When it comes to God, we reap what we sow

THE recent intemperate language spoken by the Taoiseach, and the closure of the Irish Embassy to the Vatican have deeply disturbed the Catholic people of Ireland.

The failure of the coalition government to represent properly the views of those of us who hold dear our links with The Holy See, seriously undermines confidence and support for our elected representatives.

You are acting as though our 1,500-year tradition of Christianity in Ireland is worth no more than 30 pieces of silver. I am asking that this decision be reversed. Young people are now encouraged by the media to almost worship celebrities, while the worship of God in many cases is almost frowned upon.

In a recent TV interview a young lady was talking about the terrible things happening throughout the world. She was asked how does God allow all these things to happen. She gave a profound and insightful response. She said ‘I believe God is deeply saddened by all these things just as we are, but for years we have been telling God to get out of our lives, get out of our schools, get out of our government, etc. And being the gentleman that He is, I believe he has done just that. How can we expect God to give us his blessing and his protection, if we demand he leave us to ourselves?’ Could it be that we reap what we sow? Funny how we believe what the newspapers tell us, but we will question and require proof of what the Bible says. Funny how we can be more worried about what people think of us than what God thinks of us.

Michael Sheehan

Castlelyons

Co Cork