You and I have also been called to fight against evil, in the world and within ourselves.  At our Baptism we were dedicated to the service of Our Blessed Lord and that demanding sign of the Cross was made on our foreheads in token that we should not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucified and should continue Christ’s faithful soldiers and servants unto our life’s end.  And that demands from us two things – a love and loyalty to Our Blessed Lord such as we see in the life of St George.

First of all there is our outward loyalty as shown by our participation in Christian worship Sunday by Sunday.  You will sometimes hear people say that it doesn’t matter if one doesn’t go to church.  Of course, if public worship does not really matter then there is little point in building or maintaining places of worship.  But it goes much deeper than that.  Public worship is part of one’s individual and corporate relationship with God, and if it does not in fact matter then God does not matter either.