Kansas City, Mo., Oct 31, 2008 / 04:01 am
Bishop of Kansas City-St. Joseph Robert Finn has reminded the faithful that their salvation is at stake in the battle for holiness. Decrying the “casual manner” in which many Christians live within the “culture of death,” he urged Catholics to “stand up fearlessly against the agents of death.”
Writing in his October 29 column for the Catholic Key, Bishop Finn began by recounting his recent celebration of a Traditional Latin High Mass, saying it highlights our participation with the Communion of Saints and its elements give us a “striking image of the Heavenly Jerusalem” which is our “ultimate home.”
“The ultimate goal of everything we do is to get ourselves to heaven and bring with us as many as we can,” he continued, focusing his remarks on the “Church militant,” the Church on earth.
The Church militant’s purpose, the bishop explained, is to “‘fight’ against the enemies of Christ's justice and truth and light and life.” This fight requires our attentions in a “peaceable but serious manner.”