In antiquity, the Church built society, by building the schools, hospitals, agriculture, business, etc.. Therefor when you remove the Church, you destroy society. If you want to build a lasting society, invite the Church to do it. And to keep it, keep the faith. I was watching a WONDERFUL program on Wales last night & the History of the old Monastery’s. (WALES – THE GOLDEN THREAD OF FAITH) Amazing how today, secular society’s still think you can destroy the Catholic Church, simply by destroying a physical building and confiscating the lands, as King Henry VIII did during the reformation.
This is how you destroy a wealthy and thriving society, leaving only dust for the conquers. We, the Church, are living “stones”. And we are the true wealth within the thriving society.. It is not the lands, not the buildings, not the material goods, which keeps society thriving, but the faith of its members to do what is right and just.
This holds true today. Remove Christ from society, you are left with nothing but dust.
“Gwnewch y pethau bychain mewn bywyd” (“Do ye the little things in life” )
St. David, pray for us