“So we are still bound to be law-abiding citizens even though we know the earthly order is temporary?

“The question is not whether to love it, but how to love it rightly. Our citizenship is in heaven, says the Apostle, and from there we await the Savior. Remembering this does not mean despising the earth. It means refusing to demand from it what it could never give us in the first place – an unshakable foundation.

Blessed Augustine ›

Bishop

Direct quote

“But how are we supposed to live in this world, then? Build a home, raise children, work – when all of it can disappear overnight?

“So our home, our work, the country we live in, the people around us – none of that is evil?

“Then why are we so afraid when the inn begins to shake? Why does losing the world we know feel like the greatest loss imaginable?