Do-It-Yourself Faith

As we celebrate the Apodosis (Leave-taking of the Feast of Pascha, the Church wants to leave us with this foundational truth of the Resurrection: You AIN'T doing this by yourself!

Christ is risen! (On this Leave-Taking of the Feast of Pascha!)

One of my very first jobs was at the fast-food restaurant Burger King! Man, that was a hoot. I loved the fact that I could work there after school and on weekends and get a free hamburger too! Yeah, that wasn’t a very healthy choice. But Burger King was one of the first fast-food places to let you decide what you wanted on your sandwich. They even had a great jingle: “Hold the pickles. Hold the lettuce. Special orders don’t upset us. All we ask is that you let us serve it your way. Have it your way, at Burger King!”

Wow, now that I think about it, that mindset really says a lot about my generation and the generations we raised.

Having it any way we wanted has become slavery to perpetual adolescence!

No wonder kids aren’t really maturing until their late 20s nowadays.

But that’s the danger, isn’t it?