A Weblog Dedicated to the Discussion of the Christian Faith and 21st Century Life

A Weblog Dedicated to the Discussion of the Christian Faith and 21st Century Life
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I do not seek to understand that I may believe, but I believe in order to understand. For this also I believe, –that unless I believed, I should not understand.-- St. Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109)

Friday, March 11, 2022

Heavenly Citizens in a Strange Land


Brothers and sisters, join in imitating me, and observe those who live according to the example you have in us. For many live as enemies of the cross of Christ; I have often told you of them, and now I tell you even with tears. Their end is destruction; their god is the belly; and their glory is in their shame; their minds are set on earthly things. But our citizenship is in heaven, and it is from there that we are expecting a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ (Philippians 3:17-20)

Right around the turn of the twentieth century my great-grandfather traveled to America from Italy. As the ship they were sailing on approached Ellis Island in New York City, the Statue of Liberty came into view. Those on deck seeing Lady Liberty off in the distance, as new immigrants excited to finally arrive in their new land, they started shouting in Italian with one loud voice, “Libertà, libertà!”

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