In a book he authored before he became Pope Benedict XVI, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger wrote, “If one can say that hunger, love, and power are the forces that motivate man, then one can point out . . . that the three main forms of polytheism are the worship of bread, the worship of love, and the idolization of power.”

Most people I talk to in the course of a day are pretty good folks. They take care of their families, work their jobs, pay their bills, and are responsible, law-abiding citizens. Some of them go to church or synagogue.

“David here designates the Messiah ‘my Master’—so how can the Messiah also be his ‘son’?”

Sharon and I pulled onto the property of a farm in beautiful Eau Claire, Michigan and drove past the quaint, tidy house in the front to the trailers in the back that were anything but.

When I took classes for RCIA, there was another candidate, Mabel—a woman in her late 30s—who could never make it to class on time, sometimes arriving only for the final prayers.

We ask forgiveness from our God who saves us.

There is no higher calling, no loftier dream, and no greater goal than to live, breathe, and be poured out for Jesus Christ.