Sowing or Reaping? There is No Third Option, by Dr. Jeff Mirus

By Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture, June 17, 2025

Jeffrey Mirus holds a Ph.D. in intellectual history from Princeton University. A co-founder of Christendom College, he also pioneered Catholic Internet services. He is the founder of Trinity Communications and CatholicCulture.org.

Each time we read through the Bible, different passages claim our attention. There are probably a well-coordinated set of reasons for this, beginning with the shortness of the human attention span, and ending with the interior grace of the Holy Spirit as we read. I hope I am not entirely alone in my ability to say prayers or even read Scripture while thinking about something else. But if we keep at it, new insights do come to mind. Thus it was yesterday when I began reading the Book of Amos. Suddenly I saw chapter 3, verse 2, where we find this prophecy from God to Israel: “You only have I known of all the families of earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”

This ought to disturb those who bear the name “Catholic”: God will punish those who have had special opportunities to know Him but have been stubborn in their refusal to respond. God’s wrath is not reserved especially for those who do not know Him, but for those who had the opportunity to know Him but refused to take Him seriously—or those who did in fact know Him but made no serious personal effort to love Him. …

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