The Peaceful Gnome

I was both amused and pleased by the first reading during Mass this morning, Catholics have a set reading pattern and this wasn't chosen this week but years ago... yet it is pretty timely considering the path America is on today. First Reading Genesis 19:15-29 A reading from the Book of Genesis As dawn was breaking, the angels urged Lot on, saying, “On your way! Take with you your wife and your two daughters who are here,    or you will be swept away in the punishment of Sodom.” When he hesitated, the men, by the LORD’s mercy,    seized his hand and the hands of his wife and his two daughters    and led them to safety outside the city. As soon as they had been brought outside, he was told:    “Flee for your life! Don’t look back or stop anywhere on the Plain. Get off to the hills at once, or you will be swept away.”     “Oh, no, my lord!” Lot replied, “You have already thought enough of your servant    to do ...

Over the last week I've been on and off of Facebook several times.  Looking at all of the fallout from the recent SCOTUS decisions I've found myself alternately disgusted, angry and depressed.  People on my "friends" list seem more than OK with Gay Marriage and socialized medicine.  Rather than unfriend people who have such appalling opinions I'm unfriending Facebook itself.  Shoot, even the San Francisco Giants jumped on the rainbow bandwagon!  Every priest and pastor I've spoken to is anticipating a time of persecution of orthodox churches, those that actually teach what the bible and tradition teaches.  Yet on Facebook I'm told I'm an alarmist and blowing it all out of proportion.  Well I've been pretty good at predicting where society is going in the past and I am pretty sure I'm right again. Since I was initially suckered into Facebook some time ago... how long ago was that?  I don't know actually.  Anyway, since I was suckered ...