“Death in life” must happen in this life if we are truly to live. We have to encounter an event that overturns our agenda, our way of being in the world, our very sense of self.
Terrance Klein
The Rev. Terrance W. Klein is a priest of the Diocese of Dodge City and author of Vanity Faith.
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Christians cannot disdain the world. We must work to change it.
To be a Christian is to accept the story in which we find ourselves. It is to know that our actions do have consequences. We cannot simply wait for a better world to come along.
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Mass is meant for the ashamed
The Eucharist is the original A.A. meeting. We need to encourage each other, remind each other that we are not alone, that our savior has called us together.
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We think we know what matters most to God. What if we’re wrong?
What if my priorities about what matters to God are wrong? After all, I am a sinful person, aren’t I? Therefore, I am somewhat blinded by sin, prejudiced in all my judgments.
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By today’s standards, Jesus was a loser. That’s good news for us.
Why do we preach a crucified, humiliated savior? Because humility opens us.
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God’s love will never overwhelm you
Love created us to be distinct from itself so that we could choose to love. It will not annihilate us, overwhelm who we are.
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The Assumption of Mary tells us who we are meant to be
Doctrines and dogmas do not exist to provide esoteric data. Their purpose is always to tell us who we are, to proclaim who we can be in Christ.
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Partisanship and the kingdom of God
Who would claim that the platforms of either the Democratic or the Republican parties fully mirror Gospel values?
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Why do we find the end of the world so entertaining?
There is a reason apocalyptic movies make so much money.
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To be a Christian is to live in patient expectation
You cannot be a Christian and not live an eschatological life, which is to say, you must live one marked by a patient expectation in the promise and plan of Jesus.