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 ...