That is the question asked on the cover story of today's Parade Magazine. It reports on various indices of religiosity such as beliefs, church attendance, frequency of prayer, etc. Since Jesus said that the world would know we are his disciples by the love we have for each other (John 13:35); and that "a good tree bears good fruit and a bad tree bears bad fruit," (Matthew 7:17) it seems to me that the better measure of how "spiritual" we are as a people is by looking at the kind of lives we lead.
St. Paul outlines a rather straightforward measure of spirituality: "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control." (Galatians 5:22) If that's the measure of "how spiritual are we?" then all the noise in our nation and world today would tell us that the answer is a resounding "not very." UGH!
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