When looking through a website with some information about Fr. Hardon, SJ, a priest who left quite a legacy and who lived in St. Louis, I noticed the following quote from one of Archbishop Burke's homilies, which gave me a little food for thought:
"Catholicism is in the throes of the worst crisis in its entire history. Unless true and loyal Catholics have the zeal and the spirit of the early Christians, unless they are willing to do what they did and to pay the price that they paid, the days of America are numbered" (From the Marian Catechist Manual, p. xv).
Whether or not our country's days are numbered, our Church can always use renewal and strengthening. Let us pray to the Holy Spirit that this Holy Week can be a great source of spiritual renewal, especially for the Catholic Church in America.