#TruthAboutChristianity

There are close to few times in my life that I find an intense quote worth sharing via Facebook and the like. Now that I am getting more attached to the blogging world, I have this desire to ease my way in by sharing this mind-blowing statement of truth The Epistle To Diognetus. Resist the urge to ask me the background information on this letter because I have absolutely no clue...I'm hoping my questions can be answered in our Faith & Justice course tomorrow morning, the class for which this reading was assigned.
With further a due:

Christians are not distinguished from the rest of mankind by either country, speech, or customs; the fact is, they nowhere settle in cities of their own; they use no peculiar language; they cultivate no eccentric mode of life. Certainly, this creed of theirs is no discovery due to some fancy or speculation of inquisitive men...They take part in everything as citizens and put up with everything as foreigners. Every foreign land is their home, and every home a foreign land. They marry like all others and beget children; but they do not expose their offspring....They find themselves in the flesh, but do not live according to the flesh. They spend their days on earth, but hold citizenship in heaven. They \obey the established laws, but in their private lives they rise above the laws. They love all men, but are persecuted by all. They are unknown, yet are condemned; they are put to death, but it is life that they receive. They are poor, and enrich many; destitute of everything, they abound in everything. They are dishonored, and in their dishonor find their glory. They are calumniated, and are vindicated. They are reviled, and they bless; they are insulted and render honor. Doing good, they are penalized as evildoers; when penalized, they rejoice because they are quickened into life. The Jews make war on them as foreigners; the Greeks persecute them; and those who hate them are at a loss to explain their hatred. In a word: what the soul is in the body, that the Christians are in the world.

God love you and Mary protect you!

Lord, let me live the truth of these words.