Archbishop Charles Chaput's "Fortnight for Freedom" Closing Homily Emphasizes Finding True Freedom through God

True freedom knows no attachments other than Jesus Christ. True freedom can walk away from anything – wealth, honor, fame, pleasure. […] It fears neither the state, nor death itself. We’re free only to the extent that we unburden ourselves of our own willfulness and practice the art of living according to God’s plan. When we do this, when we choose to live according to God’s intention for us, we are then – and only then – truly free. This is the kind of freedom that can transform the world. And it should animate all of our talk about liberty – religious or otherwise. [...] The political and legal effort to defend religious liberty – as vital as it is – belongs to a much greater struggle to master and convert our own hearts, and to live for God completely, without alibis or self-delusion.