In
the wake of the recent Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriages, in which we
gather more signs of a society repudiating an orthodox Christian mindset, we
call into question how we stand before a turning tide. How do we react now, in
the forthcoming legislation, and in this challenging climate? ...
...The power of the Christian announcement is something
capable of renewing man and allowing him to rediscover a fullness of life,
independent of favorable or adverse circumstances.
... The
legalization of same sex marriage by the Supreme Court shouldn't be
misunderstood as a call to action in defense of Christian values, but a call to
conversion, a call to rediscover the method by which Christ conquers the human
heart and carries the historically proven capacity to build civilizations.
The
Christian proposal has neither lost its appeal or its capacity to deliver
fullness of life. ...
The
legalization of same-sex marriage by the Supreme Court should not provoke the
militant defense of Christian values. We are not called to bolster the remnants
of a society that was once rooted in the Christian experience, but to live it
again, and in time, rebuild. Telling people what values to espouse is neither
lovable, nor effective. Instead, we are called to live and share a fullness of
life openly with everyone, within any circumstance -- whether they are
welcoming or not. For this reason, a call to conversion is not a retreat from a
hostile environment. In fact, it implies quite the opposite. While some would
deem the public witnesses of our brothers and sisters ineffective or naÏve,
this is the function of the Church in human history: to continuously testify
that the fullness of life can only be achieved in total dependence on the
Mystery. After all, as Christians we are not called to defend the Truth as a
set of values, but to incarnate it.
Father
José Medina has devoted much of his professional career to the world of
education first as teacher of Math and Science and as Principal in Washington
DC and Boston. He is a native of Spain and a member of the Priestly Fraternity
of the Missionaries of St. Charles Borromeo. He received his civil engineering
degree from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, a Bachelors of Sacred
Theology from the Pontificia Università Lateranense in Rome, Italy and a Master
in Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Currently, Father
Medina is the national leader of the Catholic ecclesial movement Communion and
Liberation.
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