text: And doesn't this "ending on an individual basis" tell us something very important about our relationship with Jesus Christ and "the main thing" of our lives? We must constantly be seeking Him, reconciling our will and actions to His will and word.  Part of the Psalm from today's Mass says "seek to serve him constantly."
  
  I'm not interested in reading Garry Wills; he's a popular author to be sure, especially among people prone to dissent and unfaithfulness; he's a writer, not a scholar, not a linguist, not a theologian, not a philosopher, not a metaphysicist. 
  
  If he is a believer, it's hard to know it by his "fruits", since his fruits aren't leading to unity and peace, but instead to more division and doubt. 
  
  In the words of Jesus - given to us at today's Mass: "A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a rotten tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire. So by their fruits you will know them."