The Sucessor of Peter left the Church Militant today, yet another soul entered the Holy Catholic Church as a new child of God. As one man dies and goes on, a child is born anew in water: Sic transit gloria mundi.
Andrew Joseph was baptized today into the faith as a member of the Body of Christ. Although many view this day as one of mourning, our family rejoices that another soul is won for Christ. We are now entrusted with his formation, and by the grace of God, we will succeed.
We have been fortunate enough to see many of Europe's greatest cathedrals, shrines, and monuments. After reflecting on those experiences and watching our child receive the lustral waters of baptism today, all else pales in comparison. Those churches, as beautiful as they are, are merely stone, brick, mortar and glass and are destined one day to fall. But this child, his parents and every one of us possesses an immortal soul that will last for eternity. By the grace of God shall we go, and the gates of hell shall not prevail.
~JL
