08/28/2024
Called to Action (Part 2) The word Acies translates to ‘battle line’, or as put by our current chaplain of Acies, as ‘the cutting edge’. Through the Sacrament of Confirmation, you are made a soldier of Christ and join the ranks of soldiers in training, so to speak. As a young adult putting away ‘the things of a child’ (Cor.1.13), it is time to take up one’s armor and sword. The Captain calls you to join the ranks on the front lines of the battlefield for Christ the King. At this time more than ever in history, the support and formation that a Catholic young adult group can provide is so essential to society and to our young adults here in our own parish of St. Marys. It provides stability, friendship, and a deeper, richer exploration of Catholic truths along with an opportunity for Catholic action in an all-important period of young adults’ lives where they find themselves in between leaving behind childhood school days and begin making those life decisions on which their futures will rest. Young adulthood in today’s world can be a dangerous time, as one is faced with new and dangerous experiences which threaten to sway one away from the truth and destroy the light of faith in one’s soul. Our world is seeking to destroy all that is good and challenges the very heart of Catholic morals in its attacks, targeting most especially youth and young adults. At the same time, society places much responsibility for the future on the shoulders of its young adults as the leaders of tomorrow. The choices one makes now will not only impact the individual who makes them but society as a whole. Therefore one has a duty to himself and his neighbor to weigh carefully the life choices he makes for the good of his own soul and the impact it will have on those with which he comes in contact. As Fr. Gardner said in one of his conferences to Acies members, “If you blow young adulthood, then [you] might blow later [your] vocation.” We were made for heaven. We are meant to be saints. If we are not striving for this, then one’s life has no true purpose.
