Thomas Griffin 7/23/24 (For Word on Fire)
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In the opening lines of Augustine’s City of God, he mentions the reason for writing his work: “I have undertaken its defense against those who prefer their own gods to the Founder of this city.”
The June presidential debate has awoken the beast of American politics. This monster was always present; it has been for quite some time. Now it appears that the beast is stronger than ever before. The Trump-Biden saga—now the Trump-Harris saga—continues, and many Americans are frustrated, angry, uneasy, or reaching despair about the state of the nation.
The Trump assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania gained the attention of all Americans and people across the globe, rightfully so. If you were like me, you were sucked into the constant recycling of commentary on the event. Between watching the clip again and again along with listening to everyone’s opinion on the why and the how, I saw that I was easily being stripped of my peace.
Discussions on Trump’s indictments and trials, Biden’s ability to govern, and then the assassination attempt took over the media cycle. Then eight days after the assassination attempt, President Biden announced he was ending his campaign for re-election. Politics will continue to dominate the headlines. These are, in many ways, unprecedented times. Americans ought to know what is happening so that they can be causes for renewal in our country. At the same time, watching the news can destroy one’s spiritual life and become one’s idol and become one’s idol.
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Thomas Griffin is the chairperson of the religion department at a Catholic high school on Long Island where he lives with his wife and two sons. He has a masters degree in theology and is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Empty Tomb Project: The Magazine. He is the author of Let Us Begin: Saint Francis’s Way of Becoming Like Christ and Renewing the World.
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