“Though no one forces us to choose today between idolatry and faithfulness, we often freely worship idols when we ground the meaning and purpose of our lives in some vision of success in the world, regardless of how noble it may seem.    Even without being forced into exile, we easily become accustomed to hoping for nothing more than a better life in Babylon, however we may define that.  We face the same temptations that our Lord’s ancestors did, and we regularly fall into some version of the sins they committed. “
(Fr Philip Lemasters,  Eastern Christian Insights blog)