It is proof of the power of our faith that the spirit of Christmas prevails over all the reasons for cynicism.
I’m thinking now of Psalm 40:4 where we read: Fortunate is the man who has puts his trust in God and has not turned to the arrogant and to those who stray after falsehood.
Regarding “the arrogant
and those who stray after falsehood,” take the case of the International Criminal Court, established in 2002 and located in the Hague, Netherlands.
Its mission sounds so essential and lofty — “Trying individuals for genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and aggression.”
But I am proud of our country that chose to not be part of it. The clear-thinking American leaders who kept our country out of this arrangement understood it would violate our sacred national sovereignty and American citizens could be called to so-called justice by international…
