Father George Rutler tells us that, despite all our weaknesses and stupidities, the Catholic Church stands firm amidst an ever growing culture of death. God did not make the Church the way Zeus made Venus. It is not composed of parts, but it is unified and will last until the end. Today, as in the time of Julian the Apostate, the state is trying to take over the place of the Church. In the end we must let our heart speak to His heart – Cor ad Cor Loquitur – in prayer and contempt for our disordered self-love.