I spent over two weeks in Italy this past summer with my brother Peter. We visited churches and museums in Sicily, Pisa, Siena, Florence, and Rome. One clear takeaway: the Roman Catholic Church possesses an overwhelmingly great depository of truth, goodness, and beauty, both tangible and invisible.
As you approach the proverbial storehouse you will notice that it is being curated by mere mortals. Angels are on other assignments. Some curators don’t have the best of intentions. A few have outright evil motives.
But the vast majority of the Church’s gatekeeper servants are not newsworthy because of their faithfulness. They quietly seek to do the will of God for the benefit of the Church and the world.
To deny oneself of the riches of the Church because of scandal is itself a shame. Don't let the offense of church people acting badly block your pursuit of truth, goodness, and beauty... of God Himself. St. Augustine prayed, "You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you."
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