What to do

The world today sometimes does not feel like a comfortable place for Christians who take their faith seriously.

This was understood by St. Paul in his own time and in today's first reading (2 Timothy 4:1-8) he tells us what to do about it.

I charge you in the presence of God
and of Christ Jesus,
who will judge the living and the dead,
and by his appearing and his kingly power:

proclaim the word;
be persistent
whether it is convenient or inconvenient;
convince,
reprimand,
encourage
through all patience and teaching.

For the time will come
when people will not tolerate sound doctrine
but, following their own desires and insatiable curiosity,
will accumulate teachers
and will stop listening to the truth
and will be diverted to myths.

But you,
be self-possessed in all circumstances;
put up with hardship;
perform the work of an evangelist;
fulfill your ministry.