Every Lent and Easter period I rededicate and affirm my Catholic faith. This year during my period of reflection a strange amalgamation occurred which I hope will not seem as blasphemous if I can explain it properly. Some truths were revealed to me through the simplicity of the Lord's Prayer and Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist. I, through baptism and profession of the Creed, am a follower of Christ. I know it is my mission to become like Christ, to be granted admission into heaven. Part of my role as a Catholic is to create a better world on Earth until I meet God in Heaven. This Lent and Easter period I have had the thought that the world would be a better place if everyone followed the Lord's Prayer. “Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven.” There was a time in world history where eighty to ninety percent of the population professed to be followers of Christ. Now that number is at thirty percent and dropping in the Western world. I ask you is
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