There are countless ways in which this implicit materialism manifests itself in the Church today. Youth sports on Sundays (even in “Catholic” leagues!) downplay the spiritual importance of this divinely-ordered day of rest; Catholic schools prioritizing public school educational standards over imparting the Faith to children undermine the importance of their spiritual health; attempts to make the Mass more “relevant” instead of more transcendent fashion a man-centered, rather than God-centered, liturgy; emphasizing “social justice” as the top priority of the Church diminishes its spiritual mission; and, of course, agreeing to classify the Sacraments as “non-essential” services (while Home Depot remained open) undercut the very purpose of the Catholic religion.
When the archdiocese shut down Masses at the start of Covid, I sent the archbishop a clip of Alan Rickmab in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves telling his scribe “That’s it then. Cancel the kitchen scraps for lepers and orphans, no more merciful beheadings, and call off Christmas.”
I read The God Delusion, but was unimpressed. Dawkins was practicing philosophy without a license and with little or no insight. As I remarked to a friend, nobody in his right mind believes in the God Richard Dawkins doesn’t believe in.
Elie
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