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  • 6/4/2025
ARE YOU AN AETHIST?
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00:00In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
00:14I am, like many, horrified at how often we read in the newspapers and hear on the radio
00:25the number of shootings that are taking place in our country.
00:32And the vast majority of them are executed by young people.
00:45And it's not only horrifying, but it is not surprising to me.
00:55And it's not surprising because we have raised a generation of children who don't go to church.
01:06It sort of started with my generation.
01:10We were the ones that were counterculture, and we knew better, and we weren't going to
01:16follow the faith of our parents, and so we went in different directions.
01:20And then we had children, and many of those children have had children.
01:30And these are young people who are devoid of faith.
01:37They have no faith.
01:39They don't go to church.
01:41They don't believe in God.
01:42They don't fear God.
01:47Now, there's something about the fear of God that we must remember.
01:53It's not about trembling before God as though God is going to destroy us.
01:59But the fear of God ultimately means that we have great reverence and love for God.
02:06And yet we have these younger generations who don't even think about God at all.
02:16They don't believe in God.
02:19They have no hope.
02:23There's nothing there that gives them the moral and spiritual support
02:30that they need to navigate this world.
02:36And so what do they do?
02:42They turn their backs on morality,
02:46and they become consumed with what feels right for them.
02:53Now, I was reading an article recently.
03:00I was reading recently about this very fact.
03:06And it was pointed out by the author
03:08that these perpetrators of these demonic attacks against their fellow humans
03:19is in many ways a chance to try to get some attention.
03:26They don't have the attention of their families
03:31because families are all absorbed in other things,
03:36like their iPhones and their laptops
03:41and their television programs.
03:44So when kids come home from school,
03:49they don't come home to the loving embrace of their mother.
03:55She's probably not even there.
03:57She's probably working.
04:00And they don't eat together as a family.
04:02Kids take their food to their rooms
04:09and watch movies or communicate with their friends on laptops.
04:15And many times they're not even communicating with friends.
04:19They're communicating with people they don't even know,
04:22that they've never met.
04:25They only think, they only imagine that those are friends.
04:29But they're not.
04:30This is really a time when we need to wake up
04:40and we need to look at the importance of raising our children with a faith
04:49so that they have hope
04:53and they have a relationship with a God
04:58whom they know loves them.
05:05When I was a child,
05:09my Christian faith kept me
05:15from even feeling okay about fighting with another classmate.
05:23And if I did,
05:25I haven't held to pay with my parents.
05:32This is something that's missing today too
05:35because most parents aren't even aware what their kids are doing.
05:42So for those adults out there
05:46who may be watching this video
05:50and who don't go to church,
05:53it's still not too late for your children
05:58even though your children might be in high school or college by now
06:02because you can choose to have faith now
06:09and you can focus on a relationship with God now
06:17and therefore inspire your children and your grandchildren
06:24to do the same thing.
06:27only when we bring them into the church
06:32and into a genuine relationship with the God who created them
06:40will we see an end
06:43may God make it so
06:52through the prayers of our Holy Fathers
06:54Lord Jesus Christ our God
06:57have mercy on us and save us
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07:07thank you
07:09both now and ever
07:15and unto the ages of ages
07:19Amen
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07:27Son and Immortal Word of God
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