation has fought to keep our religious liberty. There are always threats to that religious liberty both inside and outside our nation. Jesus and many New Testament figures, like St Paul, reminded us that the evil one will always prowl the earth to cause division and even disbelief. This Memorial Day we honor those who fought for our country and thus helped us preserve that most important right, the right of Faith. Western History is full of movements that tried to take away religious liberty; from the French Revolution in 1793 to the Russian Revolution of 1917, to the Cristero War in Mexico in the 1920s, to the Nazi Movement of the 1930s and 1940s, along with hundreds of other smaller attemtps to extinguish the Faith. In addition to honoring those who serve, let us Thank God for His Providential Hand in keeping the faith alive.