Omission as Complicity

The call to courage, to male responsibility and to Christian faithfulness in a society that relativizes its foundations

There is something deeply troubling happening in contemporary society: the progressive relativization of values that, for the Christian faith, find their foundation in creation and in the authority of the Scriptures. More disturbing, however, is realizing that this process is not limited to the secular environment. It also finds room within the Church itself, when biblical convictions are silently abandoned in the name of convenience, social acceptance, or a supposed need to avoid conflicts.

This text is not a generic lament about changing times. It is a provocation directed especially at Christian men who perceive problems within their own homes, recognize tensions between the dominant culture and their convictions, but prefer not to act. Men who call prudence what, in many cases, is merely fear of friction; who call tolerance what may be negligence; and who have grown accustomed to watching, in silence, the erosion of responsibilities that were entrusted to them.

The question is not to demand that someone control society or win every cultural dispute. It is to ask why so many fail to do even what is within their reach: to teach, to guide, to set limits, to protect the vulnerable, to participate in community life, and to state clearly what they believe.