Independence Day 2012

A Happy and Blessed Independence Day to everyone. I pray that it will be a safe and enjoyable Fourth of July for you as you spend this day with family and friends. As we celebrate this Independence Day we realize that there is a lot of work that needs to be done in our country. Like I mentioned before, I had the opportunity to attend the Rally for Religious Freedom at the State Capitol in Topeka last Friday. It was a great event and a sign that our voices need to be heard as our Religious Liberty is under attack. What we celebrate today and everyday are gifts from God and those cannot be taken away from us. As one commentary states: "According to the Gospel, freedom is not achievement but gift. Freedom is not license but radical obedience to God's liberating law of love. Let us give thanks for the gifts of freedom we have received and, trusting in God as did our nation's founders, let us seek to share them as gifts with all who are still enslaved by political oppression, social or economic injustice, or personal sin" (Magnificat, 70). Thank God for the gifts that we have received and let us do our part to stand up in defense of those gifts because they cannot be taken away. May God Bless our work!!! Have a blessed day!!!