March 12:
Pope Saint Gregory the Great
Volumes could be written about this saintly Pope, but we haven't space here. One quote of his is quite appropriate to this time: Security is the mother of negligence. This is so appropriate. Here we sit secure in our homes, or thinking we are secure. Don't we have a grocery store full of food within a few miles? Don't we have electricity and other utilities brought right to our door. Our security is an illusion, a dangerous illusion which has led us to gross negligence. If our area was cut off for three days, the stores would be emptied. If we lose our electricity, our food rots and our houses will freeze, if it is winter. Not only can these things happen through weather or strikes, they will all happen permanently in one of several ways. We have an economic collapse at the door that will make it impossible to buy or sell. We have a divine chastisement, which we have well earned through our spiritual and material negligence, which will destroy our whole way of life and return us to living off the land or starving. Yes, security is the mother of negligence.
PRAYER: Security is the mother of negligence. Saint Gregory help me to be diligent in my duty to God, my family, my neighbor and my enemies. Help me also to prepare for what is coming. Amen.
