Recently I heard a comment that went something like this--now that the elections are over we can get back to normal. Given the matters and issues that still confront us about health care and mandates about what the government presently is demanding, I would dare say that we cannot afford to ?go back to normal.? In fact, we need to be very aware of what is happening regarding these matters of health care and mandates, lest the impact on living out our Catholic faith is dramatically altered.
Notwithstanding what may develop going forward on the part of our government leaders, we need to reflect on what has been happening over these past many, many months. If we could turn the clock back to say five years ago, only a few people at most would have ever thought the First Amendment of our Constitution would be under attack, and under attack by government officials who are sworn to uphold the Constitution!
This situation just did not happen as if out of a vacuum. Let us not be na