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34 APR-MAY 2024 | DENVER CATHOLIC If the progressive religion has a symbol, it is the equal sign. To its followers, the equal sign represents the ultimate aim of progressivism: equality. This goal can be derived from the symbol of the equal sign itself: two lines, equal in length and parallel to one another, separated by a small gap. Subtle as it is, that small gap between the lines betrays the good intentions of the progressive religion, because it implies that none of us are truly connected; it's every man for himself. And indeed, this is how followers of the progressive religion live. They feign com- passion so long as it doesn't interfere with their own version of the truth. Ironically, this symbol represents the disconnectedness that is inher- ent in the progressive religion. Contrast that with the dominant and enduring symbol of Christianity: The cross. It, too, is composed of two simple lines, but with dramatically different orientations. Each line is dependent upon the other to maintain its form; remove one, and it's no longer a cross. In a way, the lines are embracing one another, as if to show they belong to each other. As such, the cross represents the true path to the peaceful and just world the progressive religion strives for; as St. Teresa of Calcutta once said, "If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other." Of course, there's another key element to the cross: that battered, broken man who was nailed to it and breathed his last while hanging from it. It was through the violence of the cross that the world was redeemed, and infinite hope was thus poured out. There is no cross without Christ, and there is no Christ without the cross. The two are intrinsically connected, and Christianity is intrinsically connected to both. St. John Paul II gave Christians in this new apostolic age a fitting rallying cry when he said, "We are an Easter People and Alleluia is our song!" Each Easter celebration serves as a living reminder that Christians must be witnesses to the cross and all that it represents if we are to resist the religion of the day and lead those who have fallen for the false promises of the progres- sive religion back to the true hope and joy of Christianity. ...the cross represents the true path to the peaceful and just world the progressive religion strives for; as St. Teresa of Calcutta once said, "If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other."