Cathedral of St. Raymond Catholic Parish -Joliet, IL issued the following announcement on Aug. 30

The world wants your mind. Advertisers want your business. Companies want your allegiance. Ball teams want your loyalty. Designers want you wearing their clothes. Car dealers want you driving their vehicles. Hollywood wants you to be promiscuous. Politicians convince you they will make you happier and wealthier. The world wants your mind.

The Christian message battles hard against the influences of this world. Love for one’s neighbor means sharing with those who have less. The doctrine of forgiveness means making peace with enemies. The call to prayer means Sundays are for worship. It is a hard message to sell in a world that wants your mind.

St. Paul tells the Romans, “Do not conform yourselves to this age but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may discern what is the will of God.”

If we are to detach ourselves from the temptations of this world, we must attach ourselves to the will of God. We discern the will of God by the renewal of our minds.

How can you do that? How can you find strength to be loyal to God above the lures of the world? God will help you in mercy, but God asks for something in return: the sacrifice of your very selves, the willingness to please God by your actions. God wants your mind too.

Original source can be found here.