Had a different priest for mass yesterday and was pleasantly surprised. The homily started off kind of on what I thought was the wrong note, with some crying about persecution in the past in the US, talking about signs reading "Catholics need not apply." Then the priest started talking about how now and going forward we will be persecuted for for the sake of righteousness, standing against gay "marriage," against degeneracy, and for Jesus.
He then talked about some Christians around the world being arrested and even killed for their faith in Christ, and he ended it with this:
If you were to be put on trial for being a Christian, would they have enough evidence to convict?
This has left a great impression on me.