CIRCA 1985
“Grandpa,
What did you do
in the army
in WW II?”
“I used my M1
to break down
doors at Dachau.”
CIRCA 2060
“Father, what
did you do
during the
2020 Pandemic?”
“I used my keys
to lock all the
church doors.”
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It really does focus our decisions today to imagine how we will view them from our deathbeds, and also how history will view them a few decades later. Probably the view will not be very favorable. I know people are told that the priest’s conscience is what matters, but I think it is more a lack of courage than conscience.