As Christians, many of us have questioned or been questioned about our faith, especially regarding God’s existence. Those of us who have “come out of the womb with a Rosary in my hand” like Mike Gormley have been taught about the Bible for years and perhaps have not gone to great lengths to question anything. In his case, Mike says, “I was never really taught how to pray, I was taught how to repeat.”
God: the Uncaused Cause
With his love for science, he describes how he began to question his faith in high school as a result of not feeling intellectually honest when saying the Creed in Mass. Mike desired the truth; he wanted to know WHERE evil comes from. He even turned to researching Islam, Judaism, Atheism, and several other philosophies.
It was awesome to have Bishop Rice from this Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau with us and to hear him give the homily at this weekend’s closing Mass. In sending us forth from the conference, he reminded us of some very important points, and these bullet points were my big takeaways:
This morning, Kyle began his talk by telling us about a trip that he once took to the Grand Canyon. He talked about how when he hiked to the Canyon he stood near the edge and was able to see the incredible view, without actually going into the canyon.
He then compared our faith to hiking the Grand Canyon.
“Our faith is the same way as hiking the Grand Canyon, we want to be good Catholics but we often want to do the bare minimum.”
