Faith of Our Fathers

There are many pursuits in life which can lead to an all consuming preoccupation. While some people are attracted to hobbies like sports, football, soccer, or motor racing; these things can leave you feeling more empty than fulfilled. Human beings have a tendency to fixate on the superficial aspects of life more than the transcendent and philosophical. In this way I wish to approach this article; delving more deeply into the human condition of distractions verses the deeper aspects of the soul’s attraction to religion and ultimately to God. We see so many distractions in life, but we also see an attraction in some persons to a higher calling; one of faith and morality. After years of observing people’s reaction to God and religious things, I have determined man to be a most weak and impressionable creature. He is prone to the most extreme emotions and habits, both good and bad. We read in Sacred Scripture...