Today we often experience that words have lost their original meaning. We hear, read, and see words like love, freedom, choice, being used and abused to express realities which have nothing or very little to do with what love, freedom, and choice should really mean. We can say that this is one of the many results of that deceitful process called “secularism.”
Secularism can be defined as "a closed system that affirms that human existence and destiny are fully explainable in terms of this world without reference to God and eternity." It follows that a secularistic view of life determines a practical mentality of indifference to or rejection or exclusion of religion and religious considerations in every respect and aspect of life. This is, perhaps, the greatest threat of our times. However, there is no time for us to become discouraged!
In fact, the Second Vatican Council states that laity, being called to live in the midst of the world and of secular affairs, are precisely committed “to have the Gospel spirit permeate and improve temporal order” (Apostolic Actuositatem, 2); that is, to be leaven in the world through the vigor of their Christian spirit....
...As we consecrate ourselves totally to the Immaculata, we join ourselves to her and come to participate in her being consecrated to God in truth and sent into the world as Christ’s bearers. Through our consecration to her, as St. Maximilian experienced and teaches, we are enabled to imbue every aspect and dimension of life with her spirit; that is, God’s spirit. With her, we find the most effective way to successfully fulfill our call to be leaven in the world and to collaborate in expanding the Family of God, also in the present history of mankind!
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