Every good Catholic father understands parenting, which is always manful properly done, occurs in moments, which may be any amount of time leading up to now so as to most fully understand now and what single next step is needed to more fully run toward Christ. Parenting, of course, is a type of shepherding, and one I find particularly helpful in illuminating our understanding of this shepherding moment.
To understand this shepherding moment of centuries,
We are called to be leaven in our more local democratic republic
We live in a Catholic monarchy. Jesus our Christ is our King, our Blessed Virgin Mother our Queen. True, in the United States, our local government is, of the moment, if we can keep it, a democratic republic, with regions devolving into anarchy courtesy of modernism's progressivism. Yet, we all, each and every one,
A template for emerging from this modern Dark Ages
Goal
Reinfuse Christ into human endeavor, as it was, however imperfectly, from the 12th into the early 16th centuries. Shepherding, education, healthcare, storytelling, technology, science, agriculture, governance, among others.