In It Together

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“A soul that lowers itself through sin drags down with itself the Church, and in some way, the whole world.” — Saint John Paul II

We’ve probably heard the idea that there’s no such thing as a victimless crime. Saint John Paul II says the same thing about sin.

Sin doesn’t just hurt us. It doesn’t just damage our relationship with God. It doesn’t even stop with the people immediately around us. As John Paul II says, in some way it drags down the whole Church and the whole world.

Now, I don’t think he said that to make us feel like trash in our sin. But it’s worth recognizing that there’s more at stake than just ourselves.

And honestly, even if we stop right there—at how sin hurts the people around us, our spouses, our children, our neighbors, our immediate community—that itself becomes its own motivation. We don’t have to worry about somebody halfway around the world to feel the weight of this.

But the truth is, sin pulls others down.Even those sins we think are private. Even the ones we tell ourselves are our own business.

There’s no such thing as a private sin.

And here’s the flip side—if our sin drags others down, then our holiness lifts them up. You’re not just trying to be better for yourself. We need you. We need you to be holy. You need me to be holy.

We’re all in this together. What you do matters. Who you’re becoming matters.

Not just for you. For all of us.