THE NOW WORD ON MASS READINGS
for January 23rd, 2014
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ONE of the giants of our time whose head has grown extraordinarily large is narcissism. In a word, it is self-absorption. One could even argue that this has now become self-worship, or what I call “iWorship.”
St. Paul gives a long list of what souls will look like in the “last days.” Guess what is at the top?
There will be terrifying times in the last days. People will be self-centered and lovers of money, proud, haughty, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful… (2 Tim 3:1-2)