“From the beginning to the end of his life Jesus remained a loyal member of the Temple. He never cast the Church aside. Jesus knew what in the end we all need to understand, we cannot pass religion on from one generation to another without something to carry it and the Church, and organized religion, is that which carries it. Your loyal, committed, membership, and mine, in the life of the Church, and our hanging in and hanging on, when the Church’s imperfections and weaknesses show through is necessary if the Christian faith is to be passed on. We must never ever give up on our Church because of its imperfections and weaknesses. Our Lord never did.

Today we live in a very different world where the focus seems to be more