{"id":15527,"date":"2014-07-01T20:19:44","date_gmt":"2014-07-02T02:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=15527"},"modified":"2017-04-17T22:00:07","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T02:00:07","slug":"the-foundation-of-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-foundation-of-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"The Foundation of Faith","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Rockfoundation_000.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"470\" height=\"366\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>\n<script>\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n\/\/ ]]><\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><strong>THERE <\/strong>is plenty happening in our world today to shake the faith of believers. Indeed, it is becoming increasingly difficult to find souls who are remaining steadfast in their Christian faith without compromise, without giving up, without caving in to the pressures and temptations of the world. But this raises a question: just what exactly is my faith to be in? The Church? Mary? The Sacraments&#8230;?<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">We have to know the answer to this question because the days are here and coming when everything around us will be shaken. <em>Everything<\/em>. Financial institutions, governments, the social order, nature, and yes, even the Church itself. If our faith is in the wrong place, then it too will risk collapsing altogether.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">Our faith is to be in <em>Jesus. <\/em>Jesus is the foundation of our faith, or should be.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">When Our Lord turned to the disciples to ask them who people were saying the Son of Man is, Peter replied:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\">\u201cYou are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.\u201d Jesus said to him in reply, \u201cBlessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father. And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.&#8221; (Matt 16:16-18)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">We see that Peter&#8217;s profession, his <em>faith in Jesus, <\/em>became the bedrock upon which the Church was to be built. But Jesus did not deal in abstracts; He truly intended to build His Church upon the person, the &#8220;office&#8221; of Peter, and hence, here we are today, 267 popes later. But St. Paul adds:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\">&#8230;no one can lay a foundation other than the one that is there, namely, Jesus Christ. (1 Cor 3:11)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">That is to say, that something greater lay beneath Peter, the rock, and that was Jesus, the cornerstone.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\">See, I am laying a stone in Zion, a stone that has been tested, a precious cornerstone as a sure foundation; whoever puts faith in it will not waver. (Isaiah 28:16)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">Because even Peter failed; even Peter sinned. Indeed, if our faith was to rely upon Peter, then we would be a disillusioned bunch to be sure. No, the reason for Peter and the Church was not to give us an object of our faith, but rather a visible manifestation of the Builder himself at work. That is to say that all the truths, all the splendors of Christian art, literature, architecture, music and doctrine merely point toward something, or rather, Someone greater, and that is Jesus.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\">This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone. And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved. (Acts 4:11-12)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">This is why I say that we had better know where to put our faith in these days of purification and chastisement that are upon us. Because the eclipse of truth and reason today are not only leaving a great shadow upon the Church, but seek to destroy it altogether. Even now, the things I&#8217;ve mentioned above do not exist in many nations upon the earth\u2014places where the truths of the faith are whispered and those outward manifestations of Christ&#8217;s beauty remain hidden in believer&#8217;s hearts in the bastion of hope.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">When Jesus appeared to St. Faustina, revealing that His message of Divine Mercy to her was <em>&#8220;a sign for the end times&#8221;<\/em> that<em> &#8220;will prepare the world for My final coming,&#8221;<\/em> <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_15527_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15527_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_15527_1('footnote_plugin_reference_15527_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_15527_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15527_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Jesus to St. Faustina, <em>Divine Mercy in My Soul<\/em>, Diary, n. 848, 429<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_15527_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15527_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> He did not leave her with a book of doctrines, an encyclical or catechism. Rather, He left her with three words that could save the world:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><em>Jezu Ufam Tobie<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">which translate from Polish to:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><em>Jesus I trust in you.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">Imagine that! After 2000 years of building His Church, the antidote for humanity has remained as simple as it was in the beginning: the name of Jesus.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">Indeed, St. Peter prophesied of a global shaking in which the only hope would be for those who called in faith upon the Name above all names.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\">The sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and splendid day of the Lord, and it shall be that everyone shall be saved who calls on the name of the Lord. (Acts 2:20-21)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">None of this is to say, of course, that the Church is not important; that Our Blessed Mother is inconsequential; that truth is irrelevant. No, what gives them importance is the <em>word <\/em>of Christ. Indeed, Jesus is the<em> Word made flesh. <\/em>Jesus and His word are one and the same thing. And so when Jesus says that He will build a Church, we believe in the Church because He is building it. When He says that we should take Mary as our mother, we take her because He gave her to us. When He commands us to baptize, break Bread, confess, heal, and ordain, we do so because the Word has spoken. Our faith is in Him, and we obey because obedience is proof of faith.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">We may see bishops and cardinals fall away from the Catholic faith. But we will remain unshaken because our faith is in Jesus, not men. We may see our churches torn down to the foundations, but we will remain unshaken because our faith is in Jesus, not buildings. We may see our fathers, mothers, sisters, and brothers turn against us, but we will remain unshaken because our faith is in Jesus, not flesh and blood. We may see good called evil and evil called good, but we will remain unshaken because our faith is in Christ&#8217;s word, not the word of men.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">But do you know Him? Do you speak to Him? Do you walk with Him? Because if you do not, then how can you trust Him? There is going to come a point when it is too late for some people, when the shaking will leave nothing left and all that was built on sand will be carried away.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\">If anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw, the work of each will come to light, for the Day will disclose it. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire [itself] will test the quality of each one\u2019s work. (1 Cor 3:12-13)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">But here is the good news: you do not need to be a bible scholar, a theologian or a priest to call upon His Name. You do not even have to be a Catholic. You just need to have faith\u2014and He will hear you\u2014and do the rest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-foundation-of-faith\/\" data-layout=\"standard\" data-action=\"recommend\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-share=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-share-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-foundation-of-faith\/\" data-via=\"MarkMallett2\">Tweet<\/a><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Thanks for your prayers and support.<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/store.markmallett.com\/donate\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Donateovalbtnonbeige.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"112\" height=\"48\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">To also receive <strong><em>The <\/em><\/strong><em><strong>Now Word,<\/strong> <\/em><em><br \/><\/em>Mark\u2019s meditations on the Mass readings, <br \/>click on the banner below to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/subscribe\/\">subscribe<\/a>. <br \/> Your email will not be shared with anyone.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/subscribe\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12200 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/NowWord-Banner.png\" alt=\"NowWord Banner\" width=\"463\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/NowWord-Banner.png 798w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/NowWord-Banner-300x97.png 300w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/NowWord-Banner-768x247.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Join Mark on Facebook and Twitter!<\/span><br \/><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Mark-Mallett\/479309778804431\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Facebooklogo.png\" alt=\"Facebooklogo\" width=\"98\" height=\"98\" \/><\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkMallett2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Twitterlogo.png\" alt=\"Twitterlogo\" width=\"98\" height=\"98\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"speaker-mute footnotes_reference_container\"> <div class=\"footnote_container_prepare\"><p><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_label pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_15527_1();\"><h5>Footnotes<\/h5><\/span><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button\" style=\"display: none;\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_15527_1();\">[<a id=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_15527_1\">+<\/a>]<\/span><\/p><\/div> <div id=\"footnote_references_container_15527_1\" style=\"\"><table class=\"footnotes_table footnote-reference-container\"><caption class=\"accessibility\"><h5>Footnotes<\/h5><\/caption> <tbody> \r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_15527_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_15527_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_15527_1_1');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>1<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Jesus to St. Faustina, <em>Divine Mercy in My Soul<\/em>, Diary, n. 848, 429<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n <\/tbody> <\/table> <\/div><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> function footnote_expand_reference_container_15527_1() { jQuery('#footnote_references_container_15527_1').show(); 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