A beautiful reflection after the tragic news from Minneapolis:
By all appearances, this seems to be a new kind of terrorism. It is not animated by a misdirected love of God, country, or party, but by a seething, despairing nihilism that comes when the heart sees nothing to hope in or cherish. It is telling that his target was a Church that offers the fullness of being.
If we focus only on the violent character of American culture or its broken moral anthropology, we miss something more foundational. We ignore that we are at risk of becoming people incapable of loving, even poorly. Love is a misunderstood word today, enlisted for political projects and treacly sentimentality. For Christians it is a serious business, as shown by the Cross and by those children martyred to nihilism while at prayer yesterday.
Do read it in its entirety, from The Pillar.
Martyred to nihilism.
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