If we look at it as a battle of the "good versus the bad", and you find yourself in the losing end, it is easy to be discouraged or to get angry. However, let us remember that it is God who saves the world. He uses many ways and means, including us, but He is free to choose whatever and whoever He wills. Let us not be discouraged; rather, let us find in our heart the compassion of Jesus that listens and understands the "other person".
Let us be humble in acknowledging that we do not own the truth. We are seekers of the truth. The truth doesn't force itself to be accepted because in time it will emerge as what it is, the truth.
Let us pray that the birth of Jesus may remind us all that when we choose what is right, we have to pay the price: unpopularity, poverty, solitude. But in the end, we acquire a deep joy and serenity that no one can take away from us.
Let us pray for our Catholic Church, and we are all part of this wonderful but fragile family, that we may truly follow the way of Jesus. May we be at home with the poor and listen to their life stories and struggles without imposing our moralistic convictions and sounding so high and mighty. May we be at home to be poor and be happy with what is essential, consciously choosing not to vest ourselves of benefits and privileges.
Lastly, and this is really my most fervent wish, that we may have the courage to choose what is right not according to what is convenient to me now; rather, be guided by a well-informed and well-formed conscience. We haven't learned the lessons that history teaches us, that to choose based on personal convenience is a short cut to destruction and chaos.
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