“. . . Now that I’ve returned to America after living in the damp lands for twenty five years, one of the things I find most trying is America’s love affair with ‘success’. I’m not talking about being excellent or being a fulfilled human being or finding what you want to do in life and doing it well. I’m certainly not talking about building a fine family or simply being happy, and I’m certainly not referring to being achieving sanctity.
I’m talking about the lust for worldly success – for all the glittering prizes. How Americans love the trophy house, the trophy car, the trophy wife, the trophy teeth, the trophy boob job, the trophy botox. You name it. How they love all the tinsel – all the trappings of success, and the problem is that this pursuit of success is taken as a given. This is what life is all about right? No one questions it.”
In a recent commentary, Father Dwight Longenecker (parish priest at Our Lady of the Rosary Parish, Greenville, SC) reflected on Catholics and the culture of success.
To access Fr. Longenecker’s complete post, please visit:
Standing on My Head: Deliver Us From Successful Catholics (30 NOV 12)
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