Americans have an opportunity periodically to vote. It is a right that has justly evolved over time to include more citizens. To vote is also a responsibility, a civic duty secured in the face of shared sufferings at home and aboard throughout United States history.
Shared sufferings have long found a place in the history of Christianity, too. St. Peter likened the devil who stirs up such sorrows to a hungry lion on the prowl. Calling for sobriety and vigilance at all times, the rock of the Church rallies his readers to resistance, steadfastness in faith, and an understanding that others in faith experience the same sufferings in the face of such adversity (cf. 1 Peter 5:8-9). Lions, in fact, spilled martyrs’ blood on the floor of the Roman Coliseum.
As Election Day nears, what lions do all Christians face in the arena of the public square?
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